The Lemon Index$4,400 middle bill · most between $3,500 and $6,000
About the same as the $4,500 middle bill owners of all 175 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 106,000 miles (42 reports).
Nissan Xterra owners reported paying a median of $4,400 for a transmission replacement, with the middle half of bills between $3,500 and $6,000. That's from 45 owner reports (45 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5007%
- $2,500–$5,00053%
- $5,000 and up40%
Share of the 45 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2005 Nissan Xterra20$3,900 middle bill
- 2006 Nissan Xterra9$4,600 middle bill
- 2007 Nissan Xterra14$4,700 middle bill
- 2008 Nissan Xterra1too few for a middle
- 2015 Nissan Xterra1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2005 Nissan Xterra108 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2007 Nissan Xterra61 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2006 Nissan Xterra60 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
- 2008 Nissan Xterra11 complaints name it9% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a transmission failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0700 P0730 P0715 P0720 P0731 P0732 P0733 P0734. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Nissan Xterra reliability by year
- Transmission replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Nissan Xterra owners reported
Radiator replacement (39) · Timing chain replacement (8) · Catalytic converter replacement (6) · Fuel pump replacement (6) · Clutch replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11129425, 11104149, 10972194, 10954080, 10876712, 10862939, 10862405, 10855347, 10765135, 10749583, 10735874, 10722229 and more.
Quick answers
How much does transmission replacement cost on a Nissan Xterra?
Nissan Xterra owners reported a median of $4,400, and the middle half paid $3,500 to $6,000, from 45 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Nissan Xterra transmission replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Nissan Xterra middle bill of $4,400 is about the same as the $4,500 owners of all 175 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Nissan Xterra repair costs come from?
From 45 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Nissan Xterra years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2005 (108), 2007 (61), 2006 (60) Nissan Xterra named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.