2001 Nissan Xterra

CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2001-2002 FRONTIER AND XTERRA MODELS MAY EXPERIENCE UNEXPECTED OR DIFFICULT OPERATION OF WINDOWS. PRIMARY CAUSE IS EXTENDED HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS AFFECTING WINDOW. NISSAN WILL REPLACE WINDOW REGULATOR FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO 5 YEARS OR VEHICLE IN-SERVICE DATE OR 60,000 MILES WHICH EVER OCCURS FIRST. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT MY NISSAN WAS MANUFACTURED ON NOV. 2000 AND I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN JULY OF 2002. IT HAS 69,000 MILES ON IT AND SINCE I'VE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE HAVE NOTICED THAT WINDOWS MOVE UP AND DOWN VERY SLOWLY AND SOMETIMES WILL ONLY ROLL UP HALF WAY AND THEN I HAVE TO APPLY A LITTLE PRESSURE UPWARD TO GET THEM TO ROLL ALL THE WAY UP. I DO NOT LIVE IN A ALL YEAR ROUND HIGH TEMPERATURE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY VEHICLE CAME FROM ORIGINALLY BUT I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT IN WORKMANSHIP AND ALSO A SAFETY HAZARD IN NOT BE ABLE TO ROLL WINDOWS UP AND DOWN WITH EASE.*JB

COMPLAINT CONCERNS THE FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT. MY VEHICLE WENT DEAD ON HWY 131S AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING. ALONE AND OUT OF TOWN. HAD TO BE TOWED ON FLATBED. WHEN TALKING WITH THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP THEY STATED THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THIS PART ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. I THEN CALLED MY PRIVATE, USUAL DEALERSHIP I HAVE SERVICE AT AND THEY STATED THEY HAD REPLACED THREE OF THESE IN THE LAST MONTH. THIS NEEDS RECALLED!!*AK

2001 NISSAN XTERRA - I WAS JUST GETTING OFF A BUSY RT. 95 AND MY CAR JUST TURNED OFF - NO POWER STEERING,ETC. I WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHERE I HAD TO LEAVE IT OVERNIGHT. CALLED TWO NISSAN DEALERSHIPS THE NEXT DAY AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIT ME IN FOR TWO DAYS, SO I NEEDED MY XTERRA FIXED SO I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO SHOP. THEY SAID MY FUEL PUMP SENDING UNIT SHORTED OUT WHICH IN EFFECT SHORTED OUT MY FUEL PUMP, BOTH WERE REPLACED - $962 LATER.....I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM (I SHOWED THEM THE NISSAN FAULTY PART) AND THEY REFERRED ME TO NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS. I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE THERE AND SHE INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM AND SAID THEY WEREN'T IN THE POSITION TO REIMBURSE ME B/C THE WORK WASN'T DONE AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP, SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THERE WOULD BE A RECALL....I WOULD'VE HAD A GREATER CHANCE OF GETTING MY MONEY BACK IF I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. REGARDLESS, IN THE END I PAID $962 FOR A FAULTY NISSAN PART WHICH HASN'T BEEN RECALLED AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE MANY FATAL ACCIDENTS - GO FIGURE!!

FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT FAILED AT 38,800 MILES (OUT OF WARRANTY). A CRACK FORMS IN THE UNIT AND EVENTUALLY CORROSION SETS IN CAUSING A SHORT IN THE WIRING. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE TRUCK STALLS AND YOU LOSE MOST OF YOUR STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE THE 1999 NISSAN FRONTIER ACCORDING TO YOUR WEB SITE, SO THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH NISSAN TRUCKS. IT'S TIME FOR AN INVESTIGATION AND RECALL!*AK

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH ALL FOUR WINDOWS IN MY XTERRA. IN ALL CASES THE WINDOW REGULATORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. ONE REPAIR WAS UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE OTHERS WERE NOT. HERE ARE THE DETAILS. 1. MAY 1, 2002, MILEAGE 12314. DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WAS INOPERABLE & REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. (NO CHARGE TO ME) 2. OCTOBER 1, 2003, MILEAGE 39002. PASSENGER FRONT WINDOW & DRIVERS REAR WINDOW WERE MAKING A GRINDING SOUND. DOOR PANELS REMOVED & REGULATORS REPLACED. COST: $482.52 3. OCTOBER 8, 2003, MILEAGE 39391. PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW WAS MAKING A GRINDING SOUND. DOOR PANEL REMOVED & REGULATOR REPLACED. COST: 212.30