2008 Nissan Titan problems
NHTSA has received 174 complaints about the 2008 Nissan Titan, and 16% of them involve drivetrain & axles. Next are engine (16%) and fuel system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 174 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Drivetrain & axles 16% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 63,000 miles 142 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 26 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 20 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 18 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 20 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 21 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 7 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 10 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 142 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 63,000 miles. For drivetrain & axles specifically, the median reported mileage is about 64,000 miles (27 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 9 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2008 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the Nissan Titan with enough data (98 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Stationary in a left hand turn lane of a side street off a state highway, (pulling a boat trailer). Oncoming vehicle drifted across center line and impacted head on, off the center line of the hood towards the drivers side of my vehicle. Other vehicle appeared to by moving at approximately 30 MPH at impact. Neither drivers or passenger side airbag deployed. Passenger seat was occupied. Other driver attempted to swerve at last second, did not appear to brake.
The titan was traveling straight on city street and hit another vehicle making a left turn across intersection. Impact was at approximately 45 MPH and both vehicles sustained heavy damage. Driver airbag did not deploy, but there was white smoke and smell of gun powder inside the truck just after collision. No visual signs of any airbags deployed. No other verification, but seems possible a charge ignited but failed to inflate a bag or other failure.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 nissan titan. He stated that while driving 45 MPH he crashed into two vehicles. The contact attempted to engage the brake pedal; however, the brakes failed and caused a front end collision. The air bags did not deploy and the seat belts did not latch. The contact sustained major injuries to his head, arms and legs from the front windshield. The police was notified and an incident report is available.
2008 titan shift gear not responding, will not allow me to engage to lower gears (1-4). Stays on d only. The gear shifter button will not respond when the button is pressed. According to other titan owners it appears to be a wiring harness as they have indicated the same problem, the wire breaks due to not enough slack in the wiring harness. Nissan service center stated that they will not honor the transmission warranty since I have 64000k miles on the vehicle.
I have had over a dozen instances while applying the brakes the break peddle would push to the floor and you would hear a loud noise as if the ABS braking system was failing. You could feel it in the brake pedal and it frightens the heck out of you. I have taken it into my local premier nissan in metairie, la and had the service department look at it, but they could not duplicate the problem and informed they could not help.