NHTSA Complaint #10339478 — 2005 NISSAN XTERRA

2005 NISSAN XTERRA WITH 69000 MILES BEGAN SHUTTERING EVERY NOW AND AGAIN WHEN DRIVING AROUND TOWN. IT STARTED GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE TIRE BALANCE AND HAD IT CHECKED. BALANCED THE TIRES, THE SHUTTERING WAS STILL THERE AND BEGAN TO GET WORSE WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS I.E. 60MPH. THE REAR END WOULD SHUTTER VERY HARD TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULDN'T DRIVE IT ANY LONGER. TAKING IT TO THE SHOP REVEALED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD RADIATOR FLUID IN IT WHICH WAS CAUSED BY CRACKED RADIATOR LINES LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE FLUID WAS INTO ALL THE TRANSMISSION GEARS. COME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSANS AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET AROUND THIS PROBLEM IS TO PLACE AN EXTERNAL COOLER TO THE TRANSMISSION. SINCE THE 5YR/60K POWER TRAIN WARRANTY RAN OUT, NISSAN HAS NO INTEREST IN ASSISTING A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM OF THEIRS. THERE COMPLAINT DEPT TAKES THE INFO AND PLACES IT INTO A DATABASE. WELL THE DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AND AN EXTERNAL COOLER WAS INSTALLED WHICH WE HAD TO GO OUT OF POCKET ON ($4100.00). *TR