2006 Nissan Xterra

BOUGHT 2006 NISSAN XTERRA USED ON AUGUST 1ST, 2013, HAD PROBLEM THE EVENING AFTER I BOUGHT IT. TRANSMISSION WAS NOT CHANGING GEARS PROPERLY AND WAS CAUSING HIGH RPM'S. TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALER AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ANTI-FREEZE MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSE BY BROKEN COOLER TUBE. *TR

MY XTERRA EXPERIENCED THE DREADED " CRACKED RADIATOR LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION" PROBLEM THAT MANY OTHER NISSAN TRUCKS HAVE EXPERIENCED. IT HAPPENED ALL OF A SUDDEN WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT, AND THE CAR DOWN SHIFTED AND WOULD NO LONGER EXCEL. BECAUSE IT HAPPENED AT A LITTLE OVER 92,000, I HAD TO PAY THE $3000 DEDUCTIBLE THAT WAS DETERMINED FROM THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT EARLIER THIS YEAR. THAT MONEY COVERED A "REMAN" TRANSMISSION (NOT EVEN A NEW ONE) AND HOPEFULLY A NEW RADIATOR (IT WAS NOT SPECIFIED). THE RADIATOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL FROM THE GET-GO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE HALT AS ALL THE WARNING LAMPS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,400 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 83,487. UPDATED 11/13/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING. ALL THE INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD BEGAN FLASHING. HE SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RE-STARTED IT. THE VEHICLE BEGAN MOVING, BUT IT WAS STUTTERING BADLY. HE STOPPED PUT IT IN REVERSE AND BACKED UP AND THE LIGHTS BEGAN FLASHING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. AN INSPECTION REVEALED AN EXTENSIVE REPAIR WAS NEEDED. A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED AS WELL A COMPUTER. UPDATED 11/19/13

ON 9/13/2013 I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO ALAN WEBB NISSAN TO INVESTIGATE SOME TRANSMISSION SLIPPING THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED THE PREVIOUS DAY. ON 9/16/2013 I WAS INFORMED THAT MY TRANSMISSION HAD BECOME CONTAMINATED WITH RADIATOR COOLANT AND MY TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACE AT THE COST OF $5300.00 PLUS APPLICABLE TAX. I WAS FURTHER INFORMED THAT THIS WAS KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS GENERATION VEHICLE BUT THAT NISSAN ONLY PROVIDED REPAIR ASSISTANCE FOR VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 100K MILES ON THEM AND I WAS THEREFOR REQUIRED TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT. IT WAS ONLY LATER THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH THAT I DISCOVERED THAT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT HAD BEEN THE ONLY REASON THEY PROVIDED ANY REPAIR ASSISTANCE. I ALSO NOTED THAT THE VASTT MAJORITY OF REPORTED CASES WERE FOR VEHICLES OVER THE 100K MARK. 1. IF THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT THAT AFFECTED MILLIONS OF VEHICLES WHY WASN'T NISSAN FORCED TO PERFORM A RECALL AND REPLACE THE RADIATORS. 2. WHY WAS I NOT AS A MINIMUM INFORMED OF THE DEFECT WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH 74K MILES ON IT. WITH LESS THAN 80K ON THEM NISSAN WOULD REPAIR THE PROBLEM AT THEIR COST. 3. IF THE PROBLEMS ARE NOT AS A RULE HAPPENING TO VEHICLES UNTIL THEY GO OVER 100K MILES THEN WHY CAP THE ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENT. 4. NOW THAT IT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE COURTS AS A KNOWN FAILURE WHY ARE THE CONSUMERS PAYING ANYTHING TO DO THESE REPAIRS WHN IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED WITH A $200.00 RADIATOR AND AN HOURS LABOR. I FIND THIS VERY DISHONEST THAT NISSAN WAS NOT FORCED BY THE COURTS OR THE NHTSA TO DO A FULL RECALL OR DISCLOSURE TO OWNERS. IF SO MANY VEHICLES ARE ON THE ROAD WHICH CAN HAVE A MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT ANY TIME WHY HASN'T THE NHTSA FORCED NISSAN TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? THIS MAY NOT BE AS HAZARDOUS AS FUEL TANKS RUPTURING BUT I WOULD THINK THAT A VEHICLE THAT HAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SHOULD BE OF CONCERN. *JS

THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION COOLER INSIDE THE RADIATOR ALLOWING COOLANT TO GET INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT NISSAN KNEW IT WAS FROM A DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR. I'VE SEEN ONLINE THAT MANY PEOPLE WITH A 2005-2010 XTERRA, FRONTIER AND PATHFINDER WITH THE 4.0 V6 ENGINE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM *TR

2006 NISSAN XTERRA WITH 95000 MILES. FELT A VIBRATION AT 40 MPH AND AFTER DOING RESEARCH ONLINE, TOOK IT IN TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUSHED. FOUND OUT THAT THE RADIATOR LEAKED COOLANT WHICH FOUND ITS WAY INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND HAS ALL BUT DESTROYED IT. CURRENTLY AT THE TRANSMISSION SHOP LOOKING AT A $5K PLUS BILL TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. THIS HAS HAPPENED ENOUGH THAT THE NATIONAL TRANSMISSION SHOP SELLS A PACKAGE FOR NISSAN VEHICLES TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. NOT HAPPY. WAS RECENTLY CONSIDERING BUYING A SECOND NISSAN BUT NOT ANYMORE AS THEY ARE FAILING TO ADDRESS THIS WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE. *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP ABRUPTLY AND WITH IMMINENT FAILURE. CHECKED COMPLAINTS AND DISCOVERED A WELL KNOWN ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR FLUIDS INTERMIXING DUE TO A FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLER. MECHANIC VERIFIED THIS WAS MY PROBLEM AS WELL. NISSAN QUOTED $8500 REPAIR. SERVICE ADVISER AT NISSAN NORTH (OHIO) CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. APPARENTLY NISSAN ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT IN 2012 BUT DID NOT NOTIFY ANY OF THE OWNERS OF POTENTIAL FAILURE WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS.I HAD MY CAR SERVICED AT THE DEALER 3 MONTHS PRIOR AND THEY DID NOT NOTICE/NOTIFY ME OF ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES. TRANSMISSION FAILED ON A TRIP TO NEW YORK. I'M LOOKING AT A REPAIR BILL THAT POTENTIALLY EXCEEDS THE VALUE OF MY AUTOMOBILE. NISSAN HAS A MORAL AND A IMPLICIT OBLIGATION TO NOTIFY OWNERS OF PROBLEMS SUCH AS THIS. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL, AS IT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE FAILURE AND SAVED NUMEROUS OWNERS OUTRAGEOUS REPAIR BILLS AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR. THE CAR WAS TRAVELING AT 65MPH AND SUDDENLY STARTED TO JERK BACK AND FORTH AND SWERVE SIDE TO SIDE. THEN IT SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN AND WE WERE ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND. THEN VEHICLE CONTINUED TO DO THIS UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY AND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IM TOLD THAT THE RADIATOR HAD CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED INSIDE AND SENT TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO THE RADIATOR CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS MY SONS VEHICLE THAT HE DRIVES DAILY OR AT LEAST USED TO. *TR