Sorry to hear about the incident with the bus. I hope no physical harm was done. I was in Montreal in the mid 90s and found traffic to be little crazy (like Chicago) compared to the laid-back cities in Missouri USA.
I also had similar experience with the remote start, it does not always work.
I have ordered couple of temp/humidity sensors today and will be running tests against my other cars. Once I have the test results, I will upload the result to the discussion board.
I agree, it drives really well for the size. Sometimes I forget that I am driving a large vehicle.
Thank you very much for the response.
I was told buses in Quebec have the total right of way, and thought it was like other large vehicles such as trucks. Even if the bus driver does not take proper care and he hits a car it is the car driver who is always responsible. This is a Quebec thing. I found out the hard way. He was supposed to be on his break and he moved forward with his 4 ways on and advanced in to my car. I thought he was going to simply slow down and let me go because I was ahead of him. He veered in to my Pathfinder. Nobody was hurt. I am driving a loaner car for a few weeks.
When the Pathfinder is cold the engine makes a sort of vibrating or kind of a knocking sound. I strongly believe this noise is coming from the exhaust system engine heat exchanger. There is a computer controlled movable vane inside the engine air intake duct that diverts some air from the exhaust system heat exchanger back to the engine air intake to assist the engine to warm up faster. After about 10 to 20 seconds depending on the outside temperature and engine temperature the vane moves back in to position to allow direct outside air flow to the engine. I am guessing this unusual type of noise comes from that vane or duct resonating or vibrating until the vane is positioned back. The engine is heated up faster in vehicles in order to more quickly help comply with the emission controls regulations.
If I had it my way I would want to find a way to disable this heat exchanger operation. Tampering with this is probably illegal, may affect warranty, and would generate an error code because this is computer controlled and has sensors involved.
Another very annoying thing is the auto engine stop/start for when the vehicle is stopped for more than 20 seconds. Once the engine is warmed up this auto feature starts to work. I have to remember to press the disable button every time I start the engine. Long term this feature will destroy the engine starter. It also causes greater rate of engine wear because as soon as an engine is stopped the oil pressure is lost. Engine wear is greatest when the engine is started because for a number of seconds there is no oil pressure through the main crank bearings, piston oil rings, and oil flow in the other parts of the engine.
This engine auto stop/start feature working every time the vehicle is sitting at a light will wear the engine faster, and will eventually wear out the starter faster. The cost of the small amount of gasoline saved over time will nowhere be near to the cost of the starter replacements and engine rebuild after the warranty is finished! On the vehicles that have had this feature for some years now, they are seeing engine and starter issues a lot more frequently. This was originally a stupid and crazy California regulation thing. Now it is in other places.
Back when I was in my 20s and in to my early 30s, I did some high performance engine rebuilding. This was back in the 70s and 80s.
I found out about ways to bypass this feature for some some types of vehicles but not this model of Pathfinder in particular. Bypassing in any way will generate error codes. There are also electronic devices that can be installed in the vehicle to simulate the driver pressing the button when starting the engine. Installing this type of device will affect warranty because it has to be wired in or installed in to the vehicle's electrical system. In many places this is also illegal.
One of the service technicians who does the software installs and system analyzing told me with some of the vehicles they do have a software code they can modify that would disable this feature by default. They make the engine stop/start work in the reverse state. In places where it is allowed to turned off by default they ask the vehicle owner to sign papers indicating they requested this modification and will take full legal responsibility in case there is any legal implication that comes up from this modification. I told him I will simply remember to keep turning it off.
In many of the vehicles if a trailer is connected for the break and driving lights the engine auto stop/start is disabled. I was told by simply connecting a trailer lights tester in to the connector at the rear with many types of vehicles this should disable this feature. There are also some places selling a simple connector that can be connected to to the trailer lights connector. If this is done there will always be a trailer warning indication showing in the dash. For me this is too much trouble to avoid pressing the button. In some places when not pulling a trailer this is illegal because it changes the state of the engine stop/start feature.
When our weather gets much colder I will soon find out about the heater efficiency. In all my vehicles I leave the AC button on all the time. It is supposed to allow for removing humidity. When using the front window defroster the AC will automatically turn on to help get rid of humidity buildup on the window.
There are some vehicle models where the AC is used as a reverse heat pump to help the heating system worm up faster, but this is only when the AC is left on. I don't have any such information about this for the Pathfinder.
I had a 2016 Murano. I did find the heating system was not as strong as on the previous 2013 model of Murano, but it was adequate for me. The AC during the summer was like true refrigeration! We also have a 2016 Juke NISMO. The heating and AC are very strong in this one.
I found on the Pathfinder the seat heaters are excessively strong. After about 20 to 30 seconds of running I have to turn off the seat heater. If I do leave it on, it eventually goes down to a normal type of state, but it is kind of too hot for me even on the low setting. I don't like getting my butt fried! I was told they did this to make it warm up faster in sub zero temperature conditions, and this is software controlled. The dealer cannot change the way this feature works. I prefer the seat heating I had in the Murano. I found the heated steering wheel heating to be weaker than my taste, but I can live with it. The Murano heated steering wheel feature was great for me.
I am waiting for the software fix to stop the radio from freezing in the birds eye view camera mode while the phone is connected in the Android mode. The only fix I know is to reset the power to the radio. I have to stop the vehicle, put in park, and then hold open the driver's door for a few seconds before closing again. Upon restarting the engine the problem is temporarily fixed. Holding the power button for over 25 seconds on the radio with the phone disconnected from the USB port does a soft reboot, but does not always fix/reset this issue. This issue may happen one time in 60 or so times of using the vehicle. I kept track of the frequency of this issue.
If this interests anyone, I found if you use a USB-C to USB3 HUB adapter on the USB-C ports this works. I was able to expand the USB-C to work with 4 of USB3 ports. I can operate multiple devices as like on my computer. So-far I had no issues with this.
I did not try an SSD drive in to the USB connector, but was told with many of the vehicles this will work for playing music. It would probably have to be formatted in FAT32 or exFAT. I doubt the vehicle would be able to read NTFS.
