2005 Nissan Xterra

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA, RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A RUMBLING EFFECT UNDER THE VEHICLE LIKE THE FEELING OF RUMBLE STRIPS, AFTER LOOKING AROUND MY VEHICLE AND FINDING NOTHING WRONG. TWO DAYS AGO MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOP GOING IN/OUT OF GEAR AND AFTER DRIVING 3 MILES TO THEN GYM AND BACK I PULLED MY XTERRA IN THE DRIVEWAY THEN SUDDENLY A PINKISH FLUID POURED OUT FROM UNDER THE CARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE AROUND THE TRANSMISSION. THIS CANNOT BE SAFE WHETHER ON THE HIGHWAY OR RURAL ROAD, WHAT HAS NISSAN DONE TO MITIGATE THIS PROBLEM? I UNDERSTAND THIS IS TYPICAL FOR 2005 XTERRAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT ANTI-FREEZE WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE BECAUSE THE INTAKE VALVE GASKET WAS BENT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VALVE GASKET WAS BENDING BECAUSE THE INTAKE VALVE AND RADIATOR WERE MADE OF PLASTIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95,000. UPDATED 05/03/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED DUE THE DEFECT WITH THE RADIATOR, ANTI-FREEZE LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. UPDATED 08/04/11

I NOTICED IN THE SPRING OF 2010 MY 05 NISSAN XTERRA BEGAN TO STALL AND SPUTTER AT VARIOUS TIMES. I BEGAN TO NOTICE A PINK/ROSE COLORED SUBSTANCE ON THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK. IN JULY CAR WOULDN'T DRIVE AT ALL AND JERKED WHEN IT FINALLY DID MOVE. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND GOT A DIAGNOSIS OF A FAULTY RADIATOR. HAD THAT REPLACED AT A COST OF $1200.00 WAS INFORMED THAT THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED CAUSING THE BREAKDOWN. I DROVE FOR ANOTHER FEW MONTHS WHEN THE TRUCK GAVE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO YET ANOTHER SHOP FOR REPAIR. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS TOAST DUE TO THE MIXING OF THE FLUIDS AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED/REBUILT AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. NISSAN HAS YET TO ADMIT THAT THE 05 XTERRA'S HAVE RADIATOR FAULTS AND RECALL SAID VEHICLES. TO GET THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT A COST TO ME OF $2500 AND YET I AM STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRUCK. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE ECM RELAY AND HAD THAT CORRECTED DUE TO "CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH." MY QUESTION IS IF THE COMPANY CAN ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS MATTER THEN WHY NOT FOR THE FAULTY RADIATORS THAT LEAD TO DESTROYED TRANSMISSIONS. I JUST GOT MY TRUCK OUT OF THE SHOP AND JUST HAD THE ECM REPLACED AND YET MY TRUCK STILL STALLS. WHEN WILL NISSAN ADMIT THEIR MISTAKES AND OWN UP TO IT AND RECALL ALL SAID CARS AND TRUCKS AFFECTED AND REIMBURSE THE CONSUMERS FOR THE MONIES THAT HAS BEEN SHELLED OUT SO FAR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AS I DON'T WISH TO BE DRIVING ALONG WHEN MY TRUCK STALLS AND I'M REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE OR BY A TRACTOR TRAILER GOD FORBID. I WOULD LIKE FOR A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM AND TO SEE THAT ALL NISSAN XTERRA OWNERS ARE VALIDATED IN THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. I DO HOPE THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE THERE WILL BE SOME RESOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE AS I AM NOT MADE OF MONEY AND DON'T OWN ANOTHER VEHICLE TO USE AT MY DISPOSABLE. THANKS *TR

I JUST RECENTLY STARTED EXPERIENCING A 'SHUDDER' UNDER MILD ACCELERATION BETWEEN 40-60 MPH WITH MY 05XTERRA, V6 4X4 (~120K MILES). FEELS LIKE MY REAR WHEELS ARE GOING OVER A RUMBLE STRIP AND ONLY LASTS A FEW BRIEF MOMENTS. TOOK MY XTERRA BACK TO DEALER AND THEY INDICATED POSSIBILITY OF TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAK ALLOWING ANTIFREEZE TO ENTER TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION CAUSING SLIPPAGE; ALTHOUGH THEY CHECKED MY FLUIDS AND NO CROSS CONTAMINATION WAS EVIDENT. THEY RECOMMENDED REPLACING TORQUE CONVERTER, TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR...TO THE TUNE OF ~$5000...THERE'S GOT TO BE BETTER ANSWER...AND ACCOUNTABILITY ON THEIR PART...I SEARCHED ON LINE AND FOUND THAT I'M NOT ALONE WITH THIS ISSUE... A NUMBER OF FOLKS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE...NISSAN HAS EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED A PROBLEM AND HAS EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY ON THE RADIATOR, BUT NOT THE TORQUE CONVERTER, BUT MY MILEAGE EXCEEDS THE EXTENDED PERIOD; IF THEY KNOW OF THE ISSUE, WHY ISN'T THERE A RE-CALL...IF THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS WHILE DRIVING, IT WILL MOST CERTAINLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT...PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE AND MORE FREQUENT...THERE NEEDS TO BE ACTION BY NISSAN TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO A KNOWN PROBLEM... *TR

ON FEBRUARY 07, 2011 I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA AT 55 MPH ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY WHEN IT BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AS IF I HAD RAN OVER SPILLED LUMBER OR RUMBLE STRIPS. I BRAKED HARD AS I THOUGHT I HAD RAN OVER SOMETHING. I HADN'T, SO AFTER PULLING OVER AND CHECKING FOR LOOSE TIRES OR DRIVELINE I CONTINUE ON PERPLEXED AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. A FEW MILES LATER IT DID IT AGAIN. COME TO FIND OUT THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT ON 2005 THRU 2010 NISSAN XTERRA'S, PATHFINDERS, AND FRONTIER'S IN WHICH THE RADIATORS INTERNALLY LEAK WATER INTO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS AND CAUSES THE VIOLENT SHAKING AT HIGH SPEEDS. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS ONLY CHOSEN TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THE RADIATORS AND NOT RECALL THE VEHICLES. IN FACT THE LETTER SENT TO THE CONSUMERS DOESN'T EVEN REFERENCE THE TRANSMISSION (IN WHICH IT DESTROYS). WHILE MY FAMILY AND I WERE NOT HURT, IT WAS A CLOSE CALL AND COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN WORSE AT THE SPEED I WAS GOING AND THE EFFECT THE FAILURE HAS ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS: AT APPROX 55K MILES, ENGINE WOULD REV OUT BEFORE SHIFTING GEARS, AT APPROX. 72K MILES STARTED VIBRATION WHEN AT STEADY SPEED (APPROX 45 MPH), SO PURCHASED NEW TIRES. AT APPROX. 76K MILES TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD FLUCTUATE AND VIBRATION AND GEAR SLAM INCREASED. AT APPROX. 79K MILES BLOWER STOPPED WORKING AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD GO UP AND DOWN. AT 80,532 MI. HAD RADIATOR REPLACED AND COOLANT FLUSHED AND TWO TRANSMISSION FLUSHES DONE, AS COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS MIXED DUE TO RADIATOR LEAKING. TRANSMISSION CONTINUED VIBRATION AND BEGAN SLAMMING AGAIN 3 MOS. LATER. 6 MOS. LATER ENGINE OVERHEATED , HAD TOWED. ENGINE WAS BAD DUE TO OVERHEATING FROM RADIATOR ASSEMBLY FAULT NISSAN DESCRIBES. REBUILT ENGINE, NEW TIMING CHAIN AND TIMING CONTROL VALVE, AND NEW RADIATOR. STILL CANNOT DRIVE VEHICLE- SEVERE TRANSMISSION SLAMMING GEARS, VEHICLE STALLS WHEN YOU TAKE FOOT OFF GAS, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE GOES TO BOTTOM WHEN FOOT OFF GAS AND UP WHEN YOU DEPRESS. SINCE, NISSAN HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 80K FOR RADIATOR ASSEMBLY CAN CRACK AND INTERNAL LEAKAGE OF COOLANT MIXES WITH TRANSMISSION FLUIDS. I AM NOT COVERED THEY SAY, BUT IF I HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS 2 YEARS AGO I WOULD HAVE BEEN. THEIR LETTER SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT IT CAN OCCUR AT "HIGHER MILEAGES". I WANT NISSAN TO REIMBURSE ME COSTS INCURRED AND FIX MY TRANSMISSION. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE ON AND OFF FOR 8 MOS. OF THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND DO NOT THINK THIS VEHICLE WILL EVER RUN PROPERLY DUE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE TO NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM. I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. ALSO HAVE HAD ENGINE LIGHT GO ON AND OFF FOR LAST 2 YEARS- DUE TO FUEL SENDING UNIT PROBLEM, NISSAN HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS TO 72K. I NOW HAVE 94K - THESE ISSUES NEED TO BE RECALLS AND OWNERS REIMBURSED- PLEASE INVESTIGATE WARRANTY EXTENSION ISSUE! ALSO HAD SQUEAKS, BATTERY ISSUE, NO START EVEN W/NEW BATTERY, CLEARED ELECTRONICS/RADIO BLOWN, CDS DON'T EJECT, DRIVER WINDOW WON'T GO UP UNLESS PULLED. *TR

ON MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA, RADIATOR WARRANTY EXTENDED FROM 36,000 MILES/36 MONTHS TO 80,000 MILES/96 MONTHS IN 2011. HOWEVER, MY RADIATOR WAS REPLACED AT 40 MONTHS/88,000 MILES IN 2009. 11 MONTHS LATER (2010) I HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF THEIR DEFECTED RADIATOR. WHY WAS MY DATA EXCLUDED WHEN NISSANS EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY? I HAVE SPENT OVER $10,000 IN REPAIRS SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT MY 2005 XTERRA BRAND NEW. *TR

JUST BOUGHT A 05 XTERRA FOR MY WIFE FOR X-MAS. NEEDED 4-WHEEL DRIVE DUE TO THE AREA WE LIVE AND KIDS TO BE SAFE. 3 WEEKS AFTER BUYING IT HAS STARTED TO RUMBLE AND NOT SHIFT TO OD. AT APROX. 40-60 MPH IT IS CONSTANT WHEN KEEPING AND STEADY SPEED OR WHILE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON AND AT A SLIGHT ACCELERATION. READ THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH SAME ISSUES AND ALL HAVE HAD RADIATOR AND TRANY FLUID MIXING PROBLEMS CAUSING BOTH NEEDED REPLACED. MINE HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT. NISSAN RECOMMENDED A TRANY FLUSH LIKE THE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ. THIS JUST TEMPORARILY STOPS THE PROBLEM. PRETTY MUCH TILL UR WARRANTY IS UP AND THEY CAN STEAL UR MONEY. *TR

MY 2005 XTERRA WITH 82K MILES STARTED VIBRATING BADLY WHEN ACCELERATING OVER 50MPH. IT FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS. I CALLED NISSAN ASSIST ON 12/29/2010 AND WAS TOLD MY RADIATOR HAD FAILED, LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND TOTALLY DESTROYED IT. MY ONLY OPTION WAS A $4600 REPLACEMENT OF THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THE NISSAN ASSIST GUY THEN TOLD ME THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT INSTEAD OF ISSUING A RECALL, THEY SIMPLY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FROM 60K TO 72K MILES (THIS WAS AN ERROR ON HIS PART, BECAUSE THE EXTENSION WAS ACTUALLY TO 80K MILES). REGARDLESS, IT DIDN'T APPLY TO ME BECAUSE I WAS AT 82K MILES. NISSAN IS TRYING TO EASE THE PAIN WITH EXTENDING THE WARRANTY HOWEVER, THEY MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT YOU ABOUT IT. YOU EITHER NEED TO FIND IT YOURSELF OR YOUR SCREWED. *TR