2005 nissan titian- failure or rear differential due to excessive heat build-up. Nissan replaced the differential and rear drive shaft under warranty (drive train 5-60 warranty).vehicle had 49,000 miles on it.
2005 Nissan Titan transmission complaints
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Early december 06 - I noticed fluid under front differential. Investigated and found that stub shaft (which bolts to front cv) had pulled out of the front differential on the driver's side. Pushed it back in but oil seal had been damaged so it was still leaking. Took it into the dealership but they wouldn't cover under warranty due to aftermarket lift (even though they sell a version of my truck with this lift installed by the factory). Paid $380 to get a new seal installed. Late december 06 - 2 weeks after repair I found fluid under the truck again. Pushed it back in and leak stopped. January 07 - while in mexico, my wife was driving 4wd on hard packed sand. I heard a loud bang and when I looked under the truck I found that the same shaft was out again. Turns out the shaft has splines and a small circlip to hold it in place. The circlip is undersized so it only takes about 1 pound of force to separate the 2 pieces. This most recent time occurred under load so when the shaft shot out, the splines got damaged. Since I was a day's drive south of the border I had to file and then hammer the shaft back into place. Nissan denied my warranty, again blaming the lift for the problem. I found several other people online who have had the same problem, most without lifts. I talked to a technician at a nissan dealership in oregon and he confirmed that he has seen several front differentials with this problem. He suspected that the cv joints don't stretch as well when weather is cold thereby pulling the stub shafts out when the wheels are turned. Most vehicles he had seen were stock. He also said that nissan had a redesigned differential that the tech's are supposed to install when this happens. I contacted nissan customer service and made an appointment with a factory rep. Nissan finally agreed to do a one-time front differential replacement under warranty.
Rear differential failed when the spider gears broke in my 2005 nissan titan.
Rear differential failure. Mild driving and the differential just blew. Fortunately I was not driving on the highway when it happened.
Went to the beach, next day I noticed a terrible, noise/feel from the rear of the truck, took it in and they said it's the rear differential again...
While turning out of a parking space, multiple loud clunks came from the rear of the truck and the truck hesitated as if the rear axel was binding. Upon review it was determined that the rear differential was binding whenever the wheels became out of sync (steering left or right even slightly). This could have been disastrous if occurring in the street and not a parking lot. I have researched and found many complaints of the same issue. Something must be done to prompt nissan to acknowledge this problem and fix it. This is a dealer repair only issue as no aftermarket replacement parts can be found. With nissan replacement differentials at $3000.00 each, I'm sure nissan would not mind keeping a lid on this issue so we can keep buying their parts. It's time something was done before anyone seriously gets hurt when their vehicle abruptly stops in harms way due to a known common failure in the driveline.
The rear differential failed on my 2005 nissan titan crew cab 4x4 off road le. The failure started under normal driving conditions with a clunking sound in the rear differential while conducting slow speed turns. Within a day after symptoms surfaced the differential completely failed and was not drivable.
My 2005 nissan titan 4x4 crew cab le has 26,000 miles on it. Extremely well taken care of and never driven hard. I was driving down the road and the rear differential locked up and made an huge bang noise. Almost caused an accident. I was barely able to get it off the highway. I had it towed to the dealership. They are replacing the rear differential assembly. If you search on the internet, thousands of people are having the front and rear differentials blow up on the 2004-2005 nissan titans. This should be a recall.
While exiting the freeway,the rear differential began shuddering very badly,making loud metallic snapping noises. The truck would barely move out of the intersection(10 MPH maximum).very,very scary considering rush hour traffic!dealership said "the entire differential had failed"and they would "emergency overnight" an entire new rear-end. That was 2 days ago, and the dealership called today and said it might be ready tomorrow. I have only 20k miles on my truck ,and it has LED a rather easy life(no abuse,towing,etc.),the dealership still won't tell me what caused the failure,or if I will have access to the old parts.
Total rear differential failure.
Left rear axle seal started leaking on 2005 nissan titan @22,000 miles. Oil can and does reach rear brakes causing lose of braking. Dealer replaced oil seal under warranty.
Rear differential seal blown causing leaking fluid to corrupt rear brakes and parking brake. Dealer states this has been a known problem and will replace rear diff seals but has no clue as to the root cause of these continued failures.
2005 nissan titan driver's side rear end seal leak. Required replacement by dealer. Could possibly leak gear oil on to rear disc brake rotor. This occurred at approximately 17,000 miles. 18,500 appears that seal may be leaking again.
Defective rear end.
I was driving my 2005 nissan titan kc 4x4 with the off road package and came to a stop behind a vehicle that was packed in the lane that I was driving in. When it was safe to move into the left lane I accelerated and heard large clanking noises and felt my truck jerked as if I was being rear ended repeatedly. To my surprise I was not being rear ended. My differential was locking; my wheels will rotate and then stop rotating. The situation got worse when I tried to take either a right or left turn.
Pulled out from a stop sign and turned right. Started to accelerate and bang/clunk. Limped it home and took it to the dealership. They diagnosed rear differential failure. Replaced the entire rear axle.
Rear axle needed to be replaced due to differential failure vehicle has 52.5k miles and has not been used for anything besides a daily driver on 95% highway usage vehicle is spec'd to tow up to 9100 lbs. - haven't towed anything and still having issues with differential.
Was hearing a high pitch whine coming from the rear end. Differential needed to be replaced only have 30,000 miles.
Rear diff. Seal on left side leaking fluid at around 18-19k. Seals replaced along with some other hardware.
Rear end of 2005 nissan titan failed and is currently being replaced. The vehicle has 13,000 miles.
The rear differential failed on my 05 nissan titan. It began a while ago it would buck or hop in the rear and it finally went while I was on my way home at 10:00 pm on 10/19/2006. I brought to a nissan dealer in middletown ny where they didn't do anything to help me , so I had to bring to newburgh nissan and everything was fixed.
Rear axle failure. Bad clicking noise.
Drivers side rear axle seal leaking on nissan titan 05. Leaks on brake disk and can cause brakes to not function correctly. Dealer has ordered a new axle.
Rear axle seal leaked causing rear differential oil to leak onto the rear disc brakes. 2005 nissan titan with off road package.
Rear differential went bad due to an excessive leak at the axle seal. Rear diff started humming while driving and continued to get louder. Dealer ordered a new axle assembly.
Driver side rear axle seal went bad. Leaked enough that the rear differential started to hum due to low fluid. Excessive fluid leaked on rear left brake rotor. Dealer ordered new axle assembly.
When first purchased truck had problem with tranny and locking rear,took to dealer they reset the computer. No problems or noises after that until I went to leave my driveway for work. When I took off the rear locked and bang. My dealer towed the truck and gave me a rental. The dealer replaced the whole rear diff with new. I give props to cooper nissan in easton,pa for taking care of my problems.
No previous problems or noises before rear went bang. Dealer replaced with whole new rear housing .
I was taking the family out to dinner in my nissan titan. Leaving my house, the truck started making a loud clunking noise. The rear end failed.
Failure happened under normal driving conditions. Blown/bad axle seal. Fluid leaking from end of axle tube and possible damage to internal components. This is the second failure of the same part in 6000 miles.
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