Nissan Titan Complaints (2004)

1,046 consumer complaints on file.

#10414962July 25, 2011
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
POPPING SOUND COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE . DEALER INSPECTION REVEALED REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE . VEHICLE HAS 71000 MILES AND IS DEALER MAINTAINED. DEALER TO REPLACE ENTIRE REAR ASSEMBLY AT A COST OF 3600 DOLLARS. THE VEHICLE IS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN . *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10413967July 21, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE EXCESSIVELY WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH UPGRADED VERSIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,289.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10412087July 13, 2011
POWER TRAIN
MY 2004 NISSAN TITAN IS LEAKING LUBRICANT OUT OF THE REAR SEALS. IT WIL COST AROUND 1200 TO FIX AND THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 58,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS DONE NO TOWING EVER! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10411623July 9, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
LEFT REAR AXLE SEAL LEAKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10410856July 7, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
2004 NISSAN TITAN WITH 72,000 MILES NEEDS REAR END AXLE REPLACED. I HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON SAME TOPIC AND VEHICLE YEAR, MAKE MODEL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10410645July 6, 2011
POWER TRAIN
CHANGED ENGINE OIL OVER JULY 4TH 2011 WEEKEND AND NOTICED OIL ALL OVER TRANSFER CASE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND TWO BOLTS MISSING FROM TOP OF TRANSFER CASE. DRAINED TRANSFER CASE FLUID TO WHICH ONLY A QUARTER OF A QUART WAS LEFT AND WAS EXTREMELY BLACK WITH METAL FRAGMENTS IN IT. TRIED TO MATCH BOLTS FOR MISSING ONES AND FILLED TRANSFER CASE WITH FRESH FLUID. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10410560July 5, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
I JUST PURCHASED A 2004 NISSAN TITAN LE 4X4 ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. I AM THE 2ND OWNER AND BOUGHT IT FROM A GUY WHO BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN 2004 AND TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 55K MILES. JUST LAST WEEKEND, 6/19/2011, IT STARTED MAKING BANGING AND GRINDING NOISES IN THE BACK WHEEL. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT I RAN OVER SOMETHING AND IT WAS STUCK IN THE BACK WHEELS. AFTER EXAMINING THE REAR WHEEL AREA AND THE BRAKE PADS, EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL. HOWEVER, THE NOISE GOT LOUDER AND LOUDER. IT SOUNDED LIKE I WAS DRAGGING A REFRIGERATOR. I FELT A STUTTER IN THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTED TO STRUGGLE TO GO WHEN I WOULD PUT THE TRUCK INTO DRIVE. I ASSUMED THE BRAKE CALIPERS MAY HAVE BEEN JAMMED AND BROUGHT IT INTO AN AUTO SERVICE CENTER TO BE EXAMINED. ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER, I WENT BACK TO THE SHOP AND THE TECHNICIAN TOOK ME TO GO SEE THE PROBLEM. THEY EXAMINED THE REAR BRAKES AND DIFFERENTIAL AND FOUND NUMEROUS LARGE CHUNKS OF BROKEN METAL INSIDE, WHICH SHE SAID WERE PIECES OF SHOES, HARDWARE, AND GEARS. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND THAT THE GEAR DAMAGE HAD LIKELY CAUSED A CHAIN REACTION DAMAGING THE ENTIRE LEFT REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY AND E-BRAKES. THE REAR AXLE SEALS WERE LEAKING TOO ONTO THE WHEELS. ALL THESE PARTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE REAR AXLE. THE SERVICE SHOP QUOTED ME $3800 TO GET THIS FIXED! I WAS IN SHOCK AS I JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK. OF COURSE, I COULD NO LONGER DRIVE THE TRUCK EITHER AS IT WAS IN PIECES AND NOT DRIVABLE. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? I DON'T HAVE THIS MONEY. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TELL THE SERVICE SHOP TO GO AHEAD WITH THE REPAIRS AND I WILL JUST HAVE TO PUT IT ON A CREDIT CARD. I DECIDED TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND WENT ON TO SEVERAL INTERNET SITES FOR NISSAN TITAN OWNERS TO SEE IF OTHERS WERE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS OR IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS. AFTER READING PAGES OF ENTRIES POSTED BY OTHER TITAN OWNERS, I FOUND OUT I WAS NOT ALONE. NISSAN NEEDS TO HELP PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS! *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10408474June 22, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO STATED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH HIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. THE DEALER STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS RELATED TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE CONTACT STATED IF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAD A LARGER CRACK IN THE EXHAUST IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10407544June 20, 2011
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
REAR END FAILURE OF DANA 44 IN A NISSAN TITAN, HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOR $3000.00. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10407588June 20, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
I NOTICED A BUILD UP OF FLUID ON MY DRIVERSIDE BREAK REAR ROTOR AND HUB. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP, THEY TOLD ME THAT BOTH REAR SEALS WERE LEAKING ONTO MY BRAKES AND HUBS. I TOOK IT IN TO GET IT FIXED AND WAS QUOTED $700. THEY THEN NOTICED THAT A TSB JUST CAME OUT THAT SAID THAT JUST THE SEALS CANNOT BE REPLACED. THAT THEY NOW ARE REQUIRED TO REPLACE BOTH AXLES, BEARINGS, SEALS, ETC TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AND WOULD BE $2600. THEY EXPLAINED THAT IF I DIDN'T GET IT FIXED MY BRAKES WOULD MALFUNCTION BECAUSE OF THE OF THE THICK BUILD UP OF OIL, AND ULTIMATELY, THERE WOULD BE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE REAR AXLE BECAUSE OF THE FLUID LOSS. RENDERING THE VEHICLE USELESS, OR CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT IF IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10407396June 19, 2011
POWER TRAIN
INSTRUMENT LIGHTS STAY ON, BRAKE VOD, SLIP. GOOGLE SEARCH LEAD TO CHECKING REAL AXLE SEALS BOTH ARE LEAKING. NO REPAIR TO DATE WILL TAKE TO SHOP ON MONDAY 6/20. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10405848June 10, 2011
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. MY REAR AXEL SEALS ARE LEAKING. THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 85K, AS OF 6/10/11. I RARELY PULL TRAILERS, OR ANY HEAVY LOAD. THIS IS MY DAILY DRIVER. I DO MOSTLY CITY DRIVING. I NOTICED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WHEN MY BRAKES STARTED ACTING UP. EX. I WAS DRIVING NEAR MY HOUSE WHEN, I PRESSED MY BRAKES AND IT ALMOST WENT TO THE FLOOR. IT ALSO KICKED IN THE ABS, WHEN I WAS ONLY DOING ABOUT 10MPH. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON FLASHING. EVERY TIME I PRESSED THE BRAKE(ONLY TWO TIMES) IT DID THIS. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE TRUCK OFF. GOT OUT LOOKED AROUND AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG. I GOT BACK IN THE TRUCK AND DROVE STRAIGHT HOME. IT DID NOT DO THIS AGAIN UNTIL ABOUT 15K MILES LATER. I THEN TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO NISSAN AND THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME ONLY ONE WAS BAD. ABOUT A WEEK LATER I PUT THE TRUCK ON A LIFT MYSELF. I NOTICED BOTH WERE LEAKING! I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WOULD HAPPEN UNLESS IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFAULT. THERE IS NEVER A HARD STRAIN ON MY DRIVETRAIN. IT IS 2WD AND MY WORK TRUCK IN THE CITY. I HAVE ALSO READ ON THE FORUMS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. MY RADIATOR ALSO BUSTED LAST WEEK. UP TILL NOW I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10405306June 6, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUMES EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WERE TWO CRACKED MANIFOLDS WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND FILED A REPORT STATING THAT THE REGIONAL CONSUMER SPECIALIST WOULD CONTACT HER AT A LATER DATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10402915May 27, 2011
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
REAR AXLE SEAL FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10402676May 25, 2011
POWER TRAIN
NOT KNOWN WHILE DRIVING VDC ABS BRAKE LIGHTS ALL COME ON ,FOUND BOTH REAR AXEL SEALS LEAKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399973May 11, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
MY NAME IS [XXX], I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN TITAN I'VE HAD MY VEHICLE IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES FROM THE FUEL RAILS LEAKING WITHIN THE LAST 4 MTH. THIS DID NOT JUST START THE FUEL RAILS HAVE BEEN LEAKING OVER THE YEARS I JUST DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM. ONCE THE PRESSURE BUILD UP IT STOPS LEAKING THAT WHY I COULD NEVER SEE THE FUEL LEAKING, UNTIL ONE MORNING I CRANKED UP WITH THE HOOD UP. THE THING IS THESE FUEL RAILS LEAKS THE FUEL ON THE ENGINE AND I KNOW NISSAN KNOWS THIS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399902May 10, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING NOISE AND SMELLED EXHAUST FUMES INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE EXHAUST FUMES PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10400188May 7, 2011
POWER TRAIN
FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS WEARING IRREGULARLY AND WAS INFORMED AT TIRE STORE THAT WHEEL HUB MAY BE WORN AND CAUSING THE PROBLEM. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND NOT ONLY WAS WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY IDENTIFIED AS AN ISSUE BUT WAS INFORMED THAT FRONT DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED REPLACEMENT (FRONT AXEL PULLING OUT FROM FRONT DIFFERENTIAL) AT COST OF $1755 (ADDITIONAL TO THE $373 TO REPLACE THE FRONT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY). THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ON THIS VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN APRIL'08 (BASED ON CLICKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING) WHICH TRIGGERED ME TO RESEARCH THIS DEFECT ON THE INTERNET AND NHTSA WEB SITE AND ASK THE DEALER ABOUT OTHER SIMILAR FAILURES SEEN. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THE FRONT AND REAR DIFFERENTIALS REPORTED ON BOTH 2004 AND 2005 TITANS DUE TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY DESIGN THAT WAS LATER CHANGED ON THE 2006 MODEL YEAR. I CALLED NISSAN CUSTOMER AFFAIRS TO OPEN A REQUEST FOR SUPPORT AND WAS INFORMED BASED ON YEARS OF SERVICE AND MILEAGE THEY WOULD DENIED SUPPORTING THIS COMPLAINT, I ESCALATED TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF MANAGEMENT AND WAS AGAIN DENIED ANY SUPPORT. CLEARLY THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE DIFFERENTIALS ON THE 2004 TITAN THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED SINCE THIS SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR TO REPLACE BOTH DIFFERENTIALS ON THE SAME VEHICLE GIVEN NORMAL HIGHWAY PASSENGER DRIVING (NO OFF ROAD, NO TOWING).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399232May 5, 2011
POWER TRAIN
REAR AXLE SEAL LEAKING ON BRAKES. TRUCK WONT STOP VERY WELL.NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399281May 5, 2011
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
LEFT AXLE SEAL LEAK ON 2004 NISSAN TITAN, SEAL REPLACED AT 63,000 MILES. AT 65,000 MILE NOW REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS BAD, NEEDS REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF $2800. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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