2006 Nissan Titan

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE HEARD AN INDESCRIBABLE NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I HAVE A 2006 SE NISSAN TITAN TRUCK, MY CONCERN IS I JUST FOUND OUT FROM MY LOCAL DEALER THAT I HAVE A EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK. THE MAIN REASON FOR MY CONCERN IS... HOW THIS CAME ABOUT WAS BECAUSE I WAS AND STILL AM GETTING EXHAUST FUMES INTO DRIVER COMPARTMENT WHICH IN RETURN GIVES ME HEADACHES, AND ON TWO OCCASIONS CAUSED SERVE DIZZINESS. WHEN I EXPLAINED THIS TO THE DEALER THE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO! I HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO I DRIVE TO SCHOOL, I DON'T NEED THEM GETTING SICK FROM THESE FUMES FROM WHICH I EXPERIENCED! I'M ASKING FOR SOME KIND OF HELP! *TR

DRIVING AT NIGHT AND THE CABIN HEATER WOULDN'T GET WARM. DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT AS I WAS DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MILES. THE NEXT MORNING NOTICED A LARGE POOL OF ANTIFREEZE UNDER THE TRUCK. TOPPED THE COOLANT OFF, FIRED THE TRUCK UP AND LET IT IDLE IN THE DRIVEWAY UNTIL IT CAME UP TO NORMAL TO WARM WATER TEMPERATURE AND ANTIFREEZE BEGAN DRIPPING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RADIATOR. RESEARCHED THE RADIATOR ISSUE AND FOUND SOME TITAN OWNERS HAVE HAD TO REPLACE CRACKED/SPLIT RADIATORS MORE THAN ONCE. TO AVOID MULTIPLE RADIATOR REPLACEMENTS I WILL BE PURCHASING A HIGH PERFORMANCE ALUMINUM RADIATOR AT A SIGNIFICANT COST DIFFERENCE. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE PLASTIC RADIATORS MAY CUT DOWN THE VEHICLES WEIGHT, MAKING IT EASIER TO ATTAIN FEDERAL MPG STANDARDS BUT THE ALL METAL ONES JUST LAST LONGER AND ARE EASILY REPAIRED. HOW MANY TITAN RADIATORS HAVE DRAINED THEIR ANTIFREEZE INTO THE STREET AND THEN THE STORM DRAIN? MAYBE THE EPA SHOULD BE INFORMED SINCE; "ANTIFREEZE IS TOXIC TO HUMANS AND ANIMALS. WASTE ANTIFREEZE CONTAINS HEAVY METALS SUCH AS LEAD, CADMIUM, AND CHROMIUM IN HIGH ENOUGH LEVELS TO POTENTIALLY MAKE IT A REGULATED HAZARDOUS WASTE, SO MOST STATES STRICTLY REGULATE ANTIFREEZE DISPOSAL. ANTIFREEZE GENERATORS AND STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS SHOULD NOT DUMP SPENT ANTIFREEZE ON LAND OR DISCHARGE IT INTO A SANITARY SEWER, STORM DRAIN, DITCH, DRY WELL, OR SEPTIC SYSTEM; DUMPING ANTIFREEZE CAN CAUSE SERIOUS WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS AND MIGHT HARM PEOPLE, PETS, OR WILDLIFE". *TR *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE (IPDM) AND THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. IN ADDITION, FUEL LEAKED INTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ABNORMALLY, CAUSING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE, THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE MANUFACTURER ASSISTED WITH THE COST OF REPAIRS OF THE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE AND THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

TRAVELING IN HEAVY MORNING TRAFFIC AND THE VEHICLE SIMPLY QUIT IN THE MIDST OF HUNDREDS OF VEHICLES. IT WOULD NOT FULLY RESTART BUT WOULD ONLY ROUGH IDLE A TIME OR TWO. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE IPDM/ECM HAD FAILED. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED AND AS SOON AS I BEGAN LEAVE THE REPAIR FACILITY THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS HAD FAILED...DUE TO RAW FUEL BEING DUMPED INTO IT AS RESULT OF THE FAILURE OF THE IPDM/ECM. A FEW DAYS LATER, AS I WAS RESEARCHING CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ONLINE, I CAME ACROSS A NISSAN RECALL - NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 10V517000 AND REALIZED THAT THIS WAS THE EXACT SITUATION BUT THAT I HAD NOT RECEIVED NOTICE OF SAID RECALL. I CONTACTED NISSAN REGARDING THIS SITUATION AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS AND THEY ADVISED THAT I'D HAVE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO ONE OF THEIR DEALERS FOR INSPECTION BEFORE THEY'D CONSIDER REIMBURSING. I DID SO AND THEY DID REIMBURSE FOR THE IPDM/ECM REPAIRS. HOWEVER, WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE...WHICH WAS AN IMMEDIATE RESULT OF THE IPDM/ECM FAILURE, THE DEALER (AND NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS) INDICATED THAT I'D HAVE TO GET AN ESTIMATE & "RESTART" THE PROCESS. WHILE DOING SO, I LEARNED OF NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OF THIS VERY SAME THING HAPPENING WHEN IPDM/ECM FAILS & DUMPS RAW FUEL INTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. SO, I OBTAINED THE ESTIMATE FROM A NISSAN DEALER AND RECONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND BEGAN THE PROCESS AGAIN. IN THE MEANTIME, I DID LEARN THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE WITH A DAMAGED CONVERTER AS IT CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO FAIL...THEREBY CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON THE ROAD...FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS. NISSAN HAS NOW REFUSED TO PAY TO REPAIR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH WAS DAMAGED BY THE FAILURE OF THEIR RECALLED PART...AND I AM WONDERING IF YOUR OFFICE CAN HELP ME IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. *TR

I OWN A 4X4 LOADED 2006 TITAN LE WHICH IS MY PRIMARY FAMILY VEHICLE. AROUND 80K, ECM MODULE WENT OUT CAUSING CAR TO STALL OUT AND LOSE ALL POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC (WITH MY KIDS). LUCKY NOT TO BE NAILED BY AN ON-COMING CAR, I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND MODULE WAS REPLACED DUE TO RECALL. ONE WEEK LATER WHILE VACATIONING IN THE MOUNTAINS THE BATTERY RANDOMLY FRIED, WE REPLACED IT. HOWEVER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING, THE ANTI-THEFT ALARM WOULD RANDOMLY SOUND OFF, THE DVD PLAYER WOULDN'T WORK (HASN'T WORKED SINCE), THE SUNROOF WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND WOULDN'T OPEN AND CLOSE PROPERLY. ONCE WE RETURNED, THE DEALERSHIP COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG (EXCEPT THE DVD PLAYER, WHICH NO ONE COULD EXPLAIN). ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WE FOUND THAT THE FIRST CATALYTIC CONVERTER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD BLOWN..FOLLOWED NOT LONG AFTER BY CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLDS AND THE DRIVERS SIDE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BAD..DEALERSHIP WANTS $3000 JUST FOR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS!!! I SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF REPLACEMENT! THIS CLEARLY IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND NOT A ISOLATED CASE, NISSAN MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS! I HEAR RUMORS OF A CLASS ACTION...IT IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD!! I'M HOPING THEY DO THE RIGHT THING AND JUST FIX IT, WITHOUT HAVING TO GET LAWYERS INVOLVED. *TR

2006 NISSAN TITAN ONLY 35,000 MILES AND BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS CRACKED AND WERE LEAKING EXHAUST GASES THAT COULD NOT BE FED INTO CATALYTIC CONVERTERS..DEALER REPLACED UNDER EMISSIONS WARRANTY SINCE EXHAUST MANIFOLD/CATALYTIC CONVERTER ARE A SOLID 1 PIECE UNIT. THEY REPLACED WITH IDENTICAL DEFECTIVE PIECES THAT I AM POSITIVE WILL CRACK LIKE THE ORIGINAL ONES..PLEASE CHECK ONLINE TITAN FORUMS AND YOU WILL SEE IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALMOST EVERY TITAN..MY LOCAL DEALER SAYS THEY "AUTOMATICALLY CHECK EVERY TITAN" FOR THIS ISSUE..I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT IS SO COMMON AND NOT FROM DRIVER ERROR/ABUSE, AND ONCE ANY TITAN IS OUT OF THE 8 YEAR/80000 MILE COVERAGE IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR TOTALING OVER 2,000 DOLLARS! MOST TITAN OWNERS REPORT A TICKING SOUND FROM UNDER THE HOOD ESPECIALLY UNDER COLD START UP-I DIDN'T NOTICE THIS ON MINE SO I HAD NO IDEA MINE WERE CRACKED THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO INSPECT AS MANY TITANS AS POSSIBLE FOR THIS EMISSIONS ISSUE. *TR

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR CRACKING ON TITANS, CAUSING EXHAUST FUMES TO ENTER THE TRUCK CAB. VERY DANGEROUS, LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS. UN CONVERTED EXHAUST IS LEAKING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE SO THIS EFFECTS THE EMISSIONS LAWS. THE MANIFOLDS ARE ONE-PIECE WITH THE CATS BY THE WAY. THEY SHOULD ALL BE REPLACED DUE TO EXTREMELY POOR DESIGN AND FAILURE RATE ON MANY TITANS ON FORUMS SUCH AS TITANTALK.COM. *TR

CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE MANY NISSAN TITANS ARE EXPERIENCING PREMATURE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE. SOME FAILURES ARE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE, AS PARTICLES OF THE CORE OF SUCKED UP INTO THE ENGINE. THIS HAS CAUSED FAILURES WHILE DRIVING, AND AS OF YET HAS NOT CAUSED ANY CRASHES OR FIRES. I BELIEVE IT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THERE ARE ARE LARGE NUMBER OF FAILURES BEFORE 80,000 MILES, AND A LARGE NUMBER OF FAILURES RIGHT AFTER 80,000 MILES WHICH LEAVES IT UP TO THE CONSUMER TO PAY $1700+ TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE. NISSAN IS SAYING IT'S NOT AN ISSUE, BUT INTERNET REPORTS OF THE FAILURES WOULD SAY OTHERWISE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. THANKS *TT