This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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Rear axle fell apart while driving. No warnings, or anything. This will be the second rear axle to be replaced at a cost of 3500 per incident. Only light driving has been done on this vehicle. No towing, no heavy loads, no anything.
I was pulling out of the parking lot and driving onto a main street when I heard a clunk clunk and the rear end started hopping and I noticed I had no gears. We call ed aaa and had them tow us to a few different places before we ended up at Nissan in spokane valley and they put in a brand new rear end. Price and labor cost us...$3,583.33.
2004 Nissan Titan truck - rear axle seals are leaking so badly oil is getting on the rear brake rotors causing them to be in-operative. This is a very serious problem experienced by many Titan owners as shown with a simple internet search.
Rear passenger axle seal is leaking and is coating brake pads and brake rotors. This should not be leaking especially when this vehicle is not high mileage nor is it driven crazy/recklessly. This is causing brakes to not be as effective as it should be.
Left rear axle seal leaking oil and accumulates on brake rotor cover. If not corrected, could lead to failure of entire drive assembly due to absence of fluid.
- Coweta, OK, USA
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Rear differential went bad so I had the rear end replaced in June of 2010. In may of 2012 I noticed the rear end leaking fluid all over my rotors. This could cause my brakes to fail. Other Titan owners are reporting the same issue.
I first heard a "whine" or "howl" coming from the rear end 2 years ago, when I took it to the dealership, they told me I need a complete rear end assembly at the cost of 4000$. I could not afford that, and they said you couldn't rebuild the rear end, because Nissan wouldn't release the parts for it. I drove on it for 2 years before it went out on me on the 21st of April, 2012. Ive read up on hundreds of complaints, about the rear ends on Nissan Titans going out, and Nissan not having a recall.
Had the rearend go out 91,000 miles had Nissan rebuild then went out again at 94,000 miles Nissan didn't stand behind their warranty now still sitting in the driveway till find a good salvage one.
Both rear wheel axle seals have failed at 67,906 miles. Leaking both sides. Caught in time so that rear brakes are not destroyed and rear end/differential not destroyed. This is a known defect affecting this truck prior to 2008. A definite design defect. Someday someone is going to get hurt due to rear brake failure or loss of control when catastrophic rear end failure occurs.
Just had both manifolds replaced under Nissan warranty. As I was driving away from the dealership I heard a loud pop turning right from the rear of the truck. Turned around back into the dealerships parking lot I heard another pop? the service tech drove it around their service area and said my rear differential was going out. Nissan has known this has been an issue for years especially in the early trucks years but refuses to fix it under a recall. This is a $3500 fix which the consumer has to pay and Nissan profits from a poorly designed component. There needs to be a recall on all Nissan Titans from '04 - '07.
Truck was due for a state inspection, truck would not pass- because of rear brakes not functioning due to leaking rear axle seals. Rear axle seals leaking causing emergency brake to not function. Found a forum with the same problem many owners are having-titantalk. How can this problem, which is a safety problem, not be a safety recall? come on Nissan, you just lost another customer. Thanks to you, I will be only buying GM products.
After front differential had failed and would not engage 4WD. Took to dealer and replaced under warranty. After 1 1/2 years started to whine and grind again dealership said sorry was out of warranty. 3 differentials in 3 years woohoo a real winner here.
Differential started to wine at about 58,000 miles. Noticed that the right rear-end of diff is leaking oil. Reported it to dealer, but they said nothing is wrong, do not hear anything, no idea what it is. Concerned that the oil may end up on the rear brake rotors in which case rear brake failure may occur. Rear end starting to fail now at 72,000.
Rear differential spider gear failure. When accelerating noticed a pop and vehicle drive train slipped and disengaged. Vehicle rolled to stop. When restarted vehicle moved but with significant grinding and popping. Mechanic found spider gears in rear differential destroyed.
Rear diff started with small wine noise in am on way to work - 11.6 miles. Went to lunch - another 6 miles - noise a little louder - not bad - just a little louder. Go home in evening - made it another 6 miles and noise sounded like some one was crashing into the back of the truck as the back end locked up and sent me skidding across the road. Luckily no one was in the lane next me!! failure according to dealer was from the 'vent' tube being clogged and causing it overheat and blow the seals... so, almost a catastrophic accident if was on highway, and now 3500 dollars to fix because of a 5 dollar check valve! this is insane. Google around for the Titan rear diff, and I am not the only one out there!!!!
The seal on the drivers side rear failed, began to leak oil all over the inside of the rim and the brakes. This was within a few miles after having had a dealership press a new bearing onto the axle and occurred within an hour of the vehicle having been picked up from the shop. Dealership admits to having seen an issue with the rear differential and knowing that it would leak but having decided to not inform the customer about the issue.
I bought a brand new 2004 Nissan Titan from a dealership in Ohio in September of 2004. Had a few other issues about the truck during all this time of ownership but Nissan had issued recalls to take care of those issues and I was pleased with them and their service. I am at present experiencing rear differential problems related to leaking rear seals and faulty components in the entire rear differential assembly. I have read thousands of reported differential problems on the 2004 through 2010 Titans and Nissan North America refuses to take responsibility to eliminate this safety defect and recall all the Titans for new differential replacements at Nissan expense. I hope to god people driving the Titans are not killed because of this obvious problem and defect in workmanship and material. I will never deal with Nissan ever again for anything and everyone I come in contact with for the rest of my life will be told by me how unreliable and honest the Nissan company is I just spent $2900 dollars to replace my differential with a newly engineered and designed differential made by designed by and install on my truck by Nissan employee's. never again!
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- Janesville, WI, USA