Why does my titan bounce..

[jessefrank]

Originally Posted by FreezyTitan

I have the same thing on my 04 that only has 21K miles on it. I think it is the shocks as well. Could it be the shocks even with low miles is my question??? The shocks are old because it is a 04, but not too many miles.

My Pass side front strut went on my '05 @ 18,135 miles. I put in my leveling kit (only 2") and rove less then 5 mile sbefore it blew fluid everywhere (pretty sure it was bad for awhile, but just started leaking).

[joeinstl]

Originally Posted by jessefrank

My Pass side front strut went on my '05 @ 18,135 miles. I put in my leveling kit (only 2") and rove less then 5 mile sbefore it blew fluid everywhere (pretty sure it was bad for awhile, but just started leaking).

Did Nissan replace it under warranty? Did they blame it on the leveling kit?

[jessefrank]

They said due to the leveling kit it was not covered. There was a laundry list of "not covered due to...", and i think only manufacturer defect was covered reason. Shocks are like brakes, etc which are a wear item and usually ot covered.
I could just take the spacer out and drive it in for service, but I think my other one is probably going bad too (riding a little stiff), which they probably won't cover till it is actually leaking. I figured I'd just upgrade to the Bilstein HD's (too cheap for Coil Over's and I don't really Off Road my truck). I got the front pair for $127 shipped from Shockwarehouse.com...so it wasn't that big of an investment and hopefully be a nice improvement over and last longer than the stock Rancho's.

[CHEIF]

Although I didn't like the original Rugged trails (285's), They really rode nice. I never avoided anything, they soaked up the bounces. The 265's I have on now send every bounce to the driver seat I couldn't understand why some people complained about the ride until my OEM's were gone.

I have the same problem and I should have known better than to do this, but it happened as soon as I rotated my tires in an 'X' pattern. Drive side was wearing out too quicky. Now it bounces around 50 mph or so. Not really bad, just enough to bug me.

I know in my case it was reversing the rotation of the tire(s). It started 50-100 miles after I did it.

[joeinstl]

Originally Posted by jessefrank

They said due to the leveling kit it was not covered. There was a laundry list of "not covered due to...", and i think only manufacturer defect was covered reason. Shocks are like brakes, etc which are a wear item and usually ot covered.
I could just take the spacer out and drive it in for service, but I think my other one is probably going bad too (riding a little stiff), which they probably won't cover till it is actually leaking. I figured I'd just upgrade to the Bilstein HD's (too cheap for Coil Over's and I don't really Off Road my truck). I got the front pair for $127 shipped from Shockwarehouse.com...so it wasn't that big of an investment and hopefully be a nice improvement over and last longer than the stock Rancho's.

Sorry to hear that especially considering you had less than 20K miles on them. Voiding the warranty because of the leveling kit sounds pretty absurd to me considering the fact that Nissan should have leveled the trucks to begin with instead producting them with the ugly *** stock rake

[Yahooligan]

Originally Posted by joeinstl

Sorry to hear that especially considering you had less than 20K miles on them. Voiding the warranty because of the leveling kit sounds pretty absurd to me considering the fact that Nissan should have leveled the trucks to begin with instead producting them with the ugly *** stock rake

The rake is there for a reason, it's a truck and as such Nissan designed it to be used as one with loads in the back. In order to be the most stable the truck should be level or slightly higher in the rear when there is a load in the bed or on the bumper, not sagging. They didn't do it for looks.

[daptech]

I think the reason most 4x2 1/2 ton pickups sit up in the
rear is because they use progressive rate springs to
give a better ride..........the springs compress easily at first
so more travel distance is needed.

[joeinstl]

Originally Posted by Yahooligan

The rake is there for a reason, it's a truck and as such Nissan designed it to be used as one with loads in the back. In order to be the most stable the truck should be level or slightly higher in the rear when there is a load in the bed or on the bumper, not sagging. They didn't do it for looks.

The big three trucks don't seem to have quite as much rake as we do. It looks like most of them don't have much at all. I haven't seen the new Titans but I thought I read in another thread that they are pretty much level.

[daptech]

Originally Posted by joeinstl

The big three trucks don't seem to have quite as much rake as we do. It looks like most of them don't have much at all. I haven't seen the new Titans but I thought I read in another thread that they are pretty much level.

Maybe the newer ones, but my 2002 Ford had as much rake
as my Titan.

[mygunstoo]

Well, your truck is not the only one. I just bought a 2008 Titan few days ago. It has about 400 miles on it and I noticed that at about 40mph and just under 1000rpms the truck will start bouncing as soon as I start accelerating. It feels like going over a bunch of 2x4s on the road or if it were manual transmission, asking for a lower gear to accelerate. All this happens while driving on "D". I think I had stopped quickly if move the gear stick to "4" while bouncing...

Is this what you guys had experienced?

[Titan_06_LE]

I have an 06 4x4 LE, still the factory tires on it with 22,000 miles. I too notice the bounce, around 50 MPH. I have never owned a truck and will just accept that it will do this at times. It's just those little quick bounces and I can live with it.