Rear axle seals have failed on my 2005 nissan titan. The first time at 41,000 miles (august 07). Dealer replaced seals under warranty. They failed again in may 2008 at 56,000 miles. This time the leak soaked the parking break shoes with oil. I was warned by the dealer that the parking break may be ineffective while I waited for parts to be ordered. Luckily the leak was caught before the rear disc brake pads were soaked. Dealer replaced bearings, axle spacer, snap ring, breather, parking brake shoes, and a gasket under warranty.
2005 Nissan Titan transmission complaints
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Rear wheel axle seal is leaking fluid on rear disc brake affects braking. Continues until seal is fixed, may be related to a vent issue.
When vehicle was taken for routine service, mechanic found that both rear axle seals were/had been leaking and likely to fail if not corrected. Mechanic advised very unusual for failure at such low mileage and age of vehicle. Vehicle had recently been serviced by dealer at scheduled warranty check where seals were reported to have been inspected.
Nissan titan outer rear axle seals leaking @ 50k miles. Axle grease all over rear brakes and wheel wells. This truck has seen a total of 2k miles towing a four wheeler and never pushed to the limit with payload. Bringing in for service.
My '05 titan 4x4 xe has had two rear axle seal failures in the past 20k miles. The first one occurred at 47k miles and was covered under warranty, now at 67k miles the same seal has failed again and now I have to pay out of my own pocket. The fact that oil gets all over the breaks should be reason enough to recall this item and get a permanent fix put in place.
Bearing went out in diferential.
At 64,000 miles, the rear differential blew up on me. The warranty expired at 60,000. The bad thing about it is it is costing me $3,600 to get it fixed. Nissan would not help me with this problem. I just pulled off the highway, if this failure happened to me on the highway, I probably would not be on this website right now. It felt like I was rear-ended by a mac truck! And I was only driving 15mph. This is a very serious problem. Even if they take care of my problem, there many titans and armadas on the road.
1) driving under normal circumstances 2) left rear axle seal leaking. Spewing diff. Fluid out onto brake system and wheel. 3) dealership replaced left rear axle, axle bearing, and seal.
1) driving under normal conditions 2) right real axle seal failure, leaking diff. Fluid onto brakes and wheel 3) dealer replaced right rear axle seal and bearing.
1) driving truck under normal operating conditions 2) rear axle seal failure, resulting in lube being splattered around wheel, and rear brake system on left rear wheel. 3) dealership replaced lr axle bearing and seal.
2005 nissan titan xe 4x4 - started leaking very bad from right rear axle seals around 47k miles.
Complete failure of rear differential @ 34,000 miles.
The rear differential has failed 3 times. Nissan refused to pay for the 3 rear end. This cost me 2,900.00 plus towing. There have been 6 braking failures. I have paid for the last 3 brake jobs. In one case the front brakes fell out on the ground. Nissan did not cover this this cost including the tow. To date this truck has cost me over 4000,00 and at least 60 day of down time.
At almost 60,000 miles truck rear started making intermittent clanking sound ,took to local mechanic and was informed that the rear end has failed metal particles found in oil. Contacted nissan dealer and said to bad warranty is over I will have to pay to get replaced.
Rear end went on my 2005 nissan titan costing almost $4000 to have replaced. I do not drive off road, only tow a 3500lbs boat 1/2 a mile twice a year.
Rear axle seal failure on both axles.
Rear axle seal leak.
I took my vehicle in for a maintenance service when the dealership informed me of the troubled rear differential.
I purchased this 2005 nissan titan new. During a recent oil change and service at 34,150 miles I noticed fluid leaking onto the both sides of the rear brake rotor assemblies. At first I thought it was brake fluid but upon closer examination I discovered it was gear lube from the rear axle. It was leaking past the seals and down the backing plates and dripping onto the wheel and some of that oil being slung onto the brake rotors themselves. I stopped driving the truck since I felt this is now a safety issue and called the dealer. They advised me to bring truck in for inspection which I did on 1/3/08 at 34,206 miles. They confirmed seals are leaking and ordered parts. I asked them to make a note on the service order that I have stopped driving truck unless needed. They then called and told me parts are in and truck was brought in for repair on 1/14/08 at 34,361 miles. The parts that were replaced under warranty are as follows; qty-2 p/n:43070-7s200 axle spacer, qty-2 p/n:40210-7s210 rear bearing, qty-2 p/n:43252-7s200 oil seal, qty-2 p/n:01541-0001u snap-ring and qty-1 999mp-df100p synthetic diff fluid. I am very happy that nissan repaired and covered this under warranty. But, I am very disappointed that this type of failure occured at such low mileage.
Knock noticed on take off. Intermitent. On day of failer one huge back on take off from stop sign and every stop there after, was very close to dealer ship, limp it there to get checked out. Rear end failer was the problem, complete rear end replacement by dealership under warantee. Failer at 26000 mi.
Dvr rear axle seal leak (which saturated brake pads leading to possible severe problem, but was caught before any situation) at 28,xxx miles, rear axle seal leak pass. Side (warranty optioned to replace whole rear end axle assembly at 36,200 miles, rear axle seal leak both sides including 3rd member seal at 60,xxx miles, rear end ring and pinion "grenaded" at 61,xxx miles (extended warranty still unsure on coverage due to lack of rear end maintenance records, I. E. - lube change) (required maintenance is every 30,000 miles, I have not put 30,000 miles on the vehicle before a major issue.)
I have a nissan titan and the other day I was taking off my receiver hitch when I noticed that my rear axle seal was leaking bad, but it has not been leaking for long cause I checked it out the week before. I have to take it in and see what the nissan dealer says.
At 16,000 first axle seal leak. Then at 74000 miles second leak. First was fixed by nissan and second leak was told could not be fixed,complete rear differential had to be replaced oil getting on brakes and rears that could possibly break easily could be a safety concern. Seems to be a common problem with some titan trucks. This is the first rear differential I had go in 48 years of driving and attribute this to a bad designed and cost cutting by nissan.
Rear axle seal leaking passenger side, leaking all over rear disc brake.
Towing 5000 lbs trailer for 15 hours. Rear differential failed and locked up in a turn. After that the vehicle could not make any turns faster than about 2 MPH safely while the differential was locked. Vehicle is at the dealer having the rear differential replaced under warranty.
Loud pop coming from underneath truck during backing up and turning. Later same day notice repeated loud pops during tight turns to the left. Drove slowly to nissan dealer this morning with pops happening driving straight. Dealer listened to pops and without any further diagnosis told me they will order new differential under warranty. Failure of rear differential in my opinion at only 52,221 miles is unacceptable. My power train warranty will run out at 60,000. Dealer will provide 12 month 12,000 mile warranty on new differential and claims that it will be covered until 64,221 miles. I am now worried that the new unit could fail unexpectedly and cause future excess damage and a possible stranding or worse an accident at speed. I hope that it doesn't take my death or someone else?s to have the failure rates looked at by your organization.
Loud pop coming from underneath truck during backing up and turning. Later same day notice repeated loud pops during tight turns to the left. Drove slowly to nissan dealer this morning with pops happening driving straight. Dealer listened to pops and without any further diagnosis told me they will order new differential under warranty. Failure of rear differential in my opinion at only 52,221 miles is unacceptable. My power train warranty will run out at 60,000. Dealer will provide 12 month 12,000 mile warranty on new differential and claims that it will be covered until 64,221 miles. I am now worried that the new unit could fail unexpectedly and cause future excess damage and a possible stranding or worse an accident at speed. I hope that it doesn't take my death or someone else?s to have the failure rates looked at by your organization.
I saw some fluid leaking from my left rear axle, oil on the rotor. I took it to the dealer and they told me I need a whole new axle, the differential, axle, everything. It is on order and under warranty.
Both rear axle seals are leaking.
Rear end seals leak leading to rear differential failure and oil sprayed onto rear brake assembly.
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