Posted: Sep 07 2005 at 11:38am | IP Logged

Has anyone considered a class action lawsuit in regards to the Titan blistering issue?  A recall is way overdue on this issue. My bedliner looks like bad case of acne and noone at my dealership seems to care.  The service manager used masking tape to frame some of the blisters and sent the photos via email to Nissan enginneers.  At least that's what I was told. My wife and I have set up a face-to-face meeting with the dealership owner later this week to hopefully end the lip service and get the ball rolling. Two complete beds were replaced here in Enterprise AL for the same problem, and I would expect the same treatment.  Can someone else speak for any repairs they had done for the same problem.  I hear that PPG agreed to repair some of the trucks in certain areas of the country.  Were you satisfied with the repair and how long did it take?

Posted: Oct 12 2005 at 8:43am | IP Logged

Following up on my post of September 7th.....Nisssan finally delivered an '05 truck bed to Mitchell Nissan here in Enterprise.  I brought my Titan to the dealership on Oct 3rd and drove it home on the 7th.  This delay was due to the fact that Nissan failed to provide new tailgate emblems with the new bed.  Darrell, the service tech, insisted on new emblems because of his experience with poor quality aftermarket adhesive mounting tapes.  The only complaints I have with the new bed are:

1) the vertical seams between the body and the tailgate (with the tailgate closed) are not a consistant width. Instead, I now have tapered seams that run from top (wide) to bottom (narrow). Other than a reorder, this issue cannot be rectified since there is no adjustment to correct the gap.

2) the tailgate itself does not operate as an '05 tailgate is supposed to, no easy up and down in my case.  The tailgate is identical in apperance to other '05s on the lot, but the hinge spring either isn't loaded or some other part is missing in the assembly.  The service manager is supposed to be working this issue with Nissan engineers.

My main concern in all this was whether or not the exterior paint would match after the installation, since my truck is over a year old and is never garaged.  No problem here...paint is a perfect match (w/new pinstripe) with no noticable defects. And to correct an earlier post, my truck bed was the second to be replaced at this dealership.  Two others are pending shipment.