CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2011 Nissan Quest is great in terms of low complaints, but it also has an abysmal crash test rating for one very common type of impact.
The IIHS' "small overlap" crash test rates the vehicle's ability to protect front seat passengers when the car is impacted across 1/4th of the front bumper.
This mimics hitting a pole, or an off-center crash into another car — more common in the real world than a full frontal head-on crash.
See our crash test page for the detailed results — As you can see from the IIHS' crash test video, the Nissan Quest does not protect intrusion into the passenger space & major injury to the front seat passengers is likely.
I bought the van brand new right off the floor in 2011. I had it a couple of months before my first incident with it. The first time I had a problem with it was after a soccer practice. My van was parked at a decline and my tank was at the 1/4 mark. I was not able to start it and had to have someone take me to buy a gas can and gas. After filling the tank, it started. I had the same issue numerous times when picking up my children after school because the road is hilly. I know the fuel cannot go below a fourth or it will stall.
Fast forward to 2014, a couple years later with two teenagers who have driver's permit. My daughter went to start the car after my son's soccer game and the van started to roll down towards a pond!!! My daughter immediately put her foot on the brake, put it in park and got me. I had to let it glide towards a pond to where the ground is level before I could start it. I thought it was just me and decided after having it for a few years to check on complaints. I am glad I did!
Thank God we have not had any fatalities as a result of this issue. When are companies going to care about human beings again rather than the good old dollar? The love of money is the root of all evil!!!
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I bought the van brand new right off the floor in 2011. I had it a couple of months before my first incident with it. The first time I had a problem with it was after a soccer practice. My van was parked at a decline and my tank was at the 1/4 mark. I was not able to start it and had to have someone take me to buy a gas can and gas. After filling the tank, it started. I had the same issue numerous times when picking up my children after school because the road is hilly. I know the fuel cannot go below a fourth or it will stall.
Fast forward to 2014, a couple years later with two teenagers who have driver's permit. My daughter went to start the car after my son's soccer game and the van started to roll down towards a pond!!! My daughter immediately put her foot on the brake, put it in park and got me. I had to let it glide towards a pond to where the ground is level before I could start it. I thought it was just me and decided after having it for a few years to check on complaints. I am glad I did!
Thank God we have not had any fatalities as a result of this issue. When are companies going to care about human beings again rather than the good old dollar? The love of money is the root of all evil!!!
- Sonya A., Forsyth, GA, US