2005 Nissan Titan: jerking or lurching

Filed Apr 21, 2022 · Brakes, Fuel system · 50,000 miles · KS

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Titan. The contact stated that the ABS warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was jerking and lost proper braking functionality. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle and the braking system was reset. Additionally, the fuel gauge was inoperable causing the vehicle to run out of fuel. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the failure was related to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 10V074000 (Fuel System, Other) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.

Filed Oct 19, 2012 · Brakes · 46,000 miles · WI

The emergency parking brake pads fell of the shoes inside the rear disk drum, and wedged inside causing the rear tire to lockup, for a second, and cause the truck to jerk and make a loud noise.

Filed Jan 17, 2012 · Transmission · 80,000 miles · PA

Was driving our 2005 nissan titan approximately 15 MPH when the rear differential failed. We were 30 seconds from getting on a major interstate. There was a loud "pop" sound and the truck jerked and seemed to slip out of gear and locked up. The truck was barely drivable. Our mechanic determined that it was the rear differential. When he called nissan to order the parts to rebuild it, he was told by the nissan parts distributor that because of "previous problems" with the differential, they only sell the entire differential part, not the individual components, the part alone was $2900. Our entire bill was $3800, and ofcourse we are out of warranty. We conducted research on this issue and found 80 complaints on this the federal safety agency website, countless consumer complaints on various websites, and even some court cases. Nissan clearly knows about this potentially life-threatening issue in the 2004 and 2005 models and has done nothing about it to protect consumers. We will be pursuing this with nissan and will be taking legal action if necessary. Not sure why nothing has been done about this especially given all the complaints out there. The federal safety agency should look into this issue as this defect is very dangerous and could cause a fatal accident (if it hasn't already). Shame on you nissan.

Filed Nov 11, 2010 · Transmission · 97,789 miles · 00

I was pulling out of 7/11 onto the road and was accelerating to 50km an hr and my rear differential started to jerk and make noise I took it to the nissan dealership in sherwood park alberta and they told me I will need a whole new rear differential for my truck it is a 05 nissan titan se 4x4 I do not tow anything with my truck or take it off road I use it to and from work and use the 4x4 in the winter.

Filed Aug 22, 2010 · Engine, Transmission · 107,000 miles · AR

Ok I have a 2005 nissan titian I bought from [xxx]in little rock very good guy, its a 4wd never been in the mud not once well just yesterday I pulled out to follow my friend [xxx] to subway when I did my whole truck jerked and made a loud pop then everytime I turned it made the same noise and when I drove to the shop with it was bouncing my whole tailgate up and down... Come to find out that my rear end burned up in my truck and was going to b about as much money to put a new engine in to get it fixed.... I have never seen a rear end go out on a truck that's practically new with only 100k miles on it... Very disappointed will not being buying another titian again ima stick with toyota. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed May 25, 2010 · Transmission · 64,400 miles · TX

Nissan titan 2005 4x4 64,400 miles the rear differential started jerking and popping. Took the nissan dealer and they said that the rear differential spider gears failed and the entire rear end would have to be replaced. The cost was $3200.00. This truck is my wife's regular diver and she transports the kids to school in if this had happened at high speed it could have been very dangerous.

Filed Jan 29, 2010 · Transmission · 77,000 miles · NJ

While driving heard a clanking noise coming from the rear of the vehicle, at times from a standing still position the vehicle as you try to go will slip and you will hear clanking noises from the rear and the vehicle will jerk. Vehicle was taken to local mechanic and diagnosed as having a defective differential.

Filed Jan 6, 2010 · Transmission · 57,660 miles · NC

I have a 2005 nissan titan 4wd with 57660 miles. While taking my vehicle to the dealership for service, I experienced a rear end failure. The roads were wet from rain. When I started off in a right turn from the stoplight, the rear end started to clunk and the truck was jerky. I let off the accelerator to see if the problem corrected itself, but upon re-accelerating the same thing occurred. I let off the accelerator once again and let the vehicle coast down the hill, still clunking and jerking. Once the vehicle was in a straight position, the rear end jerked really hard, and then I continued about a 1/2 mile to the dealership with no further incident. While at the dealership, the truck was moved from the service bay to a parking space and the attendant noticed that the rear end was jerking and clunking in a turning position. He parked the vehicle and advised the service adviser. Upon inspection by the dealer, it was determined that the spider gears were damaged and needed to be replaced. The dealer determined that the entire rear end housing should be replaced rather than trying to replace the internal mechanisms. The repair was covered under the factory warranty with 2340 miles left on the warranty. The factory warranties the new rear end housing for a period of 12 months or 12000 miles. This vehicle has been extremely well maintained, and has never been driven off-road. There was no prior indication that a problem existed until the very moment it stared to fail on this day. Upon returning to the dealer to pick up the vehicle, the service adviser did agree that this was an ongoing problem with this truck and that this particular dealership had replaced multiple rear ends in this model truck in recent months. We are concerned that this same failure could occur again. This could result in a serious accident occurring should the failure occur at highway speeds.

Filed May 11, 2009 · Transmission · 36,000 miles · NE

I have a nissan titan kingcab 4x4 with 36,000 miles. It started making noises when I would turn a corner in town, this kept getting worse, and then started sounding like gears were "jumping" teeth, and the pickup would jerk when this happened. Three days latter it became extremely severe and would make a loud noise from the rearend, and jerk even with starting slowly from a start. I took it to the nissan dealer as it was still under warranty, and they told me that the rearend was bad and needed replaced. I was also told by the nissan dealer that 60 other nissan dealers in the us were waiting for rearends to fix this problem also. My pickup has been in the shop for 3 weeks and the dealer can't tell me when they will have a rearend to fix it.

Filed Mar 25, 2009 · Transmission · 44,000 miles · AE

While commuting in my nissan titan, the ride became very jerky and there were loud metal on metal sounds. The vehicle also seemed to have trouble switching gears. Upon taking it to a nissan service center, the technicians concluded the rear differential failed and will need to be replaced.

Filed Feb 18, 2009 · Transmission · 48,011 miles · AL

Rear differential failed while backing out of my driveway with loud banging and violent jerks.

Filed Nov 16, 2007 · Suspension · 72,000 miles · TN

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 nissan titan. While driving 20 MPH, the contact heard a loud pop. The vehicle began to jerk and was immediately pulled off the road. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the rear differential failed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 72,000.