I didn't hauled any heavy load in my nissan titan 2006 at the time it happened to the broken leaf spring shackle. As I driving I felt the truck have an odd moving motion on the road. I parked the truck and the truck bed seems like its lop-sided when you look straight to the truck bed. I look underneath the truck bed and saw the rear driver side leaf spring shackle broken apart and punctured a large seam to the top of the truck bed.
2006 Nissan Titan suspension complaints
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Left rear leaf spring shackle fractured on a smooth road, causing the leaf spring to impact and deform the bed and degrading handling.
On a recall for a faulty ECM (engine control module). The vehicle stalled and would not start again, had it towed to dealer. Nissan covered this ECM. During the repair the mechanic noted that the rear axle seals were leaking and recommended that they be repaired as soon as possible. The cost to repair was estimated at $750.00. While web surfing for the repair process for the seals I ran across many complaints concerning this problem with the nissan titan including models from 2004 to present (2012). Based on the feedback from other titan owners, this is a common flaw with the vehicle and a costly one at that. Also this is the first time I have ever witnessed rear axle seals failing in a vehicle. Most seem to last the life time of the vehicle. I believe this is a manufacture's responsiblity due to a defective parts creating an unsafe and useless means of transportation.
At 38,000 miles the drive side rear axle seal on my 2006 nissan titan started leaking spreading grease all over the inside of the wheel. This was not in any way due to neglect of the vehicle, off road 4-wheel drive driving or via auto accident as I drive exclusively on paved roads and the truck has never been in an accident. I feel this could easily have covered my brakes with grease and oil and caused longer stopping distances which of course could lead to accidents.
While driving, heard a bang, did not notice any damage at first. Later once the truck was parked at home seen the driver side rear leaf spring was pushed through the bed of the truck. (have pictures, if needed) the part pushed through the metal of the bed as well as the spray on bed liner. Took truck to the local garage, was afraid to drive any further than just a couple miles. The mechanic stated that he could not believe that this happened given the year of the truck. Upon further examination he recommended that the passenger side be replaced as well, before it broke also, he stated that it was very thin metal. The replacement part was purchased at the a dealer and I was told that they have had numerous incidents where this part has broken causing similar damage. Repairs to the truck will also require replacing the truck bed possible. This truck has not been taken off road nor has it been used to haul items, it has a fiberglass bed cover on it.
2006 nissan titan se king cab 4x4 offroad bigtow. The driver's side leaf spring shackle unraveled at the weld and the leaf spring shot through the bottom of the bed and created a big hole. I contacted nissan hq to the conclusion that they will not cover the repair since I purchased the truck pre-owned w/ 44,xxx miles. This malfunction has been reported numerous times online and on the federal safety agency site. It seems that nissan is aware of the weak shackles for model year titans 2004-2007 because they redesigned and strengthened the shackle in 2008 and up models. I had a local mechanic replace the shackles w/ 2008+ titan shackles and plug/weld the hole.
Front suspension spring tower weld broke. Updated 06/30/11 *bf updated 1/18/2012 *ln
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan titan. The vehicle was parked when the contact noticed that the rear passenger side leaf spring was pierced through the truck bed. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the failure was confirmed. The manufacturer was notified and the contact was told that the vehicle was not included in any recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 95,111.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan titan. The vehicle was parked when the contact opened the tailgate and noticed that the leaf spring had pierced through the truck bed. Upon further investigation, the contact noticed that the leaf spring was extended from the driver side rear strut tower. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where it was in the process of being repaired. The failure and current mileage was 58,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan titan xe. The contact stated that the leap spring was pushed up into the bed of the truck abnormally and causing damage to the bed liner. The vehicle was taken to the dealer however, the technician was not comfortable performing the repairs because additional body work would be needed. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic who advised that the rear passenger side shackle, which was holding the leaf spring, would need to be replaced. Repairs were made to the vehicle for the failure but the body damage was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 102,000. Updated 03/24/11
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan titan. The contact stated that the driver side rear spring shackle was fractured. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the technicians stated that the spring shackle would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer covered the cost of repairs after the contact expressed his concerns of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 84,000. Updated 03/24/11
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan titan. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle exhibited a loud thudding noise. The vehicle was taken home where the driver examined the vehicle and noticed that a large spring from under the vehicle pierced through the flat bed. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was told the passenger side rear leaf spring fractured from the suspension system and pierced through the flat bed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 94,000.
I currently have a 2006 nissan titan and have never had a problem with it and have been completely happy with it up until now. Long story short; I made an appointment with nissan dealership close to where I live (stanley nissan) to get a recall done on it as well as have it looked at for my ABS and slip lights being on constantly as well as my service engine light which was on before. A few days before my appointment my truck started driving weird and disengaging itself out of 4wd and I would lose control at times or my truck would stop going forward and would start trying to go sideways, but the RPM's still went up, but truck would not accel forward. It also started making a banging noise in the rear, always sounded like it was the passenger side. Dropped it off at dealership and heard from them the following day. Service department told me that my rear brake shoes had broke and spun around in the brake housing and damaged my brake pads, calipers, rotors and then made it into my rear axle housing and damaged my entire rear housing and differential. I am a mechanic myself and there is no way that pieces from the brake assembly would be able to make it inside an enclosed rear housing assembly. They told me I need my entire rear axle and differential replaced along with other pieces for the brake assembly and rear shock absorbers. They tried to tell me that all of this was cause by brake shoes and my emergency brake, which I never use. They are quoting me $4,200 for the repairs and won't cover me under my powertrain warranty even though I am still under 60,000 miles and I can't be covered by my platinum package extended warranty as well which covers me up to 100,000 miles. I have been on numerous sites where there have been many nissan titan owners with this problem and the fact that the dealership is trying to work us all over and nissan north america won't do anything to help honor the warranty. This should be a recall with this many rear differential problems.
Recall id # 08v284000 - equipment:electrical:air conditioner recall date:jun 27, 2008 component:equipment:electrical:air conditioner model affected:titan units affected: 180664 recall details recall id # 10v074000 - fuel system, other:storage:fuel gauge system recall date:mar 03, 2010 component:fuel system, other:storage:fuel gauge system model affected:titan units affected: 340000 recall details recall id # 10v517000 - engine and engine cooling recall date:oct 28, 2010 component:engine and engine cooling model affected:titan units affected: 747480 recall details recall id # 10e019000 - suspension:front:control arm:lower arm recall date:may 20, 2010 component:suspension:front:control arm:lower arm model affected:titan units affected: 1873 recall details recall id # 06v064000 - latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch recall date:mar 08, 2006 component:latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch model affected:titan units affected: 427 recall details recall id # 07e046000 - equipment recall date:jul 03, 2007 component:equipment model affected:titan units affected: 3500 recall details recall id # 06v459000 - electrical system recall date:nov 30, 2006 component:electrical system model affected:titan units affected: 96500 recall details I have owned the vehicle since 7/2007 and only recieved 3 of these recall letters. So of these issues are just now popping. Only 2 of the issues have been taken care of. Per the dealership I would be contacted and have not received any calls to get these matters taken care of. I feel this vehicle is unsafe since the issues have not be addressed.
Was doing normal road driving when I heard a loud bang. Did a quick visual inspection when I had a chance to stop but did not notice anything as I was driving at night. The next day I looked once again and noticed a hump in the bed of my truck and the seems of the bed had been separated. I looked underneath the vehicle and saw that the leaf spring shackle had busted and went through the bed of the truck.
2006 nissan titan 4x4, while driving on trip with young daughter heard loud bang from rear of truck. Observed road for any debris I may have hit, found nothing. Performed quick inspection on side of road & saw nothing, continued trip & noticed bad ride from suspension. Reinspected after arriving home & found that one of the leaf spring shackles had snapped in two and threw the leaf spring into the bed of the truck causing a hole in the bed. The failed shackle also caused excessive pressure to the shock absorber causing it to fail also. Replaced the shackles and shocks but still have a bad rattle coming from rear end. Aarg!!!!
Rear axle leak - 2006 nissan titan cc 4wd with 39000. Driver side rear axle seal starting leaking. Concern due to the proximity to brake/brake caliper.
I was driving the vehicle when I heard a loud noise. I thought I may have hit, or run over something, but saw nothing in or along the road. I didn't notice anything at first, and then my wife noticed a raised area of the truck bed on the driver side near the tailgate. We looked under the truck and saw that the spring shackle was broken, and the end of the spring was lodged up against the underside of the bed. I tow a 6500lb. Camper with this truck, but was not in tow at the time of the incident.
I have a 2006 nissan titan king cab 4x4. Last thursday I heard a loud bang in the back end of my truck. I looked around and didn't really notice anything. Friday I heard more noise from the back end and made and appointment to have it looked at. Saturday was more noise, but getting much worse. Sunday I went to put something in the bed of my truck and saw a hole on the back passengers side corner with a part coming through the bed. I then got underneath my truck to find that the leaf spring had broken in half and fired a piece of my suspension through the bed of my truck. I brought it to be fixed today and the mechanic said that he had seen a lot of these with a bad weld and that I should contact nissan because he heard they were possibly going to recall them for leaf spring. I checked online and couldn't find a recall for a bad weld on a leaf spring, but I did find thousands of other people complaining about the same thing so that is why I am filing a complaint. Hopefully nissan does something about them like toyota is doing because they are taking care of their faulty leaf springs.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan titan. While having the vehicle aligned, the contact was informed that the front upper link mounting bracket and pan hard bracket on the passenger side had separated from the vehicle. The vehicle has not been serviced and there were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages was 55000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 nissan titan. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed the leaf spring shackle completely broke causing the spring to go through the bed of the truck. There was a rattling noise coming from the rear of the vehicle prior to the vehicle inspection. The current and failure mileages were 58,000.
The vehicle was being driven around a turn with no load in the bed. The rear passenger side leaf spring shackle broke at the weld. Control of the vehicle was almost lost.
2006 nissan titan le driverside leaf spring hanger cracked and broke sending leaf into bed floor, also making load on trailer shift and lost control. Trailer came unattached and flipped, total loss of trailer.
The rear passenger side shackle that holds the spring to the frame cracked off and sent the rear spring up through the bed of the pickup truck.
I have a 2006 nissan titan with 31,000 miles on it. The rear bracket that holds the passenger side leaf spring snapped at the bend and sent the entire leaf spring assembly through the floor of my pickup bed. I have contacted nissan and will be dropping the truck off tomorrow. I have seen numerous complaints of this on the internet. It seems that the original shackle wasn't strong enough for normal driving. Hopefully they will replace the shackle and truck bed.
2006 nissan titan is leaking axel fluid at 45,000 miles. I'm told by other titan owners that they had to replace the rear axel. If not, the truck can become unstable while driving. Repair shop (who does not do this type of work) states that the rear axel needs to be replaced.
The spring shackles on my 2006 nissan titan are defective. One broke at around 25,000 miles and the second one at around 40,000 miles. The springs shot up into the bed of my truck on both occasions denting the bed and causing me to almost lose control. I had my truck towed to a nissan dealership the first time and had the shackle replaced and I asked if this was a common problem and inquired if I should have the other side replaced they said no it wasn't common the spring shackles on this vehicle are a serious safety risk, if they had broke while I was driving on the highway at a higher speed I would have been in a serious accident.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 nissan titan. The contact stated that there is a bracket that holds the rear leaf spring. The leaf spring appears to be faulty and not strong enough to support the vehicle. The first bracket failed and the contact bought another one. The dealer stated that there was no recall and no assistance could be provided since the vehicle was not under warranty. Nissan redesigned a new part, which the contact stated was a much better design than the original. The rear driver's side bracket was already repaired. Currently, the passenger side bracket needs to be repaired. The failure and current mileages were 65,000. Updated 6/8/09 *cn updated 06/11/09.
Right rear axle seal blew out and leaked differential fluid. Differential fluid leaking on rear brake rotors which could cause brake failure, which was a major safety concern to me. At time of failure at 8000 miles no suspension modifications had been done to vehicle. Also, the rear differential oil will slowly leak and cause the rear differential to lose fluid and fail. Nissan replaced spacer axle (43070-7s200), bearing (40210-7s210), and seal (43252-7s200). As this seemed to be a very common problem with the nissan titan, nissan should address this issue and offer a permanent fix so would not be faced with the safety issue in the future.
The driver side rear leaf spring shackle came apart at the weld and the back of the leaf spring punched up through the bed of my truck. This happened while driving and was not accompanied by any loud noise or any indication that something had gone drastically wrong. This is a 4x4, off-road/work truck. These shackles should never break, let alone only after 3 winters. Upon further inspection, I also found that the passenger side rear leaf spring shackle is showing signs of stress and cracking. I had it towed to a nissan dealer and was told they could not do anything for me. I called nissan customer care and haven't heard any info from them either. I have had truck towed out of nissan dealer and have obtained some heavy-duty aftermarket shackles which I plan to install.
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