2016 Nissan Titan
Complaints about this year name crankshaft far more often than the model's other years — 26% of them, about 64× the usual rate of 0.4%.
| Complaints filed | 196 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 52 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 3 |
What the complaints were about
- engine — 51% of this year's complaints, against 8.6% across the model's other years (5.9×).
- crankshaft — 27.6% of this year's complaints, against 5.3% across the model's other years (5.2×). Owners wrote it as: crankshaft, broke, broken crankshaft, crankshaft broke.
- broken — 30.1% of this year's complaints, against 9.4% across the model's other years (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: broken, might, bolts, violently.
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
- engine — 51% of complaints, 7× usual
- diesel — 19% of complaints, 47× usual
- check engine — 11% of complaints, 27× usual
What owners wrote
Loud rattle/knocking from engine while driving. Truck shut down with no advanced warning and would not start or turn over. Got off road and had vehicle towed. 2 different diesel mechanics suspect broken crankshaft.
Wow Towing very little weight on flat grade. The crankshaft broke. I was told that this was a problem with this particular vehicle, not marrying the transmission and the diesel Cummins engine up correctly. This vehicle has been sitting for over two years becau…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 16V847000 FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL Fixed free of charge.
- 18V240000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 17V268000 SEAT BELTS 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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