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man even those problems sound small compared to the ones I had in my 2001 Silverado... check these out and you'll appreciate your 1st year nissan, and remember my silverado was 3rd year run.
I bought the truck new with 14 miles on it,
2k miles - Compressor started making horrible whining noise above 2k rpms. Dealer said that this was normal... gas mileage dropped by 2mpg in summer months.
3k miles - Cab of truck making a creaking noise everytime I come to a stop... Dealer said resulted from my toneau cover not going to fix it.
5k miles - Compressor getting louder, Cab creaking getting louder, loud rattling noise coming from under truck at speeds above 50 mph. Dealer says all is normal along with rattle in instrument panel.
7k miles - Knocking noise and looseness in steering column. Gas mileage really suffering driving at 75 mph unbearable because of compressor. Different dealer Replaces the steering box after a bolt sheared and finally replaces compressor after deciding it was defective and "lubed" the cab body mounts after I took off the tonneau cover and showed them the creaking was still there, creaking goes away temporarily.
10k miles - Transmission starts clunking randomly and has a very firm 1-2nd shift. Stereo quits working, Creaking returns. Dealer says transmission is normal and can't duplicate clunking. Replaces stereo and replaces cab body mounts.
15k miles - transmission still shifts rough and left door starts whistling at highway speed. Truck goes in the shop because radiator hose explodes and I walk out to go to class and there is a big puddle of antifreeze under the truck. Also engine starts vibrating the truck while idling enough to shake the seats and give me a back massage. Dealer says tranny is normal and they hear the clunking this time. Don't know what it is. Idling is a characteristic of the engine.
19k miles - tranny getting real bad... They finally discover that some sliding pin in a U joint or something jammed and wore out the u-joint not allowing it to absorb drivetrain stress causing the clunking and jolting. Dealer Services the rear-end and reprograms the transmission. Cab Creaking returns shortly after.
21k miles - Truck goes back into the shop and they replace cab safety cables which are almost worn through. And to replace driver side seatbelt which quit retracting.
and this was all in little over 14 months!! The idling problem never got fixed and that's what really lead me to get rid of it... that and the fear of the transmission falling out anyday and the fact that their first response to everything was IT'S NORMAL! So consider yourself lucky titan owners! LOL
By the way my boss's husband just bought a Titan 5.6SE 4x4 King Cab yesterday after comparing all the trucks out there and taking each one home for a night! I'll let you know how his experience goes!
Later, sorry for the long post!
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Black Knight - 2004 Crew Cab XE-V6 4x4
"...God made men the way they are because we desperately need them to be the way they are. Yes, a man is a dangerous thing, but so is a scalpel. You don't make it safe by making it dull, but instead you put it in the hands of someone who knows what he's doing." - John Eldridge
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