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Driver side rear axle seal leaking oil and faulty axle bearing at 50K miles. Very common failure in early mileage life of vehicle, many owner complaints. Replace seal an bearing at cost over $700. The driver side rear axle failure is most common and is not the dominant drive wheel. Now the passenger side axle showing signs of leakage. Vehicle does not tow anything and does not carry heavy loads. Dealer advised not to drive it any further or catastrophic damage may occur to rear differential assembly especially at highway speeds. Repairs have been done.
2006 Nissan Titan SE rear left seal leaking fixed under warranty. Now the same issue on the left rear seal is leaking again and also the right rear seal is starting to leak. Based on all my research I have done this seems to be an ongoing issue and should be continued to be covered after the warranty has expired. What are my options. My truck is now at the dealer and I should not have to pay for repairs. My truck has only 88,000 miles.
The rear ale bearings in my 2006 4X4 Nissan Titan have failed. No parts manufacturer except Nissan is offering the parts and only as a whole differential unit.
The front differential carrier bearing has failed causing severe backlash in the drives shaft and a failure of the pinion. Also the front left seal has failed causing a leak to progressively get bigger allowing more and more lubricant to escape.
- Saugus, CA, USA
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Tail pipe rusted at flange next to muffler and noticed liquid leaking from around the center of my right rear wheel. I took it to Nissan, they confirmed rear seal leakage. Scheduled to be fixed tomorrow.
I have a 2006 Nissan Titan. I was on vacation with my wife and granddaughter this past week when I noticed the braking on my truck felt wrong. It took much further to stop than it should. It could have caused an accident. I pulled over to a rest area and noticed a burning smell coming from the rear of the vehicle. I checked the fluids and everything looked ok. I went to a garage to have it looked at. The mechanic showed me where the rear axle seals were leaking differential fluid into the brake drums on both rear wheels and spinning fluid into the wheels. They told me I need to get it over to the Nissan dealer to have them look at it. I called Nissan and they told me this is a common issue with Titans. They consider it safe. But they tell me I need to get it fixed right away. The rear brakes have differential fluid leaking into them. Which means I may even have to replace the rear brakes because they are being damaged! they also told me the rear axle could lock up causing more danger and damage. They admit this is a common issue but they will not let the owners know in writing. That is probably because they would rather the owner encure the huge expense of repairing this issue after their warranty has expired. They will not consider this a recall. I will have to spend $3000 to replace the rear axle. I am furious and disapointed that Nissan will not issue a recall on this. While researching this online I see hundreds of post.why is this not being addressed? it hasn't even been five years yet since I purchased the vehicle. I am only at 85,000 miles. Nissan should be ashamed of their pathetic response and refusal to fix this issue at their expense.this is a saftey issue Nissan! I will never buy a Nissan again if they don't resolve this issue at their expense.
Rear axle seals leaking fluid. Safety issue due to fluid possibly leaking onto brake pads and lack of lubrication fluid could lead to axle locking while in motion.
On my 2006 Nissan Titan truck, the rear pinion seal was replaced once under warranty and has failed again at 72250 miles. I am hearing some play in the rear differential, caused by lack of oil from the leaking seal. It took an excessive amount of fluid to refill the differential, telling me it had been leaking for a long time, the second time. Failure of the differential would mean a roadside breakdown or a vehicle crash. Many people have complained of this problem and Nissan needs to address it.
I noticed that my 2006 Nissan Titan with 54,000 miles was leaking oil from the right rear axle the other day. I called my Nissan dealer and he told me my warranty ended in January and the rear axle seals would not be covered. The dealership knew all about the problem but would not fix the problem unless I paid 450 dollars. They called it normal wear and tear. They offered even to sell me a new Titan. I declined. I had the problem fixed with a local mechanic for 300 dollars. After fixing my Titan, I researched the problem on the internet and found that many people were having the same problem with the 2004-2008 Nissan Titans. I found that even after you replace the rear axle seal, the problem occurs over and over again. Nissan should man up and take responsibility for their problem. I even found a service bulletin issued by Nissan addressing the problem. So they know there is a problem but wont do anything about it. My local mechanic told me I was lucky that the leaking oil didn't get into the brake pads.
Rear axel seals are leaking at 60K miles on Titan 4X4 truck. This is a chronic problem per internet searches and should not be experienced with this many miles.
I currently have a 2006 Nissan Titan and have never had a problem with it and have been completely happy with it up until now. Long story short; I made an appointment with Nissan dealership close to where I live (stanley Nissan) to get a recall done on it as well as have it looked at for my ABS and slip lights being on constantly as well as my service engine light which was on before. A few days before my appointment my truck started driving weird and disengaging itself out of 4WD and I would lose control at times or my truck would stop going forward and would start trying to go sideways, but the RPM's still went up, but truck would not accel forward. It also started making a banging noise in the rear, always sounded like it was the passenger side. Dropped it off at dealership and heard from them the following day. Service department told me that my rear brake shoes had broke and spun around in the brake housing and damaged my brake pads, calipers, rotors and then made it into my rear axle housing and damaged my entire rear housing and differential. I am a mechanic myself and there is no way that pieces from the brake assembly would be able to make it inside an enclosed rear housing assembly. They told me I need my entire rear axle and differential replaced along with other pieces for the brake assembly and rear shock absorbers. They tried to tell me that all of this was cause by brake shoes and my emergency brake, which I never use. They are quoting me $4,200 for the repairs and won't cover me under my powertrain warranty even though I am still under 60,000 miles and I can't be covered by my platinum package extended warranty as well which covers me up to 100,000 miles. I have been on numerous sites where there have been many Nissan Titan owners with this problem and the fact that the dealership is trying to work us all over and Nissan North America won't do anything to help honor the warranty. This should be a recall with this many rear differential problems.
Both sides of the rear axle have begun leaking badly and there are only 105,000 miles on the vehicle. The vehicle has not been altered in any way and is used for regular use, not a work truck. The leak is so bad that the oil has saturated the inside of the wheel well and the rear brake pads. When I called the dealership about the issue they tried to sell me the entire assembly(axles, seals, bearings, etc) claiming that mechanics haven't been pressing the bearings correctly. Upon further research online, it looks like a lot of Titan owners have been having problems with the rear ends leaking even at much earlier intervals. Based on my conversation with the dealership it sounds like Nissan is aware of this and trying to sell the fix when people come to the dealership.
Right rear axle seal blew out and leaked differential fluid. Differential fluid leaking on rear brake rotors which could cause brake failure. Also, the rear differential oil will slowly leak and cause the rear differential to lose fluid and fail. As this seemed to be a very common problem with the Nissan Titan, Nissan should address this issue and offer a permanent fix to this safety issue.
Noticed a small grinding noise underneath my 2006 Nissan Titan le. A friend tells to check the bearings. I bring it the dealer, dealer tells me I need to replace the rear bearings and seals - $900. They also tell me my brakes and emergency brakes shoes are shot due to bearing fluid leaking all over them, they wanted $1600. Replaced all the brakes myself, which were totally fine....I then notice the same grinding noise plus another under my drivers side floor. Bring it back to dealer asking them why. I come to find out the front differential is shot along with the transfer case. This truck has highway miles, only driven in 4X4 for snow. How can this happen? I then proceed to look for answers on the internet and find out that there are many other Titan owners with the same problems. Nissan has actually changed the part numbers for the axle due to the issues that are related. The new repairs will cost between $3600-$4000 which I cannot afford at the moment. Drive safe Titan owners...
I took my Titan in to have the rotors turned and was informed that the rear axle seals were leaking. According to what I have read and been told this is very common to the Titans and can ruin your brakes as well. Some people have reported having to replace them 2 or 3 times. Nissan now recommends changing out the entire axle at your expense unless it is still under warranty. The problem is mine have probably been leaking since it was under warranty, but is now too late because it is no longer under warranty and you can't tell that they are leaking until it has been leaking long enough to get gear oil to a visible spot. I haven't had it fixed yet as I am weighing out the best option for me as far as replacing the seals or the whole axle assembly. This is very dangerous due to the possible ramifications to he brake system.
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- San Antonio, TX, USA