2009 Nissan Titan problems
NHTSA has received 66 complaints about the 2009 Nissan Titan, and 15% of them involve air bags. Next are fuel system (15%) and brakes (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 66 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 57,000 miles 46 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 | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 13 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 9 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 46 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 57,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2009 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the Nissan Titan with enough data (28 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
Our 2009 Nissan Titan was involved in a roll over accident and no air bags deployed. The driver side air bags did NOT deployed at all. My son ended up with a broken collarbone, fractured back rib and possibly humorous fracture on muscle injuries the accident. My insurance company has inspected the vehicle and has possession of it at a salvage yard. There were no indications that there was something wrong with the air bags or the air bag sensors.
Though we did not know it at the time, the fuel vapor emissions control unit had a small fire into the charcoal chamber and the solenoid switch. This attaches to the gas tank so when we saw it, we were horrified. I have saved the unit and had it replaced. Nissan dealer said there was no recall on it, but the new unit was built somewhat differently. Also have pictures if you would like.
A fire, seeming to start under the dash, spontaneously erupted and destroyed the entire vehicle and some very expensive property in the bed. The truck was setting still at the time. My understanding is that this is not an isolated case. I have never installed any after market equipment on the vehicle.
2009 nissan titan crew cab noticed it two days after buying this truck very bumpy ride at 40 to 45 mpg and shaking at 55MPH when braking truck jidders pulls some to the left you can see brake rotor on passengers side starting to scron has been to two different dealers unoted nissan of las vegas 8 times they say its ok well its not and desert nissan once again you can see it there is a grove starting to cut into the rotor I will not drive this truck its unsafe and the dealer out here will not fix this tis truck has…
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan titan. The contact stated that while driving approximately 10 MPH, the brakes failed. The brake pedal was pushed to the floor with no response. The contact managed to stop the vehicle without incident. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection or repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 58,800. Updated 04/22/14 ma according to the invoice, the brake hose was leaking. Updated 04/24/14