2004 NISSAN CREW Complaints

REAR ELECTRONIC LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL FAILED, SOLENOID STUCK ENGAGED, REAR END POPPING AND HOPPING. *NM

MY 2004 TITAN LE (TOW PACKAGE) HAD 32000 (+OR-) MILES WHEN I HEARD A LOUD WHINING NOISE FROM THE REAR END. THE DEALERSHIP EXAMINED THE TRUCK AND ADVISED THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE REAR END. NOW 3500 MILES LATER (TOTAL MILEAGE 37000) IT HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. TONIGHT, IT'S IN THE SHOP. WILL IT GO OUT AGAIN? AFTER READING THIS SITE, MY GUESS WOULD BE AN INTELLIGENT, YES! *NM

I WAS DRIVING A NISSAN 2004 ARMADA GOING TO NORTH CA AND IN VA HAD AN ACCIDENT AND HIT A GUARD RAIL BRAKES WHERE SHUDDER AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING HARD I TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALER SHIP AND A SPECIAL TECH CAME TO SEE IT AND RULED OUT THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE BRAKES SO I LOST OUT ON 2000 THEN WHILE I WAS TAKEN MY SUV TO DEALER FOR OIL CHANGE THEY CHANGED BRAKES NOW IF THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES WHY DID THEY CHANGE THEM IT IS NOT FARE WHAT THESE PEOPLE DID AND DOING TO ME NOW IM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY STEERING BUT I THINK IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE BRAKES DAMAGE THINK OF IT BRAKE SHUDDERS AND IT AFFECTS THE STEERING WHO'S THERE TO SAY THAT IT WONT TAKE OUT THE RACK AND TIE RODS INNER AND OUTER SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT NISSAN CANT COVER BECAUSE I HAD THE ACCIDENT HOW DO THEY KNOW IT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. *NM

WHILE DRIVING TO STORE, NOTICED A BANG IN REAR OF TRUCK, DID NOT THINK MUCH OF IT SINCE I HAUL MY TOOLS IN BED OF TRUCK. UNTIL I GOT TO THE JOB SITE AND REALIZED THAT THE PASSENGER REAR LEAF SPRING WAS PROTRUDING THROUGH THE BED OF THE TRUCK. THE SHACKLE HAD STRETCHED OFF ITS MOUNTING BOLT, AND THE DRIVER SIDE WAS ABOUT TO. IMMEDIATELY I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER OF VEHICLE AND CALL ME BACK. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS AND LOST PAY, THE MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY BECAUSE OF THE RECENTLY PURCHASED AIR BAGS(2-3 WEEKS PREVIOUS) I HAD ADDED. I ADDED BECAUSE WITH MY TOOL BOXES LOADED, MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD SHINE IN OTHER DRIVERS EYES AND TRUCK WOULD ROLL IN CORNERS. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF NO PAY I HAD TO ORDER A NEW SET OF REAR SHACKLES. UPON MY SURPRISE YOU CAN SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THE NEW SHACKLES AND THE ORIGINALS WITH ADDITIONAL WELDS. THEY BLAME THE AIR BAGS. I THANK GOD I HAD THEM ON. I HAD UNLOADED ALL TOOLS/BOXES FROM TRUCK AND HAD ALL WEIGHED WITH ME AND MY HELPER 920 LBS. WITH CAP 1070 LBS FOR A TRUCK WHOSE PAYLOAD IS 1400 LBS. I ALSO HAVE PHOTOS/VIDEO OF ALL ITEMS REMOVED INCLUDING THE REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF NEW PARTS. TOOK NEW AND OLD SHACKLES TO DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER AND HE STATED THAT HE COULD SEE A DIFFERENCE. OUT OF 7 AREAS TO WELD ON THE O4 AND O5 TIME-STAMPED SHACKLES ONLY 3 ARE DONE. AND ON THE O6 TIME-STAMPED SHACKLE 6 OF THE 7 ARE DONE. I AM CURRENTLY DRIVING VEHICLE WITH ONE O5 AND ONE O6 SHACKLE. WAITING TO HERE FROM SOME ONE THAT COULD HELP ME WITH POTENTIALLY FATAL QUALITY CONTROL ISSUE. *NM

MY NISSAN QUEST HAS HAD A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED IN NOVEMBER 2004. -AIRBAG AND SEAT ISSUE (CORRECTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIX) HOWEVER, AIRBAG LIGHT ON PASSENGER SIDE STILLS REMAINS OFF OCCASIONALLY WHEN IT SHOULD BE ON. I WEIGH 122 POUNDS. -PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. STICKS AND DIFFICULTY OPENING. IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. LAST TIME IN MARCH 06 TO BE BROUGHT BACK AGAIN BECAUSE IT STILL DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY -GAS TANK: DOESN'T REGISTER GAS AFTER PURCHASE. VAN IS OFF AT STATION BUT WHEN I TURN IT ON THE DIGITAL READING SAYS EMPTY OR WHEREVER IT WAS BEFORE I WENT TO GAS STATION.-GAS TANK REPLACED BUT STILL DOES IT-BACK TO SHOP AGAIN -RADIO- REPLACED BUT STILL HEAR STATIC-BACK TO SHOP FOR ADDITIONAL TROUBLESHOOTING AND PART -DIGITAL READINGS ON TIRE PRESSURE(ALTHOUGH NOW FIXED) CONTINUALLY READ FLAT TIRE. IN SHOP A SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT FINALLY WORKED. *JB

BOUGHT AN '04 QUEST WITH 23 MILES ON OD IN MARCH '05. HAVE EXPERIENCED STARTING PROBLEMS DAILY FOR PAST 1 YEAR. ALWAYS STARTS FINE AFTER IT'S BEEN SITTING WITH ENGINE OFF FOR A WHILE. PROBLEM IS WHEN I TURN ENGINE OFF & TRY TO RE-START 5 MINUTES LATER. CRANKS FOR A GOOD MINUTE BEFORE IT FINALLY STARTS. TOOK TO DEALER 2 TIMES TO GET FIXED; THEY REPLACED SOMETHING BUT THAT DIDN'T FIX PROBLEM. THEY BASICALLY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. *JB

REAR DIFFERENTIAL ON MY 2004 NISSAN TITAN LE REPLACED AFTER ORIGINAL DIFFERENTIAL BURNED UP WHILE PULLING 6000 LB TRAILER. WHILE ON FREEWAY A BAD SMELL BECAME EVIDENT IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK , DIFFERENTIAL WAS SMOKING AND MAKING NOISE. WIRING HARNESS BURNED UP GOING TO DIFFERENTIAL. *NM

2004 NISSAN ARMADA SEVERE BRAKE PROBLEMS ONLY 13,000 MILES HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE 6 TIMES WITH SAME PROBLEM AND UNABLE TO FIX. FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND CHILDREN. *AK

THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE SECOND ROW SEAT CONTAINS EXPOSED MOVING METAL COMPONENTS. IF THE SECOND ROW SEAT IS ADJUSTED IN AN UNUSUAL MANNER THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A FINGER MAY BE PINCHED IN THE MOVING SEAT ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE THIRD ROW SEAT STRIKER BRACKETS, WHICH HOLD THE SEAT IN THE UPRIGHT SEATING POSITION MAY DETACH DUE TO A BROKEN WELD. STRIKER SEPARATION COULD AFFECT THE RISK OF INJURY IN CERTAIN TYPES OF COLLISIONS. *NM

I WOULD BE DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE TRUCK WOULD SHAKE WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE FIRST TIME I WENT IN TO HAVE THEM CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM AT NISSAN OF ELK GROVE I WAS CHEWED OUT ON HOW BAD OF A DRIVER I AM. HE GOT SO LOUD HE WAS CONSIDERED YELLING BY OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NISSAN. HE TOLD ME HOW I MUST HAVE BEEN POWER BRAKING THE TRUCK TO GENERATE THE KIND OF HEAT NECESSARY TO WARP THE ROTORS LIKE THAT. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT I BOUGHT THE TRUCK ON DECEMBER 12, 2003 AND THIS WAS HAPPENING APPROXIMATELY ON JANUARY 15, 2004. IT HAPPENED ABOUT A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. I BOUGHT A TRUCK THAT COST ME $42,000 I HAVE NO REASON TO RUN IT INTO THE GROUND RIGHT OFF THE BAT. I WANT THIS TRUCK TO LAST ME AS LONG AS LAST TRUCK OVER 300,000 MILES. I EVEN USE FULL SYNTHETIC OIL TO HELP PROTECT THE ENGINE. THIS TRUCK HAS HAD THREE COMPLETELY NEW BRAKE SYSTEMS IN IT AND HAS HAD BRAKES AND ROTORS RESURFACED FOUR TIMES. THIS LEAD TO THE TIRES BEING WORN OUT BY 11,000 MILES. IT WAS FUNNY WHEN THERE WAS THREE NISSAN TITANS TO BE REPAIRED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY DENIED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND TOLD ALL OF US WE WERE VERY HARD ON OUR VEHICLES. THE TIRES ALL HAD THE SAME WEAR PATTERNS ALSO. I SENT $800 DOLLARS TO GET NEW TIRES AFTER THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED AND THEY ONLY HAD TO DO ONE MORE BRAKE JOB SINCE AND THE TIRES ARE LESS THAN 50% WORN AND THE TRUCK HAS 31,118 MILES ON IT CURRENTLY. I AM WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED. *JB