2005 Nissan Xterra

I WAS ENTERING ONTO THE FREEWAY ABOUT 60MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING VIOLENTLY. I WASN'T SURE IF I BLEW A TIRE OR HIT SOMETHING AND I INSTINCTIVELY BRAKED HARD AND DROVE ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I INSPECTED THE FRONT END AND COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT HAD GONE WRONG. I DROVE AT MINIMUM POSTED SPEED TO THE NEXT RAMP AND EXITED. ON A DIRT ROAD ON THE WAY HOME THE VIBRATION AND SHAKING STARTED AGAIN AT AROUND 40MPH. WHEN I SLOWED DOWN THE SHAKING STOPPED. I NURSED THE CAR HOME. I LEARNED LATER THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS MODEL CAUSED BY RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH CORRODES THE COMPONENTS. I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL OR OTHER NOTICE FROM NISSAN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION BECAUSE IT CAUSES THE DRIVER TO TAKE IMMEDIATE AND SEVERE ACTION AS IT FEELS LIKE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF SOME SORT. AT HIGH SPEEDS IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *KB

I AM WRITING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. OTHERWISE A VERY SOUND CAR, I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDE IS WEARING DOWN AND WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THIS IS COMMON IN NISSAN AND MY RESEARCH CONCURS. MY CAR ONLY HAS 85,000 MILES ON IT AND THIS REPAIR IS ESTIMATED TO COST ME $1900.00. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL ITEM AS THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN NUMEROUS SAFETY BULLETINS ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

05 NISSAN XTERRA RADIATOR LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT MOVE UNTIL RPM'S REACHED A CERTAIN SPEED. CAR HAD BEEN VIBRATING PRIOR TO INCIDENT WHICH WAS THOUGHT TO BE TIRES. CAR WAS TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND AT A COST OF $4800 FOR REPAIRS. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT MULTIPLE OWNERS HAVE HAD AND THAT NISSAN IS NOT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR. I WAS PUT AT RISK AS I DRIVE 35 MILES EACH WAY TO AND FROM WORK AND A MAJORITY OF THIS DRIVING IS DONE ON THE HIGHWAY. MY DRIVE TIME IS VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING AND VERY LATE AT NIGHT. IF THE CAR HAD BROKE DOWN I WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 NISSAN FOR MY DAUGHTER SIX YEARS AGO.....I HAVE THE EXACT PROBLEM THAT EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO HAVE....A FAULTY RADIATOR CAUSED COOLANT TO RUIN THE TRANSMISSION NOW NISSAN WANTS THOUSANDS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. ALSO THE CADILLAC CONVERTER NEEDS REPLACING AND EXPERIENCING THE SAME FUEL GAUGE PROBLEM....SINCE I HAVE 109000 MILES IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY....I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RECALLS IN THE MAIL AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE TITLED OWNER SINCE I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW. I AM DISGUSTED THAT NISSAN IS AWARE THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY RADIATOR, THIS IS NOT CAUSED BY WEAR AND TEAR....BUT INTENDS ON DOING NOTHING. THEY CHARGED ME $100 JUST TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. MY DAUGHTER DOESN'T HAVE THOUSANDS FOR THESE KIND OF REPAIRS AND THE CAR SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING WHICH IS DANGEROUS. IT SEEMS NISSAN SHOULD BE FORCED TO MAKE THESE SPECIFIC REPAIRS SINCE THEY ARE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. *TR

NOTICED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON DASH WAS ON BUT DETECTED NO ISSUES AND UNEMPLOYED SO DIDN'T RUN DOWN TO NISSAN TO PAY THEM $600 TO TURN OUT A LIGHT. NEEDED TX INSPECTION STICKER ABOUT 4 DAYS AGO WENT TO GET ONE AT NEARBY JIFFY LUBE AND THEY DENIED BECAUSE OF "SAFETY OR EMISSIONS ISSUES" ON A CODE "P0463:FUEL LEVEL SENSOR CIRCUIT HIGH INPUT". I GOT HOME AND RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT IS WAS QUITE COMMON PROBLEM WITH XTERRAS AND PATHFINDERS. SO COMMON IN FACT, THAT PREVIOUS GENERATION NISSANS WERE ACTUALLY RECALLED FOR A SIMILAR ISSUE. THE SENSOR IS IN THE GAS TANK AND ONLY CHECKS THE ACCURACY OF THE GAS GAUGE. UNFORTUNATELY, NO RECALL HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE PART FOR THE 2ND GEN YET, AND SO NISSAN CUSTOMERS ARE BEING FORCED TO HAVE THE DEALER MAKE THE REPAIR TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $600. WHAT A RACKET. AND WITHOUT THE REPAIR I CAN'T GET MY INSPECTION STICKER, WHEN THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN IS TO RUN OUT OF GAS BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE MAY NOT SHOW THE CORRECT LEVEL IN THE TANK. MY GAUGE IS WORKING FINE. SINCE WHEN IS EVEN A POSSIBLE GAS GAUGE PROBLEM A "SAFETY AND EMISSIONS" HAZARD ANYWAY? RACKET. THE GUY AT JIFFY LUBE TOLD ME IT MIGHT BE SENDING TO MUCH GAS THRU THE ENGINE. WHAT? A BLATANT LIE. SO APPARENTLY, THE SYSTEM HAS IT THAT THIS UNEMPLOYED PERSON, WITH BARELY ENOUGH TO SURVIVE HAS TO EITHER RISK A BIG COSTLY TICKET FOR NO INSPECTION STICKER OR LINE NISSAN'S POCKETS WITH MONEY I NEED TO FEED MY FAMILY FOR A FAULTY PART THAT THEY HAVE EVEN RECALLED THE PRIOR VERSION OF ALREADY WHEN MY VEHICLE RUNS GOOD AS IT EVER DID AND THE GAS GAUGE IS WORKING JUST FINE. THIS IS JUST WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS AND AN INJUSTICE AND APPARENTLY, YOU FOLKS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN BRING JUSTICE TO THIS SITUATION BY FORCING THEM TO RECALL THAT PART THEY CAN'T SEEM TO GET RIGHT BEFORE THEY ROB MORE GOOD AMERICANS OF THEIR LIMITED RESOURCES IN THE RACKET THEY HAVE GOING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK WHILE SHIFTING GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUIDS WERE MIXING, CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT WOULD NOT OFFER ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE DUE TO THE MILEAGE BEING ABOVE 80,000. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 86,000. UPDATED 09/20/2011 *LN *TR

THE CAR BEGAN TO HAVE A SHAKING FEELING LIKE YOU WERE DRIVING OVER A RUMBLE STRIP ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO. WE TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER AND THEY DETERMINED WE HAD THE ISSUE THAT NISSAN HAD REPORTED MAY HAPPEN WHERE THE RADIATOR FAILS AND COOLANT GETS INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER SAID THE ENTIRE COOLING SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND THE COST WOULD BE $6500.00. NISSAN HAD SENT US A LETTER LAST YEAR STATING THEY HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE RADIATOR AND ALL OF ITS CORRESPONDING PARTS TO 80,000 MILES/96 MONTHS. OUR VEHICLE HAS 94,000 MILES ON IT. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO NOTHING. WE ARE CURRENTLY FIXING PART OF THE PROBLEM BY FIXING THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHING THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN WE HAVE MORE FUNDING WE WILL HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT BECAUSE WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PURCHASE THE NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

SEVERAL ISSUES WITH MY 2005 NISSAN X-TERRA THAT MAKE IT VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE .....THE ISSUE WITH THE TRANS, THAT WE REPLACED BECAUSE ALL THE VIOLENT SHAKING EPISODES...NOW HOPEFULLY DONE WITH. NOW DUE TO A KNOCKING AND SENSOR LIGHT ALERT, AN ISSUE WITH 4X4, FUEL SENSOR WAS DIAGNOSED DAY B/F YESTERDAY. WE WERE TOLD THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.....COST ? OVER $3,000 ADDED TO THE $9,000 TRANS REPAIRS. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO! *TR

IN SEPTEMBER, 2010 I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA AT 55 MPH ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY WHEN IT THE TEMPERATURE SPIKED OVERHEATING THE ENGINE AFTER PULLING OVER AND CHECKING IT I DISCOVERED I HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE RADIATOR. COME TO FIND OUT THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT ON 2005 THRU 2010 NISSAN XTERRA'S, PATHFINDERS, AND FRONTIER'S IN WHICH THE RADIATORS INTERNALLY LEAK WATER INTO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS AND CAUSES THE VIOLENT SHAKING AT HIGH SPEEDS. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS ONLY CHOSEN TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THE RADIATORS AND NOT RECALL THE VEHICLES. IN FACT THE LETTER SENT TO THE CONSUMERS DOESN'T EVEN REFERENCE THE TRANSMISSION (IN WHICH IT DESTROYS). WHILE MY FAMILY AND I WERE NOT HURT, IT WAS A CLOSE CALL AND COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN WORSE AT THE SPEED I WAS GOING AND THE EFFECT THE FAILURE HAS ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE AND THE RADIATOR REPLACED AND TRANSMISSION FLUSHED. WHILE SERVICING MY VEHICLE THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE HEAD HAD CRACKED. I INCURRED OVER 2,400 DOLLARS IN REPAIRS...USING A USED REPLACEMENT ENGINE. NISSAN CORPORATION AFTER 9 WEEKS OF WAITING HAS INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE OPTED NOT TO ASSIST IN THE REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE NOR PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT. ON JUNE 23, 2011, MY TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO FAIL. *TR