2008 Nissan Titan
This year drew an ordinary 133 complaints for a Nissan Titan — the model's median is 52. What they were about is the unusual part: 8.3% of them mention him, against 0.7% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 133 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 52 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 14 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- him — 8.3% of this year's complaints, against 0.7% across the model's other years (11.5×). Owners wrote it as: him, pedal extended, vehicle another, responding.
- stationary — 7.5% of this year's complaints, against 1% across the model's other years (7.8×). Owners wrote it as: stationary, vehicle stationary, airbag deployed, interior lights.
- titan driving — 9% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the model's other years (3.7×). Owners wrote it as: titan driving, mph contact, warning contact, floorboard.
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
THE TPS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE VALVE SENSOR FRACTURED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVE THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE LOT. THE [VIN] WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURR…
HE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE REAR SUSPENSION WOULD HIT AGAINST THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS N…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 10E019000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 10V072000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 08V045000 EQUIPMENT
- 08V187000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 10V074000 FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER Fixed free of charge.
- 23V067000 AIR BAGS
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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