Would be hard to tell, the tranny is more than likely made at another plant and just assembled into the Xterra - like the engine. But then again you knew that already, right?

Grrr, I think we may need to roll up some of these tranny threads 'ala the fuel sending unit thread

I knew a guy once that blew a tranny in his pickup, he went to the dealer bought a new one and they didn't even test the old truck. gave him full trade in on it.

Look, who your friends blow and where they blow them is none of our business.

Hey superjens, did you quit PNWX?

wow, i never would have picked up on that...

whoops.. guess i deserve that.

I just paid $1300 to replace my clutch and that's including the flywheel...I say they're charging you too much..

Well, since this thread is being revisited...

Yep, replaced many a first gear in the Xterra transmissions. Fronty's too.

No rhyme or reason, just goes. Curious thing though, haven't done one yet in an off-roader's vehicle. They've all, and I mean all have been in regular mall crawler vehicles. Don't know the significance of that, but it's an interesting fact.

Keep in mind for prices this little factoid.

Dealerships don't all charge the same hourly rate as others. We are now at $110 per hour, but others in small towns only charge something like $60 per hour, or whatever their market will bear. Get it?

So what seems outrageous for some, is actually good for others. Need to remember that when saying "That's unreal!" to someone in a big city, from a small town.

Add me to the list too. 2000 Frontier CC, 4x4. 92k miles. Started popping out of first gear last week. I'm not happy about this at all.

-gary

After reading over this thread I take it that everyone with the 1st gear problem owned a 2000 X? Mainly silver in color. Good thing I own a yellow 2002

What years?

Here are a couple of question for the people with '00 tranny problems (I'm gonna cross post this to the two XOC threads I've found on the subject):

How diligent were you about changing your tranny fluid? Did you change it at the recommended 30k and 60k? I know I changed mine at about 35k, but haven't gotten around to the 60k change (and I'm at 92k now). Did I (we) do this to ourselves?

Also, how many of you regularly downshifted into first gear while your truck was still moving? I did that infrequently the first year or two that I owned the truck, but then I was told it was a bad idea, so I have all but stopped doing it. Was the damage to the tranny done early on by this?

Thoughts?

-gary

I was insanely anal about changing the fluid, did it at 30,000 KMs (18,000 miles), again at 60000, and again at 100,000. Mine kicked the bucket at around 120000. On teardown, the fluid came out clean as the day it went in, minus the big chunks of gear teeth of course :-) I've been driving manual transmissions for 20 years and I've never had a problem. My Xterra transmission was a lemon, plain and simple.

That's good to know. At least it helps me feel like I didn't do this to myself (at least not totally).

My 91 Hardbody did the same thing. 2.4 four cyl. had 165K on it when 1st went out the same way, which caused me to get my X with the auto this time. I did at first shift into 1st on the fly till informed it was bad to do that.

Just got over the same tranny problem (first gear "neutralness") and had to have it replaced.
I may have burned it up a bit getting to the garage. :rolleyes:
80,0000 miles, automatic.
I went with the salvage yard - got one with 8900 miles on it and a "lifetime" warranty.
'course I was 1 year and 20,000 miles past warranty.
~2K $US

Maybe it is only a 2000 problem?

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Doubtful. Replaced the auto transmission in our '02 in January 2004, with only 30K miles on it. It was a sporadic problem. It would start off fine, but invariably wouldn't shift into 2nd gear. If I pulled over, shut it off for a few minutes and restarted it, it was fine. But, after having it happen a few times, I took it in to the dealer and they gave me the report of, "You need a new transmission." Thankfully it was covered under warranty.

I am having the same problem w/ my 2000 XE V6 4X4. First gear has also left me. Happened at 118,000 miles. I believe what happened to mine is that the throughout bearings and syncros went bad, grinded a gear tooth of 1st which tore the other teeth off. Local place quoted $950 for the clutch+labor and then another $1300-$1800 for the tranny depending on if I go with a used one or not.

How'd it turn out for you?

I just lost 1st gear at 83k miles(2000 4x4)- exact same description as others in this thread. Of course, local Nissan dealer has "never seen" this before. Has there been any progress with Nissan recognizing this as a problem?

I just bought a 2000 X 2 days ago from a dealer. It pops out of 3rd. Its going in on Monday to be fixed under warranty (Whew!). 87k miles.

Exteragirl, Im in Hopewell, and Poughkeepsie Nissan is where I bought my 04. Nothing but good to say about their service dept.

dave it's been a year, idon't think she's paying attention.

Well add me to the list, 2000 Nissan Xterra V6 SE 4x4 with 106,000 miles on it, first gear kissed me goodbye this morning. How difficult is it to install a tranny on this baby, i've pulled a motor from my S2000 and tranny also, i'm guessing the xterra should be alittle easier.

Should be much easier than on an S.

Hey - are you on S2KCA or S2KI?

I'm actually on both websites, I frequent S2ki more than S2kca though.