2005 Nissan Xterra complaints

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, VEHICLE WOULD START TO SHUDDER AND THUD INTO GEAR. HAD VEHICLE CHECKED OUT AND TOLD THERE WAS A DEFECT IN WHICH THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED AND COOLANT MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID, THEREBY DESTROYING THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS APPARENTLY A VERY COMMON PROBLEM OF NISSAN XTERRAS FROM 2005 TO 2010 THAT I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT. THIS REALLY SHOULD BE RECALLED ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLE, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM AND IF ONE HAS OVER 80K MILES THEY STILL PAY HALF FOR THE REPAIR AND IF OVER 100K MILES THERE IS NO WARRANTY COVERAGE FROM NISSAN. THE WARRANTY EXTENSION WAS THE RESULT OF A CLASS ACTION SUIT BUT IS NOT ENOUGH WHEN FULL REPAIR CAN BE $6000 AND THERE HAS BEEN NO WARNING FROM NISSAN THAT THIS IS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM TO LOOK FOR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 70MPH. CAR BEGINS HAVE A LARGE RUMBLE. CAN'T TELL IF IT THE REAR END, THE DRIVE SHAFT OR TRANSMISSION. THERE IS NO PATTERN TO THE RUMBLE AND IT CONTINUES FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, SO I TAKE IT TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP. THEY TELL ME THAT I HAVE WATER IN MY TRANSMISSION FLUID, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A CRACKED LINE IN THE RADIATOR. I AM TOLD TO CHECK ON THE INTERNET, BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM THAT LOT OF NISSAN XTERRA OWNERS ARE FACING. SO, I CHECK IT OUT AND THE ISSUE IS HUGE. I BOUGHT THE XTERRA ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND DURING THAT TIME WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY ANYONE WARNING ME OF THIS ISSUE. NOW, AT THE TIME I FIND THAT THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT, MY VEHICLE HAS OVER THE 100,000 MILE LIMIT. FROM WHAT I READ, THE MAJORITY OF THE VEHICLES ARE OVER THE 100,000 MILE LIMIT WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS. MY VEHICLE STILL WILL DRIVE AND ONLY GET THE RUMBLE OCCASIONALLY, BUT I NOW KNOW IT'S FATE. IT'S ASHAMED THAT I COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WARNED BY NISSAN BEFORE FACING COSTLY REPAIRS. NISSAN COULD HAVE SAVED US LOTS OF HEADACHE AND MONEY IF WE HAD KNOW AND BEEN ABLE TO BE PRO-ACTIVE BEFORE THE DAMAGE WAS DONE. *TR

TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP INTERMITTENTLY, THEN STOPPED SHIFTING ALL TOGETHER. REPLACED TRANSMISSION, BUT QUIT AGAIN AFTER ONLY A WEEK OF DRIVING. TURNS OUT THE COOLING SYSTEM WAS LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION AND CAUSING PARTS FAILURE. HAD TO REPLACE RADIATOR, AND, MULTIPLE TRANSMISSIONS PARTS FOR 2ND TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RADIATOR FLUID WAS INTERCHANGING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND CAUSING FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH.VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE THEN SUDDENLY WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. VEHICLE HAS NO INDICATIONS OF PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED WITH ENGINE COOLANT ACCORDING TO THE SHOP THAT REPAIRED IT. *JS

THE VEHICLE DOESN'T MOVE,DESPITE ACCELERATION, NO ENGINE LIGHT. WENT TO THE DEALER AND AFTER DIAGNOSIS THEY SAID THE RADIATOR WAS CRACKED AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING. THE COST COMES TO $7500. CONTACTED NISSAN THEY SAY ITS NOT WITHIN WARRANTY. THESES IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN ON THE RADIATOR. UPDATED 05/01/14

INTERNAL RADIATOR TRANSMISSION COOLER CRACKED LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYING IT, RENDERING IT USELESS. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE GAVE ME ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ANY INDICATION OF AN ISSUE OCCURRING WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD NO ADVANCE NOTICE SO I WAS UNABLE TO AVOID ANY DAMAGE TO MY TRANSMISSION. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE SHOP BECAUSE OF A RUMBLING NOISE AND SHAKE THAT WAS HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING. IT FEELS LIKE HITTING THE SAFETY STRIPS ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD BY THE SHOULDER. THE MECHANICS PULLED THINGS APART AND IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS RADIATOR FLUID AND ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING INTO MY TRANSMISSION. THERE WERE ALSO METAL SHAVINGS MIXED IN WITH THE FLUIDS. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO A PROBLEM WELL KNOWN BY NISSAN. COOLANT ENTERED THROUGH A FAILED RADIATOR AND CAUSES FAILURE OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TIMING CHAIN FAILURE ALSO WELL KNOWN BY NISSAN. *TR

DRIVING WITH FAMILY ON INTERSTATE 5 ON THE RIGHT LANE GOING 60-62 MPH. WITHOUT NO LIGHT SENSOR WARNING FROM THE XTERRA OR NO OTHER WARNING WHATSOEVER, IT SLOWED DOWN DRASTICALLY FROM 60MPH TO 30MPH, AND I CAN SEE FAST MOVING VEHICLES PASSING ME. THERE WAS A HUGE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND US, HE STARTED TO FLASH HIS HIGH BEAM ON US FROM BEHIND. I TRY TO ACCELERATE BUT IT WOULD NOT, IT JUST MAKE A VERY LOUD ENGINE SOUND. THE SEMI TRUCK SO CLOSE BEHIND US, I GOT SCARED, I SIGNAL RIGHT TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND DOING SO WE ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR THAT WAS MERGING TO THE FREEWAY BECAUSE THE XTERRA WAS VERY SLOW. WE PULLED TO THE SHOULDER, PUT IN PARK AND THE XTERRA HAS A WEIRD SMELL COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE FRONT. I TRY TO SHIFT TO DRIVE BUT IT DIDN'T MOVE. I TRY TO SHIFT TO REVERSE TO PARK THE XTERRA IN A BETTER POSITION OFF THE FREEWAY BUT IT DIDN'T MOVE. TWO HOURS LATER, THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVE. I WAS EXTREMELY UPSET OUR ENTIRE FAMILY COULD HAVE BEEN KILL BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT. *TR

FUEL GAUGE REGISTERS EMPTY TO ARBITRARILY AMOUNTS OF REMAINING FUEL REGARDLESS HOW MUCH FUEL IS ACTUALLY IN TANK. ONGOING PROBLEM TO DATE. *TR

RADIATOR COOLANT AND OIL MIXTURE AND DUE TO THAT, THE TRANSMISSION MAKES THE CAR VIBRATE TO AN UNDRIVABLE POINT AFFECTING THE DRIVER ABILITY TO CONDUCT A SAFE OPERATION ON THE ROAD INCLUDING BUSY HIGHWAYS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MOUNTAIN IN TENNESSEE ON A FAMILY VACATION, WHEN MY TRANSMISSION FAILED BECAUSE THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. IN ORDER TO GET TO A SAFE LOCATION I HAD TO DRIVE IN REVERSE TO A DRIVEWAY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT WITH A YOUNG CHILD AND MY FIANCE IN THE CAR. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I REALIZED THAT NISSAN HAS OVER 500 COMPLAINT ON THE SAME ISSUE AND IT WAS NEVER RESOLVED. I PAID 4800 DOLLARS OUT OF POCKET IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION BECAME STUCK IN 3RD OR 4TH GEAR AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THEN IT WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS. AFTER THAT IT GOT STUCK IN 1ST AND WOULD NOT SHIFT. IT IS CURRENTLY STUCK IN 3RD OR 4TH AGAIN. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS A RED BROWN FOAMY COLOR. IT IS GIVING A CODE OF P1754. *TR

THERE IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT WITH THE RADIATOR IN WHICH IT CRACKS AND LEAKS FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH THEN DESTROYS THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN WE CALLED NISSAN TO ASK IF THEY WERE GOING TO STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT, THEY TOLD US THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR US. *TR

"SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON AT 106000 MILES. IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT IN TO GET IT DIAGNOSED (THE NEXT MORNING). THEY SAID THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION, AND THEREFORE, I WOULD NEED A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THIS APPARENTLY SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH 2005-2010 NISSAN SUVS AND NISSAN IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. THE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT DOES NOTHING FOR US. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THEN WHEN I FILLED VEHICLE WITH FUEL GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY AND LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON. GAUGE DOES NOT COME BACK ON U TIL VEHICLE IS DRIVEN FROM 85 TO 125 MILES AND THEN TAKES AWHILE TO REACH UP TO AROUND 3/4 FULL. NEVER REALLY SURE HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN TANK. WAS ADVISED TO CHANGE THE FUEL TANK CAP AND DID TWICE BUT STILL NOT WORKING. HAVE TO RELY ON TRIP GAUGE TO KNOW IF I HAVE ENOUGH FUEL. THIS SEEMS RISKY FOR AN ALMOST 75 YEAR OLD WOMAN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70MPH ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AND CARS WERE AT THAT RATE AND FASTER. MY VEHICLE BEGINNING SLOWING DOWN, I IMMEDIATELY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED SLOWING DOWN. I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN MAKING MY WAY OVER TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. MY LIGHTS BEGAN FLICKERING (BOTH HEADLIGHTS AND INSIDE LIGHTS). MY BRAKE LIGHT, ABS LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, ETC ALL POPPED UP ON THE DASH. AS I MADE IT TO THE BREAK DOWN LANE THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND IN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. NEXT THE VEHICLE THEN SHUTOFF COMPLETELY AND WOULD NOT START. I HAD NO WARNING THIS WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. LUCKY FOR ME, I HADN'T GONE INTO THE FAST LANE BECAUSE I NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE IT INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE WITHOUT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT.

IT WAS A VERY COLD MORNING WHEN I GET READY FOR WORK, JUST GOT OUT OF OUR DRIVE WAY AND SUDDENLY WE HEARD 2 LOUD THUMP SOUND LIKE WE HAVE JUST RUN OVER SOMETHING LIKE ROCKS OR WOODS. IT SCARED US A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE VIBRATION, THEN IT RUNS NORMALLY AGAIN, THE NEXT DAY IT HAPPEN AGAIN BUT 1 TIME ONLY AND TODAY THE SAME. I WONT WAIT LONGER BEFORE SOMETHING WORST HAPPEN SO ILL BRING MY CAR TO THE MECHANIC SHOP TO HAVE IT CHECK TOMORROW. HOPE THIS WILL GIVE ME SOME ANSWERS . HOPE THIS IS NOT A RECALL DEFECT AGAIN BECAUSE I ALREADY HAD 1 VEHICLE RENDERED NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BEFORE AND THE COMPANY BOUGHT IT BACK.

MY 16 YEAR SON WAS DRIVING HOME AT 11:00 PM ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN, WITH NO WARNING, THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION POWER. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AND GOT IT INTO 3RD GEAR. IT WOULD NOT WORK IN DRIVE. HE PROCEEDED VERY SLOWLY FOR A SHORT DISTANCE UNTIL HE WOULD LOSE ACCELERATION POWER. HE HAD TO CONTINUE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON THE HIGHWAY MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET IT HOME THAT EVENING. HE CONTINUED VERY SLOWLY WITH HIS FLASHING LIGHTS ON. IT SUBSEQUENTLY HAD TO BE TOWED. THANKFULLY, IT DID NOT RESULT IN A CRASH ON THE INTERSTATE. THE CAR IS BLACK AND IT WAS VERY DARK. IT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE IMMEDIATELY BEHIND HIM TO REACT ON THE INTERSTATE. MY SON'S SAFETY WAS SEVERELY COMPROMISED. THE PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION PROBLEM NISSAN IS ALREADY BEING INVESTIGATED FOR (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER DP12004). IT REQUIRED A NEW RADIATOR, A NEW TRANSMISSION AND A NEW TRANSMISSION COMPUTER AS THIS WAS ALL RUINED WITH THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE RADIATOR. THE COST OF REPAIRS WAS $4632.97 INCLUDING THE TOW CHARGE. NISSAN HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND EVEN SETTLED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR THIS VERY ISSUE A FEW YEARS AGO. HAD THEY VOLUNTARILY RECALLED THE VEHICLE AND FIXED THE PROBLEM, MY SON WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PUT IN THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THE COSTS WOULD HAVE BEEN MINIMIZED. I DESIRE FOR NISSAN TO BE HELD LIABLE FOR THIS - YOU HAVE RECEIVED LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF TH

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP GEARS BEFORE BECOMING INOPERATIVE. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD TURNED INTO A DARK BROW, ALMOST BLACK COLOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

I STARTED TO NOTICE A PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THOUGHT IT MAY BE A ENGINE OIL ISSUE. I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE IT DID NOT FEEL RIGHT WHEN DRIVING THE CAR IT ON THE HIGHWAY. ATTAINING THE SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY WAS DIFFICULT AND SLOW. WHEN BRAKING IT WAS ALSO SLOWER TO REACT. I TOOK IT TOO NISSAN THINKING IT AN EASY FIXED, I PAID $700 DOLLARS TO FIX WHATEVER THEY COULD ANALYZE. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED, BUT NO. THEN I WAS HIT WITH A $3000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR, WHICH WAS KNOWN ABOUT BACK IN 2010. WHAT A RIP OFF NISSAN, YOU KNEW THERE WAS AN ISSUE AND YOU NEGLECT TO INFORM YOUR CUSTOMERS. I HOPE YOU GO BANKRUPT NOW! *TR

GAS GAUGE WONT READ, DISPLAYS EMPTY WHEN FULL. GOES BACK AND FORTH. 2006 AND 2008 RECALLED FOR SAME PROBLEM AND PART # BUT NISSAN WONT PAY TO HAVE 2005 FIXED OR DO A RECALL. WE BUT FROM ROANOKE NISSAN DEALER USED AT 57351 MILES. THEY DIDN'T OFFER WARRANTY AND WE DIDN'T GET EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CROSS CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT DUE TO FAULTY RADIATOR. THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM WITH NISSANS XTERRA AND PATHFINDERS. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. NISSAN SOLD PRODUCTS WITH POOR MANUFACTURING QUALITY THAT CAUSE THIS CATASTROPHIC MALFUNCTION. CURRENT NISSAN OWNER ARE STUCK WITH A REPAIR BILL FOR 5 TO 6 THOUSAND DOLLARS OR WITH A TRUCK THAT THEY CAN'T DRIVE OF SELL BECAUSE NISSANS REFUSES TO TAKE CARE OF ITS CUSTOMERS. *TR

TRANSMISSION DIED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, DUE TO THE RADIATOR ISSUES OF THE XTERRAS FROM THE YEAR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AND IN FLOW OF TRAFFIC VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER, BUT RPMS WOULD STILL INCREASE DUE TO FAULTY TRANSMISSION IN THE XTERRA. FAULTY TRANSMISSION LEADS TO MIXING OF THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING LOSS OF ACCELERATION. ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR

ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IS REQUIRED. *TR

WHEN I AM DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 65 OR 50 MILES AN HOUR THE CAR WOULD SLOW DOWN AND CARS BEHIND ME WOULD ALMOST HIT ME. THIS CAR WAS ON A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND WAS FIXED. THE SAME PROBLEM CAME BACK ON THE TRANSMISSION AND NISSAN WOULD NOT FIX IT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DRIVING 35 MPH, VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPS. BY READING ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE TRANSMISSION, THE COOLANT MIXING AND CONTAMINATING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. SOUNDS EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUES. WILL BE BRINGING TO GET FINAL DIAGNOSIS. ALL OTHER RECALLS HAVE HAPPENED TO MY XTERRA, AND I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *TR

TRAVELING AT 45MPH CAR HIT CURB AND WAS THEN DIVERTED TO MEDIAN WHERE THE FRONT BUMPER HIT A LARGE TREE AND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER WAS SEVERELY INJURED. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAD MY TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REPLACED IN MY 05 NISSAN XTERRA IN DEC 2010 AT 69,000 MILES DUE TO DEFECT OF RADIATOR LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH CAUSED ME TO BRAKE DOWN ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY. THE NISSAN SERVICE/DEALER IN KINGSTON MA WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE TRIED TO TELL US ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS A RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUSH BUT WE HAD ALREADY CONTACTED NISSAN CORPORATE AND FOUND OUT WE WERE ENTITLED TO A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR ASSEMBLY DUE TO A RECALL. THEY UNWILLINGLY REPLACED BOTH ASSEMBLIES. I HAVE NOW EXPERIENCED A 2ND BRAKE DOWN ON AN ON RAMP ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT MOVE MY CAR AS THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN FAILED AT 153,900 MILES. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE NISSAN SERVICE/DEALER IN KINGSTON MA AND WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION WE HAD PUT IN 2010 WAS ONLY UNDER WARRANTY FOR 1 YR/12000 MILES AND I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL REPAIR COSTS. I HAVE TO THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL REPAIR WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY AND THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTED IN THE NEW ASSEMBLIES THAT WERE PUT IN AS A NEW TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN THIS. I FEEL MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHER MOTORISTS WAS PUT AT RISK DUE TO THESE PROBLEMS AS SEVERE ACCIDENTS COULD HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE MY VEHICLE LOST THE ABILITY TO MOVE AT ALL ON THE HIGHWAY IN TWO DIFFERENT INCIDENTS. NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT FIXING THE INITIAL PROBLEM PROPERLY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA DOWN THE HIGHWAY AROUND 65MPH WHEN I NOTICED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD JUST BEFORE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP & THE VEHICLE WENT DEAD. HAD IT TOWED INTO DEALERSHIP, WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED & WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. ISSUES CAUSED FROM FAULTY RADIATOR DRAINAGE INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID. I HAVE READ OF COUNTLESS OTHER REPORTS OF THIS SAME ISSUE. THIS YEAR VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED BY DEALERSHIP TO CORRECT THIS RECURRING PROBLEM. IT WONT BE LONG BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE DUE TO FAILED TRANSMISSION & HITS ANOTHER VEHICLE OR KILLS SOMEONE! *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA AND I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION I PLACE IT IN GEAR AND HEARD A POP AND THEN THE VEHICLE DID NOT WANT TO GO ANYWHERE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IF NISSAN KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM THEY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS NO MATTER WHAT THE MILEAGE IS ON THE VEHICLE. I WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER NISSAN IF THEY DON'T WANT TO STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCTS. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WENT BAD AND IT COST ME 1200.00 DOLLARS TO HAVE IT FIXED AND IT WAS ALSO A KNOWN PROBLEM. *TR

COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ESTIMATE OF $5800 TO REPAIR. *TR

THE CAR HAD BEEN DRIVING FINE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO A HIGHER GEAR. THE RPMS WOULD JUST INCREASE. AT TIMES THE CAR WOULD NOT EVEN GO INTO ANY GEAR WHAT SO EVER. FINALLY MANAGED TO GET IT TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING WITH THE RADIATOR FLUID. TOLD ME I NEEDED BOTH REPLACED AND QUOTED OVER $6500 FOR THE FIX. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AT THE TIME, BUT I WAS ALSO HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL GAUGE (ALSO ANOTHER KNOWN PROBLEM IN XTERRAS). *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING, AFTER PULLING FROM A COUNTY ROAD ONTO A STATE HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE "STUTTERED" AND IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER TO THE DRIVE TRAIN. DISCOVERED THAT I HAD WATER IN MY TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID WAS MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 116,208.

WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS I BEGAN TO NOTICE THE ENGINE BOGGING DOWN WHEN CHANGING GEARS. UPON TAKING IT TO MY MECHANIC I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A LEAK BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE COOLANT SYSTEMS. THE FIX WOULD REQUIRE A REPLACEMENT OF BOTH SYSTEMS TOTALLY APPROX. $6000! APPARENTLY THIS IS A "KNOWN ISSUE" WITH 2005-2010 XTERRAS. UPON CONTACTING NISSAN I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS OVER 100,000 MILES THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO FOR ME. IF THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, AND A RATHER MAJOR ONE AT THAT, I'M NOT SURE WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY RECALLS OR SOME KIND OF FIX. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING OUR 2005 NISSAN XTERRA AND SUDDENLY THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, SHE FLOORED IT AND AFTER A WHILE IT GOT BACK UP TO SPEED ENOUGH FOR HER TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY THROUGH 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND ONTO THE SIDE ROAD. THE CAR NOW SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY BECAUSE IT WILL COST OVER 6,000 TO REPAIR (THE CAR BOOK VALUE IS A BIT LESS THAN THAT). THE TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE FLUID HAS GOTTEN INTO THE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND STILL CONTINUES TO LET THEIR CUSTOMERS BEAR THE BRUNT OF THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. THANK GOD MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY DUE TO THE SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED/CONTROL. I HOPE IT DOES NOT TAKE SOMEONE DYING FROM THIS DEFECT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO RECALL AND PAY TO REPLACE/REPAIR THIS ISSUE. PERHAPS SOMEONE ALREADY HAS BUT NO ONE KNOWS YET. I HAD TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME FROM THE MECHANIC SHOP JUST A FEW MILES AND WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS ALMOST HIT TWICE. WE HAVE BOUGHT HER A NEW CAR (NOT A NISSAN) AND ARE TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE TO PURCHASE THE NISSAN AND FIX IT THEMSELVES OR SELL IT FOR PARTS. WE NOW HAVE A USELESS AUTO THAT IS NO LONGER WORTH A DIME AND WE ARE OUT SEVERAL THOUSAND IN RESALE VALUE. HOW CAN THIS BE LEGAL? WHEN WILL THIS FINALLY BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60 MPH, MY CAR SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR AND THE RPM'S SHOT UP CAUSING MY CAR TO PRETTY MUCH STOP MOVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALL FOR A TOW. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO TOLD US THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FRIED. BY LOOKING AT THE FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION JUST ON A QUICK LOOK, HE DEDUCED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD MOST LIKELY LEAKED COOLANT, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I LEARNED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY NISSAN VEHICLES AND COULD BE A HUGE PROBLEM FOR MANY PEOPLE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET TO SAFETY AND WAS NOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR OR SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES. FINALLY, I HAD TO TRADE THE CAR IN FOR A GIGANTIC LOSS! VERY UPSET. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA WITH 75600 MILES JERKS WHEN IT SHIFTS. AFTER DOING MY OWN ONLINE RESEARCH AND BRINGING TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING COOLANT AND MIXING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THERE IS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS DEFECT TO 80,000 OR 96MONTHS. I QUALIFIED FOR THE MILEAGE BUT NOT THE SERVICE DURATION (6 MONTHS OVERDUE). THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD BE A $2500 COPAY TO REPLACE MY RADIATOR AND REPAIR MY TRANSMISSION. I TALKED TO NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS BUT THEY REFUSED TO HELP AND SAID $2500 IS MY ONLY OPTION. THIS RADIATOR IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR ALL THE DAMAGE IT CAUSED. I'VE OWNED MANY NISSANS BEFORE AND HAD GREAT LOYALTY TO THEM. NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR KNOWING ABOUT THEIR FAULTY RADIATOR AND NOT FIXING THEM BEFORE THEY CAUSED FURTHER DAMAGE! *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA HAVE THIS COMMON PROBLEM WHERE THE RADIATOR LEAKS INTO TRANSMISSION AND CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO STOP WORKING. AND SINCE I WAS OVER 100,000 NISSAN DEALERS WANT TO CHARGE ME A COPAY OF $3000. *TR

I BEGAN TO HAVE VIBRATION IN MY VEHICLE WHEN I REACHED SPEEDS OF 45 MPH AND GOT WORSE AROUND 65 MPH. I TOOK MY CAR TO NISSAN TWICE IN AUG. 2013 AND WAS TOLD IT WAS ROAD VIBRATION. IN EARLY NOV. I TOOK MY CAR TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC FOR THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THE VIBRATION WASN'T ROAD VIBRATION AND THAT IT WAS EITHER MY DRIVE SHAFTS OR TRANSMISSION. ON NOV. 17TH I DROVE FROM ALTOONA PA TO UPPER MARLBORO MD AND ARRIVED AROUND 2 AM. I WENT TO DRIVE MY CAR INTO DC ON THE MORNING OF THE 18TH AND WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE IT BACKED UP, BUT WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE IT WOULDN'T DRIVE FORWARD. AFTER SHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS FOR A FEW MINUTES MY CAR DROVE FORWARD SO I PARKED IT IN MY DRIVEWAY. MY CAR HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE DRIVEN SINCE. WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR AND PRESS THE GAS THE ENGINE JUST REVS. WHEN I START MY CAR I CAN HEAR THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MAKING A WHINING NOISE. MY RADIATOR ALSO BROKE IN LATE AUGUST OF 2013 AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I HAD A COMPLETE LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER AND NEEDING TO BE TOWED TO A SHOP. THE SHOP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS AND A DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS LEADING UP TO OR JUST PRIOR TO THE FAILURES. THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NOW NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

MY 2005 XTERRA S-V6 4X2 HAD LOSS OF POWER AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN DAMAGED TO THE RADIATOR THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION IS NOW DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURES. WHEN I SPOKE TO NISSAN THEY STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL. AFTER I DID SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT THERE IS A EXTENDED WARRANTY. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN BACK THEY STATED IT WAS ONLY UP TO 80,000. SO REPAIRS ARE ON ME. *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING IN HIGH GEAR, BECAUSE OF A LEAK FROM A KNOWN FAULTY RADIATOR LETTING COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION. *TR

TRANSMISSION KEPT SLIPPING FROM 4TH GEAR TO 3RD, THEN BACK TO 4TH. IT WAS BROUGHT IN FOR TRANSMISSION SERVICE AND LEARNED THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE RADIATOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE OCCURRING IN 2005-2007 MODELS, BUT HAVE DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT IT, NOR HAVE THEY NOTIFIED OWNERS OF THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MODEL XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE REPLACED THE RADIATOR AS A PRECAUTION TO AVOID RADIATOR FLUID FROM MIXING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

I WAS SLOWING DOWN AT AN INTERSECTION TO PREPARE TO STOP WHEN I HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND FROM UNDER MY CAR AND THEN SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO GO, I HEARD MY ENGINE REV BUT ONLY GOT VERY LITTLE ACCELERATION BEFORE IT MOVED FORWARD. IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT ANOTHER INTERSECTION SO I DROVE HOME CAREFULLY. SPECULATING THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION, MY HUSBAND AND I DID THE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT REGARDING TO ENGINE COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION. WE WERE SURPRISED THAT I WAS NEVER ALERTED TO THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM BY NISSAN. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE. AT FIRST THEY LIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE KNEW ABOUT THE LAWSUIT, THEN THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WAS PROBLEM. THEN THEY WEREN'T GOING TO HELP US BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED THAT MY VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. MY HUSBAND TOLD THEM THAT THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, DID NOT SAY IT WAS FOR SELECT VIN NUMBERS. WE WERE TOLD TO BRING IT IN, WHICH WE DID AND THEN THEY INFORMED US WE STILL HAD TO PAY $2500. IF I HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM, I WOULD HAVE HAD IT FIXED BEFORE IT BECAME SERIOUS. THIS WEBSITE GIVES THE BEST INFO TO WHAT HAPPENED: HTTP://WWW.NCCONSUMER.ORG/NISSAN%20FRONTIER%20PATHFINDER%20XTERRA%20OIL%20COOLER%20TRANSMISSION%20DEFECT.HTML. WE WERE NEVER TOLD ABOUT THIS ISSUE EVEN WHEN WE HAD THE DEALERSHIP DO THE OIL CHANGE PREVIOUSLY. THE WORST PART IS THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUE BUT DID NOTHING TO HELP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT'S PERSONAL MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THE RADIATOR SMOKING. THE MECHANIC ALSO NOTICED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID HAD MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 149,000.