2007 Nissan Xterra

THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH 2007 XTERRAS WHERE THE COOLANT LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYS IT. THE REPAIR COST IS 8500 DOLLARS IF THE 100000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAS BEEN PASSED. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS MY RESPONSIBILITY DESPITE THE HUNDRED OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, WHEN THE XTERRA CHANGES GEARS THERE IS A ROUGH VIBRATION THAT KEEPS GETTING WORSE THE LONGER IT GOES FOR. HAD I NOT LEARNED ABOUT THIS ON MY OWN ACCORD THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE FUEL GAUGE DROPPED TO EMPTY. WE STOPPED TO GET GAS AND THE TANK WAS ONLY HALF EMPTY. WE HAD THE MECHANIC CHECK THE CAR WHEN WE GOT HOME. HE SAID IT WAS A FUEL SENSOR PROBLEM THAT WAS COMMON IN XTERRAS. WE HAVE NOT FIXED IT YET. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT WE'LL RUN OUT OF GAS ON THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY ON LONGER TRIPS WHEN YOU CAN'T KEEP THE TANK MOSTLY FULL. WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED THAT OUR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WON'T REVEAL OTHER PROBLEMS TO US. I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

SITTING AT LIGHT IN THE LEFT LANE, WAITING FOR IT TO TURN GREEN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED MAKING A LOUD RACING SOUND. NOT SURE IF IT WAS TRANSMISSION OR ENGINE MAKING THE NOISE. I LOOKED AT MY GAUGES AND SAW THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS ON H. I HAD TO WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN, BECAUSE I WAS AT AN INTERSECTION, IN THE LEFT LANE, TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY AND THERE WERE CARS ON MY RIGHT AND CARS GOING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. AS SOON AS I COULD MOVE, I PULLED OVER TO A SAFE SPOT, BUT BEFORE I COULD, THE CAR STARTED OVERHEATING AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE HOOD. IT WAS TOWED TO MY GARAGE AND AFTER MY MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT, HE SAID THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR NISSAN XTERRAS 2007, BECAUSE THE RADIATOR IS DEFECTIVE. THE COOLANT MIXES WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE CAR STOPS RUNNING! APPARENTLY, NISSAN KNOWS THAT THE PART IS DEFECTIVE SO THEY EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 80,000 MILE AND ANYTHING PAST THAT I HAVE TO PAY. WELL, I HAVE 90,400 MILES AND CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NISSAN CAN GET AWAY WITH KNOWING A PART IS DEFECTIVE AND NOT RECALLING ALL TRUCKS AFFECTED. THEY CERTAINLY CHANGED THE RADIATOR DESIGN FOR THE NEWER VEHICLES, ADMITTING THAT IT IS A PROBLEM. THEY SHOULD RECALL THE CARS AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART. IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS SO WIDESPREAD AND NISSAN WILL NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT!!!!!!. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND LOOK ON THE INTERNET TO SEE HOW COMMON THIS ISSUE IS FOR XTERRAS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GOT SCREWED BY NISSAN. THANK YOU. *TR

ONE DAY I WENT TO PUT MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW DOWN, AS IT WENT DOWN I HEAR A WEIRD SOUND. WHEN I WENT TO PUT THE WINDOW BACK UP IT DIDN'T GO UP. I ENDED UP GOING TO WORK AND WHEN I GOT OFF I TRIED IT AGAIN, IT WENT UP. THINKING IT WAS JUST A ONE TIME THING A COUPLE DAYS LATER I PUT THE WINDOW DOWN TO TALK TO MY HUSBAND, DIDN'T GO BACK UP AGAIN. THIS TIME WE WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE SOMEWHERE THAT WOULD TAKE AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET THERE, THEREFORE, WE HAD TO TRAVEL WITH THE WINDOW DOWN THERE AND BACK. RESULTING IN WORSE GAS MILEAGE AND CONSTANT WIND. WHEN WE GOT HOME MY HUSBAND HAD TO TRY TO TAKE SOME OF THE WINDOW APART TO GET THE WINDOW BACK UP. AFTER MY HUSBAND LOOKED AT IT IT SEEM TO BE THE ELECTRICAL SET UP WITH THE BUTTONS. FROM THEN TO NOW I HAVEN'T DARED TO PUT THE WINDOW DOWN AGAIN, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT'S IT'S GETTING COLD. IT WOULDN'T BE SUCH HUGE DEAL TO ME EXCEPT I HATE LEAVING THE WINDOW DOWN WHEN I'M NOT BY MY CAR AND THE FACT THAT I HAVE A BABY NOW AND ASK THAT WIND WOULD BE BLOWING ON HER. ALSO, 7 MONTHS AFTER THE WINDOW STARTED ACTING UP THE PASSENGER DRIVER SIDE DOOR BEGAN TO NOT OPEN UP FROM THE INSIDE AND ONLY SOMETHINGS FROM THE OUTSIDE. I'VE CHECKED THE CHILD LOCK AND IT IS NOT ON. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER IT STARTED DOING THAT MY HUSBAND AND I GOT HOME, HUSBAND WAS IN THE BACK WITH OUR BABY, I TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR AND IT WOULDN'T OPEN. SOMEHOW THE DOOR GOT LOCKED AND WOULDN'T UNLOCK, TRIED TO UNLOCK IT FROM DRIVER DOOR UNLOCK BUTTON AND FROM PULLING ON THE NOB ON THE ACTUAL DOOR ITSELF, IT JUST WOULDN'T EVEN UNLOCK. THEREFORE, I HAD TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE TO GET OUR BABY OUT AND MY HUSBAND HAD TO CLIMB OVER THE CARSEAT BASE TO GET OUT THE OTHER SIDE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY AND HOW WE COULD GET IT FIXED.. THE VEHICLE ISN'T VERY OLD AND SHOULDN'T BE ACTING UPN. WITH THOSE 2 THINGS NOT WORKING IT COULD CAUSE SAFETY ISSUES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE OF AN INTERSTATE, THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED. THERE WAS TRAFFIC IN THE RIGHT LANE. I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE TO THE OUTSIDE SHOULDER UNTIL I WAS TRAVELING AT 30 MPH. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY DUE TO TRYING TO MERGE BETWEEN SEMIS THAT WERE IN THE RIGHT LANE. AFTER TOWING THE VEHICLE 75 MILES TO GET CLOSE TO HOME AND AT A TRUSTED REPAIR SHOP, I WAS TOLD THAT THE COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM (LIKE SO MANY OTHERS). THIS CAUSED THE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION AND CONTAMINATION OF ALL OF THE LINES AND GASKETS. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TRAVEL FORWARD OR BACKWARD. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE, BASED ON THE LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB AND THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. THE REPAIRS ARE ESTIMATED AT 5,000 TO 5,500 DOLLARS, PLUS THE TOWING. MOST OF THE PROBLEMS, INCLUDING MINE, OCCUR AFTER THE EXTENDED PERIOD. DUE TO THE RAPID FAILURE, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE CONDITION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE FUEL GAUGE LEVER FLUCTUATED AND THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.