2005 Nissan Xterra

WE HAVE LEARNED THAT SOMETIME IN LATE 2007 NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION ISSUED A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER / RADIATOR ASSEMBLY FOR THE SUBJECT VEHICLES TO 8 YEARS, 80000 MILES ? UP FROM THE STANDARD 3 YEAR, 36000 MILE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY. NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, HAS NOT BEEN CONDUCTING ANY PREVENTATIVE INSPECTIONS OF THE SUBJECT VEHICLES TO HELP CONSUMERS PREVENT CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMERS REPORT THAT NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION IS DENYING THEIR WARRANTY CLAIMS AND AS A 'COURTESY MEASURE' WILL OFFER TO REPLACE THE FAILED OIL COOLER AT A DISCOUNT. THE ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS OR 20,000 MILES WITH A $3000 DEDUCTIBLE IS, AT MOST, A SAD JOKE AT THE EXPENSE OF CONSUMERS. NISSAN HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2007 AND HAS UNDERTAKEN NO PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM FAILURE. *TR

JUST BOUGHT AUTO FROM USED CAR DEALER DAY BEFORE. DROVE IT 30 MILES PULLED IN VISITED THEN WENT OUT TO START AUTO. WOULD NOT START TRACED BACK TO BLOWN FUSE, CHANGED FUSE TRIED STARTING AGAIN, BLEW FUSE AGAIN, ONE MORE TIME THEN WHEN AUTO STARTED SMOKE CAME OUT FROM UNDER HOOD. AFTER 3 MONTHS OF REPLACING ELECTRICAL WIRING FROM FRYING NARROWED DOWN TO RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION (FUSE THAT BLEW) THE COOLANT HAD BACKED UP AND TORE UP TRANSMISSION. IF IT HAD BEEN ON THE ROAD THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FULL BLOWN FIRE ON A HIGHWAY WITH POSSIBILITY OF HUMAN DAMAGES. *TR

THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WHERE THE RADIATOR LEAKS INTO TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYS TRANSMISSION. I JUST LEARNED OF THIS ISSUE LAST WEEK, AND HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH NISSAN DEALER TOMORROW. MY XTERRA IS STARTING TO SHIFT ERRATICALLY. I FEAR IT HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. I DON'T SEE HOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH NOT RECALLING THIS. IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND UNETHICAL. PLEASE HELP. *TR

THE CAR BEGAN TO VIBRATE AT 40 MPH. I TOOK IT TO TWO MECHANICS WHO COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. I TRIED REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND TIRE ROTATION AND BALANCE BUT THE VIBRATION CONTINUED. FINALLY, WHILE I WAS OUT OF TOWN, A MECHANIC DROPPED THE TRANSMISSION PAN AND DISCOVERED THE ENGINE COOLANT HAD ENTERED THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. HE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE NISSAN XTERRA 2005 - 2010. NISSAN EVEN HAS A BYPASS PART TO BE INSTALLED. THIS PIECE WAS INSTALLED AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED AND NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID PUT IN. THE RADIATOR APPEARS TO BE FINE, NO CRACKS AS OFTEN REPORTED WITH THIS PROBLEM. NOW, THREE MONTHS LATER, I HAVE SERIOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE CAR JERKS VIOLENTLY AT 40MPH ON ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. THE MIXING OF ENGINE COOLANT WITH THE TRANSMISSION HAS OBVIOUSLY CAUSED SERIOUS DAMAGE TO MY TRANSMISSION. I AM DEVASTATED. I LOVE THIS CAR BUT HAVE NO FINANCIAL MEANS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION JUST STUTTERED AND STOPPED WORKING WHILE IN TRAFFIC.TURNS OUT THE RADIATOR LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FROM NISSAN, HOWEVER THE COST OF THE REPAIR FELL TO ME. LUCKILY, I DID NOT INCUR ANY INJURY WHEN THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED WORKING DURING 5PM RUSH HOUR ON A FRIDAY. *TR

WHILE TURNING BACK INTO TRAFFIC MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA JERKED AS I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. ONCE I GOT THE VEHICLE TO THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC IT BEGAN TO HAVE TROUBLES SHIFTING GEARS AND ACCELERATING. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STEADY SPEED I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY OTHER ISSUES. AS I SLOWED TO AN EXIT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK AND NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. IT ALSO HAD TROUBLE ACCELERATING. AFTER HAVING THESE ISSUES I CHECKED MY FLUIDS AND FOUND A MILKY LIKE SUBSTANCE WAS IN MY TRANSMISSION AND MY COOLANT. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING WITH MY XTERRA AND FOUND THAT IT WAS VERY COMMON AND REALIZED THAT THEIR IS A CRACK IN MY RADIATOR WHICH IS CAUSING THE CONTAMINATION OF MY TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR JUST ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND IT IS VERY UPSETTING TO KNOW THAT I MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WHICH IS MORE THEN WHAT I PAID FOR THE VEHICLE. *TR

CAR WAS NOT RUNNING AS IT SHOULD. WE THOUGHT IT WAS TIRES AND HAD THE TIRES LOOKED AT. THEN THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON BUT THEN WENT OFF. CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. THEN SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME BACK. MONDAY MADE APPT FOR NISSAN DEALER (SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY). BY TUESDAY MORNING, COULD ONLY USE 3RD GEAR SO DROPPED OFF TO DEALER ON THAT TUESDAY. NISSAN DIAGNOSED: RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION MIXED AND CONTAMINATED WHICH DAMAGED THE TMC. RECOMMENDATION: REPLACING TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR ASSEMBLY (EST $6600). WE TOOK TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE WHO WAS WELL AWARE OF THE DEFECT OF THIS MODEL AND INDICATED THAT NISSAN WOULD BE FIXING THE PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE JUST REPEATING THE ISSUE AND THE PROBLEM COULD OCCUR AGAIN. A FLAW IN NISSAN'S DESIGN IS WHAT WE HAVE HEARD AND READ ABOUT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO RISK IT WITH NISSAN SO WE HAD REPAIRED ELSEWHERE. WE ONLY HAD 117,000 MILES. *TR

SUDDENLY THE CAR (AUTOMATIC) WAS REVVING HIGH AND NOT SHIFTING INTO NEXT GEAR AND STARTING MAKING AHIGHER PITCHED NOISE AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT THEN CAME ON. I DROVE TO A GAS STATION AND BEFORE FULLY PULLING IN, MY CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE, REVVED HIGH AND STARTED SMOKING. I HAD TO GET TOWED AND MY CAR IS NOW GOING TO NEED A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. NISSAN IS SAYING SINCE I AM PASSED THE EXTENDED 10 YEAR WARRANTY OR 100,000 MILES, THERE IS NOTHING MORE THEY WILL DO ABOUT IT. CURRENTLY AM BEING TRANSFERRED TO SEE IF SOMEONE ELSE CARES ENOUGH ABOUT NISSANS IMAGE AS WELL AS THEIR DRIVERS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I HAVE BEEN QUOTED IT WILL COST $5100 TO REPAIR THIS NISSAN KNOWN ISSUE. *TR

I WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT RADIATOR FLUID HAD CONTAMINATED TRANSMISSION FLUID IN MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THIS DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR WAS KNOWN TO OCCUR IN HIGH MILEAGE VEHICLES SUCH AS MINE AND WAS KNOWN TO NISSAN AS THEY EXTENDED A SERVICE WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES. UNFORTUNATELY, MY VEHICLE'S MILEAGE IS OVER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND I AM NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS THE TRANSMISSION PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE ABILITY FOR THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE INTO AND ACROSS TRAFFIC ON BUSY HIGHWAYS AND ROADS. THE INABILITY TO DO SO PROPERLY WITH A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION MAY LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE CONTAMINATED RADIATOR COOLANT MAY NOT ACCOMPLISH THE INTENDED GOAL OF COOLING ENGINE COMPONENTS LEADING TO OVER HEATING AND ENGINE DYSFUNCTION. I FEEL STRONGLY THAT NISSAN NEW ABOUT THE DEFECT AND DID NOT TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO NOTIFY CONSUMERS TO HAVE THE RADIATORS REPLACED PRIOR TO HAVING COMPLICATIONS FROM THE DEFECTIVE PARTS. *JS