NHTSA Complaint #10823295 — 2005 NISSAN XTERRA

AFTER A YEAR OF OWNERSHIP AT APPROX.. 108000 MILES, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HAD IT TOWED TO REG. GARAGE AND SUBSEQUENTLY ANOTHER GARAGE WITH BETTER DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AS THE CODE WOULD NOT HOLD/REPLICATE EASILY. CODE WAS FOR ECM, WHICH WAS REPAIRED AT OWNERS COST (UNAWARE OF RECALL). THERE WAS MIX OF ANTIFREEZE/OIL DUE TO LEAK IN RADIATOR. FLUSHED SYSTEM AND REPLACED RADIATOR AT OWNER'S COST. WITHIN WEEKS, VEHICLE WAS NOT ACCELERATING CORRECTLY AND CODE SHOWING EMISSIONS ISSUE AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER ISSUE. LOOKING AT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIR COSTS WHICH APPEAR TO SIMPLY BE A BAND-AID UNTIL THE ISSUE BEGINS AGAIN. STILL PAYING ON THE VEHICLE AND A NEW MOM OF TWINS. NOW STUCK WITH AN UNSAFE VEHICLE RIDDLED WITH REPAIR COSTS FOR AN ISSUE THAT NISSAN IS WELL AWARE OF AND SHOULD HAVE FIXED. HOW FRUSTRATING THAT THIS ISSUE IS STILL IN LIMBO AFTER 2 YEARS, HOW THIS CANNOT BE SEEN AS A CONSTANTLY RECURRING PROBLEM WHICH IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF NISSAN IS BEYOND ME. THESE ISSUES OCCURRED WHILE IN MOTION ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND ON SIDE ROADS WITH HILLS.