This complaint is in reference to a 2007 nissan xterra off road 4x4 with180,900 miles. The transmission began to spontaneously downshift to low gears while moving at speeds above 25 mile per hour. At one point, the transmission seized and locked up while traveling at 45 miles per hour, which resulted in a sudden stop in the midst of the traffic flow on a two lane road. I took the vehicle to the nissan dealer for service immediately. Inspection revealed coolant had leaked into the transmission via a leaking transmission cooler assembly integrated into the main engine radiator. The transmission sustained substantial internal damage from the coolant mixing with transmission fluid and circulating through the transmission. The transmission and engine radiator had to be replaced in order to make the vehicle roadworthy again. Total cost of the repair with taxes was $4800.00. Nissan service manager and techs at dealership indicated this is a common problem for the xterra and frontier model vehicles, yet no proactive action was taken during previous service appointments at 30,000 mile service intervals, routine maintenance appointments, and during yearly state vehicle inspections conducted at the same nissan dealership.
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Engine makes a loud squeal at startup then whines at idle and during acceleration. I took the truck to nissan for diagnosis and they explained to me the components of the timing chain need to be replaced. The cost for the repair is $2700. Mileage is very low at 62000.
Timing chain and tensioner failure . Nissan knows about this problem in several of it models for years and refuses to repair as a known defect or issue a recall
Radiator/transmission coolant leak. Had to replace both radiator and transmission. Cause stall on busy highway. Known issue with x-terra, pathfinder, frontier. Nissan would not compensate on any level. Us vehicle in canada when happened
Car transmission is slipping and stop moving. Transmission oil leak. Radiator water leak.
I purchased this vehicle at staten island nissan exactly two years ago. Since then, I've only put 4,000 miles on it. I've always smelled something a bit awful when first starting the vehicle. During it's last inspection it was determined that it needed new rotors. While getting the rotors replaced, a mechanic who'd formerly worked at nissan had determined noticed that the secondary timing chain and gasket were bad, causing an internal leak. After brief research, I've discovered that this has been a common problem that nissan has not been informing their consumers and this is a very dangerous/expensive manufacturer's defect. I've since placed several calls to staten island nissan and have been receiving the run around. I've also contacted their consumer affairs department who'd informed me to take it to a nissan dealership to get it inspected. I have to pay for the inspection.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan xterra. The contact stated that while attempting to shift, the vehicle started to shake violently. After inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed that the radiator was leaking coolant into the transmission. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 146,000.
While driving the vehicle stalled. It turned out to be the radiator leaking coolant into the transmission and fried the transmission. This is apparently a common problem in nissans. When taken to the local mechanic he said it would cost $5000 plus to fix this problem.
Stopped at nissan dealer to trade 2007 xterra. Dealer told me my timing chain needed to be replaced at a cost of $2,000 to $3,000. Nissan issued technical service bulletin ntb09-128. Independent mechanic told me if chain fails valve train and engine will be ruined and could cause accident if failure occurs while driving.
I was driving on the innerloop of the beltway 495 from falls church va, to chevy chase md after work around 330pm. I was on the middle lane on the american legion bridge when all of a sudden my truck lost power and I had no control or was able to accelerate. The RPM's were moving but the truck barely moved. I put my hazards on and slowly moved to the right shoulder where other cars could have hit me. Nissan's failure to recognize the seriousness of this faulty radiator that has affected the transmissions of both the xterra's, pathfinders, and frontiers is unacceptable. I was told that since I am over 100,000 and that I am not covered under this warranty for nissan's issue. I want to make sure you are aware that this could possible lead to a more serious accident with these transmission issues.
Transmission over heats due to radiator hose corrosion.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan xterra. While driving 60 MPH, the service engine warning light illuminated intermittently. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000.
A hesitation in the vehicle's acceleration began occurring frequently upon depressing the accelerator after a full stop at a stop sign or red light, but not at any other time in driving the vehicle. The problem was first noted when departing the dealership after which a new timing chain had been replaced. When reviewed by the dealership upon return to the service area (another appointment had been made at later time), a loss of over one quart of transmission fluid was detected (over what time period was unclear), but no known source of external leakage was found. This LED to the conclusion that internal leakage was very likely occurring. Due to the many instances of radiator cracks and toxic mixing of fluids among similar year models (mid-2000 model years of nissan xterra), the dealership recommended that the radiator be replaced and the transmission thoroughly flushed, which might prevent the transmission from requiring a complete overhaul in the future - although there are no guarantees. This work was completed for a total of $1500 including discount; the incident occurred well after the extended warranty provided by the manufacturer for resolving issues that had been experienced by others, hence the dealership's charges. A request was nonetheless made to get reimbursed by the manufacturer (nissan), currently under review. It is possible that this issue was dealt with at a very early stage and might therefore result in a lower probability of transmission problems in the future, which could cost several thousand dollars ($6-7,000 or more). Other drivers/owners have typically experienced more severe issues, such as shaking/stalling vehicles and/or illuminated dashboard lights indicating engine problems.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan xterra. The contact stated that there was transmission failure and there was a component that fractured without warning, associated with fluid leaking from the radiator into the transmission. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who diagnosed that the transmission and the radiator needed to be replaced due to a crack in the atf line that flows through the engine coolant chamber into the radiator. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency action number: dp12004 (power train). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available. Updated 8/10/15
The radiator used in my 2007 nissan xterra is a faulty product which caused a leak of the radiator fluid into the transmission fluid system. When the transmission heats up during longer periods of driving, the radiator fluid also heats up and effectively ruins the internal transmission parts. This has caused several issues in the shifting of the vehicle, and often times in very dangerous situations where acceleration is key to avoiding accidents.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan xterra. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle hesitated when the accelerator pedal was depressed and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who diagnosed that the radiator and transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 127,000.
We just discovered our 2007 nissan xterra (117,000 miles) is one of the many nissans to have the radiator crack and leak coolant into the transmission and transmission fluid into the cooling system. The car now needs around $6,000 in repairs to fix the transmission, radiator, etc. We bought a warranty from the dealer when we bought the car in 2010. The warranty covers the transmission up to 120,000 miles. We have taken the car to the dealership for the last five years for regular service and was never informed about this design defect. The dealer will not fix the transmission as covered in the warranty.
The vehicle has an oil leakage that destroy the engine. The dealer does not feel its their responsibility. However buying a new car I feel it should last more than 5yrs.
My car began shuttering bad enough that I was afraid that it was going to stall or that I would get into an accident. Thankfully, I didn't I found out that a faulty radiator leaked into the transmission. Apparently, this is a well known problem. I am being told by nissan that it will cost $7,000 to repair/replace the radiator, hoses, transmission etc. My mileage is just over 106,000 miles so, like everyone else, I will get no help from nissan in making these repairs. I can't afford to fix it at this time so it will have to sit and wait while I will pray that there is a recall soon.
On 3/28/15, parking my 2007 nissan xterra (126,0000 miles) in tampa, fl. Before I had the car in "park", there was a loud noise, the engine started smoking and a lot of purple/green/gray fluid leaked out from the bottom of my car. Afraid to move the car, aaa towed it to the nissan dealership in tampa. When the tow truck driver arrived and saw the color of the fluids, he quickly determined that my car had leaked both transmission and radiator fluid. He said he heard that this was a problem with nissan xterras. I was shocked! Since purchasing new in december 2006, I have always taken my car to nissan for all service. Other than a few oil changes, all service has been performed by nissan dealerships and their certified technicians. Just prior to this incident, my car had been shaking. I had been to nissan with this complaint in the past, but after repairs were made it seemed to go away. At no time was a transmission problem mentioned as a possibility. I have lived in different areas in florida and used only nissan dealerships for service and repair, willing to pay more for repairs than an independent repair shops, that nissan dealerships and service would know my vehicle best & be proactive, alerting to any potential future problems, I felt protected. The last major repair was in july 2014, at 113,000 miles at autonation nissan, delray, fl. Complaint was severe shaking, and stumbling when accelerating. Repairs were over $1,000; a transmission issue was never mentioned, even after further repairs were needed. I was never informed of transmission problems with xterras until saturday at the dealer in tampa, who said he alerts all xterra owners to be proactive with radiator replacement. After the comment I did research online. I was unaware of the class action suit settled with nissan; I was never notified of a problem history with nissan xterra transmissions and radiators.
Transmission control unit fried by defected radiator failure. I am now one of the many 2007 xterra owners taken by the nissan motor corporation who put out a defective product and now refuse to stand behind it. Me and the wife were stopping to get a bite to eat, ended up being a final stop. After picking up the food the truck would not crank, gauges worked, horn and lights but still would not crank. Had it towed to the house and then contacted the dealership. Then it gets worst, the dealership "technician" replied with the exact same description of problem over the phone that I gave to him when I called to have it towed to the dealer. The symptoms are no crank, milky looking radiator fluid and the automatic transmission fuses keeps blowing. Now I contacted the nissan motor corporation and got no "joy" when I found out that the were offering a big fat nothing!!!!!! I guess this is what you get for buying a nissan :(
My 2007 nissan xterra started having both transmission and cooling system issues back in september 2014. After a few trips to our mechanic it was discovered that the vehicle had a cracked radiator and was allowing both coolant into the transmission and transmission fluid into the cooling the system. Apparently this is a well known issue and there was a class action lawsuit against nissan, however the terms of the settlement only cover vehicles under 100k miles. By the time we found out the vehicle had just passed 100k (106k) and now nissan refused to cover it! I'm now looking at a $5k - $6k repair bill and nissan refused to budge.
Contamination of the transmission with anti freeze due to leak in cooling system, resulting in transmission failure.
Transmission and radiator defect-internal leakage between the 2 engine parts -nissan did not notify me, the original owner, of the defect or of the successful lawsuit against them for this problem.
I park the car and when I came back couldn't start. Thought it was a battery problem. Tried jump start with my other car, no luck. Left in the parking lot for a few days. Came back and hook my code reader and it shows u1000. U1000 is ground harness problem. I tried to clean the battery terminals both sides but no luck. So towed the car to darcars nissan and they told me need to replace radiator and transmission. They said will cost $4700?.so I started researching and found out that nissan xterra 2005-2007 and even new models had radiation fluid leak into transmission. So how am I supposed to know if I have harness grounding problems or ?radiation fluid leak into transmission? Dang. Darcars nissan service center never mentioned anything about code u1000 when we took the car. So now what???
2007 nissan xterra. Consumer was told to pay a $2500 copay because his vehicle was over 80,000 miles. Consumer doesn't comply because he inquired about vehicle problems before the 80,000 mile mark. *ta the consumer stated while his was driving, she noticed the vehicle began smoking and the check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where a diagnostic test revealer the radiator and transmission needed to be replaced due to coolant and oil mixing.
I took my nissan xterra 2007 into boulder nissan in october 2013. At the time, it had under 100,000 miles. Upon examination of the car for lack of heat, they said they flushed it and eventually I would have to replace the radiator. They did not tell me that there was a class action lawsuit against nissan for defective parts leaking coolant into the transmission. I returned to nissan in jan. 2015 for the same problem and was hit with a bill for $5,200 to replace the radiator, transmission, timing chain and thermostat.
I noticed a vibration, like you were driving on the rumble strip on the side of the road between 40 and 50 MPH, at around 2000 RPM and the transmission would not switch into overdrive. I took it into the dealership and the service tech diagnosed the problem, cooler system failure, in about 5 minutes after taking one look at the transmission fluid and coolant. The cooler had failed leaking coolant into the transmission fluid and vice versa. They replaced the transmission and cooler assembly. I had just under 97,000 miles on the vehicle and had to pay $3300 for the repairs. I am very disappointed in nissan and how they have handled what is clearly a prevalent and known issue with cooler failures in certain models. A $3000 deductible (plus tax) that expires at 100,000 miles for an issue that's known to occur at close to 100,000 miles is not much of a consolation.
I bought my 07 xterra 6 months ago from transitowne amherst and the dealership told me nothing was wrong with the vehicle. Now 6 months down the road the transmission has gone terminal due to the known problem where coolant leaks into the transmission and causes it to fail. I believe any dealership should have checked to make sure that a vehicle they were selling would not have this issue before they sell it.
It has same problems as all the 02-08 xterras but you wont issue recalls on fuel sensor, radiator leaking into tranny, air bag sensors, control arm. Thanks for letting loyal nissan owners down!!!!
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