2005 Nissan Xterra

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60 MPH, MY CAR SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR AND THE RPM'S SHOT UP CAUSING MY CAR TO PRETTY MUCH STOP MOVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALL FOR A TOW. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO TOLD US THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FRIED. BY LOOKING AT THE FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION JUST ON A QUICK LOOK, HE DEDUCED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD MOST LIKELY LEAKED COOLANT, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I LEARNED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY NISSAN VEHICLES AND COULD BE A HUGE PROBLEM FOR MANY PEOPLE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET TO SAFETY AND WAS NOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR OR SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES. FINALLY, I HAD TO TRADE THE CAR IN FOR A GIGANTIC LOSS! VERY UPSET. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA WITH 75600 MILES JERKS WHEN IT SHIFTS. AFTER DOING MY OWN ONLINE RESEARCH AND BRINGING TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING COOLANT AND MIXING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THERE IS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS DEFECT TO 80,000 OR 96MONTHS. I QUALIFIED FOR THE MILEAGE BUT NOT THE SERVICE DURATION (6 MONTHS OVERDUE). THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD BE A $2500 COPAY TO REPLACE MY RADIATOR AND REPAIR MY TRANSMISSION. I TALKED TO NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS BUT THEY REFUSED TO HELP AND SAID $2500 IS MY ONLY OPTION. THIS RADIATOR IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR ALL THE DAMAGE IT CAUSED. I'VE OWNED MANY NISSANS BEFORE AND HAD GREAT LOYALTY TO THEM. NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR KNOWING ABOUT THEIR FAULTY RADIATOR AND NOT FIXING THEM BEFORE THEY CAUSED FURTHER DAMAGE! *TR

I BEGAN TO HAVE VIBRATION IN MY VEHICLE WHEN I REACHED SPEEDS OF 45 MPH AND GOT WORSE AROUND 65 MPH. I TOOK MY CAR TO NISSAN TWICE IN AUG. 2013 AND WAS TOLD IT WAS ROAD VIBRATION. IN EARLY NOV. I TOOK MY CAR TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC FOR THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THE VIBRATION WASN'T ROAD VIBRATION AND THAT IT WAS EITHER MY DRIVE SHAFTS OR TRANSMISSION. ON NOV. 17TH I DROVE FROM ALTOONA PA TO UPPER MARLBORO MD AND ARRIVED AROUND 2 AM. I WENT TO DRIVE MY CAR INTO DC ON THE MORNING OF THE 18TH AND WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE IT BACKED UP, BUT WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE IT WOULDN'T DRIVE FORWARD. AFTER SHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS FOR A FEW MINUTES MY CAR DROVE FORWARD SO I PARKED IT IN MY DRIVEWAY. MY CAR HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE DRIVEN SINCE. WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR AND PRESS THE GAS THE ENGINE JUST REVS. WHEN I START MY CAR I CAN HEAR THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MAKING A WHINING NOISE. MY RADIATOR ALSO BROKE IN LATE AUGUST OF 2013 AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I HAD A COMPLETE LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER AND NEEDING TO BE TOWED TO A SHOP. THE SHOP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS AND A DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS LEADING UP TO OR JUST PRIOR TO THE FAILURES. THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NOW NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

MY 2005 XTERRA S-V6 4X2 HAD LOSS OF POWER AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN DAMAGED TO THE RADIATOR THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION IS NOW DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURES. WHEN I SPOKE TO NISSAN THEY STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL. AFTER I DID SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT THERE IS A EXTENDED WARRANTY. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN BACK THEY STATED IT WAS ONLY UP TO 80,000. SO REPAIRS ARE ON ME. *TR

TRANSMISSION KEPT SLIPPING FROM 4TH GEAR TO 3RD, THEN BACK TO 4TH. IT WAS BROUGHT IN FOR TRANSMISSION SERVICE AND LEARNED THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE RADIATOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE OCCURRING IN 2005-2007 MODELS, BUT HAVE DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT IT, NOR HAVE THEY NOTIFIED OWNERS OF THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS SLOWING DOWN AT AN INTERSECTION TO PREPARE TO STOP WHEN I HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND FROM UNDER MY CAR AND THEN SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO GO, I HEARD MY ENGINE REV BUT ONLY GOT VERY LITTLE ACCELERATION BEFORE IT MOVED FORWARD. IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT ANOTHER INTERSECTION SO I DROVE HOME CAREFULLY. SPECULATING THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION, MY HUSBAND AND I DID THE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT REGARDING TO ENGINE COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION. WE WERE SURPRISED THAT I WAS NEVER ALERTED TO THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM BY NISSAN. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE. AT FIRST THEY LIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE KNEW ABOUT THE LAWSUIT, THEN THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WAS PROBLEM. THEN THEY WEREN'T GOING TO HELP US BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED THAT MY VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. MY HUSBAND TOLD THEM THAT THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, DID NOT SAY IT WAS FOR SELECT VIN NUMBERS. WE WERE TOLD TO BRING IT IN, WHICH WE DID AND THEN THEY INFORMED US WE STILL HAD TO PAY $2500. IF I HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM, I WOULD HAVE HAD IT FIXED BEFORE IT BECAME SERIOUS. THIS WEBSITE GIVES THE BEST INFO TO WHAT HAPPENED: HTTP://WWW.NCCONSUMER.ORG/NISSAN%20FRONTIER%20PATHFINDER%20XTERRA%20OIL%20COOLER%20TRANSMISSION%20DEFECT.HTML. WE WERE NEVER TOLD ABOUT THIS ISSUE EVEN WHEN WE HAD THE DEALERSHIP DO THE OIL CHANGE PREVIOUSLY. THE WORST PART IS THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUE BUT DID NOTHING TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT BECAME A SERIOUS ISSUE. THIS TYPE OF NEGLIGENT PRACTICE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND THE VICTIMS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY AT ALL SINCE IT WAS PREVENTABLE AND IS DANGEROUS FOR THE DRIVER, PASSENGERS AND ALL VEHICLES ON THE ROAD SHOULD IT STALL IN TRAFFIC. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. *TR