2006 Nissan Xterra

5/29/14 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON,TRANSMISSION SLIPPING.DIAGNOSED AS RADIATOR CONTAMINATED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID,REPLACED RADIATOR,DRAINED COOLANT, FLUSHED MULTIPLE TIMES. 7/12/2014 ON FAMILY VACATION OUT OF STATE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON,TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, LOW TRANSMISSION FLUID.FILLED FLUID BY BEACH READY AUTO. 7/15/2014 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AGAIN ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT 60 MPH TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. REBUILT TRANSMISSION PUT IN OUT OF STATE,8 DAYS MISSED WORK,AIRLINE TICKET HOME. MY EXPENSES FOR THIS DEFECT IN DESIGN BY NISSAN IS $5900.THE FACT THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL INITIATED BY NISSAN IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND DANGEROUS. A FAILURE ON THE COMPANY'S PART TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS WRONG , BUT KNOWINGLY ALLOWING THEIR PRODUCT TO ENDANGER PEOPLE'S LIVES IS INEXCUSABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS MIXING WITH THE COOLANT AND THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,000.

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR AT 40MPH/AROUND 1000RPMS THE VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING AT THE BACK END. UPON ACCELERATION, THE VIBRATION CEASED. THIS BEHAVIOR BECAME CONSISTENT. A MECHANIC INDEPENDENT FROM NISSAN FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR MUST BE REPLACED PER HIS CONVERSATION WITH THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. ALSO ADVISING INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THE DEALERSHIP ADMITS TO HAVING A FLOOR FULL OF TRANSMISSIONS THAT NEED REPAIR. I INVESTIGATED THE CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED IN 2010 AND ALREADY SETTLED, BUT HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PRIOR AS NISSAN DID NOT ALERT ME TO THE PERSISTENT PROBLEM SINCE 2005 I SHOULD EXPECT MY CAR TO DEVELOP. *TR

MY CAR ACTUALLY IS 8 YEARS OLD AND HAS APPROX. 105,000 MILES, HENCE, DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION SUIT ORDERING NISSAN TO REIMBURSE REPAIRS. IF I WAS UNDER 100,000 MI, I WOULD ONLY HAVE TO PAY A $3,000 DEDUCTIBLE. BECAUSE I HAD PASSED THE 100,000 MILE BEFORE THE FAILURE HAPPENED, I'M NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY. AS IN MY CASE THE RADIATOR BUSTED AND CAUSED THE COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH MEANS THAT I NOW NEED A NEW RADIATOR AND A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH IS GOING TO COST ROUGHLY $5,000 DOLLARS TO FIX IN WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD. I REPLACED THE RADIATOR & HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED TWICE (COST NEARLY $1K) . THIS CAUSED INTERNAL DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION. I SUBMITTED A CLAIM FOR OUT OF POCKET COST, NEVER HEARD ANYTHING!! EITHER WAY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE PROBLEMS ARE HAPPENING TO VEHICLES UNTIL THEY GO OVER 100K MILES THEN WHY CAP THE ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENT?? *TR

2006 NISSAN XTERRA: I REPLACED THE RADIATOR & HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED LAST AUGUST(COST NEARLY $2K) . A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AFTER GOING ABOUT 60 MILES THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ENGAGING TO ACCELERATE. IT WAS A ONE TIME OCCURRENCE. TODAY AFTER ABOUT 20 MILES IT DID NOT ACCELERATE AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY. I COULD NOT GET IT TO GO OVER 20 MPH BUT WAS REVVING AT 4RPM. NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. *TR

I'M THE OWNER OF A 2006 XTERRA I WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION WITH NO PREVIOUS MALFUNCTIONS OF ANY KIND. I HAVE DRIVEN THIS VEHICLE ACROSS COUNTRY 4 TIMES AND HAVE MEET ALL REQUIRED PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS AND SCHEDULED TUNE UPS. NOW BACK TO THE INTERSECTION WE CAME TO A STOP WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND IT HESITATED FOR A SECOND AND APPROACHED 10 MPH AND THEN IT JUST REVVED AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS NO LONGER ENGAGED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. I TURNED ON MY FOREWAYS AND NATURALLY PROCEEDED TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION. TO MY SURPRISE THEIR WAS NO EVIDENCE OF EXTERNAL DAMAGE OR TAMPERING WITH ANYTHING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. A POLICE OFFICER CAME TO THE INTERSECTION TO ASSIST MYSELF AND MY FAMILY I ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND IT TOOK OFF AS IF THERE WAS NEVER A PROBLEM. I DROVE 2 MILES TO MY PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND DECIDED TO INVESTAGATE. I LOOKED UP SOME INFORMATION ONLINE TO SEE IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THEIR IS A COMMON RUPTURE AT THE BASE OF THE RADIATOR THAT ALLOWS COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE ATF. I DECIDED TO DRAIN SOME COOLANT AND VERIFY MY ASSUMPTION. I MADE A VIDEO OF THE PROCESSES AND THERE WAS A GOOD AMOUNT OF ATF IN MY COOLANT AND THEN I PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE TRANSMISSION DRAIN PLUG TO EXTRACT A SAMPLE ATF AND SURE ENOUGH A PINKISH TINT AND VERY WATERY ATF WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. *JS

I BOUGHT A NISSAN XTERRA 06 IN SEPTEMBER 2013. IT'S NOW JULY 5 2014, NOT EVEN A YEAR AFTER I BOUGHT IT, AND I'M HAVING ISSUES GETTING MY CAR FIXED. SOMETHING IN THE RADIATOR BUSTED AND CAUSED THE COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH MEANS THAT I NOW NEED A NEW RADIATOR AND A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH IS GOING TO COST ROUGHLY 5,100 DOLLARS TO FIX IN WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD. I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN I PURCHASED MY CAR SO THAT IF I HAD ANY MAJOR ISSUES, LIKE THIS, I WOULD BE COVERED FINANCIALLY BC ANYONE KNOWS THAT CAR REPAIRS CAN BE QUITE COSTLY. I WAS TOLD THAT, ZURICH, MY WARRANTY COMPANY, WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS BC THE PROBLEM CAME FROM THE RADIATOR AND IT'S NOT COVERED IN THE WARRANTY WHICH LEAVES ME TO PAY FOR THE COSTLY REPAIRS. I BELIEVE THAT THE DEALERSHIP I GOT MY CAR FROM SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AS I HAVEN'T HAD IT A WHOLE YEAR YET. I FEEL AS IF I'VE BEEN SKREWED OVER. NISSAN ALSO NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL BC I'M NOT THE ONLY 06 XTERRA OWNER TO HAVE THIS ISSUE. PLEASE HELP ME, I HAVE A 1 YR. OLD DAUGHTER AND I NEED MY CAR FIXED AND DON'T HAVE 5100 DOLLARS TO FIX IT MYSELF. THANK YOU *TR