NHTSA Complaint #10438798 — 2005 NISSAN XTERRA

MY NISSAN XTERRA STARTED MAKING A VIBRATION SOUND AROUND AUGUST OF 2011. IT SOUNDED LIKE YOUR VEHICLE WAS RUNNING OVER A "RUMBLE STRIP". IT WAS INFREQUENT AT FIRST SO I IGNORED IT. I DID NOTICE SOME OTHER WARNING SIGNS OF POTENTIAL TROUBLE (AT HINDSIGHT). THE VEHICLES HEATER WOULD NEVER HEAT THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE AT IDLE, BUT WOULD DO IT AT SPEED. NISSAN KNOWS THE ISSUE IS A DEFECT BUT REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. SEVERAL TIMES WHILE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WOULD SHUDDER AND ALMOST RESULT IN A ACCIDENT. I HAVE ONLY NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. NISSAN EXTENDED THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY TO 80,000 MILES BECAUSE THEY KNOW OF THE ISSUE, BUT REFUSE TO ADMIT ITS A DEFECT. HAD I BEEN INFORMED ABOUT THE WARRANTY EXTENSION I MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE IT SERVICES WHILE WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD. MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT 83,000 MILES, BUT WITHIN THE 96 MONTH PORTION OF THE WARRANTY. I'M CURRENTLY AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE I'M WORRIED THE TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL AT HIGH SPEED AND RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR