2006 Nissan Xterra

LIKE HUNDREDS OF OTHER XTERRA OWNERS, OUR RADIATOR LINE LEAKED COOLANT INTO OUR TRANSMISSION AND IT TOTALLY DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION, AS WELL AS THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENT. ALL TOLD, $4,000 TO REPAIR (AND THAT WAS WITH A HEFTY DISCOUNT FROM AAMCO). IT HAPPENED ON AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND WE WERE LUCKY NOT TO END UP IN A WRECK. IN THE TWO DAYS IT TOOK AAMCO TO FIX OUR CAR, WE SPOKE WITH TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEIR XTERRA'S. I AM AMAZED THAT THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM AND HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN A MORE SATISFACTORY MANNER BY NISSAN. I HOPE THIS INVESTIGATION HELPS DRIVE NISSAN TO DO A RECALL ON THESE PARTS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR

ON FEB. 8TH MY WIFE AND I WERE MOVING INTO A NEW PLACE JUST MILES AWAY FROM OUR OLD HOME. WHEN CRUISING IN BETWEEN 40-50 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING EXTREME VIBRATION IN THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS THEN THAT I ASSUMED IT MIGHT BE A UNIVERSAL JOINT AND/OR THE DRIVE SHAFT. SO WHEN I HAD THE MONEY I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO AAMCO TRANSMISSIONS TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. I HAD TO DROP IT OFF BUT LATER THAT AFTERNOON THE MECHANIC CALLED ME AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE DRIVE SHAFT AND THE FRONTAL U-JOINT. HE REPLACED THE U-JOINT AND RE-BALANCED THE DRIVE SHAFT. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED BUT JUST A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD I REALIZED IT HADN'T. SO I BROUGHT IT BACK AND THEY TOOK A SECOND LOOK AND TOLD ME IT MAY BE TWO THINGS. EITHER THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS BAD OR THE COOLANT HOSE BUSTED AND THE ANTIFREEZE WAS DRAINING INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO BLOW OUT. THEY THEN TOLD ME TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION WOULD COST ME AROUND $6,000 WHICH TO ME IS WORTH MORE THAN THE ACTUAL VEHICLE. WHEN I GOT HOME I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT SURE ENOUGH THE ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE ANTIFREEZE LOOKS LIKE A GREEN APPLE MILKSHAKE IF YOU CAN IMAGINE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE NOR WARRANTY COVERAGE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS EXACT ISSUE. I'M AT A LOSS, AND NOW THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING I CAN DO WITH MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION. *TR

I FILLED UP THE GAS TANK AND NOTICED THAT THE GAUGE FAILED TO RISE TO REFLECT THE AMOUNT OF FUEL I ADDED. A DAY LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, REGISTERING CODE P0463. SINCE THIS INCIDENT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON AND THE FUEL GAUGE HAS BEEN READING VARIOUS LEVELS OF FUEL, WITH NO WAY TO DETERMINE IF IT IS ACCURATE OR NOT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE JERKED AND BRIEFLY LOST PROPULSION. THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. I FEARED THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN WHILE PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT MY MECHANIC HAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED, WHICH IS RELATED TO THIS PHENOMENON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS A QUARTER FULL AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS FULLY REFUELED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED ON ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,556.

I WAS GOING APROX. 15 MPH ON A STRAIGHT WAY OFF OF A DIRT ROAD AND STARTED TO SLOW DOWN BEFORE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN A LITTLE WAY FROM IT , APPLIED THE BRAKE LIKE NORMAL, WHEN I HEARD MY ENGINE SOUND LIKE THE ACCELERATOR WAS BEING ROMPED ON, AND REALIZED IT WAS IN FACT SPEEDING UP RAPIDLY. I THEN STARTED THINKING FAST, PUT MY OTHER FOOT ON THE BRAKE TOO AND PULLED UP THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I KNEW I COULDN'T MAKE THE TURN AT THE STOP SIGN ONTO A HWY. I WOKE UP AFTER BEING UNCONSCIOUS FOR AROUND THREE HRS. DUE TO SEVERAL INJURIES CAUSED BY THE AIRBAG THAT APPARENTLY INFLATED AT THE FIRST LARGE TREE IMPACT. PROCEEDING TO HIT SEVERAL OTHERS BEFORE IT CAME TO A STOP AND ALOT OF SHAKING AROUND AND FORTUNATELY I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON OR OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN EJECTED THRU THE WINDSHIELD ON THE LAST IMPACT FOR SURE HITTING THE LARGEST TREE OF ALL, STOPPING ME FROM ENTERING INTO A CREEK ABOUT 5 FEET AWAY, WHEN I WAS TAKEN TO THE SITE THE NEXT DAY I STILL DIDN'T REALIZE JUST WHAT HAPPENED, AND COULD ONLY REMEMBER THAT SOUND OF THE ENGINE REVVING SO LOUD WHILE I WAS TRYING TO SLOW DOWN SEEING THE STOP SIGN A WAYS UP AHEAD AND THEN REALIZING THE VEHICLE DID NOT WANT TO SLOW DOWN AND WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE MORE AS I THEN WAS HOLDING BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND HAD PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND KNOWING I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT TURN WITHOUT ROLLING AND WAS NO WHERE TO GO BUT STRAIGHT IF I COULDN'T GET IT TO STOP, AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS GOING WAY FASTER THAN I WAS ORIGINALLY GOING QUITE A WAY BEFORE THE STOP SIGN ONLY MAYBE 15MPH WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AS USUAL BUT IT FAILED LIKE OTHERS I HAVE RESEARCHED HAVE DONE. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS A LONG TIME AGO , BUT NISSAN HAS LOST THEIR HONESTY AND BLEW OFF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES OVER VERY , VERY MANY PROBABLE FAILURES THAT SHOULD HAVE MAJOR ALERTS AND RECALLS FOR THE SAFETY OF HUMAN LIVES. *TR

TRIED TO OPEN REAR DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER DOOR, AND WILL NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE OR INSIDE OF VEHICLE. CHECKED LOCKS, OPENED WITH THE KEY FOB AND INTERNAL UNLOCK BUTTON AND YOU CAN HEAR IT DISENGAGE, YET DOOR WILL NOT RELEASE. THIS IS A THE SECOND TIME WE'VE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH A NISSAN XTERRA; ONCE BEFORE ON ANOTHER XTERRA, MODEL YEAR 2006 AS WELL, AND NOW THIS 2006 THAT WE PURCHASED USED 4 YEARS AGO. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AND NOT KNOW IT; AND HAD TO VACATE THE VEHICLE IN A HURRY; WOULD PRESENT A SAFETY ISSUE IN THAT MOST TIMES OUR CHILDREN ARE IN THIS REAR SEAT. THAT IT HAS HAPPENED ON TWO SEPARATE VEHICLES WE'VE OWNED, THE PRIOR ONE IT HAPPENED WITHIN THE FACTORY WARRANTY TIME, AND NOW THIS ONE, AND UPON READING ABOUT IT ONLINE, IT IS HAPPENING TO OTHERS WITH THIS MODEL YEAR. WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE ACTUATOR ON THE OTHER ONE, BUT SEEMS TO BE A PART THAT IS AN ISSUE, AND NOT NECESSARILY BASED ON THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER PLASTIC PART FAILED; ONLY INDICATION IS A WHINE SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. NISSAN ISSUED A TSB TO THEIR DEALERS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT NOTHING TO THE CONSUMER. IF THE TIMING CHAIN FAILS IT WILL CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE ENGINE AND A POSSIBLE CRASH. AN UNKNOWING CONSUMER HAS NO IDEA ABOUT WHAT THIS SOUND MEANS (JUST SOUNDS LIKE A NOISY ENGINE) AND MIGHT HAVE LITTLE WARNING PRIOR TO A TIMING CHAIN FAILURE. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ON THE TYPE OF ENGINE IN THE XTERRA, IT AFFECTS OTHER MODEL ALSO, AND AT A VERY LOW MILEAGE 50-60K MI. CONSUMERS NEED TO BE NOTIFIED OF THIS DEFECT AND TO LISTEN FOR THE NOISE. NOT EVERYONE TAKES THEIR VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. MOST MECHANICS KNOW THAT TIMING CHAINS ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST WELL OVER 100,000 - 200,000 MILES AND WOULD NEVER SUSPECT THE DEFECT. A SAFETY RECALL OR AT LEAST A NOTIFICATION TO CONSUMERS WOULD BE ADVISABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED AN INACCURATE READING. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL SENDER FLOAT ARM WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK) HOWEVER, WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.