Nissan Xterra Complaints

3,099 consumer complaints on file.

#10503980March 21, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS VEHICLE TO COLLEGE ABOUT 5 HOURS FROM HOME. ON 9-4-12 IT OVERHEATED AND SHE HAD TROUBLE DRIVING IT BUT MADE IT THE THE DEALERSHIP IN LUBBOCK. THEY SAID THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE OLD ONE HAD INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILURE. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THE FLUID FROM THE RADIATOR GOT IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID GOT IN THE RADIATOR. THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BE FINE AFTER THEY DID A TRANSMISSION FLUSH ON IT. WE PAID THE $814 FOR THE REPAIRS. SIX MONTHS LATER AS MY DAUGHTER IS DRIVING HOME FOR SPRING BREAK THE XTERRA STARTED VIBRATING REALLY BAD. LUCKILY SHE WAS ABOUT 30 MINUTES FROM HOME SO SHE COULD STILL DRIVE IT AS LONG AS SHE STAYED AROUND 40 MPH. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN ARLINGTON WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD US THE RADIATOR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AS WELL AS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY SAID THE LUBBOCK DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE ALSO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION BACK IN SEPTEMBER SINCE A TRANSMISSION FLUSH DOESN'T GUARANTEE ALL THE CONTAMINANTS ARE REMOVED. WE HAVE JUST PAID $5600 MORE FOR REPAIRS. NISSAN HAS OBVIOUSLY ADMITTED THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM BY AGREEING TO MAKE PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENTS TO CUSTOMERS WHOSE VEHICLES HAVE LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON THEM. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE IN THE GROUP OF CUSTOMERS WHOSE VEHICLES HAVE OVER 100,000 MILES WHO NISSAN HAS CHOSEN TO IGNORE. SINCE NISSAN HAS NOT STEPPED UP TO DO THE RIGHT THING WE WILL NOT BE FUTURE NISSAN CUSTOMERS. *TR
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503854March 20, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
DRIVING MY VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO DRAG, I THEN CALLED THE DEALER AND BROUGHT IT RIGHT IN AND FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WAS GOING TO COST 6,600 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. I COMPLAINED THAT IT WAS TOO MUCH MONEY. THE DEALER BROUGHT IT DOWN TO 2,500 DOLLARS TO FIX. THEN I FIND OUT IF IT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE 80,000 MILES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. THIS IS NOT RIGHT AS NISSAN KNEW THIS WAS AN ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES BECAUSE OF A POOR DESIGN ON THERE PART. AS A CONSUMER I FEEL I WAS TAKEN. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF MY VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY OR A DESERTED ROAD. PLEASE HAVE NISSAN OWN UP TO THE PRODUCT THEY ARE SELLING. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503447March 18, 2013
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION SUFFERED AN APPARENT CATASTROPHIC BREAKDOWN THAT I HAVE NOW BEEN INFORMED WAS CAUSED BY THE BREAKING OF THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WITHIN THE RADIATOR. A MIXTURE OF COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED THE CAR TO BECOME INOPERABLE. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF BUT HAS CHOSEN TO DO NOTHING ABOUT. THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 100000 MILES (WHICH WOULD NOT APPLY TO THIS CAR) BUT HAVE NOT DISCLOSED TO ME THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM IN ORDER TO PREVENT IT. REPAIRS (AFTERMARKET) ARE GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY $3000 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND NEW EXTERNAL COOLER. I HOLD NISSAN PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BREAKDOWN AND AM APPALLED AT THE FAILURE OF THIS COMPANY TO WORK WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS TO SAFEGUARD THE WELL BEING OF THEIR DRIVERS. MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER WERE LEFT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE OF THEIR FAILURE TO ACT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503153March 15, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I NOTICED THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COME ON 3/13/2013. TODAY, 3/15 I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT I GET MY VEHICLE SERVICED AT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FUEL SENDING UNIT IS MALFUNCTIONING AND THE PRICE TO FIX IT. THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM A FEW TIMES NOW WITH OTHER XTERRA MODELS. I MENTIONED TO THEM THAT I CANNOT AFFORD THE REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND THEY SUGGESTED I KEEP IT FULL AND IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. I GOT HOME AND LOOKED UP THE PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE AND IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, AND NOT ONLY WITH XTERRAS BUT WITH PATHFINDERS AND FRONTIERS AS WELL, AS THEY ARE ALL BASED ON THE SAME DRIVETRAIN. NISSAN IS NOT COVERING THIS PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH ITS VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502415March 11, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY 2007 NISSAN XTERRA BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A RUMBLE STRIP LIKE AFFECT APPARENTLY DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR HAVING A LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSING A TRANSMISSION TO BEGIN TO FAIL. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE A RECALL ON NISSANS PART I WAS FORCED TO PAY 3000 DOLLARS FOR A CO-PAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502164March 9, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I DO NOT HAVE AN INCIDENT TO REPORT-BUT FEEL SOMEONE ELSE NEEDS TO KNOW THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE. I JUST READ THE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AGAINST NISSAN AND THE OUTCOME. I AM APPALLED THAT NISSAN DOES NOT THINK THAT THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOW FIND OUT MY NISSAN IS ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES THAT HAS COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS GOING TO COST 2500.00 AS THE MILEAGE IS OVER 80000 NOW. AND THIS IS THE CAR I ENTRUSTED MY 17 YEAR OLD TO DRIVE. I WILL HAVE TO TAKE IT OFF THE ROAD AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO FIX IT AND TRADE OR TAKE A HUGE LOSS AND TRADE IT AT THE DEALER BUT DON'T WANT ANOTHER NISSAN. SHOULDN'T SOMETHING BE DONE TO PROTECT US FROM THIS? I CAN ONLY HOPE BY WRITING THAT THIS WILL HELP ME AND OTHERS IN SOME WAY TO FORCE NISSAN TO SAY THEY USED A FAULTY RADIATOR THAT LEAKED AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND IN TURN AN ACCIDENT. I WILL BE USING ALL TOOLS AVAILABLE TO GET THIS RESOLVED-I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT MY FAMILY AND I ARE BEING CHEATED AND IT LOOKS ALL LEGAL ACCORDING TO WHAT I READ. NOT SURE HOW THAT HAPPENED...THE CONSUMER DID NOT WIN ANYTHING BUT A LARGE BILL THAT MOST MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD. THANK-YOU FOR TAKING AN INTEREST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502009March 7, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I AM DRIVE IN HWY MY LIGHT FUEL ON WHEN I SURE WE HAVE GAS MANY TIMES HAPPEN AFTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501843March 6, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ENGINE COOLANT ARE MIXING CAUSING MY TRANSMISSION TO LOCK IN 1ST GEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501877March 6, 2013
POWER TRAIN
ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO MY TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHIFT HARD. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID MY RADIATOR ASSEMBLY HAS LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT WONT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I GOT A LETTER FROM NISSAN SAYING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY AND SHOW THE DEALER IT AS WELL AND THEY STILL WON'T COVER IT FOR BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. SO I ASKED THEM HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE TO FIX IT AND IT WOULD BE $8000.00 TO REPAIR. THE DEALER SUGGESTED I CALL NISSAN. SO I CALL AND TELL THEM MY PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR AND TELL SAID THEY WONT COVER IT OF BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. I ASKED NISSAN WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO AND THEY SAID THAT I'M OUT OF LUCK. SO I'M WONDERING WHY THEY DIDN'T HAVE A RECALL ON A KNOW PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501154March 4, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
MY TRANSMISSION STARTING SLIPPING. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND ALLOWED ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. OUR WINTERS ARE VERY SNOWY,ICY AND COLD LEAVING ME WITHOUT HEAT AND IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WINTRY CONDITIONS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501195March 4, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FILLING THE SUV UP WITH GAS, THE GAUGE MOVES TO EMPTY FOR A WHILE THEN SLOWLY MOVES UP AFTER 40-45 MINUTES OF DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501212March 4, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I WAS TRAVELING TO WORK THAT MORNING. I LIVE ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN SO I WAS GOING DOWN A MOUNTAIN. I STARTED TO HEAR A GRINDING SOUND BETWEEN 40-60 MPH. THEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. WHEN I WOULD SLOW DOWN IT BEGAN TO STOP. I GOT TO WORK AND WHEN THE TECHNICIAN LOOKED AT VEHICLE HE STATED THE COOLANT HAD MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. I AM IN THE CAR BUSINESS SO I KNEW THAT THIS WAS MAJOR DAMAGE. I CALLED A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND TO MY SURPRISE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A WELL KNOW ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. I AM VERY UPSET AND THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT BEING ON A MOUNTAIN AND HAVING THE TRANSMISSION GO OUT. I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF THIS VEHICLE AND AM VERY DISPLEASED WITH THE SERVICE. I WROTE A COMPLAINT TO NISSAN NORTH AMERICA AND THE ONLY REPLY I RECEIVED WA TO TELL ME ABOUT AN OPEN RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. WELL SINCE THE VEHICLE CAN'T BE DRIVEN I GUESS THAT RECALL WILL HAVE TO WAIT. I DID REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION SEVERAL TIMES IN HOPES THAT IT WOULD SAVE THE TRANSMISSION BUT SO SORRY TO SAY I STILL HAVE THE SHUTTER AND VIBRATION AT 40 -60 MPH. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT NISSAN HAS COME UP WITH IS A LAUGH! MOST COMPLAINT I HAVE SEEN THE CONSUMER HAS PROBLEMS WELL AFTER 100000 MILES AND WHY SHOULD THE CONSUMER PAY ANYTHING ON A DEFECTED PART THAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE. SHAME ON NISSAN! *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501214March 4, 2013
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUDDERING AT AROUND 50MPH. APPROX 2 WEEKS AGO, IT WOULDN'T SHIFT, SO I COULDN'T DRIVE FASTER THAN 25-30 MPH. I HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND TRANSMISSION FLUSHED, AND IT SEEMED OK, ALTHOUGH IT WAS STILL DOING THE SHUDDERING. YESTERDAY I NOTICED A STRANGE PUDDLE ON THE GARAGE FLOOR, SO I CHECKED IT OUT. THERE IS A LEAK THAT IS CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I BEGAN DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THIS IS APPARENTLY A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM IN 2005-2010 NISSANS. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE OF THE WARRANTY EXTENSION. WHEN I CALLED THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER, THE SERVICE GUY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM, AND ESTIMATED THAT TO REPAIR WOULD BE $4000-5000. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500501February 26, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
ANTIFREEZE MIXES WITH TRANS FLUID RENDERING THE TRANS BROKEN REPAIR REPLACE TRANS AND RADIATOR =$7000.00 REPAIR AT DEALER. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500527February 26, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THE RADIATOR HAS LEAKED MANY TIMES WHICH HAS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500571February 26, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I TOOK MY XTERRA IN FOR A FUEL GAUGE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD IT WAS COMPUTER CODE PO463 WHICH IS A FUEL SENSOR PROBLEM. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST AROUND 600.00 THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! I HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERNET WHERE NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM.PLEASE FORCE NISSAN TO MAKE THIS A FACTORY RECALL. 600.00 IS THE COST OF A MORTGAGE PAYMENT AND THE TRUCK WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION WITHOUT THIS FIX!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500130February 26, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT SYSTEM WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499896February 25, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY FUEL SENDING UNIT WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AND I RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALMOST CRASHED AND KILLED MYSELF. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS AND FIXED BY NISSAN BEFORE SOMETHING REALLY SERIOUS HAPPENS! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499762February 23, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
DUE TO A CRACKED RADIATOR LINE COOLANT LEAKED CAUSING MAJOR TRANSMISSION AND ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO SHUT OFF RANDOMLY OR SHAKE VIOLENTLY ( THIS HAPPEN TO ME ON THE FREEWAY AND I WAS STUCK WITH CARS ZOOMING PASS ME AT 70 MPH) AND TRANSMISSION TO JOLT AND SHAKE WHEN GOING THROUGH THE GEARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499802February 23, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
LIKE HUNDREDS OF OTHER XTERRA OWNERS, OUR RADIATOR LINE LEAKED COOLANT INTO OUR TRANSMISSION AND IT TOTALLY DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION, AS WELL AS THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENT. ALL TOLD, $4,000 TO REPAIR (AND THAT WAS WITH A HEFTY DISCOUNT FROM AAMCO). IT HAPPENED ON AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND WE WERE LUCKY NOT TO END UP IN A WRECK. IN THE TWO DAYS IT TOOK AAMCO TO FIX OUR CAR, WE SPOKE WITH TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEIR XTERRA'S. I AM AMAZED THAT THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM AND HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN A MORE SATISFACTORY MANNER BY NISSAN. I HOPE THIS INVESTIGATION HELPS DRIVE NISSAN TO DO A RECALL ON THESE PARTS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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