2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE MADE A SUBTLE NOISE BEFORE STALLING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

THE CAR STARTED LOOSING POWER SINCE LAST TWO WEEKS. COUPLE OF DAYS BACK WHILE PARKING THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST THE POWER EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN DRIVE. TODAY I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS AND A DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPUTER

THE WELL KNOWN LEAKING RADIATOR ISSUE THAT HAS LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND HAS DESTROYED MY TRANSMISSION. BOTH MUST BE REPLACED. BUT OF COURSE IT IS BEYOND THE WARRANTY COVERED DATES. SINCE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. IT SHOULD BE COVERED 100%, SHAME ON NISSAN FOR IGNORING THE ISSUE. WHEN SITES ARE POSTING "AVOID AT ALL COST", SHOULD BECOME A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE SURGED, HESITATED, AND LOST ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT A HUMMING NOISE WAS PRESENT FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

A CRACK IN THE RADIATOR OCCURRED ALLOWING COOLANT IN TO THE TRANSMISSION MIXING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THANKFULLY, THE CAR WAS PARKED AND WOULD NOT START. HOWEVER, WE DID "JUMP" THE STARTER AND THE CAR CREPT HOME WITH VERY LITTLE ACCELERATION CAPABILITIES.

I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED FROM A DEALER WITH APPROX 64,000 MILES. AFTER 2 DAYS AND LESS THAN 200 MILES THE CAR STARTED SHUDDERING AS IF I WAS DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I WENT TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER THERE WAS A HORRIBLE RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD THAT SOFTENED AS THE CAR WARMED UP. NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT BOTH OF THE MORE COMMON COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS CAR RAISED THEIR UGLY HEADS AT THE SAME TIME: TRANSMISSION AND TIMING CHAINS!! I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR EVALUATION AND REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COST WOULD BE BETWEEN $8-9,000. THANK GOD FOR AFTERMARKET WARRANTY. ANYWAY... IF NISSAN DOES NOT INTEND TO ISSUE A RECALL, THERE SHOULD BE A DISCLOSURE ON CARFAX/AUTOCHECK/ETC FOR THESE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS.

MY RADIATOR BROKE AND LEAKED RADIATOR FLUID INTO MY TRANSMISSION RUINING THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION IN THE RADIATOR TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT AND SO DID THE ENGINE RESULT $2600 TRANSMISSION BOUGHT.

CROSS CONTAMINATION OF RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN. VEHICLE HAS 102K MILES ON IT AND CAN'T BE DRIVEN. WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED WITH 86K MILES AND WERE NEVER INFORMED OF ANY RECALL OR LAWSUIT. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH A NISSAN I LOST THOUSAND TRADING IN A ALMOST NEW NISSAN ULTIMA 2007 PREVIOUSLY DUE TO CONSTANT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS NOW THIS TRANSMISSION HAS SEIZED UP AND THE RADIATOR IS FULL OF GUNK. THIS SHOULD BE A FULL RECALL AND REPAIR ON THE PART OF NISSAN THEY KNOW THEIR DESIGN CAUSED THE PROBLEM. WE STILL OWE $$$ ON THIS CAR AND WILL RUIN OUR CREDIT BY TURNING IT IN AND CANNOT AFFORD THE $6K COST TO REPAIR THIS. THE DEAL THEY DID STILL LEFT THE CONSUMER HOLDING THE BAG FOR THEIR BAD DESIGN.

MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA HAD LEAK IN THE RADIATOR AND WENT INTO MY TRANSMISSON. NOW THE TRUCK DID NOT RUN. I CONTACTED NISSAN WHEN THE TRUCK HAD LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON IT BUT THEY REFUSED TO FIX DUE TO MILEAGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE SOON WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED AN OIL AND COOLANT MIXTURE, WHICH DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.