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Hi All, I came here because I am hoping that the community might enlighten me as to if this is a common Titan problem. Sorry If I am posting this in the wrong place, I am a newbie here!
I have a 2021 Titan Pro4X with 52,000 miles, completely stock. Since my parking pawl recall was done the truck has been a problem. The big issue is when stopping and putting the truck into park, the transmission does not go into park, it will go into neutral. The dash reads Key system error, later instances the dash reads when parked apply parking brake and does not show the transmission shift position at all, which means that the truck is free to roll, the doors don't unlock and If I turn the truck off I cannot restart it. After the truck sits for about 30 minutes it goes back to normal and I can drive it but I have to be careful about where I turn it off, if I am at the top of a hill it can roll and I can't restart it, I have worn the parking brake so it goes to the floor and won't hold the truck. The Dealer has been great at supplying me with loaners but now it is excessive. They are following Nissan service orders and have replaced the transmission valve body twice, and now are waiting for a back ordered transmission. I have been in their loaner and without my truck for over a month. Has anyone here experienced this? This is my third Nissan Titan and it was great up until now.
 
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accumac1 said:
Hi All, I came here because I am hoping that the community might enlighten me as to if this is a common Titan problem. Sorry If I am posting this in the wrong place, I am a newbie here!
I have a 2021 Titan Pro4X with 52,000 miles, completely stock. Since my parking pawl recall was done the truck has been a problem. The big issue is when stopping and putting the truck into park, the transmission does not go into park, it will go into neutral. The dash reads Key system error, later instances the dash reads when parked apply parking brake and does not show the transmission shift position at all, which means that the truck is free to roll, the doors don't unlock and If I turn the truck off I cannot restart it. After the truck sits for about 30 minutes it goes back to normal and I can drive it but I have to be careful about where I turn it off, if I am at the top of a hill it can roll and I can't restart it, I have worn the parking brake so it goes to the floor and won't hold the truck. The Dealer has been great at supplying me with loaners but now it is excessive. They are following Nissan service orders and have replaced the transmission valve body twice, and now are waiting for a back ordered transmission. I have been in their loaner and without my truck for over a month. Has anyone here experienced this? This is my third Nissan Titan and it was great up until now.
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Sorry to hear this. I have a 2021 with 42,500 miles and no issues after the pawl update. I home the tech did the recall correctly. BUMMER!
 
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Wow. Welcome to the group and man, that is a real bummer. It sounds like how cars used to have their nuetral safety switch go out and you would have to start in N instead of P.
 
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AmericanGI said:
Sorry to hear this. I have a 2021 with 42,500 miles and no issues after the pawl update. I home the tech did the recall correctly. BUMMER!
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Thanks for responding, I actually don’t think the tech screwed anything up. My transmission worked properly when driving, it is the park by wire that has a problem. The fact that the transmission is on backorder makes me think there may be others with this problem.
 
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busemans said:
Wow. Welcome to the group and man, that is a real bummer. It sounds like how cars used to have their nuetral safety switch go out and you would have to start in N instead of P.
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Correct and back in the day you could replace the neutral safety switch and be done with it! Now the transmission selector is a drive by wire, like the throttle. A little moisture in an electrical connection can leave us stranded…
 
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The more I read about this kind of electronics stuff the more I appreciate my older vehicles. Even my truck has to much electrical crap that doesn't work right if the battery is not charged 100%, like the TPMS system. The gauge cluster will coming out very soon for a small modification.
 
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Frazer63 said:
Those fancy electronics can be real headaches.
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I am about 6 weeks without my ‘21 Titan. 52k miles and now a back ordered transmission just came in and is getting installed. The dealer has been very accommodating, I’m in a ‘23 Titan loaner. I used to be a Nissan fan, this is my 3rd Titan, 5th Nissan truck. No more.
 
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its understandable
 
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Just an update for anyone following. I still am without my 2021 Titan Pro 4X. The back ordered transmission came in and apparently isn’t working correctly. They are saying it needs a software update that apparently Nissan doesn’t have. Nissan consumer affairs has said Nissan will stay the course with the repairs but not offering to repurchase the truck. I was disappointed to find out that the replacement transmission is a remanufactured transmission and not a new transmission. I am now at two months without my truck but with a dealer loaner. This is the most disappointing vehicle purchase I have ever had. My third new Titan, my fourth new Nissan and my last unless Nissan swaps me out of it. I had no issues with my truck until it got the parking pawl recall, total POS ever since the recall.
 
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Still without my 2021 Titan Pro4x, since mid October. Nissan is sending a tech to my dealer to figure it out this week. It was a great truck until the parking pawl recall. Now it is a POS, two valve bodies, transmission replaced and they can’t get it right. 100,000 mile warranty is a great thing but I never expected to be without my truck for almost 3 months, and still don’t know when I’m getting it back. Anyone out there have any luck getting Nissan to buy back their vehicles? I have lost all confidence in this 2021 Titan with 52k miles and never missed a maintenance, every 5 k miles.
 
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accumac1 said:
Hi All, I came here because I am hoping that the community might enlighten me as to if this is a common Titan problem. Sorry If I am posting this in the wrong place, I am a newbie here!
I have a 2021 Titan Pro4X with 52,000 miles, completely stock. Since my parking pawl recall was done the truck has been a problem. The big issue is when stopping and putting the truck into park, the transmission does not go into park, it will go into neutral. The dash reads Key system error, later instances the dash reads when parked apply parking brake and does not show the transmission shift position at all, which means that the truck is free to roll, the doors don't unlock and If I turn the truck off I cannot restart it. After the truck sits for about 30 minutes it goes back to normal and I can drive it but I have to be careful about where I turn it off, if I am at the top of a hill it can roll and I can't restart it, I have worn the parking brake so it goes to the floor and won't hold the truck. The Dealer has been great at supplying me with loaners but now it is excessive. They are following Nissan service orders and have replaced the transmission valve body twice, and now are waiting for a back ordered transmission. I have been in their loaner and without my truck for over a month. Has anyone here experienced this? This is my third Nissan Titan and it was great up until now.
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Wow, sorry to hear your problem
I have a 2021 platinum reserve.
No transmission problems after the same recall.
My problem is the lighted grill emblem has the chrome falling off. Nissan agrees it's defective but they don't make that part anymore. Even though it's still under warranty.
Be thankful they're still making parts for your truck.
Enjoy the one that's running properly, I guess.
 
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harleyfoust10 said:
Wow, sorry to hear your problem
I have a 2021 platinum reserve.
No transmission problems after the same recall.
My problem is the lighted grill emblem has the chrome falling off. Nissan agrees it's defective but they don't make that part anymore. Even though it's still under warranty.
Be thankful they're still making parts for your truck.
Enjoy the one that's running properly, I guess.
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