2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

VEHICLE HAS UNWANTED VEHICLE ACCELERATION UP TO 30 MPH WITHOUT PRESSING ACCELERATOR. RPM'S SUDDENLY INCREASE AND THEN DECREASE DURING GEAR CHANGE. MEMPHIS WOLFCHASE NISSAN SERVICE CENTER (901) 255-3800 ADVISED RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND HAS CORRODED TRANSMISSION.. TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT REPAIR BILL WILL BE IN EXCESS OF $5,300.

CONFIRMED DIAGNOSES OF VEHICLE DAMAGE OF RADIATOR ASSEMBLY & TRANSMISSION ARE DUE TO NISSAN'S DEFECTIVE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY WHICH ALLOWS COOLANT TO PASS THROUGH INTO THE TRANSMISSION RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO OPERATE. NISSAN IS UNWILLING TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIRS OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY DEFECT. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, A DAMAGED TRANSMISSION DUE TO COOLANT ENTERING IT HAS RENDERED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE, A KNOWN DEFECT, YET THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT EVEN COMPROMISE TO ASSIST WITH REPAIR OF THIS DEFECT. A MANUFACTURER SHOULD ASSIST WITH REPAIR OF ANY DEFECT THAT RENDERS THE EQUIPMENT UNSAFE TO OPERATE - NO MATTER WHEN THAT DEFECT DECIDES TO SHOW UP! NISSAN SHOULD ASSIST IN ALL REPAIRS DUE TO THEIR KNOWN DEFECT TO LET THE CONSUMER OPERATE THE VEHICLE IN SAFETY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, AND ANOTHER COMPONENT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,160.

I WAS STARTING TO DRIVE MY NISSAN XTERRA 2005 AND HEARD A NOISE LIKE METALLIC RATTLING. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION OIL IS MIXED WITH COLAND FLUID. I WAS TOLD, TO FIX WILL COST $5000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR AND COOLING SYSTEM. IN THE INTERNET I FOUND OUT MANY COMPLAINS ABOUT NISSAN'S CARS FOR THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECTIVE CAR. NCCC (NORTH CAROLINA CONSUMER COUNCIL) HAS RECEIVED A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM CONSUMERS IN REGARDS TO SUDDEN, CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN 2005-2010 NISSAN PATHFINDER, FRONTIER AND XTERRA VEHICLES. ALL OF THE VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THESE FAILURES ARE NOT WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD SPECIFIED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT ARE OFTEN BEYOND THE MILEAGE LIMIT. SO, WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR SOMEBODY (NISSAN) MISTAKES AND NEVER TRY TO CORRECT THEM? I NEVER GET FROM NISSAN AN ADVISE ON THIS POTENTIAL FAILURE OF MY CAR. NISSAN HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2007 AND HAS UNDERTAKEN NO PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM FAILURE. NISSAN DIDN'T WARN CONSUMERS THAT THE TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL. ANY HONEST COMPANY WILL AT LEAST WARN CONSUMERS OF THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE TRANSMISSION DEFECT. BUT THIS RIP OF COMPANY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR PRODUCTS NOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. I DO NOT RECOMEND TO BUY A NISSAN CAR EVER !!! NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION IS A RIP OF COMPANY THAT LACKS HONESTY !!!

TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINE CRACKED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO BE DESTROYED. WAS QUOTED A REPAIR COST OF 5,500, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS 4X4 AND THE REPAIR THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE TO THE COOLANT SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE IS NOT REPAIRED AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE FACT THE VEHICLE IS ONLY WORTH 3,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND SHIFTED GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A MIXTURE OF TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUID THAT AFFECTED THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS AND THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR, TRANSMISSION, AND COOLANT HEATER HOSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,334.

MY NISSAN HAS THE DEFECT THAT BROUGHT A LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN MOTOR FOR A FAILURE IN THE OIL COOLER THAT CAUSED MY TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT/REPLACED BECAUSE COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION. I ENDED UP WITH A BILL FOR $3941.46, AND NOW, I CAN'T EVEN FILE A REIMBURSEMENT FORM OR GET A HOLD OF ANY ONE AT NISSAN TO HELP BECAUSE ALL 3 NUMBERS LISTED IN LETTERS AND PAPERWORK ARE NO LONGER IN SERVICE.

MY CAR OVEHEATED AND BEGAN TO BUCK -- MECHANIC STATED TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR HAVE FAILED - I STILL OWE 1 YEAR ON THIS CAR AND NISSAN WONT FIX IT - CAN YOU HELP IN ANY WAY PUBLISHED ON APR 18, 2013 VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENS TO THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION FLUID WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID RADIATOR FAILS AND A CROSS CONNECTION HAPPENS BETWEEN THE TWO FLUIDS THAT DON'T BELONG TOGETHER. NISSAN SETTLED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN JANUARY OF 2013, BUT THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU STILL CAN'T FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM OR NO SOMEONE THAT HAS, FILE THE COMPLAINT. ALSO CALL THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST NISSAN. WE BOUGHT THE CAR USED, BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO CHECK FOR THIS PROBLEM. IF WE HAD KNOWN THE PROBLEM EXISTED, I ASSURE YOU WE WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. IF I KNEW THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, WE COULD HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT RADIATOR WITH THE SAFER REPLACEMENT TYPE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY SHOULD FORCE NISSAN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THEY MADE TOYOTA STEP UP WITH RECALLS AND TOYOTA DID TO MY RECOLLECTION. SHOULD HAVE PURCHASED A TOYOTA.

VEHICLE HAD MANY TIMES FAILED TO GEAR ITSELF PROPERLY CAUSING A SUDDEN JERKING MOTION ONCE GEAR FINALLY SET IN. THIS CAUSED POOR ACCELERATION AND A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARS. MECHANIC SAYS RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. RADIATOR WAS REPLACED AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS FLUSHED. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS APPEARING. MECHANIC SAYS HE CANNOT FIX STATING THE RADIATOR IS CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE SOMEHOW AND SUGGESTS TO BRING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR