2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS WATER IN THE TRANSMISSION AND OIL IN THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

2005 NISSAN XTERRA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER HE DROPPED THE VEHICLE OFF AT THE DEALER, HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SERVICE ADVISOR, STATING TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE RADIATOR AND NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THE DEFECT AND SHOULD COVER THE COST IN REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION, BECAUSE THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY. WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED NISSAN TO CONFIRM, HE WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE HAD OVER 80,000 MILES AND HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $3,000 IF HE WANTED THE REPAIRS DONE. *JB

DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND CAR QUITS STEERING WAS DIFFICULT HIT A CURB. THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN CAME BACK ON? HAS DONE THIS TO ME SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL I PARKED IT NOW. DANGEROUS SITUATION. LUCKY NO VEHICLES WERE AROUND ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED A CRACK IN THE ATF CAUSED A CROSS CONTAMINATION OF THE ENGINE COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

MY TRUCK FELT SLUGGISH. UPON DIAGNOSIS, THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE RADIATOR AND THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED ON 5/7/14. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, MY TRUCK STALLED, AND I HAD THE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE REPLACED. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS TIME, THERE WERE THREE TRANSMISSION CODES. THE TRANSMISSION HAD COOLANT IN IT, AND WAS STARTING TO FAIL. NISSAN CORPORATE ONLY OFFERS AN EXTENSION OVER 100,000 ON THEIR POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WITH A $3,500 DEDUCTIBLE. WITH THE TRANSMISSION (REBUILT) BEING $3,500 AND THE RADIATOR BEING $500. IT WAS NOT WORTH IT TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION. NISSAN FAILED TO NOTIFY THEIR CUSTOMERS IN 2007 WHEN THEY BECAME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT LESS COSTLY FOR NISSAN TRUCK OWNERS TO BUY A NEW RADIATOR BEFORE IT FAILED, THEN TO HAVE ALSO LOST THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. IT LOOKS LIKE NISSAN WANTED TO AVOID A COSTLY RECALL, WHICH WILL COST THEM MORE IN LOST NEW CAR SALES IN THE FUTURE. ONE CEO LOOKS GOOD, THE NEXT ONE WILL NOT. *TR

COOLANT ENTERS INTO THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FROM A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR SYSTEM AND DESTROYS TRANSMISSION. NISSAN MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THIS, EVEN LOST A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, BUT HAS NOT RECALLED THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, OWNERS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE DEFECT UNTIL TRANSMISSION IS RUINED. NISSAN ONLY AGREED TO HELP REPAIR VEHICLES, AFTER THE FACT AND ONLY UP TO 100,000 MILES - WITH THE OWNER STILL HAVING TO PAY $3,000 TOWARD REPAIR. SINCE WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE DEFECT, WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING PREEMPTIVE SO WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL OUR TRANSMISSION WAS RUINED. SINCE WE ARE BEYOND THE 100,000 MILE MARK, NISSAN WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

PURCHASED MY '05 NISSAN XTERRA IN THE SPRING OF 2012 WITH ABOUT 160,000 MILES. FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS I HAD MINOR ISSUES LIKE SHUDDERING/VIBRATIONS RANDOMLY WHEN I ACCELERATED AND THE HEAT NOT WORKING WHEN I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AND MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY THAT I KNEW I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK MY XTERRA TO 3 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND EACH ONE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT I WOULD NEED A COMPLETELY NEW TRANSMISSION AND FROM THERE THEY WOULD SEE IF I IN FACT NEEDED TO CHANGE THE RADIATOR (WHICH THEY WERE POSITIVE WAS THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DUE TO SIMILAR ISSUES WITH OTHER NISSAN SUV OWNERS). THE REPAIRS WILL COST ME WELL OVER $4,000 AND UNFORTUNATELY AS A COLLEGE STUDENT, THERE IS NO WAY I CAN AFFORD TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. WHAT WAS APPALLING TO ME WAS WHEN I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ONLINE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ON VARIOUS WEBSITES ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND NISSAN HAS YET TO ISSUE A RECALL. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EXCLUDED MANY PEOPLE AND PUT MANY MORE AT AN UNFAIR DISADVANTAGE. I PERSONALLY BOUGHT MY NISSAN, BECAUSE OF THEIR REPUTATION, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY WILL NOT COME TO THE AID OF THEIR CONSUMERS SPEAKS VOLUMES OF THIS COMPANY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE VIBRATED AS IF IT DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER TO SHIFT OR NOT. FOUND OUT LATER THAT I HAD WATER IN MY TRANS AND TRANS FLUID IN MY RADIATOR. *TR

2ND OWNER OF 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. FIRST HAD ISSUES WITH HEAT NOT WORKING WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP, THEN CAR WOULD BEGIN TO VIBRATE ON THE HWY, AND NOW CAR IS HAVING ISSUES UP SHIFTING. 2 MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME THE SAME THING, STATING DEFECTIVE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION. NOW I MUST REPLACE BOTH AT ABOUT $4000. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL AND NISSAN HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. JEOPARDIZING THE SAFETY OF MANY AND BEING VERY COSTLY TO THOSE WHO CAN NOT AFFORD A MAJOR ISSUE LIKE THIS. *JS