2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION RUINED BOTH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. *TR

AFTER DRIVING TO A REMOTE FAIR GROUND FACILITY, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO A LEAK ALLOWING COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. AFTER LEAVING THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER STRANDED WAITING FOR HELP, THE PASSENGER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS DUE TO HIGH OUTDOOR TEMPERATURES AND LACK OF NEAR BY FACILITIES. PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. *TR

I GOT ON THE FREEWAY AND MY CAR STOPPED GASSING. I WAS ON FAST LANE AND AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT PULLING TO THE SHOULDER. I WAS GOING ABOUT 65-70 MPH. FOUND OUT LATER MY FUEL SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED. I HAD NO GAS IN MY TANK WHERE AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT IT SHOWED A FULL TANK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT RADIATOR FLUIDS LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. BOTH THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE OF $7000. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

AFTER FUELING THE CAR, THE FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR EITHER SHOWS THE TANK AS EMPTY OR A RANDOM LEVEL (NEVER FULL, ALTHOUGH THE TANK WAS JUST FILLED). THE LEVEL FROM THEN ON IS ALWAYS UNRELIABLE AND FLUCTUATES AT RANDOM LEVELS; THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF FUEL IN THE TANK AT ANY TIME. I AM AFRAID THAT THE CAR WILL RUN OUT OF FUEL WITHOUT ME KNOWING AND STOP THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY OR WHILE CROSSING TRAIN TRACKS. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, THE INDICATOR NEVER SHOWS FULL WHEN I FILL UP THE TANK. IT SHOWS EMPTY OR 1/4 FULL AND THEN AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS THE LEVEL GOES UP TO A LEVEL THAT I KNOW IT IS TOO HIGH FOR THE AMOUNT OF DRIVING THAT I HAVE DONE. *TR

BROUGHT A USED 2005 NISSAN XTERRA FROM A DEALER IN EUGENE OREGON ON OCTOBER 13, 2011. ON JULY 31, 2012 THE RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION DISABLING THE VEHICLE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALS WHERE I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ( 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES) ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THE RADIATOR CAUSED THE PROBLEM TO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH MEANT BOTH ARE NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA STARTED HAVING SOME PROBLEMS EARLY IN JULY. ON OR ABOUT JULY 5 I WAS PULLING ONTO HIGHWAY 30 IN MONTGOMERY ILLINOIS. THERE WAS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I PUSHED THE GAS AND PROCEEDED TO MERGE ON TO THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR MOVED VERY SLOWLY ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I PULLED OVER OUT OF TRAFFIC AND RESTED CAR FOR APPROX 5MIN. WHEN I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AGAIN THE CAR PERFORMED NORMALLY. I TOOK TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUIDS HAD MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUIDS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO SLIP AND FAIL. AFTER HEARING THIS I WENT ONLINE AND OBSERVED THAT OVER 500 PEOPLE HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT IT IS A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING OF ALL 2005-2010 TRUCKS AND SUV'S. I HAVE ASKED NISSAN TO REPAIR MY CAR AT THEIR EXPENSE SINCE IT IS A PROBLEM THEY KNEW ABOUT. THEY FIRST STATED THEY DID NOT SEND ME THE ORIGINAL INFO ON THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY DID NOT KNOW I OWNED THE CAR. THIS IS NOT TRUE. THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY SENT ME INFORMATION ABOUT A TOW BAR ISSUE/RECALL AND A NISSAN DEALER IN SAN JOSE CA FIXED THAT PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT NISSAN INTENTIONALLY DID NOT INFORM OWNERS BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE MILEAGE TO EXCEED WHAT THEY WERE OFFERING (80,000). HAD I KNOWN I WOULD HAVE HAD MY TRUCK LOOKED AT LONG BEFORE THE MILEAGE EXPIRED. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME COULD HAPPEN TO A FAMILY AND IF THEY WERE TO PULL INTO ONGOING TRAFFIC AN ACCIDENT WOULD CERTAINLY OCCUR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NISSAN NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I APPRECIATE YOU OPENING AN INVESTIGATION ON THIS AND HOPE YOU GET RESULTS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. *TR

TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHACK TERRIBLY AND WAS ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE. THIS WAS A DIRECT FAILURE OF A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR THAT ALLOWED RADIATOR FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. *TR

TRANSMISSION DAMAGE ATTRIBUTED TO CONTAMINATION BY ENGINE COOLANT. THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION IS A CRACKED ATF LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH AN ENGINE COOLANT CHAMBER IN THE RADIATOR. *TR

IN MARCH 2012 MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA WAS APPROXIMATELY 91,000 WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN RUMBLE CAUSING ME TO SWERVE AND IMMEDIATELY REDUCE SPEED. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT. AFTER TAKING MY CAR TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE I REGULARLY SERVICE MY CAR. I WAS TOLD MY RADIATOR WAS LEAKING FLUID AND THIS MIGHT HAVE DAMAGED MY TRANSMISSION. SINCE THEN I HAVE REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND PRESENTLY STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. IT APPEARS THIS IS COMMON IN THE 2005 LINE OF X-TERRAS, PATHFINDERS, ETC. SINCE MY CAR WAS OVER 80,000 MILES THE RADIATOR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. NOW I AM BEING TOLD THAT I AM STILL TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THIS DEFECTIVE RADIATOR AND HAVE TO REPLACE THE VALVE BODY. WHAT IS MORE CAUSE FOR ALARM IS THE FACT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF IT AND FIND THEMSELVES IN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT OR EVEN WORSE A FATALITY. *TR