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2005 Nissan Titan complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2005 record →

Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft › Seal
Filed Sep 13, 200613,000 milesAZ

FAILURE HAPPENED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWN/BAD AXLE SEAL. FLUID LEAKING FROM END OF AXLE TUBE AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO INTERNAL COMPONENTS. *JB

Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft › Seal
Filed Sep 13, 200619,000 milesAZ

FAILURE HAPPENED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWN/BAD AXLE SEAL. FLUID LEAKING FROM END OF AXLE TUBE AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO INTERNAL COMPONENTS. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE SAME PART IN 6000 MILES. *JB

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Sep 13, 200622,300 milesCA

I WAS TAKING THE FAMILY OUT TO DINNER IN MY NISSAN TITAN. LEAVING MY HOUSE, THE TRUCK STARTED MAKING A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. THE REAR END FAILED. *NM

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Sep 12, 2006359,800 milesGA

REAR DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED- BOTH SEALS LEAKED AND DIFFERENTIAL WAS SLOPPY. *NM

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Sep 7, 200617,112 milesTX

LOUD "CLUNKING" SOUND DURING SHIFTING TRANSMISSION STARTING AT ABOUT 17,000 MILES ON BRAND NEW PURCHASED NISSAN TITAN 4X4 LE. LATER NOTICED AND SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM LEFT REAR WHEEL OF VEHICLE. NOTICED ON FURTHER INSPECTION UNDERNEATH EXCESSIVE FLUID LEAK FROM REAR AXLE ONTO WHEEL AND TIRES CAUSING SMOKE. TRUCK BROUGHT TO LOCAL TEXAS DEALER WHO PERFORMED WARRANTY REPAIRS AT DIRECTION OF NISSAN NA. THE "ENTIRE REAR AXLE AND DIFFERENTIAL" HAD TO BE REPLACED. TRUCK WAS IN SHOP FOR 7 DAYS. NISSAN PROVIDED RENTAL VEHICLE. *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Sep 7, 2006941 milesME

AT 941 MILES, 9 DAYS AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE; THE FRONT BRAKES WOULD MAKE A SOUND WHEN STEPPING ON AND LETTING OFF THE BRAKES. IT ALSO FELT LIKE THEY WERE DRAGGING. A LOT OF BRAKE DUST WAS ALSO NOTED ON THE RIMS. IT FELT AS IF THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE WORN OUT. THE DEALER CHECKED ALL 4 BRAKES AND GAVE MY HUSBAND A "REASON" WHY THE PADS WERE WEARING SO SOON. BRAKES ON FRONT FOUND TO BE AT 12MM WITH NO ABNORMAL WEAR...ROTORS WERE SAID TO BE OK AS WELL. ALSO NOTED A SNAPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING LEFT , SLOW TURNS, SHARP TURNS AND WHEN WE ALMOST WOULD COME TO A STOP. DURING ROAD TEST THEY SAID THEY COULD HEAR THE ABS CLICK AND IT WAS NORMAL AS WAS ALL OTHER SUSPENSION. AND FOR SOME REASON THE STATE INSPECTION STICKER HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED PRIOR TO OUR LEAVING THE LOT. *JB

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Sep 4, 200615,000 milesCA

THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IN MY VEHICLE HAD TO BE REPLACED. I WAS GIVEN NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT EXACTLY WENT WRONG WITH IT. THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK IN THE REAR END WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. DEALER REPLACED IT AFTER THREE WEEKS. *JB

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Sep 1, 2006CA

1 - NOISE FROM THE BACK END 2 - THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED 3 - THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENTIRE AXLE UNDER WARRANTY. *NM

Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft › Seal
Filed Aug 30, 200614,500 milesFL

THE AXEL SEALS ON MY 2005 NISSAN TITAN XE HAVE BEGUN TO LEAK. SPOKE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NO KNOWN PERMANENT FIX. *NM

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Aug 29, 2006CA

2005 NISSAN TITAN SEAT BELT LOCKED UP WHILE RETRACTING CAUSING A CHILD TO BE ENTANGLED IN THE SEAT BELT. UPON INSPECTION MECHANIC REPLACED PART AS A WARRANTY ITEM. *KB THE SEAT BELT HAD BEEN INADVERTENTLY PLACED IN THE AUTOMATIC LOCKING MODE. THE SEAT BELT CONTINUED TO TIGHTEN AROUND THE CHILD'S WAIST AS SHE MOVED. THE CONSUMER HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT TOO FREE THE CHILD. *NM

Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft › Seal
Filed Aug 24, 200615,800 milesTX

REAL AXLE SEAL LEAKING ONTO TIRE AND BRAKE DISC...SAFETY HAZARD. *JB

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Aug 21, 200612,500 milesKY

I WAS TURNING A CORNER AND THE REAR END (DIFFERENTIAL & RING AND PINION) FAILED. *JB

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Aug 20, 200623,500 milesWI

AFTER FILLING TRUCK WITH GAS, I PULLED OUT OF THE GAS STATION AND MADE A RIGHT TURN ONTO THE MAIN ROAD. AS I WAS STRAIGHTENING THE TRUCK, I HEARD A LOUD THUNK, AND THEN THE TRUCK BEGAN LURCHING BADLY. I MADE IT HOME TAKING IT EASY ON THE GAS AND COASTING AROUND TURNS, BUT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS HOT TO THE TOUCH AFTER 1/2 MILE. *NM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Jul 27, 2006CT

I HAD A HEAVY PULSATING OF THE STEERING COLUMN AND BRAKE PEDAL DURING ROUTINE BRAKING I INFORMED MY DEALER OF THIS AT 8500 MILES AND WAS INFORMED THIS IS NORMAL. AT 9,000 MILES I WAS INSISTENT THAT THEY LOOK AT MY TRUCK AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS, PADS, TORQUE MEMBER, REPLACED REAR BRAKE PADS AND MACHINE THE REAR ROTORS, I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WOULD NEED TO BE DONE ABOUT EVERY 6,000 TO 9,000 MILES BECAUSE THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS TOO SMALL FOR A TRUCK THIS SIZE. *NM

Service Brakes, Air › Disc › Rotor
Filed Jul 21, 2006GA

I PURCHASED MY NISSAN TITAN IN JAN OF 2006, AND SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN PLAGUED BY REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE. THE MOST RECENT AND MOST ANNOYING HAS BEEN THE FRONT BRAKES. OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW WEEKS, MY TRUCK WOULD START TO SHUDDER VIOLENTLY WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. UPON HAVING THE PROBLEM SERVICED I WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. THE ENTIRE FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM WAS REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME.

Power Train › Axle Assembly
Filed Jul 8, 200612,000 milesNY

REAR END FAILED, NISSAN REPLACED FAILED REAR END WITH SAME MAKE. *JB

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Jun 30, 200619,000 milesNC

REAR END FAILURE. *JB

Interior Lighting
Filed Jun 28, 2006500 milesCA

ENGINE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR LIGHT WHICH ILLUMINATES THE HOT/COLD NEEDLE, IS OFFSET TO THE NEEDLE AND SHINES IN THE FACE OF THE DRIVER. THE DEALER CHANGED THE GAUGE BUT THE PROBLEM WAS THE SAME. THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH NO FIX IN THE WORKS. I HAVE CHECKED THE ARMADA AND FOUND THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads
Filed Jun 19, 200617,200 milesFL

2005 NISSAN TITIAN PU TRUCK KC FRONT BRAKE AND ROTOR WHEEL SHUDDER LOSE OF BRAKE PEDAL. *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash1 injured
Filed Jun 12, 200610,536 milesIN

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT 15-20MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE FRONT WHEELS STARTED SHAKING AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE CONTACT DOES NOT RECALL HOW THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT DURING BRAKING. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RELEASED; THE VEHICLE CONTINUED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND STRUCK AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE BRAKE FAILURE. THE POLICE FILED A REPORT AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY BEING INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED AND WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING CONCERNING THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A KNEE INJURY.

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Jun 11, 20067,115 milesPA

DIFFERENTIAL REAR BROKE AFTER ONLY 7100 MILES. NO TOWING EVER INVOLVED WITH THIS VEHICLE. *NM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Jun 4, 200617,443 milesAZ

I PURCHASED MY 2005 NISSAN TITAN ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2005. I NOTICED A VIBRATION BEGINNING IN LATE FEBRUARY 2006 WHEN BRAKING. ON MARCH 11, 2006, THE BRAKES WERE REPORTED WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS DURING REGULAR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AT 17344 MILES. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN REPORTED THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND RECOMMENDED AN UPDATED BRAKE KIT IF THE VEHICLE HAD NOT ALREADY HAD IT. THE SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO DO THIS WORK UNTIL THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STILL SAFE TO DRIVE. THE VIBRATION HAS CONSISTENTLY WORSENED SINCE THAT TIME AND THE ENTIRE TRUCK VIBRATES WHEN BRAKING. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. I HAVE OWNED MANY OTHER TRUCKS AND NEVER REQUIRED BRAKES OR ROTOR REPAIR WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF PURCHASE. I HAVE RESEARCHED DIFFERENT WEBSITES TO DISCOVER THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECALLS IN THIS AREA. *NM

Power Train › Axle Assembly
Filed May 30, 2006MA

LOUD CLUNK WHEN ACCELERATING, SLACK IN DRIVE LINE WHEN SHIFTING. DEALER REPLACED ENTIRE REAR END. *NM

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed May 28, 200630,800 milesME

UPON PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM A GAS STATION THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL OR MY 05 NISSAN TITAN FAILED. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP BEING CAREFUL NOT TO ACCELERATE TO FAST. THE SPIDER GEAR FAILED AND THE ENTIRE REAR AXLE WAS REPLACED IN WEEK. *NM

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed May 22, 200629,800 milesTX

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN THE REAR-END, LOCKED UP, AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A VIOLENT JERKING MOTION. ALL I COULD HEAR WAS METAL ON METAL GRINDING AND MY TRANSMISSION GRINDING TO A HALT. SINCE THE REAR END HAS FAILED, THE TRANSMISSION HAS A SHUDDERING TO IT BETWEEN 30-35 MPH AND THE STEERING HAS BEEN OFF IN THE TRUCK AS WELL. IT IS HARD TO MAINTAIN CONTROL SOMETIMES, AND THE DEALER DOES NOT WANT TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE REAR-END, BUT THE SHUDDERING AND STEERING PROBLEMS ARE STILL PREVALENT, AND THE ANSWERS I SEEM TO BE GETTING FROM THE DEALER IS THAT IT IS MY FAULT, MY PROBLEM, AND THAT I AM LOOKING FOR THINGS FOR THEM TO FIX!!!!*JB

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed May 21, 20068,900 milesWA

REAR END FAILED. NO TOWING WAS DONE WITH THIS TRUCK. NOTHING USER DID CONTRIBUTED TO FAILURE. REAR END REPLACED. REPLACEMENT TOOK 25 DAYS. *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed May 10, 20069,000 milesMN

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATES. THE VIBRATIONS CAN BE FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR BOARD. THE PROBLEM OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY BECOME WORSE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. *AK

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed May 7, 200618,400 milesCA

WAS SITTING ON A SLIGHT UPHILL WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN INTO A DRIVEWAY. HAD 2 MOTORCYCLES IN THE BACK. HIT THE GAS, HEARD A LOUD CLUNK THAT SHOOK THE WHOLE TRUCK. PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AND DISCOVERED IT WAS THE DIFF. AFTER THAT I DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. ANYTIME I TURNED OR ACCELERATED THE DIFF WOULD GO CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK. DEALER PAID UP TO $35 FOR A RENTAL CAR BUT BECAUSE I HAD THE DIRT BIKES I HAD TO PAY $10/DAY OUT OF POCKET TO RENT ANOTHER TRUCK. REPAIRS NOT COMPLETED YET. *NM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Apr 29, 2006MO

BRAKE PEDAL PUSHES BACK AGGRESSIVELY, SHIMMY IN STEERING WHEEL AT SPEEDS OF 35 MPH. STEERING WHEEL JERKS AT TIMES TO RIGHT AND LEFT AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH BRAKE PEDAL PUSH BACK. THIS HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF DAYS. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. DEALERSHIP SAYS I HAVE TO PAY TO GET NEW ROTORS A BRAKES. I HAVE NOT DROVE THAT AGGRESSIVE NOR SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES TO HAVE ROTORS REPLACED, NOR DO I RIDE THE BRAKES TO HAVE MY BRAKES REPLACED THIS EARLY IN THE GAME FOR A NEW TRUCK DO THIS! THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT I WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT A POSSIBLE BRAKE AND ROTOR PROBLEM. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I WILL NOT PUT MY FAMILY IN THIS TRUCK. THE CORPORATE PERSON I TALKED TO SAYS THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM WITH THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THIS PROBLEM, BUT NO RECALL WAS ISSUED NOT EVEN A WARNING WAS POSTED. THIS IS NOT GENERAL MAINTENANCE THIS IS A MAJOR(SAFETY) DEFECT. CORPORATE TOLD ME THAT THE ROTORS ARE TO SMALL FOR THE TRUCK. IF THERE IS A MAJOR ACCIDENT WHO GETS STUCK WITH THE BILL MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND I COVER THE GAP. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED TWO TIRES FOR ABNORMAL WEARING IN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK AND THAT IS AFTER ROTATING SEVERAL TIMES. IS THIS A SAFETY ISSUE, LIKE THE ONE FORD HAD ON ITS EXPLORER? I WILL NOT RECOMMEND THIS CAR COMPANY TO ANYBODY. *JB

Suspension › Front
Filed Apr 18, 200626,300 milesMI

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE FRONT END VIBRATED. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TIRES AND THE TIRES WERE ROTATED. THIS DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Apr 17, 20067,000 milesMN

STARTED NOTICING A WHINING FROM THE REAR END, SOON MY "SLIP AND ABS" LIGHTS WERE LIGHTING ON THE DASH. DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS ONLY A SENSOR AND REPLACED MY COMPLETE REAR END (FOR A SENSOR?). *NM

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Apr 5, 200613,000 milesID

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE OFF ROAD AND LIGHT TERRAIN WENT HE REAR DIFFERENTIAL STARTED MAKING NOISE I TOOK TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP AND IT IS BEING FIXED BUT THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. *JB

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Apr 4, 200610,328 milesNY

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN TITAN 4X4 THAT SEEMS TO BE BUGGED BY PARTS FAILURES (GREMLINS AS THE DEALER LIKES TP CALL THEM). THE FIRST PROBLEM (BRAKES) HAPPENED AT ABOUT 2 WEEKS OLD OR 1000 MILES. THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY FIXED THE PROBLEM(SO THEY SAID). ABOUT 1 MONTH LATER THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. AGAIN THE DEALER FIXED IT. AT ABOUT 5 MONTHS OLD (8000 MILES) THE REAR END SEEMS TO FALL APART. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THAT WHEN THEY FIX IT, THEY WILL PUT THE UPGRADED REAR END IN, WHICH TOOK ABOUT 2 WEEKS TO HAVE DONE. AT ABOUT 7 MONTHS OLD (14000 MILES) WHILE ON VACATION IN FLORIDA, THE STEERING COLUMN DECIDED TO FALL APART, CAUSING ME TO LOOSE STEERING AND ALMOST CRASH. NOW I HAD TO BRING IT TO A NEW DEALER DOWN IN FLORIDA (WHO DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE TRUCK IN FOR REPAIR, BUT AFTER A LONG CONVERSATION WITH NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA TOOK IT IN, FOR 3 WEEKS TO FIX THE PROBLEM). NOW AFTER 10 MONTHS (16000 MILES) OF OWNING THE TRUCK, THE REAR END HAS BROKEN AGAIN. IT IS AT THE DEALER ONCE AGAIN, WHERE I WAS TOLD THE PARTS ARE (VOR ORDERED) BACK ORDERED WITH NO DATE OF ARRIVAL. I LOVE THIS TRUCK BUT JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE. *NM

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Mar 31, 200612,850 milesMN

REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE (2005 NISSAN TITAN, 12,800 MILES) - THERE WERE VERY FEW SIGNS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE OF THE READ DIFFERENTIAL. I NOTICED SOME LOUD THUDS COMING FROM THE DRIVETRAIN AS I ACCELERATED. THEN WITHIN ABOUT 0.5 MILES OF DRIVING, THE THUDS WERE LOUDER AND MUCH MORE FREQUENT, AND THE TRUCK WAS NOTICEABLY STRUGGLING TO MOVE. I IMMEDIATELY PARKED IT AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE REPLACING THE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY (THE DAMAGE IS IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, BUT APPARENTLY NISSAN JUST REPLACES THE ENTIRE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY). THE AXLE ASSEMBLY IS BACK ORDERED FOR 2 WEEKS. *JB

Power Train › Axle Assembly
Filed Mar 30, 200624,000 milesWA

PULLED UP TO STOP SIGN WITH NO PREVIOUS INDICATION OF PROBLEM. WHEN I PROCEEDED TO TURN LEFT, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL STARTED MAKING LOUD CLUNKING NOISES AND SLIPPED IN AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT. I WAS ABLE TO PUT TRUCK IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE TO GET IT TO DEALERSHIP. *JB THE PROBLEM HAS NOT YET BEEN CORRECTED AS NISSAN STATES I NEED A NEW REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND THEY ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THEY CAN GIVE ME NO ESTIMATE AS TO WHEN I WILL GET MY VEHICLE BACK.

Power Train › Axle Assembly
Filed Mar 29, 20069,583 milesUT

1. NO SIGNS OF ANY TROUBLE, WENT TO ACCELERATE AROUND A CORNER AND AXLE EXPLODED. 2. FAILURE CAUSED COMPLETE REAR AXLE TO BE REPLACED, LOSS OF VEHICLE USE AND TIME. 3. NISSAN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP REPLACED COMPLETE AXLE AFTER WAITING 2 WEEKS FOR A AXLE. MY DEALERSHIP WAS GREAT! KEN GARFF OREM, UTAH. *NM

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Mar 28, 20069,100 milesFL

ON 03/27/2006 DRIVING TO WORK IN MY 2005 NISSAN TITAN [XXX] PICKUP ACCELERATED ON ITS ON. I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT MERGING IN TO TRAFFIC WHEN IT ACCELERATED FORWARD BY IT SELF AND WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. WHEN THIS ACCRUED I TRIED TO PUT IT IN TO NEUTRAL, STILL NOTHING HAPPEN, EVEN WITH BOTH OF MY FEET BARRING DOWN ON THE BRAKE THE TIRES WHERE BURNING RUBBER AND I WAS STILL MOVING SLOWLY FORWARD. FINALLY I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND IT SHUT DOWN, I WAITED A FEW MOMENTS AND TRIED TO START THE ENGINE AGAIN. AT THIS TIME IT DID IT AGAIN AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF AGAIN, WAITED A FEW MORE MINUTES AND TRIED AGAIN, AT THIS TIME IT STARTED CORRECTLY AND I DROVE IT DIRECTLY TO KRAFT NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR THERE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. KRAFT NISSAN TOOK THE AFTERNOON TO LOOK OVER THE TRUCK, AT AROUND 3:01 PM THE SERVICE WRITER CALLED AND SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND MY TRUCK IS READY TO BE PICKED UP. I SAID THAT THE PROBLEM IS REAL AND THAT THEY NEED TO FIND IT, THEY SAID IF PROBLEM CAN'T BE SEEN THEY CAN'T FIX IT. I TALK WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER AND THEN CALLED NISSAN AND WAS BASICALLY TOLD THE SAME THING. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND IF THE PROBLEM HAPPENS AGAIN THEY CAN TRY TO SOLVE AT THAT TIME. ALSO WAS TOLD THAT MY FOOT COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME, TOLD HIM THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE BOTH OF MY FEET WHERE PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR BOARD TO STOP THE TRUCK. *JB [XXX] UPDATED 07/16/2

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Mar 22, 20069,000 milesNY

2005 NISSAN TITAN. PULLING ONTO A HIGHWAY ON RAMP FROM A STOP THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL BROKE. TRUCK WAS STILL DRIVABLE, BUT BY NO MEANS SAFE TO DRIVE. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP AND DROP OFF. *JB

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Mar 21, 200611,702 milesCO

1. WAS TURNING OUT OF PARKING LOT AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN I HEARD A CLANK, THEN LOSS OF POWER. I REGAINED POWER MOMENTARILY, BUT WAS NOT SURE WHAT EXACTLY HAD HAPPENED. I THEN DROVE HOME, ABOUT 1/2 A MILE, AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP THEN ASKED ME TO TAKE MY TRUCK TO THEM, ABOUT 4-5 MILES AWAY. THE DEALERSHIP RECOGNIZED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG, BUT SOONEST AVAILABLE TIME TO LOOK AT IT WAS AFTER THE WEEKEND. I LEFT THE TRUCK AT THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING IT THE WAY IT WAS THEN. 2. THE FAILURE ENDED UP BEING THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND SINCE THERE HAS BEEN A NATIONAL BACK-ORDER IT HAS LEFT ME WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION UNTIL THE DEALERSHIP COULD RECEIVE THE PARTS AND INSTALL THEM. I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THE STORE TO BUY FOOD. 3. THE DEALERSHIP ORDERED REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR WHAT WAS BROKEN AND THEY PAID FOR MYSELF TO HAVE A RENTAL CAR WHILE I WAIT FOR THE PARTS TO COME IN AND GET PUT IN. *NM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › RotorCrash
Filed Mar 17, 200616,000 milesAL

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL 30MPH ON A WET ROAD, BRAKE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED AND THERE WAS A FRONT END VIBRATION AS THOUGH THE ABS ENGAGED. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE VEHICLE'S REAR END SLING AROUND AND STRIKING SOME BRUSH AND TREES WITH MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AND THE POLICE WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER WHICH REPLACED THE ROTORS, BUT SUGGESTED THE ACCIDENT COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE WET ROAD CONDITIONS.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Mar 13, 20063,000 milesCA

WARPED ROTORS , 4 ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR WITH LESS THAN 17000 MI. THE PROBLEM HAS JUST STARTED FOR 5TH TIME, LESS THAN 1000 MILES AFTER 4TH ATTEMPT. THE TRUCK IS ONLY USED FOR A FAMILY CAR NOT FOR HEAVY DUTY USE. *NM

Power Train › Axle Assembly
Filed Mar 12, 200613,028 milesCA

REAR END FAILURE HAVE NOT BEEN TO DEALER YET STUCK ON THE SIDE OF A MAJOR FREEWAY ALMOST HIT BY SEVERAL 18 WHEELERS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SHOULDER. *JB

Electrical System › WiringFire
Filed Mar 2, 2006GA

CLAYTON COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT ENGINE 8B RESPONDED TO A POSSIBLE VEHICLE FIRE. WHEN ENGINE 8B ARRIVED AND INVESTIGATED THE SITUATION THEY DISCOVERED THE FIRE WAS OUT. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY OCCUPANT WITH A WATER HOSE. THE OCCUPANT ADVISED HE WAS IN HIS GARAGE AND LOOKED OUT AND SAW SMOKE INSIDE THE VEHICLE IN HIS DRIVEWAY. THE OCCUPANT ADVISED THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS ON FIRE AND THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE SEAT WHERE THE POWER SEAT CONTROLS ARE. THE OCCUPANT ALSO ADVISED HE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. AS A POINT OF REFERENCE OUR INCIDENT REPORT # IS: 06-0001118. *NM

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Mar 2, 20066,800 milesMA

REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE. NO WARNING SIGNS. STILL ARGUING WITH THE DEALERSHIP. *JB

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Feb 23, 2006MD

IN THE 2005 NISSAN TITAN OWNER'S MANUAL PAGE 2-45 "INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS" READS "AUTO-REVERSE FUNCTION...IF THE CONTROL UNIT DETECTS SOMETHING CAUGHT IN A WINDOW EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC OPERATION AS IT IS CLOSING, THE WINDOW WILL BE IMMEDIATELY LOWERED." THAT IS NOT HAPPENING, WHEN WE USE THE AUTOMATIC CLOSE FOR THE WINDOW, IT WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY LOWER IF AN OBJECT GETS IN THE WAY. *JB

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Feb 17, 200612,432 milesLA

(1)REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED, FOUND METAL PIECES OF SPIDER GEAR ON DRAIN PLUG (2)VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LOCAL NISSAN DEALER (3)REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS BEING REPLACED. *JB

Power Train
Filed Feb 7, 2006TX

I BOUGHT A CAR ON 08/06/2005 THE SALES PERSON TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A PURCHASE AND HE ASK ME TO SIGN THE BLANK FORMS AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO FILL THEM UP AND SEND THEM TO MY HOME ADDRESS WHEN I RECEIVED THE PAPERS I NEVER CHECKED THE INFORMATION. I HAVE BEEN PAYING TILL NOW BUT NOW I TRIED TO TALK TO THE SALES PERSON TO CHECK MY CAR HE TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO PAY BECAUSE I HAD A LEASE THAT WAS WHY I CALLED TO THE NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION AND THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ME THEY ONLY HAD INFORMATION ABOUT SANTOS ROMERO. THAT IS WHY I WANT TO CANCEL THIS LEASE AGREEMENT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO LEASE A CAR I WANTED BUY A CAR AND THEY LIED ME. *NM

Suspension › Rear
Filed Jan 30, 200621,500 milesOR

I DRIVE 2005 NISSAN TITAN TRUCK 99.9% OF THE TIME IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE ON HIGHWAY W/O TOWING. AT 17,500 MILES THE REAR END MADE A LOUD BANGING NOISE AND THEN GRINDING NOISE. REAR END FAILED FIRST TIME. AT 21, 500 MILES SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN!*AK

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 27, 200615,220 milesOH

2005 TITAN KING CAB DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE STICKS OPEN IN FREEZING TEMPERATURE OR A LITTLE BELOW. NO CONTACT WITH WATER FOR OVER A WEEK. THIS KEEPS THE DOOR FROM CLOSING ALL TOGETHER. QUICK FIX. MUST HOLD CLOSED AND LOCK MANUALLY. ONCE LOCKED, HOWEVER, ONE CANNOT EXIT VEHICLE FROM THAT SIDE. POSSIBLE DEATH TRAP. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM. ONCE IT GOT IT TO THE DEALER IT WAS 50 DEGREES OUTSIDE. GO FIGURE. NEW DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY ON ORDER. *AK

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Jan 27, 20069,000 milesVA

REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE DURING NORMAL DRIVING. VEHICLE HAD 9,000 MILES. UPON TAKING A RIGHT TURN A LOUD CLANK WAS HEARD BY MYSELF AND PASSENGERS FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ON MY WAY HOME I REALIZED THAT ONE TIRE WAS NOT MAINTAINING TRACTION EVEN THROUGH SLOW TURNS, AND THE CLANKING RECURRED EVERY SO OFTEN. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND HE AGREED THAT REAR DIFFERENTIAL WOULD BE REPLACED. THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF REPLACING THE UNIT IN 8 DAYS, HOWEVER IT WAS A MAJOR INCONVENIENCE TO BE WITHOUT THE CAR FOR THAT PERIOD.*AK

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