Both rear wheel axle seals have failed at 67,906 miles. Leaking both sides. Caught in time so that rear brakes are not destroyed and rear end/differential not destroyed. This is a known defect affecting this truck prior to 2008. A definite design defect. Someday someone is going to get hurt due to rear brake failure or loss of control when catastrophic rear end failure occurs.
2004 Nissan Titan transmission complaints
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Just had both manifolds replaced under nissan warranty. As I was driving away from the dealership I heard a loud pop turning right from the rear of the truck. Turned around back into the dealerships parking lot I heard another pop? The service tech drove it around their service area and said my rear differential was going out. Nissan has known this has been an issue for years especially in the early trucks years but refuses to fix it under a recall. This is a $3500.00 fix which the consumer has to pay and nissan profits from a poorly designed component. There needs to be a recall on all nissan titans from '04 - '07.
Truck was due for a state inspection, truck would not pass- because of rear brakes not functioning due to leaking rear axle seals. Rear axle seals leaking causing emergency brake to not function. Found a forum with the same problem many owners are having-titantalk. How can this problem, which is a safety problem, not be a safety recall? Come on nissan, you just lost another customer. Thanks to you, I will be only buying gm products.
After front differential had failed and would not engage 4wd. Took to dealer and replaced under warranty. After 1 1/2 years started to whine and grind again dealership said sorry was out of warranty. 3 differentials in 3 years woohoo a real winner here.
Differential started to wine at about 58,000 miles. Noticed that the right rear-end of diff is leaking oil. Reported it to dealer, but they said nothing is wrong, do not hear anything, no idea what it is. Concerned that the oil may end up on the rear brake rotors in which case rear brake failure may occur. Rear end starting to fail now at 72,000.
Rear differential spider gear failure. When accelerating noticed a pop and vehicle drive train slipped and disengaged. Vehicle rolled to stop. When restarted vehicle moved but with significant grinding and popping. Mechanic found spider gears in rear differential destroyed.
The real axle seals in both sides are gone and continuous leaking is inevitable.
Rear diff started with small wine noise in am on way to work - 11.6 miles. Went to lunch - another 6 miles - noise a little louder - not bad - just a little louder. Go home in evening - made it another 6 miles and noise sounded like some one was crashing into the back of the truck as the back end locked up and sent me skidding across the road. Luckily no one was in the lane next me!! Failure according to dealer was from the 'vent' tube being clogged and causing it overheat and blow the seals... So, almost a catastrophic accident if was on highway, and now 3500 dollars to fix because of a 5 dollar check valve! This is insane. Google around for the titan rear diff, and I am not the only one out there!!!!
The seal on the drivers side rear failed, began to leak oil all over the inside of the rim and the brakes. This was within a few miles after having had a dealership press a new bearing onto the axle and occurred within an hour of the vehicle having been picked up from the shop. Dealership admits to having seen an issue with the rear differential and knowing that it would leak but having decided to not inform the customer about the issue.
I bought a brand new 2004 nissan titan from a dealership in ohio in september of 2004. Had a few other issues about the truck during all this time of ownership but nissan had issued recalls to take care of those issues and I was pleased with them and their service. I am at present experiencing rear differential problems related to leaking rear seals and faulty components in the entire rear differential assembly. I have read thousands of reported differential problems on the 2004 through 2010 titans and nissan north america refuses to take responsibility to eliminate this safety defect and recall all the titans for new differential replacements at nissans expense. I hope to god people driving the titans are not killed because of this obvious problem and defect in workmanship and material. I will never deal with nissan ever again for anything and everyone I come in contact with for the rest of my life will be told by me how unreliable and honest the nissan company is I just spent 2900.00 dollars to replace my differential with a newly engineered and designed differential made by designed by and install on my truck by nissan employee's. Never again!
I have now only owned this truck for one year. I am only the second owner. I have had multiple drive train issues now with this truck and it is only currently at 75,000 miles as of 11/20/2011. 04/22/11 turned a corner from a four way stop to hear a light grinding noise that turned to a heavy clunk and tire hop. Took it to a local trusted auto repair tech to find that my e-locker deteriorated and literally grenaded my whole carrier assembly. The only fix according to nissan is to replace the whole rear differential as in new case fully assembled w/ rotors and all. Local shop did research and said this is a common issue they have a lot and nissan does not sell individual parts to replace. Local shop had to build whole new custom rear end from seals in w/ a detroit true trac mechanical locker. At the same time shortly after found gear oil in driveway from front pumpkin to find drivers side c-clip broke and axle shaft is not engaging (in other words no dependable 4wd) had that all fixed in 05/2011 and seemed okay never had used the 4wd. Now 11/19/11 went to go find a christmas tree and turned on the 4wd again just in case. Once again a broken c-clip out of nowhere. I have now had two broken c-clips within about 6 months of each other w/o 4wd being used. Bought the truck for $16k and have now put in almost another $4k in front and rear end repairs. Nissan is losing a lot of customers by not owning up to their mistakes and design flaws.
Right side axle is leaking fluid to rear disk brake. To fix one side is 2200. After searching on titan forums, discovered this to be a defect with this truck. This is a truck that had synthetic diff oil and never towed, yet has such major failure so soon? This is a serious safety issue.
Discovered the driver's side rear axle oil seal leaking. Vehicle maintenance has been accomplished in accordance with nissan maintenance schedules. Discovered nissan technical service bulletin (tsb)ntb10-032 stating entire axle shaft assembly (axle, new retainer, axle bearing, oil seal, bearing cage, and ABS rotor) be replaced on 2004-2008 models when oil leaks are discovered to correct the problem. The tsb did not elaborate why the entire assembly is to be replaced. It can only be assumed that all parts of the assembly are considered defective and require replacement. I presented the tsb to my nissan service department and they said they only need to replace the oil seal, axle bearing, and spacer contrary to the prescribed service procedure in the tsb. Within 200 miles of replacement, the new oil seal leaks indicating the cause of the seal failure has not been resolved. Unresolved axle seal leaks will result in axle failure and brake failures when pads are soaked by gear oil leaks.
The rear axle seals are leaking and has caused my rear brakes to slip due to the differential oil getting on my brake pads and rotors. This is my second encounter of this problem and nissan still refuses to do anything about it.
Winding noise coming out of rear end, rear differential failing, bearings failing.
Right rear differential seal failed - leaked oil into right rear brake.
I was driving on the freeway where the speed limit is 65 MPH. I was going that speed when, what I thought was my drive shaft, basically exploded and fell apart whilst I was in motion. I have kept up one all mandatory and basic maintenance work and have never had a problem with it before. Parts flew out from all around my truck and it slammed into a complete stop as if I had made impact into something. Passing vehicles had to stay clear of the debris an I had to push my truck into the emergency lane. Highway patrol asked if I was alright and I stated to have already had a tow truck on its way. When my truck was towed to the shop they said the rear end actually gave way and broke, including the drive shaft which snapped into two pieces, one of which was launched into traffic. Luckily no other vehicles were damaged nor people hurt. The mechanics said they've been in business for 57 years and I was lucky to have come out of that the way I did, because in most cases the truck would have flipped and rolled. The damages were extensive and extreme for something I had no control over. The shop informed me that this was nothing to do with the way I was driving it or anything I could have done, and they found it "weird" that it happened the way it did. Very dangerous and near traumatizing. I was unable to select the correct components above so I just wanted to be clear that it had everything to do with my drive shaft, rear differential, and power line.
During a turn onto another street, the rear differential broke apart and seized, stopping the truck in the middle of the intersection.
Car into dealer for service. Found two cracked manifolds on both sides of the engine resulting in excessive noise and exhaust gases to be released into the cab. Both sides need full replacement at nearly $1,200 per side. This is ridiculous on a vehicle with only 70k miles on the clock.
Within a 5 mile range the vehicle started to whine, then clank, then lock-up. Emergency brakes failed and rear differential failed... Vehicle was undriveable. This vehicle just hit 100,000 miles. Repair is > 1/5th of vehicle value. This is a very common failure in 2004 nissan titans. Very dangerous - especially if towing a trailer (which is what this vehicle is advertised to do)
Rear axle oil leak requiring replacement of breather and right rear axle at 45,385 miles. Reoccurred 9-26-11 at 54,718 miles. Internet sites indicate this is a common recurrence and the part was subsequently redesigned. Nissan refuse to stand by their quality and hide behind the warranty terms for a design failure.
My 2004 nissan titan rear differential went out today, I have never hauled anything and am pretty light on the pedal. The vehicle just hit 58,000 miles and I'm the original owner.the clanking was unbearable my ride home.
2004 nissan titan se truck. Rear axle seal leak.
Heard a clunk from the rear of the vehicle. Upon inspection I found that the electronic locker disintegrated damaging the rear end. I found out that this is a very common problem for 2004 to 2007 titan's with the off-road package. Never used the truck for towing. It was used for daily transportation. The truck had about 90,000 miles on it when the rear end blew up. I had a local shop put in new axles, ring and pinion and an after market locker for about $2500. Nissan wanted to replace the complete rear end which would have been about $3500.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan titan. The contact was driving 60 MPH when the vehicle started to make a loud noise and became hard to drive. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the rear differential was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 83,000.the VIN was not available.
The rear axle seals in my 2004 nissan titan 5.6l se started leaking. The current mileage is 89,000. The seals are extremely hard to find. When replacing the axel seals you also have to replace the spacers and the bearings. Not only that but the fluid from the leak has got onto the brake pads and rotor. It started leaking terribly in only a matter of a few days.
Popping sound coming from rear of vehicle . Dealer inspection revealed rear differential failure . Vehicle has 71000 miles and is dealer maintained. Dealer to replace entire rear assembly at a cost of 3600 dollars. The vehicle is a 2004 nissan titan .
My 2004 nissan titan is leaking lubricant out of the rear seals. It wil cost around 1200 to fix and the truck only has 58,000 miles on it and has done no towing ever!
Changed engine oil over july 4th 2011 weekend and noticed oil all over transfer case. Upon further inspection found two bolts missing from top of transfer case. Drained transfer case fluid to which only a quarter of a quart was left and was extremely black with metal fragments in it. Tried to match bolts for missing ones and filled transfer case with fresh fluid.
I just purchased a 2004 nissan titan le 4x4 about a month and a half ago. I am the 2nd owner and bought it from a guy who bought it brand new in 2004 and took very good care of it. The truck only has 55k miles. Just last weekend, 6/19/2011, it started making banging and grinding noises in the back wheel. At first, I thought I ran over something and it was stuck in the back wheels. After examining the rear wheel area and the brake pads, everything looked normal. However, the noise got louder and louder. It sounded like I was dragging a refrigerator. I felt a stutter in the vehicle and it started to struggle to go when I would put the truck into drive. I assumed the brake calipers may have been jammed and brought it into an auto service center to be examined. About 2 hours later, I went back to the shop and the technician took me to go see the problem. They examined the rear brakes and differential and found numerous large chunks of broken metal inside, which she said were pieces of shoes, hardware, and gears. They confirmed that the problem was in the rear differential and that the gear damage had likely caused a chain reaction damaging the entire left rear axle assembly and e-brakes. The rear axle seals were leaking too onto the wheels. All these parts needed to be replaced along with the rear axle. The service shop quoted me $3800 to get this fixed! I was in shock as I just bought the truck. Of course, I could no longer drive the truck either as it was in pieces and not drivable. What am I supposed to do? I don't have this money. I had no choice but to tell the service shop to go ahead with the repairs and I will just have to put it on a credit card. I decided to do some research and went on to several internet sites for nissan titan owners to see if others were experiencing similar problems or if there was a recall for this. After reading pages of entries posted by other titan owners, I found out I was not alone. Nissan needs to help pay for these repairs!
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