NHTSA Complaint #10247573 — 2004 NISSAN TITAN

I HAVE HAD AN ODD EXHAUST SOUND FROM MY NISSAN TITAN FOR OVER 18 MONTHS. WHEN I FINALLY TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS WERE CRACKED AND REPAIRS COST $1400.00. I WAS TOLD A THE DEALER AND AT SEVERAL MUFFLER SHOPS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON DEFECT DUE THE CAST NATURE OF THE MANIFOLD AND THE EXCESSIVE WEIGHT OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WELDED ONTO THE MANIFOLD. THE REPLACEMENT PART WERE A NEW DESIGN AND THE DEALER SAID THEY WILL NOT CRACK. SINCE MY TRUCK HAD 105,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE SERVICE WAS DONE THERE IS NO WARRANTY COVERAGE. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE 2004 AND 2005 NISSAN TITAN PICKUPS AND THE COST OF REPAIRS SHOULD BE BORNE BY NISSAN AND NOT BY THE CONSUMER. I AM HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE A CLASS ACTION SUITE FILED ON THE CONSUMER'S BEHALF EITHER BY AN INDIVIDUAL, THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. *TR