2005 Nissan Xterra

IN MARCH 2011 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY SON HOME AND THE XTERRA BEGAN TO SHAKE AS IF SHE WAS DRIVING ON RUMBLE STRIPS. I QUICKLY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT AT A NISSAN DEALER AND IN ANTICIPATION OF THE SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT, I GOOGLED 2005 NISSAN XTERRA, RUMBLE STRIP. LITERALLY DOZENS OF WEB PAGES POPPED UP REVEALING THAT A DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR WAS CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION, THEREBY RUINING THE TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR. THE TESTIMONIALS DETAILED MY EXACT EXPERIENCE AND ALSO DESCRIBED INSTANCES WHERE TRANSMISSIONS WOULD LOCK-UP WHILE DRIVING. I RAISED MY SUSPICIONS TO COCHRAN NISSAN IN PITTSBURGH, PA, AND THEY PERFORMED A FULL SERVICE CHECK WHICH CONFIRMED THAT COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION. COCHRAN EXPLAINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SALVAGEABLE, BUT THAT THE RADIATOR NEEDED REPLACED WHICH I LATER FOUND OUT HAD ITS WARRANTY EXTENDED TO 80,000 MILES. THE PROBLEM WAS, HOWEVER, THAT MY XTERRA CURRENTLY HAD 101,000 MILES, MAKING ME A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY OF NO BENEFIT TO ME. COCHARAN REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $830.00. NOW IN FEBRUARY 2013 AGAIN AS MY WIFE WAS DRIVING (OUR TWO KIDS), THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED CAUSING THE XTERRA TO STALL AND LOCK UP AND AGAIN I AM LOOKING AT A SUBSTANTIAL REPAIR COSTING WELL ABOVE THE $830 PREVIOUSLY PAID. NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION FOR YEARS (POSSIBLY 2007) AND HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. DAMAGE RESULTING FROM A DESIGN DEFECT IS NOT SOMETHING FOR WHICH PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE FROM THE OWNER COULD RECTIFY. SELLING A PRODUCT WITH DESIGN AND/OR MANUFACTURING DEFECTS TO UNSUSPECTING BUYERS THAT PLACES PERSONS IN DANGER IS UNETHICAL AND NISSAN SHOULD BE FORCED TO STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT AND TO DO THE RIGHT THING. PLEASE HELP AND PROTECT THE CONSUMER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS CRACKED AND CAUSED FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE DUE TO THE VEHICLE NOT BEING INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,625. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA WHICH OVER THE YEARS MY ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOR ALL PERIODS OF TIME AND THEN GO OFF. THE FIRST TIME IT CAME ON I RAN TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD TO BE BROKE DOWN. NO DIAGNOSIS WAS FOUND (PHANTOM LIGHT - $300 TO TELL NO THERE WAS NO PROBLEM) SO AFTER THAT I DID NOT RUN TO THE DEALER EVERYTHING THE LIGHT COME ONE WHICH WAS MOST OF THE TIME. STARTING IN JANUARY 2012 MY 2005 XTERRA WOULD SEEM TO HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME CHANGING OVER AT CERTAIN SPEEDS ESPECIALLY 40-45 AND 55-60 MPH. I MAINLY DRIVE HIGHWAY SO I KNEW THIS WAS NOT NORMAL FOR MY CAR. SINCE THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING AND I HAD A STATE INSPECTION COMING UP IN MARCH-APRIL 2012 I WANTED TO WAIT BECAUSE I CANNOT BE WITHOUT A CAR. THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON FROM JANUARY UNTIL APRIL WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP. FINALLY IN EARLY APRIL 2012 I REALIZED THAT THE HEATS WAS NOT WORKING. AT THE APRIL 10, 2012 INSPECTION THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW RADIATOR ($999.45). THEY TOLD ME THE RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSIONS BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE CAR SEEMED TO WORK FINE AFTER THE REPAIR, NO DIFFICULTLY CHANGING OVER AT CERTAIN SPEEDS UNTIL OCTOBER 18, 012 WHEN I LEFT WORK AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. AAA CAME AND TRIED TO JUMP IT TO NO AVAIL. TOWED TO LOCAL MECHANIC (NOT GOING BACK TO DEALERSHIP AGAIN) AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION COOLING PROBLEM ($1,950.98) AND TWO WEEKS WITHOUT A CAR AND $100 TOWING BILL. NOW I GET A LETTER FROM ABOUT LAWSUIT WITH NISSAN BUT MY VEHILES DIAGNOSIS OCCURRED 1,985 MILES AFTER THE ALLOTTED MILEAGE (100,000). SO, I AM OUT $2950.45 PLUS THE COST OF TOWING AND RENT A CARS WITH THE VEHIILE THAT I AM NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRADE IN BECAUSE NO DEALER WOULD PURCHASE IT FROM ME KNOWING THE PROBLEMS WITH 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. I WILL NEVER BUY NISSAN AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR CAP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SO THE DEALER REPLACED THE U JOINTS. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE WHILE DRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,716.

I RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE MY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION DUE TO THE KNOWN 2005 NISSAN XTERRA RADIATOR PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM STARTED OFF AS HEAVY VIBRATION WHEN GEARS SHIFTED, AND THE HEATER WAS NOTICEABLY NOT AS WARM AS IT HAD BEEN. AFTER A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WITH THE VIBRATION ISSUES, THE TRANSMISSION GOT TO A POINT WHERE THE VIBRATIONS WOULD LAST LONGER, MEANING THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SHIFTING GEARS REASONABLY. THIS BECAME A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHEN I WAS MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE ONE DAY AND MY OVERDRIVE COMPLETELY MISSED, LEAVING ME IN BASICALLY NEUTRAL AT APPROX 50MPH WITH NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE WITH A CAR ALMOST SLAMMING INTO THE REAR OF ME SINCE IT COULD NOT MOVE OUT OF THE LANE TO AVOID ME. FOR THIS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE IS VERY RIDICULOUS. A FAILING TRANSMISSION IS MOST CERTAINLY A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN IT FAILS WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING. NISSAN MAY HAVE AGREED TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED FOR FREE FOR VEHICLES UNDER 80000 MILES, BUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS PROBLEM OCCURRING IS PAST 80000 MILES. NISSAN SHOULD NOT ONLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF THIS REPAIR, BUT NISSAN SHOULD ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LETTING OWNERS KNOW OF THE SYMPTOMS, PROBLEMS, AND ASSOCIATED SAFETY CONCERNS WITH A FAILING TRANSMISSION. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, NISSAN HAS FAILED IN EVERY ASPECT OF DEALING WITH SUCH A COSTLY ISSUE. *TR

LIKE MANY OTHER XTERRA OF THIS YEAR, THE RADIATOR WAS FAULTY AND LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION. CONSEQUENTLY I HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR, HAVE IT SERVICED FOR 1177.00 DOLLARS AND THEN WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A SAFETY RECALL EVEN WITH A HIGH FAILURE RATE FOR THIS MODEL. THINKING THE RADIATOR WAS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVING PROBLEMS I WAS ASSURED NOTHING ELSE WAS WRONG WITH THE XTERRA. I CONTINUED TO RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM AS I HAD CONTINUED TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND BEING TOWED SEVERAL TIMES. I WAS TOLD THAT THE RADIATOR LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION RENDERING IT INOPERATIVE AND NEEDING A FULL REPLACEMENT. I THEN PAID 3550.00 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. AGAIN, I WAS TOLD BY NISSAN THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY AND THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR. AFTER MORE RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THERE WAS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINT OF THE SAME ISSUE AND NISSAN TELLING THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT IT WAS OUT OF THERE HANDS AND NOT IN HIGH ENOUGH INCIDENCE FOR A RECALL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR CUSTOMERS TO BE REPAID FOR THESE REPAIRS AND MY FAMILY AND I HOPE NISSAN DOES THE RIGHT THING AND PAY THEIR CUSTOMERS BACK FOR THEIR MISTAKE AND FAULTY PARTS. *TR