2018 Nissan Titan
This year drew an ordinary 165 complaints for a Nissan Titan — the model's median is 52. What they were about is the unusual part: 39.4% of them mention engine failure, against 15.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 165 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 52 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- engine failure — 39.4% of this year's complaints, against 15.3% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: engine failure, catastrophic, engines, catastrophic engine.
- signs — 6.7% of this year's complaints, against 0.2% across the model's other years (28.7×). Owners wrote it as: signs, warning signs.
- lack — 13.9% of this year's complaints, against 4.2% across the model's other years (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: lack, brand, four, confirmed issue.
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
Elk hunting on a mountain towing trailer with UTV, road was somewhat rough in 4wheel drive suddenly engine goes into limp mode. It took almost 4 hrs to get off the mountain in limp mode....once off towed vehicle 200 miles to nearest dealer (redding,ca). Cause:…
Crankshaft failure resulting in complete engine failure. I still have both halves of the crankshaft laying on my bench. During the engine failure experience the truck lost all engine power and came to a stop alongside of interstate barrier wall. I couldn't eve…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V240000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 19V654000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 19V495000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 21V169000 TIRES 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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