| Issue ID | 754750 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10298510 |
| Manufacurer | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | TITAN |
| Model Year | 2005 |
| File date | 31/12/09 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I have a 2005 nissan titan 4wd with 57660 miles. While taking my vehicle to the dealership for service, i experienced a rear end failure. The roads were wet from rain. When i started off in a right turn from the stoplight, the rear end started to clunk and the truck was jerky. I let off the accelerator to see if the problem corrected itself, but upon re-accelerating the same thing occurred. I let off the accelerator once again and let the vehicle coast down the hill, still clunking and jerking. Once the vehicle was in a straight position, the rear end jerked really hard, and then i continued about a 1/2 mile to the dealership with no further incident. While at the dealership, the truck was moved from the service bay to a parking space and the attendant noticed that the rear end was jerking and clunking in a turning position. He parked the vehicle and advised the service adviser. Upon inspection by the dealer, it was determined that the spider gears were damaged and needed to be replaced. The dealer determined that the entire rear end housing should be replaced rather than trying to replace the internal mechanisms. The repair was covered under the factory warranty with 2340 miles left on the warranty. The factory warranties the new rear end housing for a period of 12 months or 12000 miles. This vehicle has been extremely well maintained, and has never been driven off-road. There was no prior indication that a problem existed until the very moment it stared to fail on this day. Upon returning to the dealer to pick up the vehicle, the service adviser did agree that this was an ongoing problem with this truck and that this particular dealership had replaced multiple rear ends in this model truck in recent months. We are concerned that this same failure could occur again. This could result in a serious accident occurring should the failure occur at highway speeds. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 57660 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | STOKESDALE, NC |
| VIN pattern | 1N6BA06B85NXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Drive train type | 4WD |
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| Vehicle speed | 5 |
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