2000 Nissan Xterra: sudden unintended acceleration

5 of the 214 complaints about the 2000 Nissan Xterra describe sudden unintended acceleration.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 2%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 3 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Sudden unintended acceleration by model year

2013
1
2008
1
2007
1
2006
5
2005
1
2004
1
2003
1
2002
1
2001
1
2000
5

What owners say

Filed Aug 16, 2020 · Electrical, Fuel system · 160,000 miles · CA · crash

Immediately after I exited my building garage and made right turn on city street on a clear summer day afternoon the engine sound began roaring and vehicle suddenly accelerating. I tried to control the vehicle forcibly hitting on the brakes, shifting gears to neutral, turning off the engine but the vehicle kept on going and ran-away uncontrollably till I made two left turns and ended up on a side walk with the rear tire blown out and the car stopped after colliding with some public utility box. The vehicle has incomplete recall #r0402 and nhsta recall #04v‑230 regarding the fuel sending unit. There was a local police report #200057082. Suspected causes could be flaws in the vehicle electronic throttle control system that produced faulty signal of fully depressed accelerator pedal.

Filed Dec 5, 2006 · Transmission · 81,000 miles · NY

Dt*: the contact stated while parked, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The vehicle stopped after the brake pedal was depressed five times. The service dealer was not able to find the problem. There was a the federal safety agency recall, # 00v288000, regarding the power train: automatic transmission. The owner did not receive any notification about this recall. Updated 12/28/06.

Filed Jul 5, 2006 · Transmission · 113,702 miles · VA

For several years there has been a "rattling" noise and the vehicle has had a problem shifting gears at times. The dealership told me that they didn't see anything wrong (of course this is the same dealership that forgot to put the oil cap back on after changing the oil one day). Finally the transmission just broke. I was driving down the road and heard a horrible scraping metal noise and my car basically just lunged forward. It seemed to stay in 1st gear but wouldn't go into any other gear including reverse. Thankfully I was less than a block from home and was able to park it in front of the house until I had it towed. I had it towed to don irby's transmissions llc (the best transmission place in town) and they rebuilt the transmission (re4r01a). I know that the 2000 nissan xterra's had a recall on the transmission and I really wonder if/why mine wasn't included...because I really do feel that this has been an ongoing problem. My xterra drives like a new car again! It hasn't driven and performed this great in years!!

Filed Mar 9, 2004 · Acceleration · VA

While driving between 5 to 15 MPH vehicle suddenly accelerated. Dealer notified.

Filed Mar 17, 2003 · Transmission · AE

As the consumer moved the gearshift lever out of park and down towards the drive gear, the gear shift became stuck in the reverse gear and the vehicle suddenly accelerated backwards. *ak