Nissan Xterra Complaints

3,099 consumer complaints on file.

#10535190August 13, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AS THE VEHICLE SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE AND SLIT WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534930August 12, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY TRANSMISSION WENT....THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND OVER TIME RUINED IT. BARELY MADE IT TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP WHO CHARGED $3900 THAT I DIDN'T HAVE. THIS IS A NISSAN FAULT AND I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED, EVEN THOUGH I'M OVER THE ABSURD LOW MILEAGE LIMITS. PLEASE HELP! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534613August 10, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FLANGE AROUND THE FUEL SENDING UNIT IS CORRODED AND FUMES ARE ESCAPING FROM THE GAS TANK EVERY TIME I FUEL UP MY VEHICLE. MANY XTERRAS HAVE THIS ISSUE. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534662August 10, 2013
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL WIGGLES IN EVERY DIRECTION. BECOMING LOOSER EVERYDAY. HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND SEEMS TO BE A FAULTY STEERING BEARING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534306August 8, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,400. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534371August 8, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 XTERRA SE NOTICED LOUD NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END - FOUND OUT TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD BECOME MIXED WITH COOLANT FROM RADIATOR. (I HAVE A SAMPLE OF THE CLOUDY LOOKING FLUID). THE PROBLEM RENDERED THE SUV UNDRIVABLE SO WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHERE SPENT $5,400 TO HAVE BOTH TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REPLACED, BUT DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE IF THIS A PERMANENT FIX OR NOT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534125August 7, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME HESITATED AND DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS ADVISED TO THE CONTACT THAT RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533640August 5, 2013
POWER TRAIN
MY 2006 NISSAN XTERRA WOULD LUNGE FORWARD WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AT 40-45 MPH. IT WOULD FIRST JERK FORWARD WHEN I WOULD GO FROM SLOWLY MOVING TO ACCELERATING, LIKE WHEN YOU BEGAN TO MOVE AFTER SITTING AT A RED LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN, YOU SLOWLY START TO MOVE AND THEN YOU PRESS THE GAS TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR WOULD JERK FORWARD. THEN THE CAR HAD PROBLEMS SHIFTING OUT OF 1ST GEAR BEFORE I WAS ABOUT TO GET ON THE INTERSTATE AFTER LEAVING WORK. I DECIDED TO TAKE THE BACK ROUTE BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I STOPPED AT 2 MECHANICS ON THE WAY HOME. EACH TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE FIXED AS THERE WAS A MIX OF THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE TO A LEAK AND IT WOULD COST $5050. I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED! I HAD NOT ANY OTHER MAJOR PROBLEMS AND THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED REGULARLY. I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE ASM GUY, WHO CHECKED IN MY VEHICLE AND TOLD ME THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AFTER THE TECHNICIAN LOOKED AT IT, WAS THIS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND HIS RESPONSE WAS, "IT HAPPENS BUT BETTER THAN BUYING A NEW CAR." IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. I THEN HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR. THIS IS WHEN I WAS TOLD OF THE RADIATOR LEAKS WITH SUBSEQUENT TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE MECHANIC SAID HE HAS HAD NUMEROUS NISSANS WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURES AND EVEN FINDING A USED OR REBUILT NISSAN IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND NOW. I AM JUST EXTREMELY BLESSED THAT I DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BY EITHER RAMMING INTO ANOTHER CAR OR THE CAR JUST STOPPING ON THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE DURING RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC. IF I NISSAN COULD HAVE NOTIFIED OWNERS BY MAIL OR DURING A SERVICE CHECK, I COULD HAVE HAD THE DEFECT FIXED BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. PLEASE REIMBURSE OWNERS FOR THIS CARS DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533711August 5, 2013
ENGINE
WITNESSED LOUD WHINE FROM ENGINE THAT INCREASES DUE TO ACCELERATION. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT IT WAS DUE TO FAILED TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER AND COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE WITHOUT NOTICE. REPAIRS WOULD COST $1500.00 TO $2000.00. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533752August 5, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I HAD BEEN NOTICING A WHINING NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSMISSION 'FLARE' ON ACCELERATION FOR SOME TIME, BUT ONLY IN MARCH 2013 WAS IT DIAGNOSED AT 96K MILES BY THE DEALERSHIP AS FAULTY TIMING CHAIN GUIDES, A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 4 L ENGINE. THE DEALER SAID THE FAULTY PARTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SOON. I CONTACTED NISSAN USA CONSUMER AFFAIRS ABOUT HAVING NISSAN PARTIALLY COVER THE COST OF REPLACING THE FAULTY PARTS. DESPITE HAVING THE DEALERSHIP'S ORIGINAL REPORT AND ESTIMATE, NISSAN'S REGIONAL REP INSISTED THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO RECONFIRM THE DIAGNOSIS, WHICH WAS DONE. THE REP THEN REFUSED TO RETURN MY CALLS, AND DID NOT RESPOND TO DEALERSHIP QUERIES ABOUT THE REPAIRS EITHER. THE ENGINE NOISE WAS GETTING WORSE, AND FEARING A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE, I HAD THE DEALER REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER SAID THE TIMING CHAIN WAS SLAPPING AND ABOUT TO FAIL. THE DEALERSHIP URGED ME TO REPORT THE PROBLEM TO APPROPRIATE FEDERAL, LOCAL AND NISSAN OFFICIALS BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533337August 3, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I HAVE ABOUT 113,226 MILES ON MY 2005 XTERRA. THE OTHER DAY I HAD DRIVEN MY CAR TO WORK WITH NO ISSUE AND LEFT FOR LUNCH AGAIN WITH NO ISSUES. HOWEVER, WHEN I GOT IN MY CAR TO RETURN TO WORK FROM LUNCH, I HAD STARTED THE CAR WITH NO ISSUES, PUT IN DRIVE AND WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS IT FELT AS IF THOUGH MY CAR WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL. I EVEN CHECKED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS NOT. I RELEASED THE GAS AND PRESSED ON IT AGAIN AND THE WENT HOWEVER EVERY TIME I HAD TO STOP AND GO AGAIN I HAD TO FLOOR THE GAS IN ORDER TO GET IT GOING. ONCE IT GOT OVER 25MPH IT SEEMED TO KICK BACK INTO GEAR. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP RIGHT AWAY TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR, SINCE IT HAD BEEN WORKING FINE UP UNTIL LUNCH. TODAY I GOT A CALL FROM NISSAN TELLING ME IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH A RADIATOR FLUID LEAK INTO MY TRANSMISSION AND THAT THE FLUIDS HAD MIXED AND THAT I WOULD NOW NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. THE THING THAT GETS ME IN THAT MY CAR HAS BEEN TO NISSAN TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR FOR ISSUES WITH MY TRANSMISSION, AND WITH THE FIRST TIME IT WAS IN FOR REPAIRS THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS A SMALL LEAK WITH THE COOLANT AND YET SAID NOTHING TO ME ABOUT THIS ISSUE NOR ABOUT THE EXTEND WARRANTY (10 YEARS/100,000 MILES) WHICH IF I HAD KNOW ABOUT I WOULD HAVE HAD THEM CHECK AT THAT TIME TO MAKE SURE THE LEAK WAS NOT RELATED, AND IF IT WAS WOULD HAVE HAD THEM FIX IT. BUT INSTEAD THEY LET ME TAKE MY CAR AND NOW I AM FACED WITH A ESTIMATED $6K REPAIR JOB. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533406August 3, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I HAVE HAD MY XTERRA FOR 7 MONTHS WHEN ONE DAY I WAS APPROACHING A VERY BUSY AND LONG INTERSECTION WHEN MY XTERRA WENT INTO A SAFE MODE AND LOST MOST POWER WHICH HAD ME HOPING ON COMING TRAFFIC WOULD NOT TBONE ME AS I COULD NOT ACCELERATE THROUGH. THE LOCAL DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS ALL ELECTRICAL AND I WOULD NEED TWO WIRE HARNESSES AND A ECM. THIS COST 3,800 DLLRS. AFTER REPLACING THOSE PARTS THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED MORE WORK DUE TO MY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION HAVING CROSS CONTAMINATION DUE TO A DEFECT , BAD WELD ON THE RADIATOR FROM THE FACTORY, BUT YET IM STILL RESPONSIBLE. MY NEW TOTAL BILL IS ROUGHLY 9,000 DLRS WHICH IS MORE THEN THE VEHICLE IS WORTH. THEY HAVE MIS DIAGNOSED THIS FROM THE GET GO AND WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILTY OR OWNERSHIP. NISSAN HAS BEEN THE WORST TO WORK WITH. THEY HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE FOR OVER A MONTH AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WAS FIRST MY ECM COMPUTER THEN A FUEL INJECTOR, IGNITION COIL, THEN WIRE HARNESSES AND NOW A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. BASICALLY IF YOU GO TO A DEALER AND THE TECH HAS NO IDEA WHAT HES DOING THEY WILL CALL A SUPPORT LINE AND MAKE YOU PAY FOR THE PARTS UNTIL THEY CAN NARROW DOWN THE PROBLEM. NOW THEY ARE LINKING EVERYTHING TOGETHER WITH SOME BOGUS THEORY AND IM FINANCIALY RESPONSIBLE. WHY IS IT UP TO ME AND MY WALLET TO PAY FOR PARTS WHEN IT SHOULD BE ON THEM TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE FOR THE GET GO. THEY TOLD ME IGNITION COIL AND INJECTOR WERE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT SINCE HEARD ABOUT THOSE PARTS ONLY BECAUSE THEY DIDNT REPLACE THEM IN HIS BLIND SEARCH TO PINPOINT THE REAL PROBLEM. I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSALY INJURED IF OTHER DRIVERS WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. IM THANKFUL THAT WAS NOT THE OUTCOME OR NISSAN WOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING ME A LARGE SUM ALL DUE TO THEY WILL NOT RECALL THIS 600 FIX. ITS BOUND TO INJURE OR KILL SOMEON IN THE FUTURE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NNISSAN AGAIN. HORRIBLE SERVICE AND PRODUCT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533413August 3, 2013
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN, AS NORMALLY, TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE STARTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE KEPT SLOWING DOWN. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A NISSAN DEALER. THE MECHANIC AT THE SHOP TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE RADIATOR. THE RADIATOR, TRANSMISSION AND TRANS COMPUTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $4500. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT BUT WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR UNDER A RECALL OR WARRANTY. I TOOK THE SUV FOR A SECOND OPINION TO A REPUTABLE REPAIR SHOP. HE CONFIRMED THE FINDINGS OF THE NISSAN MECHANIC AND OFFERED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR $4,140.47. I AGREED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MECHANIC SAID I SHOULD LOOK UP A CLASS ACTION SUIT THAT HAS BEEN GENERATED. THAT IS WHY I AM POSTING THIS INCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533439August 3, 2013
POWER TRAIN
ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2013, APPROXIMATELY 5:40PM, THE CAR STARTED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY SHIFTING (AUTOMATIC), SPEED BECAME ERRATIC, SLOWED RAPIDLY. I WAS ON A SERVICE ROAD NEXT TO A FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN A BUSY AREA OF SCOTTSDALE. I WAS NEAR PINNACLE NISSAN AND DECIDED TO DRIVE THERE. I HAD A COUPLE VERY BUSY INTERSECTIONS TO GO THROUGH TO DRIVE THE 1 MI TO PINNACLE. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WAS NOT SHIFTING OUT OF LOW GEAR. I WAS VERY CONCERNED I WOULD STALL OR THE CAR WOULD CEASE DRIVING IN THESE INTERSECTIONS. PINNACLE NISSAN SERVICE DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE (8/3/13) AS A CRACKED RADIATOR COOLING TUBE THAT CAUSED COOLANT TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID RUINING COMPONENTS IN THE TRANSMISSION. A COMPLETE NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR IS REQUIRED TO FIX THIS NOW. THIS ISSUE IS NOT RELATED TO ABUSIVE DRIVING, I DO VERY LITTLE OFF ROAD AND NO TOWING, AND IS NOT A LACK OF OR IMPROPER MAINTENANCE. THIS IS A KNOW DESIGN FLAW BY NISSAN. IT APPEARS THERE IS A HIGH NUMBER OF NISSAN PROBLEM SUV'S, 2005 TO 2010, THAT EXPERIENCE THIS SAME PROBLEM AFTER ROUGHLY 80,000 MILES. BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE WOULD BE DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON A BUSY FREEWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533145August 1, 2013
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2006 NISSAN XTERRA FUEL SENDING UNIT STOPPED WORKING AT 43,000 MILES. THE FUEL GAUGE STARTED SHOWING INACCURATE AMOUNTS, THEN WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, THEN STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. READING THE NISSAN FORUMS, THIS IS A VERY, VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532752July 30, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR. THE CAR WAS TRAVELING AT 65MPH AND SUDDENLY STARTED TO JERK BACK AND FORTH AND SWERVE SIDE TO SIDE. THEN IT SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN AND WE WERE ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND. THEN VEHICLE CONTINUED TO DO THIS UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY AND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IM TOLD THAT THE RADIATOR HAD CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED INSIDE AND SENT TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO THE RADIATOR CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS MY SONS VEHICLE THAT HE DRIVES DAILY OR AT LEAST USED TO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532047July 26, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, USUALLY 60-70 MPH. INSPECTION REVEALED A KNOWN PROBLEM REPORTED FOR XTERRAS, PATHFINDERS AND FRONTIERS, 2005-2010; RADIATOR LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL. THIS RESULTED IN A $6,000 REPAIR WITH NO COVERAGE FROM NISSAN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10531700July 24, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED ON ITS OWN AT 45 ON A MILD DOWNGRADE. DID IT AGAIN LATER CHANGING FROM ONE FOUR LANE HIGHWAY TO ANOTHER, THIS TIME AROUND 45-50 MPH. TOOK THE TRUCK TO LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AS I TOOK OUT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH OLYMPICARE. THE SERVICE ADJUSTER WAS AWARE THAT '05-'09, EVEN '10 MODELS HAVE A DEFECT THAT ALLOWS RADIATOR FLUID TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID, CREATING DEGRADATION OF TRANSMISSION AND COOLING SYSTEM. AFTER-MARKET WARRANTY IS TRYING TO DIS-ALLOW CLAIM, CITING NISSAN'S KNOWLEDGE OF THIS DESIGN FLAW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10526210July 22, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED HE TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE MECHANIC INFORMED HIM THAT RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, BOTH COMPONENTS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10526229July 22, 2013
POWER TRAIN
VIBRATION FROM TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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