Yes.

The pedal-limiter, which you're talking about, was put in for the '02 model year. Too many Xterra owners were ripping up their tires from the torque generated by a full-range movement of the throttle.

Engineers at Nissan decided that the best solution was to limit the range of movement of the throttle pedal, to limit the damage caused by hard launches.

The throttle position has also damaged several muffler bearings over the first couple years of the model . . .