2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED. GAS GAUGE INACCURATE. GAS LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN PLENTY OF GAS IS STILL IN TANK. DTE FEATURE NO LONGER SHOWS NUMBERS ONLY DASHES. ONLY 66,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 64,000 MILES. *TR

PLEASE HELP! MY FUEL SENSOR IS FAILING. MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON NOW AND THE REPAIR FOR THIS IS EXPENSIVE. I RECEIVED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY IN THE MAIL FOR 72,000 MILES FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. I CALLED NISSAN DIRECTLY BECAUSE MY MILEAGE WAS PAST THIS AND THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON FAILURE IN XTERRAS AND THEY SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING FOR ME. THERE IS A NISSAN SERVICE BULLETIN NTB07-069B IN EXISTENCE, BUT NOT A RECALL. SINCE THEY WOULDN'T HELP ME, MY LIGHT WAS ON LONG BEFORE I HIT 72,000 MILES, AND THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT NISSAN SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL. I HAVE HIGH MILEAGE ON MY CAR BECAUSE MY FAMILY LIVES 6 HOURS AWAY AND I DRIVE TO SEE THEM FREQUENTLY. IS THERE ANY THING YOU CAN DO TO HELP ME? PLEASE? *TR

BEGINNING SUMMER 2010 2005 NISSAN XTERRA (PURCHASED NEW IN 2005) BEGAN MAKING RUMBLING NOISE (AS IF GOING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS) WHILE DRIVING. INCIDENT OCCURRED FREQUENTLY AT DIFFERING SPEEDS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. NO OTHER PROBLEMS WERE EVIDENT AT THAT TIME. IN NOVEMBER 2010 WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY VEHICLE BEGAN OVERHEATING, BLOWING HOT AIR THROUGH AIR CONDITIONER, AND REGISTERING HOT ON GAUGE. VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. THE NEXT DAY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RADIATOR FLUID LEAK. AFTER RESEARCH AND FINDING THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE THE OWNER DECIDED NOT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE FIXED AT HER EXPENSE AND IS NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL AN AGREEMENT IS MADE WITH NISSAN. WHILE THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR ACCIDENTS IN THIS INCIDENCE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN TRAFFIC EITHER CAUSING OR ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS. NISSAN'S FAILURE TO ALERT 05 XTERRA OWNERS OF THIS PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF IS NEGLIGENCE AND RISKS HEALTH AND SAFETY. FURTHER, IT CAN BE FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE FIXED BY SIMPLY REPLACING THE ORIGINAL PARTS AS THE PARTS AND DESIGN WERE DEFECTIVE TO BEGIN WITH. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT AFTER BEING "FIXED" BY THE DEALERSHIP THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AGAIN. *TR

ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 18, 2010 I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY I TOOK IT TO A DEALER FOR SERVICE. I WAS TOLD THAT MY RADIATOR HAD FAILED AND THAT IT HAD LEAKED COOLANT INTO MY TRANSMISSION, CAUSING BOTH COMPONENTS TO NEED IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE FAILURE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT IT OCCURS WITH NO WARNING...NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NO NOTICEABLE DETERIORATION OF PERFORMANCE, IT JUST HAPPENS. HE SAID THAT IN A WORST-CASE SCENARIO, THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION COULD SEIZE CAUSING AN IMMEDIATE STOP AND LOSS OF CONTROL. WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ON MY XTERRA, I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING 60-70MPH. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE RADIATOR BY 20,000 MILES (TO 80K FROM 60K) BUT THEY REFUSE TO ISSUE A RECALL EVEN THOUGH THIS PROBLEM AFFECTS ALL OF THEIR MID-SIZED TRUCKS AND SUVS MANUFACTURED IN 2005. FURTHERMORE, NISSAN ISSUED THIS EXTENSION TO DEALERSHIPS AND NOT DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE CHANGE OR ANY POTENTIAL PROBLEM. AS SUCH, I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A TICKING TIME-BOMB THAT LUCKILY DID NOT GO OFF AND HARM MYSELF OR MY FAMILY. *TR

MY NISSAN XTERRA HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL GAUGE SENSOR. THE SENSOR READING COMES AND GOES AND I HAVE EVEN RAN OUT OF GAS ONCE. THERE WAS A RECALL OUT ON THIS FOR IMMEDIATE REPAIRS AND ONE THAT GAVE AN EXTENDED MILEAGE WARRANTY TO 72,000 MILES. I CALLED NISSAN IN MAY 2010, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE STILL DEALING WITH GETTING THE CORRECT PART AND TO CALL BACK IN A FEW MONTHS. I WAS AROUND 66,000 MILES AT THAT TIME. I HAD A FRIEND AT WORK WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND HE HAD IT INTO THE DEALER 4 TIMES AND IT WASN'T UNTIL AROUND SEPTEMBER WHEN IT GOT FIXED WITH THE RIGHT PART. SO KNOWING THAT, THAT IS WHEN I CALLED IN SINCE I KNEW THEY HAD THE CORRECT PART. I TOOK IT IN FOR THE FUEL GAUGE AND FRONT CRASH SENSOR RECALLS, AND THEY ONLY FIXED THE ONE. NISSAN TOLD ME THAT THE FUEL GAUGE RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE WAS ONLY GOOD TIL 72,000 MILES, AND I WAS OVER THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS FAIR SINCE I WAS TRYING TO GET IT FIXED AND I WAS UNDER THAT MILEAGE IN MAY, BUT WHILE WAITING ON NISSAN TO GET IT RIGHT, FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER, I OBVIOUSLY PUT ON MORE MILES AND IT PUT ME OVER. NOW THEY SAY THEY WONT COVER IT. THIS IS NOT MY FAULT, AND OTHER XTERRAS WITH THIS ISSUE ARE GETTING THIS COVERED, I FEEL THAT I AM ENTITLED TO THE SAME. THANKS *TR

ENGINE STOPPED WHILE MOVING CAUSING INSTANT DECELARATION, CARS FOLLOWING HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION FOUND DEFECTIVE ECM UNIT BY NISSAN DEALERSHIP

THE ENGINE IN MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA (4WD) BEGAN MAKING A SLIGHT WHINING NOISE. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE NOISE WAS A DRIVE BELT. AFTER REPLACING THAT ITEM, A SLIGHT KNOCKING COULD BE HEARD. AS I WAS TRAVELING ALONG A MAJOR HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND FORCED ME TO AVOID A COLLISION AND COAST OFF THE ROADWAY. I LEARNED THAT THE NOISE WAS FROM A TIMING CHAIN INSIDE MY ENGINE. THE MECHANIC ADVISED MULTIPLE NISSAN VEHICLES HAD BEEN GETTING THE TIMING CHAIN REPLACED, AND THAT THIS WAS VERY UNUSUAL FOR A VEHICLE LIKE MINE WITH ONLY 70,000 MILES. THE REPAIRS FOR THIS COST OVER $1000 INCLUDING A TOW CHARGE, RENTAL CAR ETC. *TR

FUEL SENSOR GOES BAD ON NISSAN XTERRA CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS AND STALL, WHEN IT APPEARS VEHICLE HAS PLENTY OF FUEL (ACCORDING TO THE GAUGE.) *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA 4.0. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL INDICATING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,100.

FIRST PROBLEM - WHEN I HAD 53,000 MI ON IT, IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, IT STARTED CUTTING OUT AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AT ALL, HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. THEY SAID THAT HE RADIATOR LEAKED, FLOODING MY TRANSMISSION WITH COOLANT AND RUINED MY TRANSMISSION. THEY REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRANTY STATING THAT "THE TRANMISSION DID NOT FAIL - THE RADIATOR DID (WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY) THEREFORE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT COVERED". I HAD TO LET THEM REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES - IT COST ME $1,400 OUT OF POCKET - NOW HERE I AM 30,000 MILES LATER AND MY REVERSE WILL NOT WORK AT ALL, MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED. SO I HAD PAID 1,400 JUST TO BUY MYSELF AN YEAR & A HALF AND NOW I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. 2ND PROBLEM - I HAVE THE FUEL GAUGE/SENSOR PROBLEM, ALSO. I FILLED UP ONE DAY, GOT IN MY CAR AND GAUGE READ EMPTY & CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I HAD A RIP-OFF MECHANIC CHARGE ME $170 TO REPLACE THE SENSOR - NOTHING EVER CHANGED, GAUGE IS STILL BROKE AND LIGHT IS STILL ON. NISSAN IS SO WRONG FOR NOT HANDLING THEIR PROBLEMS, CONSUMERS DESERVE TO BE TREATED FAIRLY. THERE SHOULD BE A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST THEM - JUST READ THESE COMPLAINT BOARDS. SOMEHOW I HAVE BOTH OF THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THESE VEHICLES.