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2017 Nissan Titan

Complaints about this year name engine far more often than the model's other years — 41% of them, about 5× the usual rate of 7.7%.

NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.

What the complaints were about

• crankshaft — 25.6% of this year's complaints, against 5% across the model's other years (5.2×). Owners wrote it as: crankshaft, down road, broken crankshaft, crankshaft broke.
• driving down — 23.3% of this year's complaints, against 8.1% across the model's other years (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: driving down, down highway, locked, truck started.
• crank — 19.2% of this year's complaints, against 5.4% across the model's other years (3.6×). Owners wrote it as: crank, shaft, crank shaft, pan.

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

• crankshaft — 17% of complaints, 44× usual
• diesel — 15% of complaints, 38× usual
• crank — 11% of complaints, 28× usual

What owners wrote

Crankshaft failed at 42,000 miles and required a new engine to fix. This occured during driving on a highway. Truck was taken to a diesel engine repair center for the diagnosis and repair. There was no engine light warning when it happened.

Highway driving and lost power, started hearing engine rattle. 5.0L Cummins Diesel engine crankshaft is broken. Dealer verified it to be crankshaft. Insurance company denied a claim stating the crankshaft was manufacturer defect. Turns out that defective crank…

Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.

Recalls for this year

• 19V495000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
• 18V240000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
• 17V268000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.

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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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