2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

THE XTERRA FUEL SENDING UNIT HAS GONE BAD/MALFUNCTIONED. UPON FILLING UP VEHICLE THE GAS GAUGE CONTINUED TO SHOW XTERRA WAS EMPTY AND DIAGNOSTIC CODE P0463 WAS ABLE TO BE READ. I HAVE HEARD NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF THIS ISSUE WITH XTERRAS. *TR

GAS GAUGE HAS QUIT WORKING...COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE AUTOMOBILES...WHY NO RECALL? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH OR MORE THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 154,000. *TR

MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS VEHICLE TO COLLEGE ABOUT 5 HOURS FROM HOME. ON 9-4-12 IT OVERHEATED AND SHE HAD TROUBLE DRIVING IT BUT MADE IT THE THE DEALERSHIP IN LUBBOCK. THEY SAID THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE OLD ONE HAD INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILURE. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THE FLUID FROM THE RADIATOR GOT IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID GOT IN THE RADIATOR. THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BE FINE AFTER THEY DID A TRANSMISSION FLUSH ON IT. WE PAID THE $814 FOR THE REPAIRS. SIX MONTHS LATER AS MY DAUGHTER IS DRIVING HOME FOR SPRING BREAK THE XTERRA STARTED VIBRATING REALLY BAD. LUCKILY SHE WAS ABOUT 30 MINUTES FROM HOME SO SHE COULD STILL DRIVE IT AS LONG AS SHE STAYED AROUND 40 MPH. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN ARLINGTON WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD US THE RADIATOR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AS WELL AS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY SAID THE LUBBOCK DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE ALSO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION BACK IN SEPTEMBER SINCE A TRANSMISSION FLUSH DOESN'T GUARANTEE ALL THE CONTAMINANTS ARE REMOVED. WE HAVE JUST PAID $5600 MORE FOR REPAIRS. NISSAN HAS OBVIOUSLY ADMITTED THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM BY AGREEING TO MAKE PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENTS TO CUSTOMERS WHOSE VEHICLES HAVE LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON THEM. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE IN THE GROUP OF CUSTOMERS WHOSE VEHICLES HAVE OVER 100,000 MILES WHO NISSAN HAS CHOSEN TO IGNORE. SINCE NISSAN HAS NOT STEPPED UP TO DO THE RIGHT THING WE WILL NOT BE FUTURE NISSAN CUSTOMERS. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION SUFFERED AN APPARENT CATASTROPHIC BREAKDOWN THAT I HAVE NOW BEEN INFORMED WAS CAUSED BY THE BREAKING OF THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WITHIN THE RADIATOR. A MIXTURE OF COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED THE CAR TO BECOME INOPERABLE. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF BUT HAS CHOSEN TO DO NOTHING ABOUT. THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 100000 MILES (WHICH WOULD NOT APPLY TO THIS CAR) BUT HAVE NOT DISCLOSED TO ME THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM IN ORDER TO PREVENT IT. REPAIRS (AFTERMARKET) ARE GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY $3000 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND NEW EXTERNAL COOLER. I HOLD NISSAN PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BREAKDOWN AND AM APPALLED AT THE FAILURE OF THIS COMPANY TO WORK WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS TO SAFEGUARD THE WELL BEING OF THEIR DRIVERS. MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER WERE LEFT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE OF THEIR FAILURE TO ACT. *TR

I NOTICED THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COME ON 3/13/2013. TODAY, 3/15 I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT I GET MY VEHICLE SERVICED AT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FUEL SENDING UNIT IS MALFUNCTIONING AND THE PRICE TO FIX IT. THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM A FEW TIMES NOW WITH OTHER XTERRA MODELS. I MENTIONED TO THEM THAT I CANNOT AFFORD THE REPAIR AT THIS TIME AND THEY SUGGESTED I KEEP IT FULL AND IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. I GOT HOME AND LOOKED UP THE PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE AND IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, AND NOT ONLY WITH XTERRAS BUT WITH PATHFINDERS AND FRONTIERS AS WELL, AS THEY ARE ALL BASED ON THE SAME DRIVETRAIN. NISSAN IS NOT COVERING THIS PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH ITS VEHICLES. *TR

THE RADIATOR HAS LEAKED MANY TIMES WHICH HAS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT. *TR

ANTIFREEZE MIXES WITH TRANS FLUID RENDERING THE TRANS BROKEN REPAIR REPLACE TRANS AND RADIATOR =$7000.00 REPAIR AT DEALER. *TR

MY FUEL SENDING UNIT WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AND I RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALMOST CRASHED AND KILLED MYSELF. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS AND FIXED BY NISSAN BEFORE SOMETHING REALLY SERIOUS HAPPENS! *TR

DUE TO A CRACKED RADIATOR LINE COOLANT LEAKED CAUSING MAJOR TRANSMISSION AND ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO SHUT OFF RANDOMLY OR SHAKE VIOLENTLY ( THIS HAPPEN TO ME ON THE FREEWAY AND I WAS STUCK WITH CARS ZOOMING PASS ME AT 70 MPH) AND TRANSMISSION TO JOLT AND SHAKE WHEN GOING THROUGH THE GEARS. *TR