Was driving at about 40 mph with cruise control on, when my passenger and I noticed extreme vibrations and noises. Began slowing to turn into a gas station just ahead when the clunking became so violent the front of the vehicle was bouncing. As I turned into the gas station, there was a loud bang, smoke billowed from the hood, and the engine stalled leaving me with no power steering. I turned as hard as I could to avoid gas pumps and people fueling their cars, and ended up running up a curb with no power to steer away. Smoke and oil continued running from the front of my truck for several minutes. I feel fortunate to have walked away from such a violent breakdown.

I am told the truck needs a new engine and transmission resulting from a broken crankshaft, and have been refused any warranty or good will assistance. I was given a quote for $37,000. Thought it was a joke, but then again this whole experience has been hard to accept as reality.

This is unbelievable! I was driving the vehicle to a local Home Depot when the vehicle jerked a few times. It seemed to have smoothed out after that. I continued about 1/8th of a mile into the parking lot when it jerked again. This time the engine stopped short. I tried to restart it, but it cranked like the batteries were dead. They were not. I paid to have it towed to the local dealership.

I called on Monday and they told me they hadn't had a chance to look at it. I called on Tuesday and they told me that they were still diagnosing the problem. When I called on Wednesday, the service manager spoke with me and told me that the crankshaft had broke and spun in the block tearing up the internals of the block. I have NEVER heard of a crankshaft breaking! They are in the process of acquiring a long block from Nissan. I hope this works out. I will repost.

Also, I know I am only supposed to post 1 issue at a time. But, this occurred simultaneously. When it was towed in, the dealer told me there were 3 open recalls on the vehicle. I received one. This one was for a problem with a rear seatbelt. I hadn't brought it in yet for the repair. I had it for about 1.5 weeks.

Update from Mar 26, 2018: It took a while but, I got my Titan back last Thursday. They replaced the engine with a new long block. (Heads, block, internals etc..) This engine runs like the original never did. I am very happy so far. No turbo lag! Much quieter. It seems Nissan and Cummins stepped up to the plate on this repair. There was also a recall on the tool boxes in the bed. They replace both boxes.