2006 Nissan Xterra: harsh or hard shifting

Filed May 21, 2016 · Transmission · WV

Transmission failure. I purchased this vehicle with 75,000 miles in october 2015. At 84,000 miles, I noticed a clunk and vehicle slowed all the way down when the automatic transmission was shifting into drive at about 45 miles an hour. I was driving in rush hour traffic and the vehicle slowed way down even though I was trying to accelerate. I was nearly reareneded due to the sudden stall due to the transmission. I took it to the nissan dealership only to find out that the transmission was contaminated with radiator fluids. There's was a deductible of $3,000, what a savings (sarcasm). It was explained that it was a known problem. How could I be responsible for something that easily could have been prevented, especially if nissa knew about this very common problem. Nissan really has let me down. I will never buy another nissan unless I am reimbursed for most of whati paid. I am also extremely upset that I very easily could have been in a serious accident due to the sudden failure of the transmission, especially as I was trying to accelerate when just entering the interstate where the speed limit was 70 MPH and I suddenly slowed down due to the failing transmission.

Filed May 17, 2016 · Transmission · 130,000 miles · VA

While driving, average speed 40-50 MPH the vehicle started shaking violently, RPM fluttering. Also going from park to drive, it will slam into gear. Checking the coolant, it is a milky white color.

Filed May 15, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 117,700 miles · NE

When the vehicle is traveling 45-50 MPH, there is an occasional and sometimes violent shake in the drivetrain...like driving over rumble bars. Also some loss of power while accelerating and hard shifting. This is from transmission failure due to cross contamination between the radiator and the transmission.

Filed May 10, 2014 · Transmission · 58,000 miles · OH

July 2006 I purchased a new nissan xterra. October 2008 at approx. 58,000 miles the transmission failed. The transmission "slipped" as I made a left turn. The vehicle momentarily stopped in front of on coming traffic. Traffic stopped for me. At that time the vehicle moved forward. I initially thought that this was an isolated incident but over the next few days the problem worsened. On october 30th I took the vehicle to ricart nissan. An initial check showed a foreign substance in the transmission fluid, the service person accused me of putting oil in the transmission and stated that nissan would send the fluid to a laboratory for testing. Approx 6 days later I received a call from the dealership stating nissan would replace the transmission free of charge. At 60,000 miles or a month or so later my vehicle warranty expired. The vehicle never really ran correctly after that; heavy shifting, vehicle would not warm up when stationary. I made several follow up calls to the dealership but each time I was advised that vehicle was out of warranty, or over 60,000 miles. At that point I just dealt with the rough running rough shifting vehicle. Move ahead to may 2014. Once again the vehicle's transmission slipped while turning almost causing me to have an accident. At this point I began researching my vehicle and found out that transmission problems, more specifically coolant leaking into the transmission causing failure was an on going problem, I had the vehicle inspected at pickerington ohio goodyear. Coolant was present in the transmission. At that time I notified my dealership and nissan of my issue. Nissan stated that due to the vehicle age (175,000 miles) they could not assist me; nissan reference number #[xxx]. I believe this is just as much a safety issue as a mechanical issue. If the transmission fails when turning in front of traffic an accident could take place. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Feb 3, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 130,000 miles · TX

I have a 2006 nissan se xterra 4.0 4x2 automatic -I started noticing when gets speed up to 45 miles it is making a hard shifting and when slowing down making a hard down shifting as well. I mostly notice this when the vehicle is already warmed up and stop and go traffic is when it starts acting up, like a clunk noise and feel like it is loosing power in the transmission. It was a cold day and when leaving work and I backed up and then put in drive and started to move forward all of a sudden the service engine light came on and it felt like I had lost power to the transmission. (bogged down feeling) I had to press further down on the peddle to get the xterra to drive. I drove home slowly with my flashers on praying to god I would not break down within the 7miles. The next day I drove 2 miles to oriellys to pull the code p1754 with several others.I drove to a transmission shop and was given a "worse case scenario" charge of about $3300.00 -I still owe $6000.00 for it! I started to investigate the issue online with all of the forums/parts/rebuilds and such and found that the transmission is the issue with the coolant line in radiator cracking and leaking atf into transmission causing problems with corrosion in the valve body and transmission (o rings/seals) causing to be replaced which is (faulty engineered/manufactured highly expensive defect) at around 100,000 miles and cost is $1100.00 for body valve, rebuilding transmission ($2800.00-($5000.00 for new) and replacing the radiator $ 260.00 and lets not forget about the labor at about $110.00 an hour for around 13 hours. Who has this kind of money for this repair?? I love my xterra but not at this cost since I found out that every 100,000 I will have to replace the $1100.00 transmission valve body (solenoids failing)!! I am very disappointed with nissan.

Filed Sep 12, 2012 · Transmission · 103,000 miles · FL

I was driving my 2006 xterra on the highway when there was a clunk and it started shaking violently. Drove car to nissan dealership for diagnosis. Dealership determined that it is a common problem - the radiator failed, leaking coolant into the transmission. Both radiator and transmission were destroyed. Nissan decided to not provide any assistance. Unable to afford repair, so had to sell the vehicle as junk at a loss.