Automatic Transmission problems of the 2006 Nissan Xterra

The contact owns a 2006 Nissan Xterra. The contact stated that when depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The failure occurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 170,000.

We brought our Nissan 2006 Xterra in to the boardwalk auto center. Redwood city, CA - Nissan to have them check on what we thought was another transmission issue (Nissan replaced the transmission, at their expense over $8000, once and the fuel gauge twice plus a couple of other recall items). When we picked up the car they told us we needed a new timing chain for about $2000 (we have heard these are not normal items to be replaced and should last the lifetime of the car). We can't believe there is yet another major expensive problem part with this car! when does this car become a lemon and how many major items are going to need to be replaced? what is happening to Nissan? has the timing chain issue been investigated and how many other people are having this problem?.

My daughter (17years old) was driving the 2006 Nissan Xterra and the transmission went inoperable and the vehicle would not move. No warning and no indication of failure. Nissan stated that the radiator leaked into the transmission and they would warrenty it if it was under 80,000 miles. This vehicle has 87,000 miles and the dealer said that no warrenty can be granted but they would be happy to take a $5000 charge to fix it.

I have a 2006 Nissan Xterra and driving my car in started driving like in neutral so I had my car towed and the shop told me there was a crack in the radiator hose that caused fluid to go into transmission and ruined it. I had my car towed to a Nissan dealer and they said yes they knew about this and had issued an extended warranty to 80,000 miles my car has 100,000 miles on it so it wouldnt be covered. I felt since they clearly had a design flaw in the radiator hose connection that could cause the transmission to give out and be dangerous it should have been a recall issue. It shouldnt matter how many miles you have on the car it was a defective design by Nissan and should have been corrected. All you have to do is search on the internet and you will fill many many pages of complaints about this issue. I find it hard to believe that a car company could be aware of a design flaw that is more likely to occur than not but not stand behind the vehicle and take care of it regardless the miles. It is over $5,000 to fix and it is wrong for Nissan not to have recalled this. Why when it is repaired does the new radiator have a different hose connection?? because they know it was a deffective design first time around. Just wrong, I will never buy anther Nissan again.

My 2006 Nissan Xterra started shaking when driving at around 60mph. It would do this for 3-5 seconds as I sped up or slowed down. I was told by the Nissan dealership that there was a leak between my radiator and transmission. I was also told that both needed to be replaced. My vehicle is at 91,000 miles and even though I purchased the extended warranty to 100,000 miles, I was told it would not be cover unless I provided paperwork showing I flushed the radiator at 30,000 and 60,000 miles. I was able to provide the paperwork and they still have not agreed to cover it under the warranty.

A common problem with Nissan pathfinder/xterra/frontiers equipped with automatic transmissions, is the radiator failing and leaking coolant into the transmission via a portion of the transmission system that passes through the radiator. This problem is most common with 2005 to 2008 model Nissans. The first sign of this failure is a slight vibration at 40-50 mph when the vehicle shifts from 4th to overdrive (5th) gear. At this point the damage, apparently, has been done. In worst case situations the vehicles can fall into "safe mode" causing the vehicle's operator to lose control due to undesired transmission operation. By visiting many Nissan owner forums and internet search engines, this is a wide spread problem for Nissan owners. It has been my personal experience that Nissan has made no offer of assistance for most customers with this problem. I feel that this problem is widespread and dangerous and is a design flaw by Nissan and/or its parts vendors and should be corrected at no cost to vehicle owners. Nissan should replace radiators on all models effected and should replace transmissions in any vehicles that have had this failure.

1: 2006 Nissan Xterra started having shifting problems and started leaking milky rainbow colored oil. 2: happens in first gear all the time now. Took it in to shop when it started. 3: repair shop said it needs a new transmission because radiator has leaked into the transmission. $7000. Got a quote for $5700 and will be taking it there tomorrow.

The contact owns a 2006 Nissan Xterra. The contact stated that while on an incline facing upward and when the vehicle was in drive it will rolled backwards. The dealer informed the contact that it was a common feature on all their vehicles. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 40,000.