2007 Nissan Xterra

VEHICLE MAINTAINED METICULOUSLY. FLUIDS CHANGED REGULARLY. DROVE MAINLY HIGHWAY MILES IN THE WINTER. AT FIRST IT BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE STARTING. THEN WOULDN'T START AT ALL. NOT A CLICK, NOT A CRANK. THEN TOOK IT TO LOCAL SHOP WITH GOOD REPUTATION. HAD IT FOR 7.5 WEEKS BEFORE IT WAS 'FIXED.' DROVE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 8 WEEKS & TRANSMISSION WAS THUMPING HARD AS IT UP-SHIFTED & SEEMED NOT TO KEEP UP ON DOWN SHIFT. UPON INITIAL LIGHT ACCELERATION TRANNY/GEARS BEGAN TO SLIP MAKING A LOUD/HARSH VIBRATING/SHUTTERING SOUND & FEEL. TOOK IT HOME IMMEDIATELY. WHEN I CHECKED RADIATOR THE DREADED GREY SLUDGE POURED OUT. NISSAN HAS HORRENDOUS CUSTOMER SERVICE. I'M TOLD I NEED A RADIATOR & A NEW TRANSMISSION. TOTALING OVER $6100! NISSAN NEEDS TO FOR ONCE DO THE RIGHT THING & DO A FULL RECALL. THIS IS MY SECOND XTERRA. I HAD A 2005 AS WELL. I ALSO OWNED A 2005 MAXIMA. THAT'S BRAND LOYALTY BUT I ALSO USED TO MAKE $200,000/YR, LIVE IN MY DREAM HOME, ETC...THRU DIVORCE & ILLNESS I'M HOMELESS JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE. I HAD PLANNED TO SELL THE XTERRA & BUY AN INEXPENSIVE FUEL EFFICIENT CAR SO I COULD BANK THE BALANCE & BEGIN TRYING TO SAVE AGAIN. I HAVE NO VEHICLE NOW OR $6100 FOR REPAIRS THAT R OBVIOUSLY DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW OR FLAWS. *TR

ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO MY CAR WOULD NOT REVERSE AND WENT INTO NEUTRAL WHEN I WAS TRYING TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. I TOOK MY CAR TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP/SERVICE CENTER AND THE PERSON KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR. APPARENTLY IT IS VERY COMMON FOR 2005-2010 NISSAN VEHICLES TO HAVE A "FAULTY ENGINE DESIGN" THE SERVICE MAN SAID. THE PROBLEM AS IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME IS THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID STARTS TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND RUINS BOTH PARTS. MY CAR WAS BOUGHT 2 YEARS AGO FOR $14,000, THE COST TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION IS $8,000. FOR MYSELF AND I AM SURE FOR MANY, THIS IS NOT AN AFFORDABLE AMOUNT. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE AND READING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS, I AM SURPRISED THAT NO ONE HAS HELD NISSAN ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY COMPLAINT ARE NECESSARY FOR THIS TO MOVE FORWARD. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE A FEELING THAT PEOPLE NEED TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. I HOPE THIS IS NOT THE CASE AND FEEL LIKE NISSAN IS SELLING LEMONS TO THEIR UNSUSPECTING CONSUMERS. *TR

WAS ON THE HIGHWAY GOING DOWN HILL MIND I ASS WHEN MY 2007 NISSAN XTERRA BEGAN TO DOWN SHIFT MY ITS SELF. I CAN JUST IMAGINE IF I WOULD HAVE TOTAL TRANNY FAILURE AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. AFTER DOING SOME SEARCH AND ASKING AROUND I WAS TOLD THAT IT MAY BE MY TRANSMISSION. I THEN TOOK IT TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE THEY TOLD ME THAT MY RADIATOR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND THERE WAS COOLANT LEAKING INTO MY TRANSMISSION THAT IS CREATING WATER DAMAGE. IT'S NOT THE CONSUMER'S PROBLEM THAT THEY INSTALLED FAULTY COMPONENTS IN THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS ITEM. NOW I'M FORCED TO PAY FOR A RADIATOR AND FOR THE TRANNY TO BE REBUILD PLUS RENTAL CAR PRICE. *TR

I PARTICIPATED IN THE NISSAN CAMPAIGN TO REPLACE A RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION, DUE TO A DEFECTIVE ASSEMBLY THAT CAUSED TRAN FAILURE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TWO MAIN PARTS UNDER THE CAMPAIGN. I RECEIVED MY VEHICLE, AND ONLY HAD IT FOR 1 1/2 DAYS BEFORE ANOTHER ISSUE RELATED TO THE RADIATOR / COOLING SYSTEM WAS EXPERIENCED. I WAS YET AGAIN, ON THE HIGHWAY HEADING TO A JOB AND OVERHEATED, THUS DISABLING MY VEHICLE. I STAYED THE INTERSTATE FOR 3 HOURS WAITING ON ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO TOW ME BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. I'M HAVING AN ISSUE WITH NISSAN NOT WILLING TO COVER WHAT'S CLEARLY THEIR PROBLEM TO BEGIN WITH. IT'S NOT THE CONSUMER'S PROBLEM THAT THEY INSTALLED FAULTY COMPONENTS IN THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS, THAT CAUSED THE MAJOR MALFUNCTIONS. IF I WERE A CONSUMER (WHICH I AM); I WOULD FEEL THAT THEY ARE NOT OWNING UP TO THE FULL LIABILITY CAUSED BY THEIR NEGLIGENCE IN PUTTING INFERIOR PARTS IN THEIR VEHICLES THAT CAUSED THE MALFUNCTION IN THE FIRST PLACE. I'M NOT ONLY UPSET AT THEIR RESPONSE; LET'S NOT OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT ON THE TWO DAYS MY TRUCK FAILED (FIRST TIME WHEN THE TRANNY BLEW OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THE SECOND TIME WHEN I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AGAIN; AND OVERHEATED); I WAS HEADING TO JOB OBLIGATIONS I HAD FOR PRIVATE CLIENTS OF MINE. I LOST 1,375.65 ON DAY ONE FOR MISSING MY APPT. ON THE FIRST INCIDENT, AND AN ADDITIONAL 868.04 ON THE NEXT INCIDENT. MY TRUCK'S ISSUE IS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A SYSTEM FLUSH OF THE RADIATOR AND THE THERMOSTAT NEEDS REPLACEMENT... BOTH ARE DIRECT CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WITH THEIR CRAPPY RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THEY PUT IN THE VEHICLE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I DON'T HAVE THE EXTRA MONEY TO DO THE MAINTENANCE, AND I'VE LOST MONEY IN THE ORDEAL AS WELL. I THINK IT BE "BEST PRACTICE" AND GOOD CUSTOMER CARE; THAT NNA COVER THE COST OF THE FLUSH AND THE THERMOSTAT, CAUSED FROM THE MIXTURE CONTAMINATION OF COOLANT AND TRAN FLUID. *TR

DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND FELT A CLUNK AND A SURGE - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR FELT LIKE IT HAD BEEN SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. TURNS OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO A KNOWN RADIATOR DEFECT THAT ALLOWS COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING FAILURE. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER MY CAR BECAUSE I AM BEYOND THE SPECIFIED MILEAGE OF THEIR USELESS WARRANTY EXTENSION, AGREED TO IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. REPAIRS AND RENTAL CAR WILL COST ME ABOUT $8,000. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RECALL THE CARS FOR THIS DEFECT AND SHOULD REIMBURSE THE REPAIR COSTS AT 100%. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A GRINDING NOISE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE RADIATOR COOLER UNIT, WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE FRACTURED AND CAUSING COOLANT TO PENETRATE THE TRANSMISSION. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

STARTED MAKING NOISES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH AND JERKING, SO WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE REAR END WHICH THEY REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY , BUT STILL MADE NOISE AND SLIGHT CLUNKING. TOOK INTO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP NOV OF 2012 AND THEY FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE AT APPROX 119000 MILES. THEN TODAY AT 129,000 MILES SAID MY REAR END NEEDED REPLACEMENT AND MY TRANSMISSION WAS BAD AND THE FLUID WAS MILKY FROM CROSS CONTAMINATION , WHICH IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE TYPE OF SUVS. SAID THEY WILL NOT COVER IT CAUSE ITS OVER 100000 MILES NOW . *TR