2001 Nissan Pathfinder Interior Review at Automotive.com
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2001 Nissan Pathfinder Review: Interior

Below is a full, detailed 2001 Nissan Pathfinder review and road test from New Car Test Drive. A full evaluation of price, equipment, the driving experience, and specs are all here in a structured, easy-to-navigate format from journalists with limitless ...     read more
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2001 Nissan Pathfinder Review

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Interior
Just as the exterior was redone in 2000, so was the interior. A new console and instrument panel replace the showier, more dramatic controls from the 1999 model. In place of wood trim, the new instrument panel is black, straightforward, all business. The main instruments follow Nissan's trademark black-on-white pattern and are extremely easy to read. The steering wheel of our SE had cruise-control buttons on the right of the hub and audio controls for on/off, mode, and seek-up on the left.

The center of the Pathfinder's dash contains the usual heating/air conditioning controls, using a conventional, entirely satisfactory three-knob layout. Audio controls are mounted below the heater controls, and in our SE, these controls included the aforementioned, excellent in-dash six-CD changer. (No more groping around with remote CD changers located in the trunk.) Our SE had heated leather front seats and not two but three power take-offs - one in the dash, one in the center console and one inside the tailgate - for running external electrical equipment.

In addition to central/remote locking, the Pathfinder had one-touch up/down windows and a one-touch open/close sunroof. These are a welcome convenience, because the vast majority of the time we want to open or close the windows or sunroof all the way. Mounted in our SE's overhead console was an outside temperature readout and a digital compass. Our eight-way power front seats were excellent, and the truck's black leather upholstery was sumptuous. The Pathfinder had four cupholders, two in front, two in back, and convenient grab handles for climbing in through both rear doors. Next Page


2001 Nissan Pathfinder