Nissan Xterra Complaints

3,099 consumer complaints on file.

#10619386August 6, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHEN DRIVING THE CAR AT 40MPH/AROUND 1000RPMS THE VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING AT THE BACK END. UPON ACCELERATION, THE VIBRATION CEASED. THIS BEHAVIOR BECAME CONSISTENT. A MECHANIC INDEPENDENT FROM NISSAN FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR MUST BE REPLACED PER HIS CONVERSATION WITH THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. ALSO ADVISING INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THE DEALERSHIP ADMITS TO HAVING A FLOOR FULL OF TRANSMISSIONS THAT NEED REPAIR. I INVESTIGATED THE CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED IN 2010 AND ALREADY SETTLED, BUT HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PRIOR AS NISSAN DID NOT ALERT ME TO THE PERSISTENT PROBLEM SINCE 2005 I SHOULD EXPECT MY CAR TO DEVELOP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618918August 5, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS AND VDC WARNING INDICATORS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10619146August 5, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL AND RUINED THE RADIATOR. MY XTERRA HAD 106,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE COST TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WAS NEARLY $5,000.00. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS THE SAME FACTORY DEFECT MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10619152August 5, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
PURCHASED MY '05 NISSAN XTERRA IN THE SPRING OF 2012 WITH ABOUT 160,000 MILES. FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS I HAD MINOR ISSUES LIKE SHUDDERING/VIBRATIONS RANDOMLY WHEN I ACCELERATED AND THE HEAT NOT WORKING WHEN I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AND MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY THAT I KNEW I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK MY XTERRA TO 3 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND EACH ONE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT I WOULD NEED A COMPLETELY NEW TRANSMISSION AND FROM THERE THEY WOULD SEE IF I IN FACT NEEDED TO CHANGE THE RADIATOR (WHICH THEY WERE POSITIVE WAS THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DUE TO SIMILAR ISSUES WITH OTHER NISSAN SUV OWNERS). THE REPAIRS WILL COST ME WELL OVER $4,000 AND UNFORTUNATELY AS A COLLEGE STUDENT, THERE IS NO WAY I CAN AFFORD TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. WHAT WAS APPALLING TO ME WAS WHEN I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ONLINE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ON VARIOUS WEBSITES ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND NISSAN HAS YET TO ISSUE A RECALL. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EXCLUDED MANY PEOPLE AND PUT MANY MORE AT AN UNFAIR DISADVANTAGE. I PERSONALLY BOUGHT MY NISSAN, BECAUSE OF THEIR REPUTATION, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY WILL NOT COME TO THE AID OF THEIR CONSUMERS SPEAKS VOLUMES OF THIS COMPANY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618807August 4, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO ENGINE COOLANT FROM LEAKING COILING SYSTEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618308August 2, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE VIBRATED AS IF IT DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER TO SHIFT OR NOT. FOUND OUT LATER THAT I HAD WATER IN MY TRANS AND TRANS FLUID IN MY RADIATOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617461July 29, 2014
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR BEGAN OVERHEATING AND EVEN WHEN ALLOWED COOL DOWN TIME CONTINUED TO RUN HOT. INSPECTION SHOWS THAT THE CAR HAS TRANSMISSION LEAKING INTO THE RADIATOR. EVEN WHEN FLUSHED AND REFILLED - IMMEDIATELY MIXES AGAIN. CAR IS NOT OPERABLE. DEALERSHIP INDICATES $5K TO REPAIR. THE CAR HAS JUST PASSED 100,000 AND IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY WARRANTY. NISSAN WAS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND OPTED NOT TO RECALL OR EVEN INFORM CUSTOMERS OF ISSUES TO WATCH FOR. NOW, I AM OUT A CAR - I DO NOT HAVE 5K NOR DO I HAVE THE ABILITY TO WALK OUT AND JUST BUY A NEW CAR. THANKS NISSAN FOR LOOKING OUT FOR YOURSELF AND NOT THE CUSTOMERS WHO KEEP YOU IN BUSINESS. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617074July 29, 2014
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
2ND OWNER OF 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. FIRST HAD ISSUES WITH HEAT NOT WORKING WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP, THEN CAR WOULD BEGIN TO VIBRATE ON THE HWY, AND NOW CAR IS HAVING ISSUES UP SHIFTING. 2 MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME THE SAME THING, STATING DEFECTIVE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION. NOW I MUST REPLACE BOTH AT ABOUT $4000. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL AND NISSAN HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. JEOPARDIZING THE SAFETY OF MANY AND BEING VERY COSTLY TO THOSE WHO CAN NOT AFFORD A MAJOR ISSUE LIKE THIS. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616710July 28, 2014
ENGINE, SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WHEN ACCELERATING IN A STRAIGHT LINE, VEHICLE STARTS TO BUCK, ABS LIGHT GOES ON, ENGINE SHUTS OFF. SPEED WAS ~ 30MPH. MILEAGE IS 147. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616991July 28, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION, THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A LARGE VIBRATING SOUND AT RANDOM TIMES. THIS WOULD KEEP GETTING WORSE UNTIL I HAD TO BRING IT TO A SHOP, OVERALL JUST ABOUT A WEEK. I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUIDS WERE MIXING AND THAT I NEEDED A FLUID FLUSH A LONG WITH A NEW RADIATOR. ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER, MY CAR JUST WOULDN'T START ONE MORNING. I TAKE IT TO THE SHOP AGAIN, HOPING IT IS JUST A MINOR FIX THIS TIME. THIS TIME THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND COMPUTER SYSTEM. LUCKILY I WASN'T DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED, OTHERWISE WHO KNOWS WHAT DAMAGE IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED TO THE CAR OR TO ME. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616471July 26, 2014
ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING ON A REGULAR ONE WAY STREET, WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. BY THE WAY, THIS HAPPENED ON MY WEDDING DAY. ANYWAYS, I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A CAR SHOP TO FIND OUT THE RADIATOR BURST CAUSING THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX, MY TRANSMISSION IS RUINED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, MY RADIATOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, THE FLUIDS GOT INTO MY WATER PUMP WHICH ALSO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE COMPLETE COST FOR DAMAGES IS $7500. NOW I AM OUT OF A CAR AND CANT TRADE IT IN BECAUSE IT IS NOT WORTH ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS I SEE MANY OTHERS HAVE FACED THIS PROBLEM, THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THESE FAULTY RADIATORS IN THE 2006 NISSAN XTERRAS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616579July 26, 2014
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THE RADIATOR LEAKS COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. CONSEQUENTLY BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616185July 25, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY CAR ACTUALLY IS 8 YEARS OLD AND HAS APPROX. 105,000 MILES, HENCE, DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION SUIT ORDERING NISSAN TO REIMBURSE REPAIRS. IF I WAS UNDER 100,000 MI, I WOULD ONLY HAVE TO PAY A $3,000 DEDUCTIBLE. BECAUSE I HAD PASSED THE 100,000 MILE BEFORE THE FAILURE HAPPENED, I'M NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY. AS IN MY CASE THE RADIATOR BUSTED AND CAUSED THE COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH MEANS THAT I NOW NEED A NEW RADIATOR AND A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH IS GOING TO COST ROUGHLY $5,000 DOLLARS TO FIX IN WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD. I REPLACED THE RADIATOR & HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED TWICE (COST NEARLY $1K) . THIS CAUSED INTERNAL DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION. I SUBMITTED A CLAIM FOR OUT OF POCKET COST, NEVER HEARD ANYTHING!! EITHER WAY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE PROBLEMS ARE HAPPENING TO VEHICLES UNTIL THEY GO OVER 100K MILES THEN WHY CAP THE ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENT?? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616216July 25, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED EMPTY HOWEVER THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616274July 25, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
THE DISTRIBUTOR HAS BALL BEARINGS UNDER THE SOLENOID AND PHOTO FOR CAM SENSOR THAT COMES APART AND GOES EVERY WHERE INTERNALLY. IT CAUSED ME TO GO OFF THE HIGHWAY AND ALMOST GOT HIT BY A TRUCKER WHEN IT COMPLETELY STOPPED MY CAR WITH OUT WARNING OF ANY KIND ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO SENSOR INDICATOR UNTIL I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT ONLY REGISTERED THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED OF AN ON TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. IT ALMOST CAUSED MY WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO BURN OUT AS WELL. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND PULL THE MATERIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND BUILDS OF MATERIAL FOR THE INTERNAL ITEMS OF THIS, ESPECIALLY THE BALL BEARING THAT CAME APART. THIS IS THE MOST COMMON MALFUNCTIONING ITEM ON THIS MODEL AND YEAR. I'M AN INDUSTRIAL AND BUILD INSPECTOR AT CENTURY FASTENERS CORP. PLEASE REVIEW THIS AS IT COULD BE FATAL TO SOME ONE WHO DOSE NOT KNOW HOW TO CONTROL A SITUATION LIKE THIS. PLEASE AND THANK YOU,[XXX] 2002 NISSAN XTERRA AND ALL RELATED MODEL ENGINES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616424July 25, 2014
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THE RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO STOP WORKING. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND A WHOLE NEW RADIATOR SYSTEM PUT IN MY TRUCK. 5300.00 .THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. TRIED TO SEND IN A CLAIM BUT WAS TOLD THEY ARE NO LONGER EXCEPTING CLAIMS BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. IF THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM THEN THEY SHOULD HELP THOSE OF US IT HAPPENED TO!!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10615546July 23, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NISSAN SENT A WARRANTY NOTIFICATION LETTER THAT THE RADIATOR COULD CRACK AND LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE LETTER STATED THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 80K MILES. THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION UNTIL THERE WAS AN ACTUAL PROBLEM. I DIDN'T START HAVING PROBLEMS UNTIL ABOUT 96K MILES. WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALER, I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST ME $3000 MY PART TO FIX IT AND THEY WOULD COVER THE REST. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD TO MAKE THE REPAIR AT THIS TIME. NISSAN KNEW THE PART WAS BAD AND STILL DID NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10615851July 23, 2014
POWER TRAIN
I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION 'SLIPPING' WHEN I PULLED INTO WORK, ESPECIALLY IN TRAFFIC ON MY COMMUTE. WHEN I GOT BACK IN MY CAR 2 HOURS LATER, I COULD BARELY MAKE IT UP A 2% GRADE IN THE PARKING LOT. I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO A REPUTABLE TRANSMISSION SHOP WHO SAID I WAS LUCKY TO MAKE IT THERE AND NOT PAY THE TOWING CHARGES (HE POINTED TO ANOTHER XTERRA THAT CAME IN THE DAY BEFORE). MY VEHICLE WAS PAST THE (WIMPY) EXTENDED WARRANTY (MILEAGE) FOR THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND THE AGE WAS WELL PAST IT. IT COST ME $3750 OUT OF POCKET WITH NO HOPE OF FINANCIAL RELIEF FROM NISSAN. THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR STORE OWNER SAID THIS WHOLE SITUATION (DESIGN AND LAWSUIT) WAS TERRIBLE AND COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. LUCKY I WASN'T ON THE INTERSTATE! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10614887July 21, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT STARTED BLINKING EVEN WITH THE SEATBELT ON PROPERLY. THIS VEHICLE HAD NEVER BEEN IN CRASH ONCE OR EVER. I AM VERY CONCERN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10614824July 20, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY FUEL GAUGE WENT TO ZERO AFTER I JUST FILLED UP, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. CODE P0463. THE FUEL PUMP IS FINE, JUST THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. I HAVE HEARD THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS YEAR, IS THERE GOING TO BE A RECALL? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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