2004 NISSAN TITAN Complaints

DURING ROUTINE RECALL FOR ECM MODULE THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ARE CRACKED AS THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE CAUSING EXHAUST FUMES TO ENTER THE CABIN AND ALSO CAUSE POOR PERFORMANCE WITH THE VEHICLE. DEALER QUOTED THIS AS A $3200.00 REPAIR AND WILL NOT ASSUME ANY PORTION OF THE REPAIR. DEALER "BEAVERTON NISSAN" HAS INFORMED ME THAT THIS ISSUE IS DUE TO THE POOR QUALITY OF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ANY POSSIBLE FAULTY WELDS ON THE PRODUCT COMBINED WITH MATERIAL THAT IS TOO THIN TO START WITH. THE PRESENCE OF EXHAUST FUMES IN THE CABIN WHILE IDLING AND/OR DRIVING IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE OPENED A CASE WITH NISSAN NORTH AMERICA AND HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THREE INDEPENDENT MECHANICS TO PARK THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000. UPDATED 5/9/13 *CN UPDATED 05/24/2013 *JS

JUST LAST FRIDAY (03-15-2013) AFTERNOON,WHILE LOOKING OVER THE TRUCK- I DECIDED TO LOOK UNDERNEATH IT TO GIVE IT A ONCE OVER. EARLIER IN THE WEEK I HAD NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL KIND OF SPONGY(ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING). I THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. TO MY SURPRISE I FOUND THAT BOTH REAR AXLES WERE SPLATTERED WITH FLUID(AXLE GREASE).I HAD READ THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH EARLY MODEL TITANS. I WENT INTO A TITAN FORUM AND FOUND THERE WERE A LOT OF FOLKS,THAT OWNED THESE TRUCKS-HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IN THE FORUM THERE WAS THIS VERY SITE TO REPORT THIS ISSUE.SO THUS THIS WRITING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITIAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE CONTACT WOULD SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND ONCE RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE WOULD RESUME NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC BUT WAS UNABLE TO GENERATE A FAILURE CODE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO BE DIAGNOSED BEFORE ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAS BEEN WHINING SINCE 63,000 MILES AND LAST WEEKEND THE WHINING BECAME HOWLING AND THEN CLUNKING. MY MECHANIC SAYS SOMETHING INSIDE THE DIFFERENTIAL IS BROKEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE MADE A RATTLING SOUND AND EXHAUST FUMES WERE SMELLED INSIDE THE CABIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A HAIRLINE FRACTURE LEADING FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO THE MANIFOLD THAT WAS CAUSING THE SMELL. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 95,391.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND AXLES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 138,000...UPDATED 03/18/13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED ALSO THE REAR END WAS LOCKING UP. UPDATED 04/26/2013 *JS

DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH, I HEARD A LOUD POP COMING FROM THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK. NOW WHENEVER I DECELERATE, A WHINING NOISE IS HEARD FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL. TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE NISSAN DEALER IN IRVINE, CA AND THEY WANT TO REPLACE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AT A COST OF $2500.00. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WEBBING FAILED TO AUTOMATICALLY RETRACT UPON ENGAGING. IN 2006, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V345000 (SEAT BELTS) EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NOT A DEFECT. IN 2013, THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MALFUNCTION OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING WEST BOUND 55 MPH WITH RIGHT OF WAY. OTHER DRIVER PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME HEADING NORTH. I HIT HIS PASSENGER SIDE. TOTALED MY TITAN. NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. I SUSTAINED UPPER BODY INJURIES DUE TO NO AIRBAG SUPPORT. *TR