P1754

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2006 NISSAN XTERRA with 130000. miles

I have a 2006 Nissan se Xterra 4.0 4x2 automatic -i started noticing when gets speed up to 45 miles it is making a hard shifting and when slowing down making a hard down shifting as well. I mostly notice this when the vehicle is already warmed up and stop and go traffic is when it starts acting up, like a clunk noise and feel like it is loosing power in the transmission. It was a cold day and when leaving work and i backed up and then put in drive and started to move forward all of a sudden the service engine light came on and it felt like i had lost power to the transmission. (bogged down feeling) i had to press further down on the peddle to get the Xterra to drive. I drove home slowly with my flashers on praying to god i would not break down within the 7miles. The next day i drove 2 miles to oriellys to pull the code P1754 with several others.I drove to a transmission shop and was given a "worse case scenario" charge of about $3300.00 -i still owe $6000.00 for it! I started to investigate the issue online with all of the forums/parts/rebuilds and such and found that the transmission is the issue with the coolant line in radiator cracking and leaking atf into transmission causing problems with corrosion in the valve body and transmission (o rings/seals) causing to be replaced which is (faulty engineered/manufactured highly expensive defect) at around 100,000 miles and cost is $1100.00 for body valve, rebuilding transmission ($2800.00-($5000.00 for new) and replacing the radiator $ 260.00 and lets not forget about the labor at about $110.00 an hour for around 13 hours. Who has this kind of money for this repair?? I love my Xterra but not at this cost since i found out that every 100,000 i will have to replace the $1100.00 transmission valve body (solenoids failing)!! I am very disappointed with Nissan.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN

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2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER with 119000. miles

The vehicle will at times not accelerate from a stop light, or will feel like it is laboring and barely move. The shop retrieved codes P1754 and P0744, and cleared codes, which returned in short order. This condition can occur when making a left turn, or where we live, strand the car on a railroad crossing (we have had 2 young ladies killed at rail crossings in the last 2 years here). When a driver expects the vehicle to accelerate, and instead it flounders, the results can absolutely be deadly. The car has had the radiator replaced (a known defective part causing costly damage), but the transmission is now being fingered as the culprit after cross contamination of coolant and trans fluid alters the transmission function to be erratic. Ours is not an isolated case, and it seems like it is becoming increasingly typical for a manufacturer to cover-up known defects even when life and death safety concerns are obvious. The suggested remedy is a very expensive transmission replacement, costing thousands more than on other vehicles. This is not acceptable. Please help.
POWER TRAIN,

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2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER with 82900.0 miles

Vehicle has service engine light came on. Vehicle would not shift gears properly while in traffic and occur sporadically. Diagnostic code revealed P1754 a known issue with transmission and radiator.
POWER TRAIN,

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2005 INFINITI FX45 with 154000. miles

I was driving home and was stopped at a red light. I felt a jerk from under the hood then the check engine light came on. My car then began to drive very sluggishly and struggled to pick up speed. I made it home a few blocks away and had it towed to the shop where i was told i needed a new transmission. The codes i received were P1754, P1757, and P1759. I was told there was a recall for the 5 speed only. I would like to add that i have never had a check engine light on or had any problems wih my vehicle until now. I think it should be expanded to the awd as well.
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL

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2005 NISSAN FRONTIER with 116135. miles

I drove the Frontier to work that morning, then in the afternoon i began my 62 mile commute home. I came to a stop at a traffic light and then when i began to drive again the engine would rev high and accelerate slowly. I made it to a service station where the code P1754 was read on the onboard computer. I was told by the service station that it needed to be looked at, since he didn't see any mechanical issues. The code was cleared and i was able to drive it home. The next morning thinking the problem may have been a glitch in the computer i attempted to drive it down the road, approximately 2 miles into the drive a violent jerk of the truck and i could not accelerate, it was as though the vehicle was in neutral. I made it home and had the vehicle towed to the dealer i bought it from in 2007. They informed me that the transmission cooler had cracked and cross contaminated the radiator and transmission fluids and it would be a 6300.00 dollar repair. I contacted Nissan after reading online about multiple issues with this and they said that they had sent a letter out in december notifying owners of the issue. The letter stated that the warranty had been extended to 80,000 miles. Due to the fact that neither the dealer nor Nissan had taken the time to update the vehicles info showing my ownership, i never received a letter and am beyond the 80,000 miles as are many of the other owners experiencing this issue. Nissan admits that the transmission cooler is suffering catastrophic failure in the transmission and radiators, but only on the phone. When you let them know that the transmission fails while on the highway in the middle of traffic, they only offer what seems to be the typical "i am sorry." this problem needs to be corrected and not at the owners expense, since it is a faulty transmission cooler that was used that caused all of the damage.
POWER TRAIN,

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2005 NISSAN FRONTIER with 82800.0 miles

Was stopped at red light went to pull off transmission slipped and check engine light came on. Had engine checked and it had a code of P1754 for transmission solenoid. Check code on internet and saw where it was a problem Nissan had with a cracked radiator. Took to radiator shop and he said radiator was cracked and fluid from radiator and transmission was mixing together had radiator replaced and took truck to Nissan to have transmission check, they said transmission was damaged by antifreeze and it has to be replaced.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN

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2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER with 110000. miles

Experienced problems with the engine, the check light was on and the gears seemed to be shifting hard and engine running rough as it was in second gear. The recommendation was to first flush the transmission and apply an exterior coolant on to the radiator because of known issues with the radiator leaking into the transmission. This was a temporary band aid because the next time i was going on a long trip, the vehicle shifted hard while driving, jerked and when into 4wd automatically without me touching anything and the check engine light is on again. When you drive over 60 miles an hour the rpms tack up super high and the engine runs with a roar. Had the transmission diagnosed again and the fault codes show a P1754, P1759, P1764,01731, P0102....Basically they are telling me i need a new transmission or a rebuilt one to the tune of 4-5000 dollars, the source of the issue is the faulty radiator which leaked water into the transmission. This is a catastrophic issue to me both safety wise and financially wise and i'm not alone--there are pages and pages of complaints for this same problem you can find all over the internet. I wish i would have known before buying the vehicle but that's water under the bridge. Nissan extending a warranty upto 80,000 miles is a mute point when most of these issues happens after that mileage, to me it's just ridiculous to have such a huge design/component flaw that can cause such a high dollar damage to the vehicle and not have it recognized by Nissan as a recall.
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN

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2005 NISSAN XTERRA with 131000. miles

The transmission became stuck in 3rd or 4th gear and would not accelerate. Then it worked for a few days. After that it got stuck in 1st and would not shift. It is currently stuck in 3rd or 4th again. The transmission fluid is a red brown foamy color. It is giving a code of P1754.
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN