2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

ENGINE TIMING CHAIN FAILURE LEADING TO CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON INTERSTATE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHAMBER AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000. UPDATED 10/18/16*LJ *TR

LOWER RADIATOR ASSEMBLY FAILED AND ALLOWED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION . TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY OWNER. THIS RESULTED IN THE CAR LOOSING CONTROL ON A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY AND HAVING TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. COULD HAVE RESULTED IN ACCIDENT. NISSAN SHOULD PAY FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FAILURE.

VEHICLE TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING AND IS UNABLE TO START. WITH VEHICLE IN OFF STATE THERE IS NOT CONTROL OVER SPEED, BRAKING, STEERING. NISSAN IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM AFTER DIAGNOSIS. CODE P0335 CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING 4 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,326.

VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVING WELL, WE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS ACCELERATING, AND WERE HEARING NOISES SIMILAR TO WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER RUMBLE STRIPS. OUR MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS RADIATOR COOLANT MISSING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. VEHICLE WAS TRANSFERRED TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND WE OPENED A CASE WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AS VEHICLE ONLY HAD 75K MILES, HOWEVER IT WAS 9 YEARS OLD AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE $3,000 DEDUCTIBLE. AFTER REVIEWING OUR CASE FOR ALMOST THREE WEEKS, WE WERE INFORMED THAT NISSAN COULD NOT HELP US. WE PAID THE $3,000 DEDUCTIBLE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, HOWEVER FEEL THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR FIXING THE KNOWN DEFECT WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES IF THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON A BUSY ROADWAYS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000.

125K MUCH LIKE SEVERAL OTHER CUSTOMERS THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLES CONTAINS A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR COOLER TANK THAT RUPTURES AND FORCES COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE COOLER LINES. WHEN THE COOLANT MIXES WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID IT CREATES A FROTHY LIQUID THAT EATS VALVES, ERODES SEALS AND CAUSES CORROSION. WAITING TO SEE WHAT COST WOULD BE TO REPLACE SYSTEM BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS AROUND 5K AND THE CAR IS NOT EVEN WORTH THAT!!

TRANSMISSION FAILURE (ATF CONTAMINATION). ODI RECEIVED A PETITION REQUESTING INVESTIGATION OF 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.

RADIATOR CRACK AND MIX RADIATOR FLUID W TRANSITION FLUID ,TRANSITION PROBLEMS, NOT CHANGE GEARS WHEN I DRIVING .SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM WHEN I'M SLOW DAWN ON INTERSECTION I CAN'T GO FORWARD AND I STUCK ON THE CENTER OF INTERSECTION. POSSIBLE CRUSH ACCIDENT