2004 NISSAN TITAN Complaints

REAR AXLE SEALS ARE LEAKING CAUSING DIFFICULT BRAKING, GRINDING NOISE AND TAKE OFF PROBLEMS. VEHICLE IS AN 2004 TITAN WITH 58500 MILES. ALL STOCK, NO TOWING. DEALER WILL LOOK AT IT BUT WON'T WARRANTY WORK. *TR

REAR AXLE SEAL LEAK. 3RD FAILURE OF SAME SEAL IN 6 MONTHS. FAILURE RESULTS IN DIFFERENTIAL FLUID LEAKING ONTO BRAKES RESULTING IN BRAKING LIMITATIONS AND FAILURE, POTENTIAL FOR FIRE. DEALER IS PRESUMABLY GOING TO REPLACE SEAL... AGAIN. *TR

NOTICED REDUCED BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS, LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AT REAR BRAKES, FLUID HAS BEEN LEAKING FROM FAULTY REAR AXLE SEALS, CAUSING FLUID TO CONTAMINATE BRAKE PARTS, CREATING A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

REAR SHACKLE IN 2004-2008 NISSAN TITAN IS WEAK DESIGN, PRONE TO FAILURE. I HAVE PROOF OF SEVERAL DOCUMENTED CASES IN WHICH THE REAR SHACKLE UNFOLDS AND THE LEAF SPRING SLAMS THROUGH THE BED OF THE TRUCK, WHICH CAN RESULT IN SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL. IT HAS HAPPENED DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS WHEN TOWING, OFF-ROADING, ETC. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BEFORE IT HAPPENS, ALL THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS TO REPLACE THE SHACKLES BEFORE THEY FAIL AND BECOME A SAFETY CONCERN. IF THE SHACKLE FAILS, IT MUST BE REPLACED, AND THE ENTIRE SUSPENSION SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE INSPECTED FOR SAFETY, AND THE BED MUST BE REPLACED. *TR

THE SIDE AIR BAGS OF MY 2004 NISSAN TITAN DEPLOYED AS I WAS DRIVING. THERE WAS NO IMPACT, I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH ON A ASPHALT SURFACED ROAD WHEN THE AIR BAGS JUST DEPLOYED. LUCKILY I WAS ONLY GOING 30MPH SO I DID NOT CRASH. NISSAN HAS BEEN CONTACTED BUT IT SEEMS THAT THEY'RE GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO TRY AN PROVE THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS IN A WRECK. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED AND HAS A CLEAN CARFAX AS WELL AS AN AUTOCHECK. *TR

BOTH REAR AXLE SEALS ARE LEAKING ON MY 2004 NISSAN TITAN. THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS REPLACED ONCE ALREADY. WHEN THE SEALS LEAK THE GEAR OIL SPREADS ONTO THE BRAKE BACKING AND INTERIOR OF THE WHEEL CAUSING POTENTIAL BRAKE PROBLEMS. *TR

REAR AXLE SEALS LEAK CAUSING DIFFERENTIAL FLUID TO SEEP OUT ONTO THE BRAKE ROTORS. BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES HAVE HAD PROBLEMS. *TR

DURING ROUTINE SERVICE CHECKS, NOTICED REAR END LUBE LEAKING FROM THE REAR, PASSENGER SIDE OUTER SEAL. LUBE WAS LEAKING ONTO THE REAR BRAKE ALSO CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. REPLACED SEAL AND BRAKES ON REAR OF VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN TITAN WITH A DANA REAR AXLE. I WAS NOTIFIED BY A NISSAN DEALER THAT THE AXLE SEAL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE AXLE FLUID WAS DRAINING DOWN THE REAR BRAKE WHICH COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE BRAKING PERFORMANCE AND RESULT IN AN UNSAFE DRIVING SITUATION. *TR

REAR WHEEL SEALS CONTINUE TO LEAK EVEN AFTER BEING REPLACED,DIFFERENTIAL AND AXLE HAVE TOO MUCH PLAY IN THE PUMPKIN AREA,CAUSING THE SEALS TO BREAK. THE DEALER HAD MY TRUCK FOR (14) DAYS DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AFTER DISASSEMBLING THE DIFFERENTIAL DUE TO A CONFLICT BETWEEN THEM AND MY EXTENDED WARRANTY ON WHO WAS GOING TO PAY FOR THE ($3,000.00) REAR. THIS HAS LEFT ME IN LIMBO SO I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER TO DISCUSS THE MODIFIED REAR THAT THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM ON THESE 2004 TITANS AND HAVE A MODIFIED REPLACEMENT REAR,THEN WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL?SHOULDN'T THE MANUFACTURER BE RESPONSIBLE AND HAVE DECENCY TO CORRECT THEIR PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER? *TR