Nissan Xterra Complaints

3,099 consumer complaints on file.

#10744638July 29, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I AM WRITING THIS IN REGARD TO THE RADIATOR CRACKING AND LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS PROBLEM COMPLETELY RUINS TRANSMISSIONS AND THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL THE PROBLEM IS OCCURING. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED REGULARLY AND MAINTAINED TO ALL MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS. I RECEIVED ZERO NOTIFICATION FROM NISSAN ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS IS MY PRIMARY VEHICLE I USE TO TRANSPORT MY CHILD. I WAS LEFT STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF A BACK ROAD IN EXTREME HEAT DUE TO THIS DEFECT. THE COST OF REPAIRING THIS ISSUE IS WELL OVER THE WORTH OF THE VEHICLE ITSELF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743508July 26, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON 7/10/15 MY HUSBAND WAS CHECKING THE RADIATOR AND FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED PINE BELT NISSAN OF TOMS RIVER NJ WERE WE PURCHASED THIS VECHICLE AND 2 OTHERS THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID WE WOULD NEED A TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD BE $7,000. IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY IT WAS WARRANTIED TO 100,000 WHEN I QUESTIONED IT BECAUSE WE WERE 2,000 MILES OVER I WAS TOLD WELL THE WARRANTY WAS ONLY TO 100,000 WHEN MY VIN # WAS CHECKED. SO WE CHECKED AROUND FOR A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND DECIDED TO HAVE IT FIXED AT AMERICAN TRANSMISSION IN LAKEWOOD NJ. HE HAD TOLD US TO CONTACT NISSAN BECAUSE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE RADIATOR THAT IS BAD AND CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WE ENDED UP SPENDING $5,069.23 TO HAVE IT FIXED $2000 LESS THAN NISSAN HAD QUOTED. WE HAD IT FIXED RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW IF THIS PROBEM WOULD ALSO RUIN THE ENGINE. I ALREADY WROTE TO NISSAN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR A REFUND AND WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. I HAD TOLD THEM WE WERE A LOYAL CUSTOMER OF NISSAN OWNING 8 OF THEIR VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743295July 24, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TYPE OF AIR BAGS THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH WERE NO LONGER PRODUCED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743271July 24, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 04V230000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AND 02V299000 (SUSPENSION). THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS AVAILABLE; HOWEVER, WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL REPAIR, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROVIDE THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10735854July 22, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NOTICED A STRAWBERRY COLORED FLUID COMING FROM THE RADIATOR OVERFLOW RESERVOIR. CHECKED THE RADIATOR AND FOUND THAT THE WHOLE COOLING SYSTEM HAD THE SAME COLOR OF FLUID. I TOOK MY XTERRA TO A RADIATOR SHOP AND HAD THE COOLING SYSTEM FLUSHED AND ANTIFREEZE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER HAD FAILED AND THAT ANTIFREEZE AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED TOGETHER AND WENT THROUGH THE COOLING SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION. I FIRST GOT THE RADIATOR REPLACED AND COOLING SYSTEM FLUSHED AGAIN. I HAD BEEN HEARING A SUSPICIOUS NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS STARTING TO SLIP. ALL THIS IN WILLISTON, ND WHICH WAS 620 MILES FROM MY HOME. I HAD TO TAKE THE TRAIN HOME. WE HAD TO RENT A CAR FOR MY WIFE TO USE SO I COULD USE HER NISSAN ARMADA TO GO BACK TO WILLISTON AND TOW IT BACK HOME. I ALSO HAD TO RENT AN AUTO TRANSPORT TRAILER. MY CAR IS NOW IN THE SHOP GETTING THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY MECHANIC AND READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ONLINE THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS TO GET IT REBUILT OR REPLACED, WHICH CAN TAKE UP TO $6000, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GO. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. FROM WHAT I CAN SEE ONLINE THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST 300 COMPLAINTS FILED, AND I AM SURE THERE HAS BEEN OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN REPORTED. I ALSO HAVE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED AND THERE WAS WARRANTY EXTENSION GRANTED UP TO 100,00 MILES. I AM SURE THAT THE NHTSA IS ALSO AWARE THAT 90% OF THE COMPLAINTS ARE FROM CAR OWNERS THAT HAVE OVER 100,000 MILES ON THERE ODOMETER. I AM ALSO SURE THAT NISSAN IS ALSO AWARE OF THIS AND KNOW THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND ARE DOING WHAT EVER IS POSSIBLE TO AVOID FIXING AND REPLACING 100'S OF TRANSMISSIONS. I AM HOPING THAT THIS MATTER CAN BE DEALT WITH SWIFTLY AND ONCE AND FOR ALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10735874July 22, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CRACKED RADIATOR HOSE CAUSED COOLANT TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID THEREBY RUINING THE TRANSMISSION. COST INCLUDED RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION (USED) REPLACEMENT. THIS ISSUE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROACTIVELY REPAIRED / REPLACED THE RADIATOR PRIOR TO THE ISSUE OCCURRING HAD NISSAN NOTIFIED ME OF IT. INSTEAD, IT COST AN EXTRA $3500 TO REPLACE BOTH RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. A TOTALLY PREVENTABLE SITUATION, NEVER MIND THE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION HAD THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. NO EXCUSE FOR NISSAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10735282July 20, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, WHILE EXITING A PARKING LOT IN MY WIFES 2007 XTERRA, THE VEHICLE INEXPLICABLY ACCELERATED IN DRAMATIC FASHION MOMENTARILY OUT OF CONTROL. I RODE THE BRAKES, AS THE CAR CONTINUED FORWARD SOME 50 60 FT IN A RAPID BUCKING MOTION UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. I WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES, RESTARTED, AND THE ENGINE RESUMED ITS INTENSE RPM. AGAIN I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WAITED PERHAPS 10 MINUTES, AND RESTARTED WITH NORMAL PERFORMANCE. IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH THERE IS A RESULTANT BRAKE SQUEAL, THAT WASNT PRIOR APPARENT, AND DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE BRAKING ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIOLENT ACCELERATION ACTION. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ACTIVATED AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734565July 16, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR MAINTENANCE ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING AWAY FROM THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING CONTAMINANT IN THE BRAKE FLUID. THE CONTAMINANT CAUSED THE BRAKE FAILURE WHICH IN TURN PRODUCED THE BRAKE AND DVC WARNING SIGNALS TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733815July 14, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WHEN FUEL GOES BELOW HALF TANK. THE FUEL GAUGE MAY NOT ALWAYS SHOW CORRECT READING, MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR CAR TO STOP IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY, IN MIDDLE OF SNOW-STORM, OR OTHER DANGEROUS SITUATION, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN FUEL LEVEL IS BELOW HALF TANK AND RESETS ITSELF WHEN FUEL TANK IS FULL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733848July 14, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE TRANSMISSION STOPPED MOVING VEHICLE. ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND I COULD SEE THE RPMS INCREASE AS I GAVE GAS BUT THE DRIVE TRAIN STOPPED WORKING. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. THE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS TRANSMISSION COOLER PROBLEM. EXPLAINED THAT IT IS A COMMON THING WITH THIS VEHICLE. THEN DISCOVERED THROUGH THE INTERNET THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED FOR THE DEFECT. REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME IT WILL BE $4500 TO REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733903July 14, 2015
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING ON THE INNERLOOP OF THE BELTWAY 495 FROM FALLS CHURCH VA, TO CHEVY CHASE MD AFTER WORK AROUND 330PM. I WAS ON THE MIDDLE LANE ON THE AMERICAN LEGION BRIDGE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRUCK LOST POWER AND I HAD NO CONTROL OR WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE RPM'S WERE MOVING BUT THE TRUCK BARELY MOVED. I PUT MY HAZARDS ON AND SLOWLY MOVED TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER WHERE OTHER CARS COULD HAVE HIT ME. NISSAN'S FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS FAULTY RADIATOR THAT HAS AFFECTED THE TRANSMISSIONS OF BOTH THE XTERRA'S, PATHFINDERS, AND FRONTIERS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE I AM OVER 100,000 AND THAT I AM NOT COVERED UNDER THIS WARRANTY FOR NISSAN'S ISSUE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE THAT THIS COULD POSSIBLE LEAD TO A MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH THESE TRANSMISSION ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734022July 14, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
RADIATOR FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE RADIATOR. CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. NEED TO REPLACE BOTH NOW BECAUSE OF A MECHANICAL DEFECT IN ADF LINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732906July 9, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVING AT 65 MILES PER HOUR WHEN MY CAR BEGAN TO ACT LIKE THE GEAR WAS SLIPPING. THEN IT BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN FROM 40 MILES PER HOUR AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I PUSHED ON THE GAS PETAL, IT WOULD NOT SPEED UP. THEN IT JUST WOULD NOT MOVE AFTER THAT. HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO MOVE MY CAR FROM THE ROAD AND TAKE IT TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO SAID THAT THE RADIATOR HAD GONE BAD AND LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731377June 30, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY CAR WAS MAKING A RATTLING NOISE SO I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER TO INSPECT IT AN FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE SECONDARY TIMING CHAIN AND THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AN OR RECALL. AS SEARCHED ONLINE FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR CARS, AND THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS AND NEVER REVEALED IT TO THE PUBLIC OR HAD A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, SO THAT THE REPLACEMENT WOULD FALL ONTO THE CONSUMER.( THIS PERTAINS TO THE SECONDARY TIMING CHAIN AND OTHER ASSOC. PARTS)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731144June 29, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I CURRENTLY HAVE A 2008 NISSAN XTERRA WITH 146K MILES. I TOOK MY CAR INTO SUTHERLIN NISSAN AT THE MALL OF GEORGIA AS THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WAS ON AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RADIATOR WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION THAT BOTH WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE COST WOULD BE OVER $4K TO REPLACE BOTH. I TOOK IT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED. HOWEVER, IM STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT TO A KOREAN SHOP VOTECH WHERE THE OWNER VO IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL TYPES OF CARDS. I EXPLAINED TO VO WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND HE SAID THAT OVER 90% OF THE NISSAN REAR WHEEL DRIVE TRUCKS THAT COME IN HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE IN A LAWSUIT OR ISSUING A RECALL REAL SOON ON THESE VEHICLES. IM A SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO AND IM UNEMPLOYED, SO OF COURSE I CANT AFFORD TO PAY $4K TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION. I HAVE PAID NISSAN ALL OF THIS MONEY TO PURCHASE THE VEHICLE AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, THEN THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR FAULTY PARTS IN THEIR VEHICLES REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY MILES ARE ON THE VEHICLE. IM VOICING MY CONCERN AS A CUSTOMER AND I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW NOT TO BUY NISSAN IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS UNFAIRLY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730843June 28, 2015
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NISSAN XTERRA 2015 PURCHASED ON 3/14/2015. ODOMETER AT 4200 MILES. VEHICLE HAS LOSS OF POWER FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS. VDC DASH INDICATOR TURNS ON. SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIED BY METALLIC GRINDING NOISE AS IF THE ABS SYSTEM HAS TURNED ON. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES ALWAYS ON DRY ASPHALT PAVEMENT. USUALLY AFTER A 90 DEGREE TURN. ALTHOUGH HAS ALSO HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY FOR A SECOND OR TWO WHEN MODERATELY ACCELERATING FROM A STOP CONTROL. CHECKED TIRE PRESSURES AND IT IS WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS (I.E. 38-40 PSI) THIS HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES PRIOR FOR SHORTER INTERVALS. HOWEVER THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE SINCE IT HAS NOW SUBSEQUENTLY OCCURRED TWO TIMES ON 6/28/2015 FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS EACH TIME. NOTE, I HAVE VIDEO RECORD OF BOTH OCCURANCES ON 6/28/2015 OF THE DASH PANEL AND ROADWAY SHOWING THE PROBLEM, VDC INDICATOR LIGHT, ACCOMPANYING GRINDING NOISE, AND LACK OF ACCELERATION. THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 10 MPH AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER TO ALLOW A FOLLOWING VEHICLE TO SAFELY PASS. THE VEHICLE SPEED IN INITIATING THE TURN IS USUALLY AROUND 20 MPH. TOOK VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY TO STOCKTON, CA NISSAN DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON 6/23/2015. THEY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 3 DAYS. SERVICE TECH TEST DROVE VEHICLE AND REPLICATED PROBLEM, BUT ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE REP FOR ONLY A VERY SHORT TIME AND IN A U-TURN. THIS IS INDICATED ON THE SERVICE PAPERWORK. SERVICE REP SAID NO OBD2 CODES WERE RECORDED. SERVICE TECH CALLED NISSAN TECH LINE WHO TOLD HIM THIS IS "NORMAL". IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT SERVICE TECH DID NOT GET NOISE AND LOSS OF POWER TO OCCUR FOR 30 SECONDS SO PROBABLY TOLD NISSAN TECH LINE THAT IS WAS ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME IN A U-TURN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730239June 24, 2015
POWER TRAIN
THE ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR ARE RUINED. I AM A SINGLE MOM RAISING 2 KIDS TRYING TO SAVE MONEY TO GET IT FIXED. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS EXACT PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726827June 23, 2015
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I HAD ALL FOUR HANKOOK DYNAPRO ATM TIRES FROM THIS BATCH REPLACED FOR TREAD SEPARATION. I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THESE TIRES IN MARCH OF 2010. I HAD TWO OF THEM REPLACED IN APRIL OF 2013 (THE SEPARATION ON THE TWO TIRES WERE SO BAD THAT THEY WOULD NOT LET ME LEAVE THE SHOP WITH THEM.), THEN THE BLOWOUT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2014 THEN THE FINAL REPLACEMENT IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. ALL OF THESE TIRES WERE REPLACED DUE TO THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES. I REPLACED THESE TIRES WITH THE SAME PRODUCT THINKING I JUST GOT A BAD BATCH OF TIRES. BUT WHEN SHOWING THE GUYS AT THE DISCOUNT TIRE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TIRE AND CAR WHEN THE TREAD BLEW OFF THE TIRE AND THE 2500 DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED TO THE SUV, THEY FELT THAT THAT WAS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AND THAT I NEEDED TO FILE A CLAIM WITH HANKOOK. THEY HELPED ME GET THE CLAIM STARTED. I WAS CONTACTED BY JUAN BRITOS WHO ASKED ME TO SEND IN AN ESTIMATE FROM A REPAIR COMPANY WHICH I DID. A FEW DAYS LATER I RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT THE CLAIM WAS DENIED DUE TO PROLONGED OPERATION OF THE TIRE IN AN UNDER-INFLATED STATE THIS CLAIM IS SIMPLY UNTRUE. I COMMUTE QUITE A FEW MILES A WEEK. I AM VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE PRESSURE OF MY TIRES. I DO THIS FOR ECONOMIC REASONS I KNOW KEEPING PROPERLY INFLATED TIRES IMPROVES MPG. THIS IS WHY I KEEP A TIRE PRESSURE GAGE IN THE DOOR OF MY CAR AND CHECK IT REGULARLY. I ALSO KEEP AN AIR COMPRESSOR IN MY CAR TO INFLATE ANY UNDER INFLATED TIRES, THIS IS ALSO AN AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF COMPRESSOR THAT SHUTS OFF AT THE SET PSI. I KEEP MY TIRES AT A RANGE OF 35-40 PSI. I ALSO HAVE A TPMS SYSTEM IN MY VEHICLE THAT WOULD WARN ME OF ANY LOW PRESSURE ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726980June 23, 2015
POWER TRAIN
AFTER NOTING A REPEATED NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS, WE DISCOVERED FROM OUR MECHANIC THAT WE WERE FACING A $6,400 REPAIR FOR A ISSUE THAT WAS WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED BUT ONLY COVERED BY NISSAN UP TO 80,000 MILES, WHICH OUR CAR HAS EXCEEDED. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, TRANSFER CASE AND OTHER PARTS ARE DESTROYED BY A LEAK OF THE RADIATOR INTO THE TRANSMISSION. WE WERE NEVER ALERTED TO THIS MAJOR DEFECT AND NOW HAVE NO RECOURSE BACK TO NISSAN TO COVER THE REPAIR. WHAT A TREMENDOUS LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISREGARD FOR POTENTIAL SAFETY OF DRIVERS BY NISSAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726364June 20, 2015
SUSPENSION
PASSENGER SIDE REAR LEAF SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, ALMOST PUNCTURING GAS TANK ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC. THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR LEAF SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. I WAS ADVISED BY MY MECHANIC THAT THIS WAS DEFINITELY AN ITEM THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AND IT IS MOST LIKELY DUE TO DEFECTIVE PART, AS THE METAL LAYERED LEAF SPRING SHOULD NOT BREAK. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE IS NOT ONE THAT IS DRIVEN IN A MANNER OF OFF ROADING, THAT THE FAILED LEAF SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE AND SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BY THE AUTHORITIES PERHAPS, AS A RECALL ITEM. HE ADVISED THAT I SHOULD FILE A COMPLAINT AND I HAVE REVIEWED THIS SITE TO DETERMINE THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD ISSUE WITH THE LEAF SPRINGS BREAKING. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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