2001 Nissan Xterra complaints

IN APRIL, BOTH FRONT WINDOW REGULATORS WENT OUT IN OUR 2001 XTERRA. WE HAD BOTH REPLACED FOR $400.00 AND NISSAN DID REIMBURSE US THE COST OF THE MOTOR, NOT LABOR. THEN IN JUNE, BOTH REAR WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE GONE OUT AND WE HAVE YET TO GET THEM FIX OR THE SITUATION RESOLVED WITH NISSAN.

THE WINDOW REGULATORS IN ALL 4 WINDOWS OF MY 2001 XTERRA HAVE ALL FAILD REPEATEDLY. THE DRIVERS WINDOW HAS FAILED 4 TIMES AND ALL OTHER WINDOWS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. NOW TODAY THE WINDOW REGULATOR IN THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS FAILED AGAIN AND I AM 300 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY. THE DEALER INDICATED TO ME THAT THIS IS CONSIDERED A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ITEM AND NO LONGER COVERED. THE DEALER ALSO INDICATED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF AND SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS "ALL THE TIME" WITH THE XTERRA.

I HAVE A 2001 NISSAN XTERRA, PURCHASED IN JULY 2001. THE WINDOW REGULAR MOTOR QUIT WORKING ON ONE OF THE REAR WINDOWS, WITH LESS THAN NORMAL USE. THIS HAPPENED WITHIN 100 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY.

I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY WINDOW REGULATORS SINCE THEY DAY I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE. FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS I COULDN'T USE MY FRONT WINDOWS BECAUSE THE REGULATORS WERE ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. ALL MY WINDOWS HAVE NOT WORKED AT SOME POINT DUE TO THIS REGULATOR PROBLEM, I THINK I'VE HAD IT IN AS MANY AS SIX TIMES TO GET THE WINDOWS LOOKED AT. I AM NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND ONE OF THE WINDOWS (THAT I JUST HAD CHECKED OUT SIX WEEKS AGO) IS NOT WORKING. I'VE CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY'LL DO TO COMPENSATE ME....STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK.*AK

THREE ELECTRIC WINDOW MOTORS FAILED IN NISSAN XTERRA

REGULATORS IN BOTH WINDOWS HAVE FAILED IN THE LAST 8 MONTHS. UPON SEARCHING, I DID NOT FIND ANY RECALL NOTICES NOR DID THE MANUFACTURER NOTIFY ME THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM.THE DRIVER'S SIDE REGULATOR WAS USED QUITE OFTEN, BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WAS RARELY USED AND IT STILL FAILED WITHIN 2 YEARS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE.*AK

MY CAR IS A 2001 NISSAN X-TERRA, PURCHASED IN AUGUST OF 2001. THE WINDOW REGULATORS ON BOTH FRONT WINDOWS AND THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE HAVE STOPPED WORKING. ALL THREE FAILURES HAPPENED WITHIN THREE WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. THE FOURTH WINDOW IS SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPENDING FAILURE, E.G. POPPING AND SLUGGISH BEHAVIOR. THE CAR HAS BEEN OWNED AND OPERATED FOR ONLY 22 MONTHS, WITH NOTHING OTHER THAN NORMAL USAGE. I AM OUT OF WARRANTY AND NISSAN IS STATING THE PROBLEM IS NORMAL WEAR-AND-TEAR REQUIRING $1600 TO FIX THE 4 WINDOWS.*AK

THE POWER WINDOWS DID NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THE REGULATORS WERE OFF TRACK WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRIC MOTOR. *AK *SCC *JB

THE MOTORS IN ALL OF THE WINDOWS, FRONT AND BACK HAVE ALL GONE OUT. BOTH FRONT WINDOWS HAVE FALLEN AND WERE STUCK DOWN. RECENTLY THE MOTOR IN ONE OF THE BACK WINDOWS HAS GONE OUT AGAIN.*AK

NHTSA#02-V-299-000: ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, WATER MAY ENTER THE REAR AXLE HOUSING DUE TO INADEQUATE SEALING OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) SENSOR. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER HAS INSPECTED FOUR TIMES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 XTERRA ON INTERSTATE 495 WHEN THE CAR ABRUPTLY LOST POWER AND STALLED WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO START THE CAR, IT STARTED AFTER 20 MINUTES. I LET THE CAR RUN FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE REENTERING THE HIGHWAY. ABOUT TWO MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER, STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD THE CAR TOWED AND A BAD FUEL PUMP/FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS DIAGNOSED. THE FUEL INJECTORS WERE DRY, AS IF THE CAR HAD RUN OUT OF GAS, BUT I HAD THREE QUARTERS OF A TANK. IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET ON NISSAN OWNER'S SITES THAT THE NISSAN FRONTIER AND XTERRAS EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL PUMP SENDING UNITS. THE RESULT OF SUCH FAILURES IS NO GAS DELIVERY TO THE ENGINE, AS IF THE VEHICLE HAS RUN OUT OF GAS. THE FAILURE COMES WITHOUT WARNING AND DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RELATED TO MODEL YEAR. IT IS APPARENT THAT SUCH FAILURES IN A GAS DELIVERY SYSTEM IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. I BELIEVE NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR THERE WAS A NATIONAL BACKORDER FOR THIS PART. *NLM

MY GAS TANK NEVER SHOWS FULL WHEN IT IS FILLED. WHEN FILL MY XTERRA WITH GAS, IT OVERFLOWS EVERYTIME UNLESS I MANUALLY STOP THE PROCESS BY GUESSING HOW MANY GALLONS I HAVE PUT IN. AT THAT POINT THE GAS SPLASHES OUT AND OVERFLOWS. THEN WHEN I START MY CAR. THE GAS GAUGE ONLY SHOWS 3/4 TANK FULL, NEVER COMPLETELY FILLED. WHEN I FIRST BOUT THIS VEHICLE IN OCTOBER OF 2000, THIS PROBLEM WAS PRESENT BUT THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIX IT. THEN I READ ABOUT THE RECALL 2 YEARS LATER ON THE INTERNET AND DECIDED TO TAKE IT IN AGAIN. THE SECOND TIME, I TOOK MY XTERRA TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE RECAL ISSUED BY NHTSA IN 2002 BUT THEYSAID MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

AFTER SEVERAL VISITS TO NISSAN FOR NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND PROBLEMS THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED IN THE MIDDLE OF FIXING THEM. THERE HAS BEEN A NOISE THAT THEY CLAIMED FIRST WAS THE KNOCK SENSOR, THEY REPLACED THAT, AND NOW THEY BELIEVE IT IS THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HOWEVER IF IT IS JUST THE GASKETS THEY WANT $400.00 TO REPLACE OR IF IT IS CRACKED WHICH THEY CAN'T TELL ME FOR SURE IT'S COVERED UNDER THE 60,000 WARRANTY. THE MOST UPSETTING THING IS THIS PROBLEM EXISTED BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRATION AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT FIXED IT. *NLM

XTERRA WAS MAKING A POPPING SOUND WHEN TURNING. AFTER TAKING DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL OFF,I DISCOVERED BROKEN SWAY BAR BRACKET (LEFT HAND SIDE). TOP BOLT MISSING THREADS NOT DAMAGED WHICH RESULTED IN BROKEN FRAME OF VEHICLE. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF XTERRA. SUSPECT TOP BOLT NEVER INSTALLED CORRECTLY. NISSAN REFUSED TO WARRANTY THE FRAME DESPITE MY HAVING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. HAD XTERRA REPAIRED BY REPUTABLE BODY SHOP. EXPERT BODY SHOP OPINION CONCURS WITH BOLT BACKING OUT AND CAUSING DAMAGE. BODY SHOP RECOMMEND REPAIR BEFORE USING XTERRA, FURTHER DAMAGE COULD BE CAUSED INCLUDING WRECK. PAID FOR REPAIR MYSELF. PHOTOS TAKEN BY THE BODY SHOP AND ME. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT LOCKED UP. *NLM

SUV HAS BEEN TO DEALER THREE TIMES DUE TO LEAKING SUNROOF AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT THAT LOCKS AND COULD DECAPITATE THE PASSENGER. *JB

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AND ON RT17 WHICH IS VERY BUSY AROUND RUSH HOUR WITH TRACTOR TRAILERS AND PLENTY OF CARS, ALL OF A SUDDEN MY 2001 XTERRA STALLED OUT AT THE STOP LIGHT, THEN WOULD NEVER START AGAIN, IT TOOK 30 MINUTES TO GET THE TRUCK OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH TRAFFIC, I HAD IT TOWED TO RADLEY CHEVROLET BECAUSE I CALLED NISSAN, AND THEY ADVISED ME MY WARRANTY RAN OUT AND IT WOULD BE AT LEAST 200.00 BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN LOOK AT IT? ONCE TO THE DEALER WHICH MY WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT, AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, SO I PAID THE TOW BILL AND TOOK MY CAR, NO MORE THAN AN HOUR LATER I WAS BROKE DOWN AGAIN ON THE ROAD, AND HAD TO PAY ANOTHER TOW BILL, COME TO FIND OUT MY FUEL PUMP WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM, $500.00 LATER I AM BACK ON THE ROAD, I COULD NOT UNDER STAND ON SUCH A NEW VEHICLE WITH ONLY 37000 MILES THE FUEL PUMP WOULD GO BAD?????????? *NLM

VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING ON I-287N NEAR MAHWAH, NJ., POST PRESIDENT'S DAY BLIZZARD. CONDITIONS WERE VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO SEMI TRUCK TRAFFIC AND SNOW/ICE PACK IN EMERGENCY LANE WHICH PREVENTED PULLING VEHICLE ALL THE WAY OFF THE HIGHWAY. STRANDED ON SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN BELOW FREEZING COLD UNTIL NJ STATE POLICE SENT TOW TRUCK. TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER, DIAGNOSED FUEL SENDING UNIT FAILURE PART #250604S415. TEN DAYS LATER, PART IS STILL ON BACK ORDER WITH NO IDEA WHEN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *TS

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD 3 BRAKE REPAIRS AND 3 HORN REPAIRS WITHIN 27,500 MILES, THE VEHICLE DRIVE CROOKED DOWN A STRAIGHT HIGHWAY, IT APPEARS THAT THE FRAME IS BENT, THE RIGHT REAR DOOR IS NOT SEALED PROPERLY AND IT LEAKS IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THE WINDOW IS OPEN, THE DRIVER'S DOOR RATTLES, THE CARPET ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WILL NOT STAY IN PLACE, THE SUNROOF RATTLES WHEN ITS OPEN AND LEAKS WHEN IT'S CLOSED, THE CONSOLE BOX LID RATTLES AND HAS NEVER FIT PROPERLY, FRONT ROTORS WARPED, BRAKE PADS WERE CRACKED, REAR BRAKE LIGHT BULB BURNED OUT, A/C BLOWS OUT HOT AIR . NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON RAINING DAYS THE HORN WONT WORK. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE MODULE SENSOR. TS THE PROBLEM HAS DEVELOPED AGAIN. *JG

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE PEDAL WILL SINK APPROXIMATELY 1 - 2 INCHES. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALER SINCE I PURCHASED IT. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THEY REPLACE THE BAKE BOOSTER. THE SYMPTOMS CONTINUED. WHEN I RETURN TO THE DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES EVERY TIME THAT I HAVE TO APPLY THE BRAKES FOR MORE THAT A FEW SECONDS. TS

NO SUMMARY. DT

WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 75 IN FLORIDA, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CAR VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE FRONT PASSENGER BUMPER SLAMMED INTO THE GUARD RAIL IN THE MEDIAN. THE CAR SPUN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL THE REAR PASSENGER SECTION SLAMMED INTO THE GUARD RAIL. THE CAR THEN STOPPED. THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE WAS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED AND ONLY A SHELL WAS LEFT.THE CAR HAD BEEN INTO THE DEALER FOR ITS 15,000 MILE CHECK IN JULY AND THE TIRES WERE ROTATED. THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE ABOUT ONE WEEK BEFORE THE INDICENT. THE CAR HAD BEEN MAINTAINED TO THE MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS AND ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES ON IT. MR

THE PARKING LIGHTS AND SIDE MOUNT LIGHTS DO NOT TURN ON WHEN I TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE CAR AT NIGHT. YOU CANNOT SEE THE CAR AT NIGHT UNLESS I STEP ON THE BRAKE AND THEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS LIGHT UP. ON THE INSIDE THERE IS NO LIGHT FOR ANY OF THE DASHBOARD GAUGES. YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOUR CAR IS IN THE PROPER GEAR. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST YOU ARE TRAVELING OR HOW MANY RPMS YOU ARE REVING. YOU CANNOT READ THE GAS GAUGE TO KNOW IF YOU NEED TO FILL UP SOON. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT TIME. MR

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, ELECTRICAL WINDOW SWITCH WILL NOT WORK. CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO ROLL DOWN WINDOW. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AKON ONE OCCASION THE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO DOWN, THE OTHER FOUR, THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT GO BACK UP. JLG

RIGHT REAR FLOOR PAN BEGAN CREAKING IN MAY 2002. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, THE RIGHT REAR FLOORPAN WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACK AT LEAST AN INCH IN LENGTH. THE SHEET METAL IS CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH SUCH THAT YOU CAN SEE LIGHT THROUGH IT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NISSAN WEST IN ELLICOTT CITY MARYLAND AT ABOUT 38000 MILES. THEY TOLD ME I WAS OUT OF LUCK SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS THEN OUT OF THE 3/36 WARRANTY. SINCE THEN THE PURCHASING DEALER HAS DOCUMENTED THE CRACK AND NISSAN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. I AM AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM NISSAN. THIS PROBLEM SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE THE SAME OR RELATED TO NHTSA ITEM NUMBER 621967.*AK

WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES, A SMALL WOMAN'S FOOT CAN APPLY EQUAL PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR CAUSING THE CAR TO MOVE FORWARD INSTEAD OF STOPPING. BOTH PEDALS ARE POSITIONED PARALELLY, ONLY 2'1/4" APPART. IN MY CASE, I HAD THE ACCELERATOR SLIGHTLY CAUGHT UNDER THE OUTTER CORNER OF MY FOOT TWICE WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKES WITH NO MAJOR CONSEQUENCES, FOR THE GAS PEDAL SNAPPED OUT FROM UNDER THE FOOT BEFORE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THAT WAS BEFORE THE ONE DAY WHEN IT DID NOT SNAP OUT, AND THE CAR WAS PROPELLED OVER THE SHED AT THE END OF THE CARPORT WHERE I WAS PARKING. THE RUBBER SOLE OF THE SIZE 8 TENNIS SHOES I WAS WEARING DIDN'T YELD THE PEDAL TO SNAP FREE BEFORE THE IMPACT. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS HURT. MY CONCERN IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING WHEN THE DRIVER IS STOPPING FOR A PEDESTRIAN, AND THE ENDANGERMENT TO ONE'S LIFE THAT A DESIGN FLAW LIKE THAT CAN CAUSE. THE NISSAN CORP. CUSTOMER REPRESENTANT WHO TOOK MY REPORT INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS THE WAY THE CAR IS DESIGNED AND THE PEDALS CAN NOT BE READJUSTED TO AVOID DOUBLE-EXPOSURE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH RIGHT REAR AXLE AND WHEEL DISCONNECTED FROM VEHICLE. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RIGHT REAR AXLE AND TIE ROD FLEW OFF CAUSING THE THE CONSUMER TO BE PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER HAD NO BRAKES AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, THE VEHICLE WAS THROWN IN PARK IN ORDER TO STOP. THERE WAS ONE INJURY. *SCC

WHEN PUMPING GAS IT WILL NOT CUT OFF, INDICATING THAT TANK IS FULL. HOWER, CAUSING GAS TO OVERFLOW.DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPL0YED, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER.*AK *YH

VEHICLE HIT A LIGHT POLE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE NEAR HEADLIGHT, RADIATOR PUSHED BACK ABOUT 6 INCHES. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED NECK/ BACK, AND HEAD INJURIES. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME, MAY BE TOTALLED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 20-25 MPH WITH A TREE AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. NLM *JG

WHEN FILLING TRUCK UP WITH GASOLINE AND WHEN TANK IS FULL THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE THAT SHOULD LET CONSUMER KNOW THAT PUMP IS FULL. BUT, INSTEAD GASOLINE CONSTANTLY LEAKS TO THE GROUND. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

REFUELING VEHICLE RESULTS IN SEVERE BACKSPLASH OF FUEL OUT OF THE FILLER TUBE, MOST LIKELY DUE TO INADEQUATE VAPOR SPACE VENTING. REFUELING EVEN AT VERY SLOW RATES RESULTED IN FUEL SPILLAGE. THIS PRESENTS AN EXPOSURE HAZARD AND POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. NISSAN CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE FUAL TANK ASSEMBLY. THE REPLACEMENT FUEL TANK HAS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT ISSUE A RECALL EVEN THOUGH OTHER VEHICLES OF THIS TYPE POSSESS THE SAME PROBLEM, IN ADDITION TO THEIR PICKUP TRUCK BASED ON THE SAME CHASIS. THEY APPARENTLY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND HAD CODED IT AS A "HARD REFUELING" PROBLEM. IN MY OPINION AS A PROCESS HAZARD SAFETY ENGINEER, THIS PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE ISSUANCE OF A RECALL.

WHILE DRIVING HOME AFTER PURCHASING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER WAS REPLACING FUEL TANK. *AK WEAK BATTERY CAUSED SLOW CRANKING.*ET

WHENEVER BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY WOULD EITHER SNATCH OR PULL VEHICLE TO RIGHT. THIS CAUSED STEERING WHEEL TO BE SNATCHED OUT DRIVER'S HANDS. VEHICLE HARD TO CONTROL. AT DEALER'S 7 TIMES, BUT NO REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENTS WERE DONE. *AK

THE CENTER SEAT BELT IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ADEQUATELY ACCOMODATE A CHILD SAFETY SEAT (IN THE CENTER OF THE VEHICLE). THE FEMALE STRAP IS TOO LONG AND WILL NOT TIGHTEN PROPERLY. IF YOU CAN GET IT TO TIGHTEN PROPERLY, IT IS INSIDE THE CAR SEAT AND POSES A THREAT TO THE CHILD BECAUSE IT IS IN THEIR BACK. THE CHILD COULD LEAN BACK ON IT AT THAT POINT AND UNFASTEN THE BELT. IF THEIR WAS AN ACCIDENT, THE BELT FASTENER COULD COME THROUGH THE CLOTH PART OF THE CAR SEAT AND INJURE THE CHILD.

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO ROTATE TIRES, AND DISCOVERED THAT SCISSOR TYPE JACK WILL NOT RAISE VEHICLE ENOUGH TO CHANGE TIRES. CONSUMER CONTACTED NISSAN, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW.*AK *SLC

THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE SPINDLE ON EACH FRONT WHEEL HAD RUSTED, THE CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW ESPECIALLY SINCE THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN TWO MONTHS OLD. NLM NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM IS COSMETIC RUST AND DOES NOT PRESENT ANY RISK, THEREFORE NOTHING WILL BE DONE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING CENTER WHEEL CAP FELL COMPLETELY OFF DUE TO A MISSING SPRING CLIP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER DRIVES UP A HILL ENGINE WILL STALL. CONSUMER HAS CALLED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS NOT CALLED BACK YET.*AK TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE SPEEDOMETER GOES BACK AND FORTH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON DUE TO CANISTER LEAK, DEALER REPLACED CANISTER AND VALVE ASSEMBLY. *YH

GAS TANK OVERFLOWS WHEN FILLING, NO AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF. *ET

CONSUMER WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION, GOING BY THE EPA STICKER ON VEHICLE ,THAT IT GETS 20-28 GAS MILEAGE. CONSUMER GOT VEHICLE PLUGGED TO COMPUTER, AND IT SHOWED CORRECT GAS MILEAGE WAS 17-19 FOR 5 SPEED CYLINDER. NISSAN MUST HAVE AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT TO ACHIEVE THE 17-19 GAS MILEAGE ON VEHICLE. NISSAN KNOWS THIS, AND STILL SHOWS EPA MILEAGE INCORRECTLY ON STICKERS.*AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH ON I-95 RIGHT REAR WHEEL AND AXLE FLEW OF CAR, THEN, CONSUMER HAD NO BRAKES, AND MANAGED TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. CONSUMER FELT VERY LUCKY HE WAS NOT KILLED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION, HITTING A GUARDRAIL, AND ON SECOND IMPACT HITTING A VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

DASH LIGHTING ON 2001 NISSAN XTERRA SE IS SO DIM THAT THE GAUGES CAN NOT BE READ AT MOST TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON DURING THE DAY IN CLOUDY WEATHER. VISABILITY IS DIFFICULT ON A DARK NIGHT. INABILITY TO DETERMINE SPEED (AND OTHER GAUGE STATUS) MAKES VEHICLE DANGEROUS TO OPERATE.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY.*AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION UPON APPLYING BRAKES WHILE PARKING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO REAR END BACK OF A VAN. VEHICLE AT DEALER SHOP FOR SEVERAL DAYS, AND NO RESPONSE WAS MADE AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

THE VEHICLE IS LEAKING FLUID FROM THE REAR AND WAS SPLASHING AGAINST THE REAR END DOOR AND WINDOW. *SLC