As stated in the title, I've had my 2022 Titan Pro4X for exactly 2 months and it has been less than stellar. I'm starting this thread to track the repair process, good or bad, and to maybe help other owners that might be experiencing the same issues. I going to say right up front, I think this truck has the potential to be great. The power and driveability of the engine and transmission are excellent. Far, far better than the 2022 F150 I traded in. The Fender audio is just enough for me, and the seats are the best I've ever had in a vehicle, bar none. The cab is reasonably tight and quiet. Better than some, worse than others.
Now the not so good. The steering is INCREDIBLY "twitchy". So much so as to be difficult to keep centered in a lane on the highway. I am constantly having to make very small corrections. It's like it needs more caster in the front end. Sometimes I also get a very unsettling feedback through the steering wheel that almost feels like a lane-keep-assist correction but not as strong. Not the vibration warning, but the actual nudge in the steering. It'very slight, but it IS happening and contributes to the difficult driving. The dealership, Machens Nissan in Columbia Missouri, put 4 new Nitto Crossteck II tires on it when i bought it. I have a feeling they are to blame for at least part of this. I had them re balance them and supposedly check the front end alignment for a slight pull to the left, but it didn't help anything. Now, as annoying as the driving experience is it doesn't leave me stranded. However..............
The electrical gremlins have left me stranded 3 times in the past week. This started out when I was sitting in the truck waiting for a business to open. Truck was in accessory mode and I was listening to the radio for about 20 minutes or so. Turned off truck, went in and took care of some business, came back out after maybe 5 minutes, and she was dead as a fence post. Called my wife, she drove 15 miles to where I was, and we jumped it off her car. Everything was fine for a few days, but then I was sitting in it while on break at work, talking to my wife on the phone through the bluetooth/infotainment, with the truck in accessory mode again, this time only 5 minutes. Went to start it later and was dead as a post again. Fortunately I had just bought a NOCO 1000 amp jump pack because of this (which, by the way, is great and I will now have one in every vehicle I own) and jumped it with that. Was all good the rest of the day. The next morning I noticed it was maybe a little slow on the crank, but it still started ok. Drove 30 miles to town, parked truck for maybe 15 minutes and it was dead again. This time I noticed while jumping it there was something buzzing on the passenger side of the engine. I'm not very familiar with the engine compartment yet, so I really don't know what it was. Jumped it, left it running at the remaining stops I had and went home. On the way home a lot of warning lights were on and the cruise wouldn't work. Just a sidebar for the guitar players among us; the Nissan warning lights remind me of the symbols on a Orange guitar amp LOL! If you know, you know. Anyway.....Got back home, shut it off, re-stated it and everything was fine again. No warning lights, cranked right over and started. Haven't tried yet this morning.
Then there is the fuel mileage. The very best highway mileage I have seen is 13.1 hand calculated. Always hand calculated. The computer is waayyyy off. I know it's a truck and all that and I'm 58 years old and don't drive them hard anymore. 12-13 highway mpg is unacceptable. I hear these trucks are bad about cracking exhaust manifolds. Maybe that's what happened and it's throwing the O2 sensors off??? Just speculating. Dealer will check this out too.
Sorry for the long winded post, but I wanted to get this out there in case somebody else is having these same problems. I will keep this updated as the saga unfolds.
Now the not so good. The steering is INCREDIBLY "twitchy". So much so as to be difficult to keep centered in a lane on the highway. I am constantly having to make very small corrections. It's like it needs more caster in the front end. Sometimes I also get a very unsettling feedback through the steering wheel that almost feels like a lane-keep-assist correction but not as strong. Not the vibration warning, but the actual nudge in the steering. It'very slight, but it IS happening and contributes to the difficult driving. The dealership, Machens Nissan in Columbia Missouri, put 4 new Nitto Crossteck II tires on it when i bought it. I have a feeling they are to blame for at least part of this. I had them re balance them and supposedly check the front end alignment for a slight pull to the left, but it didn't help anything. Now, as annoying as the driving experience is it doesn't leave me stranded. However..............
The electrical gremlins have left me stranded 3 times in the past week. This started out when I was sitting in the truck waiting for a business to open. Truck was in accessory mode and I was listening to the radio for about 20 minutes or so. Turned off truck, went in and took care of some business, came back out after maybe 5 minutes, and she was dead as a fence post. Called my wife, she drove 15 miles to where I was, and we jumped it off her car. Everything was fine for a few days, but then I was sitting in it while on break at work, talking to my wife on the phone through the bluetooth/infotainment, with the truck in accessory mode again, this time only 5 minutes. Went to start it later and was dead as a post again. Fortunately I had just bought a NOCO 1000 amp jump pack because of this (which, by the way, is great and I will now have one in every vehicle I own) and jumped it with that. Was all good the rest of the day. The next morning I noticed it was maybe a little slow on the crank, but it still started ok. Drove 30 miles to town, parked truck for maybe 15 minutes and it was dead again. This time I noticed while jumping it there was something buzzing on the passenger side of the engine. I'm not very familiar with the engine compartment yet, so I really don't know what it was. Jumped it, left it running at the remaining stops I had and went home. On the way home a lot of warning lights were on and the cruise wouldn't work. Just a sidebar for the guitar players among us; the Nissan warning lights remind me of the symbols on a Orange guitar amp LOL! If you know, you know. Anyway.....Got back home, shut it off, re-stated it and everything was fine again. No warning lights, cranked right over and started. Haven't tried yet this morning.
Then there is the fuel mileage. The very best highway mileage I have seen is 13.1 hand calculated. Always hand calculated. The computer is waayyyy off. I know it's a truck and all that and I'm 58 years old and don't drive them hard anymore. 12-13 highway mpg is unacceptable. I hear these trucks are bad about cracking exhaust manifolds. Maybe that's what happened and it's throwing the O2 sensors off??? Just speculating. Dealer will check this out too.
Sorry for the long winded post, but I wanted to get this out there in case somebody else is having these same problems. I will keep this updated as the saga unfolds.
