Nissan Xterra Complaints

3,099 consumer complaints on file.

#10895453August 12, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STOPPED SHIFTING GEARS AND THE CAR DECELERATED. AFTER IT CAME TO A STOP, THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. AFTER TALKING TO MECHANICS, IT APPEARS THAT A DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR CAUSED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO INTERMIX, WRECKING BOTH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894887August 10, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE PLACING FUEL IN THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO DISPLAY THE ACCURATE READING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894664August 9, 2016
POWER TRAIN
RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH RESULTED IN UNREPAIRABLE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH REQUIRE THE ENTIRE TRANMISSION TO BE REPLACED AT A SIGNIFICANT COST. NOT SURE WHEN THE RADIATOR BEGAN LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS INCIDATING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG UNTIL THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893650August 5, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED AN NISSAN XTERRA 2007 SUV IN 2008. CAN HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAIN. I RECENTLY TOOK TRIP AND IN MY WAY BACK CAR STARTED TO FEEL AND SOUND WEIRD.I JUST FELT DIFFERENT. I WENT TO NISSAN TO CHECK IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BREAKS OR SOMETHING ELSE. BUT I WAS INFORMED THAT XTERRA HAD AN EXTENDED GUARANTEE ON THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING IN TO THE TRANSMISSION . IT WILL COST ME 2,500-3,000 TO FIX. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OR WARNED OF THIS DEFECT. WHY ???? I HAVE TO PAY THIS. I EVEN PURCHASED AN INSURANCE UP TO 60,000MILES CAR IS ONLY 76,351. VERY VERY UNFAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893477August 5, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893254August 4, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
GRINDING NOISE - REQUESTED HELP FROM DEALER BUT NO AVAIL. I AM WANDERING WHY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS NOT STEPPING IN ESPECIALLY THAT THE PROBLEMS HAS ESCALATED TO RADIATOR LEAKAGE AND DESTROYING TRANSMISSIONS AND NISSAN BRIBED OUR LAWYERS IN THE CLASS ACTION. HOW ABOUT TIMING CHAINS FOR GODS SAKE. WE'RE MORE HURT BY NISSAN THAN VW..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10892580August 2, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION LINES AND THUS INTO THE TRANSMISSION. SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE FIX TO REPLACE THE FAULTY RADIATOR WAS NOT COMMUNICATED TO ME AND NOW IT'S TOO LATE TO SAVE THE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN GOT AWAY WITH MURDER AND CAUSED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MONEY THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR DEFECTIVE PARTS. THESE PARTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AS THEY CAUSE A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD WHILE DRIVING. HAVING YOUR TRANSMISSION FAIL ON YOU WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. BUT BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ACTUALLY DIED FROM IT A RECALL WAS NOT REQUIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10889067July 27, 2016
ENGINE
I OWN A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA WITH 116643 MILES AND WAS JUST TOLD BY THE NISSAN DEALER THAT MY COOLANT IS LEAKING COOLANT FLUIDS INTO MY TRANSMISSION. UPON RESEARCH I DISCOVERED THAT NISSAN SETTLED A CLASS ACTION SUIT BUT THE OWNER IS STILL LIABLE FOR REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH THE RADIATOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THIS LEAKAGE WILL EVENTUALLY DESTROY MY TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10888534July 26, 2016
POWER TRAIN
125K MUCH LIKE SEVERAL OTHER CUSTOMERS THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLES CONTAINS A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR COOLER TANK THAT RUPTURES AND FORCES COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE COOLER LINES. WHEN THE COOLANT MIXES WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID IT CREATES A FROTHY LIQUID THAT EATS VALVES, ERODES SEALS AND CAUSES CORROSION. WAITING TO SEE WHAT COST WOULD BE TO REPLACE SYSTEM BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS AROUND 5K AND THE CAR IS NOT EVEN WORTH THAT!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10888791July 26, 2016
POWER TRAIN
I HAD NOTICED THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD BOUNCE UP AND DOWN AND WHEN I WENT TO CHECK THE ANTIFREEZE IT WAS FULL OF PURPLE GOOP. I WAS TOLD THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED. I TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF THIS CARE WITH OIL CHANGE, ALL FLUID CHANGES AS WELL. I CAN'T NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED. THE SUV HAS BEEN PARKED SINCE THEN AND THAT WAS OVER 3 YEARS AGO. I WAS HOPING TO HAVE A RESOLUTION OF THIS WITH A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10887485July 21, 2016
POWER TRAIN
LIKE COUNTLESS OTHERS, I HAVE THE SMOD, OR STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE OF DEATH, ON MY 2006 NISSAN XTERRA S. THE RADIATOR FAILED, WHICH ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS RESULTS IN THE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR. NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS EARLY ON AND DID NOTHING TO HELP OWNERS UNTIL FORCED TO BY SETTLING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. THE LAWSUIT WAS USELESS TO ME AS I WAS ALREADY PAST THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE SETTLEMENT. ALL I COULD DO WAS WAIT AND HOPE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO ME. THAT HOPE ENDED YESTERDAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10885842July 19, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I BOUGHT MY XTERRA IN SEPT. 2014 AND JUST THIS LAST MONTH. NOT EVEN PUTTING 20,000 MILES ON IT AND STILL HAVE A LOAN ON IT HAD TO PUT 4700 INTO IT BECAUSE OF THE RADIATOR FLUID RUNNING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS FINE ONE DAY AND THE NEXT DAY I WAS GOING 40 MILES AN HOUR AND IT STARTS JERKING ON ME AND WOULDN'T GO OVER 20 MILES AN HOUR. I COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN A ACCIDENT WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ON THIS. WHAT I HAVE READ FROM OTHER PEOPLE THIS HAS HAPPENED A LOT. DON'T YOU THINK NISSAN WOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND FIX THEIR MISTAKES!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10885365July 17, 2016
AIR BAGS
JUST OVER 42K MILES THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT BEGAN SPONTANEOUSLY TO BLINK - THE AIRBAG SENSOR HAD FAILED. THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN A COLLISION OF ANY KIND. AFTER TALKING W NISSAN, THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR IT BECAUSE THE "VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY." COST TO REPAIR SO FAR IS $3,169 AND CLIMBING. THE ENTIRE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM - NOW THEY ARE REPLACING OTHER PARTS ONE AT A TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT SENSOR HAS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS GARAGE KEPT IN MARYLAND WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED IN APRIL 2011. I HAVE LIVED IN AZ FOR 4 YRS AND STILL HAVE IT GARAGED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884545July 13, 2016
POWER TRAIN
PURCHASED VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER 2015. DEALER STATED VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED AND NEW RADIATOR INSTALLED. IN JUNE 2016, TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS DRAINED AS REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED WITH ENGINE COLLANT, THEREFORE, TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD NOT BEEN FULLY FLUSHED AND REPLACED. FLUSHED TRANSMISSION WITH NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID TO REMOVE CONTAMINATED FLUID. IN JULY 2016, THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND WOULD NOT START DUE TO A BLOWN FUSE. DETERMINED THAT CONTAMINATED FLUID HAD CORRODED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, CAUSING THE BLOWN FUSES AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $3000. THE VEHICLE HAS 140,000 MILES ON IT THEREFORE, DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT OR THE EXTENSION (HTTPS://WWW.NCCONSUMER.ORG/NEWS-ARTICLES/SETTLEMENT-REACHED-IN-LAWSUIT-AGAINST-NISSAN-OVER-FAILED-RADIATORS-TRANSMISSIONS.HTML) NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS OIL COOLER / RADIATOR ASSEMBLY YET CHOSE TO NOT ADDRESS THE DESIGN DEFECT BY ISSUING A RECALL OR EXTENDING THE WARRANTY TO COVER THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE. WILL NOT BE PURCHASING ANOTHER NISSAN PRODUCT DUE TO THE HANDLING OF THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883487July 8, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION FAILURE (ATF CONTAMINATION). ODI RECEIVED A PETITION REQUESTING INVESTIGATION OF TRANSMISSION DAMAGE ATTRIBUTED TO CONTAMINATION BY ENGINE COOLANT. THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION IS A CRACKED ATF LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH AN ENGINE COOLANT CHAMBER IN THE RADIATOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883008July 6, 2016
ENGINE
I WAS TOLD THE TIMING BELT TENSIONERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT ONLY HAS 60,800 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER QUOTED ME 1400.00. THERE IS A HIGH PITCHED WHINE FROM THE ENGINE, MOST NOTICEABLE AT LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE RUNS OK BUT I'M AFRAID IF THE TENSIONERS FAIL, SO WILL THE TIMING BELT AND SO WILL THE ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10882447July 4, 2016
POWER TRAIN
RADIATOR CRACK AND MIX RADIATOR FLUID W TRANSITION FLUID ,TRANSITION PROBLEMS, NOT CHANGE GEARS WHEN I DRIVING .SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM WHEN I'M SLOW DAWN ON INTERSECTION I CAN'T GO FORWARD AND I STUCK ON THE CENTER OF INTERSECTION. POSSIBLE CRUSH ACCIDENT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10882149July 1, 2016
ENGINE
I PURCHASED A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA, FOLLOWING MY GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE IN 2007. IT WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY NEW CAR I'VE PURCHASED. I HAVE BEEN METICULOUS ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE VEHICLE THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE OWNED IT. APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS AGO, IT STALLED WHILE I WAS DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. THE XTERRA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE VERY COMMON (AND SEEMINGLY CRIMINAL) COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION CONTAMINATION. I WAS TOLD IT WILL COST $5, 500 TO REPAIR MY XTERRA, IT REQUIRES A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR, IT IS NON-DRIVABLE. I'VE SPENT $2,000 IN RENTAL CAR COSTS OVER THE LAST 2 MONTHS, THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE VEHICLE TOOK 4 WEEKS BY NISSAN. I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY $5,500 TO REPAIR MY XTERRA. THE TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT CONTAMINATION ISSUE HAS LONG BEEN A KNOWN ISSUE BY NISSAN, PREVIOUS CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENTS DID NOTHING TO HELP THE CONSUMER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY GOVERNING AGENCIES WON'T HOLD NISSAN ACCOUNTABLE. NISSAN HAS KNOWINGLY SOLD CONSUMERS DEFECTIVE VEHICLES FOR YEARS. THIS IS FRAUD AND SHOULD BE PUNISHABLE IN A COURT OF LAW. NISSAN SHOULD BE MORE PROACTIVE AND DO THE RIGHT THING IN ADDRESSING AND RECTIFYING THIS KNOWN DEFECT IN SEVERAL OF IT'S VEHICLES MADE OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL YEARS. THE CONSUMERS ARE SUFFERING. WE HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, OR ELSE WE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I DON'T HAVE ANY OPTIONS AT THIS POINT AND IT'S NOT FAIR I DID WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO , INCLUDING PAYING $24,000 FOR A VEHICLE I CAN'T DRIVE AND THAT HAS NO TRADE-IN VALUE. NISSAN, WHY DO YOU KNOWINGLY HURT YOUR TRUSTING CUSTOMERS? UNFAIR; PATHETIC YOU CONTINUE TO BE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH YOUR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, AND SAD FOR THE CONSUMERS WHO TRUSTED YOUR COMPANY AND YOUR PRODUCT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10881814June 30, 2016
AIR BAGS
PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 4/25/11 IN MD - MOVED TO AZ IN JUNE2012. THE VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 42,000 MILES - ONE WK AGO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, BLINKS CONTINUOUSLY. TOOK TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALER - 92 MILES AWAY- WAS TOLD IT WAS THE SENSOR, THEY HAD NO PART, WOULD COST $2,000 TO REPLACE AND MIGHT NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANY KIND OF ACCIDENT AND HAS BEEN REGULARLY SERVICED. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM NISSAN HAS RECALLED LOTS OF OTHER MODELS FOR - THEY SHOULD COVER THIS! THIS HAPPENED WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10881279June 28, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN, VISIBILITY/WIPER
OUR CAR HAD NO PICKUP WHEN TAKING OFF FROM STOP LIGHT AND MAKING A LEFT TURN. WE WERE CROSSING TRAFFIC WHICH MADE THIS QUITE SCARY AS WE ALMOST STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WE PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND TURNED IT OFF. WOULDN'T START BACK UP AND THE GEAR INDICATOR ON THE DASH WASN'T SHOWING WHICH GEAR IT WAS IN. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR, AND CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE SENSORS. I WAS NEVER CONTACTED ABOUT THIS ISSUE SO I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL I WENT ONLINE AND SAW ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I JUST WENT OVER THE 100,000 MILE MARK THIS YEAR SO NISSAN WILL NOT FIX IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ISN'T A RECALL ISSUE INSTEAD OF A WARRANTY EXTENSION ISSUE WITH NISSAN WILLING TO COVER THE COST OVER $3,000. WHO HAS $3,000 THAT THEY CAN AFFORD OR EVEN HAVE FOR THAT MATTER? I'VE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN AND AM HOPING THAT SOMEONE WILL HELP ME EITHER PAY FOR THIS OR GIVE ME FULL FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE CAR SO I CAN BUY ANOTHER ONE AND USE THIS AS A TRADE IN. NOT SURE THAT I'LL BUY A NISSAN THOUGH, IF THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF ME, THAT'S FOR SURE. THE OTHER ISSUES THAT I'VE HAD WITH THIS CAR IS THE FUEL SENSOR WENT OUT, WHICH I'VE ALSO SEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS ON AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS GONE OUT. NOT SURE IF THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED OR NOT. ALL IN ALL THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT CAR,BUT CONSIDERING I BOUGHT IT USED WITH VERY LOW MILES ON IT AND JUST MADE MY LAST CAR PAYMENT 4 DAYS AGO, I'M ABSOLUTELY SICK OVER THIS. EVEN WORSE IS THE FACT THAT WE COULD'VE BEEN KILLED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC BUT WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT THE CAR DID MAKE IT BEFORE ANY CARS GOT TOO CLOSE TO US. IS THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE BEFORE NISSAN DOES SOMETHING?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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