| Issue ID | 1316278 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10904854 |
| Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | XTERRA |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 29/06/16 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | My vehicle was driving perfectly without any issues at all until one day on the way home i stopped at a stop sign near my home. Then as i started to proceed down the city street the check engine light and 4wd lights came on in the dash and the vehicle would barely move. I just barely got it into the driveway of my home. After i turned it off i attempted to restart the vehicle it would not even attempt to turn over. I checked online to see what would cause these symptoms to find that hundreds upon thousands of other nissan owners have had the same happen to them. It is a known issue of cross contamination of radiator fluid and transmission fluid due to a faulty design in the radiator. I had a mechanic check my engine as well and he confirmed that the grey sludge in the radiator and grit in my transmission fluid fit the symptoms of this issue. Now i am being told i have to pay over $5000. 00 to have repairs done because of a design flaw that nissan refuses to take full responsibility for. I am lucky that this failure happened in my neighborhood versus the interstate or it could have not only left me with figuring out how to come up with $5000. 00 but how to pay for hundreds of thousands of dollars for repair bills to other cars i might have caused to wreck do to this catastrophic transmission failure. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 172290 |
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| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | ELIZABETHTON, TN |
| VIN pattern | 5N1AN08W37CXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | 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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| Vehicle speed | 10 |
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