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2008 Nissan Titan Engine cooling Problems

Complaints
12about this part
Share
9%of 133 total for the year
Median mileage
70,500miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 12 complaints about the engine cooling of the 2008 Nissan Titan, 9% of the 133 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 70,500 miles.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“While driving home the truck revved and lost power, I took my foot off the accelerator the truck regained power and I was able to slowly drive the truck home. It happened twice more on that same drive home. I took it down to the dealership where they told me it was the transmission. I explained it only had 22,000 miles on it and it has never been abused in anyway. There is no reason for the transmission to break. We use it mainly for the dogs to travel in and when guess are in town we have an extra vehicle run to the store and back. …”

NHTSA complaint #10494750, filed 2013-01, 22,000 miles

“We just took our 2008 Nissan Titan into have oil changed we had just gotten the vehicle a couple days before and found out that the exhaust manifolds were cracked with only 66k miles on it! This truck is in excellent condition with no tow package and not used for hauling or heavy work. We had no idea this was a problem with the vehicles or we wouldn't have bought one. There are many people online complaining about this now that I have looked up the exact problem which I didn't know existed. Please make this a recall. I have heard that their fix doesn't work and will crack again.”

NHTSA complaint #10548312, filed 2013-10, 66,000 miles

“I bought a brand new 2008 Nissan Titan crew cab truck back in sep 2007 no later then 3 months later it started to make a funny noise that I was uncertain of so I called the dealer ship immediately and made an appointment to get it looked at the first time was back in dec 06,2007 left the truck in the dealers ships hands they had my vehicle for 2 days when I came back to pick up my truck dec 08,2007 they had explained to me that they could not find the problem they explained to me that they did the 7,500 maintenance and also changed out my timing belts maybe that would be the issue so I took…”

NHTSA complaint #10246456, filed 2008-10, 16,506 miles

“I bought a brand new 2008 Nissan Titan crew cab truck back in sep 2007 no later then 3 months later it started to make a funny noise that I was uncertain of so I called the dealer ship immediately and made an appointment to get it looked at the first time was back in dec 06,2007 left the truck in the dealers ships hands they had my vehicle for 2 days when I came back to pick up my truck dec 08,2007 they had explained to me that they could not find the problem they explained to me that they did the 7,500 maintenance and also changed out my timing belts maybe that would be the issue so I took…”

NHTSA complaint #10246455, filed 2008-10, 16,506 miles

“Lower transmission hose to radiator cracks and releases transmission fluid due to vibrations and being inadequately supported, causing sudden loss of transmission. 1st time it happened while driving on highway with 45000-50000 miles and required transmission replacement, second time at 90000 miles.”

NHTSA complaint #10532608, filed 2013-07, 50,000 miles

Related service bulletins

Engine cooling: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
201912%
201742%
201319%
201229%
201114%
201049%
200936%
2008129%
20071511%
2006368%
2005627%
2004878%

Other parts of the 2008 Nissan Titan

Transmission and drivetrain
29 complaints
Fuel system
20 complaints
Engine
18 complaints
Air bags
14 complaints
Brakes
13 complaints
Suspension
13 complaints
Electrical system
12 complaints
Body and structure
10 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
7 complaints
Other or unknown
6 complaints
Tires
5 complaints
Exterior lighting
3 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2008 Nissan Titan

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology