2004 NISSAN TITAN Complaints

REAR AXLE SEAL LEAKAGE. REAR AXLE FLUID LEAKING ONTO REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND BRAKE ROTORS. *TR

REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE OCCURRED SUDDENLY WHILE ACCELERATING AND CHANGING LANES ON IH-45 ACCESS ROAD ON THE WAY TO BROTHER'S COLLEGE GRADUATION. AXLE ASSEMBLY REPLACED. REPAIRS COMPLETE IN 2 BUSINESS DAYS, RENTAL PROVIDED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING LIKE NORMAL CAME TO A FOUR WAY STOP LIGHT AT A BUSY HIGHWAY INTERSECTION, STOPPED AND PRECEDED TO GO WHEN IT WAS MY TURN. MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL GRENADED AND I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. LUCKILY I NEW I HAD TO GET OUT OF THE INTERSECTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND I PUT MY TRUCK INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND LET MY FRONT TIRES PULL ME THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I THEN PULLED OVER TO A SAFE SPOT AND LOOKED AT THE DAMAGE. GEAR OIL ALL OVER MY TRUCK AND ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS FORTUNATE TO REACT QUICKLY. BUT THIS REALLY COULD HAVE BEEN BAD. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO MY DEALER AND IT COST ME $3500 FOR A NEW REAR END. THEY (NISSAN DEALERSHIP) REPLACED THE WHOLE AXLE ASSEMBLY. THEY TOLD ME NISSAN WOULD ONLY LET THEM REPLACE THE WHOLE THING AND NOT JUST THE GEARS. FISHY IF YOU ASK ME. A NORMAL REAR DIFFERENTIAL FIX SHOULD COST LESS THAN $1000. SOUNDS LIKE NISSAN KNEW THIS WAS A PROBLEM!!!! *TR

THE DOOR HANDLES ON MY 2004 NISSAN TITAN ALL FREEZE SHUT WHEN IT GETS COLD OUT. IT SEEMS TO LET WATER COME IN AROUND HANDLE AND THAN IT FREEZES. THIS PREVENT ME FROM BEING ABLE TO GAIN ENTRANCE INTO VEHICLE. THIS OCCURS EVERYTIME IT IS COLD OUT ESPECIALLY IN WINTER. NISSAN REFUSES TO PAY FOR REPAIRS AS VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IT WILL COST ROUGHLY $175 FOR PARTS PER DOOR PLUS LABOR. I GUESS IN LATER MODELS THEY HAVE REDESIGNED THEM BUT REFUSES TO FIX VEHICLES WITH OLD OLD DESIGNED HANDLES. *TR

2004 NISSAN TITAN, LAST WEEK I NOTICED WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING CORNERS THERE WAS BANGING COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. WITHIN 2 DAYS THE TRUCK WAS UNDRIVABLE...THE DRIVESHAFT, WHILE IN GEAR WOULD JUST SPIN INSIDE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE ONLY WAY TO DRIVE VEHICLE WAS TO PLACE TRANSMISSION INTO 4WD AND USE THE FRONT WHEELS TO MOVE THE TRUCK! *TR

2004 NISSAN TITAN SE 4X4 OFF ROAD KING CAB ANYTIME THE WEATHER IS AT OR BELOW 20 DEG F BOTH DOORS FREEZE SHUT. I CANNOT USE THE DOOR HANDLES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TRUCK TO OPEN THE DOORS. IF I ATTEMPT TO MANUALLY ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE THE WINDOW IS SOMETIMES FROZEN AS WELL AND WILL NOT MOVE. IN WEATHER AROUND 20-25 DEF F THE DOOR HANDLES WILL SOMETIMES WORK TO OPEN THE DOORS BUT THE HANDLES AND INTERNAL DOOR CABLES WILL NOT MOVE BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITION TO ALLOW THE DOOR TO CLOSE AND LATCH PROPERLY LEAVING THE DOORS IN AN OPEN STATE. THIS POSSES A SAFETY RISK TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE IF IT IS DRIVEN IN THIS STATE. THIS OCCURS ANYTIME THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE REACHES AROUND +20 DEG F NISSAN HAS SO FAR REFUSED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY ALTHOUGH A TSB NTB05-118A EXISTS FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE REPLACED ONE EXTERNAL DOOR HANDLE THAT WAS BROKEN AS A RESULT OF EXCESS FORCE BY TRYING TO OPEN A FROZEN DOOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS LEAKING ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WHEELS. CURRENTLY, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS MAKING NOISES. THE DEALER HAS NOT YET BEEN NOTIFIED, ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT HAS FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS PERTAINING TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

COMPLETE REAR END FAILURE AT 28,000 MILES. DIFFERENTIAL LOCK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON, DASH UNTIL SPIDER GEARS BROKE. LOUD CLUNKING WHEN MAKING TURNS UNTIL VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY IMMOBILIZED. DEALER REPLACED ENTIRE ASSEMBLY. HOWEVER DIFF LOCK LIGHT COMING ON AGAIN, REAR END IS HAVING PROBLEMS AT 63,000 MILES. *TR

2004 NISSAN TITAN, 63,000 MILES. LOUD "WHINING" NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM INVESTIGATE NOISE, FOUND FAULTY REAR DIFFERENTIAL. DEALERSHIP REPLACED REAR END. NOISE IS GONE. ALL COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY PLAN. *TR

I BROUGHT MY 2004 NISSAN TITAN IN FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AT 53,157 MILES. THE SERVICE TECH INFORMED ME THAT MY REAR AXEL SEAL WAS LEAKING . DEALER REPLACED SEAL, BEARING, SPACER & SNAP RING. THIS WAS COVERED UNDER A 5 YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY AND TOOK 6 HRS FOR THE DEALER TO COMPLETE. PARTS: (1) SEAL-OIL R # 43252-7S200 (1) BEARING-RE # 40210-7S210 (1) SPACER AXLE # 43070-7S200 (1) RING-SNAP 01541-0001U. *TR