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2005 Nissan XTERRA Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	946900
Internal NHTSA #	10481034
Manufacurer	Nissan North America, Inc.
Brand	NISSAN
Model	XTERRA
Model Year	2005
File date	17/01/12
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My problems started in november of 2010 with whistling noise coming from the engine. After taking the truck to nissan dealer they said the timing chain needed to be replaced and nissan has sent out a service bulletin to the fact that there is a defect in the timing chain that causes the noise. After contacting nissan consumer affair for two weeks at the end, they ruled that since i was over the standard warranty of 60k, they were not to cover the cost of this repair even though they knew about this problem and never sent out notice to owners to have this fixed. So i had to spend the $1063 with i did not have to fix the repair. Again this last december, one morning i was driving at 55 miles on the freeway when out of no where lost total power. I stepped on the gas and my truck went from 55 to 10 miles an hour. Thank god it was close to a off ramp and i was able to get off the freeway and when straight to the dealer close by. The determined that the defect is the radiator the anti- freeze in leaking to the transmission and causing it to seize. After some research on-line, i found out that this problem is plaguing many other owners of nissan xterra, pathfinder from 2005-2010. Nissan has issued a recall on this and extended the warranty from 60k to 80k. However i have not yet found one owner that did not have this problem happening before 80k. As far as i see it is nissan trying to hide the face that this is not a safety recall. I just came from nissan dealer and they gave me an esteemed of $4925. 73 to fix the tranny & the radiator. I have contacted nissan and they have decided not to help me in this matter. So i have now have a truck that i can't drive or can afford to fix. I am going to look in to other options to deal with this problems. I will fight this to the end.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	103000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SANTA BARBARA, CA
VIN pattern	5N1AN08U25CXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
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Vehicle speed	60
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2005 Nissan XTERRA Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 Nissan XTERRA Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

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