2016 Nissan Titan XD Platnum Reserve
2016 Nissan Titan XD Platnum Reserve
Verified Impact Summary
Based on 29 published TADVerified Facts.
Cost Breakdown
Facts
Supporting Links
Vehicle
Sun Auto DVI - First set of engine repairs
20260626 - Sun Devil Auto DVI solid photo of the rat stuff and the air filter not changed by Carvana
Photo showing the crappy mats they put in the truck.
Photos, Videos & Evidence
This photo, the carvana.com listing of my vehicle from before I purchased it, shows the airbox is unlocked, and one can see the Orange boarder of the air filter. That same air filter is shown later, after the DVI from SuN Devil Auto in Scottsdale 6 months after purchase. That same DVI says the airbox was unlocked. I asked Jordan the executive Team Member from Carvana Corp if those photos indicate the truck is sellable, he responded and confirmed those photos are taken while it is listed.
Facts & Evidence Timeline
Facts and supporting evidence are arranged by the recorded incident/event date, newest first. Added and upload dates are not used for timeline placement.
PDF of the email to come, but Carvana choose to ignore their obvious part in this disaster.
WeDriveYouUnHappy.com is born. Read the details of the whole story.
Full transcript coming, with recording.
If you listen, it's funny, at one point he tells me that he can not continue the call if I am recording the call, while acknowledging that they will continue to record the call.
Good thing we were both in Arizona, and it's a one party consent state. Also, we both concented to being recorded.
We discuss the process, the problems, the 9 calls they promised me which did not happen.
Recording and transcription on it's way.
I can't drive the truck again this month, so those costs get rolled into the mix.
Impact Ledger
- Other Cost
- $1,622.33
- Gross Cost
- $1,622.33
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $1,622.33
After the 5500 in repairs to the engine, I brought it over to AAMCO to have a remanufactured transmission installed in the truck.
Impact Ledger
- Direct Financial Cost
- $8,154.50
- Gross Cost
- $8,154.50
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $8,154.50
After the engine work of $5500, and the transmission work of $8300, I now need to replace both turbos, as the rat bedding from before I took ownership has destroyed my turbos.
Impact Ledger
- Direct Financial Cost
- $6,873.88
- Gross Cost
- $6,873.88
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $6,873.88
Calculation basis: Upper and lower turbo needed to be replaced.
Sun Devil Auto wrote a letter confirming that this damage was done long ago.
This the DVI that was performed prior to them cleaning the intake, fixing the egr valves, air filter, valve, and the rest.
Total cost $5500 for these damages.
Notice the air filter, compare that seal around the outside to the photo from their website listing, same color filter showing. While looking at the photo of with the hood up, take a look at the clips for the air box, notice that it's open? Now take a look at the Sun Auto DVI from early 2025, they mention that those clips were not clipped.
Impact Ledger
- Direct Financial Cost
- $5,700.00
- Gross Cost
- $5,700.00
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $5,700.00
Adding payment, insurance and all costs associated with this truck, as I can not drive it this month due to the damages.
Impact Ledger
- Other Cost
- $1,622.30
- Gross Cost
- $1,622.30
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $1,622.30
Transmission was shifting weird, so this is where the major repairs started.
I flushed the transmission fluids.
Impact Ledger
- Direct Financial Cost
- $805.07
- Gross Cost
- $805.07
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $805.07
Another month the truck won't run, adding payment, insurance, and all costs here.
Impact Ledger
- Other Cost
- $1,622.33
- Gross Cost
- $1,622.33
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $1,622.33
Adding the total costs of the truck ownership here.
Impact Ledger
- Other Cost
- $1,622.33
- Gross Cost
- $1,622.33
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $1,622.33
Adding all expenses of truck ownership here, as the truck is not usable due to the mechanical issues.
Impact Ledger
- Other Cost
- $1,633.22
- Gross Cost
- $1,633.22
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $1,633.22
The truck was unusable so adding all expenses ownership cost.
Impact Ledger
- Other Cost
- $1,633.22
- Gross Cost
- $1,633.22
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $1,633.22
Can't drive the truck this month, so adding the ownership costs here.
Impact Ledger
- Other Cost
- $1,633.22
- Gross Cost
- $1,633.22
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $1,633.22
The truck is not driveable, adding costs here.
Impact Ledger
- Other Cost
- $1,622.33
- Gross Cost
- $1,622.33
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $1,622.33
Adding all costs of ownership, as the truck is not useable.
Impact Ledger
- Other Cost
- $1,633.20
- Gross Cost
- $1,633.20
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $1,633.20
I had to purchase a second vehicle, so I could continue to work. Not realizing that Carvana was the cause of my issues, I went back to them. see the Fiat story to learn how this company messed that deal up.
Impact Ledger
- Direct Financial Cost
- $23,000.00
- Gross Cost
- $23,000.00
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $23,000.00
Truck not useable, adding total costs of owning, as I can't drive the truck due to the mechanical issues.
Impact Ledger
- Other Cost
- $1,633.22
- Gross Cost
- $1,633.22
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $1,633.22
20260626 - Sun Devil Auto DVI solid photo of the rat stuff and the air filter not changed by Carvana
in this DVI, we see a few things.
There is a note that the water pump is leaking. The truck had been driven 31,000 miles, and the 150 point vehicle inspection said it was 100% fine.
We also see that the air box wasn't locked shut, and we see that in the photos, and the narrative from the DVI says that.
We also see a photo of the airfilter needing a new one, with some of the rat nesting.
I was not made aware of this, or I would have paid the $100 or whatever for the filter, I always say yes to these things.
Ever had the shifter cable break on a vehicle? Yeah, neither had I. I'd bet the rat ate this too.
I was driving to a client, and went to back in at a client, when the shift lever moved with no pressure, it had broken. I left the client, suffered some lost work, as well as a hit to my reputation.
I found Sun Devil Auto on Bell Road was able to get me in, I drove up there, and they got me in immediately, and fixed the issue. They did not, unfortunately do a DVI.
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Impact Ledger
- Direct Financial Cost
- $671.91
- Lost Work / Job Cost
- $925.00
- Reputational Damage Cost
- $1,850.00
- Gross Cost
- $3,446.91
- Benefit Received
- $0.00
- Net Harm
- $3,446.91
Calculation basis: I lost several referrals, as well as the income I was onsite to earn.
This premium truck with every feature under the sun (Heated and cooled seats, remote start, leather seats, etc) was delivered with a cheap set of Walmart floor mats, not disclosed in the listing.
See the quality of the mats provided in the photo.
The driver backed the truck off their truck, right before I saw the check engine light.
20261004 - Delivery Day for the Nissan Titan XD Platnum Reserve from Carvana.com - Late by 2 hours
So on delivery day, the driver was 2 hours late.
While backing my truck off from their truck, the check engine light came on.
I called that out to the driver, he said, "I thought we turned that off for the vehicle inspection." This was said while I was recording with my AI device, and I have the video that shows the actions, from the 3rd floor balcony overlooking the scene.
I will not be making those public, but those are in this database, privately saved, ready for a Judge to hear.
The delivery was to my place in Durham, North Carolina.
The driver told me that if I reject the truck, I have to start all over at the beginning, and wait 2 weeks for my deposit, then I can begin the process again.
He plugged in his code reader, and looked up the codes, and found that it's an EGR valve, which my Chrysler 300 had an issue with the entire time I owned it, and that made it to 598,000 miles.
Turns out it was 2 EGR valves, in the engine, and $5500 worth of work to fix that.
This is a crop, showing the airbox is unlocked, and that we can see the orange of the airfilter.
6 months later, these are picked up in the DVI from Sun Devil Auto Scottsdale.
The window sticker for the truck.
This is carvana's form, claiming to have completed a 150 point inspection of the vehicle.
Notice in the listing, the airbox is not clipped, and one can see the air filter, the same air filter which has shown up over time in photos, adding to the proof that this rat lived in the engine before I owned the truck.
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