2005 Nissan Xterra

MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON A LOCAL ROAD NEAR HOME AT NIGHT. HE WAS ACCELERATING UP A SMALL GRADE, WHEN HE SAID THE CAR ACTED AS IF IT HAD POPPED OUT OF GEAR. IT BEGAN TO REV HIGHER AND MADE A HIGHER PITCHED SOUND. HE TRIED CHANGING FROM BEING IN "DRIVE" TO A LOWER GEAR, BUT IT STILL DID NOT ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. HE HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO BE ABLE TO COAST ONTO OUR SIDE STREET AND PARK THE CAR. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, BUT HE WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED AS HIS CAR SLOWED SUDDENLY AND TRAFFIC RAN UP ON HIM. THE CAR WOULD NOT START, NOR TURN OVER AT THAT POINT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER. THEY MENTIONED IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR AND IT WOULD COST OVER 5K FOR JUST A NEW TRANSMISSION, NOT INCLUDING A NEW RADIATOR OR LABOR TO INSTALL BOTH. I WAS ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER MECHANIC THAT PURCHASED A REBUILT TRANSMISSION, BUT THE WHOLE THING STILL COST OVER 5K TO HAVE THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR INSTALLED WITH NO ASSURANCE THAT IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES AND CONTINUES TO COST PEOPLE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A VERY POOR AND DANGEROUS DESIGN.

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO REV HIGH. THE TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING, THE CAR WOULD BARELY MOVE. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET IT INTO A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AND FLUID POURED OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. WE HAD IT TOWED. THE MECHANIC SAID THE RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. HE SAID HE SEES THIS ALL THE TIME WITH NISSAN VEHICLES, IT IS A KNOW FLAW. IT WILL COST ALMOST $4000 TO REPAIR, IT IS STILL IN THE SHOP. UPDATE 9/15/15*CW *CN

WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE TRANSMISSION STOPPED MOVING VEHICLE. ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND I COULD SEE THE RPMS INCREASE AS I GAVE GAS BUT THE DRIVE TRAIN STOPPED WORKING. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. THE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS TRANSMISSION COOLER PROBLEM. EXPLAINED THAT IT IS A COMMON THING WITH THIS VEHICLE. THEN DISCOVERED THROUGH THE INTERNET THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED FOR THE DEFECT. REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME IT WILL BE $4500 TO REPAIR.

MY XTERRA WON'T MOVE WHEN IN GEAR, DRIVE. I WAS COMING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC SLOWLY, WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE TO PULL IN FRONT OF OTHER CARS COMING MY WAY THE XTERRA JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING. THE ENGINE REVED UP HIGH BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. CARS ALMOST RAN INTO ME AS I HAD TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER WITH THIS DEAD CAR. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THEN DRIVE AGAIN, STEPPED ON THE GAS AND THE ENGINE REVED BUT DID NOT MOVE. I PUT THE CAR IN LOWER GEAR AND THEN DRIVE AND WAS ABLE TO LIMP ON BACK HOME VERY SLOWLY WITH THE ENGINE REVING HIGH. I GOT IN MY GARAGE, CHECKED THE TRANNY FLUID AND IT WAS RUSTY LOOKING WITH SHARDS OF METAL IN IT, IT ALMOST WAS LIKE SCRAPES OF METAL IN IT. THE CAR IS STUCK IN MY GARAGE AND WON'T GO ANYWHERE BUT BACKWARDS.

VEHICLE HAS UNWANTED VEHICLE ACCELERATION UP TO 30 MPH WITHOUT PRESSING ACCELERATOR. RPM'S SUDDENLY INCREASE AND THEN DECREASE DURING GEAR CHANGE. MEMPHIS WOLFCHASE NISSAN SERVICE CENTER (901) 255-3800 ADVISED RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND HAS CORRODED TRANSMISSION.. TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT REPAIR BILL WILL BE IN EXCESS OF $5,300.

CONFIRMED DIAGNOSES OF VEHICLE DAMAGE OF RADIATOR ASSEMBLY & TRANSMISSION ARE DUE TO NISSAN'S DEFECTIVE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY WHICH ALLOWS COOLANT TO PASS THROUGH INTO THE TRANSMISSION RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO OPERATE. NISSAN IS UNWILLING TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIRS OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY DEFECT. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, A DAMAGED TRANSMISSION DUE TO COOLANT ENTERING IT HAS RENDERED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE, A KNOWN DEFECT, YET THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT EVEN COMPROMISE TO ASSIST WITH REPAIR OF THIS DEFECT. A MANUFACTURER SHOULD ASSIST WITH REPAIR OF ANY DEFECT THAT RENDERS THE EQUIPMENT UNSAFE TO OPERATE - NO MATTER WHEN THAT DEFECT DECIDES TO SHOW UP! NISSAN SHOULD ASSIST IN ALL REPAIRS DUE TO THEIR KNOWN DEFECT TO LET THE CONSUMER OPERATE THE VEHICLE IN SAFETY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, AND ANOTHER COMPONENT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,160.

I WAS STARTING TO DRIVE MY NISSAN XTERRA 2005 AND HEARD A NOISE LIKE METALLIC RATTLING. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION OIL IS MIXED WITH COLAND FLUID. I WAS TOLD, TO FIX WILL COST $5000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR AND COOLING SYSTEM. IN THE INTERNET I FOUND OUT MANY COMPLAINS ABOUT NISSAN'S CARS FOR THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECTIVE CAR. NCCC (NORTH CAROLINA CONSUMER COUNCIL) HAS RECEIVED A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM CONSUMERS IN REGARDS TO SUDDEN, CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN 2005-2010 NISSAN PATHFINDER, FRONTIER AND XTERRA VEHICLES. ALL OF THE VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THESE FAILURES ARE NOT WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD SPECIFIED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT ARE OFTEN BEYOND THE MILEAGE LIMIT. SO, WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR SOMEBODY (NISSAN) MISTAKES AND NEVER TRY TO CORRECT THEM? I NEVER GET FROM NISSAN AN ADVISE ON THIS POTENTIAL FAILURE OF MY CAR. NISSAN HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2007 AND HAS UNDERTAKEN NO PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM FAILURE. NISSAN DIDN'T WARN CONSUMERS THAT THE TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL. ANY HONEST COMPANY WILL AT LEAST WARN CONSUMERS OF THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE TRANSMISSION DEFECT. BUT THIS RIP OF COMPANY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR PRODUCTS NOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. I DO NOT RECOMEND TO BUY A NISSAN CAR EVER !!! NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION IS A RIP OF COMPANY THAT LACKS HONESTY !!!