2005 NISSAN XTERRA Complaints

ON FEBRUARY 11, 2006, I WAS DRIVING NOT FAR FROM MY HOUSE, WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL. WE ROLLED FIVE TIMES BEFORE WE HIT THE FIRST TREE. WE WENT RIGHT OVER THAT TREE. THEN WE ROLLED ANOTHER THREE TIMES BEFORE WE WERE STOPPED BY A CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH A EUCALYPTUS TREE. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF. MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *NM

POWER WINDOW DEVICE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE SEEMED TO WORK FINE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RATTLING IF IT WAS NOT ALL THE WAY UP OR DOWN. AND EVERYTIME THAT IT WOULD BE ROLLED UP IT SOUNDED LIKE A CHIPPING NOISE. I TOOK IT INTO TOWN CENTER NISSAN, KENNESAW, GA AND THEY REPLACED IT THE SAME DAY (2-27-06) AND IT HAS BEEN WORKING JUST FINE. THE VEHICLE CAME THAT WAY, BUT I HAD NO ISSUE IN GETTING IT REPLACED.*JB

I PURCHASED AN 05 XTERRA IN SEPTEMBER. AT ABOUT 6,000 MILES IT DEVELOPED A SQUEAK IN THE FRONT END. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES AND THE LAST TIME THEY WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THE NOISE AND STOP IT. I ASKED THE SERVICE WRITER WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND SHE TOLD ME I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW. I PUSHED FOR AN ANSWER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FRAME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WAS NOT WELDED, CAUSING THE METAL TO RUB TOGETHER AND SQUEAK. SHE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE WASHER FLUID TANK WAS RUBBING THE FRAME. THE ONLY THING WRITTEN ON MY SERVICE ORDER WAS THE WASHER FLUID TANK. I DON'T KNOW IF MY XTERRA HAS A FAULTY FRAME OR NOT. THE CONSUMER LINE FOR NISSAN HAS A FILE NUMBER FOR ME BUT I HAVE MADE REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO GET A CALL BACK FROM THEM WITH NO RESPONSE.*AK

I PURCHASED A NISSAN XTERRA IN SEPT. LAST YEAR. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE TOW HITCH ASSEMBLY. I CALLED AND SCHEDULED TO GET IT REPLACED AT THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED. I CONFIRMED ON THE PHONE THEY HAD THE PART. I TOOK VEHICLE IN AND AT THE END OF THE DAY THE SERVICE DEPT. CALLED ME TO SAY THERE WAS NO PART IN STOCK. THIS HAPPENED IN OCT. THEY TOLD ME THE SHIPMENT SHOULD BE IN NOV. THAT I WOULD BE FIRST ON THE LIST THEY WOULD GIVE ME A CALL. NOW WE ARE IN THE NEW YEAR AND I CALL THE SAME DEALER TO FIND OUT NISSAN HAS YET TO DISTRIBUTE ANY REPLACEMENTS. HERE I AM 3 1/2 MONTHS LATER AND STILL NO WORD ON WHEN. I CALLED HEADQUARTERS AND HELD FOR AS LONG AS 25 MINUTES AND COULD NEVER GET THROUGH. WHAT TO DO WITH THIS DEALER AND MANUFACTURER? I SPECIFICALLY BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE WITH TOWING IN MIND. HOWEVER, THERE RECALL STATES DO NOT TOW UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THANK YOU.. *NM

3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WOULD SQUEAL FOR 5-10 MINUTES WHEN 1ST STARTING, IT DID NOT MATTER IF IT WAS IN THE MORNING OR MID-AFTERNOON. I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALER AND THE DRIVE BELT WAS REPLACED. ABOUT 2,000 MILES LATER THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED, I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER AND THIS TIME THE AUTO TENSION PULLEY WAS REPLACED. ABOUT 1,000 MILES LATER THE TRUCK WAS ONCE AGAIN TAKEN BACK AND THIS TIME THE LEAD TECH ASSURED ME THE PROBLEM WOULD BE FIXED AND THE DRIVE BELT WAS REPLACED FOR A 2ND TIME. I HAVE NOW HAD THIS TRUCK FOR 9 MONTHS AND AGAIN HAD TO TAKE IN, THIS TIME I DEALT WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO WAS NOT HELPFUL. THEY ONCE AGAIN REPLACED THE DRIVE BELT AND STATED THIS WAS A KNOWN NISSAN PROBLEM AND THAT THE PROBLEM WILL PRESENT ITSELF AGAIN BUT THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL NISSAN ISSUES A RECALL OR TSB. I CALLED NISSAN'S 800-NISSAN1 NUMBER AND SPOKE TO A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A CALL FROM THE REGIONAL MANAGER BY THE END OF THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY SINCE I HAD TAKEN THE TRUCK IN 4 TIMES FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANY CALLS FROM NISSAN'S REGIONAL REP. I FEEL THAT BOTH THE NISSAN DEALER AND NISSAN ARE UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO SATISFACTORILY FIX THE RE-OCCURRING PROBLEM ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND THAT I AM JUST BEING GIVEN THE RUN AROUND. *NM

CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING 2005 NISSAN XTERRA RECALL.*TS THE RECALL WARNED NOT TO TOW ANYTHING UNTIL THE HITCH WAS REPLACED. THE ESTIMATED TIME FOR REPLACEMENT WAS MID NOVEMBER. THE CONSUMER COMPLIED WITH THE RECALL. AT THE END OF NOVEMBER THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THE RECALL BUT THE WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TWICE AND EACH TIME WAS PROMISED A RETURN CALL AND WAS GIVE A CASE NUMBER. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT HEARD BACK FROM ANYONE AT THE MANUFACTURER. THE PART NUMBER IS 999T5-KR100 (RECALL NUMBERS 05E062000 AND05V458000). *NM

DT: CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN CONCERNING THE TRAILER HITCHES. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THEIR VEHICLE ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

ON NOV. 4TH 2005, I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR. A DEER RAN INTO THE ROAD. I APPLIED MY BRAKES BUT HIT THE DEER. MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON BUT MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO AMM COLLISION AND OVER $3500.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE WAS DONE. THE AIRBAG HARNESS WIRE WAS CUT DURING THE ACCIDENT. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE UNSURE IF THE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED OR WOULD HAVE DEPLOYED IF THE WIRE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CUT. I SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP IN AUSTIN TX AND THE SERVICE DEPT GUY INDICATED THAT THE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE GONE OFF WITH A 35 MPH HIT. I AM JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT IF ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS ISSUE. IS THIS A SAFETY ISSUE. AT THIS TIME, NISSAN DOESN'T HAVE THE PART TO REPLACE IT IN MY CAR. I CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR DUE TO THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *JB