Now that some settlements are occurring in certain states someone from the government that's supposedly so concerned with my welfare needs to step up and force Nissan to settle with every owner that's dealt with this ridiculous situation. Nissan needs a 55 gallon drum of whoop ass opened up on them for foisting this crap on the car buying public. Sometimes you just can't do enough homework / internet research on something. Nissan obviously doesn't have a real strong track record for good parts on vehicles from this era (and I'm being real generous here), so shame on me for being dumb enough to buy the damn thing since I had already dodged a bullet with my wife's 2008 Pathy by replacing the radiator with an aftermarket to avoid the leakage that leads to transmission being replaced. The noise from the chain was so bad you couldn't hear anything else so I never got the chance to establish a "normal" for this thing. Plus I now have a weird muffled rattle / diesel type sound that used to go away when the engine warmed up but is getting more prevalent. Now it's fixed but I don't have a lot of confidence in the long term reliability of this car due to having to blindly trust that Nissan has improved their factory parts that caused the original issue. Had to be done before I could drive it anywhere since it was so severe, so it spent first 10 days of ownership in the shop. So much for the "great deal" I got on the purchase price. Parts and labor $1200, and even though that was a bargain it really ramped up my initial cost. Hopefully I can sell the car before this happens, currently at 112,000.īought this car in October of '17 with what I thought was wear on the power steering pump but soon discovered it was the timing chain guide issue. I have the unlimited power-train warranty which will cover the transmission, but the cost is still ridiculous. Could cost over $3000 for the radiator, plus labor. The mechanic told me the next issue I should come across is the coolant leaking into the transmission, this is insane. I love Nissan vehicles, but there's no doubt they cut corners and are far less reliable than other Jap vehicles on the market. I had the main brake module go out when I was going down a steep hill, definitely could've ended badly. Since I've reached the 100,000 mark I have had numerous issues with this Xterra, all very expensive. This is ridiculous, Nissan should have issued a recall. Got it fixed at Nissan and they told me they fix a 2005-2007 Xterra, Pathfinder, or Frontier timing chain every two weeks. Towards the last month before getting it fixed, and only 1,000 miles after first hearing it, the noise became very loud and the engine started misfiring and getting terrible mileage. It started out as very faint whine that only happened occasionally. Started noticing a faint whine in the engine, most notable around 2,000-3,000 rpm in November of 2017. THE REPAIR MAN SAID THERE WAS RADIATOR WATER IN IT!!!!! I NEED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE TIMING CHAIN CLASS ACTION. I DIDN'T EVEN CALL NISSAN, SINCE THE LAST TIME (2016) I HAD TO PAY $4100 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH THEY DID NOT COVER. EVEN THOUGH I HAD ALL MY RECEIPTS FOR THE UPKEEP OF OIL CHANGES AND YEARLY MAINTENANCE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, THEY WOULD NOT HONOR A FEW RECEIPTS THAT WAS WRITTEN OUT BY MY MECHANIC OF 25 YEARS. SO HAD IT TOWED TO AAMCO WHO IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARRANTY COMPANIES. I DID NOT WORRY BECAUSE I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH A COMPANY CALLED ENDURANCE. I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT ANY TIMING CHAIN ISSUES WITH NISSAN UNTIL TODAY. BUT I DISAGREED WITH THEM AND THOUGHT IT MAY BE MY TIMING CHAIN. HOWEVER ON, I WENT OUT TO START THE TRUCK AND THERE WAS THE NOISE AGAIN, BUT IT WAS LOUD AND HORRIBLE. EVERY TIME I TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP, THEY COULDN'T HEAR IT. FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS, I WOULD HEAR A NOISE UPON STARTING UP MY TRUCK.
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