2005 Nissan Titan Power Train

HAVE A NISSAN 4X4 TITAN. BOUGHT IT NEW. FOR THE SECOND TIME THE REAR END LOCKED UP BREAKING THE DRIVE SHAFT. GOOD THING THIS HAPPENED AT MINIMAL SPEED. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. NISSAN REPAIRED THE FIRST TIME DUE TO OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY. THEY SHOULD BE LIABLE BECAUSE THEY MUST KNOW THE REPAIR THEY DO WILL FAIL AGAIN. THESE VEHICLES WITH ALL THEIR PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD IN MY OPINION. *TR

JUST REGULAR DRIVING, THE REAR WHEEL SEALS LEAK AND SEEMS TO ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL VENT. DEALERSHIP SAID MORE THAN LIKELY I WILL NEED A WHOLE NEW REAREND. *TR

2005 NISSAN TITAN SE 4X4 - REQUIRES AN ENTIRE REAR END REPLACEMENT. NO KNOWN EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE; REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS MAKING MAJOR BANGING AND GRINDING NOISES. MECHANIC FOUND IT TO BE FULL OF METAL CHUNKS AND SHARDS DUE TO A GEAR FAILURE. THIS THEN LED TO A CHAIN REACTION DAMAGING THE MAJORITY OF THE REAR AXLE COMPONENTS. TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET, BUT NISSAN TELLS ME THAT IT WILL REQUIRE A WHOLE NEW REAR END COSTING ALMOST $4000. I CAN ASK THAT THE SERVICE DEPT. TO HOLD ON TO THE OLD PARTS ONCE THE REPAIRS ARE PERFORMED. *TR

BOTH REAR AXLE SEALS LEAKING. HAD A COMPLETE REAR END REPLACEMENT AT 58,000 MILES. CURRENTLY HAVE 100,000 MILES AND BOTH REAR SEALS ARE LEAKING AGAIN. I TOWED A 2990 LBS TRAILER FROM MICHIGAN TO WEST VIRGINIA, THE MORNING AFTER GETTING HOME I NOTICED THE LEAKS AND POPPING IN REAR END WHEN PULLING OUT. FIRST TIME TOWING WITH THIS TRUCK. MILEAGE IS ALL HIGHWAY. COMMUTED 120 MILES PER DAY TO WORK. I HAVE BEEN ON FORUMS AND SEEN COUNTLESS OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. NISSAN IS VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WILL NOT EVEN MAKE PARTS AVAILABLE. THEY ARE JUST REPLACING THE ENTIRE REAR ENDS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR IT. NOT SURE WHAT TO DO OTHER THAN FIX IT ONE MORE TIME AND THEN SUE UNDER LEMON LAW WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. *TR

CONTINUING PROBLEMS WITH 2005 NISSAN TITAN. CURRENT ISSUE IS FAILING REAR AXLE. I HAVE COMPLAINED NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM I.E. WHINNING, CLUNK BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL AS VEHICLE AGES. INDICATED TO LOCAL DEALER PROBLEMS REPORTED WITH FAILING AXLES, AND AXLE SEALS AND AXLE BREATHER PROBLEMS. THEY INDICATED THEY WERE UNAWARE OF VERY MANY SUCH PROBLEMS. NOISE AND CLUNK BECAME WORSE AND I BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE VIA WEB AND THROUGH MY ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP (CLUB TITAN) AND DISCOVERED A LARGE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES. BACK TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO FINALLY ADMITTED KNOWN ISSUES WITH AXLES. PAST WARRANTY AT THIS POINT, THEY RECOMMENDED CONTACTING NISSAN NORTH AMERICA. CALLED AND DESCRIBED ISSUES, THEY ASSIGNED FILE # AND ASKED ME TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSIS (WHICH I HAD TO AGAIN PAY FOR) AND INFORMATION ABOUT ANY PREVIOUS NISSAN VEHICLES OWNED. BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN THE REQUESTED INFORMATION, NISSAN CALLED BACK AND DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE CITING AGE/MILEAGE OF VEHICLE. I INDICATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM, NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT HAS OCCURRED AFTER THE WARRANTY. THEY CALLED BACK SEVERAL DAYS LATER AND INDICATED THAT THERE IS NO RECORD ANYWHERE OF ANY COMPLAINTS ON MY PART REGARDING THE AXLE PROBLEM. SEEMS STRANGE THAT OTHER HISTORY EXISTS (BRAKE PROBLEMS, RECALLS, ETC.) ON MY VEHICLE, BUT ODDLY "NOTHING" ABOUT AXLE PROBLEMS. WE ARE MOVING SOON, AND I CANNOT AFFORD THE OUT OF POCKET REPAIRS, BUT I CANNOT PUT MY FAMILY AT RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN TITAN 4X4 WITH THE OFF ROAD PACKAGE. ON THE 3RD OF OCTOBER 2010 I NOTICED WHEN I TOOK A LEFT TURN AND ACCELERATED THROUGH THE TURN I HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND THE REAR OF THE TRUCK HOPPED. ON THE 4TH I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD BROKEN TEETH AND IT IS A RECURRING PROBLEM. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 44,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. MY FACTORY WARRANTY EXPIRED IN JUNE 2010. FIRST TIME FAILURE HAS OCCURRED. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY EVALUATED THE PROBLEM AND SENT A USED PART TO THE REPAIR FACILITY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING TO HAVE IT REPLACED AND RETURNED TO ME. *TR

REAR WHEEL SEAL LEAK. JUST STARTED AND LOOKING TO REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 15 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN UNUSUAL BANG FROM UNDERNEATH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE DRIVE SHAFT FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD LOCKED. THE DEALER REPAIRED AND REPLACED THE DRIVE SHAFT, REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND THE REAR SEAL TRANSFER CASE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL PINION FLANGE FRACTURED, CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,951 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,253. UPDATED 01/20/11 *BF UPDATED0 3/24/11

2005 NISSAN TITAN REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE PURCHASED USED W/ 75,000 WHINING IN REAR INSPECTION FOUND SPIDER GEARS BROKEN. EXTENDED WARRANTY REPLACEMENT. *TR

05 NISSAN TITAN - CLUNKING SOUND I THOUGHT WAS A U-JOINT IS MY REAR END FIXING TO GO. RIGHT REAR SEAL LEAKING DIFFERENTIAL FLUID ON MY REAR BRAKES SAFETY HAZARD. IF MY REAR END WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING 70MPH WHICH I DO EVERY DAY. IT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS MAYBE FATAL RESULT. I HAVE A 6 AND 4 YEAR OLD THAT ARE WITH ME EVERYDAY IN THE TRUCK. WELL KNOWN PROBLEM THAT NISSAN NEEDS TO FIX! *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN TITAN LE CREW CAB 4WD PICKUP TRUCK AND JUST EXPERIENCED A DANGEROUS FAILURE OF THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. AFTER SOME INITIAL THUMPING SOUNDS EMANATING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE DURING TURNS, I WAS TURNING INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN THE ENTIRE REAR END LOCKED UP MOMENTARILY. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP TO AN AUTO REPAIR FACILITY ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GEARS IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD FAILED (TEETH BROKEN OFF). VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED AT A COST OF OVER $3,000. I WILL SAVE THE FAILED PART. AFTER RESEARCH ON THE WEB, THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON AND EXPENSIVE OCCURRENCE. GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE FAILURE (REAR WHEEL LOCKING), I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE BEHIND ME. *TR

2005 NISSAN TITAN DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE HAPPENED FOR NO APPARENT REASON JUST AFTER STARTING OUT IN THE MORNING LEAVING THE DRIVEWAY. I AM TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. DIFFERENTIAL WAS REPLACED 30,000 - 40,000 MILES AGO BY A DIFFERENT DEALER SERVICE FACILITY WHEN LEAKY SEALS WERE SERVICED BUT NOT FOR A DIFFERENTIAL PROBLEM. I AM ASSUMING THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL RING AND PINION GEARS, GASKETS AND LUB WILL BE REPLACED. *TR

I'M THE ONLY OWNER OF MY 2005 NISSAN TITAN CREW CAB AND I'VE BEEN HAPPY WITH THE TRUCK FOR 105,000 MILES - UNTIL THIS PAST WEEKEND WHEN, AT HIGHWAY SPEED, I BEGAN TO HEAR A WHINING NOISE. AFTER STOPPING AND VERIFYING THAT NOTHING WAS VISIBLY WRONG UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK BODY (NO LEAKS, ETC) I DROVE ON. I STOPPED A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD TO CHECK AGAIN AND WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT HEARD A LOUD CLUNK. I COASTED TO A STOP AND FOUND MY DRIVE SHAFT ON THE GROUND. CARRIAGE NISSAN IN GAINESVILLE GEORGIA IS QUOTING A PRICE OF SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR REPAIRS. I'VE BEEN DILIGENT ABOUT MAINTENANCE ON THIS VEHICLE AND THERE IS NO GOOD REASON WHY THE TRUCK'S REAR END SHOULD COMPLETELY FAIL THIS WAY. ONLINE, I'VE LEARNED I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE. ANY HELP OUT THERE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE OF US WITH THIS PROBLEM? *TR

RIGHT AND LEFT REAR AXLE SEALS BLEW OUT AND LEAKED DIFFERENTIAL FLUID. DIFFERENTIAL FLUID LEAKING ON REAR BRAKE ROTORS WHICH COULD CAUSE BRAKE FAILURE, WHICH WAS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN TO ME. BOUGHT USED ON 3/22/2010 WITH 61,611 MILES ON VEHICLE. NO SUSPENSION MODIFICATIONS HAD BEEN DONE TO VEHICLE. ALSO, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL OIL WILL SLOWLY LEAK AND CAUSE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL TO LOSE FLUID AND FAIL. AS THIS SEEMED TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE NISSAN TITAN, NISSAN SHOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND OFFER A PERMANENT FIX SO WE WOULD NOT BE FACED WITH THE SAFETY ISSUE IN THE FUTURE. *TR

2005 NISSAN TITAN TRUCK REQUIRES REAR DIFFERENTIAL REPLACEMENT. LOCAL DEALER DENIED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THIS IS REFUTED BY THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FILED UNDER THE LEMON LAW BILL AS FOLLOWS: HTTP://WWW.LEMONLAWCLAIMS.COM/NISSAN%20TITAN%20DIFFERENTIAL%20DEFECT.HTM NISSAN USA SHOULD RECALL THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS KNOW DEFECT BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MY 2005 NISSAN TITAN (SE CREW CAB 4X4 OFF-ROAD EDITION WITH TOW PACKAGE) AND STARTED HEARING A LOUD METAL ON METAL SOUND FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. I ALSO COULD FEEL A LARGE JOLT WHEN ACCELERATING AND BRAKING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING AND THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW REAR DIFFERENTIAL, AND THAT I ALSO NEEDED TO REPLACE THE SEAL ON THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST $3,500 TO REPLACE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND $400 TO FIX THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. THE TRUCK HAS ONLY 67,000 MILES ON IT, AND IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE HAD ALL THE RECOMMENDED SERVICES ON THE VEHICLE, AND DO NOT USE THE VEHICLE FOR OFF-ROADING, NOR DO I USE THE VEHICLE TO TOW. NISSAN SAID THEY WOULD ONLY CONTRIBUTE A THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARD THE REPAIR. THE DEALERSHIP ORDERED THE PARTS TODAY. THIS IS YET ANOTHER TITAN TO ADD TO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL PROBLEMS LIST. *TR

REAR AXLE SEAL FAILED ON 2005 NISSAN TITAN, 59,000 MILEAGE. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, LEAKING REAR DIFFERENTIAL FLUID COVERED EMERGENCY BRAKE PADS MAKING THEM INEFFECTIVE AND UNSAFE. NISSAN REPAIR ADVISED REPAIR WAS FULLY MY RESPONSIBILITY. I HAD REAR SEAL AND BEARING REPLACED BY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. *TR

2005 NISSAN TITAN, REAR AXLE SEALS ARE LEAKING, COULD SPRAY ONTO BRAKES AND BECOME A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THOUSANDS OF NISSAN TITANS, IF YOU DO AN INTERNET SEARCH ON GOOGLE FOR NISSAN TITAN AXLE SEAL LEAK, YOU WILL FIND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM. IF THESE BAD AXLE SEALS CAUSE FLUID TO CONTACT BRAKE ROTOR, IT COULD CAUSE BRAKING ISSUES OR ACCIDENTS. NISSAN HAS A TSB# NTB10-032 THAT DISCUSSES THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS UP AND DOWN LARGE HILLS IN TRUCK, STEERING WHEEL BEGINS SHAKING VIOLENTLY, SLOWED DOWN AND SHAKING STOPPED, HEARD LOUD GRINDING NOISE THEN LOUD BANG AND EVEN LOUDER GRINDING. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND SAW THE DRIVESHAFT HAD PULLED BACK FROM REAR BUT WAS STILL CONNECTED. *TR

2005 NISSAN TITAN LE CREW CAB 4X4 WITH A FAILING REAR END DIFFERENTIAL. AT 58K MILES, THE TRUCK REAR END BEGAN TO SLIP BADLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN COMMUTING TO WORK. I DO NOT OFF ROAD OR HAVE OFF ROAD MODIFICATION THAT WOULD EXCEED MANUFACTURES SPECS AND PERFORMANCE. JUST NORMAL DRIVING. NISSAN INDICATES THAT I AM 30 DAYS PAST THE EXPIRATION OF MY WARRANTY, BUT UNDER THE MILEAGE REQUIREMENT. NISSAN NEEDS TO HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR QUALITY CONTROLS ON THE MANUFACTURING OF THESE REAR END ASSEMBLIES. TYPICALLY $2500.00 REPAIR BILL....THAT SHOULD BE SHOULDERED BY NISSAN. *TR

THE REAR AXLE SEALS ARE LEAKING ON MY 2005 NISSAN TITAN. THE OIL IS RUNNING FROM THE AXLE SEALS ON TO THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS AND REAR BRAKE PADS. THIS CAN RESULT IN REAR BRAKE FAILURE AND CAN CAUSE A CRASH. *TR

BROUGHT NISSAN TITAN TO MECHANIC TO HAVE BRAKES CHECKED. UPON REPLACEMENT OF BRAKES FOUND THAT THE REAR SEAL HAD FAILED AND GREASE HAD COVERED THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL AND TIRE RIM. SEALS AND BEARING HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, I HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION, A LOUD THUMP UNDER THE VEHICLE AND THEN THUMPING WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. AFTER TAKING MY TITAN TO A MECHANIC, HE TOLD ME THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS DESTROYED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

RIGHT REAR AXLE SEAL LEAKING. REPLACED ONCE AT 22,000 MILES AND IT IS LEAKING AGAIN AT 75,000 MILES. 2005 NISSAN TITAN LE. *TR

HEARD MY BRAKES SQUEAKING AND STARTED TO INVESTIGATE. SAW OIL RESIDUE ON THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL AND IT WAS ON THE BRAKES AS WELL. THE OIL WAS COMING FROM THE AXLE. THE SEAL IS BAD. NO ACCIDENTS YET, BUT THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF I NEEDED TO STOP IN A HURRY WITH OIL ON MY BRAKES!!! *TR