2005 Nissan Xterra

HAVE 2005 NISSAN XTERRA AND THE FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY OR A 1/4 FUEL THEN IT SHOOTS UP TO FULL. WE NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THERE. IT HAS BEEN BELOW FREEZING HERE IN THE NORTH AND I AM SCARED MY WIFE AND KIDS WILL BE STUCK OUT OF FUEL SOMEDAY SOON. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM, APPARENTLY IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM FOR A BUNCH OF NISSAN TRUCKS AND SUVS AROUND THE SAME YEAR. PLEASE HELP! *TR

MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS: AT APPROX 55K MILES, ENGINE WOULD REV OUT BEFORE SHIFTING GEARS, AT APPROX. 72K MILES STARTED VIBRATION WHEN AT STEADY SPEED (APPROX 45 MPH), SO PURCHASED NEW TIRES. AT APPROX. 76K MILES TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD FLUCTUATE AND VIBRATION AND GEAR SLAM INCREASED. AT APPROX. 79K MILES BLOWER STOPPED WORKING AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD GO UP AND DOWN. AT 80,532 MI. HAD RADIATOR REPLACED AND COOLANT FLUSHED AND TWO TRANSMISSION FLUSHES DONE, AS COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS MIXED DUE TO RADIATOR LEAKING. TRANSMISSION CONTINUED VIBRATION AND BEGAN SLAMMING AGAIN 3 MOS. LATER. 6 MOS. LATER ENGINE OVERHEATED , HAD TOWED. ENGINE WAS BAD DUE TO OVERHEATING FROM RADIATOR ASSEMBLY FAULT NISSAN DESCRIBES. REBUILT ENGINE, NEW TIMING CHAIN AND TIMING CONTROL VALVE, AND NEW RADIATOR. STILL CANNOT DRIVE VEHICLE- SEVERE TRANSMISSION SLAMMING GEARS, VEHICLE STALLS WHEN YOU TAKE FOOT OFF GAS, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE GOES TO BOTTOM WHEN FOOT OFF GAS AND UP WHEN YOU DEPRESS. SINCE, NISSAN HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 80K FOR RADIATOR ASSEMBLY CAN CRACK AND INTERNAL LEAKAGE OF COOLANT MIXES WITH TRANSMISSION FLUIDS. I AM NOT COVERED THEY SAY, BUT IF I HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS 2 YEARS AGO I WOULD HAVE BEEN. THEIR LETTER SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT IT CAN OCCUR AT "HIGHER MILEAGES". I WANT NISSAN TO REIMBURSE ME COSTS INCURRED AND FIX MY TRANSMISSION. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE ON AND OFF FOR 8 MOS. OF THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND DO NOT THINK THIS VEHICLE WILL EVER RUN PROPERLY DUE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE TO NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM. I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. ALSO HAVE HAD ENGINE LIGHT GO ON AND OFF FOR LAST 2 YEARS- DUE TO FUEL SENDING UNIT PROBLEM, NISSAN HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS TO 72K. I NOW HAVE 94K - THESE ISSUES NEED TO BE RECALLS AND OWNERS REIMBURSED- PLEASE INVESTIGATE WARRANTY EXTENSION ISSUE! ALSO HAD SQUEAKS, BATTERY ISSUE, NO START EVEN W/NEW BATTERY, CLEARED ELECTRONICS/RADIO BLOWN, CDS DON'T EJECT, DRIVER WINDOW WON'T GO UP UNLESS PULLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF SENSOR WAS ILLUMINATED WITH THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPIED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WARNING LIGHT HAD BEEN CONSTANTLY FLASHING SINCE FEBRUARY 20, 2011. SHE CALLED HER LOCAL DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V690000 (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,470.

ON MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA, RADIATOR WARRANTY EXTENDED FROM 36,000 MILES/36 MONTHS TO 80,000 MILES/96 MONTHS IN 2011. HOWEVER, MY RADIATOR WAS REPLACED AT 40 MONTHS/88,000 MILES IN 2009. 11 MONTHS LATER (2010) I HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF THEIR DEFECTED RADIATOR. WHY WAS MY DATA EXCLUDED WHEN NISSANS EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY? I HAVE SPENT OVER $10,000 IN REPAIRS SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT MY 2005 XTERRA BRAND NEW. *TR

JUST BOUGHT A 05 XTERRA FOR MY WIFE FOR X-MAS. NEEDED 4-WHEEL DRIVE DUE TO THE AREA WE LIVE AND KIDS TO BE SAFE. 3 WEEKS AFTER BUYING IT HAS STARTED TO RUMBLE AND NOT SHIFT TO OD. AT APROX. 40-60 MPH IT IS CONSTANT WHEN KEEPING AND STEADY SPEED OR WHILE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON AND AT A SLIGHT ACCELERATION. READ THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH SAME ISSUES AND ALL HAVE HAD RADIATOR AND TRANY FLUID MIXING PROBLEMS CAUSING BOTH NEEDED REPLACED. MINE HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT. NISSAN RECOMMENDED A TRANY FLUSH LIKE THE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ. THIS JUST TEMPORARILY STOPS THE PROBLEM. PRETTY MUCH TILL UR WARRANTY IS UP AND THEY CAN STEAL UR MONEY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE FUEL PRESSURE TO FLUCTUATE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT SHORTLY AFTER REPAIRS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE IPDM WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED YET THE FAILURE RECURRED TWENTY MINUTES AFTER REPAIRS WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE DEALER THEN ADVISED THAT BECAUSE THE IPDM FAILED, IT ALSO CAUSED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO FAIL AND THAT WOULD ALSO TO BE REPLACED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE REPAIR WOULD REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TRADE THE VEHICLE IN. THE VEHICLE WAS TRADED IN NOVEMBER 2010. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. SHE PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND STATED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR A SECOND OPINION. THE LOCAL MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THE ENGINE DOES NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TWICE IN THE LAST DAY THE CAR HAS ACCELERATED IN AN UNCONTROLLED MANNER. FIRST WAS IN MODERATE TRAFFIC ABOUT 30 MPH AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES. STEPPING ON THE BRAKES WITH FULL FORCE BARELY SLOWED THE CAR. WENT TO BREAKDOWN AND JUST MISSED ANOTHER CAR. SECOND TIME THIS AM. STARTED THE CAR PUT IT IN REVERSE AND THE ENGINE TOOK OFF AT 3000 TO 4000 RPM. FORTUNATELY IT WAS ON SNOW IN DRIVEWAY AND NO ONE WAS BEHIND. COULD NOT STOP THE WHEELS FROM SPINNING. EVENTUALLY GOT IT INTO PARK. ONLY WORK ON THIS ENGINE WAS RECALL WORK DONE 2 WEEKS AGO INVOLVING THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

HELLO: I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA SUV. THE ROCKFORD-FOSGATE CD-PLAYER EXCHANGER IS MALFUNCTIONING WITH THE CD'S STALLED IN THE CD PLAYER ITSELF. I HAD SERVICED THE VEHICLE AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR AN OIL CHANGE, HOWEVER, WHEN THE SERVICE HAD BEEN COMPLETED, THE CD-PLAYER DID NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY AND I HAD LET THE DEALERSHIP KNOWN OF THE ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAD STATED THAT THE CD-PLAYER COULD NOT HAVE MAL-FUNCTIONED DUE TO AN OIL CHANGE VISIT AND HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT THESE TYPES OF EQUIPMENTS ARE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO 'ACT UP'. TO SUMMARIZE THE VISIT THE DISCUSSION CONCLUDED AS I HAD BEEN FALSIFYING THE INFORMATION WHEN UP TILL THE SERVICE APPOINTMENT ALL HAD BEEN WELL. ALSO, NISSAN MOTORS CURRENTLY HAS A HANDFUL OF RECALLS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED, HOWEVER, IT IS A SURPRISE TO MYSELF THAT NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN MADE OR BROUGHT ABOUT IN REGARDS TO THEIR ROCKFORD FOSGATE CD PLAYER. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE CAN LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND GET BACK TO ME. THANKS FOR THE KIND ASSIST IN ADVANCE. PLEASE TAKE CARE. *TR