2007 Nissan Titan
This year drew an ordinary 139 complaints for a Nissan Titan — the model's median is 52. What they were about is the unusual part: 33.8% of them mention axle, against 0% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 139 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 52 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 14 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- axle — 33.8% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (169.1×).
- leaking — 25.9% of this year's complaints, against 6.1% across the model's other years (4.2×). Owners wrote it as: leaking, axel, gets, 4x4.
- fluid — 20.1% of this year's complaints, against 4.7% across the model's other years (4.3×). Owners wrote it as: fluid, leaks, allowing, sprayed.
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.
What owners wrote
ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE LEFT AND RIGHT BACK AXEL SEAL STARTED LEAKING OIL ON TO THE BACK BRAKES AND WHEELS. THE SEALS AND BACK BREAKS HAD TO BE REPLACED BOOTH TIMES WOULD NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION BECAUSE OIL SOAKED BREAK PADS BREAKS HAD REDUCED STOPPING…
THE REAR AXLE SEALS ON MY 2007 NISSAN TITAN CONTINUE TO LEAK GEAR OIL. I HAVE REPLACED THE SEALS THREE TIMES INCLUDING PURCHASING AND REPLACING THE ENTIRE AXLE SHAFT, SEAL AND SPACER ASSEMBLY ON THE THIRD TIME. THESE WERE 2 AXLE SHAFT ASSEMBLIES WHICH COST ME…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 10E019000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 10V074000 FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER 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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