2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

GAS GAUGE WONT READ, DISPLAYS EMPTY WHEN FULL. GOES BACK AND FORTH. 2006 AND 2008 RECALLED FOR SAME PROBLEM AND PART # BUT NISSAN WONT PAY TO HAVE 2005 FIXED OR DO A RECALL. WE BUT FROM ROANOKE NISSAN DEALER USED AT 57351 MILES. THEY DIDN'T OFFER WARRANTY AND WE DIDN'T GET EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CROSS CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT DUE TO FAULTY RADIATOR. THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM WITH NISSANS XTERRA AND PATHFINDERS. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. NISSAN SOLD PRODUCTS WITH POOR MANUFACTURING QUALITY THAT CAUSE THIS CATASTROPHIC MALFUNCTION. CURRENT NISSAN OWNER ARE STUCK WITH A REPAIR BILL FOR 5 TO 6 THOUSAND DOLLARS OR WITH A TRUCK THAT THEY CAN'T DRIVE OF SELL BECAUSE NISSANS REFUSES TO TAKE CARE OF ITS CUSTOMERS. *TR

TRANSMISSION DIED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, DUE TO THE RADIATOR ISSUES OF THE XTERRAS FROM THE YEAR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AND IN FLOW OF TRAFFIC VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER, BUT RPMS WOULD STILL INCREASE DUE TO FAULTY TRANSMISSION IN THE XTERRA. FAULTY TRANSMISSION LEADS TO MIXING OF THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING LOSS OF ACCELERATION. ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR

ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IS REQUIRED. *TR

TRAVELING AT 45MPH CAR HIT CURB AND WAS THEN DIVERTED TO MEDIAN WHERE THE FRONT BUMPER HIT A LARGE TREE AND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER WAS SEVERELY INJURED. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DRIVING 35 MPH, VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPS. BY READING ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE TRANSMISSION, THE COOLANT MIXING AND CONTAMINATING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. SOUNDS EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUES. WILL BE BRINGING TO GET FINAL DIAGNOSIS. ALL OTHER RECALLS HAVE HAPPENED TO MY XTERRA, AND I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *TR

WHEN I AM DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 65 OR 50 MILES AN HOUR THE CAR WOULD SLOW DOWN AND CARS BEHIND ME WOULD ALMOST HIT ME. THIS CAR WAS ON A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND WAS FIXED. THE SAME PROBLEM CAME BACK ON THE TRANSMISSION AND NISSAN WOULD NOT FIX IT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA DOWN THE HIGHWAY AROUND 65MPH WHEN I NOTICED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD JUST BEFORE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP & THE VEHICLE WENT DEAD. HAD IT TOWED INTO DEALERSHIP, WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED & WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. ISSUES CAUSED FROM FAULTY RADIATOR DRAINAGE INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID. I HAVE READ OF COUNTLESS OTHER REPORTS OF THIS SAME ISSUE. THIS YEAR VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED BY DEALERSHIP TO CORRECT THIS RECURRING PROBLEM. IT WONT BE LONG BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE DUE TO FAILED TRANSMISSION & HITS ANOTHER VEHICLE OR KILLS SOMEONE! *TR

I HAD MY TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REPLACED IN MY 05 NISSAN XTERRA IN DEC 2010 AT 69,000 MILES DUE TO DEFECT OF RADIATOR LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH CAUSED ME TO BRAKE DOWN ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY. THE NISSAN SERVICE/DEALER IN KINGSTON MA WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE TRIED TO TELL US ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS A RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUSH BUT WE HAD ALREADY CONTACTED NISSAN CORPORATE AND FOUND OUT WE WERE ENTITLED TO A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR ASSEMBLY DUE TO A RECALL. THEY UNWILLINGLY REPLACED BOTH ASSEMBLIES. I HAVE NOW EXPERIENCED A 2ND BRAKE DOWN ON AN ON RAMP ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT MOVE MY CAR AS THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN FAILED AT 153,900 MILES. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE NISSAN SERVICE/DEALER IN KINGSTON MA AND WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION WE HAD PUT IN 2010 WAS ONLY UNDER WARRANTY FOR 1 YR/12000 MILES AND I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL REPAIR COSTS. I HAVE TO THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL REPAIR WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY AND THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTED IN THE NEW ASSEMBLIES THAT WERE PUT IN AS A NEW TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN THIS. I FEEL MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHER MOTORISTS WAS PUT AT RISK DUE TO THESE PROBLEMS AS SEVERE ACCIDENTS COULD HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE MY VEHICLE LOST THE ABILITY TO MOVE AT ALL ON THE HIGHWAY IN TWO DIFFERENT INCIDENTS. NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT FIXING THE INITIAL PROBLEM PROPERLY. *TR