2006 Nissan Titan Power Train

NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR AXLE SEAL IS LEAKING FLUID. COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE THE AXLE TO SEIZE AND/OR BRAKES TO FAIL. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. LUCKILY I HAD A MECHANIC NOTICE IT BEFORE I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER DUE TO POOR QUALITY PARTS. *TR

HAD TRUCK IN SHOP FOR EXHAUST PIPE FALLING OFF AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR AXEL SEALS AND BEARINGS ARE BAD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE AXEL HAD BEEN LEAKING FLUID ONTO MY TIRES AND BRAKES WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN BRAKE FAILURE OR FIRE. NISSAN WILL NOT WARRANTY THE REAR AXEL REPAIRS. THIS IS THE SECOND NEW NISSAN FACTORY AXEL TO BE INSTALLED ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASED NEW IN 2006. IT IS CURRENTLY HAVING THE REAR SEALS AND BEARINGS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE NISSAN TITAN MODEL AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

BOTH REAR AXLE SEALS ARE LEAKING AND NEED REPLACED. I HAVE NEVER PULLED ANYTHING WITH THIS TRUCK AND AT 70,000 OR EVEN SOONER, I'M NOT SURE WHEN IT STARTED LEAKING, YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACE REAR AXLE SEALS. *TR

RIGHT REAR WHEEL SEAL IS LEAKING BADLY NOTICED AT 65000 MILES BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ITS BEEN LEAKING FOR A WHILE. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE FREQUENT AND IT ALSO SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE IT OIL LEAKING ONTO THE BRAKES. *TR

FRONT PINION SEAL LEAKING POSSIBLY GET ON EXHAUST AND CAUSE A FIRE AND DESTROY ELECTRICAL WIRING. *TR

REAR AXLE SEAL FAILURE DESTROYED PARKING BRAKE SHOE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT ENGAGE. *TR

2006 NISSAN TITAN REAR AXLE SEALS BEGAN LEAKING. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN OFF THE PAVEMENT AND HAS HAD ALL MAINTENANCE PERFORMED BY THE OWNER MANUAL LIST. *TR

I NOTICED AN EXHAUST LEAK ON MY TRUCK. TOOK IT TO A REPUTABLE EXHAUST SHOP, THEY TOLD ME THEIR WAS A CRACK IN THE CONVERTER AND I NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER CHECKING THE WEB I REALIZED IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY (80000 ON EXHAUST EMISSIONS) MY TRUCK ONLY HAD 65K. THEY REPLACED BOTH MANIFOLDS AS THEY WERE BOTH CRACKED. THIS REPAIR WOULD HAVE COST ME 2500.00! AFTER SEEING THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE TITAN TRUCKS, I THINK THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. ALSO THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I HAD A FRONT DIFFERENTIAL LEAK WHICH WAS THE PINION SEAL, THIS REPAIR WILL COST ME 300-500.00. OF COURSE ITS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SO I WILL HAVE TO PAY THIS. AFTER SEEING THIS IS ALSO A COMMON PROBLEM, I FEEL NISSAN NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE AS IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM FOR BOTH ME AND FELLOW MOTORIST. MY TRUCK HAS 65,000 MILES AND IS BABIED! TOTAL REPAIRS WOULD BE AROUND 3000.00 FOR THE MANIFOLDS AND THE DIFFERENTIAL, I FEEL SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AS THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. *TR

2006 WITH 2000 MILES; REAR DIFFERENTIAL MADE A LOUD GEAR WHINE SOUND WHEN IN UN-LOADED DE-CEL. TOOK TITAN BACK TO DEALER. DEALER REPLACED DIFFERENTIAL UNDER WARRANTY (2000 MILES, ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASE). AT 115,000 MILES IN JULY OF 2011, REPLACED REAR AXLE SEALS (NO WARRANTY). NOW, SEPTEMBER 2012, AT 133,000 MILES. THE SLIP AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE WHEN DIFFERENTIAL GEAR OIL IS COLD. ONCE WARMED UP, LIGHTS GO OUT AND STAY OUT AFTER TITAN IS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED WARM. CHANGED DIFFERENTIAL OIL EVERY 7500 MILES WITH 75W 140 SYNTHETIC OIL PER MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES. NO ADDITIVES CALLED FOR OR USED WITH GEAR OIL CHANGES. ACCORDING TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL THE LIGHTS (SLIP AND BRAKE) INDICATE THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES AND LIMITED SLIP ARE NOT OPERATIONAL WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON. DIFFERENTIAL REPAIR/REPLACEMENT REQUIRED TO RE-GAIN ABS AND LSD FEATURES. NOT SURE IF THE ULTIMATE FAILURE MODE IS 'GRACEFUL' OR NOT. *TR

I WAS HAVING MY VEHICLES FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FLUID CHANGED AND THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN NOTICED 2 CRACKS AROUND THE AXLE HOUSING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE HOUSING WAS DAMAGED ENOUGH TO WEAR IT COULD LEAK AND CAUSE FAILURE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK IN 2WD I HEARD A VERY LOUD CLUNKING (METAL ON METAL) NOISE COMING FORM THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. AFTER REACHING HOME, I REALIZED THAT THE FRONT AXLE WAS FALLING OUT OF THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. I JACKED THE TRUCK UP AND DROPPED THE FRONT DIFF PAN. THIS IS WHERE I REALIZED THAT THE CLIPS HOLD IN THE FRONT AXLE HAVE FAILED AND BROKE IN TWO. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN, HAD I BEEN TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THE WHEEL CAME OFF. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THIS A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

REAR AXLE IS LEAKING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

REAR AXLE SEALS LEAKING GEAR OIL. REPLACED BY CERTIFIED MECHANIC TWICE AND THE LEAK PERSISTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL CRACKED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND CAUSED DIFFERENTIAL FLUID TO LEAK FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED FOR THE SAME FAILURE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

MY 2006 NISSAN TITAN HAS AN AXEL SEAL FAILURE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR, DIFFERENTIAL FLUID IS LEAKING ONTO THE REAR BRAKES CAUSING REDUCED BRAKING AND ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR AXLE/DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE. NISSAN REFUSES TO ADDRESS THIS DESIGN FLAW. THEY HAVE A RE-ENGINEERED REPLACEMENT AXLE SHAFT AND SEAL AT A COST OF ABOUT $800 PER SIDE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL NOT $1600 OUT OF MY POCKET TO FIX. WILL NISSAN AND NTSB WAIT UNTIL THERE ARE FATALITIES BEFORE THEY ADDRESS THIS COMMON ISSUE WITH THE NISSAN TITANS? *TR

JUST REPLACED THE REAR SEALS FOR A NISSAN TITAN 2006. PROBLEM BEGAN AT 65,000 MILES. I WAS TOLD THAT LACK OF FLUID DUE TO LEAKING COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO LOCK-UP WHILE DRIVING. THE INTERNET IS FILLED WITH COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM. ALSO HAD TAILPIPE ISSUES (DROPPING FROM THE TRUCK) WHICH IS ALSO WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET AND, AGAIN, A SAFETY PROBLEM. NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. *TR

ON MY 2006 NISSAN TITAN TRUCK, THE REAR PINION SEAL WAS REPLACED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY AND HAS FAILED AGAIN AT 72250 MILES. I AM HEARING SOME PLAY IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, CAUSED BY LACK OF OIL FROM THE LEAKING SEAL. IT TOOK AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FLUID TO REFILL THE DIFFERENTIAL, TELLING ME IT HAD BEEN LEAKING FOR A LONG TIME, THE SECOND TIME. FAILURE OF THE DIFFERENTIAL WOULD MEAN A ROADSIDE BREAKDOWN OR A VEHICLE CRASH. MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED OF THIS PROBLEM AND NISSAN NEEDS TO ADDRESS IT. *TR

I JUST WENT INTO THE DEALERSHIP LAST THURSDAY THE 27TH OF SEPTEMBER TO HAVE A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE PERFORMED. AS PART OF THE INSPECTION THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT MY REAR AXLE SEALS ON MY TRUCK WERE SEEPING/LEAKING AGAIN. THE DEALER HAD REPLACED THE REAR AXLES AND SEALS UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY AT 46520 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE TRUCK NOW HAS A LITTLE OVER 54K MILES AND THEY ARE GOING OUT AGAIN. SO ESSENTIALLY 14 MONTHS AFTER THE DEALER REPLACED EVERYTHING IT IS OUT AGAIN. I AM GOING TO CONTACT NISSAN DIRECTLY AGAIN TO GET THIS REPAIRED EVEN THOUGH I AM OUT OF WARRANTY BY LESS THAN A MONTH. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR BOTH MY FAMILY AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD AS THESE SEALS CAN LEAK OIL ONTO THE BRAKES AND COULD CAUSE A REAR END FAILURE AT DRIVING SPEED WHICH COULD ENDANGER LIVES. THIS TRUCK HAS LOW MILES FOR A 2006 AND TOWS A LIGHT TRAILER WITH ATVS A FEW TIMES A YEAR. ALL MANUFACTURE MAINTENANCE IS PERFORMED ON TIME BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC. *TR

AXLE SEALS ON REAR OF VEHICLE LEAK EXCESSIVELY. *TR

REAR AXLE SEALS HAVE NOW FAILED FOR THE 3RD TIME. NISSAN DEALERS TELLS ME NISSAN WILL NOT PERMIT THEM TO REPLACE SEALS ALONE. NISSAN CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS FIX IS TO REPLACE ENTIRE AXLE ASSEMBLY AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $800 EACH AXLE. NISSAN IS OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF A DESIGN PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT TAKE THE LEAD TO FIX, BUT PUT THE COST OF A DEFECTIVE DESIGN ON THE BACK OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. NISSAN SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THERE IS A FLAW IN THE MATERIALS USED IN THE DIFFERENTIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL IS NOT VENTING PROPERLY THUS CAUSING THE SEALS TO PREMATURELY FAIL. I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED SINCE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON NISSAN TITAN TRUCKS THAT NISSAN WILL NOT FACE. SOUNDS LIKE NISSAN IS HAVING A TOYOTA MOMENT AND BURYING THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND. *KB

I NOTICED THAT MY 2006 NISSAN TITAN WITH 54,000 MILES WAS LEAKING OIL FROM THE RIGHT REAR AXLE THE OTHER DAY. I CALLED MY NISSAN DEALER AND HE TOLD ME MY WARRANTY ENDED IN JANUARY AND THE REAR AXLE SEALS WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THE DEALERSHIP KNEW ALL ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNLESS I PAID 450 DOLLARS. THEY CALLED IT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THEY OFFERED EVEN TO SELL ME A NEW TITAN. I DECLINED. I HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED WITH A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR 300 DOLLARS. AFTER FIXING MY TITAN, I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 2004-2008 NISSAN TITANS. I FOUND THAT EVEN AFTER YOU REPLACE THE REAR AXLE SEAL, THE PROBLEM OCCURS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. NISSAN SHOULD MAN UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR PROBLEM. I EVEN FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED BY NISSAN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM. SO THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. MY LOCAL MECHANIC TOLD ME I WAS LUCKY THAT THE LEAKING OIL DIDN'T GET INTO THE BRAKE PADS. *TR

REAR AXLE SEAL FAILURE BOTH SIDES. CONTAMINATED BRAKES CAUSING FAILURE OF REAR BRAKES. REPLACEMENT OF SEALS AND BRAKE COMPONENTS NECESSARY FOR REPAIR. ACCIDENT AVOIDED. *TR

DRIVER SIDE REAR AXLE SEAL LEAKING OIL AND FAULTY AXLE BEARING AT 50K MILES. VERY COMMON FAILURE IN EARLY MILEAGE LIFE OF VEHICLE, MANY OWNER COMPLAINTS. REPLACE SEAL AN BEARING AT COST OVER $700. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR AXLE FAILURE IS MOST COMMON AND IS NOT THE DOMINANT DRIVE WHEEL. NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE AXLE SHOWING SIGNS OF LEAKAGE. VEHICLE DOES NOT TOW ANYTHING AND DOES NOT CARRY HEAVY LOADS. DEALER ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE IT ANY FURTHER OR CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE.

DRIVER SIDE REAR AXLE SEAL LEAKING OIL AND FAULTY AXLE BEARING AT 50K MILES. VERY COMMON FAILURE IN EARLY LIFE OF VEHICLE, MANY COMPLAINTS. REPLACE SEAL AN BEARING AT COST OVER $700. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR AXLE FAILURE IS MOST COMMON AND IS NOT THE DOMINANT DRIVE WHEEL. *TR

2006 NISSAN TITAN SE REAR LEFT SEAL LEAKING FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THE SAME ISSUE ON THE LEFT REAR SEAL IS LEAKING AGAIN AND ALSO THE RIGHT REAR SEAL IS STARTING TO LEAK. BASED ON ALL MY RESEARCH I HAVE DONE THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE AND SHOULD BE CONTINUED TO BE COVERED AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS. MY TRUCK IS NOW AT THE DEALER AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. MY TRUCK HAS ONLY 88,000 MILES. *TR