2006 Nissan Titan Suspension

THE WELD ON THE LEFT REAR SHACKLE THAT HOLDS THE LEAF SPRING IN PLACE RUSTED THROUGH AND THE LEAF SPRING PUSHED UP THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK BED CAUSING A HOLE. IN MY OPINION BASED ON MY INSPECTION THE WELD FAILED DUE TO RUST. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN 2006 AND HAD CORROSION PROTECTION APPLIED. THIS TYPE OF WEAR AND TEAR SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO A VEHICLE LIKE THIS. I HAVE TAKEN PHOTOS TO DOCUMENT THE DAMAGE. I AM GOING TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO NISSAN TO REVIEW THE ISSUE.

RIGHT REAR SPRING SHACKLE BROKE AT THE WELDS WHILE DRIVING ALLOWING THE LEAF SPRING TO BE THRUST UP AGAINST THE UNDER SIDE OF THE BED. BY LUCK OR OTHER I WAS TO BE TOWING OUR TRAVEL TRAILER LATER IN THE DAY FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.A CURSORY SEARCH FOUND A HIGH NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF BROKEN SHACKLES IN MODEL YEAR 04-07. SHACKLES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN UPGRADED IN MODEL YEAR 08. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO SELF OR OTHERS HAD THE AXLE SHIFTED RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A NOISE FROM MY BACKEND AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF MY TRUCK. I GOT OUT AND CHECKED TO FIND MY LEAF SPRING BUSTED AND STICKING THROUGH MY TRUCK BED. I CALLED NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA AND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO OFFER ANY HELP BECAUSE OF IT BEING A USED VEHICLE. IT SEEMS IT WOULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO DO A RECALL NOW UNTIL WAITING UNTIL SOMEONE IS KILLED. WHEN I ASKED THE YOUNG LADY WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TIME WHEN THE OTHER SIDE GOES AND I GET INTO A FATAL ACCIDENT KILLING MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE? HER REPLY WAS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT WHEN IT HAPPENS. WHAT LOUSY CUSTOMER SERVICE. *TR

I HEARD A VERY ABNORMAL CLUNK FROM REAR OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING WHICH WAS INITIALLY FOLLOWED BY VERY UNSTABLE VEHICLE DYNAMICS (VEHICLE SWAYED HEAVILY FROM SIDE TO SIDE). I INITIALLY THOUGHT I'D INADVERTENTLY HIT AN OBSTACLE OR POTHOLE IN THE ROAD BUT AT THE NEXT STOP I NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS LEANING HEAVILY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE (>2" LOWER THAN THE RIGHT). I INSPECTED THE UNDERCARRIAGE BUT COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG SO CHECKED TIRE PRESSURES (ALL FINE AT ~34-36PSI). NOT BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE ISSUE, I ASSUMED IT WAS JUST THE WAY WE'D LOADED THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED DRIVING (WE WERE MORE THAN 6 HRS FROM HOME). AFTER UNLOADING THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, I REALISED SOMETHING ELSE WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG BECAUSE THE SEVERE LEAN WAS STILL PRESENT. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH FOR "NISSAN TITAN LEANING" LED ME TO CHECK FOR A BROKEN REAR SHACKLE. INSPECTING THE FLOOR OF THE BED WAS ENOUGH CONFIRMATION THAT THE LEFT HAND REAR SHACKLE HAD INDEED BROKEN (HUGE BULGE IN THE FLOOR OF THE BED WHERE THE LEAF SPRING SLAMMED UP INTO THE BODY). NO LESS THAN 26 SEPARATE REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE WWW.TITANTALK.COM FORUM ABOUT THE ISSUE (PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE). I WAS LUCKIER THAN SOME WHERE LEAF SPRINGS BROKE THROUGH THE BED FLOOR COMPLETELY (HAVE PHOTOS TO SUPPORT THIS). THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A DEFECT AND INSTEAD QUOTED $480 FOR THE REPAIR. I HAVE SINCE CONFIRMED THAT NISSAN REINFORCED THE SHACKLES IN 2008 AND SUPERCEDED THE OLDER DESIGN (DAMNING EVIDENCE IN ITSELF). FOR THE RECORD, THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WITH MY PREGNANT WIFE, 3 YR OLD SON AND FATHER-IN-LAW AS PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE. IT IS DAUNTING TO CONSIDER HOW MANY DRIVERS AND FAMILIES ARE AT RISK AS A RESULT OF NISSAN'S FAILURE TO REPORT THIS TO THE NHTSA. GUESS IT TAKES A FEW DEATHS BEFORE THE LIABILITY EXCEEDS THE RECALL COST. *TR

I NOTICED A SOUND COMING FROM MY BACKEND. WHEN I GOT HOME I OPENED MY TAILGATE I FOUND THAT MY DRIVER SIDE LEAF SPRING SHACKLE HAD FAILED AND THE LEAF SPRING HAD PUNCTURED MY BED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ONLY TO FIND OUT THE $2000 WARRANTY THROUGH WHEELZ I PURCHASED DID NOT COVER IT. IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON THING YET NISSAN ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THE CONTACT WAS THEN INFORMED THAT GEAR OIL FROM THE AXLE WAS LEAKING ONTO VARIOUS COMPONENTS AND COMPARTMENTS OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN IN FOR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE PICK UP BED WAS LOPSIDED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE SHACKLE THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE LEAF SPRING WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61000. UPDATED 8/6/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER SIDE LEAF SPRING SHACKLE HAD BROKEN INTO PIECES AND THE LEAF SPRING PUSHED THE TRUCK BED UP AND CREATED A LARGE BULGE. UPDATED 08/14/12 *JB

I DIDN'T HAULED ANY HEAVY LOAD IN MY NISSAN TITAN 2006 AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED TO THE BROKEN LEAF SPRING SHACKLE. AS I DRIVING I FELT THE TRUCK HAVE AN ODD MOVING MOTION ON THE ROAD. I PARKED THE TRUCK AND THE TRUCK BED SEEMS LIKE ITS LOP-SIDED WHEN YOU LOOK STRAIGHT TO THE TRUCK BED. I LOOK UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK BED AND SAW THE REAR DRIVER SIDE LEAF SPRING SHACKLE BROKEN APART AND PUNCTURED A LARGE SEAM TO THE TOP OF THE TRUCK BED. *TR

LEFT REAR LEAF SPRING SHACKLE FRACTURED ON A SMOOTH ROAD, CAUSING THE LEAF SPRING TO IMPACT AND DEFORM THE BED AND DEGRADING HANDLING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE LEAF SPRING WAS PIERCED THROUGH THE TRUCK BED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95,111.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN XE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEAP SPRING WAS PUSHED UP INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK ABNORMALLY AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BED LINER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS NOT COMFORTABLE PERFORMING THE REPAIRS BECAUSE ADDITIONAL BODY WORK WOULD BE NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SHACKLE, WHICH WAS HOLDING THE LEAF SPRING, WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE FOR THE FAILURE BUT THE BODY DAMAGE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. UPDATED 03/24/11*LJ

AT 38,000 MILES THE DRIVE SIDE REAR AXLE SEAL ON MY 2006 NISSAN TITAN STARTED LEAKING SPREADING GREASE ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL. THIS WAS NOT IN ANY WAY DUE TO NEGLECT OF THE VEHICLE, OFF ROAD 4-WHEEL DRIVE DRIVING OR VIA AUTO ACCIDENT AS I DRIVE EXCLUSIVELY ON PAVED ROADS AND THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. I FEEL THIS COULD EASILY HAVE COVERED MY BRAKES WITH GREASE AND OIL AND CAUSED LONGER STOPPING DISTANCES WHICH OF COURSE COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SPRING SHACKLE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE SPRING SHACKLE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER COVERED THE COST OF REPAIRS AFTER THE CONTACT EXPRESSED HIS CONCERNS OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000. UPDATED 03/24/11*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE CONTACT OPENED THE TAILGATE AND NOTICED THAT THE LEAF SPRING HAD PIERCED THROUGH THE TRUCK BED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE LEAF SPRING WAS EXTENDED FROM THE DRIVER SIDE REAR STRUT TOWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

2006 NISSAN TITAN SE KING CAB 4X4 OFFROAD BIGTOW. THE DRIVER'S SIDE LEAF SPRING SHACKLE UNRAVELED AT THE WELD AND THE LEAF SPRING SHOT THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE BED AND CREATED A BIG HOLE. I CONTACTED NISSAN HQ TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR SINCE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK PRE-OWNED W/ 44,XXX MILES. THIS MALFUNCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES ONLINE AND ON THE NHTSA SITE. IT SEEMS THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE WEAK SHACKLES FOR MODEL YEAR TITANS 2004-2007 BECAUSE THEY REDESIGNED AND STRENGTHENED THE SHACKLE IN 2008 AND UP MODELS. I HAD A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACE THE SHACKLES W/ 2008+ TITAN SHACKLES AND PLUG/WELD THE HOLE. *TR

FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING TOWER WELD BROKE. UPDATED 06/30/11 *BF UPDATED 1/18/2012 *LN *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD THUDDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN HOME WHERE THE DRIVER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT A LARGE SPRING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE PIERCED THROUGH THE FLAT BED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR LEAF SPRING FRACTURED FROM THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND PIERCED THROUGH THE FLAT BED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 94,000.

WAS DOING NORMAL ROAD DRIVING WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG. DID A QUICK VISUAL INSPECTION WHEN I HAD A CHANCE TO STOP BUT DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING AS I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE NEXT DAY I LOOKED ONCE AGAIN AND NOTICED A HUMP IN THE BED OF MY TRUCK AND THE SEEMS OF THE BED HAD BEEN SEPARATED. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND SAW THAT THE LEAF SPRING SHACKLE HAD BUSTED AND WENT THROUGH THE BED OF THE TRUCK. *TR

2006 NISSAN TITAN 4X4, WHILE DRIVING ON TRIP WITH YOUNG DAUGHTER HEARD LOUD BANG FROM REAR OF TRUCK. OBSERVED ROAD FOR ANY DEBRIS I MAY HAVE HIT, FOUND NOTHING. PERFORMED QUICK INSPECTION ON SIDE OF ROAD & SAW NOTHING, CONTINUED TRIP & NOTICED BAD RIDE FROM SUSPENSION. REINSPECTED AFTER ARRIVING HOME & FOUND THAT ONE OF THE LEAF SPRING SHACKLES HAD SNAPPED IN TWO AND THREW THE LEAF SPRING INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK CAUSING A HOLE IN THE BED. THE FAILED SHACKLE ALSO CAUSED EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO THE SHOCK ABSORBER CAUSING IT TO FAIL ALSO. REPLACED THE SHACKLES AND SHOCKS BUT STILL HAVE A BAD RATTLE COMING FROM REAR END. AARG!!!! *TR

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE. I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE HIT, OR RUN OVER SOMETHING, BUT SAW NOTHING IN OR ALONG THE ROAD. I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING AT FIRST, AND THEN MY WIFE NOTICED A RAISED AREA OF THE TRUCK BED ON THE DRIVER SIDE NEAR THE TAILGATE. WE LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW THAT THE SPRING SHACKLE WAS BROKEN, AND THE END OF THE SPRING WAS LODGED UP AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BED. I TOW A 6500LB. CAMPER WITH THIS TRUCK, BUT WAS NOT IN TOW AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN TITAN KING CAB 4X4. LAST THURSDAY I HEARD A LOUD BANG IN THE BACK END OF MY TRUCK. I LOOKED AROUND AND DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE ANYTHING. FRIDAY I HEARD MORE NOISE FROM THE BACK END AND MADE AND APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. SATURDAY WAS MORE NOISE, BUT GETTING MUCH WORSE. SUNDAY I WENT TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE BED OF MY TRUCK AND SAW A HOLE ON THE BACK PASSENGERS SIDE CORNER WITH A PART COMING THROUGH THE BED. I THEN GOT UNDERNEATH MY TRUCK TO FIND THAT THE LEAF SPRING HAD BROKEN IN HALF AND FIRED A PIECE OF MY SUSPENSION THROUGH THE BED OF MY TRUCK. I BROUGHT IT TO BE FIXED TODAY AND THE MECHANIC SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN A LOT OF THESE WITH A BAD WELD AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT NISSAN BECAUSE HE HEARD THEY WERE POSSIBLY GOING TO RECALL THEM FOR LEAF SPRING. I CHECKED ONLINE AND COULDN'T FIND A RECALL FOR A BAD WELD ON A LEAF SPRING, BUT I DID FIND THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING SO THAT IS WHY I AM FILING A COMPLAINT. HOPEFULLY NISSAN DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THEM LIKE TOYOTA IS DOING BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR FAULTY LEAF SPRINGS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE ALIGNED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT UPPER LINK MOUNTING BRACKET AND PAN HARD BRACKET ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SERVICED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WAS 55000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE LEAF SPRING SHACKLE COMPLETELY BROKE CAUSING THE SPRING TO GO THROUGH THE BED OF THE TRUCK. THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE INSPECTION. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 58,000.

THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AROUND A TURN WITH NO LOAD IN THE BED. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE LEAF SPRING SHACKLE BROKE AT THE WELD. CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS ALMOST LOST. *TR

2006 NISSAN TITAN LE DRIVERSIDE LEAF SPRING HANGER CRACKED AND BROKE SENDING LEAF INTO BED FLOOR, ALSO MAKING LOAD ON TRAILER SHIFT AND LOST CONTROL. TRAILER CAME UNATTACHED AND FLIPPED, TOTAL LOSS OF TRAILER. *TR