Nissan Xterra won't start problems

Filed Jan 18, 2021 · Driver assistance, Transmission · 101,123 miles · AL

Catastrophic transmission failure.attempted to leave my home,put vehical in drive.applied accelerator,transmission will not hardly pull,put in reverse.operates in reverse properly, parked my vehical.turned engine off.attempted to start the engine to get my vehical to level ground to check fluids,attempted to start the engine,engine now will not turn over at all.

Filed Aug 4, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 220,715 miles · NC

When driving my xterra, it loses power and cuts out on me. This is very dangerous and cuts completely off when I'm accelerating. There is a declaration and then the vehicle won't crank or start leaving me stranded. This is not the first time over years that the xterra has cut off on me. All dashboard systems stop completely when it happens. I have no control over the car when it happens.

Filed Mar 30, 2020 · Transmission · 179,000 miles · MO

The corner cutting design flaw that caused the issue commonly known as smod (strawberry milkshake of death, the transmission fluid and the coolant mix in both the radiator and the transmission) has caused the TCM to become damaged, the vehicle lost power to the wheels going up a hill then wouldnt start after turning it off, weve changed the filter, fluid and solenoids on the valve body, but the TCM still isnt working. We can start the vehicle and drive it around a bit, once it gets to 3rd gear it runs fine, but in lower gears (except for when in reverse) it struggles, then after shutting the vehicle off the transmission overheats because the TCM isnt working properly, this issue prevents the vehicle from starting again within about 1 hour of turning it off. As stated earlier this TCM issue came to light when the vehicle failed to go up a hill, if traffic were any worse than it was this couldve potentially LED to a disaster that wouldve made having to wait about an hour for pickup seem like nothing. This issue was caused by nissan cutting corners and its a common issue thats LED to many owners of this vehicle having to cover repairs or just give up on the vehicle.

Filed Dec 1, 2019 · Fuel system · 116 miles · AR

A couple of months back I reported this fuel level problem I believe in july, my wife was driving this xterra 2007 (we have two a 2005 and this 2007) she driving in the center lane on the I-30 interstate when the xterra just cut out, looking at the dash she said it has fuel about a 1/4 tank , she said she just made it to the shoulder of the safety lane when stopped. I went to her aide to find the check engine lite on and it wouldnt start, I took a two foot piece of two by four and wrapped the tank and it sounded like it was empty and whats funny the gauge inside now reads empty..got her gas and I drove it home. I report this to you guys and never heard a word back about this. In fact the complaint doesy show up in your listing explain that! I'im a mechanical engineer and done my fair share of failure analysis in my career and whats going on with this xterra is a heat related condition. 1. The pump is spring loaded to be able to keep contact with the tank to pickup fuel. 2. The tank being made of poly material plastic expands causing the the pump to jack screw in he direction of the spring which rotates the sending unit pick arm to lodge it self against the the tank embossment and not allowing the arm to come to rest at the bottom of the tank. I found out this confirm the problem with a recall notice for 2006 and 2008 bnut why not the 2007 its same dam confguration ,same parts ,same tank, ,07,08 part number17202-9bm2a, sender 25060-zz00a, pump is the same 17040-zs00a, so why wasnt the 2007 included in the recall a typing error :summary 10v75500 reads":nissan is recalling certain model year 2006 and model year 2008 " should have read models 2006,2007 and model year 2008. How could you guys miss this? Dont you ever do a check on "where used" with xxxx models? If a part is used by the same type of unit it will also have the same failure occure .

Filed Jan 7, 2018 · Airbags, Electrical · 120,000 miles · ME · fire

Noticed shuddering at first, then a stumbling upon hitting gas 120000 miles took truck in and had ext. Cooler put on, flushed out tranny fluid, new radiator, new gaskets and filters in tranny $1,100.00 job. 1 month later service engine soon light came on and truck wouldn't start. Tcm module in tranny started blowing fuse, truck smelled like it was burning up and wouldn't allow truck to start. 2,000.00 to replace module and secondary breach. Its not just in radiator, there is another breach problem that puts the transmission and coolant together. 2nd breach. Shop wont guarantee 2000.00 job, new transmission 5800.00. My beautiful truck left on a flatbed to salvage yard. Single mom of 4. Thanks nissan, you suck. Also issues with airbag coil. 600.00 for that. Nissan I love my xterra and its so sad we had to part ways today, I watched my 18000.00 vehicle leave with no justice but tears and hoping the zero degree weather breaks, walking the kids to school, one with disabilities is just rotten. Nissan get a conscience. Because my xterra sat on a dealerships used lot, no one was notified of class action and warranty issued. I got doubled f**cked.

Filed Aug 12, 2017 · Transmission · 10,010 miles · OH

Driving auto starting making noise like going over rumble strip, then wouldn't start but could be started by crossing wires under hood. Took to dutro in zanesville, they installed new computer system. Still wouldn't start,they told me I needed a new transmission for intermix problem. 6000 dollars. Contacted nissan the bbb. No help! 100100 miles on it. Never received a recall or anything. Shouldn't there have been a recal?

Filed Jun 20, 2017 · Engine · NC

The radiator failed and the fluid all went into the transmission requiring both a new radiator and transmission. This is a known problem with 2005 xterras and nissan refuses to cover this faulty design. We had no advance notice of this happening. We went out one day and the car did not start.

Filed Feb 1, 2017 · Electrical · 71,203 miles · CA

The valve assembly and engine control computers failed. The vehicle will not start. The repair estimate is $3761.00.

Filed Dec 18, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 160,000 miles · MI

When outside temperature falls below 40 degrees xterra will not start. Vehicle is stationary and not parked in a garage. Battery was replaced 11 months ago trying to fix the same problem. No other major issues with vehicle ever. Vehicle just towed yesterday dealer will not be able to diagnose until monday.

Filed Oct 9, 2016 · Transmission · 133,000 miles · TN

Coolant contamination in the transmission causing engine failure and transmission failure. Also blows fuses and car will not start. Was sitting at a red light when it turned green and I accelerated the car would not go. When I got to a safe place to turn it off it would not turn back on. Upon further investigation I am one of many that have complained about this and nissan has yet to recall this issue. I was lucky to be at a red light and not driving on the interstate. Also this is my 16 year olds car and thank goodness she wasn't driving it when it happened.the car was purchased less than a month. Ago with 133000 miles on it and was running great until today. This issue could be very dangerous and should be taken care of by the manufacturer.