2006 Nissan Titan
Complaints about this year name rear axle far more often than the model's other years — 23% of them, about 58× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 430 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 52 |
| Involving a crash | 14 |
| Involving a fire | 10 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| EPA combined | 14 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- axle — 31.2% of this year's complaints, against 1.5% across the model's other years (20.9×). Owners wrote it as: axle, rear axle, axle seal, axle seals.
- differential — 13.5% of this year's complaints, against 0.3% across the model's other years (44.5×). Owners wrote it as: differential, front differential, entire rear.
- leaking — 28.6% of this year's complaints, against 6.2% across the model's other years (4.6×). Owners wrote it as: leaking, seal leaking, seals leaking, fluid leaking.
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
- seal — 20% of complaints, 51× usual
- leaking — 26% of complaints, 15× usual
- axle seal — 14% of complaints, 35× usual
What owners wrote
NOTICED GEAR OIL ON RIGHT REAR AXLE DUST COVER AND BRAKE COMPONENTS. RIGHT REAR AXLE SEAL WAS LEAKING. FIRST NOTICED THE LEAKING SEAL AT 25,600 MILES.
REAR AXLE SEALS LEAKING DIFFERENTIAL FLUID BEHIND WHEELS . CAN BE A SAFTEY ISSUE FLUID GETS ON BRAKES THEREFORE MAKING THE BRAKES UNABLE TO STOP PROPERLY . PLEASE FIX ISSUE THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
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.
- 06V064000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 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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