CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2012 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 WILL NOT DO MUCH COMPLAINING AT THIS TIME. I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT IN TO NISSAN YET. I HAVE BEEN HEARING THIS HUM AND IT GETS LOUDER AS I GO FASTER. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TIRES, I DID NEED NEW ONES. I GOT THEM REPLACED AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER IT GOT EVEN LOUDER AND I WAS AT LOWER SPEEDS. SO I TOOK IT BACK TO WHERE I BOUGHT THE TIRES SO THEY COULD CHECK AND BE SURE IT WAS NOT THE TIRES. THATS WHEN THEY TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE, PUT IT ON THE LIFT, AND FOUND THE PROBLEM WITH THE CV JOINT. NOW I AM GOING TO TAKE IT TO NISSAN AND SEE WHAT THEY WILL DO ABOUT IT. WILL GET BACK AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
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I WILL NOT DO MUCH COMPLAINING AT THIS TIME. I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT IN TO NISSAN YET. I HAVE BEEN HEARING THIS HUM AND IT GETS LOUDER AS I GO FASTER. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TIRES, I DID NEED NEW ONES. I GOT THEM REPLACED AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER IT GOT EVEN LOUDER AND I WAS AT LOWER SPEEDS. SO I TOOK IT BACK TO WHERE I BOUGHT THE TIRES SO THEY COULD CHECK AND BE SURE IT WAS NOT THE TIRES. THATS WHEN THEY TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE, PUT IT ON THE LIFT, AND FOUND THE PROBLEM WITH THE CV JOINT. NOW I AM GOING TO TAKE IT TO NISSAN AND SEE WHAT THEY WILL DO ABOUT IT. WILL GET BACK AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
- Myron H., Indianapolis, IN, US