2006 Nissan Xterra

JULY 2006 I PURCHASED A NEW NISSAN XTERRA. OCTOBER 2008 AT APPROX. 58,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE TRANSMISSION "SLIPPED" AS I MADE A LEFT TURN. THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY STOPPED IN FRONT OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. TRAFFIC STOPPED FOR ME. AT THAT TIME THE VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD. I INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT BUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS THE PROBLEM WORSENED. ON OCTOBER 30TH I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO RICART NISSAN. AN INITIAL CHECK SHOWED A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, THE SERVICE PERSON ACCUSED ME OF PUTTING OIL IN THE TRANSMISSION AND STATED THAT NISSAN WOULD SEND THE FLUID TO A LABORATORY FOR TESTING. APPROX 6 DAYS LATER I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALERSHIP STATING NISSAN WOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FREE OF CHARGE. AT 60,000 MILES OR A MONTH OR SO LATER MY VEHICLE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE NEVER REALLY RAN CORRECTLY AFTER THAT; HEAVY SHIFTING, VEHICLE WOULD NOT WARM UP WHEN STATIONARY. I MADE SEVERAL FOLLOW UP CALLS TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT EACH TIME I WAS ADVISED THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, OR OVER 60,000 MILES. AT THAT POINT I JUST DEALT WITH THE ROUGH RUNNING ROUGH SHIFTING VEHICLE. MOVE AHEAD TO MAY 2014. ONCE AGAIN THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHILE TURNING ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. AT THIS POINT I BEGAN RESEARCHING MY VEHICLE AND FOUND OUT THAT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, MORE SPECIFICALLY COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING FAILURE WAS AN ON GOING PROBLEM, I HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT PICKERINGTON OHIO GOODYEAR. COOLANT WAS PRESENT IN THE TRANSMISSION. AT THAT TIME I NOTIFIED MY DEALERSHIP AND NISSAN OF MY ISSUE. NISSAN STATED THAT DUE TO THE VEHICLE AGE (175,000 MILES) THEY COULD NOT ASSIST ME; NISSAN REFERENCE NUMBER #[XXX]. I BELIEVE THIS IS JUST AS MUCH A SAFETY ISSUE AS A MECHANICAL ISSUE. IF THE TRANSMISSION FAILS WHEN TURNING IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC AN ACCIDENT COULD TAKE PLACE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ENGINE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND ENGAGED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INDICATED THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000. KMJ

SUV STARTED VIBRATING BADLY WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS NEAR 60 MPH. THIS HAPPENED FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. TOOK VEHICLE TO SHEEHY NISSAN IN ANNAPOLIS, MD TO HAVE INVESTIGATED AND WAS TOLD COOLANT HAD MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE TO A FAILURE IN RADIATOR. I WAS TOLD THAT A COSTLY REPAIR IS MY ONLY OPTION, AND THAT WHILE I CAN DRIVE IT NOW, A TOTAL FAILURE AT "SOME POINT LATER" IS IMMINENT. HOW CAN I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ON THE STREETS KNOWING THAT AT ANY MOMENT THE TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL??/ *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEARS SLIPPED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE MORE THAN ONCE, WHO REPAIRED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT HAD HEARD A HUMMING NOISE WHEN CHANGING GEARS AND ALSO EXPERIENCED THE FUEL GAUGE PROVIDING ERRONEOUS FUEL LEVEL READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) BUT THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER BOTH STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD EXCEEDED THE ONE YEAR TIME FRAME TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIR PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000. UPDATED 08/11/14*LJ THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO REIMBURED THE PAYMENTS MADE TOWARDS THE DEDUCTIBLE AND THE CAR RENTAL. UPDATED 08/18/2014*JS

WELL I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND THE VEHICLE STARTED CHUGGING AND THEN IT STOPPED MOVING, WHEN I HAD A TRANSMISSION SHOP LOOK AT IT THEY TOLD ME THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANS AND DESTROYED THE TRANS, NOW IT IS GOING TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT. I CANNOT AFFORD THIS BUT NEED TO GET IT FIXED SINCE I BORROWED MONEY TO BUY IT. I WAS TOLD BY THE TRANS SHOP THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN SINCE THE TRANS FLUID LINES AND RADIATOR FLUID DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER, BUT IS A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR AND DESIGN THAT CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE ON A BUSINESS TRIP AWAY FROM HOME NOTICED THE HEATER STOPPED BLOWING WARM AIR. A FEW MINUTES LATER ENGINE TEMPERATURE SPIKED BUT THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL. 50 MILES LATER HEATER STARTED WORKING AGAIN. TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND DISCOVERED TRANSMISSION COOLER WITHIN THE RADIATOR HAD FAILED, ALLOWING THE RADIATOR COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION COOLER, SYSTEM FLUSH. HAD THE SYSTEM FLUSHED AGAIN 1 WEEK AFTER RADIATOR REPLACEMENT. TRANSMISSION NOW ACTING ERRATICALLY, PARTICULAR WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. INITIAL ASSESSMENTS BY MECHANIC SUGGESTS TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION COMPUTER REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. COST OF REPLACEMENT EXCEEDS THE VALUE OF CAR EVEN THOUGH THE REST OF THE CAR IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO CONTAMINATION BY ENGINE COOLANT. THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION IS A CRACKED LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH AN ENGINE COOLANT CHAMBER IN THE RADIATOR. RESULTING IN HAVING TO REPLACE RADIATOR AND NOW THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION. CURRENT THERE IS A RECALL HOWEVER I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF RECALL. MY CAR IS UNDER 8 YEARS OLD AND HAS APPROX. 152,000 MILES, HENCE, DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION SUIT ORDERING NISSAN TO REIMBURSE REPAIRS. I AM NOW OUT $4,000 EVEN THOUGH NISSAN IS AWARE THIS IS A PURE MECHANICAL ERROR ON THEIR PART. I WAS DRIVING WITH MY YOUNG DAUGHTERS IN THE CAR AND ALMOST CAUSED A PILE UP! SHAME ON YOU NISSAN! *TR