Other suspension problem on the 2006 Nissan Titan
1 crash 1 of the 28 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other suspension problem gets reported
Owners of the 2006 Nissan Titan report other suspension problem at a median of 62,500 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 50,000 miles and a quarter after 75,000 miles, from 27 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 100,000 miles. It is the 4th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 32,500 miles at the tenth percentile to 97,500 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 65,733 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
19% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32,134 miles | 50,000 miles | 61,500 miles | 75,820 miles | 97,867 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a crash is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $350–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 6 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2017, at a median of 1,300 miles, and latest on the 2007 at 90,000 miles.
By volume the 2005 carries the most reports, with 46; the 2006 has 28. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
The driver side rear leaf spring shackle came apart at the weld and the back of the leaf spring punched up through the bed of my truck. This happened while driving and was not accompanied by any loud noise or any indication that something had gone drastically wrong. This is a 4x4, off-road/work truck. These shackles should never break, let alone only after 3 winters. Upon further inspection, I also found that the passenger side rear leaf spring shackle is showing signs of stress and cracking. I had it towed to a nissan dealer and was told they could not do anything for me. I called nissan customer care and haven't heard any info from them either. I have had truck towed out of nissan dealer and have obtained some heavy-duty aftermarket shackles which I plan to install. *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 nissan titan. The contact stated that there is a bracket that holds the rear leaf spring. The leaf spring appears to be faulty and not strong enough to support the vehicle. The first bracket failed and the contact bought another one. The dealer stated that there was no recall and no assistance could be provided since the vehicle was not under warranty. Nissan redesigned a new part, which the contact stated was a much better design than the original. The rear driver's side bracket was already repaired. Currently, the passenger side bracket needs to be repaired. The failure and current mileages were 65,000. Updated 6/8/09 *cn updated 06/11/09.*jb
The spring shackles on my 2006 nissan titan are defective. One broke at around 25,000 miles and the second one at around 40,000 miles. The springs shot up into the bed of my truck on both occasions denting the bed and causing me to almost lose control. I had my truck towed to a nissan dealership the first time and had the shackle replaced and I asked if this was a common problem and inquired if I should have the other side replaced they said no it wasn't common the spring shackles on this vehicle are a serious safety risk, if they had broke while I was driving on the highway at a higher speed I would have been in a serious accident. *tr
Also reported on the 2006 Nissan Titan
Other powertrain problem
Differential or transfer case failure
Other engine problem
Fuel gauge or level sensor failure
Exhaust leak or fumes in the cabin
Loss of braking
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 28 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other suspension problem happen on the 2006 Nissan Titan?
Across 27 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 62,500 miles. A quarter were filed before 50,000 miles and a quarter after 75,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other suspension problem on the 2006 Nissan Titan?
28 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.6 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed