2007 Nissan Xterra

THE AIRBAG LITE BEGAN FLASHING ON THE DASHBOARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE ONLY FIX ACTION WAS TO BEGIN REPLACING PARTS THAT NISSAN RECOMMENDED UNTIL IT WAS FIXED. NO EXACT FIX WAS GIVEN ONLY THE FOLLOWING: VISUALLY CHECK WIRING HARNESS FOR CONNECTION AND DAMAGE. ALL OK. NEXT STEP IN PROCEDURE IS TO REPLACE DRIVER'S AIRBAG MODULE. SUBSEQUENT PROCEDURES ARE TO REPLACE SPIRAL CABLE, THEN DIAGNOSTIC UNIT, AND RELATED HARNESS. THESE ARE ALL COSTLY STEPS AND THE PARTS BEING REPLACED MAY NOT BE BAD. THE DEALERSHIP COULDN'T DETERMINE EXACTLY WHICH PORTION WAS FAILING. IN CONCLUSION: THE FIX ACTION WAS BEING REPLACING PARTS (EXTREMELY COSTLY) UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS FIXED. COMPUTER CODE: B1054 (DRIVER AIRBAG MODULE OPEN).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A GRINDING SOUND. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR A SECOND OPINION, WHO STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,228.

RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION REPAIRED AFTER FAILURE CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE RADIATOR ALLOWING FLUIDS TO MIX BETWEEN COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION. REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED BY DEALER. RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. THE WAY THE WARRANTY IS PRICED, I AM PAYING THE FULL COST OF REPAIR. ALTHOUGH I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM WITHOUT RISK, WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILS IT IS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *JS

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND IT SHIFTED INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE AT A RED LIGHT WITH NO PROMPTING. THE CAR THEN WAS IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF. THE CAR WOULD NOT START FOLLOWING IT BEING TURNED OFF. IT WAS THEN TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND COMPLETELY DISABLING THE CAR. *TT

MY 07 NISSAN XTERRA HAS BEEN OUT OF COMMISSION FOR 2 MONTHS NOW AND AFTER MANY PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS NISSAN STILL WILL NOT OWN UP TO THEIR MISTAKE. THEIR FAULTY RADIATOR DESIGN HAS RUINED BOTH MY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THE SERVICE CENTER WAS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND YET NEVER MENTIONED IT TO ME THE NUMEROUS TIMES I BROUGHT MY CAR IN TO BE SERVICED BY THEM. IT WASN'T UNTIL I WAS 5,000 MILES OVER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND HAD AN ISSUE THAT IT WAS MADE KNOWN THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. ALSO, THEY CLAIMED THAT I WAS MAILED OUT A NOTICE ABOUT THE ISSUE LAST DECEMBER OF 2012, WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED, BUT CLAIM THAT THEY DID WHAT WAS REQUIRED OF THEM BY MAILING THE NOTICE OUT. AS SOON AS THEY ARE AT THE POST OFFICE IT IS OUT OF THEIR HANDS. FOR A CAR BEING ONLY 6 YEARS OLD I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY HALF OF THE CAR'S WORTH TO FIX IT. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR 2 YEARS AND IT WAS BOUGHT FOR OVER $13,000, NOW MY TRADE IN IS ONLY WORTH $5,000. I KNOW THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY, BUT IT WAS OPENED LAST YEAR AND THERE IS NO RECENT UPDATES AS TO THE PROGRESS. I AM STILL WAITING FOR A RECALL THAT MAY NEVER COME. *TR

ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2013, APPROXIMATELY 5:40PM, THE CAR STARTED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY SHIFTING (AUTOMATIC), SPEED BECAME ERRATIC, SLOWED RAPIDLY. I WAS ON A SERVICE ROAD NEXT TO A FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN A BUSY AREA OF SCOTTSDALE. I WAS NEAR PINNACLE NISSAN AND DECIDED TO DRIVE THERE. I HAD A COUPLE VERY BUSY INTERSECTIONS TO GO THROUGH TO DRIVE THE 1 MI TO PINNACLE. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WAS NOT SHIFTING OUT OF LOW GEAR. I WAS VERY CONCERNED I WOULD STALL OR THE CAR WOULD CEASE DRIVING IN THESE INTERSECTIONS. PINNACLE NISSAN SERVICE DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE (8/3/13) AS A CRACKED RADIATOR COOLING TUBE THAT CAUSED COOLANT TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID RUINING COMPONENTS IN THE TRANSMISSION. A COMPLETE NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR IS REQUIRED TO FIX THIS NOW. THIS ISSUE IS NOT RELATED TO ABUSIVE DRIVING, I DO VERY LITTLE OFF ROAD AND NO TOWING, AND IS NOT A LACK OF OR IMPROPER MAINTENANCE. THIS IS A KNOW DESIGN FLAW BY NISSAN. IT APPEARS THERE IS A HIGH NUMBER OF NISSAN PROBLEM SUV'S, 2005 TO 2010, THAT EXPERIENCE THIS SAME PROBLEM AFTER ROUGHLY 80,000 MILES. BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE WOULD BE DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON A BUSY FREEWAY. *TR

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED ON ITS OWN AT 45 ON A MILD DOWNGRADE. DID IT AGAIN LATER CHANGING FROM ONE FOUR LANE HIGHWAY TO ANOTHER, THIS TIME AROUND 45-50 MPH. TOOK THE TRUCK TO LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AS I TOOK OUT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH OLYMPICARE. THE SERVICE ADJUSTER WAS AWARE THAT '05-'09, EVEN '10 MODELS HAVE A DEFECT THAT ALLOWS RADIATOR FLUID TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID, CREATING DEGRADATION OF TRANSMISSION AND COOLING SYSTEM. AFTER-MARKET WARRANTY IS TRYING TO DIS-ALLOW CLAIM, CITING NISSAN'S KNOWLEDGE OF THIS DESIGN FLAW. *TR

OWN 2007 NISSAN XTERRA MAINTAIN CARE WITH ALL PROPER SERVICES SINCE PURCHASED NEW. SUDDENLY DRIVING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON PARK CAR AND WAIT FOR MORNING TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP,TRY TO START NEXT MORNING WONT START. HAVE CAR TOWED TO CERRITOS NISSAN AND HAVE THEM INSPECT IT,THEY CALL ME BACK A FEW HOURS LATER TELLING ME THAT MY RADIATOR HOSE HAVE LEAKED COOLANT INTO MY TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED MY TRANNY. I ASKED WHY THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT FROM NISSAN AND EXPLAINED TO ME SINCE I WAS OVER 100K MILES THAT IT IS NOT COVERED. PRICE FOR NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR 5000 DOLLARS. RIDICULOUS FOR ME TO PAY FOR A DEFECT FROM NISSAN THAT IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY HAPPEN TO ANY OWNER OF XTERRA,PATHFINDER AND FRONTIER OWNERS FROM 05 TO 11. I DO NOT THINK US AS LOYAL NISSAN OWNERS SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECT FROM NISSAN THAT IS BOUND TO HAPPEN NISSAN SHOULD HAVE ATOTAL RECALL ON ALL THOSE MODELS AFFECTED BY THE SHOTTY RADIATOR THAT THEY MANUFACTURED. I HAVE PURCHASED 4 NISSANS THROUGH THE PAST 12 YRS AND I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN AFTER THIS INCIDENT. I HAD TO PAY 5000 TO FIX A DEFECT FROM NISSAN. *TR