ATV Florida Forum

Anyone drive a Nissan Titan 4x4??
Just wanted to know how they tow,are they capable of what they say they will do?
Also what kind of mpg do you get(in the real world)
Thanks Brian

They are really nice trucks there 2 in my neighborhood the v8's.  Personally if I were to buy a truck thats out on the market now it would be the Toyota Tundra.  I haven't riding in the Titans but I have sat in them.  4door V8 has a lot of room even in the back seats.

My brother owns one.  He bought it from the dealer with it already raised in the air.  To be honest it looks great but it sucks.  Horrible fuel mileage always in the shop.  He just got it back yesterday from the shop and then the check engine light came on right after that.  This time it was only in for a week.  THEY ARE JUNK!!!!!!!

BTW he is currently trying to lemon law it.  He has only had it about 9 mths and it has been in the shop at least 12 times.

Jayman - sounds like your brother bought a used truck that waws beat on and his experience is very much not typical.

Titans flat out bust any 4x4 truck made next to a new Tundra.  Excellent TQ and the same in town gas mileage as a 5.3 Chevy...

Bought it brand new with extended warranty.

He once towed a 16' enclosed trailer with it and averaged 4.2 miles per gallon at 60 mph.

Engine:

TITAN:5.6-liter DOHC 32-valve V8 engine
  317 hp @ 5,200 rpm
  385 lb-ft of torque @ 3,400 rpm

TUNDRA:5.7L DOHC 32V i-FORCE V8 with Dual Independent Variable Valve Timing with Intelligence (VVT-i)
  381 Horsepower @ 5600 rpm
  401 Torque @ 3600 rpm (lb.-ft.)

MPG:

TITAN: (city/highway)12/17

TUNDRA: (city/highway)14/18

That's what im am going to be towing a '16 foot trailer.And he only got 4.2 mpg!!I have talked to a few people and the really have not had any problems with their Titan.They where getting 11 mpg when towing.In order to do the Lemon law it has to go back for the same reason every time it goes to the dealer.

my brothers got one and the gas millage is purty crappy but my dad f150 4 door is only a lil better and has no where near the balls that the titan has. he has also never had any trouble out of his truck and i think it has like 59K on it now. and it get worked and drove hard, i would buy one if i was looking for a full size truck.

Technically not real world fullsize, so when they say best in class for one thing or the other there are only 2 truck's in it's class, either toyo or nissan. Little misleading ;)

they are classified with every other half ton p/u. get the tundra if you dont mind paying some more $. its a better truck. but the nissan is a good truck too. i know a few people with them and i have driven one. as far as looks, they are the best lookin full size truck out there. dont get a ford, chevy or dodge though. theyre crap.  2:L :P

haha I must agree

I have a friend at work with a Titan 06 v8 he always said it would out tow my F250 and get better miledge and I would rag back on him this whent back and forth for about 6 months.So one time I am going to take him and his wife camping with me and my better half,I suggest he tow the camper since his truck was so much better .Camper is a 29 ft aluminum frame trailer fully loaded weighs about 6300 pounds.First we hook it up and it squats the truck down within inches of the bump stops so we put on the load levelers and sway cams this brings the truck up about an 1.5 inches.So now we leave everything seem good until we hit the interstate anything over 55 and the thing would sway like mad even with the sway cams .So we set the cruise at 55 and head north we drive for about an 2 hours and its time to fill the tank already he was getting just over 5 mpg all the way up.The way home was no different except we had a head wind and now averaged 4.3 mpg.Needless to say he never tried to bust on my truck again. I can drive 85 with no sway and get 7.5 mpg or if i drive 65-70 I get 9 - 9.5 theese figures are while pulling the same trailer.Around town not towing I get about 12 but I am heavy footed.its a 5.4 gas engine truck.

I tow a 39' fifth wheel, loaded it is probably around 17,000 lbs (just the trailer not the truck) and at 75mph I average 12 mpg going north.  On the way back I get a little better.  I race my brothers titan and always beat it.  I now have a programmer on it and there is no comparison.

I have a 2000 F250 7.3 liter with 35" tires.  The mods I have are 4" turbo back exhaust, air filter and a dp tuner programmer (60tow, 80econo and 120 race).

nuff said  ;)

I must agree that truck must be badass

Why not?  It is as big as a Chevy inside ( Crewmax is bigger) and the bed is as wide and long.. ::)

If your F250 is a 5.4 it is a SLUG and of course it will out pull a 1/2 ton - you got more gear and a suspension to pull more.  5.4 Fords barely get 16mpg without a load on the highway and the Ford is known for a power robbing transmission...

I now have a programmer on it and there is no comparison.


But stock for stock he could out race you - not come close to the pulling part.

BTW - for most of you who do not know the Titans will get in the 14's at the dragstrip so they are not slow by any means...

Stock for stock he could NOT beat me.  We raced several times.  He could get by me on the top end only

All right, not trying to start some drama or anything, but...
That's not all together true... To Lemon law, it has to be within the first 24 months of ownership and it must  substantially impair the use, value, or safety of the vehicle. It does not have to be the same thing every time.
In Florida you also have out of service time as well. I believe 15 days total in 12 months. 30 days in 24 months, but you had better have EVERYTHING documented to the hill. There should have been a lemon law booklet that came with the vehicle explaining what to do. And there are more guidelines that must be followed. You can get the form from http://myfloridalegal.com

I have also heard the Titan is the lowest rated truck ever by J.D.Power.
I hate to see anyone have to use Lemon Law - - - but this truck is not a very good one and I hate to see people get ripped off by crappy vehicles (like a Titan).
Hope that helps,  8)
BMD

I have one and it has 50k miles on it now. I tow 6k lbs every other weekend and beet mine to death. Its only been in the shop twice. The breaks had a problem in the first 5k miles and I blew the rear diff out of it doing a burn out. The fuel milage is around 9mpg towing 6k lbs and get about 13 in the city and highway. Its a very fun truck to drive and I like the way it rides. I dont like the fuel milage or the traction control.

Some of you are compairing  a 1/2 ton truck to a 3/4 ton truck. ???

Yea, not fair a 3/4 ton weigh's more and therefore should be slower and get worse fuel mileage.....wait a minute is that right?

p.s. if ya want a real truck gitcha a Timberline :Wacko.gif

There was a guy towing a trailer on rv.net and it bent his frame. The weight was within the towing limits from Nissan. He posted pics and it was clear as day that the frame was bent. I wouldn't own one.

How bout you go back and read what the guy was asking in the original post. He wasn't wanting to compair. Unless you own on or have owned one you have no idea what your talking about. The rest is just here say.

FYI... I smoked my friends F150 4x4 (5.4)truck for truck and then we both had our race cars on about the same size trailer and i smoke him again. If you want to campair 1/2 ton trucks.
I knew there was a reson I dont post on here anymore. Everyone thinks they know it all. Enough said!

I added my comments because I am able to compare what he asked for, and that is
How does it do towing and compare to others?

I have a 2005 titan crewcab 2wd i get about 17 in town and 20 on the highway and i average 90 mph i love mine and i tow my 22 cc to the keys all the time dont go below 80 and i get 15 towing  and its a hemi eater lol

The guy asked how well it tows !I told him a direct comparison taken from personal experiance towing a trailer that was well inside of the manufacturers (nissan)claimed tow capability and it failed miserably.



I never claimed that my truck was a race machine but its no slug either I would say the nissan will out run it anyday , unless it has a payload .The problem  is nissan makes some claim like its able to tow 9800 lbs or some sh!t my F250 says 10000 sounds pretty close but witch one is accurate.I also owned a 2001 ford f150 5.4 with the 7100 lb tow package and it also would out tow that nissan hunk of garbage .I only bought the F250 becouse I was starting to tow a trailer that was 32' with a 2800 lb race car and about 1000lbs of race gas along with compressors a fully loaded tool box not to mention the trailer by itself was 5500lbs,The f150 towed that better than my friends nissan towed my camper that weighs only 6300 lbs loaded.By the way the rear gear in both my F150 and F250 are 3.73 I am now going to reaserch final drive ratios of the transmissions.

Neighbor has a V8 titan extended cab with all the goodies.  I make fun of him because I believe road and track had an article that stated the new toyota tacoma would take it off the line.  I have a new tacoma and they were right.  Obviously it will smoke me in the long run, but we noticed the titan has a cable sysytem for the gas pedal vs. the usual shaft most vehichles have.  My neighbor thought this may help with smooth take offs but less power.  The truck is nice but lacks attention to detail unlike toyota's

1/8 mile

thats what I was thinkin.

ahhhhhhhhhhhh, I have a T-Maxx that will smoke them all the first 45 MPH. And its just an RC car

BTW How many of you Fords, Chevy, Dodge and Toyota drivers can say the your truck can do over 130mph? The Titan still has pedal left at 130mph and I had the rubicon 500 in the bed. :o
I know the Chevy shuts down around 95mph, and I drove past a Rumble Bee Dodge at about 120mph so he must have shut down too, even with the big bad Hemi. Aint no way a Ford goes over 100mph lol unless its the SVT. Thats the fastest truck on the road.   

Powerprogrammer fixes that 100 mph easily but then again I don't care to do 130 unless i am at the dragstrip where it is safe and leagel

also would suck to go over the speed rating of your tires and they explode.

I'm with 450rcrazy