For a cracked radiator the coolant leak into the transmission destroying it. The cost of repair is around $ 6,000. The nissan dealer to not want to assume that it is a manufacturer defect.
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Transmission going out due to a problem that many others seem to be having as well. See link below for more information regarding coolant leaking into the transmission. *tr http://www.carcomplaints.com/nissan/xterra/2006/transmission/coolant_leaked_into_transmission.shtml
Transmission damage attributed to contamination by engine coolant. The source of the contamination is a cracked atf line that runs through an engine coolant chamber in the radiator.my 2006 xterra has had same issue.trans and radiator had to be replaced.
Upon turning a corner after coming to a complete stop at a stop sign in my neighborhood, I went to accelerate and match the speed of oncoming traffic. The gear failed to shift appropriately (transmission) and giving the car gas simply revved the engine. Luckily the approaching car responded well and slowed to avoid a rear collision while I eased off the pedal and then gently accelerated again to my local mechanic. Upon his examination of my 2006 xterra, he determined that the transmission fluid and coolant were mixing and destroying both my radiator and transmission. A quick search on the internet revealed that this dangerous problem is common among nissan owners! When I purchased the vehicle from smithtown nissan in 2010 and subsequently, there was absolutely no notification or recall regarding this dangerous hazard. This is unacceptable and life-threatening. There settlement of a class action lawsuit is insufficient (a $2500 - $3k) co-pay to replace the transmission and potentially have the same defect again! My wife and kids rely on my car every day and I feel fortunate that I did not wait any longer to have the car examined, but I am extremely disturbed by nissan's negligence.
The initial incident was failed timing chain tensioner guides. As indicated earlier nissan knowingly redesigned the parts since the originals were found to wear through, causing the timing chain to rub directly on the metal post of the tensioner and contact the housing cover. During the repair the nissan service department confirmed the failed radiator coolant contamination addressed in odi the federal safety agency action number: dp12004. The timing chain and guides were replaced; the radiator was replaced; coolant was flushed; transmission was drained, flushed, and filled. The service department also confirmed nissan, n.a. Would not offer any amount of repair assistance. Total cost was $2200. The day after the vehicle was repaired it suddenly decelerated from 55mph to 30mph and the RPM's increased to 4k+ while traveling on a multi lane dark country highway at 11pm. The section of highway did not have an emergency lane or shoulder. A vehicle was in the left lane and a semi-truck was quickly approaching from the rear in the right lane. Once crossing the bridge the vehicle was jerked to the shoulder, avoiding a rear collision from the approaching semi-truck. The vehicle was turned off and restarted. The RPM's returned to 1k, the transmission was in neutral, and the check engine was illuminated. The following day nissan service confirmed it was a failing valve body as a result of the coolant contamination. The wholesale repair cost was quoted at $1400. Again, nissan, n.a. Would not address the failure. At this time the repair has not, and will not, be completed.
Engine coolant is leaking into transmission. I am experiencing the same exact situation as the current investigation that is happening over the last two years.
Check engine light came on, took to mechanic for a check and found that we were leaking radiator coolant into the transmission fluid. Had to replace parts and flush transmission at a pricey cost.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan xterra. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, a grinding noise emitted from the front end as the transmission overheated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the radiator fluid penetrated the transmission causing the transmission to fail. The transmission was not replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 198,400.
The radiator cooling water got into the transmission fluid. This caused strong vibration that we had to get off the road in the middle of a highway. The damage was required to replace the radiator and flush the transmission . It started other problems with the transmission safety switch that caused engine trouble alert. After few weeks the car stalled altogether and we now had to tow it to a garage. This is a problem that was reported before and I do not understand why nissan does not fix the problem and repair the damaged units.
Began hearing a whining noise from engine, increasing with RPM. Took to dealership, who indicated it was bad timing chain tensioner shoes/guides. Service advisor indicated this is a very common issue, and nissan redesigned the parts since the originals were found to wear through, allowing the timing chain to rub directly on the metal post of the tensioner. The timing chain system should last for the life of the engine, not require a $1700 repair only about halfway through the engine life. This is also a very unsafe situation, since a timing chain failure could quickly destroy the engine, leaving the car without engine power out on the road. This should be a recall.
Vehicle suddenly stopped changing gears while on a main road where speed limit is 55 MPH. Turned onto a smaller country road, could not accelerate more than 20 MPH, and slowly descended from there until finally coming to a complete stop. Cracked radiator caused coolant leak into transmission fluid causing many systems to fail. In turn, had to replace radiator and completely rebuild and flush transmission several times ($4400 expense). Had I been on a major highway or interstate when this happened, there would have been a much more serious out come.
While driving the vehicle at 40-45 MPH and 1200 rpms or 60 MPH and 1500 rpms, a vibration as if running over rip bars on the side of a highway happened. At first, it was thought to be a universal; however, after replacing the part, the vibration continued but happened at all speeds above 40 MPH regardless of the rpms. Research showed that there was a problem with the transmission coolant system cracking, causing coolant to leak into the transmission but no recall had been issued. A local dealership said they had no report of this type of problem. They suggested turning off the overdrive and if the problem stopped, the transmission needed to be flushed. This was the case, but before we could have the transmission flushed, it started having a roaring noise. When the transmission fluid was checked, it looked like a strawberry milkshake and so did the coolant in the radiator. Both have been flushed but apparently when the initial leak happened, it also allowed coolant to leak into the computer for the transmission. While driving the car, up a steep hill, the rpms grew but the speed decreased. Shifting down showed that the gear had been lost because the vehicle performed normally in the lower gear. Another dealership out of the area said they had several hundred xterra's brought in for the same problem and that we would lose one gear at a time until we lost them all. This is a $3,500+ repair and if we lose gears in high traffic, we will be possibly rearended or stranded on a highway, which is not acceptable. It is now october and nothing has been resolved. A recall is needed before someone is in a serious accident!
While driving 70 miles an hour on the highway my car suddenly shot up to 4000 RPM and wouldn't go faster than 30 miles an hour. After my car was towed to a local mechanic friend of mine's shop he told me the radiator had cracked, leaked coolant into the transmission, fried the transmission and torque control valve, all valves and seals, as well as both catalytic converters. The cost to fix would be $6000. Nissan needs to pay for this because of their factory defect!!!
2006 nissan xterra. Consumer writes in regards to transmission issues. *smd the dealer inform the consumer the radiator and transmission needed to be replaced, because coolant was leaking into the transmission. The consumer also stated it felt as though the tires were slipping when taking off from a stop.
Coolant from nissan's defectively designed radiator leaked into my transmission. The transmission, valve body, computer, and radiator needed to be replaced at a total of $4,000. While driving my xterra home up a steep grade it was having a problem shifting and its RPM was almost red lining so I stepped off the gas. The xterra was at times bucking, shifting up and down rapidly making it very hard to drive it home. My vehicle couldn't go over 40mph and I had some people almost run into the back of me while limping it home. This is a major safety hazard and I pray no one has been severely injured or killed in an accident caused by this issue nissan created. Shame on them!
This problem has been happening to my vehicle for awhile but I was unaware until last week. My truck was overheating and the antifreeze had a white substance in it. My mechanic told me it was mixed with transmission fluid. The radiator cracked and the trans cooler which is inside leaked. The two fluids mixed and has caused transmission problems. My radiator has to be replaced and the trans will be flushed several times. The extent of damage to the trans is undetermined at this time as it is still in the shop. I researched this problem and found it to be a very common problem with nissan xterras. The symptom's of others vehicles are exactly the same as mine. Nissan has had a very poor settlement in a class action suit but it is very poor. This shows that they are aware of the poor engineering design and/or parts. This problem is leaving people with several thousand dollars in repairs ($3800 and up) for a problem that nissan is aware of. Even though you have maintained your vehicle routinely this problem will still occur due to nissans poor design and parts. This problem should be covered under a recall and if an owner has fixed the problem they should be reimbursed for their expense to repair the problem.
Engine cut off, rough idled, would not respond to acceleration. Attempted to re-start, rough idled, check engine light flickering, required towing. At repair shop, no problem, bad gas was the diagnosis. Repeated. Would not start. Required towing. Tow operator tried a few resets, oxygen sensors, nothing. Towed home. Next day, started fine.
Check engine light came on so I took it to an autozone to have the code read. Po463, fuel sending unit. Did some research, called nissan corporate to inform them of the issue and see if I was eligible for extended warranty (wasn't covered). Nissan corporate informed me that I was eligible for ECM relay replacement at no cost at a dealership, so I took the car to a dealership that quoted me lowest on the fuel sensor repair. They asked if I had other issues and I told them that my engine sometimes sounded like an rc car. They offered to look into it, called this afternoon after completing work on sensor and ECM relay to inform me that my timing chains were shot and in need of immediate replacement. Did some more research and found this is a frequent issue in nissan cars, decided to file a report.
5/29/14 check engine light came on,transmission slipping.diagnosed as radiator contaminated with transmission fluid,replaced radiator,drained coolant, flushed multiple times. 7/12/2014 on family vacation out of state engine light came on,transmission slipping, low transmission fluid.filled fluid by beach ready auto. 7/15/2014 check engine light again on interstate highway traveling at 60 MPH total transmission failure. Rebuilt transmission put in out of state,8 days missed work,airline ticket home. My expenses for this defect in design by nissan is $5900.the fact that there has not been a recall initiated by nissan is completely unacceptable and dangerous. A failure on the company's part to stand behind their products wrong , but knowingly allowing their product to endanger people's lives is inexcusable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan xterra. The contact stated that the gear would not shift into reverse. An independent mechanic noticed that the transmission fluid was mixing with the coolant and the coolant was leaking into the transmission. The contact was informed that the transmission and radiator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 169,000.
When driving the car at 40mph/around 1000rpms the vehicle began vibrating at the back end. Upon acceleration, the vibration ceased. This behavior became consistent. A mechanic independent from nissan found that the transmission and radiator must be replaced per his conversation with the local nissan dealership. Also advising independent mechanic that the dealership admits to having a floor full of transmissions that need repair. I investigated the class action suit filed in 2010 and already settled, but had no knowledge of this prior as nissan did not alert me to the persistent problem since 2005 I should expect my car to develop.
Radiator fluid leaked into the transmission causing the transmission to fail and ruined the radiator. My xterra had 106,000 miles on it at the time of the failure. The cost to replace the transmission and radiator was nearly $5,000.00. The cause of the failure is the same factory defect mentioned in previous complaints.
The radiator leaks coolant into the transmission. Consequently both the transmission and the radiator has to be replaced.
I was driving on a regular one way street, when my check engine light came on and smoke came from under the hood. By the way, this happened on my wedding day. Anyways, I had the car towed to a car shop to find out the radiator burst causing the coolant and transmission fluid to mix, my transmission is ruined and needs to be replaced, my radiator needs to be replaced, the fluids got into my water pump which also needs to be replaced. The complete cost for damages is $7500. Now I am out of a car and cant trade it in because it is not worth anything at this point. After reading all the complaints I see many others have faced this problem, there needs to be a recall on these faulty radiators in the 2006 nissan xterras.
My car actually is 8 years old and has approx. 105,000 miles, hence, does not fall under the settlement of class action suit ordering nissan to reimburse repairs. If I was under 100,000 mi, I would only have to pay a $3,000 deductible. Because I had passed the 100,000 mile before the failure happened, I'm no longer eligible for this extended warranty. As in my case the radiator busted and caused the coolant to leak into the transmission which means that I now need a new radiator and a new transmission which is going to cost roughly $5,000 dollars to fix in which I cannot afford. I replaced the radiator & had the transmission flushed twice (cost nearly $1k) . This caused internal damage to transmission. I submitted a claim for out of pocket cost, never heard anything!! Either way I would like to know if the problems are happening to vehicles until they go over 100k miles then why cap the assistance requirement??
2006 nissan xterra: I replaced the radiator & had the transmission flushed last august(cost nearly $2k) . A couple of weeks ago after going about 60 miles the vehicle was not engaging to accelerate. It was a one time occurrence. Today after about 20 miles it did not accelerate as I was attempting to merge onto the highway. I could not get it to go over 20 MPH but was revving at 4rpm. Now the check engine light is on.
I bought a nissan xterra 06 in september 2013. It's now july 5 2014, not even a year after I bought it, and I'm having issues getting my car fixed. Something in the radiator busted and caused the coolant to leak into the transmission which means that I now need a new radiator and a new transmission which is going to cost roughly 5,100 dollars to fix in which I cannot afford. I purchased an extended warranty when I purchased my car so that if I had any major issues, like this, I would be covered financially bc anyone knows that car repairs can be quite costly. I was told that, zurich, my warranty company, would not pay for the repairs bc the problem came from the radiator and it's not covered in the warranty which leaves me to pay for the costly repairs. I believe that the dealership I got my car from should pay for the repairs as I haven't had it a whole year yet. I feel as if I've been skrewed over. Nissan also needs to issue a recall bc I'm not the only 06 xterra owner to have this issue. Please help me, I have a 1 yr. Old daughter and I need my car fixed and don't have 5100 dollars to fix it myself. Thank you
Driving down the road and car started shuttering and over heated got out of car and there was milky trans fluid every were.
There was recall for vehicles similar in year as my car. The recall was # 10v517000 and was for the "intelligent power distribution module (ipdm)". I called nissan america, and although many vehicles of my year and make/model were affected, my VIN # was not included. I should have been included on this recall because this is exactly what part was defective and exactly what I had to pay for to get fixed. I was even driving when it stalled out on me numerous times and I am thankful it was not on the freeway. If possible I would like to be acknowledged and potentially be reimbursed by nissan.
When my xterra was idling in park or at a stop light, the car was overheating. Also while accelerating, the car was shuddering when changing gears. Upon taking the vehicle to a repair garage, I was informed that this particular model nissan is notorious for faulty radiators being installed which caused coolant fluid to leak / mix in with transmission fluid, thus damaging the transmission, possibly to the point of having to be replaced as well as the radiator. My car is sitting at a garage now waiting for the radiator to be replaced and try to run the vehicle to see how bad the damage now is to the transmission.
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