Criticism
The Titan has drawn criticism for its limited body styles. In contrast to other full-sized pickups, the vehicle does not offer a Regular Cab, and is only available with the King Cab and Crew Cab models. The Titan is only available with the 5.6L V8, and does not have a V6 engine. The Titan has also been criticized on reliability issues on its drivetrain, rear axle venting problems cause the seals to fail and leak out differential oil and ultimately failure of the rear end. The front axle retaining clips were known to fail causing the axle to slide in and out damaging the splines and eventually snapping the axle and causing front differential failure. The front differential was redesigned after the 2007 model year and that seemed to have fixed that problem, but for older Titan owners that have experienced failures, Nissan has not recalled or offered assistance with with the poorly designed differential which can cost anywhere from $2500.00 to $3000.00 to replace if out of warranty. Nissan Titans have been known to crack exhaust manifolds which causes the check engine code to light for emissions and get poor gas mileage. Nissan has not recalled the manifolds but has a replacement design which does not crack under heat stress and will cost thousands to repair with no help from Nissan. 2004-2007 front brake systems were the source of many problems: this was addressed by a substantial redesign in 2008.
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