2008 NISSAN TITAN Complaints

THE WIRING HARNESS IN THE KING CAB VERSION FRAYS AND SETS OFF THE AIRBAG LIGHT. THERE IS A RECALL ON CERTAIN NISSAN TITANS, BUT THEY ARE BEFORE THIS MODEL YEAR. NISSAN OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING BECAUSE I READ ABOUT THIS ALL OVER THE INTERNET, YET NO ONE CAN GET THE HARNESS AS PART OF A RECALL BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COVER OUR MODEL YEAR. *TR

INITIAL PROBLEM WAS WHEN I STOPPED AT THE LIGHT. THEN WILE IT TURNED GREEN AND TRUCK STARTED ROLLING IT STOPPED JUST LIKE OSMEONE WOULD STEPPED HARDLY ON THE BRAKES OR HIT ME FROM BEHIND. I THOUGHT IT WAS ISOLATED INCIDENT ABOUT COUPLE DAYS LATER IT STARTED MAKING NOISE IN THE REAR SECTION. I STOPPED DRIVING THE VEHICLE. TOWED TO NISSAN SADLY WARRANTY RAN OUT 2 WEEKS PRIOR THE DELIVERY TO NISSAN, HOWEVER INCIDENT HAPPENED PRIOR THE EXPIRATION THE WARRANTY. NISSAN DEALER SAID REAR END ASSEMBLY HAS TO BE REPLACED. NISSAN SAID THEY WILL NTO COVER THE COST OF REPAIR. *TR

I HAVE HAD THE DOOR LOCK CABLE ON DRIVER AND PASS DOOR THREE TIMES AND NOW ARE BROKE AGAIN. *TR

NISSAN TITAN FUEL LINE COVER MADE FROM SOY MATERIAL. RODENT AND SMALL ANIMALS ARE ATTRACTED TO THE SOY MATERIAL AND CHEW THROUGH THE LINE, CAUSING FUEL FUMES OR FUEL TO LEAK. THIS IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. NISSAN REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR FIX THE ISSUE. AFTER CONTACTING NISSAN, NISSAN ADVISES CUSTOMERS TO REPLACE PART AND COST THEMSELVES, PART IS REPLACED WITH SAME MATERIAL CAUSING THE SAME PROBLEM. PART IS NOT JUST A FUEL LINE, IT IS A WHOLE FUEL TANK SYSTEM AS LINE IS CONNECTED TO THE TANK SYSTEM. SOME NISSAN TITAN OWNERS HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK SYSTEM MORE THAN ONCE, BECAUSE OF THE SAME PROBLEM REPEATING ITSELF. WHEN TAKING THE VEHICLE TO NISSAN DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TREATMENT, NISSAN TRAINED MECHANICS ACKNOWLEDGE ISSUE AND ADMIT IT IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM. IF THE DEALERSHIP KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE, WHY IS NISSAN CORPORATION NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT A CUSTOMERS FAULT BUT AN ISSUE THAT STARTED FROM THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURE PART AT ASSEMBLY, IT IS A NISSAN PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT A VEHICLE USAGE PROBLEM, IT IS NOT A VEHICLE MAINTENANCE ISSUE, IT IS A PART/ASSEMBLY ISSUE BY THE NISSAN COMPANY. A SIMPLE ONLINE RESEARCH FOR THIS ISSUE HAS BROUGHT UP NUMEROUS FINDINGS FOR NISSAN TITAN OWNERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. VEHICLES CARRY STATIC ELECTRICITY, IT TAKES ONE SPARK OR STOPPING THE VEHICLE OVER ONE CARELESSLY DISCARDED CIGARETTE FOR ANY NISSAN TITAN TO CATCH FIRE. NISSAN SHOULD TAKE CONCERN INTO RESOLVING THIS MATTER AND PROTECT THEIR NISSAN DRIVERS FROM DRIVING BASICALLY A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT/DEATH MACHINE WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME THE TRUCK REVVED AND LOST POWER, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR THE TRUCK REGAINED POWER AND I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY DRIVE THE TRUCK HOME. IT HAPPENED TWICE MORE ON THAT SAME DRIVE HOME. I TOOK IT DOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. I EXPLAINED IT ONLY HAD 22,000 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED IN ANYWAY. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO BREAK. WE USE IT MAINLY FOR THE DOGS TO TRAVEL IN AND WHEN GUESS ARE IN TOWN WE HAVE AN EXTRA VEHICLE RUN TO THE STORE AND BACK. HONESTLY THE TRUCK DOES VERY LITTLE BUT SHOW OFF THE DOGS WHEN THEY GET TO GO TO THE MARKET AND BACK. WE CALL AND TALKED WITH THE NISSAN REP. WHOSE NAME IS [XXX] WHO IS OUR DISTRICT MANAGER, HE SIMPLY TOLD US THAT THE WARRANTY WAS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AND WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL EXPENSES. I MENTIONED THE UNFAIRNESS OF THE SITUATION, HIS RESPONSE WAS I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALER FOR ALL OF ITS MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS. WHEN I MENTIONED THAT WE HAD ALL THE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES RECOMMENDED DONE THROUGH OUR SMALL BUSINESS LOCAL MECHANIC WHO BY THE WAY HAS MORE CERTIFICATES AND EXPERIENCE THAN HIS NISSAN TEAM HE ARGUED THE FACT. I SHARED HOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO PAYS FOR ALL OF HIS EXPENSES ON HIS OWN TO RUN HIS BUSINESS UNLIKE THE NISSAN TEAM WHO WORK UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE NISSAN DEALER, [XXX] AGAIN ARGUED THE FACT. WE HAVE THREE NISSAN VEHICLES ALL OF WHICH WE ARE NOW SELLING AND WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN EVER. ITS A SHAME THAT NISSAN DOES NOT STAND BY THERE PRODUCTS. I ALSO READ WHERE THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF THE FRONTIER BECAUSE OF A RADIATOR LEAK THAT MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION, INSTEAD OF A RECALL ON THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PEOPLE LETS BAND TOGETHER AND BOYCOTT ALL NISSAN PRODUCTS. 22,000 MILES SERIOUSLY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A ROUGH STRETCH OF I-55 SOUTH. I THEN NOTICED THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE SLOWLY SEPARATING FROM THE FRONT. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTED FALLING. I COULDN'T PULL OVER AT THE TIME THIS WAS HAPPENING. I ALSO COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING FROM THE REARVIEW MIRROR. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO EXIT, THE CONSOLE HAD BROKEN UP TO THE LAST COMPARTMENT. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT SO THAT I COULD TRY TO DISCONNECT THE WIRES. I STILL HAD 40 PLUS MILES TO DRIVE TO GET HOME. I WAS ABLE TO DISCONNECT THE WIRES AND PUT THE BROKEN CONSOLE ON THE SEAT. I CALLED A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER ONCE I GOT HOME. I WAS TOLD THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD DO WAS TO PURCHASE A NEW CONSOLE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE TV MONITOR WHICH IS STILL IN PLACE. *TR

MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE WITH THE DEALERSHIP. EVEN PERFORMED THE TRANSMISSION FLUSH A FEW MONTHS PRIOR. WENT TO BACK THE VEHICLE INTO THE GARAGE AND THERE WAS NOT REVERSE. THE TRUCK WOULD REV THE ENGINE AND SHAKE AND AT HIGH RPM THE VEHICLE WOULD BEGIN TO SLIGHTLY REVERSE. THE NEXT MORNING I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS BLOWN. AS WAS THE MANIFOLD (THE MANIFOLD WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY, THE TRANSMISSION WAS NO LONGER COVERED). AT A LITTLE OVER 60,000 MILES AND NOT USING THE VEHICLE TO TOW WHY DID THE REVERSE (WHICH WAS THE ONLY GEAR AFFECTED) AND THE TRANSMISSION GO OUT. THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *TR

RIGHT REAR WATERLOO SLIPPED AND LOST TRACTION WHILE UNDER POWER. LEFT REAR WHEEL CAUGHT TRACTION AND BLEW THE SPIDER GEAR OUT OF THE REAR-END OF THE TRUCK, RENDERING THE VEHICLE DISABLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT. THE HEADLIGHTS THEN FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR AXLE FAILED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND THE REAR AXLE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND THEY DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS. THE HEADLIGHT FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 148,000. SM.

2008 TITAN SHIFT GEAR NOT RESPONDING, WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO ENGAGE TO LOWER GEARS (1-4). STAYS ON D ONLY. THE GEAR SHIFTER BUTTON WILL NOT RESPOND WHEN THE BUTTON IS PRESSED. ACCORDING TO OTHER TITAN OWNERS IT APPEARS TO BE A WIRING HARNESS AS THEY HAVE INDICATED THE SAME PROBLEM, THE WIRE BREAKS DUE TO NOT ENOUGH SLACK IN THE WIRING HARNESS. NISSAN SERVICE CENTER STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT HONOR THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY SINCE I HAVE 64000K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR