Nissan Xterra Complaints

3,099 consumer complaints on file.

#10871481May 30, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING NISSAN XTERRA ON THE BUSY STREET AND SUDDENLY I NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I STOPPED THE CAR ON THE CLOSEST PARKING LOT AND TRIED TO GO AWAY FROM THE CAR. I WAS SCARED IT WILL BLOW UP. AFTER FEW MINUTES THE SMOKE STOPPED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I CALLED TOWING AND MY MECHANIC TOLD ME IT IS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IT WAS TRULY HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870738May 25, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE SURGED, HESITATED, AND LOST ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT A HUMMING NOISE WAS PRESENT FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870740May 25, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RANDOMLY STALL. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED AND INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY MANUFACTURER RECALL FOR THE FUEL GAUGE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 08/05/16*LJ *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870846May 25, 2016
ENGINE
CRACKED RADIATOR LEAKING FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION. I WAS DRIVING WHEN I FELT A SLIP I PARKED THE CAR AND WITH IN MINUTES A CREME COLORED FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME IT WAS A GOOD THING I TOOK IT THEN BECAUSE IF IT WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO LEAK IT WOULD HAVE DAMAGED MY TRANSMISSION. I NOW HAVE TO HAVE NEW RADIATOR PUT IN THERMOSTAT PUT IN AND ENGINE FLUSHED THIS DOES NOT GUARANTEE I WILL NOT HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS. VOICING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS ISSUE AND DEALER SHIPS AND MANUFACTURERS DO NOT DO MUCH ABOUT IT. THEY TAKE OUR MONEY BUT DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE FACT. I LOVE THIS VEHICLE BUT WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN VERY SAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870472May 24, 2016
POWER TRAIN
A CRACK IN THE RADIATOR OCCURRED ALLOWING COOLANT IN TO THE TRANSMISSION MIXING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THANKFULLY, THE CAR WAS PARKED AND WOULD NOT START. HOWEVER, WE DID "JUMP" THE STARTER AND THE CAR CREPT HOME WITH VERY LITTLE ACCELERATION CAPABILITIES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870685May 24, 2016
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED WITH THE ANTIFREEZE AND THE RADIATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 84,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870203May 22, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED FROM A DEALER WITH APPROX 64,000 MILES. AFTER 2 DAYS AND LESS THAN 200 MILES THE CAR STARTED SHUDDERING AS IF I WAS DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I WENT TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER THERE WAS A HORRIBLE RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD THAT SOFTENED AS THE CAR WARMED UP. NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT BOTH OF THE MORE COMMON COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS CAR RAISED THEIR UGLY HEADS AT THE SAME TIME: TRANSMISSION AND TIMING CHAINS!! I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR EVALUATION AND REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COST WOULD BE BETWEEN $8-9,000. THANK GOD FOR AFTERMARKET WARRANTY. ANYWAY... IF NISSAN DOES NOT INTEND TO ISSUE A RECALL, THERE SHOULD BE A DISCLOSURE ON CARFAX/AUTOCHECK/ETC FOR THESE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870165May 21, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WITH 75,000 MILES IN OCTOBER 2015. AT 84,000 MILES, I NOTICED A CLUNK AND VEHICLE SLOWED ALL THE WAY DOWN WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING INTO DRIVE AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. I WAS DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED WAY DOWN EVEN THOUGH I WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE. I WAS NEARLY REARENEDED DUE TO THE SUDDEN STALL DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS CONTAMINATED WITH RADIATOR FLUIDS. THERE'S WAS A DEDUCTIBLE OF $3,000, WHAT A SAVINGS (SARCASM). IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM. HOW COULD I BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING THAT EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED, ESPECIALLY IF NISSA KNEW ABOUT THIS VERY COMMON PROBLEM. NISSAN REALLY HAS LET ME DOWN. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN UNLESS I AM REIMBURSED FOR MOST OF WHATI PAID. I AM ALSO EXTREMELY UPSET THAT I VERY EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DUE TO THE SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION, ESPECIALLY AS I WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHEN JUST ENTERING THE INTERSTATE WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 70 MPH AND I SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN DUE TO THE FAILING TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10869991May 20, 2016
ENGINE
I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA AND THE RADIATOR LEAKED. I HAD NO IDEA THAT IN 2013 THEY HAD A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST THEM FOR THIS VERY ISSUE. THE COOLANT LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYS IT. I WAS DRIVING WITH MY CHILD COMING OFF OF A HIGHWAY ONTO A ROTARY AND MY CAR SHIFTED DOWN AND I COULDN'T GET MY CAR TO MOVE MORE THAN 10MPH WHILE WE WERE IN INCOMING TRAFFIC. NISSAN WILL NOT RECALL THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SETTLED THE LAWSUIT EXTENDING THE WARRANTIES WITH A $3000 COPAY. IT'S CRIMINAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10865842May 19, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION IS A CRACKED ATF LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH AN ENGINE COOLANT CHAMBER IN THE RADIATOR. I HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10865882May 19, 2016
POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT NISSAN XTERRA WITH 94,000MILLES ON IT. ONE MONTH LATER, I NOTICED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS FILED WITH TYPE OF MILKY SUBSTANCE. I TOOK IT TO THE MECANIC, HE FLUSHED THE RAIDIATOR AND FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION, BECAUSE THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF CROSS CONTAMINATIONS. THE VEHICULE WAS FINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, FEW DAYS LATER MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN ON NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE. I STRUGGLED TO PUT ON THE SIDE, THANX GOD NOBODY WAS HURT. TRANSMISSION GONE. I HAD TO TOW IT TO THE MECANIC AND I HAD TO SPENT 3K TO GET IT FIX. IT SEENS THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND NISSAN SHOULD TAKE RESPONSABILITY FOR THIS CAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10865385May 17, 2016
ENGINE
OWNER 2006 NISSAN XTERRA WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE HAD SHOOK THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND FOUND ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10865514May 17, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING, AVERAGE SPEED 40-50 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY, RPM FLUTTERING. ALSO GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE, IT WILL SLAM INTO GEAR. CHECKING THE COOLANT, IT IS A MILKY WHITE COLOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10864661May 12, 2016
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863848May 9, 2016
POWER TRAIN
MY RADIATOR BROKE AND LEAKED RADIATOR FLUID INTO MY TRANSMISSION RUINING THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION IN THE RADIATOR TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT AND SO DID THE ENGINE RESULT $2600 TRANSMISSION BOUGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863885May 9, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ON SATURDAY I SMELLED A BURNING SMELL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BUT IT WENT AWAY QUICKLY AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY SOURCE IN THE VEHICLE, SO I ASSUMED I JUST DROVE PAST SOMETHING THAT SMELLED BADLY. ON SUNDAY THE SMELL RETURNED, STRONGER. I STOPPED AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, AND SMOKE BEGAN POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH AS I RAN TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. ONCE THE SMOKE CLEARED AND THERE WAS NO CONCERN OF A FIRE BREAKING OUT I BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE AND FOUND THE "SMART ENTRANCE CONTROL UNIT," WHICH IS MOUNTED TO THE FAR LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE UNDER THE DASH AND CONTROLS THE POWER LOCKS AND KEYLESS ENTRY, TO BE NOTICEABLY HOT. I UNPLUGGED THIS BOX AND REMOVED IT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE BOX HAD HEAT VISIBLE DAMAGE ON ITS EXTERIOR. I OPENED THE BOX TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER AND FOUND A LARGE ELECTRICAL COMPONENT THAT I BELIEVE WAS A METAL OXIDE VARISTOR WAS THE SOURCE OF THE HEAT/SMOKE/POSSIBLE FIRE, AND NEARBY COMPONENTS SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT HEAT DAMAGE. I THINK THAT THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF A COMPUTER MODULE MAY BE A SAFETY DESIGN FLAW. IF I HAD NOT BEEN AWARE OF THE ODOR AND PULLED OVER AND QUICKLY DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY, THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS COMPUTER IS POWERED EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF, SO IT COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND CAUSED A HOUSE FIRE AS WELL. I CHECKED EVERY FUSE IN THE VEHICLE AND ALL FUSES ARE THE CORRECT AMPERAGE (NOBODY HAS INSTALLED A HIGHER CURRENT FUSE IN PLACE OF A LOWER CURRENT ONE). IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THE CIRCUIT PROTECTION IS INADEQUATE TO INTERRUPT POWER TO THE COMPUTER IF IT FAILS. MY POWER LOCKS/KEYLESS FUNCTIONED UP UNTIL THE INCIDENT AND THE CAR CONTINUES TO OPERATE WITHOUT THE KEYLESS ENTRY COMPUTER. THE COMPUTER'S PART LABEL READS AS FOLLOWS: CONT ASSY'SMART ENTRANCE PART NO. 28595 7Z000 UTA PART NO. 601-1190-001 FCC ID: KOBUTAHZR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863881May 9, 2016
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION IS DAMAGED BECAUSE OF A FAULTY RADIATOR THAT LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL. MY CAR WAS A STANDSTILL AND I WAS PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND MY CAR BARELY MOVED CAUSING THE ONCOMING CAR TO SWERVE AND SLAM HIS BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ME. THIS A A SAFETY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS IN THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863696May 7, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CROSS CONTAMINATION OF RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN. VEHICLE HAS 102K MILES ON IT AND CAN'T BE DRIVEN. WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED WITH 86K MILES AND WERE NEVER INFORMED OF ANY RECALL OR LAWSUIT. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH A NISSAN I LOST THOUSAND TRADING IN A ALMOST NEW NISSAN ULTIMA 2007 PREVIOUSLY DUE TO CONSTANT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS NOW THIS TRANSMISSION HAS SEIZED UP AND THE RADIATOR IS FULL OF GUNK. THIS SHOULD BE A FULL RECALL AND REPAIR ON THE PART OF NISSAN THEY KNOW THEIR DESIGN CAUSED THE PROBLEM. WE STILL OWE $$$ ON THIS CAR AND WILL RUIN OUR CREDIT BY TURNING IT IN AND CANNOT AFFORD THE $6K COST TO REPAIR THIS. THE DEAL THEY DID STILL LEFT THE CONSUMER HOLDING THE BAG FOR THEIR BAD DESIGN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863628May 6, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
IN OCTOBER 2015 I NOTICED THAT MY XTERRA WAS OVERHEATING AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AT TIMES. WHEN I REMOVED THE RADIATOR CAP TO CHECK THE COOLANT, IT LOOKED FOAMY AND MILKY, LIKE A LIME SMOOTHIE. I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC, WHO TOLD ME ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH NISSAN RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION CROSS-CONTAMINATION. HE TOLD ME THAT FLUSHING THE SYSTEMS WOULD NOT HELP AND THE ENTIRE COOLING SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $6500, WHICH I DIDN'T HAVE. HE TOLD ME TO CONTACT NISSAN. UNFORTUNATELY, AT THE TIME MY XTERRA WAS DIAGNOSED, IT HAD 112,000 MILES ON IT, WHICH WAS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF NISSAN'S EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH CAME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF THE CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT. THE ONLY THING THEY DID FOR ME WAS GIVE ME A REFUND ON A RECALL ITEM FOR WHICH I'D PAID BEFORE THE RECALL CAME OUT. THEY ALSO OFFERED ME A "BUSINESS ASSOCIATE'S" DISCOUNT ON ANOTHER NISSAN--AS IF I'D BUY ONE AFTER THIS! BECAUSE I AM MOBILITY CHALLENGED, I MUST HAVE A VEHICLE TO GET TO WORK, DOCTORS' VISITS, ETC. I WAS FORCED TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE PAYMENTS HAVE ME SO STRAPPED FOR CASH THAT ONCE I GET MY BILLS PAID THERE'S NOTHING LEFT FOR GROCERIES OR PET FOOD, MUCH LESS PUTTING GAS IN MY CAR! I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH NISSAN FOR PUTTING ME IN THIS POSITION I CAN'T EVEN PUT IT INTO WORDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863148May 4, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH TRANSMISSION ON 07 NISSAN XTERRA. FOUND A LAWSUIT THAT HAD BEEN SETTLED WITH NISSAN INVOLVING FACTORY DEFECTS OF THE RADIATOR OIL COOLER WHICH LEAKS INTO TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYS TRANSMISSION. TOOK AN OIL SAMPLE FROM MY VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY AND WAS TOLD THAT THEIR WAS ANTIFREEZE IN THE OIL. TOOK MY VEHICLE AND THE OIL SAMPLE INTO NISSAN SO THAT MY TRANSMISSION COULD BE REPLACED. ($2500 COST TO ME PER THE NISSAN LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT) SERVICE DEPARTMENT CALLED BACK AND TRIED TO TELL ME THAT WITHOUT DROPPING THE TRANSMISSION THAT THEY COULD TELL THAT THE ANTIFREEZE WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF MY FAILED TRANSMISSION. AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO ADMITTED THAT THEY COULDN'T TELL WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE OF MY TRANSMISSION AND THAT MY OIL SAMPLE PROVED THAT THE FACTORY DEFECT WAS THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF MY TRANSMISSION FAILURE, HE THEN PROCEEDED TO EXPLAIN THAT THEY HAD TO FOLLOW NISSAN PROCEDURE WHICH WAS A VISUAL INSPECTION. MY OIL SAMPLE TRUMPED THEIR VISUAL INSPECTION BUT THEY STILL REFUSED TO FIX MY VEHICLE EVEN UNDER THE LAWS OF THE NISSAN SETTLEMENT WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO COVER MY VEHICLE. I FIRST STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING, MY XTERRA ALMOST DOESN'T EVEN RUN NOW AND IS DEFINITELY NOT ROAD SAFE ANY MORE YET NISSAN STILL WON'T FIX IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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