Posted: Feb 21 2005 at 7:27am | IP Logged

Ok, Friday I finally got to take my truck in for my problems and this is how it went:

1) Power steering fluid leak.... FIXED they had to replace the hose and clamp that distributes the power steering fluid

2) Brakes....  FIXED but not really, they did the TSB that they resurfaced the roters and replaced the pads, however 2 days after this is done, the judder is very faint but coming back

3) The white spots on the Bed liner....  NO CLUE my dealer took pictures and are sending them to Nissan corporate.  The service manager said that they will probably tell them to dye it black.  I told them no way that is going to happen.

4) Gas Gauge....  NO CLUE they said that they see the problem that it isn't reading correctly and they have no idea what it is.  They thought it was the sending unit but said that it is reading correctly.  They are also going to contact Nissan about this problem

5) Tick rattle behind dash.   They told me this is normal, it is from a Heat Pump???  that sits on the firewall that puts coolant throughout the truck.  No I don't know whether to believe them or not..

So out of the 5 things, 2 were fixed, one is already failing, 1 is normal and 2 Nissan needs to get involved.

I also go a call back from Nissan Consumer Affairs about my complaint, however I wasn't at work to get the call cause I had to take a vacation day at work to have my truck worked on since they wouldn't offer me a loaner and I don't have a second vehicle.

I hate my truck more and more everyday.... 

By the way it now only has 2700 miles on it, I have owned it for 2 months and has been in the shop twice so far...

Mark

Posted: Feb 21 2005 at 5:53pm | IP Logged

would love to have the number you called for a few reasons of my own.

But I love my truck............  still.

Posted: Feb 22 2005 at 7:03am | IP Logged

Yes the number is 1-800-NISSAN-1.... I opened a complaint with them last week to make them aware of all the problems I am having... However I was suprised to see a different rep from Nissan Consumer Affairs left me a voice mail on friday, too bad I had to take a vacation day to leave my truck.  She is to call me back today at work so hopefully it is something good.  All I really want is for the them to replace my truck with another Nissan, No way will I get another Titan since I am seeing these same problems with the 05's from other people on the other titan boards. 

I will keep you all posted on my progress, also Scooter good luck and let us know what your results are as well.

Posted: Feb 22 2005 at 8:48am | IP Logged

Scooter, if you don't mind me asking, what problem did/are you having with your Titan?

Mark

Posted: Feb 22 2005 at 11:05am | IP Logged

Last year I went thru all the pains of having a lemon with chevrolet truck. Being in the maintenance buiseness, I do understand that problems will happen. But there is no excuse for any bad treatment from a dealer or factory rep. This is why I had to go through a lawyer and the lemon law. I understand if you need to get the truck bought back.

On the other hand the 2004 trucks are the first year of production. They will have things to work out. On some of the problems, they might should have looked harder before aproving the truck for production. Overall I feel that this truck is one heck of a truck and has many great features. I love it and will stick with it as long as Nissan treats me like a real person and not like a liability. If that happens then its ON again.