2004 NISSAN TITAN Complaints

MY BRAKES APPEAR TO MAKE A GROAN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL SHOVE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE STOPPING. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE FOUND THAT IF I PULL OFF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE TRUCK IT APPEARS TO RESET EVERYTHING AND THE BRAKES ARE JUST FINE. MY TRUCK IS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN THAT HAS ~55,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE NO ADVANCE WARNING THAT THIS FAILURE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN IT JUST HAPPENS WITHOUT ANY ADVANCE WARNING. *TR

2004 NISSIAN TITAN: REAR AXLE SEAL LEAK CAUSING OIL TO GET ON REAR BRAKE PADS. *TR

NOTICED FLUID LEAKING AROUND BOTH REAR TIRES , FLUID COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. NISSAN TITAN DOES NOT EVEN HAVE 55K ON IT YET. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE NOTICED, BUT WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN I WILL FOLLOW UP. *TR

TURNING STEERING WHEEL. STEERING RACK PULLED APART. TOTAL LOSS OF POWER ASSISTED STEERING AND COMPLETE STEERING FLUID LOSS. WHEN FLUID LOSS OCCURRED IT SPRAYED ALL THE FLUID TO THE LEFT SATURATING INSIDE BRAKE PAD AND ROTOR. NO ACTION TAKEN YET JUST OCCURED. PART STILL ON TRUCK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS; PROCEEDING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE "BRAKE" WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL FOLLOWED BY A LOUD A CLICKING NOISE. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO APPLY EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE INTO A PARKING LOT; HOWEVER, THE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE "ABS" AND THE COMPUTER CODE WAS RESET. THE DRIVER SIDE CALIPER ALSO LOCKED AND A TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE FRONT CALIPER, FRONT BRAKE PADS AND RESURFACED THE FRONT ROTORS. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,773.

I PARKED MY TRUCK SUNDAY MORNING (9-27-09) AT ABOUT 3:30AM, NO PROBLEMS. THAT AFTERNOON SHE TOOK OUR SON TO THE STORE AND HEARD A CLANKING IN THE BACK END. SHE SAID IT WAS HEARD BEST ABOUT 20 MPH AFTER LETTING OFF THE GAS. LATER FOUND A PUDDLE OF GEAR FLUID THAT WAS DRIPPING FROM THE FRONT OF THE REAR GEAR HOUSING. I HAVE 66,244 MILES, JUST 6,000 OUT OF WARRANTY. MY MECHANIC SAID A BOLT HAD LOOSENED UP CAUSING THE PINION TO SLIP TO THE REAR. VERY CLOSE TO HAVING A COMPLETE LOCK UP. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN TITAN SE. TWO YEARS AGO MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL WENT. I PAID $4000 TO GET IT FIXED AT NISSAN OF PANAMA CITY CAUSE THEY SAID IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN. I WAS JUST ON TITAN TALK AND ALLOT OF GUYS ARE SAYING THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IF IT WAS A PROBLEM COULD I GET COMPENSATED FROM NISSAN. *TR

2004 NISSAN TITAN - 50,000K MILES. NOTICED A REAR SEAL LEAKING ONTO BY TIRES AND ON MY BRAKES FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. UNIT HAS NOT FAILED AS OF DATE BUT SERVICE DEPT SAYS ANY DAY IT WILL. GRENADA NISSAN OFFERED TO REPLACE BECAUSE OF KNOWN ISSUES, BUT NISSAN HEADQUARTERS HAS NOT HONORED WARRANTY TO DATE, B/C IT IS 6 MONTHS TOO LATE. WILL NOT HONOR WARRANTY. CONCERNED IF IT FAILS AT INTERSECTION OR GOING DOWN ROAD AN ACCIDENT WITH BODILY INJURY CAN OCCUR. THE FLUID ON BRAKES MAY ALSO CAUSE SLIPPAGE WHILE BRAKING. VERY DANGEROUS. NISSAN QUOTED REPAIR NEAR 3500$. HAS BEEN KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN AND NHTSA. OVER 70 COMPLAINTS FILED, LUCKILY NO INJURY TODATE. THIS FAILURE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN NA, AND HAVE YET TO FIX FLAW ON THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE BEWARE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE TO NOT ONLY THE VEHICLE'S DRIVER AND PASSENGER, BUT TO OTHERS ON THE ROAD AS WELL. *TR

MY 2004 NISSAN TITAN HAS BEEN HAVING PERIODIC COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS HAS OCCURRED 7-8 TIMES. STARTED ABOUT 25,000 MI, CURRENTLY AT 34,000 MI. TOOK TO DEALER ON 8-1-09, DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER, SAID IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ABS AND VDC CONTROLS AND THAT THIS WOULD FIX IT, YESTERDAY ON 8-22-09 IT HAPPENED AGAIN AFTER NORMAL DRIVING AS I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY, VERY SCARY. WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS, IF YOU SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART, THE BRAKES ARE BACK AND SEEM TO BE WORKING FINE, THEY CAN GO FOR A WHILE WITH NO PROBLEM, THEN ONE DAY THEY WILL JUST NOT BE THERE, PUMPING THE BRAKE GIVES LITTLE BRAKE EFFECT AND A NOISE EMITS FROM UNDER THE HOOD, A STRANGE SOUND I HAVE NEVER HEARD COME FROM A VEHICLE BEFORE, BRAKES WILL GO TO FLOOR AND WILL NOT STOP IF HELD, HAVE TO PUMP LIKE CRAZY AND RESORT TO EMERGENCY STOPPING METHODS SUCH AS E-BRAKE, DOWNSHIFT AND RUBBING TIRES AGAINST CURB OR DRIVING INTO SOFT SAND TO STOP VEHICLE. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH TITANS AND ARMADAS (SAME EXACT VEHICLE MECHANICALLY). THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, I AM USED TO OLD CARS THAT HAVE PROBLEMS, THIS REALLY CATCHES YOU OFF GUARD. I WISH TO FILE A COMPLAINT AS THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE FOR ROAD. *TR

REAR AXLE SEAL LEAK ON 2004 NISSAN TITAN 4X4 CREW CAB WITH ONLY 47,000 MILES. REAR AXLE FLUID WAS LEAKING ONTO THE LEFT REAR BRAKE BACKING PLATE, IT WAS STARTING TO RUN ONTO THE BRAKE DISC. *TR