2005 Nissan Xterra

2005 NISSAN XTERRA- TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO LEAKAGE OF RADIATOR FLUID FROM TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE INFILTRATING INTO TRANSMISSION AND CAUSING IT TO FAIL. TRANSMISSION WHEN FAILS WILL CAUSE SEVERE VIBRATIONS OR WILL SEIZE UP. DEALERSHIP HAS NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT TECHNICAL BULLETINS BUT SERVICE PERSONS (OFF RECORD) CONFIRM INCREASING NUMBER OF UNITS BEING PRESENTED FOR REPAIR. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA PURCHASED NEW IN 2006. IT LOOKS NEW STILL AND I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. I REPORTED MANY TIMES ABOUT THE GAS GAUGE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS O.K. WHEN CHECKED. THEY SINCE SOLD TO SOMEONE ELSE. IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE, A LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME TO CHECK MAINTENANCE BECAUSE OF IT AND I CANNOT PASS STATE INSPECTION UNTIL I PAY SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR IT. I HAVE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE I SEE WITH THEM, MANY CAR SALES PEOPLE AND DEALERS AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL COME UP TO ME WHILE GETTING GAS, COMPLIMENT ON THE CONDITION OF MINE, AND ASK IF I HAVE THE PROBLEM AND MANY OF THEM HAS A NEWER VEHICLE AND/OR OLDER VEHICLE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR TO GET REPAIRED AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I REALLY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THIS AND MAKE MY MONTHLY PAYMENTS ALSO. CAN YOU HELP ME AND THE MANY OTHERS? YOU FILL UP WITH GAS AND THE GAUGE GOES TO EMPTY UNTIL SUCH TIME IT GOES BACK TO READING SOMETHING AND A COUPLE OF TIMES HAS CAUSED US TO RUN OUT OF GAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT WAS ACCELERATING 5 MPH FROM A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND LEFT. ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER IN REGARDS TO AN UNUSUAL RUMBLING IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE FIRST FUELS UP THE GAS GAUGE WORKS FINE. SHE STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE STOPS WORKING BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS OF A TANK AND A HALF OF A TANK. THE FAILURE HAD BEEN ON GOING FOR TWO YEARS AND THREE MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE CONTACT REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,800.

PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED BY NISSAN SERVICE TECH: XTERRA WAS TOWED TO US WITH THE CONCERN "MY XTERRA IS SLIPPING, WILL NOT GO BACKWARDS, WILL NOT DRIVE IN DRIVE, ONLY DRIVE IN 3RD, HOOKED UP TO COMPUTER AND CAME UP P1716". WE CONFIRMED THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE IN REVERSE, AS IT WAS TOWED IN AND PARKED SO THAT BACKING UP WAS THE ONLY OPTION. THE CODE P1716 IS RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION TURBINE CIRCUIT NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. UPON FURTHER DIAGNOSIS, WE REMOVED THE RADIATOR CAP TO FIND THE RADIATOR FILLED WITH THE MILKY COMBINATION OF COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE RADIATOR IS A SUB-LEVEL RADIATOR, WHERE THE TOP PORTION IS FOR COOLANT AND THE BOTTOM PORTION IS FOR COOLING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE RADIATOR CRACKED INTERNALLY CAUSING THE FLUIDS TO MIX. THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEED TO BE REPLACED TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEMS. NEW TRANSMISSION IS $3215.71 WITH THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE OF TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. THE NEW RADIATOR IS $538, CURRENTLY IN STOCK. THE LABOR ESTIMATE IS $1442.70. THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION OF WORK IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, WITH ESTIMATED TOTAL BILL COMING TO $5560.16 TAX INCLUDED. *TR

IN THE PAST MONTH I HAVE EXPERIENCED A SERIES OF ANOMALIES WITH MY FUEL GAUGE. I INITIALLY NOTICED THIS WHEN I COMPLETELY REFILLED MY GAS TANK ONLY TO NOTICE THAT THE GAUGE SHOWED 7/8THS FULL. IT SEEMED ODD, BUT I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS AN ISSUE AS THE PUMP MAY HAVE AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF PREMATURELY. TURNS OUT TO NOT BE THE CASE. ON MY NEXT TRIP TO THE GAS STATION, UPON REFILLING THE GAS TANK, MY GAUGE ONLY READ A HALF TANK. UPON MY NEXT TRIP IN THE VEHICLE, THE GAUGE READ PROPERLY. HOWEVER, SUBSEQUENT TRIPS THE GAUGE READ SOMETIMES MORE THAN IT SHOULD AND SOMETIMES LESS THAN IT SHOULD. FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER GOING 78 MILES THE GAUGE STILL READ "FULL", AND THEN AFTER GOING 96 MILES THE GAUGE READ "HALF FULL". AFTER REFILLING THE GAS TANK THIS LAST TIME, THE GAUGE READ 3/4 OF A TANK. THE NEXT TRIP THE GAUGE READ "FULL". SUBSEQUENT TRIPS THE GAUGE READS SOMETIMES MORE THAN IT SHOULD AND SOMETIMES LESS THAN IT SHOULD. THE LAST COUPLE OF TRIPS THE GAUGE SHOWED THE SAME AMOUNT EACH TIME EVEN THOUGH I HAVE DRIVEN MORE THAN 60 MILES. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALER (WHERE I'VE HAD SERVICE PERFORMED BEFORE) TO CHECK FOR A RECALL AS I HAD HEARD THERE WERE VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. APPARENTLY, NISSAN HAS ISSUED THE RECALL FOR "SOME" MODELS AND YEARS BUT NOT FOR MINE. THEY OFFERED TO "DIAGNOSE" THE PROBLEM, FOR THEIR USUAL SHOP FEE NATURALLY. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT LIMITED TO THE MODEL YEARS ALLOWED IN THE RECALL. I HAVE BEEN READING ON ONLINE FORUM WITH MANY 2005 XTERRAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE. I AM LESS THAN PLEASED WITH THE RESPONSE FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO DIAGNOSE A KNOWN PROBLEM; MUCH LESS PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED. I AM ISSUING THIS COMPLAINT IN HOPES THAT YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND REALIZE THE EXTENT OF THIS PROBLEM AND INCLUDE THE 2005 MODEL YEAR IN THE EXISTING RECALL. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA THAT HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. THE GAS GAUGE TAKES A LONG TIME TO REGISTER THAT THE TANK IS FULL AND NOW THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. I HAVE READ MANY FORUMS WHERE PEOPLE WITH BOTH THE XTERRA AND PATHFINDER ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THEY DID A RECALL ON THE 2001-2003 XTERRA FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALL. THIS IS AN EXPENSE THAT OWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BEAR AS IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. CONSUMERS NEED HELP WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE SUN VISOR ON BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE HAD FALLEN ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE SUN VISOR REPLACED AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT STATED THIS WAS A SAFETY DEFECT AND WANTS THE MANUFACTURER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 60-65 MPH, THE "CHECK ENGINE" WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYING AN INACCURATE READING OF A HALF OF A TANK. THE FUEL GAUGE READING FLUCTUATED FROM EMPTY TO HALF FULL AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE FAILURE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. THE CONTACT ORDERED THE PART AND INFORMED THAT HE WOULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.