2004 Nissan Titan: won't start

Filed Jun 20, 2021 · Body, Engine · HI

I purchased this truck on 04/05/18 from Harbor motors Lihue Kauai, and not even a week into having this truck it started acting up, overheating, the truck wouldn't turn over, suspensions, the four-wheel-drive wouldn't disengage, when you turn the key to start the vehicle it would make a clicking noise before starting, the AC would work when it wanted to, and the transmission and engine started knocking. The next week I went running errands and when I pulled out of my yard the truck started jerking then pressed the gas and it revved really high before slamming into drive. Since then I haven't driven the truck. And today it looks like someone just smashed into the front driver light to the side and smashed it while being parked at the place I purchased the truck from. I've continuously asked for help with little to no help at all. The truck is no longer drivable and I'm still making payments on it. The lights on the dashboard has the Check enigine light on, snd the ABS

Filed Apr 25, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · HI

While driving for 20 minutes and I'd say 25 miles per hour, my truck just stalls the electrical system working, but no engine power! The truck just stop running. In my attempt to restart the engine the starter will turn but no start. I am now stranded in traffic and if it was not for good samaritans who help me push the truck to the curb. This happened twice in the last couple of days. I've replaced my battery and it died for second time! Thankfully I was on the city street both times. Both times I waited awhile tried to start up with no success, but it started only afterwards getting a jump start!? The battery is brand new and the hope of finding the answer is websites at lease in the hopes of some answer and directions. Eve since replaced the battery I'

Filed Sep 3, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 335,000 miles · LA · fire

My husband could have been killed. We had no knowledge of any recalls. Two days ago my husband was getting in the truck and all of a sudden smoke started coming from the dash board and a fire was starting. He immediately ran in the truck stop store and was able to get a fire extinguisher. Another customer unhooked the battery as my husband distinguished the fire. The truck will not start and when trying to test it out by re-attaching the battery the smoke began again. We are now without a vehicle and had to get the truck towed home.

Filed Aug 17, 2016 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 84,000 miles · HI

Incident 1: I was driving through a parking lot and applied the brake. Once the brake was applied, the brake pedal pushed back at me as if the ABS system had been activated, and there was a loud sound that I know to be caused by the ABS system being used. Luckily, when this happened I was about to pull into a parking spot and it had a curb. Knowing that my brakes were partially compromised, I slowly entered the parking stall and needed minimal braking. I noticed that my emergency brake light, vdc off light, and my slip light were all illuminated. At this point I turned off the vehicle and walked around it looking for any evidence of a brake fluid leak or anything out of the ordinary. I didn't see any brake fluid or any fluids or contaminants on the brake discs. I returned several minutes later and turned on the car and it performed as normal for about a week and dismissed it as an unusual one time fluke. One week later, I had a very similar incident detailed below. Incident 2: again, I was going through a parking lot at less than 10 MPH, and was about to pull into a parking space. This time, it did not start until I was pulling into the space, so I had no warning that I would have a hard time stopping. Luckily, I had a curb at the end of my parking space. Once I felt the kick back I immediately pressed on the brake as hard as possible and slowly came to a stop a few inches away from the curb. I then saw the same warning lights the same as before. Dealership visit: at this point, I knew it wasn't a one time thing and took the truck to the dealer later that day. They told me my delta stroke sensor was bad and needed to be replaced. I have not had it fixed yet, and do not know if this is a permanent fix. I have seen several others with this same problem, just more significant. Definitely will be a long time before I feel safe driving this truck again.

Filed Jun 9, 2015 · Fuel system · 186,000 miles · MN

I was on my way home from work when my low fuel indicator light came on; my gauge showed approximately 1/8 remaining. This was normal, and the point where the low fuel light normally turned on. The next morning, on my way to work, the light turned off and the needle showed just over 1/8 tank. This was also normal for the light to switch on and off as the level teetered around the switch point. A few miles into my trip, the needle jumped to around 1/4 tank, which was not necessarily normal, but I had no reason to question the level based on the previous accuracy of my gauge. Halfway to work I lost power, and had to pull over on a busy highway. My truck would not start, although it still showed 1/4 tank remaining. I did an internet search on my phone for /2004 titan fuel gauge problem/ and immediately got rashes of hits for descriptions exactly like mine where their titans showed 1/4 tank remaining, but ran out of fuel. After walking a 4 mile round-trip to the nearest gas station and back, I put gas in the tank, and drove to work. After a quick internet search I found a recall the federal safety agency# 10v074000 for 2005-2009 titans (mine is a 2004) and nissan service bulletin el08-013a for 2004-2009 titans. I was told by the dealership and nissan america that my vehicle is not included in the recall, and will not be covered. I am fine with a fuel sensor failing after 186,000 miles and not being covered, but not if identical vehicles (2005-2009) with identical hardware are being recalled and recognized as having safety issues. The internet is full of people complaining about this issue on their 2004 titans, and they need to be included in the recall.

Filed Oct 19, 2012 · Electrical, Visibility · 95,000 miles · VA

On may 3, 2012, I saw my side mirror lights were not turning off, even while driving. I scheduled work for my truck for may 5, 2012. My truck was parked at my place of employment from around 6 am to 2 pm on may 3, 2012. When trying to leave work I tried to start my truck and it would not turn over, tried to jump start with no success and even had a tow truck company attempt to start the truck. After the truck was towed to local shop the truck started up with no problem and the mechanic said since its not showing any issues that it did before there was nothing they could do. On may 5, 2012 I took my truck in for the electrical problem and they also fixed a recall with the ECM relay. On the same day around 6 pm in the afternoon the truck would not start again. The truck was towed back to the nissan dealership on may 6, 2012 and on may 7, 2012 the technicians at nissan contacted me stating it was my bcm which was in the same area as the ECM. I had to pay about 600 dollars for a new bcm. I believe the bcm went out due to the recall work that was performed earlier.

Filed Mar 1, 2010 · Electrical · 50,000 miles · WA

About 3 months ago my wife was driving on a side road doing 25-35 MPH and her 2004 nissan titan cc suddenly lost power and then engine shut off. She came to a stop and the truck restarted immediately. On feb 26th, 2010 my wife was at a friends house and the truck would not start. She had given me the wrong description of what happened to the truck I thought it was just a dead battery. So I jump started the truck and it fired right up so I replaced the battery. On feb 27th, 2010 my wife and I were sitting at a stoplight and the truck's engine just shut off without warning. The engine would not restart and this caused a major traffic jam and we were almost hit my multiple vehicles. Luckily a couple bystanders helped direct traffic and helped push the truck off the road. The truck would not start and nothing else was visibly wrong such as battery or any other common items. After approximately 10 minutes the truck started right up with no problems. After much research online through multiple nissan titan forums it came top my attention that this was a common problem that has been known about by owners for some time. The intelligent power distribution module (ipdm) in the truck were faulting causing the ECM relay on the truck to stop working. The short term fix for this was to replace the relay. The long term fix for this is to replace the ipdm. So I replaced the ipdm and have not seen a problem since. When I went to the parts counter at korum nissan in puyallup to pick up my $178 part I asked how many people have ordered this part. I was told by there parts rep mike that he has sold a lot of these units for various reasons. He said it was a common known issue by the parts reps and the service reps. What I don't understand is how such a thing could be known so well but no safety recall has happened. My problems were relatively minor compared to others who have experienced such problems at high speeds where death or injury could occur.

Filed Jan 16, 2010 · Engine · 74,527 miles · HI

I have an '04 nissan titan crew cab truck. In earlier part of '09, while driving on the hwy, my engine stalled and went out. Basically I was just rolling on the hwy unaware that the engine went out. I realized my engine went out when I couldn't accelerate or decelerate, and my steering was difficult to handle. The engine wouldn't start after that. It sounded like it would crank, but wouldn't turn, and as if it wasn't getting fuel. Several mechanics couldn't figure out the issue until, I later learned by reading up on nissan forum online, of similar cases, that it was an ipdm failure. I replaced this part and it worked again. Now, its jan. 2010, and it went out on me again. This time, luckily I was not driving on the hwy, I was parked and the engine wouldn't start.