Check engine light came on, took my truck to the dealer to have a diagnostic check, was told by the service staff that the transmission was contaminated with coolant that had leaked from the radiator. Upon further research, I discovered that other nissan makes, models between 2004-2006 had a design flaw which caused the problem in which I now face.. I contacted nissan for some financial assistance on the repair on my transmission, since it appears that the issues related to my problem are from a flaw in the designs of the vehicle. I was told that because my mileage was over a 100,000 miles and past the warranty, that there wasn't anything that could be done as far assisting me with the repairs. I will never buy another nissan product again.... It should be also noted that there was a class action lawsuit again nissan regarding the very problem that I'm faced dealing with...
2006 Nissan Xterra airbags complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan xterra. The contact stated that the air bag light illuminated intermittently on the instrument panel. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer. The dealer stated that the type of air bags the vehicle was equipped with were no longer produced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle could not be repaired. The failure mileage was 94,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan xterra. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated intermittently. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign number: 08v690000 (air bags) but the manufacturer stated that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 69,995.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan xterra. The contact stated that the driver side air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to dealer but was not inspected. The dealer stated there was a recall under nhsta campaign id number: 08v690000 (air bags frontal) but the contact's VIN was not included in the recall campaign. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and a claim was filed with the manufacturer. The VIN was unavailable. The current mileage was 90,000. The failure mileage was 82,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan xterra. The contact was driving into an intersection when his vehicle was struck by another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The front end of the vehicle was severely damaged. There was one reported injury. A police report was available. The vehicle was towed to a local body repair facility for repairs. The manufacturer would not provide any assistance. The failure mileage was 7,500.
The airbag deactivator sensor, located inside the passenger side seat of our nissan xterra leaked the fluid inside the car. Our first indication of a problem was a burning feeling in the throat, nose and eyes. The coins in the car turned green. We discovered the leak and removed the seat from the car. The local dealership did not know what was in the fluid filled sensor and made no attempt to find out. Our insurance company has been trying for 2 weeks to get an answer from nissan on this product with no results. The repair shop has never seen this issue and has not been able to find out what is in the sensor bag. The inside of the car has corroded, rusting all metal inside the car. This damage is continuing since the seat was removed destroying all metal inside the car. The car has been deemed a write off by the insurance company. Everyone with exposure to this fluid that created a gas in the car, has had an ongoing throat burning and headaches. We have a contact person at nissan america but they have not contacted us with any information on the product.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 nissan xterra. When an occupant is seated in the passenger seat, the air bag indicator remains illuminated and is not activated for persons weighing 100 pounds. The dealer stated that the air bag was operating as designed and there was nothing to repair. The dealer will inform the contact on the weight requirements that need to be enabled for the indicator to dim. The failure and current mileages were 12,000.
Nissan is not willing to honor the recall on air bag crash sensor. I live in nevada they say that road salt is not used in this state yet I work for the dept. Of transportations and personally ordered over 1000 tons of salt to be applied to the roads in my section alone this year. I have called them and they will not reconsider.
I had a head on collision in the 2006 nissan xterra. While driving approximately 40 MPH when I hit the side of a pickup truck. Neither the driver's or passenger's air bags deployed. The fire department said that with this type of impact they should have deployed. The nissan body shop where the car was located also said they were shocked that with the extent of the damage that they didn't deploy.
I have a 2006 nissan xterra off road edition. It is a manual and I paid for the $700 for the extra airbags. They are side impact/rollover air curtain airbags. Nissan advertises this vehicle as an off road vehicle, this was one of the main reasons I got this vehicle, to go off roading in. I have 12,000 miles on my xterra. On september 30th I was heading up to the mountains to go 4 wheeling. I was on a dirt road that took me to the trail head of this 4x4 trail. On this dirt road my airbags went off. Both side impact airbags went off, thankfully not the front airbags. There was no reason for my airbags to go off. There was no accident or impact and my car wasn't sideways or rolled over. I brought the car to a nissan dealer that monday, oct. 2nd, 2006. The reason I'm filing a complaint is it took nissan 30 days to even say they would fix it under warranty. I have tried and still fail to see how it would even be an issue that this wouldn't be covered under warranty. Also, nissan claims the airbags worked properly and that they are only fixing them out of good will. If these airbags worked properly, then I feel nissan has a defective product and they should do a recall or find a way to disconnect this side curtain airbags. Nissan claims that the sensors detected a rollover. If you look at my car there is no damage, and I know my car wasn't sideways or anything that it could have been close to flipping over, but I have no way to prove it. I was on a dirt road that was rough and bumpy, but there was no off-camber angles that could have made my airbags go off. Knowing that the airbags worked the way they were supposed to, according to nissan, I am scared to drive my xterra in fear that they will go off again. I truly believe nissan has major problem with these airbags and this is why I'm filing a complaint. My girlfriend was with me and didn't suffer any major injuries, but was beaten up pretty bad and sore for a few days after the incident.
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