Used 2006 Nissan Xterra SE 4dr SUV 4WD (4.0L 6cyl 5A) Consumer Reviews
My first Sensible Choice
Great Off Raod vehicle...true for DC roads too!! Satisfactory mileage ... considering you get what is estimated by EPA. Little bouncy on city roads. great pick up. SE has a very good turning curvature and very good traction in snow/heavy rain.
Scene Stealer
I've been driving it for almost a month now and my love for this beauty grows deeper and deeper everyday. Not to mention the fast acceleration, the high seat (yeah, i can see the rooftops of the most common suv's), but what made me love this car more is the attention that i'm getting from the other drivers/pedestrians. Just can't figure out what they think though but the fact that their heads turned in my direction is enough for me.
I have had mine for 1 year
I have already had to rebuild the transmission 2 times with then a year. Nissan needs to recall the transmission & fix there mistake. I have spent $6,000 on two repair kits for my transmission and the Xterra is only worth $7,000. I really loved Nissan's & Toyota's but at least Toyota will fix there mistakes.
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The Gentle Giant
After many hours of research. Narrowed my choices down to Jeep Liberty, Kia Sorento or Xterra. Edmonds comsumer reviews were a big part of my decision.Traded in my Hyundai mall crawler.When asked how does it drive? I respond: It's like driving a tank with good manners. In city driving it kind of rumbles along, but if you give it some gas, it goes into warp speed. My only complaint is the fold down front passenger seat. Very uncomfortable for me, its like a third of the seat is missing, but everyone else says they think its just fine. I highly recomend purchasing a print-out from Consomer Reports before going to the dealer. It took 4 hours, but we got the price we wanted.
Fix Defects Before it Cost You
Anyone who owns or considering buying any Nissan/Infiniti first google Antifreeze in transmission to verify its not a problem child. Have a good mechanic look its trans fluid/antifreeze over really good for anything milky or discolored in them. If you do find one without this issue be sure you look on youtube to see how you bypass the transmission lines. Other option is buy an all aluminum radiator for it. Don't buy another OEM or cheap aftermarket plastic/aluminum radiator and think its fixed, idk why but they fail fast on Nissans. I read it may be their transmissions heat up more so the seal inside a plastic radiator fails but idk, just one mechanics post I read? All aluminum Rad or bypassing trans hoses is the only real fix on them. Nissan should have recalled all these vehicles to fix these chit rads but just never cared enough about its customers to do it. I've owned 12 Nissan/Infiniti's but since Nissan was sold around 1999 Nissans/Infiniti has never been the same build quality or service. Shame, it was once an excellent car maker. Im done with them until a decent vehicle manufacture buys them!