2004 Nissan Titan: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Aug 19, 2022 · Transmission · FL · fire

Purchased a used 2004 Nissan titan truck with lower miles. Rear axel exploded and burst into flames when driving down the freeway. (Bowling Green, Kentucky) We managed to pull off to the side of the freeway without hitting anyone. Fire dept was able to put the flames out. Didn't find any recalls about the Truck when we bought it. Now I have seen reports on line that this has happened to other consumers. Something needs to be done to warn consumers. We could have died. We could of hit others and killed them as well. Dealership has completed repairs and seen the defect. We have the damaged part. There were no prior warnings. Vehicle was inspected before the road trip to insure it was safe.

Filed Oct 12, 2016 · Airbags · 124,000 miles · KS · crash · fire · 1 injury

My husband was involved in an accident august 17th 2016 resulting in his death. Investigators can not figure out what caused the accident but his vehicle caught fire. We're not even certain the airbags deployed. When I looked at the truck after the accident there was no proof the airbags had deployed and cause for fire is unknown. Updated 01/10/17*lj updated 09/19/2017

Filed Jul 15, 2015 · Electrical · 98,000 miles · AR · crash · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2004 nissan titan. While driving at 55 MPH, the entire instrument panel illuminated and an abnormal odor emitted into the vehicle. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the road and the vehicle caught fire. The contact was not injured. The vehicle was destroyed and a police report was filed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 98,000.

Filed Nov 13, 2012 · Engine · 68,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan titan. The contact stated that the vehicle was started and he immediately noticed blue smoke coming from the rear end of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing where a technician advised that the manifold needed to be replaced. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on several occasions for the same failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised that the vehicle was not included in any recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximately failure mileage was 68,000 and the current mileage was 80,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Jan 21, 2011 · Electrical, Visibility · 79,960 miles · NY · fire

I live in the cold northeast and have to warm my vehicle before I drive to work. My truck is a 2004 nissan titan se with 79k miles on it. I brushed the vehicle off and started it turning the defroster to high and turning on the side mirror defrosters as well. I went back inside to grab the rest of my stuff for work and was inside for approximately 5 minutes. When I came back outside I was surprised to see the drivers side of my truck on fire. Fire engulfed the drivers side mirror and the dripping plastic was burning up the side of the truck. I returned inside and grabbed a fire extinguisher and was able to get the fire out. Luckily my vehicle was far enough away from the garage as to not be a concern as to burning down my house. I was shocked to see that the mirror defrost switch was still active and had not tripped any fuses. I immediately turned the switch to the off position and the light went out. This just happened this morning and I have not repaired the trouble as yet. The mirror of course is totally destroyed and the paint on the drivers side is damaged. I am writing this out of concern for the safety of the public as this could have easily evolved into a full blown house fire.

Filed Oct 1, 2010 · Transmission · 109,000 miles · NC · fire

Sept 27 2010 traveling home from w.v from camping. We was on I - 77 s bound at mile maker 10 in fancy gap. We smelled something funny. I looked at my right mirror and saw white gray smoke coming out of the back of my 2004 nissan titan truck. I pulled over and when I put my foot on the brake I had none, due from the heat of the fire, I got out and saw my drivers side under the fender on fire. I had transmission fluid everywhere. Transmission fluid had sprayed on the manifold and caught fire, then the gas line ruptured. I had a transmission fluid and gas fire. Thank god I had a fire extinguisher as well as another man stop to help put it out, it took two fire extinguisher to put the fire out, one wasn't enough.we could have been killed but I was told that the reason why my truck didn't blow up was because I had a full tank of gas. Well I took my truck into nissan and they told me that I had a rupture in my transmission line and that it was a defective, faulty line. I find out later that they had a technical bulletin out on the 2004-2005 armada and titan dated aug 1 2005.I had my truck in for a transmission flush 45 days before this happened and no one told me about the bulletin.no one asked me if I would like to replace my lines and clamps. I didn't know anything about this bulletin until wednesday night when I did research. If they had told me about this, this could have been prevented. Nissan knows about this and I am trying to work with them. I hope they do the right thing about fixing my truck and paying my tow bills. The weird thing is I tried to get the va state troop to do a report and he said they don't do that anymore.

Filed Aug 5, 2010 · Electrical · 87,900 miles · VA · fire

My 2004 nissan titan caught fire and burned to the ground on 7/29/10 at 4:30pm. It all started as I was backing up and I noticed an electrical burning smell. I looked down and saw smoke and inspected it closer and noticed that the smoke was blooming from an electrical component which appeared to be the computer. I took some video of it as proof of what was going on not knowing that my truck would be engulfed in flames minutes later. The video is clear that it was manufacturer defect. I tried to stop it by disconnecting the battery but that was not successful. Later my fire inspector said it was nissans bcm that failed! He was very happy had the video otherwise he would have never been able to identify. He said the video is really clear and apparent what happened. Nissan never recalled just sent service bulletins. My insurance may cover the remainder of the loan but that does not put me another vehicle. I have contacted nissan on this matter and they say there is nothing they can do to let my insurance deal with it, which I explained above how that does not work for me. I feel like this is nissans fault and they should help me but they are not. Apparently I need to hire an attorney that deals with fire and I have been informed that this is very expensive, which I can not afford. I told nissan I had the video but they did not care. You would think after all the toyota incidents that they may help especially since I had the video of proof and they did not . I have sent the video and all pictures I have to my insurance company as well but all they will probably get is the money they paid for loan. So my insurance company is covered but I'm left out to dry. Please read this part. The fire inspector for my insurance company and an outside independent fire inspector have concluded it was the bcm ( body control module). Nissan knew of the problem but just sent out service letters and not recalls. My insurance will be pursuing nissan as well !

Filed Jun 21, 2010 · Electrical · 78,000 miles · KY · fire

While pulling my boat to the lake yesterday at approximately 65 MPH on the interstate with my 2004 titan 4x4 king cab (mileage approximately 78,000), the ABS, slip, and vdc lights illuminated. Before I could reach an exit to pull off, the engine shut down. This happened within a matter of less than 3 minutes. I was able to pull to the side of the interstate but the engine would not re-fire. Upon inspection, I noticed smoke pouring from rear passenger wheel well. I got all occupants out of the truck and when I returned seconds later, I spotted a fire coming from the wiring harness just where it goes over the frame rail in the rear passenger wheel well. Luckily I had a fire extinguisher on the boat and was able to put the fire out before causing major damage to the truck, my family or passers-by. I have had the vehicle towed to the dealership to be inspected and they "believe" a new wiring harness will fix the problem although they have "no idea" how a fire could have happened. A "belief" that the problem is fixed is not comforting.

Filed Jul 13, 2005 · Transmission · 3,400 miles · MI

Dt: consumer states the rear differential casing on his 2004 nissan titan pickup truck are bad. After talking to several people on the internet the consumer says that when hauling over 100lb. This causes the rear differential to overheat leading to lubricant leakage and outer corrosion of the differential cover. There have been some consumers to complain that the rear differential seizes and catches on fire. He says this was documented in a magazine not long after the truck was tested. The consumer stated the differential is actually starting to rust and the lubricant is starting to leak out. The dealer refuses to deal with him. The manufacturer says they will not deal with him until the dealer does.