2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MOUNTAIN IN TENNESSEE ON A FAMILY VACATION, WHEN MY TRANSMISSION FAILED BECAUSE THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. IN ORDER TO GET TO A SAFE LOCATION I HAD TO DRIVE IN REVERSE TO A DRIVEWAY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT WITH A YOUNG CHILD AND MY FIANCE IN THE CAR. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I REALIZED THAT NISSAN HAS OVER 500 COMPLAINT ON THE SAME ISSUE AND IT WAS NEVER RESOLVED. I PAID 4800 DOLLARS OUT OF POCKET IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION BECAME STUCK IN 3RD OR 4TH GEAR AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THEN IT WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS. AFTER THAT IT GOT STUCK IN 1ST AND WOULD NOT SHIFT. IT IS CURRENTLY STUCK IN 3RD OR 4TH AGAIN. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS A RED BROWN FOAMY COLOR. IT IS GIVING A CODE OF P1754. *TR

THERE IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT WITH THE RADIATOR IN WHICH IT CRACKS AND LEAKS FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH THEN DESTROYS THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN WE CALLED NISSAN TO ASK IF THEY WERE GOING TO STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT, THEY TOLD US THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR US. *TR

"SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON AT 106000 MILES. IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT IN TO GET IT DIAGNOSED (THE NEXT MORNING). THEY SAID THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION, AND THEREFORE, I WOULD NEED A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THIS APPARENTLY SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH 2005-2010 NISSAN SUVS AND NISSAN IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. THE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT DOES NOTHING FOR US. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THEN WHEN I FILLED VEHICLE WITH FUEL GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY AND LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON. GAUGE DOES NOT COME BACK ON U TIL VEHICLE IS DRIVEN FROM 85 TO 125 MILES AND THEN TAKES AWHILE TO REACH UP TO AROUND 3/4 FULL. NEVER REALLY SURE HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN TANK. WAS ADVISED TO CHANGE THE FUEL TANK CAP AND DID TWICE BUT STILL NOT WORKING. HAVE TO RELY ON TRIP GAUGE TO KNOW IF I HAVE ENOUGH FUEL. THIS SEEMS RISKY FOR AN ALMOST 75 YEAR OLD WOMAN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70MPH ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AND CARS WERE AT THAT RATE AND FASTER. MY VEHICLE BEGINNING SLOWING DOWN, I IMMEDIATELY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED SLOWING DOWN. I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN MAKING MY WAY OVER TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. MY LIGHTS BEGAN FLICKERING (BOTH HEADLIGHTS AND INSIDE LIGHTS). MY BRAKE LIGHT, ABS LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, ETC ALL POPPED UP ON THE DASH. AS I MADE IT TO THE BREAK DOWN LANE THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND IN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. NEXT THE VEHICLE THEN SHUTOFF COMPLETELY AND WOULD NOT START. I HAD NO WARNING THIS WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. LUCKY FOR ME, I HADN'T GONE INTO THE FAST LANE BECAUSE I NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE IT INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE WITHOUT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT.

IT WAS A VERY COLD MORNING WHEN I GET READY FOR WORK, JUST GOT OUT OF OUR DRIVE WAY AND SUDDENLY WE HEARD 2 LOUD THUMP SOUND LIKE WE HAVE JUST RUN OVER SOMETHING LIKE ROCKS OR WOODS. IT SCARED US A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE VIBRATION, THEN IT RUNS NORMALLY AGAIN, THE NEXT DAY IT HAPPEN AGAIN BUT 1 TIME ONLY AND TODAY THE SAME. I WONT WAIT LONGER BEFORE SOMETHING WORST HAPPEN SO ILL BRING MY CAR TO THE MECHANIC SHOP TO HAVE IT CHECK TOMORROW. HOPE THIS WILL GIVE ME SOME ANSWERS . HOPE THIS IS NOT A RECALL DEFECT AGAIN BECAUSE I ALREADY HAD 1 VEHICLE RENDERED NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BEFORE AND THE COMPANY BOUGHT IT BACK.

MY 16 YEAR SON WAS DRIVING HOME AT 11:00 PM ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN, WITH NO WARNING, THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION POWER. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AND GOT IT INTO 3RD GEAR. IT WOULD NOT WORK IN DRIVE. HE PROCEEDED VERY SLOWLY FOR A SHORT DISTANCE UNTIL HE WOULD LOSE ACCELERATION POWER. HE HAD TO CONTINUE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON THE HIGHWAY MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET IT HOME THAT EVENING. HE CONTINUED VERY SLOWLY WITH HIS FLASHING LIGHTS ON. IT SUBSEQUENTLY HAD TO BE TOWED. THANKFULLY, IT DID NOT RESULT IN A CRASH ON THE INTERSTATE. THE CAR IS BLACK AND IT WAS VERY DARK. IT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE IMMEDIATELY BEHIND HIM TO REACT ON THE INTERSTATE. MY SON'S SAFETY WAS SEVERELY COMPROMISED. THE PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION PROBLEM NISSAN IS ALREADY BEING INVESTIGATED FOR (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER DP12004). IT REQUIRED A NEW RADIATOR, A NEW TRANSMISSION AND A NEW TRANSMISSION COMPUTER AS THIS WAS ALL RUINED WITH THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE RADIATOR. THE COST OF REPAIRS WAS $4632.97 INCLUDING THE TOW CHARGE. NISSAN HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND EVEN SETTLED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR THIS VERY ISSUE A FEW YEARS AGO. HAD THEY VOLUNTARILY RECALLED THE VEHICLE AND FIXED THE PROBLEM, MY SON WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PUT IN THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THE COSTS WOULD HAVE BEEN MINIMIZED. I DESIRE FOR NISSAN TO BE HELD LIABLE FOR THIS - YOU HAVE RECEIVED LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THE VERY SAME COMPLAINT. PLEASE CONDUCT A RECALL ON THE XTERRA, PATHFINDERS AND FRONTIERS YOU KNOW ARE IMPACTED. WE WERE FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE A CRASH RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH; THE NEXT FAMILY MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. *TR

I STARTED TO NOTICE A PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THOUGHT IT MAY BE A ENGINE OIL ISSUE. I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE IT DID NOT FEEL RIGHT WHEN DRIVING THE CAR IT ON THE HIGHWAY. ATTAINING THE SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY WAS DIFFICULT AND SLOW. WHEN BRAKING IT WAS ALSO SLOWER TO REACT. I TOOK IT TOO NISSAN THINKING IT AN EASY FIXED, I PAID $700 DOLLARS TO FIX WHATEVER THEY COULD ANALYZE. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED, BUT NO. THEN I WAS HIT WITH A $3000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR, WHICH WAS KNOWN ABOUT BACK IN 2010. WHAT A RIP OFF NISSAN, YOU KNEW THERE WAS AN ISSUE AND YOU NEGLECT TO INFORM YOUR CUSTOMERS. I HOPE YOU GO BANKRUPT NOW! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP GEARS BEFORE BECOMING INOPERATIVE. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD TURNED INTO A DARK BROW, ALMOST BLACK COLOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.