Nissan Xterra Complaints

3,099 consumer complaints on file.

#10515550June 6, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10514402May 30, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING INTO THE RADIATOR. I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR, OVER $4000.00. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10514375May 30, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTICS, WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A COOLING FLUID LEAK AND A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK, WHICH CAUSED CONTAMINATION OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10514376May 30, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
CROSS CONTAMINATION ON TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR COOLANT CAUSING TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE. I WILL JOIN THE CLASS ACTION SUIT CURRENTLY ON GOING....I HOPE NISSAN GETS HIT WITH A HUGE PENALTY FOR THIS TRAVESTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10514027May 29, 2013
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND FELT A CLUNK AND A SURGE - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR FELT LIKE IT HAD BEEN SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. TURNS OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO A KNOWN RADIATOR DEFECT THAT ALLOWS COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING FAILURE. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER MY CAR BECAUSE I AM BEYOND THE SPECIFIED MILEAGE OF THEIR USELESS WARRANTY EXTENSION, AGREED TO IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. REPAIRS AND RENTAL CAR WILL COST ME ABOUT $8,000. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RECALL THE CARS FOR THIS DEFECT AND SHOULD REIMBURSE THE REPAIR COSTS AT 100%. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513758May 28, 2013
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL GAUGE DOES ACCURATELY DISPLAY REMAINING FUEL IN TANK AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513810May 28, 2013
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. HAD DIAGNOSTICS AND FOUND CATALYTIC CONVERTER NOT TO BE WORKING PROPERLY. REPLACED CATALYTIC CONVERTER ON 29 NOV 2012. AGAIN ON MAY 2013 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND AGAIN IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED AGAIN. TOTAL COST OF BOTH REPLACEMENTS WAS IN EXCESS OF $1900.00. CONTACTED NISSAN AND THEY WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT, SAID THAT WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. HAD CONVERTER REPLACED AT NISSAN DEALER THE FIRST TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513919May 28, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN X-TERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO FOUND A COOLING FLUID LEAK IN THE RADIATOR AND A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,357. UPDATED 7/1/13 *CN UPDATED 07/17/2013 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513680May 27, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO WELL KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2005-2010 NISSAN SUV/TRUCK TRANSMISSIONS. COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID THROUGH COOLANT LINE CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. DEALER QUOTED $7000 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513493May 25, 2013
POWER TRAIN
LIKE COUNTLESS OTHER OWNERS OF NISSAN XTERRAS, MY RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION DESTROYING IT. MY 2006 XTERRA IS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. NISSAN IS NOT WILLING TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE OTHER THAN AN APOLOGY. LUCKILY WHEN MINE FAILED I WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513398May 24, 2013
POWER TRAIN
PULLING FROM SIDE ROAD ONTO MAIN ROAD WHEN VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. WOULD NOT PULL AT ALL, HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO COAST DOWN AN INCLINE TO GET OUT OF MAIN ROAD TRAFFIC. TOOK VEHICLE TO SHOP TO FIND OUT TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT DUE TO FACTORY DEFECT IN RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION CAUSING RADIATOR FLUID TO GO INTO TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO GO INTO RADIATOR DESTROYING THEM BOTH. RESEARCH SHOWED NISSAN KNEW OF THIS PROBLEMS IN THESE VEHICLES BUT DID NOT RECALL THEM TO FIX PROBLEM. THEY DID OFFER TO EXTEND WARRANTY TO 80,000 MILES BUT STATISTICS SHOW THIS GENERALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN TIL 100,000 MILES. REPAIRS ARE GONNA COST $5700 WHICH NISSAN SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY. THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT!! LUCKILY FOR ME WHEN I PULLED OUT ON A MAIN ROAD AND MY VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS NOT COMING AT ME BECAUSE I COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THEIR WAY...ALSO HAD THERE BEEN A VEHICLE BEHIND ME OR NO PLACE TO COAST MY VEHICLE TO IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT....NISSAN SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR THIS!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513343May 23, 2013
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL GAUGE QUITS WORKING BECAUSE OF FAULTY TANK SENDING UNIT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513350May 23, 2013
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES ON W/ SEAT OCCUPIED (120LB ADULT), SEAT BELT FASTENED, SEAT IN NORMAL UPRIGHT POSITION - INDICATING THE AIR BAG IS DEACTIVATED. I ASKED THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (NEW) FROM ABOUT THIS ANOMALY AT THE FIRST SERVICE (2220 MILES/3MOS) ON 2-20-2013 AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO - "READ THE OWNERS MANUAL". WE DID MANY DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTS WITH SEATING POSITION, SEAT BACK ANGLE ON SUBSEQUENT TRIPS, WITH NO POSITIVE RESULTS. THE ONLY EXPERIMENT THAT PROVIDED POSITIVE RESULTS WAS FOR HER TO HOLD OUR 20 LB DOG ON HER LAP - NOT A SATISFACTORY OR PERMANENT SOLUTION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER FOR THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE ON 4-22-2013 AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD DO NOTHING, AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS WHICH I HAVE DONE WITH ZERO HELP OR SATISFACTION AS OF TODAY. AS SOMEONE WHO SPENT SOME 30 YEARS IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS LIKE THIS AND OVERSEEING THE DEVELOPMENT, TESTING AND PRODUCTION OF FIXES FOR AIRCRAFT, THE ENGINEERING REQUIRED TO PROVIDE OWNERS LIKE US WITH A SUITABLE FIX TO THIS PROBLEM WOULD NOT SEEM TO ME TO BE ALL THAT LARGE OR COSTLY. GIVEN THAT THIS REOCCURRING PROBLEM IN AN IMPORTANT SAFTEY SYSTEM ON THIS AND OTHER NISSAN MODELS AS WELL AS MANY IN VEHICLES PRODUCED BY OTHER MANUFACTURERS, I AM CONFIDENT YOUR OFFICES COULD PRODUCE QUICK AND MEANINGFUL RESULTS FOR EVRYONE - OWNERS AND MANUFACTURERS BY APPLYING PRESSURE AND ESTABLISHING A MEANINGFUL CRITERION FOR THE ACTIVATION/DEACTIVATION OF THE PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG SYSTEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512994May 21, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAD AN ISSUE APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS AGO REGARDING MY RADIATOR. THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS WERE MIXING DUE TO A DEFECTIVE (KNOWN) ISSUE. MY TRANSMISSION HAS NOW FAILED DUE TO A RUSTED VALVE BODY IN THE TRANSMISSION. IN FACT IT COMPLETELY FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING. AFTER PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT, IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR, ANY GEAR. THESE ISSUES ARE OBVIOUSLY DIRECTLY LINKED BUT I AM NOW LEFT HOLDING THE BAG DUE TO THE FACT THAT NISSAN'S EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY COVERS ONLY VEHICLES WITH UP TO 100K MILES. I AM NOW NEARING 115K MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513059May 21, 2013
AIR BAGS
MY DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WHEN A DRUNK DRIVER HIT HER WHILE DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. HIS AIRBAGS DEPLOYED BUT NOT MY DAUGHTERS NISSAN XTERRA. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10512672May 18, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NOTICED VIBRATION AND BUMPING WHILE CAR SHIFTED RANDOMLY. TRANSMISSION IS BASICALLY SHOT DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION COOLER AND MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE TRANSMISSION. RADIATOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512365May 16, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JOLTED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS CONTAMINATION IN THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WOULD BOTH NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,000. ...UPDATED 07-10-13 *BF UPDATED 07/11/2013 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512085May 15, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE STARTED THE ENGINE AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE SIDE AIR BAG SATELLITE SENSOR HAD CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512160May 14, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CPSC: I1340159A. NISSAN XTERRA. CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, IS RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. *LN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511611May 13, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
SMELLING RADIATOR FLUID AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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