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re: Nissan Titan Opinions

Posted on 2/7/26 at 5:56 pm to
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
84616 posts
Posted on 2/7/26 at 5:56 pm to
I thought the first gen Titans were absolutely hideous. The second gen were ok looking esp in the off road trim. I’ve never driven one but sounds like a solid V8 and the price is good since they’re being discontinued. I wouldn’t be afraid of buying a late model one. Half the price of a Tremor.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
84616 posts
Posted on 2/7/26 at 6:00 pm to
Although if you’re buying used and reliability is your main concern, get a 2021ish Tundra. It may cost more up front but it’ll be rock solid and High resale.
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
29807 posts
Posted on 2/8/26 at 1:37 pm to
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I have a Frontier. It was great for the first 100K miles. Since then, I've spent as much on repairs as I paid for it.


If a 4.0, that's on you. Not it. That's a half million mile motor.


17 titan here. 209k miles. About to have to make my first repair, high pressure power steering line has a leak. My fault. I was in a spot where I knew the front tire was in a bind, turned the wheel anyways to shove the truck over a few inches.

Nothing bent or broke, but a week later the line started leaking.

The good: reliable, great power, zero gravity seats are very comfortable, 18 mpg if you keep your foot out of it. They are extremely underrated for towing because of the factory p metric tires.

The bad: factory tuning has too many safeties built in. You only get about 25% power until 35 or so. They compensate by making first gear a granny low.

If you just flash tune the truck, you remove the overzealous safeties with basically zero loss in reliability. The only complaint is if you stand on it at 20, even 35s won't find grip

I have two tunes, one for 87, one for 93. The 93 tune will take a 6500lb truck from 0-60 as close as you can get to five seconds flat. The 87 tune is 5.5 seconds.

We just got back from New York. We'll be headed to Idaho in a month or so.

Edit: factory nav sucks. I use a phoenix head unit that's a large 14in display. Works flawlessly.
This post was edited on 2/8/26 at 1:40 pm
Posted by New Money
Athens, GA
Member since Jun 2023
4037 posts
Posted on 2/8/26 at 4:50 pm to
I'm still driving a '99 Chevy, too, so, yeah, I must suck at trucks.
Posted by Mr. Hangover
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2003
34925 posts
Posted on 2/8/26 at 5:10 pm to
My only opinion on the Nissan Titan is that it’s quite possibly the ugliest truck I’ve ever seen in production.


They look like some form of generic pickup truck on a movie or tv show where they can’t use official logos or brand names. They’re absolutely hideous in my completely worthless opinion
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
29807 posts
Posted on 2/8/26 at 9:13 pm to
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My only opinion on the Nissan Titan is that it’s quite possibly the ugliest truck I’ve ever seen in production.


From the factory, I agree. Raked too far forward. Tires one size too small.

One of the few trucks that actually looks better in a long wheel base.



Stock

295s



Long wheel base




The problem is while those gas XDs can tow an absolutely insane amount of weight, it won't sniff 16 mpg. Everything is just too heavy. Brakes are bigger than a lot of true 3/4 trucks of the time. Frame is fully welded and boxed.
Posted by SenseiBuddy
Ascension Parish
Member since Oct 2005
4761 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 3:13 pm to
I have one. A 24 PR 4x4. 21k so far. Only issue is the roof rails have some corrosion and getting it redone under warranty.

It’s the warranty I like. 5 years 100k miles bumper to bumper.

I use the stealership for all maintenance.

This is my second titan. The first one was 180k with only a fuel pump failure.

I like em. I needed a truck after the cp4 killed my f250. While I miss my ford size and power and space, the titan is powerful. Smooth. No turbos. No cp4. No start stop tech. It’s a v8 4x4 truck.

Hard to get it that simple these days.
Posted by tes fou
Member since Feb 2014
989 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 1:43 pm to
Yes I have used EAA for Xplan for several years and once you join eligible once the waiting period passes, no catch simple to generate a pin.

Some dealers will negotiate better than xplan but it gives you flexibility and a guaranteed deal.

Posted by SWHouston Tiger
Missouri City, TX
Member since Aug 2021
88 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 1:59 pm to
I've got a 2019 4WD with about 83K miles on it. it hasn't given me any problems at all to this point. I went from an F150 to this and have no complaints. The interior of the F150 was a little nicer, but other than that, i really like my Titan. Gas mileage is not great (15-19), but i knew that going in.
Posted by prestigeworldwide
Member since May 2018
434 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 2:25 pm to
quote:

Yes I have used EAA for Xplan for several years and once you join eligible once the waiting period passes, no catch simple to generate a pin.

Some dealers will negotiate better than xplan but it gives you flexibility and a guaranteed deal.


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