2006 Nissan Titan Engine

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND A LOUD NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, HE COULD SMELL GASOLINE AS THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMALLY LOUD CLICKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 135,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN KING CAB. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH WHEN A NOISE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,400.

LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ARE CRACKED. THEY ARE NORMALLY COVERED UNDER THE EMISSIONS WARRANTY OF 8YR/80K MILES. I AM OUT OF WARRANTY BY 4,000 MILES. I PUT 4K MILES EVERY 3 MONTHS AND I HAVE HEARD THE TICKING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD FOR OVER THIS TIME PERIOD. I CONTACTED NISSAN USA FOR LOYAL CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND WAS DENIED. I FILED AN APPEAL AND WAS DENIED WITHIN 2 HOURS. I HAVE OWNED (3) NISSANS IN THE PAST 7 YEARS AND EXPECT SOME COMPENSATION. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM ON ALL TITANS 2004 TO 2007. THIS SHOULD BE UNDER RECALL FOR EXHAUST GASES GETTING INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *TR

REPEATED CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLDS WHICH CAN LEAK DANGEROUS AND LETHAL EXHAUST FUMES AND CARBON MONOXIDE INTO THE CABIN INTERIOR. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE HEARD AN INDESCRIBABLE NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE (IPDM) AND THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. IN ADDITION, FUEL LEAKED INTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ABNORMALLY, CAUSING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE, THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE MANUFACTURER ASSISTED WITH THE COST OF REPAIRS OF THE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE AND THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

I HAVE A 2006 SE NISSAN TITAN TRUCK, MY CONCERN IS I JUST FOUND OUT FROM MY LOCAL DEALER THAT I HAVE A EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK. THE MAIN REASON FOR MY CONCERN IS... HOW THIS CAME ABOUT WAS BECAUSE I WAS AND STILL AM GETTING EXHAUST FUMES INTO DRIVER COMPARTMENT WHICH IN RETURN GIVES ME HEADACHES, AND ON TWO OCCASIONS CAUSED SERVE DIZZINESS. WHEN I EXPLAINED THIS TO THE DEALER THE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO! I HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO I DRIVE TO SCHOOL, I DON'T NEED THEM GETTING SICK FROM THESE FUMES FROM WHICH I EXPERIENCED! I'M ASKING FOR SOME KIND OF HELP! *TR

DRIVING AT NIGHT AND THE CABIN HEATER WOULDN'T GET WARM. DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT AS I WAS DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MILES. THE NEXT MORNING NOTICED A LARGE POOL OF ANTIFREEZE UNDER THE TRUCK. TOPPED THE COOLANT OFF, FIRED THE TRUCK UP AND LET IT IDLE IN THE DRIVEWAY UNTIL IT CAME UP TO NORMAL TO WARM WATER TEMPERATURE AND ANTIFREEZE BEGAN DRIPPING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RADIATOR. RESEARCHED THE RADIATOR ISSUE AND FOUND SOME TITAN OWNERS HAVE HAD TO REPLACE CRACKED/SPLIT RADIATORS MORE THAN ONCE. TO AVOID MULTIPLE RADIATOR REPLACEMENTS I WILL BE PURCHASING A HIGH PERFORMANCE ALUMINUM RADIATOR AT A SIGNIFICANT COST DIFFERENCE. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE PLASTIC RADIATORS MAY CUT DOWN THE VEHICLES WEIGHT, MAKING IT EASIER TO ATTAIN FEDERAL MPG STANDARDS BUT THE ALL METAL ONES JUST LAST LONGER AND ARE EASILY REPAIRED. HOW MANY TITAN RADIATORS HAVE DRAINED THEIR ANTIFREEZE INTO THE STREET AND THEN THE STORM DRAIN? MAYBE THE EPA SHOULD BE INFORMED SINCE; "ANTIFREEZE IS TOXIC TO HUMANS AND ANIMALS. WASTE ANTIFREEZE CONTAINS HEAVY METALS SUCH AS LEAD, CADMIUM, AND CHROMIUM IN HIGH ENOUGH LEVELS TO POTENTIALLY MAKE IT A REGULATED HAZARDOUS WASTE, SO MOST STATES STRICTLY REGULATE ANTIFREEZE DISPOSAL. ANTIFREEZE GENERATORS AND STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS SHOULD NOT DUMP SPENT ANTIFREEZE ON LAND OR DISCHARGE IT INTO A SANITARY SEWER, STORM DRAIN, DITCH, DRY WELL, OR SEPTIC SYSTEM; DUMPING ANTIFREEZE CAN CAUSE SERIOUS WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS AND MIGHT HARM PEOPLE, PETS, OR WILDLIFE". *TR *KB

BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ARE CRACKED REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. THEIR FAILURE EMITTED RAW ENGINE EXHAUST INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT POTENTIALLY ENDANGERING THE LIFE/HEALTH OF THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS DUE TO CARBON DIOXIDE EXPOSURE THROUGH CABIN AIR INLETS WHEN THE WINDOWS ARE DOWN. AT THE VERY LEAST, AIR POLLUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE EPA OCCURRED MULTIPLIED BY THE VAST NUMBER OF DOCUMENTED NISSAN EXHAUST MANIFOLD FAILURES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

POORLY CONSTRUCTED EXHAUST MANIFOLD(S) EQUIPPED IN 2004-2007 NISSAN TITANS CRACK UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. NEARLY ALL TITANS ON THE ROAD (UP UNTIL ABOUT 2008) ARE EFFECTED BY THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. 2008+ TITANS ARE SAID TO BE EQUIPPED WITH STRONGER MANIFOLDS, BUT THOSE CRACK AS WELL. THIS CRACK, IF NOT TAKEN CARE OF, MAY THROW ERROR CODES WHICH WILL CAUSE THE ENGINE TO LEAN OUT AND POSSIBLY DESTROY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. ASIDE FROM POSSIBLE ENGINE MALFUNCTION DUE TO THIS CRACK, EXHAUST GASES TO NOT PROPERLY EXHAUST OUT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXIT THE MANIFOLDS WITHIN THE ENGINE BAY AND ENTER INTO THE PASSENGER CABIN. AS THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ARE ATTACHED TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, THEY CAN BE REPLACED BY THE 8Y/80K MILE FEDERAL EMISSIONS WARRANTY. HOWEVER, MANY DEALERS WILL NOT LOOK AT THE MANIFOLDS TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE UNTIL AFTER THIS POINT. REPLACING THE MANIFOLDS USING OEM PRODUCTS IS QUITE COSTLY. *KB

2006 NISSAN TITAN SE KING CAB 4X4 OFFROAD BIGTOW. THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ON MY TITAN CRACKED AND 3 SEPARATE NISSAN DEALERSHIPS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOULDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE AND REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. THE SERVICE MANAGERS WOULD CLAIM THAT THEY DID NOT OR COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THESE PARTS ARE COVERED UNDER THE 8 YR/80,000 MILE LONG-TERM EMISSION SYSTEM DEFECTS WARRANTY AND MY TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 69,XXX MILES. THE 3 VISITS TO THE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS SPAN FROM WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK IN 2009 TO 2011. ON MY OWN DIME, I HAD A SHOP REPLACE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS AND THEY CONFIRMED BOTH WERE CRACKED. I HAVE THEM SITTING IN MY GARAGE FOR FURTHER PROOF. I'M CONSIDERING MAKING A CLAIM W/ NISSAN HQ BUT I KNOW IT'LL BE IN VAIN. THERE ARE SEVERAL REPORTS OF CRACKED MANIFOLDS ONLINE. MAYBE THIS WARRANTS A RECALL OR NISSAN CAN PRESS THEIR DEALERS TO HANDLE THIS IN A MORE PROFESSIONAL MANNER. *TR

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR CRACKING ON TITANS, CAUSING EXHAUST FUMES TO ENTER THE TRUCK CAB. VERY DANGEROUS, LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS. UN CONVERTED EXHAUST IS LEAKING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE SO THIS EFFECTS THE EMISSIONS LAWS. THE MANIFOLDS ARE ONE-PIECE WITH THE CATS BY THE WAY. THEY SHOULD ALL BE REPLACED DUE TO EXTREMELY POOR DESIGN AND FAILURE RATE ON MANY TITANS ON FORUMS SUCH AS TITANTALK.COM. *TR

CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE MANY NISSAN TITANS ARE EXPERIENCING PREMATURE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE. SOME FAILURES ARE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE, AS PARTICLES OF THE CORE OF SUCKED UP INTO THE ENGINE. THIS HAS CAUSED FAILURES WHILE DRIVING, AND AS OF YET HAS NOT CAUSED ANY CRASHES OR FIRES. I BELIEVE IT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THERE ARE ARE LARGE NUMBER OF FAILURES BEFORE 80,000 MILES, AND A LARGE NUMBER OF FAILURES RIGHT AFTER 80,000 MILES WHICH LEAVES IT UP TO THE CONSUMER TO PAY $1700+ TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE. NISSAN IS SAYING IT'S NOT AN ISSUE, BUT INTERNET REPORTS OF THE FAILURES WOULD SAY OTHERWISE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. THANKS *TT

LEAKING MANIFOLD; THIS PART WAS RECALLED BY NISSAN BUT UPON COMPLETION OF FORM, I WAS INFORMED THEY CALCULATED THE MILEAGE TO BE BEYOND THEIR WARRANTY. THE LEFT SIDE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. NOW THE RIGHT MANIFOLD HAS CRACKED ALSO AND IS LEAKING EXHAUST FUMES. NISSAN IS AWARE THAT I HAVE THE LEFT SIDE MANIFOLD FOR THEIR INSPECTION AND THEIR LOCAL DEALERSHIP, WHERE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, CONFIRMED THE RIGHT IS ALSO CRACKED. THIS IS A DANGER AND DEFINITE HAZARD DUE TO THE EXHAUST FUMES AND POSSIBLE FIRE YET NISSAN HAS DECLINED ANY ASSISTANCE IN REIMBURSEMENT OR ASSISTANCE IN REPLACING THE RIGHT SIDE MANIFOLD DUE TO THEIR CALCULATION THAT THE MILEAGE WAS BEYOND THEIR WARRANTY COVERAGE. I COULD NOT FIND RECORDS AS TO THE MILEAGE WHEN I REPLACE THE LEFT MANIFOLD. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME WHEN HE REPLACED THE LEFT SIDE MANIFOLD THAT HE WOULD EXPECT THAT THE RIGHT TO DO THE SAME.

NOTICED LOUD BANGING IN REAR OF TRUCK. FOUND THE EXHAUST TAILPIPE BROKE OFF NEAR THE MUFFLER AND WAS HANGING BY A MOUNTING POST. UPON INSPECTION AFTER REMOVAL OF THE TAILPIPE FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF TRUCK, IT LOOKED LIKE A JUNCTION OF THE TAIL PIPE TO THE MUFFLER PIPE HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

EXHAUST MANIFOLDS CRACKING ON 2006 NISSAN TITAN LEADING TO EXCESSIVE EXHAUST FUMES. *TR

CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLDS (BOTH SIDES) ON 2006 NISSAN TITAN. NORMAL DRIVING. APPARENTLY, THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF POWER AND FUMES ESCAPING FROM EXHAUST COULD ENTER THE CABIN AND CAUSE HEADACHE, NAUSEA AND OTHER EFFECTS. DEALER OFFERS 80K WARRANTY. TRUCK AS 75K. DEALER WILL REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ON MY 2006 NISSAN TITAN HAVE CRACKED, CAUSING TOXIC EXHAUST FUMES TO LEAK INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES. I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE TO BE CAUSED BY FAULTY PARTS SUPPLIED BY NISSAN. *TR

11/16/09 CAR (2006 TITAN - CREW CAB) DIED WHILE TURNING OUT OF A STREET OF ON-COMING TRAFFIC. COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY A CAR BUT WASN'T. CAR EVENTUALLY STARTED AFTER A FEW STARTS. 11/17/09 CAR DID NOT START AT ALL; CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT 11/17/09 NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT SUSPECTED A PROBLEM WITH THE IPDM = INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTOR MODULE- THE PART THAT PROVIDES POWER FOR THE WHOLE VEHICLE TO RUN. SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS INDICATED THAT THE PART IS HARD TO COME BY BECAUSE OF THE BACKLOG IN MANUFACTURING THE PART. AFTER DIAGNOSTICS, IT WAS THE IPDM AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PART WILL TAKE ABOUT 3 WEEKS TO ORDER. AFTER TALKING TO SERVICE REP, THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY HAD SEVERAL CARS THAT WERE WAITING FOR THE PART FOR THEIR CAR. 11/25/09: PART RECEIVED AND CAR WILL BE FIXED BY END OF TODAY AND READY FOR PICK UP. COST OF PART AND LABOR SHOULD NOT BE AT CONSUMER COST BUT AT THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE OF THE INCONVENIENCE THAT THIS HAS CAUSED. *TR

MY 06 TITAN 4WD HAD JUST HAD REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION DONE 2-3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. MY TRUCK HAD BEEN RUNNING IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH THE AC AND RADIO GOING FOR SOME TIME WHILE I WAS DOING VARIOUS CLEANING AND OTHER STUFF OUTSIDE. I WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVERS SEAT COOLING OFF WITH MY EYES CLOSED WHEN MY NEIGHBOR CAME RUNNING OUT SCREAMING THAT MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE HOOD FLAMES WERE VISIBLE AND SMOKE. SHE CALLED THE FIRE DEPT WHILE I USED THE HOSE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE THE BEST I COULD UNTIL THE FIRE DEPT ARRIVED. A NISSAN REP INVESTIGATED THE FIRE AND SAID IT WAS NOT THE COMPANY PROBLEM. SHORTLY LATER I RECEIVE THE RECALL CONCERNING THE AC UNIT AND THAT IT MAY LEAD TO FIRE. WE HAD NO INSURANCE AT THE TIME BUT IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. IS THIS LEGAL? *TR

MY NISSAN TITAN CREW CAB 4X4, JUST INCREASED IT TEMPERATURE, AND TURNED OFF, NEVER STARTING AGAIN. IT HAS 43 THOUSAND MILES!!!!!! *TR

NOISE IN CONDENSER FAN MOTOR. THIS IS 3RD TIME SINCE PURCHASE OF TITAN IN APRIL 2006 THAT I HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK TO DEALER. 1ST TIME, REPLACE A/C CONDENSER, 2ND TIME IN 2007 REPLACE COMPRESSOR, 2ND CONDENSER AND KEPT VEHICLE FOR 3 WEEKS. THIS SUMMER THE CONDENSER MOTOR. THEY SAID HAD RECALL ON IT AND PATCHED A SECTION OF THE MOTOR WITH A/C TAPE AND WRAPPED THE WIRING WITH TAPE AND PUT A WEDGE BETWEEN MOTOR AND BRACKET. MY WIFE WAITED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AND 4 HOURS LATER WENT HOME. I WORK OUT OF TOWN AND I CHECKED THE INTERNET FOR RECALLS AND FOUND MORE THAN JUST THIS PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK BUT, HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD BY NISSAN OR THE DEALER OF THESE OTHER RECALLS. THE LAST TIME MY TRUCK WAS KEPT FOR 3 WEEKS I REPORTED TO NISSAN THE PROBLEMS AND WAS CUT OFF WHEN I WAS GIVING MY COMPLAINT TO CUSTOMER SERVICE {?}. NEVER HEARD FROM THEM OR THE LOCAL DEALER SPARKS NISSAN.OH YES, I ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE BATTERY REPLACED IN MARCH 2008 AS IT DIED AND WOULD NOT HOLD A CHARGE AND IT WAS ON A WEEKEND AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE I LEFT TOWN AND NO WAY FOR MY WIFE TO GO. THE DEALER OWNER HERE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HIS CUSTOMERS AFTER THE SELL AND EACH TIME SOMEONE ASK ME HOW I LIKE MY TRUCK; I TELL THEM HOW WE HAVE BEEN TREATED AND WHAT PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD. I SUGGEST STRONGLY THAT THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMIN. CONTACT THESE MANUFACTURES AND ENFORCE THE RECALLS. SOME OF THESE CAN BE FATAL IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS ALL UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS SPENT ON THE PURCHASE OF A VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES AFTER THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, FLAMES ERUPTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT REFUSED TO INFORM THE CONTACT OF WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 5,900. UPDATED 02-01-08. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED AS OF 08/20/07 HE STILL DOES NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE BACK AND DOES NOT KNOW WHAT DEFECT WAS FOUND IN THE INVESTIGATION. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER SEEMED TO THINK IT WAS THE CONDENSER BELT. UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR