Safety Score
65
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-01-25 | 08V045000 |
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS | 5,523 | — | Details |
| 2007-12-13 | 07E105000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | 10,481 | — | Details |
| 2007-11-16 | 07V528000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | 1,115 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-11 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Xterra. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the contact shifted the vehi… |
| 2023-10-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Xterra. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V067000 (Air Bags)… |
| 2023-10-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Xterra. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V067000 (Air Bags)… |
| 2023-03-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Xterra. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V067000 (Air Bags)… |
| 2023-03-01 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | The contact owned a 2008 Nissan XTerra. The contact's son was driving the vehicle at approximately 25 MPH when he hydro… |
| 2022-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 1 | driving and transfer case locked up sending me in to oncoming traffic and guardrail |
| 2022-04-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | A leak developed in the radiator that allowed engine coolant into the automatic transmission and visa versa. Engine coo… |
| 2021-10-09 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The brake master cylinder failed multiple times, leaving the system in bypass mode. The resulting delay in braking led … |
| 2021-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Xterra. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH and making a right turn, she heard an ab… |
| 2020-09-29 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE RADIATOR HAS TAKEN IN FLUIDS FROM THE TRANSMISSION OR? THE RADIATOR FLUID APPEARS MILKY AND LOTION LIKE CONSISTENCY… |
| 2019-07-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL |
| 2019-07-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED FALSE READINGS. THE GA… |
| 2019-07-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHIC… |
| 2019-05-29 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT IS BLINKING. I'VE RESET THE ALERT AND THEN AFTER DRIVING FOR A FEW MINUTES, IT RETURNED. DEALERSHIP WAS UN… |
| 2019-05-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TURNS OFF. BLINKS. DOESN'T TURN ON UNLESS CAR IS RESTARTED. |
| 2019-04-09 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 0 | Total transmission and radiator failure. a dealership "fixed" the coolant contamination problem when nissan offered the… |
| 2019-04-01 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE KEEPS STALLING AND RUNNING ROUGH WHILE DRIVING AFTER NUMEROUS REPAIRS AND SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIPS … |
| 2019-03-28 | ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION (HIGHWAY DRIVING). I BEGAN TO HEAR A WHINNING SOUND AT ANY RATE OF SPEED.THE SOUND NEVER WENT AWA… |
| 2019-03-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHES-DEALER SAID NEEDS NEW AIRBAG MODULE |
| 2019-03-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SURGES AND SPUTTERS AND RPMS SKYROCKET AND THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND SHUTS DOWN. THIS HAPP… |
| 2019-03-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I HAVE AN 08 XTERRA AND WHEN I WAS DRIVING IT ONE DAY IT FELT LIKE IT WAS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING UP HILLS AND ALMOS… |
| 2018-11-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | COMPLETE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION DURING RUSH HOUR. VEHICLE NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR AT A COST OF $5,500. |
| 2018-11-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | COMPLETE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION DURING RUSH HOUR. VEHICLE NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR AT A COST OF $5,500. |
| 2018-05-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY CAR STOPPED ON A HIGHWAY. THE TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR FAILED ON 5/25/2018. THE CAR HAS 130,000 MILES ON IT. THE FAI… |
| 2018-05-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TIMING CHAIN NOISE UPON STARTING ENGINE GETTING VIBRATIONS AND NOISE--SIMILAR TO SPEED BUMPS ON ROADWAY-- IN VEHICLE D… |
| 2017-12-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | LESS THAN 45,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, NO ENGINE LIGHTS WERE ON AND NO OTHER ISSUES PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. TRAVELING ON… |
| 2017-12-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | WHEN THE BREAKS IS PRESSED IN AN EMERGENCY TO STOP IT PUSHES THE VEHICLE FORWARD AND DOES NOT STOP WHEN IT SHOULD. |
| 2017-12-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | NOTICED SHUDDERING AT FIRST, THEN A STUMBLING UPON HITTING GAS 120000 MILES TOOK TRUCK IN AND HAD EXT. COOLER PUT ON, … |
| 2017-11-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I HAD REACH MY DESTINATION TO WORK AND FOUND THAT MY XTERRA WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE. I HAD NO PREVIOUS WARNING OF THIS O… |
| 2017-10-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | COOLANT MIXED INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING ELECTRONIC MODULE TO BURN OUT. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO STOP OPERATING CORRECTLY … |
| 2017-08-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN XTERRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED AN UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE VEHICL… |
| 2017-06-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE DIFFERENTIAL BROKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AWAY FROM MY HOUSE BUT FIRST IN WEIGHT WITH THE LIGHT OF THE TIRES I W… |
| 2017-06-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | PURCHASED A 2008 NISSAN XTERRA X VIN [XXX] MILEAGE 77107 ON JUNE 6, 2015. AFTER OWNING THIS VEHICLE FOR JUST OVER 2 YE… |
| 2017-03-19 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN XTERRA. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT ENCOUNTERED BLACK ICE ROAD CONDITIONS. AS … |
| 2017-03-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I PURCHASED MY 2008 NISSAN XTERRA ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO AND DID NOT KNOW ABOUT ALL THE DEFECTS THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATO… |
| 2017-01-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I'M HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DUE TO THE KNOWN DESIGN FLAW IN THE 2008 XTERRA RADIATORS THAT CAUSES COOLANT TO MIX W… |
| 2017-01-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I PURCHASED MY XTERRA BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2008. IT HASN'T GIVEN ME ANY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS UNTIL NOW. I HAVE TAKEN IT T… |
| 2016-12-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CODE P0717 THE SPEED SENSOR IS RUINED DUE TO A FALTY RADIATOR LEEK INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING DETERIORATION OF PARTS… |
| 2016-09-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONERS IN THE ENGINE OF THIS CAR BEGAN MAKING A LOUD WHINING SOUND, WHICH IS A TYPICAL PROBLEM WIT… |
| 2016-08-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH RESULTED IN UNREPAIRABLE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH REQUIRE THE… |
| 2016-07-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | ACTION REQUESTED: 2008 NISSAN XTERRA FUEL GAUGE FAILS TO OPERATE PROPERLY AND IS SAFETY CONCERN. ISSUE: 2008 NISSAN XT… |
| 2016-06-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CRACKED RADIATOR LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION COOLER DESTROYING THE TRANSMISSION, TRANSMISSION COOLER, AND RADI… |
| 2016-05-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CRACKED RADIATOR LEAKING FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION. I WAS DRIVING WHEN I FELT A SLIP I PARKED THE CAR AND WITH IN MINUTES… |
| 2016-05-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS TOLD THE TIMING BELT TENSIONERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT ONLY HAS 60,800 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER QUOTED ME 1400.… |
| 2016-05-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY XTERRA IS CURRENTLY UN-DRIVEABLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH CAUSED … |
| 2016-05-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS LOOSING FLUID FROM RADIATOR, NO LEAKAGE ON GROUND.THEN THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENED WAS, IT WASN'T SHIFTING… |
| 2016-02-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AT FORT LAUDERDALE NISSAN I WAS TOLD THE RADIATOR SOMEHOW CRACKED WAS LEAKING AROUND THE VE… |
| 2016-02-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | REAR LEFT DOOR DOES NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. THIS COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IF THE CAR WAS TO BE INVOLVED I… |
| 2015-12-28 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG BLINKING, NISSAN DEALER CHECK BUT BLINKING CAME BACK. TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR ON EVEN AFTER TIRE PRESSURE IS C… |
| 2015-12-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2008 XTERRA THAT HAS SUFFERED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO THE WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS - NAMELY … |