2008 Nissan Titan Engine

The exhaust manifolds on the driver and passenger side are cracked. Ticking sounds are made while car is cold and goes away after they have heated up enough, typically after 5 minutes. This results in letting in exhaust fumes inside the cabin, regardless of the air conditioner/heater is on, which leads to being lightheaded and nearly passing out and crashing. The fumes are stronger when stationary but happens no matter what, even after the ticking is gone and driving down the highway.

The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Titan. The contact stated upon starting the vehicle, the vehicle emitted abnormal ticking sounds. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken to an exhaust specialist where it was diagnosed that the weld joint between the tube and the common mounting plate of the manifold was cracked, allowing the exhaust gas to escape and expand underneath the hood of the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 95,000.

The exaust manifolds cracked and is letting fumes into the cabin. I bought the truck about 2 weeks ago from a private dealer. The cracked manifolds began to leak a few days ago and I truthfully believe it should be covered by Nissan

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A TICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO CARLOCK NISSAN OF TUPELO (3969 N GLOSTER ST, TUPELO, MS 38804) WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,500.

CRACK/LEAKING DRIVER SIDE MANIFOLD.

MANIFOLD EXHAUST CRACK ON BOTH SIDES.

PASSENGER EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAKING. MECHANIC STATED APPEARS TO BE CRACKED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN TITAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE HEARD THE NOISE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT PAID NO ATTENTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL SOUND WAS HEARD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000.

BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ARE CRACKED, NISSAN DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT AND WILL NOT REPLACE. AFTER RESEARCH ONLINE, MANY OTHER OWNERS EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEMS. ESTIMATED REPAIR COSTS ARE OVER $3,000

EXHAUST LEAK AT MANIFOLD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ENGINE. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT CRACK IN THE MANIFOLD THAT IS A DEFECT AND CAUSES GASES TO ESCAPE INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND INTO THE CAB. *TR

WE JUST TOOK OUR 2008 NISSAN TITAN INTO HAVE OIL CHANGED WE HAD JUST GOTTEN THE VEHICLE A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS WERE CRACKED WITH ONLY 66K MILES ON IT! THIS TRUCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO TOW PACKAGE AND NOT USED FOR HAULING OR HEAVY WORK. WE HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLES OR WE WOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT ONE. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE ONLINE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS NOW THAT I HAVE LOOKED UP THE EXACT PROBLEM WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED. PLEASE MAKE THIS A RECALL. I HAVE HEARD THAT "THEIR FIX" DOESN'T WORK AND WILL CRACK AGAIN. *TR

I HAVE A LEAK IN MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND AT THIS TIME NO FUMES HAVE COME INTO CABIN YET BUT DO TO SO MANY PROBLEMS OF THIS TYPE AND WHEN YOU REPLACE THEM THE MANIFOLD ARE CRACKED AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN TITAN. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED THE CONTACT NOTICED AN EMISSION LIKE ODOR COMING THROUGH THE VENTS ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED BOTH MANIFOLDS WERE CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116.

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2008 NISSAN TITAN CREW CAB TRUCK BACK IN SEP 2007 NO LATER THEN 3 MONTHS LATER IT STARTED TO MAKE A FUNNY NOISE THAT I WAS UNCERTAIN OF SO I CALLED THE DEALER SHIP IMMEDIATELY AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET IT LOOKED AT THE FIRST TIME WAS BACK IN DEC 06,2007 LEFT THE TRUCK IN THE DEALERS SHIPS HANDS THEY HAD MY VEHICLE FOR 2 DAYS WHEN I CAME BACK TO PICK UP MY TRUCK DEC 08,2007 THEY HAD EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY DID THE 7,500 MAINTENANCE AND ALSO CHANGED OUT MY TIMING BELTS MAYBE THAT WOULD BE THE ISSUE SO I TOOK THE TRUCK HOME THE NEXT DAY THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE SO THEN I MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT THE AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT THEY HAD AND WAS OFFERED TO ME WAS APRIL 11,2008 NOW THIS IS WHEN THE 3,000 MAINTENANCE WAS DUE FOR A CHECK UP SO I LEFT MY TRUCK THERE AGAIN BY THE END OF THAT DAY THEY CALLED ME UP AND SAID MY TRUCK WAS READY TO BE PICKED UP SO I WENT BACK THAT VERY DAY PICKED UP MY TRUCK SAME THING MA'AM WE CANT FIND THE PROBLEM SO NOW I'M IRRITATING SO I ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE SERVICE MANAGER EXPLAINED MY SITUATION AND THEN AGAIN THEY MADE ME ANOTHER APPOINTMENT TO COME BACK CHECK MY TRUCK AGAIN SO I MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT TO GET IT LOOKED AT AGAIN. I BROUGHT MY TRUCK BACK IN AGAIN TO GET IT SERVICED MAY 02,2008 THIS TIME THEY CHANGED OUT THE COOLANT THE OIL THE TIMING BELT AGAIN SO I PICKED MY TRUCK AND STILL THE NEXT DAY IT'S MAKING NOISE BUT A LITTLE LOUDER SO THEN THIS ALL OCCURRED WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS APART NOT TO MENTION I HAVE ALL THE RECEIPTS TO PROVE MY ISSUE AND I WENT AGAIN THIS PAST MONTH OCT 21,2008 TO GET IT LOOKED AT AGAIN STILL YET CAN'T FIND THE ISSUE THEY HAD EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY CHANGED OUT MY AIR CONDITION FILTER THEN THEY CHANGED OUT THE TIMING BELT AND NOT TO MENTION THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY ORDER ANOTHER PART TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT WILL MAKE THE NOISE STOP BUT MIND YOU THIS IS THE 4TH TIME. *TR

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2008 NISSAN TITAN CREW CAB TRUCK BACK IN SEP 2007 NO LATER THEN 3 MONTHS LATER IT STARTED TO MAKE A FUNNY NOISE THAT I WAS UNCERTAIN OF SO I CALLED THE DEALER SHIP IMMEDIATELY AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET IT LOOKED AT THE FIRST TIME WAS BACK IN DEC 06,2007 LEFT THE TRUCK IN THE DEALERS SHIPS HANDS THEY HAD MY VEHICLE FOR 2 DAYS WHEN I CAME BACK TO PICK UP MY TRUCK DEC 08,2007 THEY HAD EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY DID THE 7,500 MAINTENANCE AND ALSO CHANGED OUT MY TIMING BELTS MAYBE THAT WOULD BE THE ISSUE SO I TOOK THE TRUCK HOME THE NEXT DAY THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE SO THEN I MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT THE AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT THEY HAD AND WAS OFFERED TO ME WAS APRIL 11,2008 NOW THIS IS WHEN THE 3,000 MAINTENANCE WAS DUE FOR A CHECK UP SO I LEFT MY TRUCK THERE AGAIN BY THE END OF THAT DAY THEY CALLED ME UP AND SAID MY TRUCK WAS READY TO BE PICKED UP SO I WENT BACK THAT VERY DAY PICKED UP MY TRUCK SAME THING MA'AM WE CANT FIND THE PROBLEM SO NOW I'M IRRITATING SO I ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE SERVICE MANAGER EXPLAINED MY SITUATION AND THEN AGAIN THEY MADE ME ANOTHER APPOINTMENT TO COME BACK CHECK MY TRUCK AGAIN SO I MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT TO GET IT LOOKED AT AGAIN. I BROUGHT MY TRUCK BACK IN AGAIN TO GET IT SERVICED MAY 02,2008 THIS TIME THEY CHANGED OUT THE COOLANT THE OIL THE TIMING BELT AGAIN SO I PICKED MY TRUCK AND STILL THE NEXT DAY IT'S MAKING NOISE BUT A LITTLE LOUDER SO THEN THIS ALL OCCURRED WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS APART NOT TO MENTION I HAVE ALL THE RECEIPTS TO PROVE MY ISSUE AND I WENT AGAIN THIS PAST MONTH OCT 21,2008 TO GET IT LOOKED AT AGAIN STILL YET CAN'T FIND THE ISSUE THEY HAD EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY CHANGED OUT MY AIR CONDITION FILTER THEN THEY CHANGED OUT THE TIMING BELT AND NOT TO MENTION THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY ORDER ANOTHER PART TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT WILL MAKE THE NOISE STOP BUT MIND YOU THIS IS THE 4TH TIME. *TR