My 2005 Nissan Titan 4X4 crew cab le has 26,000 miles on it. Extremely well taken care of and never driven hard. I was driving down the road and the rear differential locked up and made an huge bang noise. Almost caused an accident. I was barely able to get it off the highway. I had it towed to the dealership. They are replacing the rear differential assembly. If you search on the internet, thousands of people are having the front and rear differentials blow up on the 2004-2005 Nissan Titans. This should be a recall.

- Quarryville, PA, USA

While exiting the freeway, the rear differential began shuddering very badly, making loud metallic snapping noises. The truck would barely move out of the intersection(10 mph maximum).very, very scary considering rush hour traffic!dealership said "the entire differential had failed"and they would "emergency overnight" an entire new rear-end. That was 2 days ago, and the dealership called today and said it might be ready tomorrow. I have only 20K miles on my truck, and it has led a rather easy life(no abuse, towing, etc.),the dealership still won't tell me what caused the failure, or if I will have access to the old parts.

- Las Vegas, NV, USA

Total rear differential failure.

- Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Rear differential seal blown causing leaking fluid to corrupt rear brakes and parking brake. Dealer states this has been a known problem and will replace rear diff seals but has no clue as to the root cause of these continued failures.

- North Little Rock, AR, USA

Defective rear end.

- Monroeville, AL, USA

I was driving my 2005 Nissan Titan kc 4X4 with the off road package and came to a stop behind a vehicle that was packed in the lane that I was driving in. When it was safe to move into the left lane I accelerated and heard large clanking noises and felt my truck jerked as if I was being rear ended repeatedly. To my surprise I was not being rear ended. My differential was locking; my wheels will rotate and then stop rotating. The situation got worse when I tried to take either a right or left turn.

- Washington, DC, USA

Pulled out from a stop sign and turned right. Started to accelerate and bang/clunk. Limped it home and took it to the dealership. They diagnosed rear differential failure. Replaced the entire rear axle.

- Dublin, OH, USA

Rear axle needed to be replaced due to differential failure vehicle has 52.5K miles and has not been used for anything besides a daily driver on 95% highway usage vehicle is spec'd to tow up to 9100 lbs. - haven't towed anything and still having issues with differential.

- Newark, DE, USA

Was hearing a high pitch whine coming from the rear end. Differential needed to be replaced only have 30,000 miles.

- Stafford, VA, USA

Rear end of 2005 Nissan Titan failed and is currently being replaced. The vehicle has 13,000 miles.

- Bloomington, IL, USA

The rear differential failed on my 05 Nissan Titan. It began a while ago it would buck or hop in the rear and it finally went while I was on my way home at 10:00 pm on 10/19/2006. I brought to a Nissan dealer in middletown NY where they didn't do anything to help me, so I had to bring to newburgh Nissan and everything was fixed.

- Rock Hill, NY, USA

Rear differential went bad due to an excessive leak at the axle seal. Rear diff started humming while driving and continued to get louder. Dealer ordered a new axle assembly.

- Salem, OR, USA

When first purchased truck had problem with tranny and locking rear, took to dealer they reset the computer. No problems or noises after that until I went to leave my driveway for work. When I took off the rear locked and bang. My dealer towed the truck and gave me a rental. The dealer replaced the whole rear diff with new. I give props to cooper Nissan in easton, pa for taking care of my problems.

- Bethlehem, PA, USA

I was taking the family out to dinner in my Nissan Titan. Leaving my house, the truck started making a loud clunking noise. The rear end failed.

- Chula Vista, CA, USA

Rear differential needed to be replaced- both seals leaked and differential was sloppy.

- Warner Robins, GA, USA

Loud "clunking" sound during shifting transmission starting at about 17,000 miles on brand new purchased Nissan Titan 4X4 le. Later noticed and smelled smoke coming from left rear wheel of vehicle. Noticed on further inspection underneath excessive fluid leak from rear axle onto wheel and tires causing smoke. Truck brought to local Texas dealer who performed warranty repairs at direction of Nissan na. The "entire rear axle and differential" had to be replaced. Truck was in shop for 7 days. Nissan provided rental vehicle.

- The Woodlands, TX, USA

The rear differential in my vehicle had to be replaced. I was given no explanation as to what exactly went wrong with it. There was a loud clunk in the rear end when shifting from park to drive. Dealer replaced it after three weeks.

- Imperial, CA, USA

1 - noise from the back end 2 - the rear differential failed 3 - the dealer replaced the entire axle under warranty.

- Palos Verdes Estates, CA, USA

I was turning a corner and the rear end (differential & ring and pinion) failed.

- Lexington, KY, USA

After filling truck with gas, I pulled out of the gas station and made a right turn onto the main road. As I was straightening the truck, I heard a loud thunk, and then the truck began lurching badly. I made it home taking it easy on the gas and coasting around turns, but the rear differential is hot to the touch after 1/2 mile.

- Wauwatosa, WI, USA