NHTSA Complaint #10967183 — 2016 NISSAN TITAN

TITAN XD WITH CUMMINS DIESEL AND AISIN TRANSMISSION HAS 4-10 SECONDS OF UNRESPONSIVENESS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A COAST FROM 10-25MPH. THIS HAPPENED TO ME WITH MY FAMILY IN THE TRUCK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC LEAVING US FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. THE PEDAL WAS PRESSED TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSIVENESS FROM THE TRUCK. NO DOWNSHIFT, NO ENGINE REVVING, NO ACCELERATION. IT WAS LIKE I HAD NOT EVEN PRESSED THE PEDAL. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO NISSAN AND MY DEALERSHIP WITHOUT RESOLUTION. ALSO THEIR IS A DELAY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS FROM 40-50MPH. THIS DELAY LAST 3-6 SECONDS AND THEN THE TRUCK WILL DOWNSHIFT TO THE WRONG GEAR, NOT ACCELERATING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3-5 SECONDS, AND THEN WILL FINALLY DOWNSHIFT AGAIN TO THE CORRECT GEAR AND BEGIN ACCELERATING FOR A TOTAL DELAY FROM ACCELERATION COMMAND TO ACTUAL ACCELERATION OCCURRING OF 6-11 SECONDS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MERGE (ASSUMING ON COMING TRAFFIC TRAVELING AT 55MPH) A 4-10 SECOND DELAY MEANS THAT THE DRIVER (ME) MIS-JUDGES THE SPACE AVAILABLE TO MERGER BY 322-806 FT. WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME BECAUSE I EXPECTED THE MY TRUCK TO ACCELERATE WHEN I TOLD IT TO AND NEARLY CAUSED ME TO HAVE A DRIVER SIDE COLLISION WITH HEAD ON TRAFFIC. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS (ASSUMING BOTH VEHICLES ARE DOING 55MPH) A 6-11 SECOND DELAY MEANS THE DRIVER (ME) MIS-JUDGES THE SPACE AVAILABLE TO PASS BY 968 - 1775 FT <-- THAT IS GREATER THAN 1/4 MILE OF GROUND CLOSED BETWEEN ME AND ON COMING TRAFFIC BEFORE THE TRUCK EVEN BEGINS TO ACCELERATE. THIS HAS ALSO LEAD TO A NARROWLY AVOIDED HEAD ON COLLISION ON A RURAL HIGHWAY. BOTH OF THESE CONDITIONS ARE EASILY REPEATABLE AND ARE NOT INTERMITTENT PHENOMENON.