2004 NISSAN TITAN Complaints

POPPING SOUND COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE . DEALER INSPECTION REVEALED REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE . VEHICLE HAS 71000 MILES AND IS DEALER MAINTAINED. DEALER TO REPLACE ENTIRE REAR ASSEMBLY AT A COST OF 3600 DOLLARS. THE VEHICLE IS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN . *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE EXCESSIVELY WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH UPGRADED VERSIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,289.

MY 2004 NISSAN TITAN IS LEAKING LUBRICANT OUT OF THE REAR SEALS. IT WIL COST AROUND 1200 TO FIX AND THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 58,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS DONE NO TOWING EVER! *TR

2004 NISSAN TITAN WITH 72,000 MILES NEEDS REAR END AXLE REPLACED. I HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON SAME TOPIC AND VEHICLE YEAR, MAKE MODEL. *TR

CHANGED ENGINE OIL OVER JULY 4TH 2011 WEEKEND AND NOTICED OIL ALL OVER TRANSFER CASE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND TWO BOLTS MISSING FROM TOP OF TRANSFER CASE. DRAINED TRANSFER CASE FLUID TO WHICH ONLY A QUARTER OF A QUART WAS LEFT AND WAS EXTREMELY BLACK WITH METAL FRAGMENTS IN IT. TRIED TO MATCH BOLTS FOR MISSING ONES AND FILLED TRANSFER CASE WITH FRESH FLUID. *TR

I JUST PURCHASED A 2004 NISSAN TITAN LE 4X4 ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. I AM THE 2ND OWNER AND BOUGHT IT FROM A GUY WHO BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN 2004 AND TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 55K MILES. JUST LAST WEEKEND, 6/19/2011, IT STARTED MAKING BANGING AND GRINDING NOISES IN THE BACK WHEEL. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT I RAN OVER SOMETHING AND IT WAS STUCK IN THE BACK WHEELS. AFTER EXAMINING THE REAR WHEEL AREA AND THE BRAKE PADS, EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL. HOWEVER, THE NOISE GOT LOUDER AND LOUDER. IT SOUNDED LIKE I WAS DRAGGING A REFRIGERATOR. I FELT A STUTTER IN THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTED TO STRUGGLE TO GO WHEN I WOULD PUT THE TRUCK INTO DRIVE. I ASSUMED THE BRAKE CALIPERS MAY HAVE BEEN JAMMED AND BROUGHT IT INTO AN AUTO SERVICE CENTER TO BE EXAMINED. ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER, I WENT BACK TO THE SHOP AND THE TECHNICIAN TOOK ME TO GO SEE THE PROBLEM. THEY EXAMINED THE REAR BRAKES AND DIFFERENTIAL AND FOUND NUMEROUS LARGE CHUNKS OF BROKEN METAL INSIDE, WHICH SHE SAID WERE PIECES OF SHOES, HARDWARE, AND GEARS. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND THAT THE GEAR DAMAGE HAD LIKELY CAUSED A CHAIN REACTION DAMAGING THE ENTIRE LEFT REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY AND E-BRAKES. THE REAR AXLE SEALS WERE LEAKING TOO ONTO THE WHEELS. ALL THESE PARTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE REAR AXLE. THE SERVICE SHOP QUOTED ME $3800 TO GET THIS FIXED! I WAS IN SHOCK AS I JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK. OF COURSE, I COULD NO LONGER DRIVE THE TRUCK EITHER AS IT WAS IN PIECES AND NOT DRIVABLE. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? I DON'T HAVE THIS MONEY. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TELL THE SERVICE SHOP TO GO AHEAD WITH THE REPAIRS AND I WILL JUST HAVE TO PUT IT ON A CREDIT CARD. I DECIDED TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND WENT ON TO SEVERAL INTERNET SITES FOR NISSAN TITAN OWNERS TO SEE IF OTHERS WERE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS OR IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS. AFTER READING PAGES OF ENTRIES POSTED BY OTHER TITAN OWNERS, I FOUND OUT I WAS NOT ALONE. NISSAN NEEDS TO HELP PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS! *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO STATED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH HIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. THE DEALER STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS RELATED TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE CONTACT STATED IF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAD A LARGER CRACK IN THE EXHAUST IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

I NOTICED A BUILD UP OF FLUID ON MY DRIVERSIDE BREAK REAR ROTOR AND HUB. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP, THEY TOLD ME THAT BOTH REAR SEALS WERE LEAKING ONTO MY BRAKES AND HUBS. I TOOK IT IN TO GET IT FIXED AND WAS QUOTED $700. THEY THEN NOTICED THAT A TSB JUST CAME OUT THAT SAID THAT JUST THE SEALS CANNOT BE REPLACED. THAT THEY NOW ARE REQUIRED TO REPLACE BOTH AXLES, BEARINGS, SEALS, ETC TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AND WOULD BE $2600. THEY EXPLAINED THAT IF I DIDN'T GET IT FIXED MY BRAKES WOULD MALFUNCTION BECAUSE OF THE OF THE THICK BUILD UP OF OIL, AND ULTIMATELY, THERE WOULD BE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE REAR AXLE BECAUSE OF THE FLUID LOSS. RENDERING THE VEHICLE USELESS, OR CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT IF IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. *TT

REAR END FAILURE OF DANA 44 IN A NISSAN TITAN, HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOR $3000.00. *TT

INSTRUMENT LIGHTS STAY ON, BRAKE VOD, SLIP. GOOGLE SEARCH LEAD TO CHECKING REAL AXLE SEALS BOTH ARE LEAKING. NO REPAIR TO DATE WILL TAKE TO SHOP ON MONDAY 6/20. *TR