2001 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

SUV HAS BEEN TO DEALER THREE TIMES DUE TO LEAKING SUNROOF AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT THAT LOCKS AND COULD DECAPITATE THE PASSENGER. *JB

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AND ON RT17 WHICH IS VERY BUSY AROUND RUSH HOUR WITH TRACTOR TRAILERS AND PLENTY OF CARS, ALL OF A SUDDEN MY 2001 XTERRA STALLED OUT AT THE STOP LIGHT, THEN WOULD NEVER START AGAIN, IT TOOK 30 MINUTES TO GET THE TRUCK OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH TRAFFIC, I HAD IT TOWED TO RADLEY CHEVROLET BECAUSE I CALLED NISSAN, AND THEY ADVISED ME MY WARRANTY RAN OUT AND IT WOULD BE AT LEAST 200.00 BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN LOOK AT IT? ONCE TO THE DEALER WHICH MY WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT, AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, SO I PAID THE TOW BILL AND TOOK MY CAR, NO MORE THAN AN HOUR LATER I WAS BROKE DOWN AGAIN ON THE ROAD, AND HAD TO PAY ANOTHER TOW BILL, COME TO FIND OUT MY FUEL PUMP WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM, $500.00 LATER I AM BACK ON THE ROAD, I COULD NOT UNDER STAND ON SUCH A NEW VEHICLE WITH ONLY 37000 MILES THE FUEL PUMP WOULD GO BAD?????????? *NLM

VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING ON I-287N NEAR MAHWAH, NJ., POST PRESIDENT'S DAY BLIZZARD. CONDITIONS WERE VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO SEMI TRUCK TRAFFIC AND SNOW/ICE PACK IN EMERGENCY LANE WHICH PREVENTED PULLING VEHICLE ALL THE WAY OFF THE HIGHWAY. STRANDED ON SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN BELOW FREEZING COLD UNTIL NJ STATE POLICE SENT TOW TRUCK. TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER, DIAGNOSED FUEL SENDING UNIT FAILURE PART #250604S415. TEN DAYS LATER, PART IS STILL ON BACK ORDER WITH NO IDEA WHEN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE. *JB

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD 3 BRAKE REPAIRS AND 3 HORN REPAIRS WITHIN 27,500 MILES, THE VEHICLE DRIVE CROOKED DOWN A STRAIGHT HIGHWAY, IT APPEARS THAT THE FRAME IS BENT, THE RIGHT REAR DOOR IS NOT SEALED PROPERLY AND IT LEAKS IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THE WINDOW IS OPEN, THE DRIVER'S DOOR RATTLES, THE CARPET ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WILL NOT STAY IN PLACE, THE SUNROOF RATTLES WHEN ITS OPEN AND LEAKS WHEN IT'S CLOSED, THE CONSOLE BOX LID RATTLES AND HAS NEVER FIT PROPERLY, FRONT ROTORS WARPED, BRAKE PADS WERE CRACKED, REAR BRAKE LIGHT BULB BURNED OUT, A/C BLOWS OUT HOT AIR . NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON RAINING DAYS THE HORN WONT WORK. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE MODULE SENSOR. TS THE PROBLEM HAS DEVELOPED AGAIN. *JG

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE PEDAL WILL SINK APPROXIMATELY 1 - 2 INCHES. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALER SINCE I PURCHASED IT. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THEY REPLACE THE BAKE BOOSTER. THE SYMPTOMS CONTINUED. WHEN I RETURN TO THE DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES EVERY TIME THAT I HAVE TO APPLY THE BRAKES FOR MORE THAT A FEW SECONDS. TS

WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 75 IN FLORIDA, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CAR VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE FRONT PASSENGER BUMPER SLAMMED INTO THE GUARD RAIL IN THE MEDIAN. THE CAR SPUN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL THE REAR PASSENGER SECTION SLAMMED INTO THE GUARD RAIL. THE CAR THEN STOPPED. THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE WAS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED AND ONLY A SHELL WAS LEFT.THE CAR HAD BEEN INTO THE DEALER FOR ITS 15,000 MILE CHECK IN JULY AND THE TIRES WERE ROTATED. THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE ABOUT ONE WEEK BEFORE THE INDICENT. THE CAR HAD BEEN MAINTAINED TO THE MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS AND ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES ON IT. MR

THE PARKING LIGHTS AND SIDE MOUNT LIGHTS DO NOT TURN ON WHEN I TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE CAR AT NIGHT. YOU CANNOT SEE THE CAR AT NIGHT UNLESS I STEP ON THE BRAKE AND THEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS LIGHT UP. ON THE INSIDE THERE IS NO LIGHT FOR ANY OF THE DASHBOARD GAUGES. YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOUR CAR IS IN THE PROPER GEAR. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST YOU ARE TRAVELING OR HOW MANY RPMS YOU ARE REVING. YOU CANNOT READ THE GAS GAUGE TO KNOW IF YOU NEED TO FILL UP SOON. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT TIME. MR

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, ELECTRICAL WINDOW SWITCH WILL NOT WORK. CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO ROLL DOWN WINDOW. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AKON ONE OCCASION THE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO DOWN, THE OTHER FOUR, THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT GO BACK UP. JLG

RIGHT REAR FLOOR PAN BEGAN CREAKING IN MAY 2002. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, THE RIGHT REAR FLOORPAN WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACK AT LEAST AN INCH IN LENGTH. THE SHEET METAL IS CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH SUCH THAT YOU CAN SEE LIGHT THROUGH IT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NISSAN WEST IN ELLICOTT CITY MARYLAND AT ABOUT 38000 MILES. THEY TOLD ME I WAS OUT OF LUCK SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS THEN OUT OF THE 3/36 WARRANTY. SINCE THEN THE PURCHASING DEALER HAS DOCUMENTED THE CRACK AND NISSAN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. I AM AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM NISSAN. THIS PROBLEM SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE THE SAME OR RELATED TO NHTSA ITEM NUMBER 621967.*AK