2004 Nissan Titan

MY ENTIRE REAR AXLE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 31,500 MILES ON MY NISSAN TITAN. IT STARTED HOWLING AND SMOKING WHEN DRIVING TO MOAB. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENTIRE REAR AXLE. THANKFULLY I WAS NOT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THE REAR END FAILED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE HAS HAD 4 SETS OF BRAKES/ROTORS/CALIPERS ON THE VEHICLE AND IS STARTING TO EXHIBIT SIGNS OF NEEDING THE FIX AGAIN. *JB

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT TRUCK BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON SUDDENLY THEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN PRESSED. BRAKES HAD A GRABBING EFFECT NOT A SMOOTH STOP. AFTER TRUCK WAS PARKED AND IGNITION TURNED OFF BRAKES WERE NORMAL WHEN RESTARTED TRUCK. ITS A GOOD THING THERE WASN'T ANY TRAFFIC AND ROAD WAS NOT LEVEL WITH MINIMAL TRAFFIC AT THAT TIME. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR INTERMITTENTLY. OTHER TIMES, WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THE PEDAL WOULD NOT GO TO THE FLOOR, BUT WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE COMPUTERIZED BRAKE ASSIST SYSTEM ACTIVATED UNEXPECTEDLY AND RANDOMLY CAUSING THE CONTACT TO BE THROWN FORWARD IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON A FREEWAY A VIBRATION WAS OBSERVED IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS SQUEALING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 3000 MILES WHEN IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THE FRONT BRAKES WERE TOO OLD. THE TWO FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED HOWEVER THE BRAKE PROBLEMS CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO REPLACE THE FRONT ROTORS 5 TIMES. THE SIXTH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ALL FOUR ROTORS WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN BECAUSE THE VEHICLE CONTINUED WITH THE BRAKES PROBLEM AND IT HAS REPRESENTED A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK. UPDATED 9/13/2006 - WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED THERE WAS A POPPING SOUND, THE PEDAL VIBRATED AND THE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKES ON THE RIGHT SIDE WERE CRACKED AND THE ONES ON THE LEFT SIDE WERE ABOUT TO CRACK. THE LAST TECHNICIAN WHO WORKED ON THE VEHICLE TOLD THE CONSUMER SHE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THE CAR. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, THE BRAKES SHOOK, VIBRATED AND STOPPING POWER WAS DIMINISHED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS FIVE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED AFTER 4,000 MILES. THE FIFTH TIME THE FRONT PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 27,000 MILES. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF THE MILEAGE IN BETWEEN. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING REPAIR.

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN TRUCK VIN [XXX] BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR THE DEALERSHIP HAS PUT 2 MASTER CYLINDERS ON IT BUT HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM THEY TELL ME THIS IS NORMAL. I HAVE A 16 YEAR OLD SON WHO IS LEARNING TO DRIVE. THIS PROBLEM COMES AND GOES BUT IT DID IT TO HIM AND SCARED HIM BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE HAD NO BRAKES. THE BRAKES ARE REAL SPONGY AND GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR IF PRESSED FIRMLY. IN A HARD BRAKING SITUATION SUCH AS ON A STEEP HILL AT LOW SPEEDS THE BRAKES GOES TO THE FLOOR. THIS HAS BEEN GOING 2 YEARS. *JB UPDATED 07/6/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

1-KNOCKING SOUND, SOUNDS LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE. 2-BODY & STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AT IDLE. 3-HISSING SOUND WHEN HEAT OR AC IS ON. 4-ROTORS REPLACED 3 TIMES. STILL HAVING SOME PROBLEM. 5-WHEN IDLE IN GEAR (IDLE DROPS BELOW 500 STEERING START TO VIBRATE. 6-VIBRATION ON BRAKE PEDAL. 7-EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT HOLDING WHEN IN PARK. *NM