How reliable have the Xterra's been over all? Are they a known for durability like the 4Runner's are? I'm too familiar with Nissan. Thanks.

I've found reliability for many cars is directly proportional to how well you take care of them

I had a Nissan 240sx that was 12 years old and had 130K miles on it. Sold it for over half of what I paid for it 8 years earlier. The only repair I had to perform (other than wear items like brakes and the clutch at 110K miles) was the replacement of 2 fuel injectors - common problem with the KA engine that was in 'em - the 4 cyl X uses the same engine, dunno if it's the same injectors or if they finally fixed 'em. The biggest factor in that vehicle was I took good care of it - washed it, waxed it, kept it clean, did routine maintenance on it well, routinely

Heck, had a crappy oldsmobile cutlass supreme - one of their worst early 80's car's, and it was pretty decent because I kept up on the simple stuff and didn't abuse the piss out of it.

check here this might give an idea of what some people have said....

Consumer reports rated the former Xterras at 27% better than average, the 4Runner rates about 30% better than average, so they are about the same. There is no rating for the '05 as it is a new model with no history.