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2000 Nissan Xterra power train problems

22 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 2000 Nissan Xterra10% of all complaints for this model year.

22
Power Train complaints
10%
share of all complaints
76,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
3 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl*the contact owns a 2000 nissan xterra. The contact stated that the transmission began to slip out of gear. Whenever the failure occurred it was very difficult to take the vehicle out of park. When the contact was able to shift out of park, the vehicle would not be in the same gear as shown on…

    filed Dec 30, 2010

  • With 46,820 miles on our 2000 nissan xterra, we were out of warranty by 1 month when the transmission simply went out. The engine ran fine but the transmission would not engage. Had the vehicle towed to nissan dealer for service. They told me the transmission needed to be replaced and was not…

    filed Oct 3, 2007

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Power Train problems in other Xterra years

YearReportsShare
2011 Xterra14%
2010 Xterra1129%
2008 Xterra4739%
2007 Xterra23141%
2006 Xterra26834%
2005 Xterra41249%
2004 Xterra67%
2003 Xterra23%
2002 Xterra64%
2001 Xterra64%
Xterra power train problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.