2005 Nissan Xterra

WHEN I DROVE IT TO WORK, THERE WERE A FEW DELAYS WHILE SHIFTING GEARS. AFTER HALF HOUR DRIVING IT, I HEARD WATER SPLASHING SOUNDS. I TURNED OFF THE RADIO AND I HEARD THE SPLASHING SOUNDS EVEN MORE CLEAR. IN THE SAME TIME, I SMELLED ELECTRONIC BURNT LIKE SMELLS. SINCE I WAS ON THE EXPRESS WAY, I COULDN'T STOP RIGHT AWAY. THEN, 15 MINUTES LATER OR A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES DRIVING IT, THERE WERE SMOKES FROM THE FRONT. I WAS SO SHOCK AND WORRY IF THE CAR WAS GOING TO BLOW UP. I FELT PANIC BECAUSE I COULDN'T JUST STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVING LANES. THANKFULLY, OTHER CARS SLOWED DOWN FOR ME AND LET ME PASSED. I PULLED UP IN THE NEARBY DAIRY DEPOT'S PARKING LOT, BUT I WAS 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM MY WORKPLACE'S CITY. IT WAS SO COLD AND WINDY, BUT SINCE I WAS WORRY IF THE CAR WOULD BLOW UP, I GOT OUT AND STOOD IN THE COLD. ALSO, THE TOW TRUCK WAS DELAYED FOR 2 HOURS AND I HAD TO MISSED WORK. THE CAR SHOP TOLD ME THAT THE RADIATOR CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND ALL FLUIDS ARE MIXED TOGETHER. WHEN I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE, I CAME ACROSS MANY OTHERS WHO HAD THE SAME ISSUE. I AM SHOCKED THAT IT'S VERY COMMON. I FEEL SO DISCOURAGE TO EVER TRUST NISSAN AGAIN. THIS CAR WAS MY INVESTMENT AS I HAVE $7000 LOAN REMAINING ON IT AND I JUST FIXED ALL FOUR SHAFTS FOR $1000. I HAVE ALWAYS DONE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE TO IT. SO, WHERE DID I GO WRONG? HOW CAN NISSAN DOES THIS? WHY THERE WAS NO RECALL THAT WOULD HAVE REGAINED CUSTOMERS' TRUST THAT IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE NISSAN??? WHY NISSAN HAS TO WAIT FOR A MOUNTAIN OF COMPLAINTS BEFORE AGREED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY AND EVEN THAT WAS ONLY FOR THOSE UNDER 100K MILEAGE? DOES IT MEAN THAT NISSAN CAN'T MAKE A CAR THAT LAST MORE THAN 100K??? NOT ONLY NISSAN JEOPARDIZES MY SAFETY AND OTHERS, NOW MY INVESTMENT IN NISSAN HAS TURNED INTO A CHUNK OF DEBT FOR ME. THIS IS SO WRONG!!! *TR

DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGN BY THE MANUFACTURER, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED INTO THE RADIATOR AND CAUSED COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. BECAUSE MY VEHICLE HAD OVER 100,000 MILES IT IS NOT COVERED IN ANY WAY BY WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NO RECALL ISSUED. I AM NOW FACING A CAR THAT IS WORTH $7000 OR SO AND NEEDS MORE THAN THAT IN REPAIRS. MY VEHICLE IS TOTALED THANKS TO A FAULTY DESIGN THAT HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED BY THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY WILL DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HELP. IF THEY HAD SIMPLY ISSUED A RECALL ON THE RADIATOR WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST BECAME KNOWN, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AND EASY $500 FIX, INSTEAD I AM LEFT WITH A WORTHLESS VEHICLE AND INSUFFICIENT FUNDS TO REPAIR IT OR GET A NEW ONE. I COULD NOT BE MORE ANGRY AND DISAPPOINTED WITH NISSAN AND THEIR HANDLING OF THIS SITUATION. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WILL NEVER BE BUYING FROM THEM AGAIN AND I WILL SUGGEST THE SAME TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN. *TR

OUR RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION BROKE,CAUSING OUR CAR TO STALL, ON VACATION, IN THE MIDDLE OF UTAH. APPARENTLY NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT THE WARRANTY IS TOO LIMITED TO COVER NISSAN XTERRAS SUFFERING FROM THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM! IT'S NOT JUST US!!! WE USE OUR XTERRA FOR OFF ROADING (AS ITS INTENDED FOR!) AND A BUSTED TRANSMISSION PUT ALL OF US AT RISK! WE DID NOT DO ANYTHING CRAZY BUT YOU NEED A SAFE TRANSMISSION ON HILLS. AFTER OVER $1000 IN TOWING EXPENSES WE GOT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE IS NOTHING WE COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT THIS. LATER WE RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT IT IS A COMMON DEFECT IN CARS LIKE OURS. *TR

I TOOK MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA TO DEALER TO GET SERVICED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT PERSON TOLD ME MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO RADIATOR. THEY TOLD ME DO TO MY MILES ON CAR AT THAT TIME I HAD 94000 MILES IT WOULD BE A 3000 DOLLARS CO PAY DUE TO THE EXTENDED WARRANTY NISSAN HAD AUTHORIZED. I ASK WHY WASN'T I TOLD WHEN NISSAN WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM TO DO PREVENTED MAINTENANCE. THE SERVICE REP. SAID SINCE IT WAS NO RECALL HE WAS NOT OBLIGATED TO TELL ME. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MOST PEOPLE BUT I DON'T HAVE 3000 DOLLARS LAYING AROUND TO USE I LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. I TAKE MY CAR TO DEALER ONLY FOR SERVICE THINKING ITS GETTING THE RIGHT SERVICE BUT I FOUND OUT I WAS WRONG. IF I WAS ADVISED EARLY I MAY OF FOUND THIS PROBLEM EARLIER AND GOT IT REPLACE FREE. NOW WHAT DO I DO? *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED BECAUSE COOANT MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,000. UPDATED 08/20/13*LJ

FORTUNATELY I WAS SIMPLY ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. I READ NUMEROUS HORROR STORIES OF OTHERS WHO HAD THIS ISSUE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY SO I AM VERY THANKFUL THAT THIS DID POSE ANY FURTHER RISK OF INJURY ESPECIALLY SINCE I AM 9 MONTHS PREGNANT AND WAS ON MY WAY TO AN ULTRASOUND. AFTER TAKING MY SUV IN, WE LEARNED THAT ANTI-FREEZE WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND ULTIMATELY REQUIRING A FULL TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. THE COST IS CLOSING IN ON $4,000. NEVER DID I RECEIVE ANY NOTIFICATION FROM NISSAN THAT THIS WAS POSSIBLE AND MY XTERRA DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF CONCERN. I STARTED RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ONLINE ONLY TO LEARN THAT I AM ONE OF MANY WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE AND AT A HEFTY PRICE WITH NO HELP FROM NISSAN. I READ ONLINE THAT NISSAN'S ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM WAS TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO 80,000 MILES BUT I HAVE JUST RECENTLY PASSED THAT THRESHOLD. FURTHERMORE, I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS PROBLEM MORE OFTEN BEGINS TO PRESENT ITSELF AFTER 80,000 MILES. I AM APPALLED THAT THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN INVESTIGATED AND MORE IMPORTANTLY BEEN RECALLED SINCE IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY IF NOT DEATH. ONE THING IS FOR SURE, MY HUSBAND AND I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN VEHICLE. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT THE NHTSA SHOULD ANALYZE THE WAY NISSAN IS DOING THEIR BUSINESS NOT TO MENTION FIND A WAY TO COMPENSATE EVERY SINGLE CUSTOMER WHO HAS SUFFERED FROM THIS PROBLEM. NISSAN SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES AND HOPEFUL THAT NO ONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT SHOULD IT OCCUR IN THE WRONG CIRCUMSTANCES. *TR

I HAVE EXPERIENCE WHAT MANY OTHER OWNERS OF A NISSAN XTERRA HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR. A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR HAS ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS AND A DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. IN LESS THAN A WEEK SINCE NOTICING LOSS OF POWER IN MY VEHICLE IT BECAME INOPERABLE. DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF THESE INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE NISSAN XTERRA TRANSMISSION PARTS HAVE BECOME IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT THEY ONLY RECOURSE TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM IS A COSTLY $6000 REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER, RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,200. UPDATED 06/18/13*LJ UPDATED 06/21/2013 *JS