2007 Nissan Xterra

ANOTHER FRUSTRATED 2007 NISSAN XTERRA OWNER WHO'S RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THREE WEEKS AGO NOTICED SOME TRANNY SLIPPAGE WHILE DRIVING (NORMALLY 80 MILES A DAY, 5 DAYS A WEEK AND ALL ON HIGHWAYS), CHECKED FLUID, NO PROBLEM, NO LEAKS OR NOTHING, THOUGH MAYBE JUST DRAIN AND CHANGE FLUIDS. THEN 1 WEEK AGO TODAY, I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE SPIKED TO HOT AND RADIATOR STARTED TO SMOKE, STARTED TO MOVE ON THE GREEN LIGHT TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD FROM A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY AND I WAS IN THE SECOND LANE OVER, CAR STARTED TO CHUG AND BARELY MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF ROAD BEFORE IT QUIT, THEN A GRAY COLORED FLUID STARTED DRAINING OUT OF MY RADIATOR OVERFLOW ALL OVER THE GROUND. HAD TO MAKE THE CALL TO A SHOP AND THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS BEFORE THEY CAME AND GOT IT. THE CAR GOT TOWED TO SHOP WHERE THEY QUOTED ME $5590 FOR TOWING, NEW RADIATOR AND REBUILT TRANNY. WTF'. *TR

COOLANT CONTAMINATION IN THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ALSO BLOWS FUSES AND CAR WILL NOT START. WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WHEN IT TURNED GREEN AND I ACCELERATED THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. WHEN I GOT TO A SAFE PLACE TO TURN IT OFF IT WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I AM ONE OF MANY THAT HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS AND NISSAN HAS YET TO RECALL THIS ISSUE. I WAS LUCKY TO BE AT A RED LIGHT AND NOT DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. ALSO THIS IS MY 16 YEAR OLDS CAR AND THANK GOODNESS SHE WASN'T DRIVING IT WHEN IT HAPPENED.THE CAR WAS PURCHASED LESS THAN A MONTH. AGO WITH 133000 MILES ON IT AND WAS RUNNING GREAT UNTIL TODAY. THIS ISSUE COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE MANUFACTURER.

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE VEHICLE. TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THROWING TRANSMISSION CODES SUGGESTED TAKE IT TO DEALER TOWED CAR TO NISSAN DEALER. THEY TOLD ME THE RADIATOR COOLENT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION PROCEEDED TO QUOTE ME A PRICE OF 6042.00 FOR NEW TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR AND COOLANT. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS IF THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WHY DOESN'T NISSAN MAKE THIS RIGHT? I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED IN JANUARY FROM A DEALERSHIP IT IS NOW OCTOBER AND I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT REPAIRS ARE GOING TO COST ALMOST AS MUCH AS I PAID FOR CAR. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THEN WHAM MY VEHICLE IS RUINED BECAUSE OF PURE GREED. WHY CAN'T SOMEONE CARE ABOUT HARD WORKING PEOPLE AND MAKE COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE DEFECTIVE STUFF BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE?

CAR HAS A LITTLE OVER 100,000 MILES AND BEGAN TO VIBRATE IN TRANSMISSION THEN NOTICED RADIATOR WAS FULL OF SLIMY SLUDGE MECHANIC SUGGESTED WE REPLACE RADIATOR AND THERMOSTATS WHICH WE DID ($478.52). RAN FOR ABOUT A WEEK AFTER AND JUST SHUT OFF ONE DAY THROWING UP ENGINE CODES FOR TRANSMISSION. THAT'S WHEN WE DISCOVERED THE COOLANT CONTAMINATION. UPON CALLING NISSAN THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE CHEAP WOULD NEED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. CAR HAS BEEN SITTING SINCE AND I STILL OWE ON IT BUT CANT AFFORD THE 3-6K DOLLAR ESTIMATES I HAVE RECEIVED.

MY VEHICLE WAS DRIVING PERFECTLY WITHOUT ANY ISSUES AT ALL UNTIL ONE DAY ON THE WAY HOME I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN NEAR MY HOME. THEN AS I STARTED TO PROCEED DOWN THE CITY STREET THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND 4WD LIGHTS CAME ON IN THE DASH AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BARELY MOVE. I JUST BARELY GOT IT INTO THE DRIVEWAY OF MY HOME. AFTER I TURNED IT OFF I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO TURN OVER. I CHECKED ONLINE TO SEE WHAT WOULD CAUSE THESE SYMPTOMS TO FIND THAT HUNDREDS UPON THOUSANDS OF OTHER NISSAN OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME HAPPEN TO THEM. IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE OF CROSS CONTAMINATION OF RADIATOR FLUID AND TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGN IN THE RADIATOR. I HAD A MECHANIC CHECK MY ENGINE AS WELL AND HE CONFIRMED THAT THE GREY SLUDGE IN THE RADIATOR AND GRIT IN MY TRANSMISSION FLUID FIT THE SYMPTOMS OF THIS ISSUE. NOW I AM BEING TOLD I HAVE TO PAY OVER $5000.00 TO HAVE REPAIRS DONE BECAUSE OF A DESIGN FLAW THAT NISSAN REFUSES TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR. I AM LUCKY THAT THIS FAILURE HAPPENED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD VERSUS THE INTERSTATE OR IT COULD HAVE NOT ONLY LEFT ME WITH FIGURING OUT HOW TO COME UP WITH $5000.00 BUT HOW TO PAY FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR REPAIR BILLS TO OTHER CARS I MIGHT HAVE CAUSED TO WRECK DO TO THIS CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

TAKATA RECALL - I HAD WENT CHURCH AND AFTER I GOT OUT. I GOT BACK IN THE VEHICLE AND WHEN I TRIED TO BACK UP IN REVERSE IT WOULDNT GO, BUT IF I PRESSED THE GAS A LIL HARDER IT WENT IN REVERSE. SO I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND HAD MECHANIC THAT I GO TO CHURCH WITH LOOK AT IT AND HE DROVE IT AROUND THE PARKING LOT. THEN CHECKED THE FLUID THATS WHEN HE REALISED THAT THE FLUID COLOR HAD CHANGED AND TOLD ME THAT I HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WENT TO NISSAN PLACE WHERE THEY DID A TEST ON IT AND CALM THE DID NOT EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG BUT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND GAVE ME PRICES ON REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. THEY DID NOT TELL ME THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION. THEY ALSO CALM THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE CODE THAT IT WAS PUTTING OUT MEAN JUST THAT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION (LIES) FINALLY AFTER ALMOST A MONTH MY CAR STOPPED, I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND IT WAS TOOK APART IS WHEN I WAS TOLD IT HAD COOLANT IN IT FROM THE RADIATOR THAT HAS CAUSE DAMAGE TO MY TRANSMISSION IT WAS THEN THAT I WENT ON LINE TO LEARN OF THIS PROBLEM I AM ASKING FOR A RECALL AND REIMBURSEMENT OF THIS COST DUE TO THE FACT THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. AT THIS TIME MY CAR IS IN SHOP DUE TO THE FACT THAT I DO NOT HAVE OVER 3000 DOLLARS. I BROUGHT THIS CAR NEW IN 2007 AND I AM THE ONLY OWNER AND KEEP MY MAINTANCE UP

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STOPPED SHIFTING GEARS AND THE CAR DECELERATED. AFTER IT CAME TO A STOP, THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. AFTER TALKING TO MECHANICS, IT APPEARS THAT A DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR CAUSED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO INTERMIX, WRECKING BOTH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION.