NHTSA Complaint #10308315 — 2004 NISSAN TITAN

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN TITAN THAT HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE DIFFERENTIAL IN THE REAR END. IN MY CASE THE REAR END DID NOT LOCK UP AT HIGHWAY SPEED BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT HAPPENING IS THERE. AFTER MY PROBLEM OCCURRED I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND DETERMINED THAT MY CASE WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. MY TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED, HAS A TOWING PACKAGE WHICH HAS BEEN USED TO TOW A TRAILER ONLY A FEW TIMES AND HAD ONLY 62,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. FROM WHAT I COULD DETERMINE NISSAN REDESIGNED THE REAR END I N THE 2008 MODEL AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REDUCED BUT THAT DOES NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM FOR THE 2004-2007 MODELS ON THE ROAD. UNFORTUNATELY THE NISSAN SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE FAULTY REAR END WITH THE SAME TYPE WHICH IN MY CASE I CHOSE NOT TO DO. FROM THE INFORMATION I COULD GATHER I WAS BETTER OFF AND SAFER GOING WITH AN AFTERMARKET DIFFERENTIAL WHICH I DECIDED TO DO TO PREVENT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN ANOTHER 3-4 YEARS OR SOONER. I REALIZE THERE ARE NOT LARGE NUMBERS OF NISSAN TITANS ON THE ROAD BUT THIS DOES NOT MAKE THE SITUATION ANY LESS DANGEROUS FOR THE DRIVERS OF THEM. *TR