2008 Nissan Titan Engine Problems

The exhaust manifolds on the driver and passenger side are cracked. Ticking sounds are made while car is cold and goes away after they have heated up enough, typically after 5 minutes. This results in letting in exhaust fumes inside the cabin, regardless of the air conditioner/heater is on, which leads to being lightheaded and nearly passing out and crashing. The fumes are stronger when stationary but happens no matter what, even after the ticking is gone and driving down the highway.

The exaust manifolds cracked and is letting fumes into the cabin. I bought the truck about 2 weeks ago from a private dealer. The cracked manifolds began to leak a few days ago and I truthfully believe it should be covered by Nissan

The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Titan. The contact stated upon starting the vehicle, the vehicle emitted abnormal ticking sounds. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken to an exhaust specialist where it was diagnosed that the weld joint between the tube and the common mounting plate of the manifold was cracked, allowing the exhaust gas to escape and expand underneath the hood of the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 95,000.

MANIFOLD EXHAUST CRACK ON BOTH SIDES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN TITAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD FRACTURED. NISSAN OF QUEENS (93-25 ROCKAWAY BLVD, OZONE PARK, NY 11416) WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 77,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN TITAN. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL TICKING NOISE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (LAUREL NISSAN, 1880 BEDFORD STREET, JOHNSTOWN, PA 15902) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

PUCHASE FROM PRIVATE PARTY IN FEBRUARY, NISSAN RAN DIAGNOSTICS IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE. LEAK WAS NOT RECORDED. ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN JUNE, VEHICLE RETURNED IN SEPTEMBER, APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AFTER PICK UP, CODED LEAK IN EMULATION SYSTEM, MANIFOLD/EXHAUST CAUSING FUMES TO BACK UP INTO TRUCK WHILE STOPPED, EXTREME FUEL CONSUMPTION AND LACK OF POWER, CAUSING IDLE TO IDLE LOW AT STOP. THIS DEVELOPED AFTER A SIDESWIPED HIT ACCIDENT AND TRANSMISSION BEING REPLACED. LEFT AND RIGHT SENSOR ALSO CODED.

PASSENGER EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAKING. MECHANIC STATED APPEARS TO BE CRACKED.

BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ARE CRACKED, NISSAN DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT AND WILL NOT REPLACE. AFTER RESEARCH ONLINE, MANY OTHER OWNERS EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEMS. ESTIMATED REPAIR COSTS ARE OVER $3,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL SOUND WAS HEARD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000.

EXHAUST LEAK AT MANIFOLD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ENGINE. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT CRACK IN THE MANIFOLD THAT IS A DEFECT AND CAUSES GASES TO ESCAPE INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND INTO THE CAB. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWN A 2008 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A ODOR OF EXHAUST FUMES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,237.

WE JUST TOOK OUR 2008 NISSAN TITAN INTO HAVE OIL CHANGED WE HAD JUST GOTTEN THE VEHICLE A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS WERE CRACKED WITH ONLY 66K MILES ON IT! THIS TRUCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO TOW PACKAGE AND NOT USED FOR HAULING OR HEAVY WORK. WE HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLES OR WE WOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT ONE. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE ONLINE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS NOW THAT I HAVE LOOKED UP THE EXACT PROBLEM WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED. PLEASE MAKE THIS A RECALL. I HAVE HEARD THAT "THEIR FIX" DOESN'T WORK AND WILL CRACK AGAIN. *TR

I HAVE A LEAK IN MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND AT THIS TIME NO FUMES HAVE COME INTO CABIN YET BUT DO TO SO MANY PROBLEMS OF THIS TYPE AND WHEN YOU REPLACE THEM THE MANIFOLD ARE CRACKED AGAIN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME THE TRUCK REVVED AND LOST POWER, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR THE TRUCK REGAINED POWER AND I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY DRIVE THE TRUCK HOME. IT HAPPENED TWICE MORE ON THAT SAME DRIVE HOME. I TOOK IT DOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. I EXPLAINED IT ONLY HAD 22,000 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED IN ANYWAY. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO BREAK. WE USE IT MAINLY FOR THE DOGS TO TRAVEL IN AND WHEN GUESS ARE IN TOWN WE HAVE AN EXTRA VEHICLE RUN TO THE STORE AND BACK. HONESTLY THE TRUCK DOES VERY LITTLE BUT SHOW OFF THE DOGS WHEN THEY GET TO GO TO THE MARKET AND BACK. WE CALL AND TALKED WITH THE NISSAN REP. WHOSE NAME IS [XXX] WHO IS OUR DISTRICT MANAGER, HE SIMPLY TOLD US THAT THE WARRANTY WAS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AND WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL EXPENSES. I MENTIONED THE UNFAIRNESS OF THE SITUATION, HIS RESPONSE WAS I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALER FOR ALL OF ITS MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS. WHEN I MENTIONED THAT WE HAD ALL THE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES RECOMMENDED DONE THROUGH OUR SMALL BUSINESS LOCAL MECHANIC WHO BY THE WAY HAS MORE CERTIFICATES AND EXPERIENCE THAN HIS NISSAN TEAM HE ARGUED THE FACT. I SHARED HOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO PAYS FOR ALL OF HIS EXPENSES ON HIS OWN TO RUN HIS BUSINESS UNLIKE THE NISSAN TEAM WHO WORK UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE NISSAN DEALER, [XXX] AGAIN ARGUED THE FACT. WE HAVE THREE NISSAN VEHICLES ALL OF WHICH WE ARE NOW SELLING AND WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN EVER. ITS A SHAME THAT NISSAN DOES NOT STAND BY THERE PRODUCTS. I ALSO READ WHERE THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF THE FRONTIER BECAUSE OF A RADIATOR LEAK THAT MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION, INSTEAD OF A RECALL ON THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PEOPLE LETS BAND TOGETHER AND BOYCOTT ALL NISSAN PRODUCTS. 22,000 MILES SERIOUSLY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN TITAN. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED THE CONTACT NOTICED AN EMISSION LIKE ODOR COMING THROUGH THE VENTS ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED BOTH MANIFOLDS WERE CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN TITAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE HEARD THE NOISE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT PAID NO ATTENTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

LOWER TRANSMISSION HOSE TO RADIATOR CRACKS AND RELEASES TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE TO VIBRATIONS AND BEING INADEQUATELY SUPPORTED, CAUSING SUDDEN LOSS OF TRANSMISSION. 1ST TIME IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH 45000-50000 MILES AND REQUIRED TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT, SECOND TIME AT 90000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN TITAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A TICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO CARLOCK NISSAN OF TUPELO (3969 N GLOSTER ST, TUPELO, MS 38804) WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,500.

CRACK/LEAKING DRIVER SIDE MANIFOLD.