2004 NISSAN TITAN Complaints

2004 NISSAN TITAN SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL CAUSING A LACK OF 4WD IN A SNOW STORM AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT PERFORM AS EXPECTED. BROKEN EQUIPMENT CAUSE 2000 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE TO VEHICLE THAT WAS OTHERWISE IN PERFECT RUNNING CONDITION. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN TITAN THAT HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE DIFFERENTIAL IN THE REAR END. IN MY CASE THE REAR END DID NOT LOCK UP AT HIGHWAY SPEED BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT HAPPENING IS THERE. AFTER MY PROBLEM OCCURRED I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND DETERMINED THAT MY CASE WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. MY TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED, HAS A TOWING PACKAGE WHICH HAS BEEN USED TO TOW A TRAILER ONLY A FEW TIMES AND HAD ONLY 62,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. FROM WHAT I COULD DETERMINE NISSAN REDESIGNED THE REAR END I N THE 2008 MODEL AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REDUCED BUT THAT DOES NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM FOR THE 2004-2007 MODELS ON THE ROAD. UNFORTUNATELY THE NISSAN SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE FAULTY REAR END WITH THE SAME TYPE WHICH IN MY CASE I CHOSE NOT TO DO. FROM THE INFORMATION I COULD GATHER I WAS BETTER OFF AND SAFER GOING WITH AN AFTERMARKET DIFFERENTIAL WHICH I DECIDED TO DO TO PREVENT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN ANOTHER 3-4 YEARS OR SOONER. I REALIZE THERE ARE NOT LARGE NUMBERS OF NISSAN TITANS ON THE ROAD BUT THIS DOES NOT MAKE THE SITUATION ANY LESS DANGEROUS FOR THE DRIVERS OF THEM. *TR

DRIVER SIDE REAR AXLE SEAL LEAKING, FLUID LEAKING ONTO BRAKE ASSEMBLY; LEFT REAR AXLE SEAL SEEPING. SEALS HAD BEEN LEAKING FOR A WHILE. ON WWW.TITANTALK.COM PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS AXLE SEAL FAILURES. NISSAN SHOULD RECALL ALL TITANS AND PATHFINDERS WITH THIS AXLE VENT SYSTEM AND REPAIR THE VENT WITH SOMETHING BETTER. UNTIL THIS IS PERFORMED, AXLE SEALS WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL AND FLUID WILL CONTINUE TO POTENTIALLY LEAK ONTO BRAKE ASSEMBLIES CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

PARK - IGNITION INTERLOCK IS DEFECTIVE AND ALLOWS THE KEY TO BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WITHOUT THE VEHICLE BEING IN PARK. THIS POTENTIALLY ALLOWS THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY AND CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY. *TR

PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT BRAKING POWER TO HOLD VEHICLE IN PLACE OR PROVIDE ANY NOTICEABLE BRAKING. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE BRAKES SERVICED. THE REAR BRAKE PADS, DISCS, AND CABLES WHERE REPLACED AND NO IMPROVEMENT IN PERFORMANCE WAS OBSERVED. *TR

PASSENGER SEAT BACK ON 2004 NISSAN TITAN BECAME VERY LOOSE AND WOBBLY. I HAD A NISSAN SERVICE LOOK AT IT AND DETERMINE IT NEEDED REPLACING. WHEN THE NEW FRAME ARRIVED FROM NISSAN, IT WAS EXACTLY LIKE THE ORIGINAL FRAME. THE SERVICE CENTER HAD TO REINFORCE THE FRAME SO IT WOULD BE RIGID AND SAFE. I STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL SEAT FRAME IN MY POSSESSION FOR INSPECTION . I BELIEVE THIS SEAT FRAME DOES NOT MEET SAFETY STANDARDS. *TR

HEARD EXHAUST LEAK IN ENGINE AT ABOUT 85,000 MILES. MANIFOLD LEAK WAS CONFIRMED AT 101,000 WHEN BROUGHT IN FOR A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. REVIEWED MANY TECHNICAL FORUMS WHERE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IS BEING REPORTED AS CRACKED ON COUNTLESS TITANS. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT, AND THE COST SHOULD NOT BE RELAYED TO THE CONSUMER AT A SIGNIFICANT DOLLAR AMOUNT. *TR

I HAVE AN '04 NISSAN TITAN CREW CAB TRUCK. IN EARLIER PART OF '09, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HWY, MY ENGINE STALLED AND WENT OUT. BASICALLY I WAS JUST ROLLING ON THE HWY UNAWARE THAT THE ENGINE WENT OUT. I REALIZED MY ENGINE WENT OUT WHEN I COULDN'T ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE, AND MY STEERING WAS DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. THE ENGINE WOULDN'T START AFTER THAT. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WOULD CRANK, BUT WOULDN'T TURN, AND AS IF IT WASN'T GETTING FUEL. SEVERAL MECHANICS COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE UNTIL, I LATER LEARNED BY READING UP ON NISSAN FORUM ONLINE, OF SIMILAR CASES, THAT IT WAS AN IPDM FAILURE. I REPLACED THIS PART AND IT WORKED AGAIN. NOW, ITS JAN. 2010, AND IT WENT OUT ON ME AGAIN. THIS TIME, LUCKILY I WAS NOT DRIVING ON THE HWY, I WAS PARKED AND THE ENGINE WOULDN'T START. *TR

I DROVE MY 2004 NISSAN TITAN FOR 65,000 MILES TO AND FROM WORK AND SCHOOL ONLY. ONE DAY THE REAR END JUST BLEW UP ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, FORTUNATELY I OR ANY OTHER DRIVER WASN'T INJURED. THE ISSUE CAME UP OUT OF NO WHERE AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. I TRIED TO RECEIVE HELP FROM THE DEALER TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE HOWEVER THEY ARE REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY. THE FAILURE WAS DO TO THE LEAKING AXLE SEALS BECAUSE OF FAULTY PARTS. MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 60,000 MILES, AND THE FAILURE BEGAN AROUND 20000 MILES AGO, ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE ADVISOR AT THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. *TR

TOOK 2004 NISSAN TITAN PICKUP WITH 53,479 MILES TO DEALERSHIP FOR OIL CHANGE AND SERVICE UNDER RECALL NTB 352 W93 SERVICE MANUAL REFERENCE PB081. AT COMPLETION OF WORK SERVICE MANAGER MENTIONED THAT REAR AXLE SEAL SERVICE AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY 500.00 SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. I DID NOT KNOW AT THE TIME THAT THE SERVICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. LATER ON 10/14/2009 TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR OIL CHANGE NOW WITH MILEAGE OVER 60K SERVICE MANAGER RECOMMENDED THE AXLE SEAL SERVICE AT THE COST MENTIONED ABOVE. AT 66974 MILES I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I SCHEDULED THE AXLE SERVICE ON 12/14/09 WHEN SLIP AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS TURNED ON, THE DEALERSHIP ORDERED PARTS. FURTHER RESEARCH BY ME FOUND THAT THIS SERVICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AT NO COST UNDER 60K WARRANTY PERIOD. I BELIEVE THE DEALERSHIPS SERVICE MANAGER WAITED UNTIL MY VEHICLE WAS OVER 60K AND THEREFORE OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR