2005 Nissan Titan
Complaints about this year name differential far more often than the model's other years — 26% of them, about 64× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 891 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 52 |
| Involving a crash | 11 |
| Involving a fire | 7 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 14 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- differential — 25.8% of this year's complaints, against 0.3% across the model's other years (85.2×). Owners wrote it as: differential, rear differential, differential failed, differential failure.
- axle — 32.1% of this year's complaints, against 3.3% across the model's other years (9.7×). Owners wrote it as: axle, leaking, rear axle, seal.
- end — 19.4% of this year's complaints, against 6.4% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: end, rear end, entire rear, spider.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- axle — 24% of complaints, 61× usual
- rear differential — 17% of complaints, 43× usual
- rear axle — 16% of complaints, 41× usual
What owners wrote
LEFT REAR AXLE SEAL STARTED LEAKING ON 2005 NISSAN TITAN @22,000 MILES. OIL CAN AND DOES REACH REAR BRAKES CAUSING LOSE OF BRAKING. DEALER REPLACED OIL SEAL UNDER WARRANTY.
AT ONLY 60,755 MILES I EXPERIENCED A REAR AXLE SEAL LEAK WHICH AFFECTED MY ABILITY TO APPLY MY EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE. THE FLUID HAD LEAKED SO BAD THAT IT COVERED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ROTOR, PREVENTING IT FROM HOLDING.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 10E019000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 10V517000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 08V284000 EQUIPMENT
- 10V074000 FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER Fixed free of charge.
- 07E046000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 06V459000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Titan was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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