Nissan Xterra Complaints

3,099 consumer complaints on file.

#10026526July 3, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
E-MAIL FWD FM NPO-200/TIS/DOERNBERG REQUEST FOR A DEFECT PETITION ON THE 2002 NISSAN XTERRA BRAKE SYSTEM, BRAKE ROTORS USED ON THE XTERRA IS SUBJECTED TO PREMATURE HEAT WARPAGE.*MR PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10015708June 27, 2003
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AXLE. THE NUTS AND BOLTS HAD LOOSENED AND FALLEN OFF. *JB WHILE DRIVING DOWN AN OFF ROAD PATH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD ENGAGED. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE TIRE SHIFTED OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE WELL ABOUT 2 INCHES. AS THE CONSUMER EXAMINED UNDER THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT OF THE 4 BOLTS HOLDING THE WHEEL TO THE AXLE ONLY ONE REMAINED AND DIDN'T HAVE A NUT HOLDING IT. (ALL FOUR NUTS HAD LOOSENED TO THE POINT OF FALLING OFF) AT A SLOW SPEED ON A GRAVEL SURFACE IT HAD BROKEN THE BRAKE LINE, PARKING BRAKE, AND VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BRAKE DRUM. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023542June 22, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
DEFECTIVE FUEL SENDING UNIT IN 2000 NISSAN XTERRA. CAUSES ENGINE TO CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023122June 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
FRONT DISK BRAKES OVERHEATED AND BECAME WARPED. VEHICLE RARELY CARRIES FULL PASSENGER OR CARGO LOADS. VEHICLE HAS NEVER PULLED A TRAILER. VEHICLE HAS UNDER 18,000 MILES ON IT WITH NORMAL DRIVING, SELDOM STOP AND GO. FAILURE MAY CAUSE FAMILIES ON TRIPS WITH TRAILERS TO HAVE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021276June 9, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE MOTORS IN ALL OF THE WINDOWS, FRONT AND BACK HAVE ALL GONE OUT. BOTH FRONT WINDOWS HAVE FALLEN AND WERE STUCK DOWN. RECENTLY THE MOTOR IN ONE OF THE BACK WINDOWS HAS GONE OUT AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021209June 7, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR STARTING. FIRST PROBLEM CAR DIED JUST AFTER STARTING. ODOMETER TRIP AND A @ B HAD BEEN SET BACK TO ZERO AND CAR STEREO PRESETS ALL ERASED. NEXT MORNING CAR WOULD NOT START. WAITED AN HOUR, CAR STARTED. TOOK IN THEY ADJUSTED THE IDLE. THE CAR WAS FINE OTHERWISE. THIS WAS JUST OVER ONE MONTH AGO. YESTERDAY WENT TO LEAVE WORK CAR WOULDN'T START. NO POWER THEN I GOT THE RADIO TO WORK. THEY GOT THE CAR STARTED, THEN SHUT OFF TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE. IT WAS. WOULDN'T START. CALLED TOWING, BUT AFTER BANGING ON MY STEERING WHEEL, CAR WOULD START. I DROVE TO NISSAN WHO NOW AFTER 9 HOURS THREE TECHNICIANS CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG AND THEY SAY YOU CAN COME PICK UP YOUR VEHICLE. UNLESS THEY WITNESS THE PROBLEM THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. SAID NEXT TIME LEAVE IT ALONE AND CALL THEM AND THEY WILL HAVE IT TOWED. THIS NISSAN HAS ONLY BEEN SERVICE THROUGH THE DEALER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022484June 5, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR
THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A RECALL #02V299000. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE MECHANIC DID NOT PUT SEALANT ON THE ABS SENSOR. THE MECHANIC STATED HE DID EVERYTHING AS HE WAS TOLD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022327June 4, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
ENGINE WILL STALL OUT WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022142June 3, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
NHTSA#02-V-299-000: ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, WATER MAY ENTER THE REAR AXLE HOUSING DUE TO INADEQUATE SEALING OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) SENSOR. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER HAS INSPECTED FOUR TIMES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020979June 3, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 XTERRA ON INTERSTATE 495 WHEN THE CAR ABRUPTLY LOST POWER AND STALLED WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO START THE CAR, IT STARTED AFTER 20 MINUTES. I LET THE CAR RUN FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE REENTERING THE HIGHWAY. ABOUT TWO MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER, STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD THE CAR TOWED AND A BAD FUEL PUMP/FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS DIAGNOSED. THE FUEL INJECTORS WERE DRY, AS IF THE CAR HAD RUN OUT OF GAS, BUT I HAD THREE QUARTERS OF A TANK. IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET ON NISSAN OWNER'S SITES THAT THE NISSAN FRONTIER AND XTERRAS EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL PUMP SENDING UNITS. THE RESULT OF SUCH FAILURES IS NO GAS DELIVERY TO THE ENGINE, AS IF THE VEHICLE HAS RUN OUT OF GAS. THE FAILURE COMES WITHOUT WARNING AND DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RELATED TO MODEL YEAR. IT IS APPARENT THAT SUCH FAILURES IN A GAS DELIVERY SYSTEM IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. I BELIEVE NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR THERE WAS A NATIONAL BACKORDER FOR THIS PART. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020731May 30, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
2000 NISSAN XTERRA INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FIREMEN AT THE SCENE COULD NOT EVEN MAKE EITHER BAG DEPLOY MANUALLY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020754May 30, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
MY GAS TANK NEVER SHOWS FULL WHEN IT IS FILLED. WHEN FILL MY XTERRA WITH GAS, IT OVERFLOWS EVERYTIME UNLESS I MANUALLY STOP THE PROCESS BY GUESSING HOW MANY GALLONS I HAVE PUT IN. AT THAT POINT THE GAS SPLASHES OUT AND OVERFLOWS. THEN WHEN I START MY CAR. THE GAS GAUGE ONLY SHOWS 3/4 TANK FULL, NEVER COMPLETELY FILLED. WHEN I FIRST BOUT THIS VEHICLE IN OCTOBER OF 2000, THIS PROBLEM WAS PRESENT BUT THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIX IT. THEN I READ ABOUT THE RECALL 2 YEARS LATER ON THE INTERNET AND DECIDED TO TAKE IT IN AGAIN. THE SECOND TIME, I TOOK MY XTERRA TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE RECAL ISSUED BY NHTSA IN 2002 BUT THEYSAID MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020711May 29, 2003
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
THE SPARE TIRE (WHICH IS MOUNTED BENEATH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE) FELL OFF DUE TO RUST IN THE MECHANISM WHICH SUSPENDS IT. THE MECHANISM WHICH HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE IS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE (A RELATIVELY THIN METAL BAR ATTACHED TO A METAL CHAIN), AND IT IS CLEAR THAT NORMAL WEAR AND RUST CAUSED IT TO BREAK UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE SPARE TIRE (WHICH IS A FULL SIZE, FULL WEIGHT TIRE). FORTUNATELY, THE TIRE FELL OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION. HAD IT FALLEN OFF WHILE IN MOTION, THE TIRE COULD HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO NEARBY VEHICLES (INCLUDING MY OWN) AND THEIR OCCUPANTS. THE FALLEN TIRE COULD HAVE CAUSED MY VEHICLE OR NEARBY VEHICLES TO FLIP OVER, PARTICULARLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. NISSAN HAS BEEN INFORMED (BY PHONE) OF THIS DEFECTIVE PART. THEY HAVE REFUSED TO TAKE ACTION. ALL NISSAN XTERRA OWNERS SHOULD BE AWARE-- YOUR SPARE TIRE MAY BE HANGING BY A THREAD. THIS IS A SERIOUS HAZARD WHICH SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019107May 22, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AFTER SEVERAL VISITS TO NISSAN FOR NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND PROBLEMS THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED IN THE MIDDLE OF FIXING THEM. THERE HAS BEEN A NOISE THAT THEY CLAIMED FIRST WAS THE KNOCK SENSOR, THEY REPLACED THAT, AND NOW THEY BELIEVE IT IS THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HOWEVER IF IT IS JUST THE GASKETS THEY WANT $400.00 TO REPLACE OR IF IT IS CRACKED WHICH THEY CAN'T TELL ME FOR SURE IT'S COVERED UNDER THE 60,000 WARRANTY. THE MOST UPSETTING THING IS THIS PROBLEM EXISTED BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRATION AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT FIXED IT. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022372May 21, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS SENSOR. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019062May 21, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
I AM SURPRISED TO SEE ONLY A FEW COMPLAINTS ON THIS SIGHT, THERE'S PROBABLY THOUSANDS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. I WAS DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT AND THE TRUCK STALLED OUT, LUCKILY THERE WAS A PLACE TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER I GOT TOWED AND SPOKE TO NISSAN THEY WERE READY WITH THE ANSWER - IT'S THE FUEL SENDING UNIT! A BUILD UP OF CORROSION IN THE WIRE OF THE SENDING HAD SHORTED OUT THE SIGNAL TO SUPPLY GAS. NICE JOB NISSAN! PIECE OF CRAP! RECALL!!!!!!!!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019082May 21, 2003
SUSPENSION
CAR PULLS TO THE RIGHT SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT 4 TO DO AN ALIGNMENT AND STILL THE SAME ITS VERY DANGEROUS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020204May 20, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019029May 20, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, STEERING, SUSPENSION
THIS IS A VERY SOLID, AND STABLE VEHICLE IN THE SNOW AND ICE, (WITH STUDDED SNOW TIRES, ALL SEASON RADIALS ONLY WORK IN FLORIDA) IT HANDLES WELL, AND PERFORMS NICELY FOR A SMALL SUV. THE ONLY COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE WITH THIS VEHICLE, IS THAT THE RIDE IS A BIT ROUGH. AND IT IS A BIT UNCOMFORTABLE FOR TALLER PEOPLE ON LONG RIDES. TO THOSE THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE VEHICLE PULLING TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. CURE #1, GET THE CAR ALIGNED. #2, CHECK THE ROAD YOU ARE DRIVING ON, THE TRACK WIDTH ON THE XTERRA IS NARROW, IT MAY BE CATCHING A GROOVE IN THE ROAD. #3 CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURES, TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE BRAKING....... HAVE THE BRAKES CHECKED, ROTORS, PADS, OR CALIPERS COULD BE STICKING. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018515May 11, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
XTERRA WAS MAKING A POPPING SOUND WHEN TURNING. AFTER TAKING DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL OFF,I DISCOVERED BROKEN SWAY BAR BRACKET (LEFT HAND SIDE). TOP BOLT MISSING THREADS NOT DAMAGED WHICH RESULTED IN BROKEN FRAME OF VEHICLE. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF XTERRA. SUSPECT TOP BOLT NEVER INSTALLED CORRECTLY. NISSAN REFUSED TO WARRANTY THE FRAME DESPITE MY HAVING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. HAD XTERRA REPAIRED BY REPUTABLE BODY SHOP. EXPERT BODY SHOP OPINION CONCURS WITH BOLT BACKING OUT AND CAUSING DAMAGE. BODY SHOP RECOMMEND REPAIR BEFORE USING XTERRA, FURTHER DAMAGE COULD BE CAUSED INCLUDING WRECK. PAID FOR REPAIR MYSELF. PHOTOS TAKEN BY THE BODY SHOP AND ME. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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