Originally Posted by dagger

Time for another update.

Spoke with my Nissan Cust. Sat. rep. He sees the service records of the vibration issue. He did speak with the service manager at my dealership. His suggestion is to ask for one of the techs to ride with me. If that doesn't work go for a second opinion at a different dealership. Either way, he said that they have the issue on record and I'll be covered is something develops further down the road - so that was nice to hear.

I got a call back from my service dealer that there is a tech bulletin now on the power seat entry/exit feature. There is now a revised wiring solution. I brought it in this morning for the fix. Unfortunately, my harness didn't show any signs of rubbing, so there is doubt it will fix my case, but we will see. I convinced them to let me have a ride with a tech. We drove for a couple of miles and he does acknowledge a vibration at the specified speeds. He will look into other Titans to see if it is a design "flaw" or specific to my vehicle.

They also looked at my windshield and see the optical distortion, but said it is also on the drivers side and other Titans due to the way it curves at the far edges. When I sat in the passenger side (first time!) and looked, sure enough I could see it on the drivers side - so it has to do with the angle one looks through the windshield. Since they said it is in these Titan windshields there is nothing they can do. I agreed that I don't need it replaced if the replacement will exhibit the same distortions at specific angles. I told them this problem was resolved by other manufacturers years ago, so should Nissan.

So, pretty much gone through with my list so far, and only outstanding issue still being looked at is this vibration problem. I think I'll wait 6 months before I go back with anything else as I get a sense they aren't the happiest to see me . Now I know I have the right to and paid for it, but one still has to balance staying on good terms with someone versus constant hounding (as long as it isn't anything critical at the moment). People will take better care of you if you don't piss them off.....................

ALERT/REQUEST: My fellow Americans, oops, I mean Titan owners. Let me know how the foam seat padding is holding up for those with the power bucket seats for the drivers seat left thigh support (ie., this is outside edge that gets compressed everytime one gets in or out of the seat). These seats come with minimal support here to begin with, but mine seems to be compressing down a bit - and this should not happen at all (my 4 year old truck isn't showing any wear signs in the foam). Just a request to keep an eye open to see if after a couple on months anyone notices any changes. Thanks.

Cheers,
dagger

Originally Posted by dagger

Have 3 weeks now on my Titan Crew Cab LE. Only options were mud flaps and carpets - just what I wanted. I'm a Ford truck man for many years and had just finished test driving the new 2004's. On a whim from some bits of positive press I heard about the new Nissan, I passed a dealer on the way home and decided to pull in and check them out.

Very impressed with the looks and many of the features. The Ford wins in some of the interior areas (I liked some of the materials/design choices as well as HMI control implementations), the Titan uses a bit too much chrome in the front end but other than that I gave the nod to Nissan for the overall looks/exterior design. What won me over was the driving experience - they both on paper have similar engines (300 vs 305 hp) but the Nissan blew the Ford away. Punched the Titan on an on-ramp and it effortlessly revved to 6K rpm. It felt much faster/responsive than the Ford and the ride was a bit better (though the 2004 F-150 is very close). I had to have this engine/truck.

A couple of hiccups buying from Nissan rather than my usual Ford dealer (expected some of this but I was spoiled by Ford), but closed on a deal I could live with (barely - ouch on payments for a $35K truck!). That said, I am disappointed with the quality so far - much below what I expected from a Nissan. It's been in the shop twice in 3 weeks. Here's the list:
- Loose antenna base - loud rattling when moved
- Trip odometer button stuck/not functioning
- 1 tailgate light out
- Left headlight out of alignment
- Sqeaky left door
- Truck bed floor rail extenders are loose and bang the cab/tail gate on stopping/accellerating
- Power seat entry/exit memory function has failed to return 8 times in 3 weeks
- Brakes feel too soft
- High frequency vibration in steering wheel felt between 28mph to 35mph during acceleration or deceleration

The last 4 items have not been fixed. The response from dealer service department on:
- the rail extenders is that in heat/cold they will expand or shrink and will slide - normal event
- can't reproduce power driver seat failing to return so can't do anything
- tested 2 other Titans on lot and brakes are the same so this is normal operation
- tested 2 other Titans and the vibration is there on those as well. Did not see any suspension/component installation faults so this is a normal operation

So 1 - sub-par initial quality experience for me. And 2- has anyone else observed any of the above 4 items on their Titan's? I can understand their rules on reproducing an error before they can work on it, so I'll wait on the driver seat issue. However, the other 3 I feel may be design flaws that I think should be addressed. Should I escalate?

Don't get me wrong - I still really like this truck, but it has been tarnished by a few initial poor quality items.

Cheers,
dagger

Originally Posted by jdfarr

I traded my 4x4 Expedition to get back to a Japanese built car (had several Nissan/Datsun and a few Fords, and only 1 chevy-POS) - sure hope I didn't make a mistake choosing the Titan over the new F150.
I'll let you know if they fix the problem and what they did.

Originally Posted by Patti

So I am frustrated now. I took my titan in for the 3rd time because of the grinding which by the way they fixed the first 2 times, I took the service department manager for quite a nice little ride, FINALLY it made the loud grinding noise. Just the look on his face made me think they are now going to see this is a major problem. He actually said, this sounds serious! I then asked him to just trade it out, I said I have a bad feeling about this truck, please trade it out. Basically I was told too bad so sad. He told the techs it sounded as if i was dragging a trash can under the truck.. The techs put it on the rack, ran it up there until the noise came back, they finally decided it was either a bearing in the driveshaft or the entire driveshaft, so they are replacing them both. You know what really stinks, I still LOVE these darn trucks. Oh one more thing, The stereo in the xe 4x2 6 cd changer, it fades in and out, the service manager told me they all do it, He bought one also and talks to the engineers a few times a week, they are working on a fix, but right now they do not have one, he said a few more months and then a voluntary recall to put in the part

Originally Posted by Vetteldy76

Patti,

I too have a Titan but so far nothing serious. I have had it since Feb 23. Knock wood. The only thing I have noticed is that when you play CDs it sounds really good but when you turn on the radio it sucks.

Please keep us posted on your grinding noise and what they finally figure out about it. Are they giving you a loaner to drive?

Originally Posted by Rondretti

I'm no audio expert, but I do know that radio broadcasts do not deliver to the stereo system the low and high frequencies that CD's do.

Originally Posted by Vetteldy76

I know that in my last truck which was a Chevy Silverado 2002 you could not tell much difference between a good FM station and a CD but maybe it all has to do with the Amplifier which the Titan has. THe Silverado's audio system was not anywhere near as fancy? It's weird. I dont know anything about audio.....I am just a girl who drives a truck

Originally Posted by dagger

There is a feature in the radio that will vary the loudness based on vehicle speed. It has 3 4 settings: low, medium, high, and off. I have mine on low and I can noticeable hear the volume level changing at around 30mph and 50mph. Even on low it is a bit much, so I can't imagine what medium or high is like! I found this option going through the audio options when I was looking to see if there was subwoofer on/off option. You can turn this off and it that might fix your problem?

Hope the driveshaft is the fix,
dagger