2000 Nissan Xterra Engine cooling Problems

“I have about 70,000 miles on my 2000 Nissan Xterra. I had to replace the passenger side exhaust manifold around 40k miles due to a crack. I am now experiencing a crack of the driver exhaust manifold. This problem has me concerned because of the defects involved. I think that the exhaust fumes may enter the passenger area of the car through the firewall.”

“Truck was found to have cracked exhaust manifold, I notice other ones have been reported, also truck runs very rough at idle almost stalling out, I have spent a lot on this problem, Nissan can not solve problem, they replace manifold but truck still runs rough after a week of them fixing it.”

“3 time problem with the high pressure line in my 2000 Nissan Xterra. Got a copy of the Nissan 5 year repair history for the vehicle, and found out that at 22,3?? The line had to be replaced. It has now failed a third time and because it is out of warranty Nissan said they will not fix it for me. Clearly this is a faulty part to begin with and I should not have to be charged for its third failure.”

“Coolant is leaking at the head gasket on my single owner 2000 Nissan Xterra xe v6 4wd. I had this checked by 3 different certified technicians and they all pointed out the same issue. The car has only 65k miles on it. The cost of repairing this is more than $1200. Seems like lot of nissans has similar issue, yet no recalls on this problem. I have owned cars that had more than $100k miles and never had to replace the head gasket. Currently, a temporary seal is put in place, yet, I see few drops of coolant on the garage floor.”

“Our 2000 Xterra had been fairly reliable until it died out on the highway. Replaced the distributor 3 months ago, and it died out again while driving, last week, after having yet another distributor put in. The mechanic suggested that the Nissan-issued re-built distributors are the problem. He's now putting a third one in, but he's getting it from a different source than Nissan. I was stunned to know that Nissan knows about this problem but still sells inferior parts. This is nothing to fool around with and I'm lucky that I didn't cause or get involved in an accident.”