2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

I HAVE RECEIVED RECALL NOTICES ON THIS VEHICLE BUT WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER THEY ARE SAYING THERE IS NO RECALL ON IT.

THE RADIATOR FAILED AND THE FLUID ALL WENT INTO THE TRANSMISSION REQUIRING BOTH A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH 2005 XTERRAS AND NISSAN REFUSES TO COVER THIS FAULTY DESIGN. WE HAD NO ADVANCE NOTICE OF THIS HAPPENING. WE WENT OUT ONE DAY AND THE CAR DID NOT START.

TAKATA RECALL...CAR WAS DRIVING FINE ALL DAY UNTIL I PULLED UP TO A RED LIGHT.WHEN LIGHT CHANGED AND I PRESSED ON GAS, CAR WOULD HARDLY GO BUT EVENTUALLY AFTER SOFT COAXING IT GOT UP TO SPEED. WAS LIKE I JUST LOST FIRST GEAR ON AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.SUBSEQUENT RED LIGHTS RESULTED IN SAME PROBLEM. RESEARCHED ONLINE ABOUT ANY COMPLAINTS WITH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON JUST ONE WEBSITE.TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM: COOLANT BOX INSIDE TRANSMISSION BURST CAUSING TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUIDS TO MIX AND RUINING BOTH TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. COST FOR THIS REPAIR IS $3800-4500.I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM. WHEN I CONTACTED NISSAN CORPORATE I WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS BECAUSE HUNDREDS IS MINUTE IN COMPARISON TO THE THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES THEY HAVE SOLD.

MY WIFE'S 05 NISSAN XTERRA STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN DRIVING WITH SHUTTERING, AND RUMBLE STRIP NOISES.STARTED NOTICING THE HEATER WOULD NOT BLOW HOT WHEN STATIONARY.TOOK TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND MY WORST FEAR CAME TRUE.WATER IN TRANSMISSION I BEEN HEARING ABOUT.TO TOP IT OFF HAD REAR END REPLACED SIX MONTHS AGO CAUSE THE OWNER GUARANTEED ME THAT WAS WHERE THE SHUDDERING WAS COMING FROM.THAT WAS A 2000 DOLLAR REPAIR. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS NOT THE [XXX] REAR END.WILL NEVER EVER BUY NISSAN AGAIN! THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS HUGE PROBLEM.PEOPLE ARE HURTING FROM THIS MESS!THE LATEST REPAIR SHOP WON'T 4600 HUNDRED FOR REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION &A RADIATOR.DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE U HEAR AND READ THE ABOUT THE ENGINE COULD BE CORRODED.OF COURSE NISSAN DOING NORA! PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

I WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN I STOPPED AT MY DRIVEWAY AND MY CAR HAD SPRUNG A LEAK FROM UNDER MY PASSENGER SIDE. MY CAR WAS NOT OVERHEATING, I RECEIVED NO WARNING THAT ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC- MY TRANSMISSION COOLER HAD FAILED AND MIXED IN WITH MY RADIATOR. HOPEFULLY MY TRANSMISSION ISN'T SHOT, WITH A NEW RADIATOR AND FLUSHING ALL THE LINES IS ALMOST $1000. THIS ALL COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF I HAD SOME WARNING. MY CAR HAD BEEN DRIVING JUST FINE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.

COOLANT LEAK CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. NISSAN IS AWARE OF ISSUE AND FAILS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILTY

MY 2005 XTERAA TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDS REPLACED DUE TO LINES BREAKING AND THERE IS WATER ALL IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD AND THE RADIATOR HAS GOO LOOKING STUFF IN IT AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GO IN DRIVE AT TIMES. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR FEBRUARY 2016 FOR MY DAUGHTER AND STILL OWE ON THIS VEHICLE

RADIATOR LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION AND BOTH HAD TO BE REPLACED. STOPED WORING ON THE CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY. VERY SCARY SITUATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT "ECM" WAS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE BATTERY AND CRANK SHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 223,000.

MY VEHICLE HAS 43,419 MILES AND AFTER FUELING THE VEHICLE THE FUEL GAUGE DROPPED TO EMPTY AND THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON DASHBOARD LIGHT ILLUMINATED. A CHECK OF THE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (P0463) DISCLOSED A FAULTY FUEL LEVEL SENSOR "A" CIRCUIT HIGH. I HAD THE REPAIR DONE AT NISSAN. THE FEE FOR LABOR AND PARTS WAS $367.88. I SEE SEVERAL HUNDRED REGISTERED NHTSA COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE AS WELL AS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AS THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECTIVE PART. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2006 XTERRA FOR THE SAME ISSUE.