Nissan Xterra Complaints

3,099 consumer complaints on file.

#10789698November 10, 2015
ENGINE
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AT STATEN ISLAND NISSAN EXACTLY TWO YEARS AGO. SINCE THEN, I'VE ONLY PUT 4,000 MILES ON IT. I'VE ALWAYS SMELLED SOMETHING A BIT AWFUL WHEN FIRST STARTING THE VEHICLE. DURING IT'S LAST INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT NEEDED NEW ROTORS. WHILE GETTING THE ROTORS REPLACED, A MECHANIC WHO'D FORMERLY WORKED AT NISSAN HAD DETERMINED NOTICED THAT THE SECONDARY TIMING CHAIN AND GASKET WERE BAD, CAUSING AN INTERNAL LEAK. AFTER BRIEF RESEARCH, I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM THAT NISSAN HAS NOT BEEN INFORMING THEIR CONSUMERS AND THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS/EXPENSIVE MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. I'VE SINCE PLACED SEVERAL CALLS TO STATEN ISLAND NISSAN AND HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THE RUN AROUND. I'VE ALSO CONTACTED THEIR CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT WHO'D INFORMED ME TO TAKE IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO GET IT INSPECTED. I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE INSPECTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789251November 9, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789380November 9, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRES UNDERNEATH THE STEERING COLUMN WERE BURNT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 204,391.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789410November 9, 2015
POWER TRAIN
ENGINE OVER HEATED BECAUSE OF COOLANT LOST, WITH POSSIBLE TRANS DAMAGE, THE VEHICLE WS BEING DRIVEN WHEN THE HEATING PROBLEM OCCURED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789013November 7, 2015
POWER TRAIN, STEERING
JULY 2015,CAR QUIT STEERING NO WARNING. TURNED OUT TO BE RACK AND PINION WENT OUT.COST $1900 TO REPLACE . THEN SEPTEMBER 2015 CAR JUST QUIT BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING, HAD TO TOTALLY REPLACE WITH A NEW ONE WAS NON REPAIRABLE. COST WAS $4970.00 MACHANIC SAID REASON WAS THAT ENGINE COOLANT MIXED IN WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788430November 4, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY TRANSMISSION IS FAILING AND I CANT DRIVE MY CAR NOW AND I VANT AFFORD TO FIX IT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE VEHICKLES..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788122November 3, 2015
WHEELS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE CRACKS IN THE WHEELS OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787828November 2, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
RADIATOR HAS TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT. TRANSMISSION HAS RADIATOR FLUID IN IT. WILL HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH. APP, $5000. VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD THEN STUTTERS, VIBRATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10786856October 28, 2015
POWER TRAIN
RADIATOR FLUIDS LEAKED INTO TRANMISSION CAUSING FAILURE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES AND NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED THEM. THEY WERE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN 2012.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10786554October 27, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT A USED NISSAN XTERRA LAST YEAR THAT HAD 100K MILE. TRAVELING FROM WORK WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MEINEKE FOR DIAGNOSTIC. THE WARNING CODE READ TRANSMISSION. TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER KNOXVILLE TN THE NEXT DAY AND TECH DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS AND A DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. THAT WEEK MY CAR PRODUCED SLOWING OF VEHICLE AND TIMES WHERE ENGINE WOULD NOT CRANK. I ENDED UP PAYING $3010.35 (ATTACHED) TO CHIP'S TRANSMISSION TO GET FIXED. I CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA REGARDING THE ISSUE AND WAS PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION THAT AFTER REVIEWING MY CASE; THEY WERE UNABLE TO OFFER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE THE NEW VEHICLE LIMITED WARRANTY. (ATTACHED) I FOUND OUT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WAS FILED REGARDING THIS MATTER AND THE FIX WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. PER DOCUMENT IF YOU MILES WERE OVER 90K MILES YOU WERE OUT OF LUCK. WELL LUCK PLAYS NO PART IN THIS MATTER AS I HAD BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED OVER 100K MILES AND WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. I HAD A WARRANTY FOR 1 YR OR 12000 MILES WHEN I BOUGHT WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. I FEEL LIKE REGARDLESS OF THE MILEAGE. THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT WAS INSTALLED BY NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY CONSUMERS. THIS PART SHOULD BE REPLACED OR RECALLED BY NISSAN AND THAT AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION ON THE BEHALF OF THOSE CONSUMER WHO HAD THESE VEHICLES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR SUCH EXTENSIVE REPAIRS OR DAMAGES BEING THAT IT IS NISSAN'S WRONGFUL INTENTIONS. I HAVE HAD TO EAT THE COST OF NOT ONLY MISSING WORK BUT PAYING FOR RENTAL CAR EXPENSES FOR 14 DAYS (ATTACHED) PLUS THE PARTS/REPAIR TO THIS VEHICLE. F YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME REGARDING THIS MATTER.]
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785284October 22, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY, VEHICLE STARTED TO SHUDDER/VIBRATE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, CAN'S ACCELERATE, SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY. TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC, WHERE HE DIAGNOSES THE PROBLEM AS TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR COOLANT ISSUES. HOSE BROKE AND THE FLUID FROM THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION MIXED CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO STOP WORKING. TAKE TO NISSAN DEALER, TOLD $6000.00 TO FIX. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SINCE I PURCHASED VEHICLE USED (FORD WARRANTY). TOLD FORD WILL NOT COVER ANYTHING, SINCE THE "TRANSMISSION" WASN'T REALLY THE PROBLEM. IT WAS THE COOLANT LINES TO THE TRANSMISSION THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. JUST FORD (BIG BUSINESS) TRYING TO FIND A WAY AROUND PAYING FOR SOMETHING. I PAID FOR THE WARRANTY, AND THE WARRANTY IS BASICALLY USELESS. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE LIBERTY FORD, MAPLE HTS., OHIO THAT IT WOULD COVER TRANSMISSION ISSUES. WHAT A SCAM. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN VEHICLE NOR WILL I EVER PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. FRUSTRATED NISSAN OWNER IN OHIO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785417October 22, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP MELTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782961October 16, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN TURNED TO THE RIGHT. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED WITH FORCE IN ORDER TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT THE DIAGNOSIS WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,300.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781158October 9, 2015
POWER TRAIN
THE RADIATOR CRACKED CAUSING INTERMIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID I FOUND AFTER THE OCCURANCES. WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHILE IN MOTION IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON CITY STREETS. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE IT SEEMED OKAY. I ENTERED A CURVING ONRAMP AND SUDDENLY THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, THE ENGINE REVVED HIGH, AND JERKED HARD BACK IN TO GEAR, SPINNING THE WHEELS AND CAUSING ME TO GO SIDEWAYS NEAR ANOTHER VEHICLE. I QUICKLYQUICKLY REGAINED CONTROL, AND CONTINUED DRIVING TO THE NEAREST EXIT. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED A COUPLE MORE TIMES, CAUSING ME TO SLOW DOWN BUT NO LOSS OF CONTROL. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A FATAL ACCIDENT, AND THOUGH I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE OKAY, I HAD TO PAY $3700 TO FIX IT. THIS OCCURRED AT 102,000 MILES AND HAPPENS TO EVERY XTERRA, PATHFINDER, AND FRONTIER FROM 2005-2007. THEIR SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE THIS RESULTS IN DEATHS. IT WILL INEVITABILITY CAUSE FATALITIES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781182October 9, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION IS DAMAGED, BECAUSE THE COOLAND FLUID GOT MIXED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID. ALL OF THIS BECAUSE A BAD NISSAN DESIGN. NISSAN DOES NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM, LEAVING THE COSTUMER WITH A MAYOR PROBLEM. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BUY NISSAN. THIS COMPANY DOES NOTHING FOR PROBLEMS THAT THEY CREATED. IT HAPPENED IN MOTION DRIVING ON A CITY STREET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780796October 8, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780540October 7, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
A LEAK INSIDE THE RADIATOR HAS ALLOWED RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. JUST DRIVING A SHORT ERRAND NEAR HOME WHEN I FELT A VIBRATION AT ABOUT 40-45MPH, FOLLOWED BY ERRATIC SHIFTING. AS I RETURNED HOME, THE CAR WOULDN'T EVEN CLIMB UP MY DRIVEWAY. I WAS ABLE TO BACK OUT, AND TRIED DRIVING FORWARD, BUT COULD ONLY CRAWL A COUPLE OF MPH. LUCKILY REVERSE STILL WORKED ENOUGH TO SAFELY MOVE OUT OF THE STREET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780642October 7, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING MY XTERRA AND IT SURGED ACCELERATION THEN JUST QUIT WON'T TURN OVER NOTHING... I WAS ON THE DEUCE OF CLUBS DRIVING......
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780085October 6, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LEVEL MALFUNCTION CAUSING FALSE READING OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10779623October 4, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION FLUID AND COOLANT MIXING. POOR AND DANGEROUS DESIGN. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIME WITH THEM LIKE THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE ISSUES(SHUTTERING WHEN CLIMBING ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, LOSING POWER, OVER HEATING) AFTER COMPLAINING THEY CHANGE THE RADIATOR, REAR AXLE, AND TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS AT 99,295 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE REPAIRS TOOK A MONTH TO COMPLETE. NOW LESS THEN A YEAR AND AT 128,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN!!! ALSO THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS OVER. THE DEALERSHIP IS NOW SAYING THAT IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. NOW I HAVE TO PAY $1200 TO CHANGE MY RADIATOR SO I CAN DRIVE THIS TIME BOMB. AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT I CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN FOR $8,000!!! I WILL NEVER BUY NISSAN AGAIN. I GUESS I WILL DRIVE IT UNTIL IT DIES. SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. NHTSA, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR TO CALL A RECALL???
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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