Nissan Xterra Complaints

3,099 consumer complaints on file.

#10760467August 31, 2015
STEERING
TURN THE WHEEL ALL THE WAY TO RIGHT OR LEFT. HEAR A DREADFUL GRINDING SOUND AS IF THE AXLE IS GOING TO SNAP IN HALF.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10760589August 31, 2015
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2015, WHILE DRIVING FROM MARYLAND TO VIRGINIA, ON A SPEED LIMIT OF 55, VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND TRANSMISSION WONT ENGAGED WHILE ACCELERATING THE GAS PEDAL, RPM WAS GOING TO THE HIGHER NUMBER/RED ZONE AND CAR WILL NOT MOVE FASTER UP TO THE NOTED SPEED LIMIT. WHEN WE STOP AT THE LIGHT, AND THE LIGHTS TURN GREEN, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE AND MAKE LOUD NOISE AND RPM GOING HIGHER TO THE RED ZONE NUMBERS. THIS CAUSED TRAFFIC BEHIND US BACK UP BECAUSE OF SPEED TOO SLOW IN A 55-MILE PER HOUR SPEED. I WAS AFRAID IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES DURING A 200-MILE TRAVEL FROM MARYLAND TO VIRGINIA. I READ THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT NISSAN VEHICLES ABOUT RADIRATOR WATER LEAKS TO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSING IT TO MALFUNCTION. ACCORDING THE PRICE TRANSMISSION EXPERTS, THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE COST TO REPAIR WILL COST $4,400.00 I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE NISSAN PAY THE REPAIR COST.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10760287August 31, 2015
SUSPENSION, STEERING
THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP HAS LOOKED AT MY XTERRA AND FOUND THAT A NUT WELDED TO THE FRAME FROM THE INSIDE HAS BROKEN FREE OF THE FRAME. THIS IS CAUSING MY SUSPENSION NOISE/ISSUE. THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING IS NISSAN DOES NOT WANT TO FIX MY PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP IS WAITING ON NISSAN TO GIVE THE GO AHEAD TO SCHEDULE REPAIRS BUT THEY/I CAN'T GET NISSAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REPAIRS. THE NOISE IS GETTING WORSE AND I AM AFRAID IT WILL LEAD TO A SAFETY ISSUE IF NOT HANDLED SOON. THE LAST I HAVE HEARD WAS ON AUGUST 13TH THE DEALERSHIP WAS WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM NISSAN BUT SEVERAL CALLS TO NISSAN HAS TURNED UP NOTHING I CAN'T EVEN TALK TO A SUPERVISOR OR ANYTHING.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10759943August 28, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON A LOCAL ROAD NEAR HOME AT NIGHT. HE WAS ACCELERATING UP A SMALL GRADE, WHEN HE SAID THE CAR ACTED AS IF IT HAD POPPED OUT OF GEAR. IT BEGAN TO REV HIGHER AND MADE A HIGHER PITCHED SOUND. HE TRIED CHANGING FROM BEING IN "DRIVE" TO A LOWER GEAR, BUT IT STILL DID NOT ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. HE HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO BE ABLE TO COAST ONTO OUR SIDE STREET AND PARK THE CAR. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, BUT HE WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED AS HIS CAR SLOWED SUDDENLY AND TRAFFIC RAN UP ON HIM. THE CAR WOULD NOT START, NOR TURN OVER AT THAT POINT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER. THEY MENTIONED IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR AND IT WOULD COST OVER 5K FOR JUST A NEW TRANSMISSION, NOT INCLUDING A NEW RADIATOR OR LABOR TO INSTALL BOTH. I WAS ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER MECHANIC THAT PURCHASED A REBUILT TRANSMISSION, BUT THE WHOLE THING STILL COST OVER 5K TO HAVE THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR INSTALLED WITH NO ASSURANCE THAT IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES AND CONTINUES TO COST PEOPLE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A VERY POOR AND DANGEROUS DESIGN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10759716August 27, 2015
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE RADIATOR LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND FRIED THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM IN NISSANS. WHEN TAKEN TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC HE SAID IT WOULD COST $5000 PLUS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749583August 18, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WHEN MY CAR JUST DECIDED TO STOP IN TRAFFIC ALL THE SUDDEN. JUST SHUT DOWN. THEN YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND A CAR IN FRONT OF ME DECIDED TO SLOW DOWN. WHEN I HIT THE BREAKS TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BACK UP IT DECREASED. I COULD NOT GET IT TO GO. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT TURNED ON AND WENT AGAIN. I LOOKED AT THIS WEBSITE AND SAW ALL THE COMPLAINTS.I HAVE HAD ALL THE SAME ISSUES WITH STALLING, NOT STARTING, AND NO ACCELERATION. I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY COULD NOT DETECT ANYTHING WRONG AS NO CODES AND OF COURSE IT DID NOT DO IT FOR THEM WHEN THEY TEST DROVE IT. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP SHOWED THEM THE PRINT OUT FROM THIS SITE AND TOLD THEM I AM HAVING ALL THOSE PROBLEMS WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. THEY TOLD ME SINCE MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THEY BASICALLY COULD NOT HELP WITHOUT CHARGING ME $900 FOR A RADIATOR PLUS THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE $78. I HAD TO PAY $100 JUST FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. THEY TOLD ME A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD BE $9000. THIS IS A HORRIBLE PROBLEM THIS VEHICLE IS HAVING AND IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR YOUR CAR TO JUST TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE A SMALL CHILD IN THE CAR WITH ME. VERY SCARY WOULD COULD HAPPEN. I DO NOT CARE WHAT THE MILEAGE IS ON THE VEHICLE. NISSAN NEEDS TO INCLUDE ALL XTERRA'S NO MATTER WHAT THE VIN IS FOR THE TIME FRAME! ALL THESE COMPLAINTS NEED ACTION. I LITTLE TO QUINKY DINK THEY ARE ALL HAPPENING NOW! NISSAN DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY WOULD RECOMMEND: ECM RELAY $78, RADIATOR $740, PLUS SOME OTHER MAINTENANCE STUFF. WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE AFTER HAVING THEM REPLACE THE. ECM I HAD A LOVELY LETTER STATING THEY DID A COMPLIMENTARY APPRAISAL OF MY VEHICLE. THEY DID EVERYTHING TO CONFIRM IT IS THE PROBLEM, BUT OFFERED NO HELP UNLESS I FORK OUT THE $$$$$.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749263August 17, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO DISPLAY THE CORRECT FUEL READING LEVEL. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO DISPLAY THAT THE FUEL WAS LOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. MA 10/5 *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749300August 17, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TRAMSMISSION WAS BEGINNING TO MAKE NOISE AND SHIFTING ROUGHLY. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND THEY SAID THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND IT COST ME OVER $3500 TO REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749194August 17, 2015
ENGINE
WAS LEAVING PARKING LOT ONTO MAIN STREET AND CAR JUST DIED....
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748711August 14, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND COULDN'T ACCELERATE, MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING, ABOUT RAN OVER BY TRAILER. RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT NISSAN ISN'T TAKING CARE OF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747888August 11, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I HAD JUST EXITED THE INTERSTATE AND WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. MY TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN MAKING A NOISE BUT I DID NOT KNOW WHY. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PULL AWAY FROM THE LIGHT MY TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR. MY VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED FLUID FROM MY RADIATOR WHICH HAD CRACKED THE PREVIOUS MONTH HAD MOVED THROUGH THE COOLANT LINES INTO MY TRANSMISSION AND CAUSES ITS FAILURE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE STILL ON THE INTERSTATE I WOULD HAVE BEEN AT HIGH RISK FOR A FATAL WRECK TO HAVE OCCURED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747997August 11, 2015
ENGINE
I JUST PURCHASED MY 2005 XTERRA USED FROM A LOT, AND ONLY AFTER SEEING GREAT REVIEWS ON EDMUNDS.COM AND CARS.COM DID I REALIZE THE TERRIBLE PROBLEMS THESE CARS HAVE. THERE'S A TERRIBLY HIGH-PITCHED WHINE COMING FROM THE ENGINE BAY AT ALL SPEEDS, WHICH MY MECHANIC TOLD ME OVER THE PHONE IS LIKELY THE TIMING CHAIN/CHAIN TENSIONER SYSTEM AND THAT IT'S WELL KNOWN ON THIS MODEL YEAR. HE SAID VERY LOW-QUALITY PARTS WERE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHAIN SYSTEM AND THAT IT'S PRONE TO CRITICAL FAILURE. THAT KIND OF FIX IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN $1,000 AND $2,000. APPARENTLY, JUST LIKE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FAILURES, NISSAN COVERED THIS PROBLEM UP AS BEST THEY COULD AND PREFERRED TO ENDANGER CUSTOMERS AND HAND OUT WAIVERS WHEN PEOPLE ASKED SPECIFICALLY INSTEAD OF OWNING UP TO THE PROBLEM AND FIXING IT OUTRIGHT. APPALLING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747008August 7, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN FACT IT INVOLVES MULTIPLE YEARS AND MODELS. THE RADIATOR CRACKS AND LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION RUINING BOTH. THEY ENTERED INTO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BUT SET THE BAR SO HIGH THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET. THIS CAR TECHNICALLY HAS LOW MILEAGE FOR A 10 YEAR OLD VEHICLE YET MISSES THE TOP PARAMETER BY 16,000 MILES. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10746793August 6, 2015
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT THE DEALER HAVING A TIRE ROTATION PERFORMED, THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER AXLE BEARING SHAFT AND SEAL WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10746856August 6, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY COOLANT SYSTEM HAS LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM CAUSING MALFUNCTION OF BOTH. THIS CAUSES MY CAR TO HESITATE WHEN ACCELERATING AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO GIVE OUT COMPLETELY WHILE IN MOTION.THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF AND HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10746861August 6, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL GAUGE IS GIVING AN ERRONEOUS READING. PROBLEM STARTED AT AROUND JULY 2014 WITH MILEAGE AT AROUND 75,000 BUT CORRECTED ITSELF THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN FEW MONTHS AFTER WITH THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ON AND HAS BEEN ON SINCE. EMPTY LIGHT IS ON EVEN THOUGH THERE'S GAS IN TANK OR IT WILL READ FULL EVEN THOUGH THERE'S LESS THAN FULL IN TANK. EITHER WAY IT IS ERRATIC & NOT GIVING YOU THE CORRECT READING. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN AND A RECALL IN A FORM OF A WARRANTY EXTENSION SPECIFIC TO THAT PART AND PROBLEM HAS BEEN SENT OUT AND OF COURSE IT HAPPENS TO MY CAR AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. IT'S AUG 2015 AND MILEAGE IS NOW AT 82,650 AND WAY PAST THE WARRANTY EVEN WITH THE EXTENDED ONE THAT THEY HAD PUT OUT. CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUME AFFAIRS BUT WAS JUST TOLD THEY COULDN'T HELP AND TO FILE COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA AND/OR BBB WHICH I AM DOING AND HOPING THIS WOULD BE ATTENDED TO AS REPAIRS ARE TOO COSTLY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THESE VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745784August 3, 2015
POWER TRAIN
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO REV HIGH. THE TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING, THE CAR WOULD BARELY MOVE. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET IT INTO A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AND FLUID POURED OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. WE HAD IT TOWED. THE MECHANIC SAID THE RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. HE SAID HE SEES THIS ALL THE TIME WITH NISSAN VEHICLES, IT IS A KNOW FLAW. IT WILL COST ALMOST $4000 TO REPAIR, IT IS STILL IN THE SHOP. UPDATE 9/15/15*CW *CN
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745836August 3, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
OUR VEHICLE BEGAN TO NO LONGER SHOW THAT WE HAD ANY FUEL ON THE GAS GAUGE. I SAW THAT 2006 NISSAN XTERRAS HAD A RECALL ON THE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT. WE HAD THE REPAIRS DONE AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP, BUT WERE INFORMED THAT OUR VIN NUMBER WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS SAID WE HAD NO RECOURSE BECAUSE THIS WAS A WARRANTY ISSUE EVEN THOUGH THEIR WEBSITE REFERS TO IT AS A RECALL. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO? PLEASE HELP!
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744558July 29, 2015
ENGINE
STOPPED AT NISSAN DEALER TO TRADE 2007 XTERRA. DEALER TOLD ME MY TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $2,000 TO $3,000. NISSAN ISSUED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NTB09-128. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TOLD ME IF CHAIN FAILS VALVE TRAIN AND ENGINE WILL BE RUINED AND COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT IF FAILURE OCCURS WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744605July 29, 2015
ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING TO A LOCAL CITY POOL AND THE CAR APPEARED TO LOSE POWER. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND REACHED THE POOL. WHEN I WENT TO START THE CAR, IT WOULDNT START. THINKING IT MIGHT BE THE BATTERY, I HAD SOMEONE TRY TO JUMP START IT BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND LEARNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AS THE RADIATOR FLUID HAD MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE TO A FAULTY SENSOR. NOW I HAVE A PERFECTLY NICE VEHICLE THAT WONT RUN UNLESS I PAY TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REPLACED. I JUST BOUGHT IT IN FEBRUARY 2014. IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE CLASS ACTION SUIT BECAUSE IT HAS 144,000 MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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