2000 Nissan Xterra

MY CAR STALLED AT HIGH SPEED (60 MPH) ON AN INTERSTATE. I WAS ABLE TO START IT AND TAKE TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED ISSUE AS BAD SPEEDOMETER CONTROLLER. DASHBOARD FAILURE SENT MESSAGE TO TRANSMISSION THAT CAR WASN'T RUNNING, CAUSING A STALL. VERY UNSAFE!!! THE DEALERSHIP ORDERED THE PART ON 8/10 AND TOLD ME THE CAR WOULD BE READY FOR PICKUP ON 8/13. AT THAT TIME I HAD SOME MAINTENANCE WORK DONE AS WELL, AFTER BEING INFORMED MY CAR WOULD BE READY ON 8/13. ON 8/13 I WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD DONE THE OTHER WORK ON MY CAR (120K MAINT, BATTERY, AND FIXED KNOCK SENSOR) BUT THE SPEEDOMETER CONTROLLER WAS ON BACKORDER. IT HAS BEEN OVER A MONTH. I TRIED DRIVING THE VEHICLE BUT AGAIN THREE TIMES EXPERIENCED A STALL, ALL WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE SO CONSIDER THE CAR NOT DRIVABLE AND WAS LUCKY TO NOT HAVE BEEN HIT. I REPORTED THE DELAY IN GETTING THE PART TO NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS, AND THEY ARE UNCONCERNED. THEY TOLD ME PARTS ONLY NEED TO BE MADE AVAILABLE DURING WARRANTY. WHO THESE DAYS W/ PRICE OF CARS CAN AFFORD NEW CAR W/I 3 YEARS? CAR IS ONLY 7 YRS OLD AND FOR ALL I KNOW, LATER MODELS COULD BE USING SAME PART. I SUSPECT PART IS UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME ISSUE, WHICH IS A VERY UNSAFE STALL, NORMALLY AT HIGH SPEED. DEALERSHIP EVEN TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE CAR. CAN YOU DO ANYTHING TO NISSAN TO GET PART IN SO I HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM MY JOB? *JB UPDATED 12-12-07. *KB UPDATED *JB

DURING ROUTINE CHECK AT CAR REPAIR SHOP (FOR NISSAN XTERRA), WAS TOLD THAT HEAD GASKET WAS CRACKED. I WAS ALSO NOTIFIED THAT THIS WAS UNUSUAL DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF MILES ON THE CAR, APPROXIMATELY 45,000. CAR SUBSEQUENTLY STARTED TO OVERHEAT, IMMEDIATELY RETURNED CAR TO DEALER, HERB GORDON NISSAN, FOR EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT OF HEAD GASKET. *TR

ON MARCH 20, 20007 I WAS SITTING IN A SUBWAY DRIVE-THRU AND THE ENGINE OF MY NISSAN XTERRA SHUT OFF. I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. MY SON HAD TO PUSH THE CAR OUT OF THE DRIVE-THRU. NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE RECALL I PAID $809.25 TO HAVE MY VEHICLE FIXED AT PRECISION IMPORT REPAIR IN ALOHA, OREGON. I CALLED 1-800-NISSAN1 AND THEY SAY THAT BEAVERTON NISSAN COMPLETED THE RECALL REPAIRS ON DECEMBER 10, 2004. I SPOKE TO BEAVERTON NISSAN AND THEY BELIEVE THOSE REPAIRS RELATED TO A DIFFERENT RECALL. THE RECALL NUMBER THEY SHOW IS R0402. I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET REIMBURSEMENT SINCE I PAID TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE MYSELF. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHY I NEVER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THE RECALL.

THE STEP BOARDS OF THE 2000 NISSAN XTERRA ARE CORRODING. I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER OF THE VEHICLE AND THERE HAS BEEN NO DAMAGE OR UNUSUAL USAGE OF THE STEP BOARDS THAT WOULD HAVE CASUED THE CORROSION. OTHERWISE, THE VEHICLE, BOTH MECHNAICALLY AND BODY, IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. *AK I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO TWO BODY SHOPS AND BOTH AGREE THE STEP BOARDS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND CANNOT BE REPAIRED. ESTIMATES FOR NEW STEP BOARDS AND INSTALLATION RANGE FROM $500 TO $670. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER INDICATES THE STEP BOARDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE VERY DURABLE AND SHOULD NOT HAVE CORRODED. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM NISSAN TO REPLACE THE STEP BOARDS. MY DIRECT REQUEST TO NISSAN WAS ALSO TURNED DOWN. SINCE I HAD TO ENTER A DATE IN THE FORM BELOW, I ENTERED THE DATE NISSAN TELEPHONED ME AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT BE ASSISTING ME IN MY EFFORT TO REPLACE THE STEP BOARDS. MY FILE NUMBER WAS 567.8334. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACCIDENTS OR DEATHS DUE TO THE DEFECT. HOWEVER, THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECTIVE FACTORY INSTALLED PART ON THE VEHICLE.

HEAT SHIELD ON BOTTOM OF 2000 NISSAN XTERRA SE BECAME LOOSE AND REQUIRED TIGHTENING TO STOP RATTLING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE BOUGHT CAR NEW IN THE END OF 1999 FROM A DEALERSHIP IN CHICAGO - MAYBE 6-12 TIMES. WHILE DRIVING ON 1/17/07, BRAKES JUST GAVE OUT. WHEN CAR BROUGHT TO SHOP, IT TURNS OUT THE HEAT SHIELD WAS RUBBING ON THE STEEL BRAKE LINE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE/BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE AND VIBRATION/RUBBING HAD FINALLY ERODED THE STEEL BRAKE LINE TO THE POINT IT BEGAN TO LEAK. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED FIVE TIMES. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 00V288000, REGARDING THE POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE OWNER DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTIFICATION ABOUT THIS RECALL. UPDATED 12/28/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ACCELERATING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, A RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE CONTACT NOTICED EXHAUST SMELL INSIDE THE CAB. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT AN LOOSE UNDERBODY SHIELD WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE RATTLING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED. THE CONTACT NOTICED 14 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE NETS WEBSITE REGARDING CRACKED RIGHT HAND EXHAUST MANIFOLD, AND EXPRESSED CONCERN BECAUSE INHALING CARBON MONOXIDE POSED A SERIOUS RISK. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.

FIRST AT 80,000 MILES AND THEN AGAIN AT 108,000 I HAVE HAD FAILURES OF MY PASSENGER SIDE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IN A 2000 NISSAN X-TERRA. IT STARTED AS A QUIET TICKING DURING ACCELERATION, AND NOW IT IS A TICKING DURING IDLING. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE POLLUTION & THE POSSIBILITY OF TOXIC GASES IN THE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. GOING TO HTTP://WWW.XTERRAOWNERSCLUB.COM/FORUMS.HTML I HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS A MORE THAN COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL NISSAN TRUCKS & SUVS. *NM

FOR SEVERAL YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A "RATTLING" NOISE AND THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A PROBLEM SHIFTING GEARS AT TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG (OF COURSE THIS IS THE SAME DEALERSHIP THAT FORGOT TO PUT THE OIL CAP BACK ON AFTER CHANGING THE OIL ONE DAY). FINALLY THE TRANSMISSION JUST BROKE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD A HORRIBLE SCRAPING METAL NOISE AND MY CAR BASICALLY JUST LUNGED FORWARD. IT SEEMED TO STAY IN 1ST GEAR BUT WOULDN'T GO INTO ANY OTHER GEAR INCLUDING REVERSE. THANKFULLY I WAS LESS THAN A BLOCK FROM HOME AND WAS ABLE TO PARK IT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE UNTIL I HAD IT TOWED. I HAD IT TOWED TO DON IRBY'S TRANSMISSIONS LLC (THE BEST TRANSMISSION PLACE IN TOWN) AND THEY REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION (RE4R01A). I KNOW THAT THE 2000 NISSAN XTERRA'S HAD A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION AND I REALLY WONDER IF/WHY MINE WASN'T INCLUDED...BECAUSE I REALLY DO FEEL THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM. MY XTERRA DRIVES LIKE A NEW CAR AGAIN! IT HASN'T DRIVEN AND PERFORMED THIS GREAT IN YEARS!!*JB