Nissan Xterra sudden acceleration problems

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 Mar 21, 2017 · Engine, Transmission · IL

2005 nissan xterra. Consumer writes in regards to radiator hose ruptured and sent coolant into transmission. *smd the consumer stated the engine began racing but, there was no power. The vehicle lunged forward and then stopped. A hose in the radiator ruptured. This caused coolant to enter the transmission and transmission fluid to enter the radiator. The failure occured while the consumer was driving. The manufacturer was contacted, but did not offer any assistance.

Filed Feb 11, 2016 · Acceleration, Brakes · CA

2006 nissan xterra. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle brake system failure while driving and sudden acceleration. *smd the consumer stated she was unable to stop the vehicle using the brake, and the vehicle accelerated at a high rate of speed. The consumer stated she was struggling for ways to stop the vehicle. She tried to stop the vehicle by using the emergency brake, but to no avail she was forced to try and maintain control of the vehicle while in the lane of other vehicle. The then placed the vehicle in neutral and it finally started to slow down.

Filed Apr 22, 2015 · Acceleration, Engine · 101,000 miles · MD · crash

I was entering a parking spot at my normal slow speed when suddenly the engine went into an extremely high rev and the xterra made a sudden lunge forward. In a matter of seconds it slammed into a number of other parked cars. It was as if it had a mind of its own. I can only guess it was a stuck gas pedal, stuck throttle or stuck accelerator. Over the years I have had nothing but american cars, the last several were caravans with no issues of this type. This nissan is the first foreign car that I have purchased.

Filed Nov 14, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 10,284 miles · CO · crash · 1 injury

My 2013 nissan xterra pro4x accelerated on its own with me standing next to it. It is a manual transmission and the emergency brake was on. It reversed rapidly and caught me under it. I suffered permanent nerve damage in my arm and extreme scaring on both legs. After it ran me over, it crashed into my garage. Nissan refused to take any responsibility for what happened and now I am stuck with a vehicle that I am afraid of.

Filed Aug 5, 2013 · Transmission · 128,000 miles · GA

My 2006 nissan xterra would lunge forward when I was traveling at 40-45 MPH. It would first jerk forward when I would go from slowly moving to accelerating, like when you began to move after sitting at a red light. The light turns green, you slowly start to move and then you press the gas to accelerate and the car would jerk forward. Then the car had problems shifting out of 1st gear before I was about to get on the interstate after leaving work. I decided to take the back route because I did not want to have an accident. I stopped at 2 mechanics on the way home. Each told me I would have to take the car to the dealer. I was able to get the car to the dealer and was then told that the radiator and the transmission needed to be fixed as there was a mix of the radiator and transmission fluid due to a leak and it would cost $5050. I was totally shocked! I had not any other major problems and the vehicle was checked regularly. I specifically asked the asm guy, who checked in my vehicle and told me the specifics of what was going on after the technician looked at it, was this a common occurrence and his response was, "it happens but better than buying a new car." it just didn't make sense. I then had my vehicle towed to a transmission repair shop because it would not shift into first gear. This is when I was told of the radiator leaks with subsequent transmission failure. The mechanic said he has had numerous nissans with transmission failures and even finding a used or rebuilt nissan is extremely difficult to find now. I am just extremely blessed that I did not cause an accident by either ramming into another car or the car just stopping on the middle of the interstate during rush-hour traffic. If I nissan could have notified owners by mail or during a service check, I could have had the defect fixed before this happened. Please reimburse owners for this cars defect.

Filed Mar 26, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 125,000 miles · PA

While accelerating, merging onto a major highway, and without warning the vehicle lost power lunged forward and started making a loud grinding noise. I was nearly hit from behind by a vehicle having the right-of-way before I could get to the shoulder of the road. The vehicle was towed to and was diagnosed by a mechanic as having "cross contamination of transmission fluid and antifreeze due to transmission intercooler failure". This incident has been reported to and dismissed by nissan as not being a frequent problem for them.

Filed Dec 9, 2011 · Transmission · 103,950 miles · WV

I was traveling on the interstate when my nissan xterra fell on it's face, so to speak. It was like I hit the brakes and thank god no one was directly behind me. A few short moments later it regained power and sounded like I was running on the rumble strips. It seemed fine for awhile but went to pull out in traffic and it just all but came to a stop and jumped forward suddenly. I all but made it home and pulled into my garage and with my foot on the brake it jumped forward almost taking out my wall. After talking to a few friends I knew the problem was from the transmission cooler going bad and mixing anti-freeze with transmission fluid. After researching I found I wasn't alone, hundreds of people have posted the same problems. After talking to my wife's cousin she had a nissan pathfinder with same tranny and when hers went out she lost control of her vehicle and went into the interstate median strip. I dropped it off and hamilton nissan today and nothing is probably going to be covered. I am upset because I was almost in an accident because of this. Nissan has known about this for awhile but has done nothing. It is a clear safety issue when you just feel like you stomped on your brakes on the interstate, and pray someone doesn't hit you in the rear end. I have a 3 year old son and I don't feel safe having him in that trap.

Filed Apr 13, 2011 · Acceleration · 93,700 miles · UT · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 nissan xterra. The contact stated that when applying the brakes at low speeds the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into the house. The driver was injured and was not transported to the hospital. A police report was filed. The vehicle was then towed to an independent mechanic with the insurance agency. The failure will be diagnosed pending an investigation. The failure and current mileages were approximately 93,700.

Filed Feb 20, 2010 · Fuel system · 26,857 miles · OH

The vehicle is a 2008 nissan xterra. It was february 15,2010 and I was letting my wife out of the car near the store, the car was in drive and my foot was on the break. Suddenly before my wife was totally out of the car it lunged forward and the accelerator on its own started revving up and the car was moving forward. I put the car in neutral and it was revving at a very high RPM. I put the car in park and it shut it off. I took the car to the dealer but they could not find any problem. They said there were no recalls or memo's about the problem. My son said something like that happened to him once before buy not as serious. It was the first time it ever happened to me.