2007 NISSAN XTERRA Power Train Problems

Oil is getting into the radiator and causing a gray gunk build up in radiator and possibly the engine. I have had the car less than a 1 1/2 years And I've already had to have the same issue fixed 3 × first time. The heater hose blew out caused an air bubble in the radiator which caused us to have to burp the radiator Which is when we found it the first time had sent it to the mechanic. Had it flushed, had it fixed. it was fine or so we thought until about a month ago. Car overheats radiator fluid spews out everywhere. Fix the hose, add radiator fluid and start. The burping process again and out comes the gray gunk. Sent it back to mechanic had it flush had gaskets to the transmission cooler and Oil cooler fixed. Mechanic cannot find how it's getting into radiator. Break pads wear prematurely due to calipers constantly sticking. Rust is everywhere on frame, suspension, shocks undercarriage and body. Vdc/slip light will come on while driving causing the car to stall at any speed. Fixed those sensors 2 times since I bought the car in December 2023 from a used car lot. State I I've in has no laws to protect people buying from used car lots but they do for new cars even though new cars come with warranties. Should be the other way around protect the people who can't afford the 30000 dollar cars. There's a reason we go to used car lots. Paid 4500 after taxes and registration and have put almost 5000 into it. Nissan is aware of the problem just not enough to deem a recall.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND ALL THE SUDDEN THE SUV STARTED LOOSING SPEED UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETELY STOP IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF THE BALTIMORE BELTWAY 695 WHICH MADE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ME. CARS FLYING BY ON BOTH SIDES OF ME. HAD A POLICE OFFICER STOP TRAFFIC SO THAT I COULD DRIFT IT BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL TO GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. FOUND OUT IT WAS THE DDEFAULTY RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT. IT DIDN'T GIVE ME ANY NOTICE THAT IT WAS ANYTHING WRONG. EXCEPT LEAVING ME STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY. IT COSTS ME THOUSANDS TO GET A REPLACEMENT RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION INSTALLED AT THE NISSAN DEALER. MY VEHICLE HAD 105,000 MILES ON IT.

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THERE WAS AN UNKNOWN PINK FLUID LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR, WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY FLUID LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT CALLED NISSAN OF ST. AUGUSTINE (2755 US-1, ST. AUGUSTINE, FL 32086, (904) 447-2960). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 149,000.

Mileage: 149,000

CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE.ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE MY HOME,PUT VEHICAL IN DRIVE.APPLIED ACCELERATOR,TRANSMISSION WILL NOT HARDLY PULL,PUT IN REVERSE.OPERATES IN REVERSE PROPERLY, PARKED MY VEHICAL.TURNED ENGINE OFF.ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE TO GET MY VEHICAL TO LEVEL GROUND TO CHECK FLUIDS,ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE,ENGINE NOW WILL NOT TURN OVER AT ALL.

Mileage: 101,123

THE TRANSMISSION COOLER INSIDE THE RADIATOR FAULTED, CAUSING RADIATOR FLUID GETTING INTO THE TRANSMISSION DAMAGING THE TRANSMISSION INTERNALLY.

Mileage: 147,257

RED COLOR IN RADIATOR (SEE PHOTO) . WHEN DRIVING TRANSMISSION WOULD RACE LIKE IN OVERDRIVE. LET OFF GAS TO LIKE CATCH UP.

Mileage: 241,300

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE JULY 2019 FROM OWNER. AFTER 3 WEEKS TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING WEIRD WHILE ON VACATION TRANSMISSION SEIZED DUE TOO COOLANT LEAKING FROM RADIATOR COOLER INTO TRANSMISSION. TOTAL REPAIRS TOW COSTS AND RENTAL CAR RENTAL EXCEED $5000.00. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR TRANSMISSION AND COOLING SYSTEM RELATED PROBLEMS. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAD APPROX. 100,000 MILES ON IT WHEN PURCHASED. AND ONLY HAS APPROX. 128,000 ON IT. NOW. CAN I GET ANY TYPE OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS PAID OUT OF POCKET???? *TR

Mileage: 110,000

THE CORNER CUTTING DESIGN FLAW THAT CAUSED THE ISSUE COMMONLY KNOWN AS SMOD (STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE OF DEATH, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE COOLANT MIX IN BOTH THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION) HAS CAUSED THE TCM TO BECOME DAMAGED, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER TO THE WHEELS GOING UP A HILL THEN WOULDNT START AFTER TURNING IT OFF, WEVE CHANGED THE FILTER, FLUID AND SOLENOIDS ON THE VALVE BODY, BUT THE TCM STILL ISNT WORKING. WE CAN START THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE IT AROUND A BIT, ONCE IT GETS TO 3RD GEAR IT RUNS FINE, BUT IN LOWER GEARS (EXCEPT FOR WHEN IN REVERSE) IT STRUGGLES, THEN AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS BECAUSE THE TCM ISNT WORKING PROPERLY, THIS ISSUE PREVENTS THE VEHICLE FROM STARTING AGAIN WITHIN ABOUT 1 HOUR OF TURNING IT OFF. AS STATED EARLIER THIS TCM ISSUE CAME TO LIGHT WHEN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO GO UP A HILL, IF TRAFFIC WERE ANY WORSE THAN IT WAS THIS COULDVE POTENTIALLY LED TO A DISASTER THAT WOULDVE MADE HAVING TO WAIT ABOUT AN HOUR FOR PICKUP SEEM LIKE NOTHING. THIS ISSUE WAS CAUSED BY NISSAN CUTTING CORNERS AND ITS A COMMON ISSUE THATS LED TO MANY OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE HAVING TO COVER REPAIRS OR JUST GIVE UP ON THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 179,000

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN MAKING A LOUD NOISE, A LOUD "CLUNK" PERIODICALLY WHEN IN MOTION AND MORE PREVALENT GOING UPHILL. THE MECHANIC STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED DUE TO RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION AND HAS RUINED TRANSMISSION.HE STAND TRANSMISSION FLUID IS CONTAMINATED.

Mileage: 190,000

ALL THE SUDDEN MY XTERRA WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND SHUT DOWN. TOWED TO GARAGE TO FIND OUT COLLECT LEAKED WITH OIL AND DAMAGED TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. CALLED DEALERSHIP WHO PROVIDED NO HELP AND QUOTE FOR $5800.

Mileage: 113,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

Mileage: 127,000

RADIATOR DEFECT CAUSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

IN MARCH 2019 THE TRANSMISSION STARTED GETTING SLUGGISH WHILE DROPPING MY DAUGHTER AT SCHOOL ONE DAY. EVENTUALLY IT WOULD NOT SWITCH GEARS AS I PULLED IN MY DRIVEWAY FROM MY 1.5 MILE TRIP TO/FROM THE SCHOOL. EVENTUALLY IT WOULDN'T EVEN START IN MY DRIVEWAY EVEN WITH GOOD BATTERY. REPLACED A FUSE FOR THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE BUT IT BLEW THE FUSE. HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC AND HE DISCOVERED DISCOVERED THAT THE COOLANT MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE EVERYTHING INVOLVED. ALSO, THE MECHANISM THAT OPENS THE TAILGATE/TRUNK DOOR/LIFTGATE WILL NOT STAY OPEN, ESPECIALLY IN COLDER WEATHER. IT HAS HIT SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE HEAD AND IS A DEFINITE HAZARD.

Mileage: 160,000

THE RADIATOR HAD FAILED AND ALLOWED RADIATOR FLUID TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS RUINED THE TRANSMISSION WHICH WILL COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. WE ALWAYS TOOK CARE OF OUR SUV SO WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE DEALING WITH THESE PROBLEMS. WE CURRENTLY CANNOT AFFORD THE REPAIRS SO WE WILL HAVE AN SUV PARKED AND THAT WE CANNOT DRIVE. WE HAD TO PULL OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY DUE TO THE VEHICLE'S EXTREMELY HOT TEMPERATURE.

Mileage: 120,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY CITY STREET WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED SHIFTING. THE SPEED OF THE CAR DECREASED AND LEFT ME RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. I THAN HAD IT TOWED TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND SAID IT HAS BEEN CROSS CONTAMINATED WITH THE RADIATOR AND WILL BE A $4,800.00 FIX.

Mileage: 120,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO LEAK FROM RADIATOR COOLING SYSTEM FLUID INTERMIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, WENT TO REPAIR SHOP THE CODE P0717 CAME UP. UPON INSPECTION BY THE REPAIR SHOP IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, AND ALL HOSES,ETC. THAT INTERCONNECTED THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED.I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND THE PROBLEM OCCURED IN ARIZONA.

Mileage: 165,780

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW WHERE ENGINE COOLANT CAN LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 100,000

IN 2015 MY FIANC TRUCK BROKE DOWN LEAVING HER STRANDED. SHE HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE LOCAL NISSAN COMPANY WHERE SHE PURCHASED THE SUV NEW. THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND IT SHOWED WHERE THE RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO MALFUNCTION. SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD BE MORE THAN $6,000. WE WERE TOLD TO CONTACT NISSAN CORPERATE. NISSAN REP STATED THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THEY COULD DODO TO THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN PREDICT HOW LONG A TRANSMISSION WOULD LAST. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO NISSAN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND WERE TOLD THAT BASED ON THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE THEY WON'T PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS. MY FIANC TRAVELS DUE TO HER JOB SO OF COURSE IT WOULD HAVE HIGH MILEAGE.NISSAZN EXTENDED THERE WARRANTY FROM 30K TO 80K THEN 100K, AGAIN THERE NO WAY YOU CAN PREDICT A FAILURE. NISSAN NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THESE FAULTY RADIATORS AND FIX THESE VEHICLES. I AM A NISSAN OWNER IVE HAD 4 NISSANS THIS LEAVES A BAD LOOK ON NISSAN. I MYSELF WILL NOT NOR WILL I REFER ANYONE ELSE TO BUY OR LEASE ANOTHER NISSAN PRODUCT. I'M IN NC AND I'VE REFFERD AT LEAST 60 OF ,MY FRIENDS AND COLLEGES TO PURCHASE NISSAN. ALL THE STAFF AT DEACON JONES KNOW ME AND KNOW MY REPUTATION. I WAS TOLD BY A REP AT COOPERATE TO SPEAK WITH THE MANAGEMENT TO SEE IF THEY WOULD DISCOUNT MY REPAIR. MANAGEMENT STATED, THEY COULD ONLY COVER IT IF COORPERATE AGREED TO FIX IT. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS CASE, ITS BEEN ONGOING. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO COORPERATE SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME WE GET THE RUN AROUND TELLING US THAT THE VEHICLE IS OVER 10 YEARS OLD NOW. WE'VE ALSO ASKED TO SPEAK TO MANAGEMENT AND CONTINUE TO BE TOLD THERE BUSY OR SOMEONE WILL CONTACT US. AGAIN NO RETURN CALLS. WE HAVE RECEIVED EMAILS SURVEYS.

Mileage: 160

LOSS OF POWER DUE TO LEAK OF THE RADIATOR TO THE TRANSMISSION, FOLLOW BY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE RUNS IN ONE GEAR AND THE DEALER SUGGESTED CHANGING THE TRANSMISSION FOR $4,000 ARE THEY CRAZY..........2007 NISSAN XTERRA WITH LOW MILES 89,000 ONE OWNER. I AM NEVER BUYING NISSAN AGAIN

TRANSMISSION/ COOLANT LEAK VEHICLE PARKED AND STARTED TO DRIVE LESS THAN 10 MPH , VEHICLE FAILED HAD TO BE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP

Mileage: 176,029

I WAS DRIVING IN AN INTERSECTION WHEN MY GEARS SLIPPED ALMOST CAUSING A MULTI-CAR COLLISION BECAUSE MY CAR WAS SHIFTING CORRECTLY. I WASN'T SURE WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL IT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF MORE TIMES THE SAME DAY. I KNEW IMMEDIATELY THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON MY AUTOMATIC 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. I'VE HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION OR CAR AT ALL UNTIL THEN. THE ENGINE IS STRONG AND SOUND. EVERYTHING WORKS EXCEPT NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. I USE THIS VEHICLE SIMPLY TO DRIVE TO WORK AND STATE TO STATE HIGHWAY TRAVELING. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AFTER THE INCIDENTS AND NOTICING A MILKY BROWN SUBSTANCE LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR. OPENED IT UP AND THE RADIATOR WAS COMPLETELY MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. APPARENTLY, THE HOSES FROM RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION ARE INTERTWINED FROM THE FACTORY MANUFACTURE BUILD. THIS MISTAKE IS NOW GOING TO COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY COSTS HUMAN LIVES IN A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT! AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE THIS SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPENED TO THOUSANDS OF XTERRA AND FRONTIER OWNERS. THESE CARS NEED TO BE RECALLED OR ELSE SEVERAL HIGHWAY/SAFETY ISSUES WILL OCCUR. IMAGINE DRIVING AND SUDDENLY YOU HAVE NO POWERTRAIN TO REDIRECT YOUR VEHICLE FROM ONCOMING CARS ON A STREET OR HIGHWAY. OR IN MY CASE WHEN YIELDING AND TURNING IN AN INTERSECTION WHERE VEHICLES ARE TRAVELING TOWARDS YOU AND YOU CANNOT MOVE. LUCKILY SOME CARS SWERVED OUT OF THE WAY. ALSO, THE FINANCIAL COST OF THE VEHICLE IS ABSURD FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED FROM THE MANUFACTURING BUILD ALTOGETHER.

Mileage: 171,000

RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED NOW IT`S GOING TO COST $5000.00 DOLLARS FOR NEW TRANS.

Mileage: 125,000

STOP AND FILLED IT UP WITH GAS STARTER DOWN THE ROAD AN CHECK ENGIN CAME ON STOP AND TURN IT OFF NOW TTHE MOTOR WONT TURN THE TRANSMISSION WAS WORKING PERFEICT THE CODES C1163 SENT IT TO TED RUSSELL NISSAN THEY TELL ME ITS THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD NO PINK WATER IN THE RADIATOR COST 5000 DOLLARS TO FIX WHY CANT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THATS HAVING THE PROBLEM SUE NISSAN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD

Mileage: 143,683

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE IDLING AT A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED OFF THE ROADWAY AND TOWED HOME. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR RUPTURED, CAUSING COOLANT TO ENTER INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT CALLED AUTONATION NISSAN (811 THORNTON RD, LITHIA SPRINGS, GA 30122, (770) 674-6080), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP AND NOW, THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE AT RANDOM TIMES CAUSING POWER LOSS WHILE IN MOTION WHETHER DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS OR CITY STREETS. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT WORSEN OR ALIVIATED BY TURNING OR BREAKING. THE TRANSMISSION WILL EVENTUALY ENGAGE AFTER SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN AND LATER ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A TRAINED MECHANIC WHO FOUND THAT THE COOLANT FLUID WAS ENTERING THE TRANSMISSION AND OIL WAS MIXING WITH THE COOLANT FLUID. A SECOND OPINION FROM ANOTHER TRAINED MECHANIC VERIFIED THE SAME PROBLEM.

Mileage: 20

TRANSMISSION FLUID IN RADIATOR IN 2016, HAD TO REBUILD RADIATOR. 2018 GAS GAUGE FUEL SENSOR NOT READING ACCURATELY. ONLY REGISTERS 1/4 TANK EVEN WHEN FILLED.

Mileage: 155,573

WAS DRIVING HOME FROM ALBUQUERQUE NM TO MORIARTY NM WHEN HAD VEHICLE OVERHEAT STOPPED VEHICLE AND CHECKED ANTIFREEZE AND IN THE RESERVOIR FOUND PINK LOOKING LIQUID LET IT COOL DOWN HAD HUSBAND CHECK IT AND HAD COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED AFTER THIS VEHICLE WOULDN'T SHIFT PROPERLY ALSO I WAS ON I40 WHEN IT OCCURRED

Mileage: 130,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION

Mileage: 180,000

LACK OF RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION DOES SHIFT FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL TO REVERSE AND THEN DRIVE BUT ONCE IN DRIVE IT STAYS IN A LOWER GEAR LIKE 1ST. WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET ALL OF THE SUDDEN I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A SOUND AS IF IT WERE NOT SHIFTING TO A HIGHER GEAR. I THEN NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY CHECKED THE ENGINE CODE AND THEY SAID IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. WE TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY SAID THAT THE CODES IS FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. REPAIR COST WILL BE ABOUT 5000.

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED A BUMPY RIDE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE, THE ODOMETER WOULD DECREASE, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE SEPARATE TIMES. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

Mileage: 126,000

"TAKATA RECALL" I HAVE A 2007 NISSAN EXTERRA 4WD. I CHECKED MY RADIATOR FLUID SINCE I WAS NOT GETTING HEAT DURING PARKED IDLE. AFTER LETTING THE MOTOR COOL ENOUGH TO REMOVE THE RADIATOR CAP, TO MY SURPRISE THERE IS TRANSMISSION FLUID IN MY RADIATOR. I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS AND NEVER ONCE GOT A LETTER. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN TODAY 11/10/2017 I WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL ENDED IN 2016 OR AT 100,000 MILES. IN WHICH CASE I WAS TOLD NOTHING COULD BE DONE.

Mileage: 117,000

MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT DUE TO A RADIATOR DEFECT IN THE 2005-2010 XTERRAS. I KNOW THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT INVOLVING THIS ISSUE AND CONSUMERS ARE ATTEMPTING TO FORCE A RECALL OF THIS GENERATION OF NISSANS. THE REPAIR COST $4,200 AND I WAS WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR OVER TWO WEEKS. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT I HAD SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE TO THE COMPUTER, WHICH IS TYPICAL OF THIS DEFECT. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE TO THE SHOP, BUT I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING IT FROM MY LOCATION SINCE I WAS HIKING IN THE MOUNTAINS APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES FROM HOME WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THERE WAS A MAJOR ISSUE.

Mileage: 185,000

WHILE ON A CAMPING TRIP FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEBRASKA TO WATCH THE ECLIPSE, MY XTERRA SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING (NO WARNING LIGHTS) LOST POWER AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN AN INTERSECTION NEAR ALIANCE, NE. WE WERE DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT BUT COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT IF THIS HAD BEEN A MORE POPULATED AREA. WE WERE ABLE TO "COAST" IT OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO A PARKING AREA AND ARRANGE FOR A TOW TRUCK TO PICK US UP.THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALER IS 500MI. AWAY IN DENVER SO HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO AAA RECOMMENDED SHOP. THEY DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR CRACK AND UNIT SENDING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. MY VEHICLE HAS LESS 98K MI. ON IT.! ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIRS $3-8,000.00. TO COMPLETE REPAIRS THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE PARTS SENT FROM CALIFORNIA, SO THEY ADVISED ME JUNK THE VEHICLE OR TOW BACK TO CALIFORNIA. SINCE I'M A SENIOR LIVING ON FIXED INCOME I DO NOT HAVE FUNDS TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE. SO I HAD TO RENT A CAR ($800.00) TO GET BACK TO CALIFORNIA AND HAVE THE XTERRA TRANSPORTED ($1,100.00) BACK TO BE REPAIRED. THINK IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT THERE WAS NO NOTICE FROM NISSAN ABOUT THIS SO CONSUMERS COULD TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL CUSTOMER,THIS IS THE SECOND NISSAN PRODUCT I'VE OWNED, BUT NOW BECAUSE NISSAN IS NOT STANDING BEHIND ITS PRODUCT, EVEN AFTER THE REPAIRS I WILL HAVE A "WORTHLESS" VEHICLE THAT I HAVE HAD TO PUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO..SO THIS WILL BE MY LAST PURCHASE FROM THIS COMPANY.

Mileage: 98,178

MY VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF A FAULTY RADIATOR ISSUE ALLOWING FLUID TO LEAK INTO AND DESTROY THE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP REPAIR.

Mileage: 76,811

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSED BY A CRACKED RADIATOR THAT ALLOWED ENGINE COOLANT TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. COST TO FIX IS MORE THAN THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEFECTIVE RADIATOR HAS NO RECALL ON IT ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM IS WELL KNOWN TO NISSAN.

Mileage: 150,000

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, TRANSMISSION STARTED DOWNSHIFTING. I PULLED OVER, POPPED THE HOOD, AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. I CHECKED IT, AND IT WAS NORMAL LEVEL BUT EXTREMELY HOT. I LET IT COOL DOWN, AND I STARTED DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN, AND THE OVERDRIVE STARTS RUMBLING; FEELS AND SOUND LIKE I'M DRIVING OVER A RUMBLE STRIP. TRANSMISSION SHOP SAYS, THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING.

Mileage: 165,000

RADIATOR CRACKED AND COOLING GOT INTO MY TRANSMISSION. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AT A DEALERSHIP IN 2014. WHICH I THINK DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE WARNED ME ABOUT THE PROBLEM TOO. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND OVERDRIVE STARTED SHUTTERING AND SO I HAD TO PUT IT INTO 4TH GEAR TO MAKE IT ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY. SO THEN I LOOKED IT UP ONLINE WHAT I COULD DO WHAT CAUSES IT TO SHUTTER AND THEN I SEEN THE NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT THE COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION SO I CHECKED THE RADIATOR AND SURE ENOUGH THERE WAS WHITE FOAM OR STICKY STUFF IN THERE. SO NOW IT'S GOING TO COST ABOUT $3,000 FOR A TRANSMISSION AND TO HAVE IT PUT IN AND I STILL OWE $4,000 ON THE VEHICLE WHICH IS NOW A YARD ORNAMENT UNTIL I SAVE THE MONEY UP TO PAY FOR THE TRANSMISSION

Mileage: 130,000

DRIVING AUTO STARTING MAKING NOISE LIKE GOING OVER RUMBLE STRIP, THEN WOULDN'T START BUT COULD BE STARTED BY CROSSING WIRES UNDER HOOD. TOOK TO DUTRO IN ZANESVILLE, THEY INSTALLED NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM. STILL WOULDN'T START,THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR INTERMIX PROBLEM. 6000 DOLLARS. CONTACTED NISSAN THE BBB. NO HELP! 100100 MILES ON IT. NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL OR ANYTHING. SHOULDN'T THERE HAVE BEEN A RECAL?

Mileage: 10,010

TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING WITH COLLING ANTIFREEZER DUE TO A DEFECTIVE BAD DESIGNED RADIATOR,

EXTERNAL TRANSMISSION COOLER/RADIATOR ASSEMBLY LEAK HAS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION ON MY VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE MIXING OF THE VEHICLE COOLANT AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE/TRANSMISSION BODY ASSEMBLY TO MALFUNCTION. THUS THE VEHICLE REFUSES TO START AS THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT OPERATE. I AM NOW REQUIRED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AT MORE THAN $2K OUT OF POCKETPIN ADDITION TO TOWING AND RENTAL VEHICLE EXPENSES. THE VEHICLE RAN FINE AND NO SLIPPING WAS DETECTED PRIOR TO THE MALFUNCTION EVEN AFTER MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGES. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE REQUIRING A TOW TO A MECHANIC AFTER RUNNING WITHOUT ANY ISSUES THE PREVIOUS DAY. APPARENTLY THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE THAT NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR YEARS IN THE XTERRA, PATHFINDER, TITAN, AND ARMADA MODELS. NISSAN FAILED TO NOTIFY VEHICLE OWNERS OF STEPS TO AVOID COSTLY REPAIRS BY SIMPLY USING A DIFFERENT NONCORRSIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID AND TO REPLACE THE FAULTY RADIATOR AND EXTERNAL TRANSMISSION COOLER ASSEMBLY. I AM NOW LEFT IN A GREATER UNDUE HARDSHIP THNKS TO NISSAN'S GROSS NEGLIGENCE REGARDING AN ALL TOO COMMON ISSUE THAT NISSAN FAILED TO ADDRESS WITH THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS AND DOCUMENTED EXAMPLES. THE EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY DOES ADEQUATELY COVER VEHICLE OWNERS WHO ALL SEEM TO FALL VICTIM OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY COVERAGE PERIOD THAT NISSAN SPECIFICALLY INCREASED DUE TO THE FAULTY EQUIPMENT AND FLUIDS THAT NISSAN RECOMMENDED AND EVEN REQUIRED.

Mileage: 104,000

FAULTY RADIATORS IN NISSANS ARE LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION, DESTROYING THE SEALS, VALVES AND TORQUE CONVERTER.

Mileage: 5

NISSAN DEALERSHIP NOTIFIED ME ABOUT NEEDING TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TIMING CHAIN SYSTEM. AFTER DOING RESEARCH, IT IS EVIDENT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT FAULTY TIMING CHAIN TENSIONERS AND GUIDES THAT IT WAS USING ON CERTAIN MODEL YEAR XTERRAS, INCLUDING 2007. IF TIMING CHAIN FAILS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, IT CAN LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AND A $8000+ REPAIR BILL FOR A NEW ENGINE. NISSAN KNOWING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SENT SERVICE BULLETINS TO ITS SERVICE CENTERS BUT DID NOT INFORM CONSUMERS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE TIMING CHAIN SHOULD BE GOOD FOR THE LIFE OF THE ENGINE, BUT NOW MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME IT IS GOING TO COST AT LEAST $1900 TO REPLACE THE TIMING CHAIN AND ALL COMPONENTS. NISSAN KNEW THE COMPONENTS ARE FAULTY AND YET DON'T CARE ENOUGH TO INFORM CONSUMERS. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. NISSAN KNEW THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLERS ON SAME MODEL YEAR WERE FAULTY AND DID NOT INFORM CONSUMERS. CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FORCED NISSAN TO FACE THE MUSIC, BUT CONSUMERS STILL HAD TO PAY OVER $2000 OUT OF POCKET TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION, TRANSMISSION COOLER, AND RADIATOR.

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING.

Mileage: 166,000

RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION RENDERING BOTH DEFECTIVE AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. NO HEAT WHEN CAR NOT MOVING, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND SKIPPING WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 148,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

Mileage: 118,000

TAKATA RECALL I WAS NEVER TOLD TO REPLACE MY RADIATOR TO PROTECT MY TRANSMISSION. I NOW HAVE TO REPLACE MY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. CROSS CONTAMINATION. NISSAN DID NOTHING TO INFORM ME OF THIS PROBLEM. I'V TAKEN IT TO BELLEVUE NISSAN FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS. NOT EVEN A COURTESY HEADS UP. YOU CAN STILL SAVE OTHER CUSTOMERS. PLEASE MAKE THEM TELL THEIR CUSTOMERS TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED MY X UP TO THIS POINT. THEY'VE LOST ALL CREDIBILITY. VERY DISAPPOINTING AS A X CUSTOMER AND X FAN.

WELL THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR LEAK TOOK THE MY XTERRA IN TO NISSAN MCGAVOCK AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO GET TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REPLACED AND NOW I HAVE NO CAR AND ME AND MY WIFE HAVE TO WALK TO BUS TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL AND I GO TO WORK ON BUS AND SO DOES MY WIFE.. THEY TOLD ME FROM MCGAVOCK NISSAN THAT THEY COULD FIX IT FOR 5800.00 DOLLARS. THIS IS A SHAME THAT YOU DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE OUT AND GETTING THIS FIX. XTERRA DOES NOT RUN IT IS BROKE..

Mileage: 125,000

MY SUV WAS ON A HIGHWAY, AND 4WD INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE MADE A VIBRATING NOISE, PULLED OFF AND TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART, THE SUV WAS TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTIC TEST. RESULTS: THE CODES U1000, P1807 AND P0717 (TRANSMISSION) COST $4, 491,58. IN APRIL 2016, I HAD A LEAK FROM THE RADIATOR THAT RUINED THE TRANSMISSION. I INITIALLY HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED, COST $1000 AT NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THIS WAS ONLY A BAND-AID HOWEVER, AND DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. 6 MONTHS LATER TRANSMISSION FAILED. NISSAN PUT THE CONSUMER UNDER THE BUS. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS CASE# 24403641 WITH NO ASSISTANT, DUE TO THE MILEAGE OF 100K EXCEEDS WARRANTY. NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THIS DEFAULT IN RADIATORS BACK IN 2007 AND DID NOT NOTIFY A RECALL TO THE CONSUMER. A CROSS CONTAMINATION WHERE COOLANT LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYS THE TRANSMISSION. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN PRODUCT, DUE TO THIS ORDEAL AND VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. I'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED MY SUV ON ALL REQUIRED MAINTENANCE. NISSAN CORPORATION NEEDS TO ASSIST THE CONSUMER, AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND DEDUCTIBLE WAS A JOKE. THERE HAS BEEN OVER 2500 CONSUMERS AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE. NISSAN CONTINUES TO SELL THEIR PRODUCTS AND I WOULD HIGHLY ADVISE CONSUMERS TO STOP BUYING NISSAN, NOT A TRUSTWORTHY COMPANY PERIOD. REGARDS, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 160,843

WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR STARTED NOT TO SHIFT WELL WHEN CHANGING GEARS. I'VE NOTICED ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON THE CITY ROADS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WITHIN THAT WEEK AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION AND THAT IT WILL COST OVER $3000 TO FIX. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR 2 YEARS AGO, I ALSO PURCHASED A BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY THAT INCLUDED THE TRANSMISSION. I DID NOT HAVE THE PAPERWORK WITH ME SO I HAD TO GO HOME TO LOOK FOR IT. ONCE I FOUND IT, I CALLED AND SENT THE COPY DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER. THEY CALLED ME THE FOLLOWING DAY SAYING MY WARRANTY COVERS EVERYTHING EXCEPT INTERMIX INGRID WHICH WAS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. I SPENT EXTRA MONEY TO MAKE SURE IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO MY CAR I COULD GET IT FIXED WITH THE WARRANTY. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING AND TO FIX IT I MUST PAY THE $3000. I HAD MY CAR FOR 2 YEARS AND IT ONLY HAS 75,000 MIKES AND NOW MY TRANSMISSION GOES OUT? I RESEARCHED WHAT INTERMIX INGRID IS AND FOUND OUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM??! NISSAN ISN'T TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AND INSTEAD CHARGING US ALL $3000+ TO GET THE PROBLEM THAT EVERYONE IS HAVING FIXED. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OR THE WARRANTY SHOULD COVER THIS PROBLEM. NISSAN SHOULD NOT BE MAKING A PROFIT ON AN ISSUE THEY ARE AWARE AND NOT TRYING TO NOTIFY PEOPLE ABOUT.

Mileage: 75,000

TOOK SUV TO WOODBURY NISSAN, HEARING SOUNDS WHEN DRIVING AND NO HEAT. THE RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. BOTH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS NEVER A RECALL OR ANY NOTICE TO ME IN THE 9 YEARS I HAVE HAD THIS FROM NEW.I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THIS, AND CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECT THEY KNEW ABOUT. *TR

Mileage: 76,510

ANOTHER FRUSTRATED 2007 NISSAN XTERRA OWNER WHO'S RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THREE WEEKS AGO NOTICED SOME TRANNY SLIPPAGE WHILE DRIVING (NORMALLY 80 MILES A DAY, 5 DAYS A WEEK AND ALL ON HIGHWAYS), CHECKED FLUID, NO PROBLEM, NO LEAKS OR NOTHING, THOUGH MAYBE JUST DRAIN AND CHANGE FLUIDS. THEN 1 WEEK AGO TODAY, I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE SPIKED TO HOT AND RADIATOR STARTED TO SMOKE, STARTED TO MOVE ON THE GREEN LIGHT TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD FROM A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY AND I WAS IN THE SECOND LANE OVER, CAR STARTED TO CHUG AND BARELY MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF ROAD BEFORE IT QUIT, THEN A GRAY COLORED FLUID STARTED DRAINING OUT OF MY RADIATOR OVERFLOW ALL OVER THE GROUND. HAD TO MAKE THE CALL TO A SHOP AND THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS BEFORE THEY CAME AND GOT IT. THE CAR GOT TOWED TO SHOP WHERE THEY QUOTED ME $5590 FOR TOWING, NEW RADIATOR AND REBUILT TRANNY. WTF'. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

COOLANT CONTAMINATION IN THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ALSO BLOWS FUSES AND CAR WILL NOT START. WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WHEN IT TURNED GREEN AND I ACCELERATED THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. WHEN I GOT TO A SAFE PLACE TO TURN IT OFF IT WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I AM ONE OF MANY THAT HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS AND NISSAN HAS YET TO RECALL THIS ISSUE. I WAS LUCKY TO BE AT A RED LIGHT AND NOT DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. ALSO THIS IS MY 16 YEAR OLDS CAR AND THANK GOODNESS SHE WASN'T DRIVING IT WHEN IT HAPPENED.THE CAR WAS PURCHASED LESS THAN A MONTH. AGO WITH 133000 MILES ON IT AND WAS RUNNING GREAT UNTIL TODAY. THIS ISSUE COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE MANUFACTURER.

Mileage: 133,000

TRANSMISSION CONTAMINATION BY COOLANT COSTING $4578

Mileage: 162,000

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE VEHICLE. TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THROWING TRANSMISSION CODES SUGGESTED TAKE IT TO DEALER TOWED CAR TO NISSAN DEALER. THEY TOLD ME THE RADIATOR COOLENT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION PROCEEDED TO QUOTE ME A PRICE OF 6042.00 FOR NEW TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR AND COOLANT. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS IF THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WHY DOESN'T NISSAN MAKE THIS RIGHT? I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED IN JANUARY FROM A DEALERSHIP IT IS NOW OCTOBER AND I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT REPAIRS ARE GOING TO COST ALMOST AS MUCH AS I PAID FOR CAR. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THEN WHAM MY VEHICLE IS RUINED BECAUSE OF PURE GREED. WHY CAN'T SOMEONE CARE ABOUT HARD WORKING PEOPLE AND MAKE COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE DEFECTIVE STUFF BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE?

Mileage: 186,380

CAR HAS A LITTLE OVER 100,000 MILES AND BEGAN TO VIBRATE IN TRANSMISSION THEN NOTICED RADIATOR WAS FULL OF SLIMY SLUDGE MECHANIC SUGGESTED WE REPLACE RADIATOR AND THERMOSTATS WHICH WE DID ($478.52). RAN FOR ABOUT A WEEK AFTER AND JUST SHUT OFF ONE DAY THROWING UP ENGINE CODES FOR TRANSMISSION. THAT'S WHEN WE DISCOVERED THE COOLANT CONTAMINATION. UPON CALLING NISSAN THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE CHEAP WOULD NEED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. CAR HAS BEEN SITTING SINCE AND I STILL OWE ON IT BUT CANT AFFORD THE 3-6K DOLLAR ESTIMATES I HAVE RECEIVED.

Mileage: 101,000

MY VEHICLE WAS DRIVING PERFECTLY WITHOUT ANY ISSUES AT ALL UNTIL ONE DAY ON THE WAY HOME I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN NEAR MY HOME. THEN AS I STARTED TO PROCEED DOWN THE CITY STREET THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND 4WD LIGHTS CAME ON IN THE DASH AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BARELY MOVE. I JUST BARELY GOT IT INTO THE DRIVEWAY OF MY HOME. AFTER I TURNED IT OFF I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO TURN OVER. I CHECKED ONLINE TO SEE WHAT WOULD CAUSE THESE SYMPTOMS TO FIND THAT HUNDREDS UPON THOUSANDS OF OTHER NISSAN OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME HAPPEN TO THEM. IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE OF CROSS CONTAMINATION OF RADIATOR FLUID AND TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGN IN THE RADIATOR. I HAD A MECHANIC CHECK MY ENGINE AS WELL AND HE CONFIRMED THAT THE GREY SLUDGE IN THE RADIATOR AND GRIT IN MY TRANSMISSION FLUID FIT THE SYMPTOMS OF THIS ISSUE. NOW I AM BEING TOLD I HAVE TO PAY OVER $5000.00 TO HAVE REPAIRS DONE BECAUSE OF A DESIGN FLAW THAT NISSAN REFUSES TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR. I AM LUCKY THAT THIS FAILURE HAPPENED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD VERSUS THE INTERSTATE OR IT COULD HAVE NOT ONLY LEFT ME WITH FIGURING OUT HOW TO COME UP WITH $5000.00 BUT HOW TO PAY FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR REPAIR BILLS TO OTHER CARS I MIGHT HAVE CAUSED TO WRECK DO TO THIS CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

Mileage: 172,290

TAKATA RECALL - I HAD WENT CHURCH AND AFTER I GOT OUT. I GOT BACK IN THE VEHICLE AND WHEN I TRIED TO BACK UP IN REVERSE IT WOULDNT GO, BUT IF I PRESSED THE GAS A LIL HARDER IT WENT IN REVERSE. SO I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND HAD MECHANIC THAT I GO TO CHURCH WITH LOOK AT IT AND HE DROVE IT AROUND THE PARKING LOT. THEN CHECKED THE FLUID THATS WHEN HE REALISED THAT THE FLUID COLOR HAD CHANGED AND TOLD ME THAT I HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.

Mileage: 110,000

COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN.

Mileage: 105,000

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WENT TO NISSAN PLACE WHERE THEY DID A TEST ON IT AND CALM THE DID NOT EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG BUT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND GAVE ME PRICES ON REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. THEY DID NOT TELL ME THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION. THEY ALSO CALM THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE CODE THAT IT WAS PUTTING OUT MEAN JUST THAT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION (LIES) FINALLY AFTER ALMOST A MONTH MY CAR STOPPED, I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND IT WAS TOOK APART IS WHEN I WAS TOLD IT HAD COOLANT IN IT FROM THE RADIATOR THAT HAS CAUSE DAMAGE TO MY TRANSMISSION IT WAS THEN THAT I WENT ON LINE TO LEARN OF THIS PROBLEM I AM ASKING FOR A RECALL AND REIMBURSEMENT OF THIS COST DUE TO THE FACT THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. AT THIS TIME MY CAR IS IN SHOP DUE TO THE FACT THAT I DO NOT HAVE OVER 3000 DOLLARS. I BROUGHT THIS CAR NEW IN 2007 AND I AM THE ONLY OWNER AND KEEP MY MAINTANCE UP

Mileage: 139,000

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STOPPED SHIFTING GEARS AND THE CAR DECELERATED. AFTER IT CAME TO A STOP, THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. AFTER TALKING TO MECHANICS, IT APPEARS THAT A DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR CAUSED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO INTERMIX, WRECKING BOTH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 115,000

I HAD NOTICED THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD BOUNCE UP AND DOWN AND WHEN I WENT TO CHECK THE ANTIFREEZE IT WAS FULL OF PURPLE GOOP. I WAS TOLD THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED. I TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF THIS CARE WITH OIL CHANGE, ALL FLUID CHANGES AS WELL. I CAN'T NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED. THE SUV HAS BEEN PARKED SINCE THEN AND THAT WAS OVER 3 YEARS AGO. I WAS HOPING TO HAVE A RESOLUTION OF THIS WITH A RECALL.

Mileage: 120,000

OUR CAR HAD NO PICKUP WHEN TAKING OFF FROM STOP LIGHT AND MAKING A LEFT TURN. WE WERE CROSSING TRAFFIC WHICH MADE THIS QUITE SCARY AS WE ALMOST STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WE PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND TURNED IT OFF. WOULDN'T START BACK UP AND THE GEAR INDICATOR ON THE DASH WASN'T SHOWING WHICH GEAR IT WAS IN. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR, AND CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE SENSORS. I WAS NEVER CONTACTED ABOUT THIS ISSUE SO I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL I WENT ONLINE AND SAW ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I JUST WENT OVER THE 100,000 MILE MARK THIS YEAR SO NISSAN WILL NOT FIX IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ISN'T A RECALL ISSUE INSTEAD OF A WARRANTY EXTENSION ISSUE WITH NISSAN WILLING TO COVER THE COST OVER $3,000. WHO HAS $3,000 THAT THEY CAN AFFORD OR EVEN HAVE FOR THAT MATTER? I'VE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN AND AM HOPING THAT SOMEONE WILL HELP ME EITHER PAY FOR THIS OR GIVE ME FULL FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE CAR SO I CAN BUY ANOTHER ONE AND USE THIS AS A TRADE IN. NOT SURE THAT I'LL BUY A NISSAN THOUGH, IF THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF ME, THAT'S FOR SURE. THE OTHER ISSUES THAT I'VE HAD WITH THIS CAR IS THE FUEL SENSOR WENT OUT, WHICH I'VE ALSO SEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS ON AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS GONE OUT. NOT SURE IF THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED OR NOT. ALL IN ALL THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT CAR,BUT CONSIDERING I BOUGHT IT USED WITH VERY LOW MILES ON IT AND JUST MADE MY LAST CAR PAYMENT 4 DAYS AGO, I'M ABSOLUTELY SICK OVER THIS. EVEN WORSE IS THE FACT THAT WE COULD'VE BEEN KILLED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC BUT WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT THE CAR DID MAKE IT BEFORE ANY CARS GOT TOO CLOSE TO US. IS THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE BEFORE NISSAN DOES SOMETHING?

Mileage: 109,000

TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO HAVE COOLANT MIXED INTO IT. ALSO THE FUEL SEND UNIT HAS FAILED

Mileage: 129,000

I BOUGHT NISSAN XTERRA WITH 94,000MILLES ON IT. ONE MONTH LATER, I NOTICED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS FILED WITH TYPE OF MILKY SUBSTANCE. I TOOK IT TO THE MECANIC, HE FLUSHED THE RAIDIATOR AND FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION, BECAUSE THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF CROSS CONTAMINATIONS. THE VEHICULE WAS FINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, FEW DAYS LATER MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN ON NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE. I STRUGGLED TO PUT ON THE SIDE, THANX GOD NOBODY WAS HURT. TRANSMISSION GONE. I HAD TO TOW IT TO THE MECANIC AND I HAD TO SPENT 3K TO GET IT FIX. IT SEENS THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND NISSAN SHOULD TAKE RESPONSABILITY FOR THIS CAR

Mileage: 95,000

WHEN I AM DRIVINGING AT A SLOW SPEED , MY TRANSMISSION MAKES A NOISE AND THEN FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO DIE, NOW I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE IS FLUID LEAKING FROM MY RADIATOR. WHEN I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE I WAS HAVING AND REALIZISED THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT IS BEING REPORTED BY MANY NISSAN XTERRA OWNERS AND THAT NISSION HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS ISSUE SINCE 2007 , WHEN I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED MY XTERRA . NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUE IS , THE RADIATOR IS LEAKING FLUID IN TO MY TRANSMISSION AND IS DESTROYING THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR . IN DOING RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING , AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS OCCURS , I'M FRIGHTENED TO EVEN DRIVE MY XTERRA AT THIS POINT . CONSIDERING THAT NISSAN TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY IN WHAT SHOULD CLEARLY BE A RECALL , I'M STUCK WITH A CAR THAT I'VE JUST RECENTLY PAID OFF , THAT I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE AND DO NOT HAVE $4,700 TO HAVE THE RADIOS AND TRANSMISSION REPLACED . THERE WAS NO WARNING WHEN THIS HAPPENED AT ALL . I HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED MY NISSAN AND THOUGHT I HAD MADE A WELL INFORMED DECISION IN MY PURCHASE . I WILL NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY AGAIN . I'M SO DISAPPOINTED IN THE SITUATION NISSAN HAS PUT MYSELF AND APPARENTLY MANY , MANY OTHERS IN . NO WAY TO DO BUSINESS .

Mileage: 140,000

WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH TRANSMISSION ON 07 NISSAN XTERRA. FOUND A LAWSUIT THAT HAD BEEN SETTLED WITH NISSAN INVOLVING FACTORY DEFECTS OF THE RADIATOR OIL COOLER WHICH LEAKS INTO TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYS TRANSMISSION. TOOK AN OIL SAMPLE FROM MY VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY AND WAS TOLD THAT THEIR WAS ANTIFREEZE IN THE OIL. TOOK MY VEHICLE AND THE OIL SAMPLE INTO NISSAN SO THAT MY TRANSMISSION COULD BE REPLACED. ($2500 COST TO ME PER THE NISSAN LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT) SERVICE DEPARTMENT CALLED BACK AND TRIED TO TELL ME THAT WITHOUT DROPPING THE TRANSMISSION THAT THEY COULD TELL THAT THE ANTIFREEZE WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF MY FAILED TRANSMISSION. AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO ADMITTED THAT THEY COULDN'T TELL WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE OF MY TRANSMISSION AND THAT MY OIL SAMPLE PROVED THAT THE FACTORY DEFECT WAS THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF MY TRANSMISSION FAILURE, HE THEN PROCEEDED TO EXPLAIN THAT THEY HAD TO FOLLOW NISSAN PROCEDURE WHICH WAS A VISUAL INSPECTION. MY OIL SAMPLE TRUMPED THEIR VISUAL INSPECTION BUT THEY STILL REFUSED TO FIX MY VEHICLE EVEN UNDER THE LAWS OF THE NISSAN SETTLEMENT WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO COVER MY VEHICLE. I FIRST STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING, MY XTERRA ALMOST DOESN'T EVEN RUN NOW AND IS DEFINITELY NOT ROAD SAFE ANY MORE YET NISSAN STILL WON'T FIX IT.

Mileage: 89,402

CAR BEGAN TO GO INTO NEUTRAL WHILE ON HIGHWAY 500 MILES FROM HOME. SCARED MY FAMILY TO DEATH. LOST POWER AT A HIGH SPEED. PROBLEM EBBED BUT CONTINUED ALL THE WAY HOME. NISSAN STATED RADIATOR FLUID HAD GOTTEN INTO TRANSMISSION DUE TO DEFECT IN TRANSMISSION LINE THAT WAS PASSING THROUGH THE RADIATOR. SAME NISSAN' DEALER'S CHEAPEST SOLUTION WAS TO PUT A USED TRANSMISSION IN FOR $3,500 PLUS LABOR. I CONTRACTED WITH A PRIVATE MECHANIC. I ALSO PURCHASED A SEPARATE SYSTEM TO ROUTE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CORRECTLY IN THE FUTURE. MECHANIC SHOWED ME THE CLUTCHES WHICH WERE DESTROYED. HE MAY STILL HAVE THEM.

Mileage: 150,000

NISSAN TRANSMISSION FLUID/RADIATOR COOLANT LEAK ISSUE: ROUGH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEHAVIOR NOTICED DURING STOP AND GO CITY DRIVING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. REPAIR SHOP DIAGNOSED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE AS TRANSMISSION TORQUE ISSUE, POINTING TO TRANSMISSION FLUID. REPAIR SHOP FOUND LEAK IN COOLANT RADIATOR SERVICING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN WATER/GLYCOL INTRUSION INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. RADIATOR, AND COOLANT FLUID REPLACED, AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED/REPLACED. A FEW DAYS LATER, TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE WAS FELT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AGAIN. EXPECTING TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN COMPROMISED DUE TO PRIOR, DEFECTIVE RADIATOR.

Mileage: 145,000

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING. GOING 70 MILES PER HOUR DOWN INTERSTATE...DURING RUSH HR SURROUNDED BY 18 WHEELERS... PUTTING MY WIFE'S LIFE IN DANGER.... THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY RECALL ISSUE.... THANKS

Mileage: 147,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE RADIATOR AND RUINED THE TRANSMISSION. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

Mileage: 123,000

MY FAMILY AND I WAS GOING DOWN A BIG HILL WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT TO THE LOWEST GEAR ON ITS OWN ALMOST STOPPING US DEAD IN ITS TRACKS 20 MPH AND WE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE MAKING BIG SEMI TRUCKS LOCKING BRAKES AND ALMOST HITTING US RUNNING 70 PLUS MPH. MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACK,SO WE MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SHUT IT OFF AND WE WAS FINE AGIN.I TOOK IT HOME AND TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS IN THE RADIATOR , THEN LOOKING ON THE INTERNET THOUSANDS OF NISSANS ARE HAV ING THE SAME PROBLEMS BUT YET NO RECALLS!!! IT ALMOST COST OUR LIVES FOR A COMPANY TO SORRY TO FIX THEIR PRODUCT! SO WHAT DO I DO IM SCARED TO DRIVE IT HELP ASAP

Mileage: 158,000

EIGHT HOURS FROM HOME, THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED. INITIAL LOCAL GARAGE COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. CHRIS MYERS NISSAN IN DAPHNE, AL, WAS THE CLOSEST DEALER. THEY WERE CALLED AND DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM OVER THE PHONE. IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THESE VEHICLES THAT ALLOWS THE RADIATOR TO FAIL AND LEAK RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION, DESTROYING IT AND THE MODULE. THIS COST $5,225 TO REPAIR IN ADDITION TO THE TOW AND DRIVING BACK ANOTHER 8 HOURS TO RETRIEVE THE VEHICLE. NISSAN NA WAS COMPLETELY UNHELPFUL. DESPITE THIS KNOWN DEFECT, THEY REFUSED TO ASSIST WITH ANY COST. THEY PREVIOUSLY AGREED TO A COURT ORDER TO REPAIR THESE ISSUES BUT ONLY UNDER 80,000 MILES. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES THAT IS CERTAIN TO OCCUR IN ALL OF THEM. THIS DEFINITELY SHOULD BE A RECALL AND THEY ARE SHIRKING THEIR DUTY WITH THIS DEFECTIVE SYSTEM. THEIR SHOULD BE NO MILEAGE LIMIT AS THEY KNOW THIS WILL EVENTUALLY OCCUR WITH THESE VEHICLES.

Mileage: 148,000

I WAS DRIVING AND THE RPM EXCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING, THE CAR SHUTTERED, I HAD NO POWER. PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING ON MARCH 26, 2016, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY WARNING OF A PROBLEM. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT WHICH TIME I HAD ALREADY PULLED OVER. I HAD THE SUV TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP ADVISED ME THAT THE INTERNAL RADIATOR DUMPED WATER INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO BURN UP. IT IS NOT REPAIRABLE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, WE FOUND THAT THERE IS A PENDING CASE REGARDING THIS DEFECT (DP12004) ON MOST NISSANS AFFECTING MODELS MADE IN 2004-2012. THIS STATES THAT THE INVESTIGATION IS PENDING AND A RECALLL HAS BEEN REQUESTED BUT NISSAN HAS NOT ISSUED ONE AS YET. THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT TRYING TO PASS OR TURN AT THE TIME IT OCCURRED. I WAS DRIVING ON A RURAL ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER. THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL. NISSAN SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT IS A DEFECT IN THEIR VEHICLES. WE BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND WILL TRY TO WORK WITH THE FINANCE COMPANY ON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEFECT.

Mileage: 169,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE: WHILE DRIVING CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER LIKE ENGINE OR DRIVE SHAFT WAS STUCK, SPEED AND POWER DECREASED RAPIDLY IN TRAFFIC NEARLY CAUSING ME TO CRASH VEHICLE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET OUT OF DRIVING LANE. I PULLED IN A PARKING LOT TURNED VEHICLE OFF, TO INSPECT TIRES, ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. CHECKING FLUIDS NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID THICK LIKE A MILK SHAKE, CHECKED COOLANT, IT TOO WAS THE SAME. ALL THIS OUT OF NO WHERE. I GOOGLED PROBLEM AND FOUND MANY WITH SAME ISSUE AND THAT CAR WOULDNT START ALSO DUE TO WET ELECTRICAL PARTS IN TRANSMISSION THAT POPS A BREAKER NOT ALLOWING RESTART. I CHECK 10 AMP FUSE, IT WAS BROKEN. GOT CAR TOWED TO NEAR FAMILY HOME, BEGAN RESEARCHING AND FIND OUT THAT NISSAN WAS AWARE OF TRANS COOLER PROBLEM THAT WILL CAUSE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ALSO, THAT THIS ISSUE MOST LIKELY HAPPENS AFTER 100,000 MILES, WHICH I ALSO FOUND OUT NISSAN ONLY COVERED THIS UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH CO-PAY TO THAT AMOUNT, WHICH I NEVER WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS ISSUE. MY CAR WAS FINANCED WITH A MAJOR US BANK, SAME EMAILS SINCE PURCHASE. I WENT TO DEALER, CALLED NISSN NORTH AMERICA AND WAS QUICKLY DIMISSED WITH MY VEHICLE HAS TO MANY MILES AND CAMPAIGN IS OVER AND WONT SPEAK FUTHER DUE TO SOME LAWSUIT. REALLY?? I LIVE IN ILLINOIS WHERE ITS COLD, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE? THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO A CAR LIKE THIS, ME BEING THE ONLY OWNER AND JUST HAD NISSAN INSPECT MY VEHICLE DUE TO ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON PREVIOUSLY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS THING. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BEEN AFFECTED. DEALER QUOTED ME $4900 FOR REPAIRS AND STATED THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE. THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AND PAY FOR TOTAL REPAIRS REGARDLESS OF MILES. WHAT HAPPENS WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND THEBTRANSMISSION STOPS? I'M A COMMERCIAL DRIVER, SEEN MANY ACCUDENTS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. RECALL THIS PLEASE, THEIR LIABLE.

Mileage: 190,000

TRANSMISSION BEGAN FAILING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. CAR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY SLOW SUDDENLY AND BEGIN SHAKING AS IF RIDING ON A VERY ROUGH ROAD. NISSAN DEALER INFORMED US THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT WHEREIN THE RADIATOR FLUID AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID BECAME CROSS CONTAMINATED, RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ALTHOUGH NISSAN KNEW OF THIS ISSUE, THEY DID NOT INFORM US TO HAVE OUR CAR INSPECTED FOR THIS PROBLEM. NISSAN CURRENTLY COVERS THIS PROBLEM UP TO 8 YEARS AND 80,000 MILES, BUT WE ARE JUST OUTSIDE THIS LIMIT.

Mileage: 81,000

MY TRANSMISSION IS NOW USELESS BECAUSE THERE WAS A RADIATOR LEAK? THIS ISN'T VERY SAFE AS IT COULD HAVE MESSED UP MY DRIVING!!!!

Mileage: 110,000

THIS COMPLAINT IS IN REFERENCE TO A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA OFF ROAD 4X4 WITH180,900 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SPONTANEOUSLY DOWNSHIFT TO LOW GEARS WHILE MOVING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 25 MILE PER HOUR. AT ONE POINT, THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED AND LOCKED UP WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MILES PER HOUR, WHICH RESULTED IN A SUDDEN STOP IN THE MIDST OF THE TRAFFIC FLOW ON A TWO LANE ROAD. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALER FOR SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. INSPECTION REVEALED COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION VIA A LEAKING TRANSMISSION COOLER ASSEMBLY INTEGRATED INTO THE MAIN ENGINE RADIATOR. THE TRANSMISSION SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL INTERNAL DAMAGE FROM THE COOLANT MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND CIRCULATING THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE VEHICLE ROADWORTHY AGAIN. TOTAL COST OF THE REPAIR WITH TAXES WAS $4800.00. NISSAN SERVICE MANAGER AND TECHS AT DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE XTERRA AND FRONTIER MODEL VEHICLES, YET NO PROACTIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN DURING PREVIOUS SERVICE APPOINTMENTS AT 30,000 MILE SERVICE INTERVALS, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENTS, AND DURING YEARLY STATE VEHICLE INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED AT THE SAME NISSAN DEALERSHIP.

Mileage: 180,900

I BOUGHT A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. 2 DAYS LATER MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON NISSAN TOLD ME I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION IT WOULD COST ME 4900 TO REPLACE. THEY CLEAR THE LIGHT OFF.THEY FAILED TO TELL ME ABOUT THE 2 RECALLS OR THE FACT THEY WERE UNDER INVESTIGATION. WHEN I CALLED TO FILE A COMPLAINT THE LADY SAID I WOULD BE CONTACTED THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. IT NEVER HAPPENED. I CALLED NISSAN THEY TOLD ME EITHER TO PAY THE 4900 OR DO WITHOUT AND I WAS HUNG UP ON. THE FOLLOWING DAY I LOST ALL GEARS IN MY CAR WAS ALMOST HIT BY A SEMI WITH MY 3 YOUNG KIDS IN THE CAR.MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME BACK ON.I CALLED NISSAN THE TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.WHEN I BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION THEY HUNG UP ON ME WHEN I CALLED THE COMPLAINT LINE BACK THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT AND I WOULD HEAR BACK.STILL NOTHING. NISSAN SHOULD BE ASHAMED AND SUED AND BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS FOR KNOWINGLY ENDANGERING LIVES AND NOT CARING

Mileage: 143,000

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MY XTERRA HAD SUDDEN JERKING FELT THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANICS HAVE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION COOLER WHICH HAS ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH MY TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING INTERNAL DAMAGE TO ITS INTERNAL COMPONENTS. PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE, I HAVE HAD NO OTHER ISSUES WHAT-SO-EVER WITH THE OPERATION OF MY VEHICLE. THIS DAMAGE TO MY TRANSMISSION HAS COST IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR, AND ALL DUE TO A FAULTY RADIATOR THAT WAS INSTALLED BY NISSAN

Mileage: 130,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 60MPH WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO SPEED UP AND SWITCH LANES THE TRUCK SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND SHUT OFF. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED THREE TIMES LUCKY THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE OTHER LANE SO THEY WENT AROUND I HAD NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES WHILE TRYING TO PAY ATTENTION AND NOT GET HIT I HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND TRY TO START IT BACK UP THE TRUCK STARTED AND SEEMED TO IDLE FINE I PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE AND LIMPED IT TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE WHITEOUT GETTING HIT LUCKILY AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP I HAD MY WIFE AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE TRUCK THANK GOD NOTHING HAPPENED. THE SHOP TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADAITOR FLUID MIXED CAUSING MY TRANSMISSION TO FAIL THEY TOLD ME THAT MY RADIATOR IS CRACK AND COOLANT MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID I DIDN'T FIX IT YET I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY I JUST PAID IT OFF AND I'M TRYING TO BUY A HOUSE AND NOW LOOKING ON LINE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CASES OF THIS AND A LAWSUIT THAT WAS ONE BUT MY TRUCK HAS 150,000 MILES ON IT ALL INTERSTATE MAINLY BUT I'M WAY OUT OF THE MILES FOR WARRANTY, SO WHY ISN'T THIS A RECALL ? IF THIS HAS HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE I WAS WAS ALMOST HIT THREE TIMES AND I HAD TO LIMP MY TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE WERE I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT SITTING STILL . I'M VERY UPSET OVER THIS NISSAN WANTS 5K TO FIX IT SO I GUESS I WILL START SAVING MY MONEY HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE A RECALL SOON.

Mileage: 150,000

CAR TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND STOP MOVING. TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK. RADIATOR WATER LEAK.

Mileage: 149,921

WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE CUT OFF, LOSING ALL POWER INCLUDING BRAKING POWER, NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AFTER MULTIPLE SHOPS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT COOLANT HAD ENTERED THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH A WELL KNOWN FAILURE. THIS FAILURE CAUSING COOLANT TO ENTER THE TRANSMISSION DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. THIS FAILURE IS ALSO DOCUMENTED THROUGH A CLASS ACTIONS LAWSUIT AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR CLAIMS FOUND ONLINE.

Mileage: 80,500

THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE, SO DISAPPOINTED THIS HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. I JUST MISSED GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND DUE TO THE SUDDEN STOP.

Mileage: 77,000

EXITING PARKING LOT, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN, "ACCUTE" OUT OF CONTROL - ACCELERATION. IMMEDIATELY DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL, YET XTERRA CONTINUED FORWARD SOME 40 - 50 FEET UNIMPEDED, IN A SEVERE BUCKING FASHION. FORTUNATELY NO PERSON, NOR OBJECT WAS IN MY PATH. CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, WAS DIRECTED TO TAKE SUV TO LOCAL DEALER (VALLEJO NISSAN) FOR INSPECTION. COMPUTER ANALYSIS DISPLAYED NO MECHANICAL ISSUES. THERE ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT, CRITICAL FLAWS, JUST WAITING TO BE UNLEASHED ON AN UNSUSPECTING PUBLIC. NISSAN HAS STAUNCHLY REFUSED ANY FURTHER EVALUATION.YOUR ASSISTANCE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH.

Mileage: 86,000

RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION AND NOW I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS REPAIR. THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AS THIS IS HAPPENING TO NISSAN OWNERS AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE MAIN STREET AND VEHICLE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN I COULD ONLY GO ABOUT 10-15 MPH BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION

Mileage: 10,900

5 MONTHS AGO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED INTO THE RADIATOR CAUSING ANTIFREEZE AND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT BECAUSE OF THIS CAUSED BE TO BE STUCK ON THE ROAD I NOW NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000.

Mileage: 146,000

LEFT MY HOUSE GARAGE AND SUDDENLY I NOTICES THAT THE CAR WAS LOOSING THE POWER, SO I WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE AFTER FEW MILES DRIVING. AND NEXT MORNING, I WAS GOING TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE MECHANIC, THE ENGINE DIDN'T START. SO I CALLED TO TOW MY CAR TO THE MECHANIC. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, CAR WOULDN'T BE FUNCTION DUE TO THE TRANSMISSMISSION AND COMPUTER FAILURE. MY CAR IS STILL IN THE SHOP, SO I DONT KNOW THE EXACT ODOMETER.

Mileage: 120,000

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND COULDN'T ACCELERATE, MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING, ABOUT RAN OVER BY TRAILER. RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT NISSAN ISN'T TAKING CARE OF.

Mileage: 127,000

THE ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR ARE RUINED. I AM A SINGLE MOM RAISING 2 KIDS TRYING TO SAVE MONEY TO GET IT FIXED. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS EXACT PROBLEM.

Mileage: 105,000

TRANSMISSION OVER HEATS DUE TO RADIATOR HOSE CORROSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT FELT A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A CROSS CONTAMINATION OF COOLANT BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

A HESITATION IN THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATION BEGAN OCCURRING FREQUENTLY UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AFTER A FULL STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT, BUT NOT AT ANY OTHER TIME IN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTED WHEN DEPARTING THE DEALERSHIP AFTER WHICH A NEW TIMING CHAIN HAD BEEN REPLACED. WHEN REVIEWED BY THE DEALERSHIP UPON RETURN TO THE SERVICE AREA (ANOTHER APPOINTMENT HAD BEEN MADE AT LATER TIME), A LOSS OF OVER ONE QUART OF TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS DETECTED (OVER WHAT TIME PERIOD WAS UNCLEAR), BUT NO KNOWN SOURCE OF EXTERNAL LEAKAGE WAS FOUND. THIS LED TO THE CONCLUSION THAT INTERNAL LEAKAGE WAS VERY LIKELY OCCURRING. DUE TO THE MANY INSTANCES OF RADIATOR CRACKS AND TOXIC MIXING OF FLUIDS AMONG SIMILAR YEAR MODELS (MID-2000 MODEL YEARS OF NISSAN XTERRA), THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED THAT THE RADIATOR BE REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION THOROUGHLY FLUSHED, WHICH MIGHT PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION FROM REQUIRING A COMPLETE OVERHAUL IN THE FUTURE - ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES. THIS WORK WAS COMPLETED FOR A TOTAL OF $1500 INCLUDING DISCOUNT; THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WELL AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR RESOLVING ISSUES THAT HAD BEEN EXPERIENCED BY OTHERS, HENCE THE DEALERSHIP'S CHARGES. A REQUEST WAS NONETHELESS MADE TO GET REIMBURSED BY THE MANUFACTURER (NISSAN), CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS ISSUE WAS DEALT WITH AT A VERY EARLY STAGE AND MIGHT THEREFORE RESULT IN A LOWER PROBABILITY OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE, WHICH COULD COST SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6-7,000 OR MORE). OTHER DRIVERS/OWNERS HAVE TYPICALLY EXPERIENCED MORE SEVERE ISSUES, SUCH AS SHAKING/STALLING VEHICLES AND/OR ILLUMINATED DASHBOARD LIGHTS INDICATING ENGINE PROBLEMS.

Mileage: 132,000

TRANSMISSION HAS COOLANT IN IT DUE TO A NISSAN KNOWN PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION LINE GOES INTO BOTTOM OF RADIATOR DEVELOPS A CRANK INSIDE AND LEAKS COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

Mileage: 89,533

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THERE WAS A COMPONENT THAT FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING, ASSOCIATED WITH FLUID LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A CRACK IN THE ATF LINE THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE ENGINE COOLANT CHAMBER INTO THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP12004 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 8/10/15*CN

WATER FROM THE RADIATOR GOT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND I HAD NISSAN REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR AT THE COST OF 4700.00 DOLLARS WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL BAD BUSINESS.

Mileage: 169,000

OUR 2007 XTERRA AT 87,000 MILES LEFT MY WIFE AND 2 KIDS STRANDED ON THE ROAD WITH A DESTROYED TRANSMISSION DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR COOLING LINES THAT SUPPORT COOLING THE TRANSMISSION. THE COOLANT MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE RESULTING PRESSURE CAUSED THE RADIATOR PRESSURE CAP TO BLOW WHEN THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. THIS STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE LOOKING FLUID LEAKED ALL OVER THE GROUND AND WAS DIFFICULT TO CLEAN-UP THIS IS A KNOWN NISSAN DEFECT ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GET HURT OR FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION RESULTS.

Mileage: 87,000

I HAD BROUGHT THE XTERRA TO THE MECHANIC ON MAY 4TH FOR INTERMITTENT VIBRATIONS ( WHICH I ATTRIBUTED TO THE ROUGH ROADS S/P WINTER AS IT OCCURRED AT THE SAME POINTS ON THE SAME ROADS ) OVER 2 MONTH AND A NEW INTERMITTENT THUMPING NOISE HEARD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING GEARS IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. NOTHING CAME UP ON THE COMPUTER SYSTEM SHOWING ANY ISSUES OTHER THAN THE KNOWN ALERT FOR THE GAS LEVEL PART THAT SHIFT THE BED 6 MONTHS AGO AND I REFUSE TO PAY $400 FOR A $40 PART THAT SHOULD HAVE LASTED THE LIFETIME OF THE VEHICLE, ( ANOTHER ISSUE NISSAN IS AWARE OF AS IT COMES UP ON THE COMPUTER TO THE MECHANIC THAT THIS A KNOWN DEFECT BUT WON'T REPLACE IT FREE OF CHARGE) END RESULT, TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RADIATOR FLUID WERE MIXING DUE TO A KNOWN ISSUE BY NISSAN AND DEFECTIVE PARTS. THERE IS NO RECALL. THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION COOLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED COSTING OVER $1600. I HAVE READ ON COMPLAINT WEBSITES REGARDING THIS KNOWN ISSUE AND I AM AWARE THIS COST IS MUCH LESS THAN WHAT OTHER NISSAN OWNERS HAVE PAID AS SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE NEEDED TO REPLACE THEIR TRANSMISSIONS OR HAVE NEEDED TO JUNK THEIR VEHICLES AS NISSAN REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND SUCK UP THE COST TO FIX THIS SIGNIFICANT MECHANICAL PROBLEM ON THEIR VEHICLES !!!!! *TR

Mileage: 82,107

THE RADIATOR USED IN MY 2007 NISSAN XTERRA IS A FAULTY PRODUCT WHICH CAUSED A LEAK OF THE RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID SYSTEM. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION HEATS UP DURING LONGER PERIODS OF DRIVING, THE RADIATOR FLUID ALSO HEATS UP AND EFFECTIVELY RUINS THE INTERNAL TRANSMISSION PARTS. THIS HAS CAUSED SEVERAL ISSUES IN THE SHIFTING OF THE VEHICLE, AND OFTEN TIMES IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHERE ACCELERATION IS KEY TO AVOIDING ACCIDENTS. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000. UPDATED 7/14/15*CN

Mileage: 126,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

Mileage: 127,000

I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC AND NOTICED THAT MY 07 NISSAN XTERRA WAS STRUGGLING TO CHANGE GEARS. WHEN IT DID NOT GO AWAY AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS, I TOOK IT INTO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THEY FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR WAS FULL OF A BROWN MILK SHAKE SUBSTANCE. THEY DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED IN THE RADIATOR AND MIXED WITH THE ANTIFREEZE. THE SHOP REPLACED THE RADIATOR. FLUSHED THE ANTIFREEZE SYSTEM AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. 6 MONTHS LATER, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED STUTTERING WHEN IT WAS CHANGING GEARS AT 45 - 50 AND 65-70. I TOOK THE CAR INTO A LOCAL AAMCO. ONCE I ADVISED THE SERVICE REP WHAT TYPE OF CAR I HAD, HE LAUGHED AND SAID THEY THAT HAD ALREADY REBUILT OVER 30 XTERRA TRANSMISSION. THEY CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION AND ADVISED THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REBUILT AND PROVIDED ME WITH AN REPAIR ESTIMATE OF $ 4200. THEY ADVISED TO CALL NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD OFFER TO DO. THEY ALSO ADVISED OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR THIS KNOWN DEFECT. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND ANY INFORMATION ON THIS LAWSUIT. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

VEHICLE ABRUPTLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS FORCED TO STOP. A SERIOUS, POSSIBLY DEADLY, ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED IF THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC HAD NOT STOPPED. THE VEHICLE HAD SHUDDERING DURING ACCELERATION PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT BUT HAD NEVER GIVEN ANY INDICATION IT WOULD STALL UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED BY NISSAN AND NO ISSUES WERE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION DURING THIS SERVICE. WHEN NISSAN DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE THEY FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER HAD LEAKED AND ALLOWED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ENGINE COOLANT TO MIX. THIS LEAD TO TRANSMISSION DAMAGE AND UNSAFE, UNEXPECTED FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN ALSO SAID THEY HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS COMMON FAILURE FOR MANY YEARS. I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THIS DANGEROUS DESIGN FLAW. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

WE JUST DISCOVERED OUR 2007 NISSAN XTERRA (117,000 MILES) IS ONE OF THE MANY NISSANS TO HAVE THE RADIATOR CRACK AND LEAK COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM. THE CAR NOW NEEDS AROUND $6,000 IN REPAIRS TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, ETC. WE BOUGHT A WARRANTY FROM THE DEALER WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2010. THE WARRANTY COVERS THE TRANSMISSION UP TO 120,000 MILES. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS FOR REGULAR SERVICE AND WAS NEVER INFORMED ABOUT THIS DESIGN DEFECT. THE DEALER WILL NOT FIX THE TRANSMISSION AS COVERED IN THE WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 117,000

TRANSMISSION COOLER RUPTURED, RUINED THE COOLING SYSTEM. APPEARS TO HAVE DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION *TR

Mileage: 120,000

ACCORDING TO GARAGE, SAME COMPLAINT WITH OTHER SECOND GENERATION NISSAN XTERRA OWNERS. RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND CAUSED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. DRIVING DOWNTOWN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH MY 8 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER AND HER MOTHER IN THE CAR AND LOSING POWER COMPLETELY AT AN INTERSECTION DUE TO A KNOWN PROBLEM WAS UNNERVING TO SAY THE LEAST. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

MY CAR BEGAN SHUTTERING BAD ENOUGH THAT I WAS AFRAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO STALL OR THAT I WOULD GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. THANKFULLY, I DIDN'T I FOUND OUT THAT A FAULTY RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM. I AM BEING TOLD BY NISSAN THAT IT WILL COST $7,000 TO REPAIR/REPLACE THE RADIATOR, HOSES, TRANSMISSION ETC. MY MILEAGE IS JUST OVER 106,000 MILES SO, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I WILL GET NO HELP FROM NISSAN IN MAKING THESE REPAIRS. I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT AT THIS TIME SO IT WILL HAVE TO SIT AND WAIT WHILE I WILL PRAY THAT THERE IS A RECALL SOON. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

ON 3/28/15, PARKING MY 2007 NISSAN XTERRA (126,0000 MILES) IN TAMPA, FL. BEFORE I HAD THE CAR IN "PARK", THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, THE ENGINE STARTED SMOKING AND A LOT OF PURPLE/GREEN/GRAY FLUID LEAKED OUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY CAR. AFRAID TO MOVE THE CAR, AAA TOWED IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN TAMPA. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ARRIVED AND SAW THE COLOR OF THE FLUIDS, HE QUICKLY DETERMINED THAT MY CAR HAD LEAKED BOTH TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUID. HE SAID HE HEARD THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH NISSAN XTERRAS. I WAS SHOCKED! SINCE PURCHASING NEW IN DECEMBER 2006, I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN MY CAR TO NISSAN FOR ALL SERVICE. OTHER THAN A FEW OIL CHANGES, ALL SERVICE HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY NISSAN DEALERSHIPS AND THEIR CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS. JUST PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, MY CAR HAD BEEN SHAKING. I HAD BEEN TO NISSAN WITH THIS COMPLAINT IN THE PAST, BUT AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE IT SEEMED TO GO AWAY. AT NO TIME WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM MENTIONED AS A POSSIBILITY. I HAVE LIVED IN DIFFERENT AREAS IN FLORIDA AND USED ONLY NISSAN DEALERSHIPS FOR SERVICE AND REPAIR, WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR REPAIRS THAN AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS, THAT NISSAN DEALERSHIPS AND SERVICE WOULD KNOW MY VEHICLE BEST & BE PROACTIVE, ALERTING TO ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE PROBLEMS, I FELT PROTECTED. THE LAST MAJOR REPAIR WAS IN JULY 2014, AT 113,000 MILES AT AUTONATION NISSAN, DELRAY, FL. COMPLAINT WAS SEVERE SHAKING, AND STUMBLING WHEN ACCELERATING. REPAIRS WERE OVER $1,000; A TRANSMISSION ISSUE WAS NEVER MENTIONED, EVEN AFTER FURTHER REPAIRS WERE NEEDED. I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH XTERRAS UNTIL SATURDAY AT THE DEALER IN TAMPA, WHO SAID HE ALERTS ALL XTERRA OWNERS TO BE PROACTIVE WITH RADIATOR REPLACEMENT. AFTER THE COMMENT I DID RESEARCH ONLINE. I WAS UNAWARE OF THE CLASS ACTION SUIT SETTLED WITH NISSAN; I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A PROBLEM HISTORY WITH NISSAN XTERRA TRANSMISSIONS AND RADIATORS. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT FRIED BY DEFECTED RADIATOR FAILURE. I AM NOW ONE OF THE MANY 2007 XTERRA OWNERS TAKEN BY THE NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION WHO PUT OUT A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AND NOW REFUSE TO STAND BEHIND IT. ME AND THE WIFE WERE STOPPING TO GET A BITE TO EAT, ENDED UP BEING A FINAL STOP. AFTER PICKING UP THE FOOD THE TRUCK WOULD NOT CRANK, GAUGES WORKED, HORN AND LIGHTS BUT STILL WOULD NOT CRANK. HAD IT TOWED TO THE HOUSE AND THEN CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. THEN IT GETS WORST, THE DEALERSHIP "TECHNICIAN" REPLIED WITH THE EXACT SAME DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM OVER THE PHONE THAT I GAVE TO HIM WHEN I CALLED TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE SYMPTOMS ARE NO CRANK, MILKY LOOKING RADIATOR FLUID AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FUSES KEEPS BLOWING. NOW I CONTACTED THE NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION AND GOT NO "JOY" WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE WERE OFFERING A BIG FAT NOTHING!!!!!! I GUESS THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR BUYING A NISSAN :( *TR

Mileage: 151,000

I WAS DRIVING MY XTERRA ON THE FREEWAY AT 5:30 AM AND SUDDENLY MY CAR QUIT ACCELERATING, IT WAS AS IF IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER ONTO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY SO THAT I WOULDN'T GET HIT FROM BEHIND. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON AND THE CAR GOT ME TO MY DESTINATION. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE IS COMMON IN XTERRA'S AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT NISSAN HAS NOT MADE THIS ISSUE KNOWN TO OWNERS. IT MAY WELL CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR FOR WHICH NISSAN TAKES LITTLE TO NO RESPONSIBILITY THOUGH THE DEFECT IS THEIRS. *TR

Mileage: 109,200

MY 2007 NISSAN XTERRA STARTED HAVING BOTH TRANSMISSION AND COOLING SYSTEM ISSUES BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2014. AFTER A FEW TRIPS TO OUR MECHANIC IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A CRACKED RADIATOR AND WAS ALLOWING BOTH COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO THE COOLING THE SYSTEM. APPARENTLY THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE AND THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN, HOWEVER THE TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT ONLY COVER VEHICLES UNDER 100K MILES. BY THE TIME WE FOUND OUT THE VEHICLE HAD JUST PASSED 100K (106K) AND NOW NISSAN REFUSED TO COVER IT! I'M NOW LOOKING AT A $5K - $6K REPAIR BILL AND NISSAN REFUSED TO BUDGE. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT 40 MPH- MAKING IT UNSAFE - TURNS OUT IT'S TRANSMISSION ISSUE.. WAS INFORMED THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE AFTER READING ONLINE ..... NISSAN HAS NEVER RECALLED THESE VEHICLES AND INSTEAD WAS SUED DUE TO THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE MANY OTHER NISSANS HAVE HAD...I WAS NEVER INFORMED REGARDING SUCH AN ISSUE. THIS IS UNSAFE DUE TO THE SHAKING SHUDDER THIS PROBLEM CAUSES ESPECIALLY IN A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA AND IT ISN'T FSIR THAT THE CUSTOMER STAYS STUCK WITH A FAULTY VEHICLE ... THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE FIXED AT ANY MILEAGE SINCE IT IS NISSANS FAULTY DESIGN AT FAULT! SHAME ON YOU NISSAN. *TR

Mileage: 114,300

CONTAMINATION OF THE TRANSMISSION WITH ANTI FREEZE DUE TO LEAK IN COOLING SYSTEM, RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 131,000

TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR DEFECT-INTERNAL LEAKAGE BETWEEN THE 2 ENGINE PARTS -NISSAN DID NOT NOTIFY ME, THE ORIGINAL OWNER, OF THE DEFECT OR OF THE SUCCESSFUL LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 109,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED BUT THE SPECIFICS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP12004 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

Mileage: 134,000

2007 NISSAN XTERRA. CONSUMER WAS TOLD TO PAY A $2500 COPAY BECAUSE HIS VEHICLE WAS OVER 80,000 MILES. CONSUMER DOESN'T COMPLY BECAUSE HE INQUIRED ABOUT VEHICLE PROBLEMS BEFORE THE 80,000 MILE MARK. *TA THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE HIS WAS DRIVING, SHE NOTICED THE VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST REVEALER THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO COOLANT AND OIL MIXING. *JP

MY TRANSMISSION STOPPED SHIFTING, I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AN WAS TOLD MY ATF LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH AN ENGINE COOLANT CHAMBER IN THE RADIATOR FAILED AND GET RADIATOR FLUID IN MY TRANSMISSION AND THAT MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED/REBUILT. NOW I AM STRANDED WITH OUT A VEHICLE WHEN MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 85000 MILES ON IT AND HAS HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE WORK ON IT. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NISSAN STEP UP AND BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ISSUE THAT IS ACCRUING BECAUSE OF FAULTY FACTORY PARTS. *TR

Mileage: 85,123

I TOOK MY NISSAN XTERRA 2007 INTO BOULDER NISSAN IN OCTOBER 2013. AT THE TIME, IT HAD UNDER 100,000 MILES. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE CAR FOR LACK OF HEAT, THEY SAID THEY FLUSHED IT AND EVENTUALLY I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. THEY DID NOT TELL ME THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR DEFECTIVE PARTS LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I RETURNED TO NISSAN IN JAN. 2015 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND WAS HIT WITH A BILL FOR $5,200 TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR, TRANSMISSION, TIMING CHAIN AND THERMOSTAT. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

I BOUGHT MY 07 XTERRA 6 MONTHS AGO FROM TRANSITOWNE AMHERST AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. NOW 6 MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE TERMINAL DUE TO THE KNOWN PROBLEM WHERE COOLANT LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSES IT TO FAIL. I BELIEVE ANY DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THAT A VEHICLE THEY WERE SELLING WOULD NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE BEFORE THEY SELL IT. *TR

Mileage: 118,543

MY XTERRA WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FROM STOP TO START, THEN ONE LATE EVENING IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC WHO SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHORTING OUT THE FUSE TO START THE CAR. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC FOR A SECOND OPINION, HE STATED THE SAME AND THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT IN XTERRA, HE ALSO SAID THAT IT WILL COST THOUSAND OF DOLLARS TO FIX AND EVEN WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION IT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE THE ELECTRICITY WILL BURN OUT BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT. I CALLED NISSAN DEALERSHIP, WHO STATED THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT WAS GOING TO HELP FIX IT OR REIMBURSE ME ANYTHING. I WAS STRANDED WITH A SMALL TODDLER AT 10PM IN THE RAIN AND NO MEANS OF GETTING HOME THANKS TO NISSAN'S KNOWN DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

IT HAS SAME PROBLEMS AS ALL THE 02-08 XTERRAS BUT YOU WONT ISSUE RECALLS ON FUEL SENSOR, RADIATOR LEAKING INTO TRANNY, AIR BAG SENSORS, CONTROL ARM. THANKS FOR LETTING LOYAL NISSAN OWNERS DOWN!!!! *TR

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

Mileage: 95,000

WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH RADIATOR CAUSED RADIATOR FLUID TO SEEP INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. NEITHER DEALER NOR NISSAN WOULD ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS KNOWN DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 111,000

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

Mileage: 90,400

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

Mileage: 102,000

THE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND RUINED THE TRANSMISSION AND VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY. THE CAR WILL NOT RUN AND STALLED OUT IN AN INTERSECTION. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

RADIATOR CRACKED LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 98,560

AT ABOUT 1200 RPM I START TO FEEL A VIBRATION WHICH I THINK IS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. ONCE I GET ABOVE 1500 RPM IT QUITS AND RESUMES NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION. I DID HAVE MY TRANSMISSION FILTER AND FLUIDS CHANGED RIGHT AFTER THIS STARTED. THE MECHANIC DID TELL MY THAT THE FLUID APPEARED TO BE MILKY AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN SOME NISSAN VEHICLES. HE ALSO SAID HE KNEW ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION COOLERS IN THE RADIATOR BECOMING FAULTY AND WOULD CAUSE RADIATOR FLUID (ANTIFREEZE) TO MIX IN WITH THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION LINES. THERE WAS NO SYMPTOMS THAT ALERTED ME BEFORE HAND, IT JUST HAPPENED AND I KNEW THERE WAS AN ISSUE, TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND DISCOVERED WHAT I MENTIONED ABOVE. PLEASE INFORM ME WHAT I MAY BE ABLE TO DO. THANKS *TR

CAR WILL NOT UPSHIFT SOMETIMES SEEMS ELECTRICAL. *TR

Mileage: 109,574

MY 2007 NISSAN XTERRA CAME ON WITH A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND OVER DRIVE INDICATOR LIGHT STAYED ON. OBDII CODE FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS P0700 TRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM TCS MALFUNCTION. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NO LONGER USE 1ST, 2ND, OR 3RD GEAR. REVERSE, NEUTRAL, AND DRIVE COULD STILL BE SELECTED BUT WHEN IN DRIVE IT WAS IN 4TH GEAR ONLY. TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE THAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAD SEEN BEFORE MANY TIMES NOW. THEY INFORMED ME THAT I WAS 1500 MILES OVER WARRANTY AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT NISSAN CUSTOMER CARE. THAT IS WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR THIS PROBLEM AGAINST NISSAN BECAUSE THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT FOR 2005-2010 XTERRAS AND THEY WOULDN'T DO A RECALL. NOW NISSAN IS TELLING ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME AND THEY WILL CHARGE ME $7500 FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, LINES AND FLUID. THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS AS MY 2007 XTERRA ONLY VALUES AT $8000. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED WHEN I BOUGHT THIS SUV IN AUGUST OF 2012 THAT IT WAS PART OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND IN THE 2 YEARS I HAVE OWNED I HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED BY NISSAN OF A SETTLEMENT THAT COULD HAVE ALERTED ME TO HAVE THIS CHECKED SOONER BEFORE TRANSMISSION FAILURE HAPPENED. I ALSO WOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT THE CAR IF I HAD KNOWN THERE WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION THAT NISSAN IS NOT WILLING TO RECALL FOR. NOW I AM TRAPPED WITH A LOAN ON A LEMON I CANT DRIVE AND CANT AFFORD TO FIX. *TR

Mileage: 101,500

ENGINE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING CAUSING OVERHEATING AND TRANSMISSION FAILURES. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO ENGINE COOLANT FROM LEAKING COILING SYSTEM. *TR

Mileage: 101,052

THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION, THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A LARGE VIBRATING SOUND AT RANDOM TIMES. THIS WOULD KEEP GETTING WORSE UNTIL I HAD TO BRING IT TO A SHOP, OVERALL JUST ABOUT A WEEK. I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUIDS WERE MIXING AND THAT I NEEDED A FLUID FLUSH A LONG WITH A NEW RADIATOR. ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER, MY CAR JUST WOULDN'T START ONE MORNING. I TAKE IT TO THE SHOP AGAIN, HOPING IT IS JUST A MINOR FIX THIS TIME. THIS TIME THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND COMPUTER SYSTEM. LUCKILY I WASN'T DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED, OTHERWISE WHO KNOWS WHAT DAMAGE IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED TO THE CAR OR TO ME. *JS

Mileage: 114,000

NISSAN SENT A WARRANTY NOTIFICATION LETTER THAT THE RADIATOR COULD CRACK AND LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE LETTER STATED THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 80K MILES. THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION UNTIL THERE WAS AN ACTUAL PROBLEM. I DIDN'T START HAVING PROBLEMS UNTIL ABOUT 96K MILES. WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALER, I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST ME $3000 MY PART TO FIX IT AND THEY WOULD COVER THE REST. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD TO MAKE THE REPAIR AT THIS TIME. NISSAN KNEW THE PART WAS BAD AND STILL DID NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 96,400

A DEFECT CAUSED A CRACK IN THE TRANSMISSION RADIATOR WHICH LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING UNEXPECTED CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 102,000

I PULLED ON TO THE INTERSTATE ON WHICH THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 65 MPH, AND MY XTERRA WOULD NOT SHIFT PAST SECOND GEAR OR GO ABOVE 35 MPH. CARS WERE FLYING BY ME AND THOSE ENTERING INTERSTATE BEHIND ME WERE UNABLE TO GET AROUND ME DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF VEHICLES ON THE INTERSTATE PASSING US. I TURNED ON MY FLASHERS AND LIMPED IT TO THE NEXT EXIT TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO COOLANT BEING LEAKED INTO IT. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED AND A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SETTLED. HOWEVER, IT WAS ONLY UP TO $100,000 MILES AND I CAN NO LONGER BE PART OF THAT LAWSUIT. I NEVER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF AN ISSUE WITH MY MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THIS ISSUE IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN TO OTHER XTERRA OWNERS AND PUTTING OTHERS AT RISK. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO TAKE ANY ACTION TO CORRECT IT. IN FACT, ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, THE VALVE NEEDED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IS ON BACK ORDER WITH NISSAN DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME NEEDED FOR REPAIRS. APPARENTLY, THEY CANNOT KEEP UP WITH PRODUCTION OF THEM. *TR

Mileage: 161,000

RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE MERGING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. VEHICLE SUDDENLY DROPPED OUT OF GEAR, THEN STUCK IN LOW GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE HAD TO BE PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID CAUSING ACCIDENT. *JS

Mileage: 107,949

I PURCHASED A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA 200 MILES AWAY FROM MY HOME AND WHILE DRIVING IT HOME THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE DROVE OK AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BUT ONCE I SLOWED, TO IN TOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LOST THE GEARS ABILITY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. IF THIS OCCURRED TO ME WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY I COULD HAVE BEEN IN A MUCH GREATER DANGER. THIS MORE THAN LIKELY HAS OCCURRED TO OTHERS THAT OWN THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES, PUTTING THEM IN A VERY UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT. IF THERE WAS FLUID LOSS OR OVERHEATING IT COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE FIRE AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE A RECALL TO OCCUR FOR THE TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR CROSSOVER TO THE 2005-2010 NISSANS - XTERRA, PATHFINDER, AND FRONTIER. *JS

Mileage: 139,000

MY TRANSMISSION IS RUINED BECAUSE BOTH THE RADIATOR ANTIFREEZE AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAVE MIXED. MY WIFE COULD HAVE HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

THIS WEEK MY SONS 2007 NISSAN XTERRA WOULD NOT START AND WE HAD IT TOWED TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP NEAR HIS COLLEGE IN SCRANTON PA. YESTERDAY WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEED TO BE REPLACED, AT A COST OF AROUND $5000! THIS IS SHOCKING BECAUSE MY SON INSISTS THAT HE NOTICED NOTHING AMISS WITH THE OPERATION OF HIS TRUCK UNTIL IT HE WAS UNABLE TO START IT. AFTER SPENDING 10 MINUTES ON THE INTERNET, I LEARNED ABOUT THE NISSAN TRANSMISSION CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. WE HAVE BEEN RELIGIOUS IN TERMS OF SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, AND OVERALL CARE OF THE VEHICLE. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE COOLING/TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS PLAGUING NISSAN TRUCKS. IN ADDITION, I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT TWO SEPARATE NISSAN DEALERSHIPS, ONE IN NEW YORK AND ANOTHER NOW IN PA. IT IS DISGRACEFUL THAT NEITHER NISSAN DEALERSHIP MENTIONED ANYTHING! THIS MORNING I CONTACTED NISSAN CORPORATE AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OVER 100,000, THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR US. I DO NOT HAVE $5000 AND DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY SONS NISSAN. AS OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED IN POSTINGS, THERE LIKELY MANY OTHERS WITH VEHICLES OVER THE 100,000 MARKER, NOW JUST EXPERIENCING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURING BY NISSAN. THERE SHOULD BE A SECOND CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED AGAINST NISSAN!!! *TR

Mileage: 111,000

RADIATOR LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION JUST AFTER 100,000 MILES. SO WHY DIDN'T NISSAN TELL US THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN? *TR

Mileage: 125,000

FIRST NOTICED A STUTTERING WHEN DRIVING AND A CLUNKING SOUND WHEN MOVING THE SHIFTER FROM PARK TO REVERSE TO DRIVE IN FEBRUARY. ALSO EXPERIENCED NO HEAT AND OVER HEATING IN MARCH. UPON REPAIR OF THERMOSTAT, DRAINING THE RADIATOR SHOWED AN ACCUMULATION OF THICK GREY GUNK IN THE COOLANT. THERMOSTAT SEAL ITSELF WAS MELTED. HAD DEALER EVALUATE CLUNKING SOUND AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS INTERMIX (THE PROBLEM IDENTIFIED BY THE COOLANT) A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION COOLING COMPONENTS THAT ALLOWS THE COOLANT TO CONTAMINATE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. AS A RESULT OF CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED THAT MILEAGE WAS OVER THE NISSAN WARRANTY LIMIT OF 100,000 EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM DID NOT MANIFEST UNTIL ALMOST 120,000 MILES. RECOMMENDED FIX WAS IN STAGES - 1) REPLACE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUSH $1200++ 2) IF PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVED, REPLACE TRANSMISSION $4000++ HAVE TALKED WITH NISSAN CORPORATE TO NO AVAIL. CASE # IS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *JS

Mileage: 119,863

THERE IS A KNOWN SERVICE PROBLEM AND BULLETIN ON DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES THAT CAUSE A CHAIN TO SKIP, BREAK LOSE , OR BREAK CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A HIGH SPEED STALL. MY IS JUST GRINDING, WILL REPAIR, BUT NISSAN IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND WON'T PARTICIPATE IN A SOLUTION. *JS

Mileage: 110,000

I HAVE A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA WHICH STARTED TO "STUTTER" AND HESITATE WHEN PRESSING THE GAS. THE CAR ALMOST FELT LIKE IT WAS SHUTTING OFF WHILE ON I-4 HIGHWAY. THE SHUTS DOWN AND WONT START. I HAD THE CAR CHECKING AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN MY RADIATOR AND THAT THE FLUID HAD LEAKED OVER INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED, A FEW MONTHS LATER, TRANSMISSION IS STILL NOT WORKING. I TOOK THE CAR TO NISSAN, THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION WHICH WOULD RUN ABOUT $5200. I CALLED THE NISSAN HEADQUARTERS AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE MY TRUCK WAS AT 109,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 109,000

THE RADIATOR LEAKED AND THE COOLANT WENT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND NOW HAS TOTALLY SCREWED UP THE TRANSMISSION TO THE POINT OF HAVING TO REPLACE IT AND THE RADIATOR. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WILL NOT MAKE A RECALL ON EITHER PARTS WHICH IS COMPLETELY WRONG. *TR

Mileage: 129,000

FAILED TRANSMISSION COOLER-ENGINE JERKS AT SPEEDS 40 MPH AND HIGHER. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

WHILE DRIVING, IT WOULD FEEL/SOUND LIKE I RAN OVER THE SPEED BUMPS ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. THE VEHICLE THEN STARTED JERKING INTO GEAR. WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED LOOKING ON THE INTERNET FOR POSSIBLE PROBLEMS, THE ONLY ONE THAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS THE TRANSMISSION/COOLANT ISSUE. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NISSAN AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULD COST $6,000 TO FIX. SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL WE WOULD BE BUYING ANOTHER FAULTY TRANSMISSION/COOLANT AND COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR PROBLEM FROM WHAT WE HAVE BEEN READING, BUT A FAULTY DESIGN. WE CALLED NISSAN AND MADE A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. MY VEHICLE STARTED OVERHEATING TODAY 4/7/14 AND WHEN WE CHECKED THE COOLANT, IT IS THE CONSISTENCY OF A MILKSHAKE. IF NISSAN STOOD BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT THEY WOULD DO A RECALL AND GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED. WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO GET A LOAN TO GET THIS FIXED SINCE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SAVE THE MONEY UP AND THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT WHEN WE DO GET THIS FIXED WE ARE BUYING ANOTHER FAULTY TRANSMISSION. IT'S A LOSE/LOSE SITUATION. WE THOUGHT ABOUT TRADING IN AND GETTING A NEWER VEHICLE BUT WOULD BE UPSIDE DOWN ON OUR PURCHASE. VERY DISSATISFIED CUSTOMER! *TR

Mileage: 128,000

RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, PART WAS SETTLED IN CLASS ACTION SUITE AND OWNER WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF DEFECT AND OR HOW IT CAN BE FIXED UNTIL FAILURE ON HIGHWAY WITH FAMILY OF FOUR IN IT ON 3/28/2014, THE OWNER IS THE SOLE OWNER OF VEHICLE SINCE 2007, OWNER NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION AT ALL FROM NISSAN REGARDING THIS MANUFACTURER ISSUE UNTIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT NISSAN INFORMED OWNER OF ISSUE AND ALSO INFORMED OWNER OF $3,000.00 REPAIR CHARGE FOR THE FAULTY PARTS. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

RADIATOR CRACKED CAUSING COOLANT TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR

THE RADIATOR FLUID AND TRANSMISSION FLUID HAVE SOME HOW MIXED TOGETHER CAUSE DAMAGE TO BOTH MY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. I PURCHASE MY XTERRA BRAND NEW IN 2007 AND KEPT UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE. I HAVE READ SEVERAL ARTICLES AND EVEN RECEIVED A LETTER ABOUT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. BUT AT THE TIME NO SYMPTOMS WERE SHOWING ON MY VEHICLE. SO UPSET THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL!!! I AM A SINGLE MOM AND THIS WAS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. NOW IT JUST SITS IN MY YARD. FRUSTRATING!!! *TR

Mileage: 130,000

THE RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSS OF BOTH. A LAWSUIT WAS FILED AND SETTLED BY NISSAN WITHOUT THEM TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR FAULTY DESIGN. I GUESS THIS WON'T GET NOTICED UNTIL PEOPLE START DYING FROM NISSAN'S DEFECTIVE DESIGN. WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN, NISSAN WILL JUST PAYOFF THE FAMILIES SO THIS WHOLE ISSUE JUST GOES AWAY! *TR

Mileage: 102,000

PROBLEM WITH RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH HAS NOW DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION. SINCE NISSAN WON'T DO THE RIGHT THING AND WE'RE BEYOND THE 80,000 MILES, WE'RE STUCK PAYING FOR A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. INSTEAD OF GETTING AWAY WITH DOING NOTHING EXCEPT FOR EXTENDING THE WARRANTY, NISSAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ALL AFFECTED PEOPLE REGARDING THE EXACT PROBLEM AND ISSUED A RECALL AND PAY FOR A NEW RADIATOR. THIS OBVIOUSLY IS STILL AN ISSUE FOR ALOT PEOPLE AND PROBABLY MANY, MANY MORE IN THE FUTURE, LONG AFTER THE SO-CALLED PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. TOO THE NHTSA! PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND REQUIRE NISSAN DO THE RIGHT THING! *TR

Mileage: 112,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN MY 2007 NISSAN XTERRA WITH MY FAMILY (MYSELF, MY WIFE, AND 2 CHILDREN). WE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN WHILE TRAVELING 60 MILES PER HOUR. THE TRUCK STARTED TO MAKE ALL KINDS OF NOISES, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY, AND I COMPLETELY LOST ALL ACCELERATION. FORTUNATELY FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY, I WAS ABLE TO STEER THE CAR OUT OF ANY IMMEDIATE DANGER AND BRING THE CAR TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER BECAUSE OF MY QUICK REACTIONS. MY FAMILY AND I WERE STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. THIS WAS A VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US. I WAS ABLE TO CALL ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER TO COME AND PICK UP MY FAMILY, BUT I HAD TO STAY WITH THE TRUCK UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO MY HOUSE. AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH, I LEARNED OF THIS FAULTY NISSAN DESIGN PROBLEM AND WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT THE NHTSA BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN OPEN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS TYPE OF OCCURRENCE. I AM PLEADING WITH YOU TO SERIOUSLY LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE ANYONE HAS TO LOSE THEIR LIFE OR FACE A PERMANENT DISABILITY RESULTING FROM THIS TYPE OF OCCURRENCE. I HOPE THAT THE NHTSA CAN COMPLETE THIS INVESTIGATION SOON. I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND A RECALL FOR THIS SAFETY HAZARD AND POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING OCCURRENCE THAT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF NISSAN'S FAULTY DESIGN, WHICH THEY ARE COMPLETELY AWARE OF, BUT DENY TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY! *TR

Mileage: 102,729

AT 60MPH AND ALSO 40MPH THE VEHICLE VIBRATES HEAVILY AND IS SLOW TO REACT TO POWER INPUTS WITH NO WARNING SIGNS PRIOR. THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY THE KNOWN DEFECT RELATED TO THE RADIATOR / HEAT EXCHANGER, WHERE THE ENGINE COOLANT MIXES WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND GETS INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS THEN TURNS INTO A "PINK MILKSHAKE" CONSISTENCY FLUID AND COMPLETELY RUINS THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AND VALVE ASSEMBLY. THIS REQUIRES A COMPLETE REBUILD OR REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. THERE IS NO WARNING SIGN AND THIS AFFECTS THESE VEHICLES AT DIFFERENT RATES. THIS CAN CAUSE CARS TO SEIZE UP UNEXPECTEDLY IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. SINCE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR NISSAN TRUCKS MODEL YEAR 2005 - 2010 THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL. IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF THIS WILL HAPPEN, IT IS A MATTER OF WHEN. IN MY PERSONAL SITUATION I HAD NO INJURY OR IMMEDIATE CAR SHUTDOWN, HOWEVER I WOULD HAVE NO WARNING IF THAT DID OCCUR AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS HAS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND IS UNCALLED FOR TO HAVE A KNOWN DEFECT AND NOT DISCLOSE THIS TO OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A PERFECTLY GOOD WAY TO MITIGATE THIS ISSUE BY ADDING A DEDICATED COOLER FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND BYPASS THE RADIATOR, WHICH IS A CHEAP AND EASY FIX TO NEVER HAVE THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 117,000

AT VARYING SPEEDS ABOVE 45MPH THE VEHICLE WILL SHUDDER AS IF YOU WERE DRIVING ON A RUMBLE STRIP. THIS CAN BE STARTLING AS THERE IS NO INDICATION OF WHEN OR WHERE IT WILL OCCUR. WHEN THE RADIATOR FAILED OUR MECHANIC INFORMED US THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DESTROYED BECAUSE OF DESIGN OF THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES, WHICH ALLOWED COOLANT TO SEEP INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THUS DESTROYING THE TRANSMISSION.. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN MY 07 NISSAN XTERRA. A COMPLETE LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS AND A DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND THE NISSAN CORPORATION IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 149,000

INTERNAL LEAKAGE OF ENGINE COOLANT IN TO TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 83,000

MY CARS COOLANT GAGE JUMPED STRAIGHT TO H OUT OF NOWHERE. AFTER PULLING INTO A SHELL STATION FOR ANTIFREEZE, IT WAS APPARENT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THERE WAS SOMETHING MIXED IN WITH THE ANTIFREEZE. IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. AFTER BEING TOLD I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR, I STARTED RESEARCHING AND IM NOT THE ONLY ONE DEALING WITH AN OTHERWISE GREAT BODY YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH AND DOUBT I WILL BE THE LAST. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH IT APPEARS THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN APPROVED AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY OF US WONDERING WHY? THIS IS A CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH HUNDREDS OF CARS AND IT'S NOT EVEN ONE MAKE, IT'S MANY. 3 IN MY CATEGORY. DOES A RECALL ONLY HAPPEN WHEN IT HAS FATALITY ATTACHED? THIS IS A FAULTY SYSTEM AND NISSAN APPROVED THESE COOLANTS IN THE TRANSMISSIONS AND CONTINUED TO EVEN AFTER COMPLAINTS OF THE SYSTEM. I WAS LUCKY TO CATCH MINE RIGHT AWAY BUT STILL NEED $3000 TO FIX IT! IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL FATALITY IS ATTACHED ONCE SOMEONE'S TRANSMISSION GOES OUT ON A HIGHWAY OR IN 5 O'CLOCK TRAFFIC! NISSAN NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL!!! *TR

Mileage: 108,260

OUR 2007 NISSAN XTERRA, PURCHASED BRAND NEW, BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. UPON CHECKING THE FLUIDS I NOTICED THE COOLANT LEVEL WAS DANGEROUSLY LOW. I WAS CERTAINLY PUZZLED WHERE THE FLUID HAD GONE BECAUSE THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY VISIBLE LEAKS OR ANY WARNING LIGHTS OR ANY OTHER SYMPTOM TO DRAW MY ATTENTION. I BEGAN TO LOOK INTO THE SITUATION BECAUSE I WAS PUZZLED AND QUICKLY LEARNED OF THE MASSIVE NUMBER OF NISSAN OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. SADLY, I WAS NOW ONE OF THOSE VICTIMS. YES, THE COOLANT HAD CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID VIA THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION COOLER. THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF BUT I WAS UNAWARE OF. I DO NOT RECALL ANY CONTACT NOTIFYING ME OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE. I HAD NO REASON FOR WORRY BECAUSE MY VEHICLE HAD NOT GIVEN ME ANY TROUBLE SIGNS AND THE FLUIDS HAVE ALWAYS CHECKED NORMAL DURING NORMAL SERVICE CHECKS. LIKE MANY, I CANNOT AFFORD TO SHELL OUT THE DOLLARS THAT THIS NEGLIGENCE ON NISSAN CORPORATION BEHALF HAS CAUSED. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE FORCE NISSAN CORPORATION TO ISSUE A RECALL REQUIRING THEM TO MAKE ALL THE APPROPRIATE REPAIRS FOR THESE DAMAGES. PLEASE, DO NOT PUT A CAP ON THE MILEAGE OR SET THE MILEAGE RELATIVELY HIGH IF YOU MUST. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 89,000 MILES AND ONLY GAVE SIGNS OF DAMAGE LESS THAN 500 MILES AGO. *TR

Mileage: 88,500

I HAVE A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA WITH A COMMON ISSUE...THE FAULTY RADIATOR LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THIS CAN CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO SEIZE UP LEAVING A MOVING CAR TO LOSE SPEED RAPIDLY WHICH IS AN UNSAFE SITUATION. THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED TO ME YET AS I CAUGHT THE ISSUE AND AM FIGHTING WITH NISSAN FOR THEM TO FIX DEFECT..UNTIL THEN I AM STUCK WITH THIS AS MY CAR. GREAT. NISSAN HAS ASKED ME TO PAY A $3K "CO-PAY" TO SHARE IN FIXING THE FAULT... *TR

Mileage: 92,500

SUDDEN LOUD NOISES/BANGING WHILE DRIVING. PULLED OVER, HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC. RADIATOR FOUND TO BE CRACKED. RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO AND CONTAMINATED TRANSMISSION CAUSING SUDDEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. LEARNED NISSAN WAS/IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS NOT NOTIFIED ANYONE OF PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. "EXTENDED WARRANTY" RESULTING FROM CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT REQUIRES $3000 COPY FOR VEHICLES WITH 90,000-100,000 MILES. MY MECHANIC SAYS THIS IS A JOKE BECAUSE RADIATORS NOT CRACKING UNTIL AT LEAST THIS TIME. NOW I HAVE TO PAY $3000 I DON'T HAVE TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION WHICH I COULD HAVE SAVED HAD I BEEN NOTIFIED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. I WILL NOT EVER PURCHASE A NISSAN AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 91,875

I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND DISGUSTED WITH THE WAY NISSAN HAS HANDLED THIS PROBLEM. MY XTERRA 2007'S TRANSMISSION DID NOT GO BAD UNTIL IT REACHED OVER 120K MILES. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING CROSS COUNTRY WITH MY CHILDREN AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN SHE FELT THE GEARS SLIPPING WHILE DRIVING IN A MAJOR INTERSTATE. LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME SAFE. I FOUND OUT SHORTLY AFTER THIS ALMOST CATASTROPHIC EXPERIENCE THAT THERE WERE MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING NISSANS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I GUESS THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT ONLY COVERED VEHICLES UNDER 100K MILES. WHY IS NISSAN ONLY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO VEHICLES UNDER 100K MILES IF THERE IS A THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT. THEY SHOULD COVER ANY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE MILEAGE IS. I TOOK MY XTERRA TO AAMCO BECAUSE THEY CHARGE BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LESS OF WHAT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP WOULD HAVE CHARGED ME. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL NISSAN OWNER SINCE 2003 AND WILL NEVER BUY A VEHICLE FROM THEM AGAIN. IN FACT, I HAVE CONVINCED FRIENDS AND FAMILIES NOT TO BUY NISSAN VEHICLES BECAUSE OF THE POOR SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

MY CAR WAS JARRING AND MAKING A RUMBLING NOISE SO I TOOK IT IN TO GET FIXED. THERE WAS WATER DETECTED IN MY TRANSMISSION SO I HAD IT FLUSHED TWICE. THE RUMBLING CONTINUED SO THEY REPLACED THE RADIATOR. THAT COST A TOTAL OF ABOUT $1,000. A FEW WEEKS LATER IT GOT WORSE AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THAT WILL BE BETWEEN $4500-$5000. NISSAN HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION REGARDING COOLANT MIXING IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THERE TO BE A RECALL! *TR

Mileage: 110,000

MY RADIATOR WENT OUT IN THE STARBUCKS DRIVE-THRU. I HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP & WAS TOLD IT IS A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW BY NISSAN WHERE THE FLUIDS ARE MIXING & THE ONLY THING I CAN DO NOW IS REPLACE THE RADIATOR & "HOPE" THE FLUIDS DID NOT GO INTO THE TRANSMISSION. GOT THE NEW RADIATOR & HAD A TRANS FLUSH 3 TIMES & PAID ABOUT $1800. IT IS NOW A MONTH LATER & MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. TODAY, I AM TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH WILL COST $3800. THIS IS OUR ONLY CAR. WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. FOR SAFETY REASONS, WE URGE YOU TO PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS POOR DESIGN BY NISSAN WHERE THE FLUIDS ARE MIXING & CAUSING SAFETY CONCERNS TO THE CONSUMERS. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

RADIATOR LEAK TO TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED IN THE TRANSMISSION WHERE THE RADIATOR FLUID WAS MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED THE 100,000 MILES WARRANTY REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

Mileage: 102,000

AUTO TRANSMISSION NOT WORKING ,SEEMS A LT OF COMPLAINTS AND NOT RECALL .I CALLED NISSAN AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE INVESTIGATION GOING ON ,BUT WILL NOT PAY FOR IT SINCE IT IS 10521 MILES OVER THEIR 100K WARRANTY .I WAS TOLD TO SEND A COMPLAINT BUT IS BEEN 120 DAYS AND NO RESPOND WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THE NHTSA TO ORDER A RECALL ? HOW MANY MORE COMPLAINTS FOR THEM TO START DOING THEIR JOB ? *TR

Mileage: 110,521

ENGINE COOLANT GOT INTO TRANSMISSION. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE FOR A MOMENT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. FELT LIKE I HIT BLACK ICE. TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *TR

Mileage: 95,800

I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN YOUR CURRENT INVESTIGATION OF THESE MODELS. AN ATF LINE EMBEDDED IN THE RADIATOR CRACKED, AND ATF FLUID WAS ALLOWED INTO THE COOLANT, AND COOLANT WAS FORCED INTO THE ATF. THE CARD STARTED SLIPPING IN GEAR, THEN IT STARTED SHUDDERING UNDER ACCELERATION, THEN IT STARTED REFUSING TO GO INTO GEAR. I GOT IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP, AND WHEN THEY OPENED IT UP, THE GUTS OF THE TRANSMISSION WERE RUSTED, AND THE CLUTCHES HAD DE-LAMINATED. THE COOLING SYSTEM WAS NEARLY PLUGGED UP WITH OILY TRANSMISSION RESIDUE. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT, AND THE RADIATOR AND ALL ASSOCIATED HOSES HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALL IN ALL, A $5500 FIX FOR A PROBLEM THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

Mileage: 137,541

THE TRANSMISSION/COOLING SYSTEM HAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *JB

Mileage: 133

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A GRINDING SOUND. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR A SECOND OPINION, WHO STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,228.

Mileage: 88,228

RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION REPAIRED AFTER FAILURE CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE RADIATOR ALLOWING FLUIDS TO MIX BETWEEN COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION. REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED BY DEALER. RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. THE WAY THE WARRANTY IS PRICED, I AM PAYING THE FULL COST OF REPAIR. ALTHOUGH I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM WITHOUT RISK, WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILS IT IS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *JS

Mileage: 99,721

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND IT SHIFTED INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE AT A RED LIGHT WITH NO PROMPTING. THE CAR THEN WAS IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF. THE CAR WOULD NOT START FOLLOWING IT BEING TURNED OFF. IT WAS THEN TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND COMPLETELY DISABLING THE CAR. *TT

Mileage: 968,940

MY 07 NISSAN XTERRA HAS BEEN OUT OF COMMISSION FOR 2 MONTHS NOW AND AFTER MANY PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS NISSAN STILL WILL NOT OWN UP TO THEIR MISTAKE. THEIR FAULTY RADIATOR DESIGN HAS RUINED BOTH MY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THE SERVICE CENTER WAS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND YET NEVER MENTIONED IT TO ME THE NUMEROUS TIMES I BROUGHT MY CAR IN TO BE SERVICED BY THEM. IT WASN'T UNTIL I WAS 5,000 MILES OVER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND HAD AN ISSUE THAT IT WAS MADE KNOWN THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. ALSO, THEY CLAIMED THAT I WAS MAILED OUT A NOTICE ABOUT THE ISSUE LAST DECEMBER OF 2012, WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED, BUT CLAIM THAT THEY DID WHAT WAS REQUIRED OF THEM BY MAILING THE NOTICE OUT. AS SOON AS THEY ARE AT THE POST OFFICE IT IS OUT OF THEIR HANDS. FOR A CAR BEING ONLY 6 YEARS OLD I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY HALF OF THE CAR'S WORTH TO FIX IT. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR 2 YEARS AND IT WAS BOUGHT FOR OVER $13,000, NOW MY TRADE IN IS ONLY WORTH $5,000. I KNOW THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY, BUT IT WAS OPENED LAST YEAR AND THERE IS NO RECENT UPDATES AS TO THE PROGRESS. I AM STILL WAITING FOR A RECALL THAT MAY NEVER COME. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2013, APPROXIMATELY 5:40PM, THE CAR STARTED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY SHIFTING (AUTOMATIC), SPEED BECAME ERRATIC, SLOWED RAPIDLY. I WAS ON A SERVICE ROAD NEXT TO A FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN A BUSY AREA OF SCOTTSDALE. I WAS NEAR PINNACLE NISSAN AND DECIDED TO DRIVE THERE. I HAD A COUPLE VERY BUSY INTERSECTIONS TO GO THROUGH TO DRIVE THE 1 MI TO PINNACLE. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WAS NOT SHIFTING OUT OF LOW GEAR. I WAS VERY CONCERNED I WOULD STALL OR THE CAR WOULD CEASE DRIVING IN THESE INTERSECTIONS. PINNACLE NISSAN SERVICE DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE (8/3/13) AS A CRACKED RADIATOR COOLING TUBE THAT CAUSED COOLANT TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID RUINING COMPONENTS IN THE TRANSMISSION. A COMPLETE NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR IS REQUIRED TO FIX THIS NOW. THIS ISSUE IS NOT RELATED TO ABUSIVE DRIVING, I DO VERY LITTLE OFF ROAD AND NO TOWING, AND IS NOT A LACK OF OR IMPROPER MAINTENANCE. THIS IS A KNOW DESIGN FLAW BY NISSAN. IT APPEARS THERE IS A HIGH NUMBER OF NISSAN PROBLEM SUV'S, 2005 TO 2010, THAT EXPERIENCE THIS SAME PROBLEM AFTER ROUGHLY 80,000 MILES. BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE WOULD BE DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON A BUSY FREEWAY. *TR

Mileage: 100,150

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED ON ITS OWN AT 45 ON A MILD DOWNGRADE. DID IT AGAIN LATER CHANGING FROM ONE FOUR LANE HIGHWAY TO ANOTHER, THIS TIME AROUND 45-50 MPH. TOOK THE TRUCK TO LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AS I TOOK OUT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH OLYMPICARE. THE SERVICE ADJUSTER WAS AWARE THAT '05-'09, EVEN '10 MODELS HAVE A DEFECT THAT ALLOWS RADIATOR FLUID TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID, CREATING DEGRADATION OF TRANSMISSION AND COOLING SYSTEM. AFTER-MARKET WARRANTY IS TRYING TO DIS-ALLOW CLAIM, CITING NISSAN'S KNOWLEDGE OF THIS DESIGN FLAW. *TR

Mileage: 128,000

OWN 2007 NISSAN XTERRA MAINTAIN CARE WITH ALL PROPER SERVICES SINCE PURCHASED NEW. SUDDENLY DRIVING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON PARK CAR AND WAIT FOR MORNING TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP,TRY TO START NEXT MORNING WONT START. HAVE CAR TOWED TO CERRITOS NISSAN AND HAVE THEM INSPECT IT,THEY CALL ME BACK A FEW HOURS LATER TELLING ME THAT MY RADIATOR HOSE HAVE LEAKED COOLANT INTO MY TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED MY TRANNY. I ASKED WHY THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT FROM NISSAN AND EXPLAINED TO ME SINCE I WAS OVER 100K MILES THAT IT IS NOT COVERED. PRICE FOR NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR 5000 DOLLARS. RIDICULOUS FOR ME TO PAY FOR A DEFECT FROM NISSAN THAT IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY HAPPEN TO ANY OWNER OF XTERRA,PATHFINDER AND FRONTIER OWNERS FROM 05 TO 11. I DO NOT THINK US AS LOYAL NISSAN OWNERS SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECT FROM NISSAN THAT IS BOUND TO HAPPEN NISSAN SHOULD HAVE ATOTAL RECALL ON ALL THOSE MODELS AFFECTED BY THE SHOTTY RADIATOR THAT THEY MANUFACTURED. I HAVE PURCHASED 4 NISSANS THROUGH THE PAST 12 YRS AND I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN AFTER THIS INCIDENT. I HAD TO PAY 5000 TO FIX A DEFECT FROM NISSAN. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

MY 2007 NISSAN X-TERRA BEGAN SUFFERING CROSS CONTAMINATION OF TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RADIATOR FLUID AROUND 88,000 MILES. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE RADIATOR REPLACED, THE RADIATOR LINES FLUSHED TWICE AND I AM STILL HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR TRYING TO OVERHEAT DUE TO THE CROSS CONTAMINATION. IN ADDITION TO THE RADIATOR I HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES AS A RESULT OF ELECTRONIC MODULE FAILURES IN THE TRANSMISSION. I CONTACTED NISSAN ABOUT THIS MATTER AND THEY NOTIFIED ME THE WARRANTY HAD BEEN EXTENDED BUT I WAS STILL OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY EXTENSION AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME CLOSE TO $5,000 OUT OF MY POCKET TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. I HAVE ALREADY SPENT ALMOST HALF THAT TRYING TO FIX THIS VEHICLE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES. NISSAN HAS A PRODUCT DEFECT AND SHOULD HAVE TO STAND BEHIND THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

IN JANUARY OF 2013, MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THE KRAFT NISSAN IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA AND THERE I LEARN THAT MY COMPUTER/BRAIN THAT MAKES MY CAR FUNCTION NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR COULD BE AT THE DEALERSHIP APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS OR LONGER BECAUSE THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. THE PART COULD NOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA OR IN THE UNITED STATES. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT THAT THE PART NEEDED TO BE REPRODUCE. I INQUIRED IF THIS PART WAS A DEFLECT ISSUE OR A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR DEFLECTED CAR PARTS, AND WAS TOLD NO. I PAID APPROXIMATELY 1800 DOLLARS FOR THE REPAIR BILL. WHILE MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP, I RECEIVED A LETTER THAT EXPLAINED THE COOLANT FLUID IN THE RADIATOR CAN BECOME CONTAMINATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I WAS HAVING A ISSUE WITH MY TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, AFTER THE CAR WAS REPAIRED I REQUESTED THAT SOMEONE FROM THE SERVICE DEPT TEST DRIVE THE CAR AND INDEED THEY DRIVE IT AND STATED THEY HEARD NOTHING. LATER, I REQUESTED IT BE DRIVEN BY A MECHANIC; THEREFORE WE WENT FOR A DRIVE AND INDEED I WAS TOLD IT WAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, BUT IT WILL COST ME 7500 DOLLARS FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT HONORING ANY LETTER I RECEIVED ACCORDING TO THE OWNERS OF KRAFT AFTER SHOWING THE LETTER AS PROOF. AS OF TODAY, I WAS TOLD THE COMPUTER /BRAIN WAS A DEFECTED PART AND NISSAN SHOULD HAVE REPLACED THE DEFLECTED PART ALONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION; TODAY MY CAR IS AT NISSAN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND STILL TO THIS DATE I AM BEING TOLD THAT THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES I AM HAVING EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE CONFIRMED TODAY THAT THE FLUIDS ARE CONTAMINATED. SERVICE REP QUOTE ME A EXTENDED WARRANT I CAN PURCHASE FOR 3000 DOLLARS SINCE MY CAR NOW HAVE 103000 MILES PRIOR TO IT HAD APPROX 95000. I NEED HELP WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 103,500

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

Mileage: 67,400

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING PROBLEM ON THE 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

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

Mileage: 105,500

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

Mileage: 100,816

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

Mileage: 67,671

HEARING WHINING/WHIRRING NOISE FROM ENGINE UPON ANY ACCELERATION AND INCREASED RPMS. REPAIR REQUIRED IS REPLACEMENT OF SECONDARY TIMING CHAIN AND TENSIONERS (GUIDES). *TR

Mileage: 41,587

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

Mileage: 149,000

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.

Mileage: 71,000

VEHICLE HAD TOTAL FAILURE ON HIGHWAY. NISSAN DEALER SAYS IT IS FROM TRANSMISSION CONTAMINATION. TCM TOTALLY FAILED, NO POWER. *TR

Mileage: 12,500

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

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 68 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT STATED THAT DUE TO THE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE, THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST IN THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,000. ..UPDATED 04/18/13 *BF

Mileage: 113,000

WHILE ACCELERATING, MERGING ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY, AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER LUNGED FORWARD AND STARTED MAKING A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. I WAS NEARLY HIT FROM BEHIND BY A VEHICLE HAVING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BEFORE I COULD GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AND WAS DIAGNOSED BY A MECHANIC AS HAVING "CROSS CONTAMINATION OF TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ANTIFREEZE DUE TO TRANSMISSION INTERCOOLER FAILURE". THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO AND DISMISSED BY NISSAN AS NOT BEING A FREQUENT PROBLEM FOR THEM. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

OIL COOLER TUBE BROKE CAUSING CONTAMINATION TO TRANSMISSION FLUID. RADIATOR HAD ALREADY BEEN CHANGED AT 80,000 MILES. CALLED NISSAN TO MAKE A CLAIM JUST AS SOON AS XTERRA STARTED TO SHIFT FUNNY. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 80,000 MILES. I ASKED THEN IF THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, I WAS TOLD YES. THEY ALSO TOLD ME I HAD NO RECOURSE SINCE I HAD 102138 MILES ON MY VEHICLE. THEN THE EXTENSION COMES FOR 100,000 MILES, AND NOW 2138 MILES OVER, NO COVERAGE. PLEASE, IF I CONDUCTED MY BUSINESS LIKE THIS I WOULD NOT HAVE ANY CUSTOMERS (OR IS THAT WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR). I WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN VEHICLE AGAIN, AND I WILL LET EVERYONE I KNOW THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS AND REFUSED TO HELP THEIR CUSTOMERS. *TR

Mileage: 102,138

ANTIFREEZE LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION FROM FAULTY RADIATOR. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

DRIVING MY VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO DRAG, I THEN CALLED THE DEALER AND BROUGHT IT RIGHT IN AND FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WAS GOING TO COST 6,600 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. I COMPLAINED THAT IT WAS TOO MUCH MONEY. THE DEALER BROUGHT IT DOWN TO 2,500 DOLLARS TO FIX. THEN I FIND OUT IF IT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE 80,000 MILES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. THIS IS NOT RIGHT AS NISSAN KNEW THIS WAS AN ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES BECAUSE OF A POOR DESIGN ON THERE PART. AS A CONSUMER I FEEL I WAS TAKEN. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF MY VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY OR A DESERTED ROAD. PLEASE HAVE NISSAN OWN UP TO THE PRODUCT THEY ARE SELLING. *TR

Mileage: 82,715

MY 2007 NISSAN XTERRA BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A RUMBLE STRIP LIKE AFFECT APPARENTLY DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR HAVING A LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSING A TRANSMISSION TO BEGIN TO FAIL. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE A RECALL ON NISSANS PART I WAS FORCED TO PAY 3000 DOLLARS FOR A CO-PAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 92,161

I DO NOT HAVE AN INCIDENT TO REPORT-BUT FEEL SOMEONE ELSE NEEDS TO KNOW THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE. I JUST READ THE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AGAINST NISSAN AND THE OUTCOME. I AM APPALLED THAT NISSAN DOES NOT THINK THAT THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOW FIND OUT MY NISSAN IS ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES THAT HAS COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS GOING TO COST 2500.00 AS THE MILEAGE IS OVER 80000 NOW. AND THIS IS THE CAR I ENTRUSTED MY 17 YEAR OLD TO DRIVE. I WILL HAVE TO TAKE IT OFF THE ROAD AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO FIX IT AND TRADE OR TAKE A HUGE LOSS AND TRADE IT AT THE DEALER BUT DON'T WANT ANOTHER NISSAN. SHOULDN'T SOMETHING BE DONE TO PROTECT US FROM THIS? I CAN ONLY HOPE BY WRITING THAT THIS WILL HELP ME AND OTHERS IN SOME WAY TO FORCE NISSAN TO SAY THEY USED A FAULTY RADIATOR THAT LEAKED AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND IN TURN AN ACCIDENT. I WILL BE USING ALL TOOLS AVAILABLE TO GET THIS RESOLVED-I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT MY FAMILY AND I ARE BEING CHEATED AND IT LOOKS ALL LEGAL ACCORDING TO WHAT I READ. NOT SURE HOW THAT HAPPENED...THE CONSUMER DID NOT WIN ANYTHING BUT A LARGE BILL THAT MOST MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD. THANK-YOU FOR TAKING AN INTEREST. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION STARTING SLIPPING. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND ALLOWED ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. OUR WINTERS ARE VERY SNOWY,ICY AND COLD LEAVING ME WITHOUT HEAT AND IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WINTRY CONDITIONS. *TR

Mileage: 87,700

VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUDDERING AT AROUND 50MPH. APPROX 2 WEEKS AGO, IT WOULDN'T SHIFT, SO I COULDN'T DRIVE FASTER THAN 25-30 MPH. I HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND TRANSMISSION FLUSHED, AND IT SEEMED OK, ALTHOUGH IT WAS STILL DOING THE SHUDDERING. YESTERDAY I NOTICED A STRANGE PUDDLE ON THE GARAGE FLOOR, SO I CHECKED IT OUT. THERE IS A LEAK THAT IS CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I BEGAN DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THIS IS APPARENTLY A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM IN 2005-2010 NISSANS. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE OF THE WARRANTY EXTENSION. WHEN I CALLED THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER, THE SERVICE GUY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM, AND ESTIMATED THAT TO REPAIR WOULD BE $4000-5000. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

AT A STOP SIGN STARTED TO DRIVE THEN STOPPED THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD AND STARTED TO VIBRATE MORE THAN NORMAL. I CALLED NISSAN ABOUT THE BAD RADIATOR THAT WRECKS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN TO BE CHECKED OVER. WHY DON'T THEY RECALL THE RADIATOR AND NOT PUT MY FAMILY AT RISK FOR A BAD KNOW PART. *TR

Mileage: 61,000

AFTER MY VEHICLE WAS MAKING SHUDDERING NOISES BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH I DECIDED TO BRING IT TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP TO BE CHECKED. I WAS TOLD THE RADIATOR LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS ALSO TOLD THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR NISSAN SO THEY WOULD COVER PART OF THE REPAIR AND I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR $2500 OF THE REPAIR SINCE I WAS 1300 MILES OVER THE LIMIT. I WAS NOTIFIES THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I TOLD THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY AT MY DISPOSAL AND ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING I COULD DO. I WAS TOLD WHEN I GET THE MONEY TO CALL AND THEY WILL REPAIR IT, BUT TO ALSO HURRY BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION COULD LOCK UP ANYTIME AND CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I WAS SHOCKED THEY WOULD EVEN LET ME LEAVE THE DEALERSHIP. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED NISSAN CUSTOMER AFFAIRS AND EXPLAINED MY SITUATION. THEY TOLD ME I WAS THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST ME IN ANY WAY AND SUGGESTED THE SAME AS THE DEALERSHIP, TO QUICKLY GET IT REPAIRED BECAUSE I CAN CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I WAS APPALLED THEY WOULD ALLOW THEIR CUSTOMERS BE IN DANGER AND ENDANGER OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROADS ESPECIALLY WHEN NISSAN ADMITS TO THIS BEING A QUALITY ISSUE THAT A MAJORITY OF THEIR CONSUMERS ARE HAVING. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

COOLANT MIXES WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND CAUSES CAR TO SHUDDER AND FAIL. THIS CAUSES A SITUATION IN TRAFFIC THAT COULD CAUSE A CRASH. *TR

Mileage: 91,143

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,000. UPDATED 03/01/13*LJ

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTED, A LOUD THUMPING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 85,000

I TOOK MY NISSAN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION FOR RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION DEFECT. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED NO WAY OF KNOWING IF MY VEHICLE IS ONE OF THE ONES WHERE THIS PART WILL FAIL. IS THIS TRUE? *TR

Mileage: 104,000

STRONG VIBRATION AND NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS FOR TIME PERIODS UP TO 10 SECONDS. HAPPENS REPEATEDLY. UPON LATER EXAMINATION BY THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAY THAT RADIATOR LEAKS COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO BE DESTROYED AND REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 99,953

I'VE NOTICED THAT NISSAN HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR RECEIVING A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM CONSUMERS IN REGARDS TO SUDDEN, CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN 2005-2010 NISSAN PATHFINDER, FRONTIER AND XTERRA'S. WELL I AM WRITING TO TELL YOU THAT MY 2007 NISSAN XTERRA HAS FALLEN VICTIM TO THIS. IT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE PROBLEM OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS AND A DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. I HAD NO WARNING SIGNS LEADING UP TO OR JUST PRIOR TO THE FAILURES. WHAT IS NISSAN GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS???? RECALL ?? *TR

Mileage: 124,000

LAST MONTH THE CAR SEEMED TO START SLIPPING GEARS WHEN I GOT UP TO AROUND 40 MILES PER HOUR. IT WAS SPORADIC AND ONCE I LET ME FOOT OFF THE GAS FOR A SECOND IT SEEMED TO CLEAR AND BE OK. I STARTED TO SEE A SLOW LEAK OF WHAT I THOUGHT WAS OIL IN THE GARAGE WHERE I PARKED THE YESTERDAY. WHEN I MENTIONED THE LEAK TO A BUDDY AND ALSO TOLD HIM THAT MY HEATER WAS NOT WORKING, HE SAID WE SHOULD CHECK THE COOLANT IN THE RADIATOR. WHEN WE OPENED THE RADIATOR CAP, THERE WAS A SLIMY BROWNISH SLUDGE ALL OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE CAP. THAT AFTERNOON, I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC ACROSS THE STREET AND HE SAID THAT I HAD A RADIATOR FAILURE OF SOME THAT HAS CAUSED RADIATOR FLUID TO GET INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS WHERE THE BROWN SLUDGE HAS COME FROM. HE SAID THE CAR NEEDED A NEW RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE FLUSHED, DROPPED, AND SERVICED AND IT WOULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SOMETIME SOON AFTER. THE ENTIRE THING HE QUOTED ME AS COSTING $3K. I CALLED MY NISSAN DEALER WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THE CAR FROM NEW IN APRIL 2007 AND THE GENTLEMAN IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SEEMED QUITE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR REPLACEMENT IS UNDER AND EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM NISSAN, BUT I WOULD STILL BE OUT OF POCKET FOR AT LEAST A $2500 CO-PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 80,500

XTERRA WOULD NOT CRANK. TOWED TO LANDERS MCLARTY NISSAN. RECEIVED CALL THIS MORNING FROM NISSAN SERVICE TECH INDICATING THAT THERE IS A RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION ISSUE RESULTING IN COOLANT MIXING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. REPAIR WILL COST $7500.00. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LINES GOING FROM THE RADIATOR TO THE TRANSMISSION WERE TOO CLOSE IN PROXIMITY. AS A RESULT, THE LINES WERE BREAKING DOWN AND CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNTIL IT WAS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,542.

VEHICLE BECAME ERRATIC ON I-405 NEAR KIRKLAND WA. TRANSMISSION BEHAVED ERRATICALLY SUDDENLY AND TENACIOUSLY, REQUIRING AN EMERGENCY PULL OFF THE FREEWAY FROM MIDDLE LANE. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

SHUDDERING NOISE. THEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JS

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE HORRIBLY. THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENT THAT INFORMED ME WHETHER I HAVE THE VEHICLE ON DRIVE TURNED OFF. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE. I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT COOLANT HAS ENTERED THE TRANSMISSION AND RUINED IT. NOW THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START BECAUSE THE COOLANT SHORTED THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 128,532

NISSAN HAS A CONFIRMED PROBLEM WHERE COOLANT FROM A FAULTY RADIATOR COMPONENT LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSES SLIPPING OR WON'T SHIFT TO OVERDRIVE. THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE WARRANTY OUT ON THE RADIATOR TO 80,000, BUT ARE HESITANT TO COMMIT ON THE PERMANENTLY DAMAGED TRANSMISSIONS. A FLUSH WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I WAS MERGING IN CITY TRAFFIC AND HAD A UPSHIFT FAILURE WHERE IT JUST VIBRATED ALMOST CAUSING A ACCIDENT. THE INITIAL CONDITION IS DANGEROUS, AND NISSANS UNWILLINGNESS TO COMMIT TO REPLACE THE TERMINAL TRANSMISSIONS EVEN INSIDE THE 80,000 EXTENSION SEEMS LIKE THROWING A RISKY AND EXPENSIVE SITUATION ON THE CUSTOMER. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN NISSANS SHEEPISHNESS, EXPECTED MORE ON A WELL PUBLICIZED AND DOCUMENTED CONCERN. I FEEL THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

STARTED SMELLING A BURNING SMELL. NOTICED A FLUID LEAKING UNDER THE CAR. DEALERSHIP SAID TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT DIDN'T GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. TOPPED OFF TRANSMISSION FLUID SINCE IT WAS LOW. 30 MILES LATER, WHILE DOING 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY IN TRAFFIC, THE CAR SUDDENLY SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND SLOWED DRASTICALLY ALMOST CAUSING THE CAR BEHIND ME TO REAR END ME. I SLOWED AND IT POPPED BACK INTO GEAR. I GOT IT OFF THE FREEWAY AND WAS THEN ABLE TO BARELY GET IT INTO A PARKING LOT. I HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT FLUID FROM THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION. I WENT BACK TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND THEY APOLOGIZED FOR NOT PROVIDING ME ALL OF THE DETAILS AND STATED THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE "DESIGN FLAW IN THE RADIATOR" BUT IS NOT COVERING ANY OF THE REPAIRS. *TR

Mileage: 129,000

COOLANT LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION. COMMON PROBLEM TO DESIGN FLAW. COSTLY $5,000+ REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

MY NISSAN WHICH I LOVED ORIGINALLY WHEN I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS AND I HAVE MAINTAINED IT AND SERVICED IT FAITHFULLY. I HAD TAKEN MY TRUCK FOR SERVICE TWICE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND NOTHING WAS DETECTED AS FAR AS THE RADIATOR CRACKING. THIS IS WHAT CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO GO. THE FIRST TIME I WENT FOR SERVICE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY NOTHING WAS SAID. THE SECOND TIME AT 80588 ANOTHER SERVICE WAS DONE BASIC OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION SUPPOSEDLY EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT FINE EACH TIME A MULTI POINT INSPECTIONS WAS DONE. I IMAGINE THIS INCLUDES PLACING THE VEHICLE ON THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTERIZED MACHINE. WELL, SHORTLY AFTER THIS IS WHEN MY MAJOR PROBLEMS BEGAN. MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AS IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY RIDING ON THE SHOULDER WERE THE WARNING STRIPS WITH THE GRIDS VIBRATES YOUR CAR WHEN YOU GO OVER ONTO THEM. I RELATED THE VIBRATION TO THE RECENT TIRE ROTATION I CHECKED THE TIRES MADE SURE NUTS WERE TIGHT AND NOTHING WAS OFF; EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT FINE. THE AWKWARD VIBRATION CONTINUED SO I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND THAT?S WHEN I GOT THE DEVASTATING NEWS A WHOPPING $7371.00 IN REPAIRS FOR A CRACKED RADIATOR AND DAMAGED TRANSMISSION. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS WHAT SO EVER NO ENGINE LIGHT, NO OVERHEATING, AND NO SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE. NISSAN IS FULLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND SO ARE THE DEALERS. NOTHING WAS SAID TO ME WITH PRIOR VISITS AND THEY QUICKLY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND WERE CERTAIN OF THE PROBLEM. THESE DEALERS ARE DEFINITELY AWARE AND MAKING MONEY OFF INNOCENT CONSUMERS FOR THESE UNJUST OUT OF POCKET REPAIRS. WHERE IS THE JUSTICE IN ALL OF THIS? *TR

Mileage: 81,566

I PURCHASED A 2007 XTERRA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WITH JUST OVER 80,000. I HAVE THE PROBLEM WHERE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY. I AM CURRENTLY PAYING A $292.00 NOTE ON A CAR THAT WILL NOT MOVE. I FELT COMFORTED IN THE FACT THAT I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH COVERAGE FOR 100,000 MILES OR 6 YEARS AFTER THE PURCHASE. THE FACTORY WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER THE COST TO REPAIR THE RADIATOR. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR TRANSMISSION, THE SAME DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD ME THE EXPENSIVE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND OVERCHARGED FOR THE CAR IS TRYING TO CHARGE $7700 FOR THE JOB WITH NEW PARTS OR $5500 TO DO THE JOB WITH USED PARTS. I KNOW NOW THAT THE JOB WOULD HAVE TO UTILIZE A NEW RADIATOR BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL RADIATORS ARE CAUSING COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX. I SEE REPORTS THAT NISSAN IS STARTING TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE FAULTY RADIATORS BUT IS NOT HOLDING THEMSELVES LIABLE FOR ANY OF THE DAMAGES TO ANY OF THE PARTS OF THE CAR EVEN THOUGH MOST IT IS UNDER WARRANTY (EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE'S RADIATOR SHOULD HAVE A FACTORY RECALL BY NOW). THERE IS EVEN A NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE ABOUT THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH MULTIPLE NISSAN MODELS. IT IS WRITTEN IN THE CONTRACT THAT IF THE RADIATOR CAUSES THE PROBLEM, THEN THE TRANSMISSION DAMAGES WILL NOT BE COVERED. ALSO THE RADIATOR, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE PART CAUSING ALL OF THE PROBLEMS, IS NOT EVEN COVERED AT ALL IN THE WARRANTY NOR IS IT UNDER A FACTORY RECALL. I PURCHASED A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED CAR WITH A WARRANTY BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A CAR THAT WOULD GIVE ME FURTHER FINANCIAL TROUBLES IN COSTLY REPAIRS. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT DOES NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO REPAIR RADIATORS AND/OR TRANSMISSIONS FOR EVERYONE THAT OWNS AN XTERRA, FRONTIER OR PATHFINDER. *TR

Mileage: 94,000

2007 NISSAN XTERRA RADIATOR FAILED AND ABOUT A MONTH LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO ANTIFREEZE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE NISSAN XTERRA WAS SLIPPING ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW AS TRAFFIC WAS APPROACHING ON ALL SIDES. THE VEHICLE LOST FORWARD DRIVE CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

NISSAN UNSAFE FAILURE PARTS TRANSMISSION AND RADIATORS HI MY NAME IS [XXX] MY STORY BEGINS AS A HAPPY ONE, BUT SOON TURNS OUT TO BE MY WORST NIGHTMARE BACK IN NOVEMBER 2007. I BOUGHT MY FIRST CAR A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA FROM AVONDALE NISSAN BRAND NEW WHICH IS NOW PAID OFF. IT WAS A VERY NICE VEHICLE, HAD REALLY SMALL ISSUES WITH NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND NORMAL MAINTENANCE WHICH I KEPT UP ON MYSELF. RIGHT NOW I'M ATTENDING ASU FOR PREMED AND I NEED MY VEHICLE TO GET TO SCHOOL. THE ISSUE STARTED WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, ALL OF SUDDEN I HEARD A NOISE AND THE BACK END SHUDDERED AS IF I WAS DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS. I TOOK IT IN ON MY NEXT OIL CHANGE TO DISCOVER THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE COOLANT, THEN I HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED, THEN A COUPLE MONTHS LATER MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE SAME ISSUE WHICH I WAS PREVIOUSLY HAVING WITH THE MY TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING INTO THE COOLANT BEGAN AGAIN. IN ADDITION TO THAT INCIDENT, I WAS TOLD FROM NUMEROUS DEALERSHIPS INCLUDING NISSAN THAT THE RADIATOR WAS DAMAGED AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO DAMAGE. I THEN STARTED GOOGLING THE PROBLEM AND TO MY SURPRISE TO FIND OUT THAT SO MANY OTHER NISSAN OWNERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS HORRIFIED ME WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT NEW IN 2007. THE SERVICE ADVISOR IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THIS IS A TERRIBLE PROBLEM BECAUSE NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS HORRIBLE DESIGN FLAW ON NISSAN'S PART AND THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO HELP THEIR CUSTOMERS, HE SAID THAT NISSAN IS NOT GOING TO DO A RECALL AT ALL ITS JUST A DEFECT. HE ALSO STATED THAT TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION AND GET ANOTHER RADIATOR WOULD COST $500 FOR THE RADIATOR AND $5155 FOR TRANSMISSION NOT INCLUDING TAX OR LABOR. I WILL NEVER IN MY LIFE EVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN NOR WOULD I RECOMMEND SOMEONE TO PURCHASE IT! I'M NOT GETTING ANY ANSWERS FROM THEM THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF THIS UNSAFE DEFECT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *KB

Mileage: 130,649

TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FAILURE MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE, NISSAN COMPANY IS WELL AWARE OF THESE ISSUES AND REFUSE TO DO A RECALL AND REFUSE TO LET THEIR CUSTOMERS TO BE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. AS FOR ME I AM PRE-MED AND I NEED MY VEHICLE TO GET TO SCHOOL AND WORK I AS CAREGIVER FOR AN ELDERLY MAN AND WOMAN SO NOT A VERY MUCH OF AN INCOME SO I DEPEND ON MY CAR ABOUT A MONTH AGO I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD A NOISE AT THE BACK END SHUDDERED AS IF I WAS DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS I TOOK IT IN ON MY NEXT OIL CHANGE. *KB

Mileage: 130,649

2007 NISSAN XTERRA POWER TRAIN/TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND WAS REGULARLY MAINTAINED. THE REPAIR IS A MAJOR COST FROM $1600 TO $2500 TO REPAIR IT WAS SLIGHTLY OVER THE MAINTENANCE WHEN PROBLEM DISCOVERED BY NISSAN ON A REGULAR SERVICE VISIT. A CLAIM WITH NISSAN CORP. WAS MADE AND INITIALLY DENIED AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WORRIED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD GO. I CONTINUED TO FIGHT THE DENIAL AND COMPLY WITH ALL THEIR REQUEST TO OBTAIN RECORDS ON ALL MAINTENANCE DONE TO VEHICLE. THEY FINALLY RESPONDED AND ONLY PAID A PORTION OF THE REPAIR. THE REPAIR COST WAS STILL AN ECONOMIC BURDEN. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I AM VERY DISPLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME ESPECIALLY BEING A LOYAL CUSTOMER FOR MANY YEARS. I AM TRULY DISAPPOINTED WITH HOW NISSAN TREATS THEIR CUSTOMERS AND WILL NEVER PURCHASE A NISSAN VEHICLE AGAIN! *TR

Mileage: 67,000

OK THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL AND ALL THE OTHER CLUTCH PARTS WITH NEW OEM PARTS SO WE WILL SEE HOW MANY MILES I GET THIS TIME BEFORE IT BRAKES DOWN AGAIN. IT IS MID APRIL AND CAR IS STILL ROLLING. I HAVE 2 MORE YRS BEFORE THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY EXPIRES AND DEALER MANAGER SAID THAT IT WILL BE COVER AND REPLACED IF IT BRAKES DOWN BEFORE THAT. HOPE I WON'T HAVE TO PROVE WITH THE EDMUNDS XTERRA FORUM PRINT OUTS THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM IN MY CAR. MY GAS SENSOR WAS ALSO REPLACED WHILE THEY WORK ON MY CAR....SO SO FAR I AM GLAD WITH ANCHORAGE, ALASKA NISSAN DEALERSHIP. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING HARD ESPECIALLY IN OVERDRIVE. SOON AFTER THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED ON 4/4/11. ADDED COOLANT TO GET TO GARAGE. UPON INSPECTION FOUND THAT THERE WAS COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLER AND IT PUT COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $7400. I CALLED THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME IT WAS A NISSAN ISSUE. CALLED NISSAN CUSTOMER SUPPORT FILED A COMPLAINT. AFTER REVIEWING MY COMPLAINT THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. SEARCHED ON LINE AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY NISSAN'S FROM 2005 -2007 WITH THIS FAILURE. NISSAN IS IGNORING THE ISSUE. CONTACTED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND THEY ARE INVESTIGATING. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND HAS BEEN SINCE 4/5/11. WE FEEL THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 104,739

BATTERY DIED. AFTER REPLACING THE BATTERY SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS "STUCK" IN 4TH GEAR. HAD TO HAVE THE VALVE BODY REPLACED. THE VEHICLE IS 31/2 YEARS OLD AND THE VALVE BODY WAS CORRODED. HAD TO BE PUT ON A WAITING LIST FOR THE PART FROM THE DEALERSHIP. THERE HAS TO BE MANY OF THESE CARS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM IF THERE IS A WAITING LIST FOR THE PART. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

I DRIVE A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA AT 41000 MILES THE CLUTCH IN MY STANDARD TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER (I PURCHASED A 60,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY) THEY CHARGED ME 135$ TO REMOVE ONE EASILY ACCESSIBLE BOLT AND TELL ME MY CLUTCH WAS BAD (I TOLD THEM THIS BEFORE I HANDED THEM THE KEYS) AND NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AS IT IS A ?WARE PART?. AS THE CLUTCH IS PART OF THE POWER TRAIN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR 40+ MILES TO MY GARAGE BUT HAD TO BUY AN AFTERMARKET CLUTCH AFTER RESEARCHING AND FINDING THE FACTORY PART IS DEFECTIVE AND MANY HAVE HAD IT GO BAD AFTER 10,000 MILES OR LESS. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND SHIFTING GEARS, THE CLUTCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CONTACT DROVE EIGHTEEN MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE MECHANIC THAT PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE CLUTCH AGAIN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONER FUSES BECAME INOPERABLE. WHEN HE CONSULTED AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAN BLOWER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FUSE FAILED AGAIN AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR TWICE. THE DEALER ALSO SUSPECTED THAT AN ELECTRICAL HARNESS MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR BUT THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE END OF JUNE 2010. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO CONFIRMED THAT HIS WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED; THEREFORE, HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR EXPENSES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000.

Mileage: 60,000

2007 NISSAN XTERRA RADIATOR FAILED MIXED ANTI-FREEZE WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID, TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING IN MIDDLE OF DANGEROUS INTERSECTION NO WARNING! $5000.00 TO REPAIR. NISSAN AND DEALER SAY THAT THERE IS NOTHING BEING DONE BY NISSAN TO FIX PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 83,683

MY XTERRA COULD ONLY GO UP TO 40 MPH. THE CLUTCH FELT FUNNY LIKE IT WAS LOOSE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THAT I BOUGHT IF FROM AND THEY SAID THE CLUTCH HAS TO BE REPLACED. IT HAS JUST OVER 28,000 MILES AND I BOUGHT THE 2007 XTERRA BRAND NEW. A CLUTCH SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 3 YEARS! I PAID OVER $1,600.00 FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 28,450

TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINE CORRODES AND RUINS THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

BOUGHT 2007 NISSAN XTERRA IN SEPTEMBER OF 2007; SEPT OF 2008 HAD TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH,WITH 23,000 MILES ON IT. I'VE DROVE A STANDARD CAR FOR 12 YEARS BEFORE I EVER REPLACED THE CLUTCH. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT. I WAS STUCK WITH REPLACING IT. BAD CLUTCH! *TR

Mileage: 32,000