Nissan Titan XD: I Take the Most Underrated Half-ton Truck Up the World's Toughest Towing Test! 

Good morning TFL .. Time for the Best Auto Journalism on RU-vid.. 😍 Thank You

I bought my Titan XD based on TFL Truck reviews. It really is the most underrated truck in the market. I tow a 9,000 lb travel trailer in Colorado and have no issues.

Every time I see a Titan video I get so jealous because it's such a handsome truck... and then I remember that I have one in my driveway and everything is OK again. xD

The 5.6L sounds so good. Truck did very well on the I.G.

Definitely an underrated truck. Lots of value for the money in it.

The guy in the hat.." Very well said, I felt safe I felt in control ,its not a race car"... great context, wish More so called Reviewers did said that Out loud.. great job..cheers Allan

I’m a tundra guy(5.7L V8) but the Nissan Titan is very underrated truck , it’s definitely a very solid truck 💪🏻

Loving my 2021 Nissan Titan Pro4x. People underestimate this truck. Snooze you lose.

I wish you guys would have shown more of the actual run up the hill so we could have seen how the XD was performing in real time. Sure the time of 8:27 to the finish line at the end is great, but I want to see how it handled it during the actual run.

I love my XD gasser. It's basically a 1500HD if you think about it. Just a little more push and pull than a half ton. Just a more controllable half ton.

So great to see you guys together again. Love the video ! Nice truck

I love the fact that this is the first car in the world that has an emoji in its name: xD

I love how they made the GVWR 50lbs over the threshold so they didn't need EPA!

Holy Moly,I can’t believe it! You guys actually liked it. Another great video guys.

Beautiful truck!

The Titan Xtra Duty is what every half ton truck should be like. Even though it's technically a 5/8s truck.

I love your channel channel and the best channel ever on RU-vid for towing and truck reviews

Good to see Mr.Truck again! Great video as always, TFL!

I don't know that the Nissan is under rated. It's not popular and not selling well but there are a lot of reasons for that. None of the current "half ton" trucks are really half ton rated. They universally rate them higher to be competitive. Great video as always. Fun to watch. You need TFL masks to look more professional. I would buy them! You can get an XD for much less 😍

3rd gear will keep you at 55 up a 8%grade for 6 miles pulling 10,000 lbs. she is going to be revving out but she will do it. Don’t forget to mention the horrendous cameras. I will say I bought my Titan after watching the comparisons on TFL. It was basically between the Titan and ford for the tow capabilities but bought the Titan XD do to stability while towing. The ford on paper seems to tow more but porpoising isn’t stable to me

Wow very impressed finally a good video with no Nissan hate! Thank god good video!

I have an 06 frontier with the 4.0 v6 4x4 and it has that same payload management system. Its just as amazing now as it was in 06. So excited for the 2021 fronty!!

So great to see you guys together again)

Well, that’s not exactly what we meant by “take gun smoke up the Ike!” 🤦

I watch this periodically as a reminder of how beautiful that truck is!

The Titans in a class by itself!

The fit and finish in my 2021 Nissan Titan XD Pro4x is above other brands I looked at. This is my second Nissan truck and I love them. The seats alone can sell the truck after u sit in something like a Chevy or ford

I would like to see more of the manually shifting videos, I think it would be cool to see and get a better feel for the different trucks to see more how we might use them vs. using the factory settings.

I want one. It looks good and I love the leather and wood inside.

I own a 18 XD gas SV, the payload on sticker is 2250lbs. Not sure why the fully loaded version has 1750payload. But anyway, XD is very under appreciated by North American market. The best truck I ever owned.

I towed a 35 foot loaded 5th wheel with 4 pop outs from the Canadian border to Sacramento down I-5 with my 2017. The trailer was an older model and I must tell you it was heavy. It linked up to the Curt 5 wheel hitch built for the truck. The hitch drops into factory gooseneck hole and locks into the factory puck mounts and was rated at 16000 lbs capacity. If you know I-5 the passes in southern Oregon and Northern California drop heavy Commercial rigs down to 30 to creep up the grades. My Cummins Titan held the speed limit and didn’t even move the temp needle in the engine or trans. What was also surprising is it’s unloaded comfortable ride but that ride continued regardless of the trailer out back and minimal squat. I am just now on my 3 set of tires at 80,000 miles. Thought it might be time for brakes but the mechanic said they are still good at 50%. Now it’s not doing that kind of work everyday of its 80K but it’s not showing it’s age!

Brought my 22 Titan Pro4X home on 5/8/22, I am Very happy with it. Have not attempted to tow as my Manual recommends 500 miles prior to towing. Looking forward to towing out west this summer. Love the Truck!!

Good video like always 👍

Love the ike videos but wish y’all would have shown more action in the truck going up the hill like in prior vids. Was it in auto going up hill or did y’all manually drop gears? Was there traffic on the up hill climb that slowed you down? Please repeat test with regular Titan.

I've been tire kicking trucks for the past year as I have been looking for one to replace my aging 2007 Silverado. Without getting into details, I will not buy another GM Product again due to the less than stellar experience I have had with this truck and a Tahoe so I have been looking at the Ford F150, Toyota Tundra, Ram 1500 and Nissan Titan. Based on the reviews I have seen the Nissan Titan is a hidden gem and the XD appears to be a very good vehicle, even better the used ones that are 1-2 years old are very affordable.

I think this will be my next truck I just hope they keep making them by the time I can afford one

I like the Titan very much, but sadly it is not easy available in Germany. There are few import dealerships but they make this US trucks much more expensive. Maybe in some years i will import one (or F150) by myself. I love your videos and your "real world testing"! Stay safe guys!

Do this with actual half ton and not the 3/4 ton Titan. Max it out I want to see that video.Also I want to see the towing specs up front on the truck and he weight you're towing. Not mixed in somewhere in the video. THIS TRUCK is UNDERRATED it competently tows better than an f150 and most half ton trucks from other brands, what sells those trucks is brand loyalty. Why ppl are loyal to car companies is beyond me.

The future is going to judge the Covid years so harshly

Hey Andre!! Hey Mr Truck!! ☺Nice job... haven't really seen too many of these trucks yet 🏁🏁It's more F150s here.

The old 7 speed has the exact opposite issue, it downshifts and engine brakes on every lift of the throttle. I have commented here that I refer to the trans as "my reluctant partner in crime" for its behavior unloaded, and now with nearly 40k miles on it in just over a year and a half, I will say that I haven't been annoyed by it, It's something that I gotten used to. Like Mr. Truck, I wish they had hone full 3/4 ton with it. If you climb under it and look around, It's as if that is what they were going to do, and at the last second, changed their minds, It is completely overbuilt for the GVWR- which isn't a bad thing, just a bit of a missed opportunity. My truck weighs in at 6788 with me, usual tools and a full tank. Empty (ish) mpg's have averaged right around 15 in mixed driving, although I do have a light foot. Get too crazy with the loud pedal, and single digits WILL happen. Towing MPG for me has averaged about 12. My trailer is a 16x8.5x7.5 enclosed, which weighs right at 6800lbs (basically a shop on wheels). Keep in mind that I live in TX, so not a lot of hills here, and I generally tow at 65, so your results may vary.

Great review-

"I love these mirrors maaaan!" 😁 Always nice to see Mr. Truck on the channel.

I live in Colorado also, tow my 13.6k lbs fifth wheel with my diesel XD up and down the mountains. Recently went to SD with it. Pulls and brakes like F250. I don’t care what people say about it. Even hauled a 15k lb fifth wheel for a customer with it and it even handled better with that weight. But again I make sure the trailer brakes are set up very well.

Nissan did a great job with this truck and I agree with Mr. Truck...I'd also like to see them jump in with both feet on a true HD truck. I have an 18 XD and it's a great truck that I bought cheaper than I could've gotten any similarly-equipped domestic half ton for. Right now there is no inventory so the prices are sky high.

I'm so glad you guys were using a weight distribution hitch. I'm so tired of seeing people towing heavy without them.

This truck shares a lot of parts with the NV3500... I wish you guys would test the NV3500SL on the gauntlet! It’s a 1 ton van with the same engine...

Owner of a 2006 titan, 122k miles and still a beast.

We all love Mr. Truck!

Y'all ought to do the "Super Ike" with a Silverado 1500 Duramax 4x4. That one has the high tow rating for 2020. Love to see how it performs with the rated 9300 lbs and a lack of air.

I can't believe Mrs "Truck" did not burst in flames for sitting in a Nissan Truck!! (hes gotten better over the last few years, but a bit of a truck "tool") LOL Thanks for the Clip TFL

No shots of speedo and tach while accelerating and maintaining the climb is a let down. We gained nothing on the uphill experience 😔. You guys used to show a lot more on how the truck worked up the grade. Let’s get some of that back in here please.

I have an 18 XD that shifts immediately with a brake application in tow mode, it raps to 4K rpm, like a Lexus LFA. Wish those big turn signals in mirrors were running lights too. Found fit and finish to be sub par, panels and bed sections did not line up making odd gaps, spaces and lines on my regular cab SV LONG BED.

Thanks for the awesome review! Nissan makes a good looking truck and the updates to the HD awesome for a half-ton truck. 69K is a ton of money, will stick to the American big 3 HD 3/4 ton or better for the price.

good video, good information. really considering a new titan. good bargain on a new 4x4 so model

Underrated pickup!

Everybody is talking about the price. Yes 69k is a ton of money, but you can get these titans for thousands under sticker price, and usually with low apr from Nissan.

Nice to see Mr Truck again. ...long time no see. Sure like the Titan. ...sensible buy I believe.

Love the "Walking Tall" truck

You have to love just how good that v8 sounds. Sadly, it makes me wonder just how long it will be around since the XD has already been discontinued for Canada. Offering it in a single platinum trim level is also risky considering that it is only available to a very small segment of the truck buying market at that price point. If Nissan thinks that circulating press vehicles is all the marketing they need to do, then they will be in for a surprise as nobody really knows what the XD is all about.

Bullet proof! Love my 21 Pro4 X XD..OHhh yea and im not driving a mainstream herd mobile!

Yea and no turbos required.

Thank you for showing to manually shift to hold your speed going down a steep grade should always be done with all gas trucks

Awesome truck!

First time I seen anyone from tfl exited to drive the titan.

I just checked nissans website, it says the payload for a crew cab XD Is 2500lbs, what gives? Keep up the great work as always, I really enjoy the ike videos!

Gorgeous truck

I love my 17' Titan

I’ve towed with my personal truck in the mountains (2012 tundra) and the trucks my company uses for work (2019-2020 silverado’s), and I’ve found the grade braking to work exactly as intended on both. You usually have to press the brake pedal once or twice initially going down the grade to get the grade braking to active. Once you do that, it usually works fine, if you’re in tow haul mode. Wonder why TFL has issues with grade braking on the trucks they test.

Nice tie down job.

Viewing this 3 years late because I am between this and a 3/4 ton gasser (6.2L) for my next truck. Ive seen some XDs for sale in the 20k-25k range with relatively low miles. I don't need a diesel, but I do plan to get about a 27ft Center Console one day. Seems like the perfect truck for me considering it can handle 11000 lbs towing and the two tone Platinum Reserve/Pro 4x look so good. Only thing that makes me a bit nervous is the cylinder 7 issue I've heard in these trucks.

Hi Andre, I really enjoy your channel and your team explaining the details of the trucks. Keep up the good team work that you guys really put into each day. Andre, I am planning to purchase a new 2020 or 2021 Toyota Tundra truck but also been looking at these new Titan XD or the Platinum. Do you think the Titan Platinum truck could get a million miles on it and how would you rate this truck for reliability & quality to the new Toyota Tundra trucks? I am really comparing apples to apples and trying to get the best price between the two trucks. How true is it that the Titan trucks been having issues with electrical wiring problems? I would appreciate your feed back . Thank you.

Hey, thanks for what you're doing for non-profits! I work for one that provides equine-assisted learning to kids who need non-traditional learning tactics, and we depend on folks like you. Kudos!

I have an older Titan that tows just fine and a newer Armada (Patrol) that does even better. While I like the Ike, unless that trailer is giant wind sock, most trucks will handle the excess weight just fine. The excess drag, however, is the real killer on towing.

Payload on this XD is higher than my 2020 Ram 2500 Cummins with Megacab. I can't imagine feeling more comfortable hauling more with the Titan XD. Hmmm... Biggest Achilles Heel with the Titan XD is the MPG combined with tiny fuel tank.

Mr truck would make an awesome voice over for an animated character in a movie. He has that unique kind of voice.

Filled the place the f150 heavy half did but were actual comfy lol

Love that Titan. 😁👍

Really wish they would bring back the 5.0L cummins in this new Titan XD. I liked that motor and the old style truck was a nice truck for the money, this new one would sell great with a diesel.

The Titan's look great the Mpg's just seem like the biggest gripe with them.

You guys must have not ever towed really heavy with a true half ton. I had a f150 max tow ecboost. Was rated at 11,300 pounds. Towed my 7000 pound travel trailer with it and was scared to death. It was so unstable. Now I have a 2018 XD with the Cummins and towing the same travel trailer it is unbelievable how much difference in towing with the XD. The XD in my opinion is for true half ton people that want much more stability towing. Ford is screwing up by making the trucks lighter to increase the towing numbers. I actually had a 2017 f250 king ranch as well with the 6.2. I was a diehard ford fan. Still like them but you will call me crazy but I could never get that truck to be stable either. My XD is heavier than my old 17 f250. Now I will say this also had a 2011 f250 with the 6.7 and that truck was a beast. Was extremely stable why.... because it was heavy. A heavier vehicle will always be more stable

For having recently being painted, the shine on Gunsmoke is almost nonexistent. TFL, I hope you didn’t pay much for that job.

Nissan should put the engine/transmission combo from this Titan in the next QX80/Armada, if they don't decide to discontinue the Titan after 2021. I've heard that Nissan has decided to stop selling the Titan in Canada.

I love seeing Mr truck he needs to be wayyyy more on the show. You cant beat that old school trial and error knowledge!

Just wanted to thank you guys for listening to feedback and wearing the paper masks instead of the cloth masks. Your voices are much clearer and easier to understand, it makes watching the video much more pleasant. Thanks again! 👍

I really like the review! I am curious to see how the fifth wheel would tow as well in the same course.

for that price you can get a fairly well equipped 3/4 ton diesel 4x4 that would tow much more safely 9k

Another great video guys!

Nice truck

be much better if they made the Nissan XD with a dually

I own a xd gas best truck ive owned. Tows my gooseneck trailers beautiful

Lmfaoo at that bat in the rear window of the ford. I’m guessing they were inspired by the movie walking tall?

you guys should try the 2020 Nissan Titan XD Platinum Reserve 5.0L V8 Cummins Diesel engine edition

You know, in Illinois, and many other states, 1/2 ton trucks are 8,000 pounds and under. With this one being 8650 GVWR, it would have to be D plated (8001-12,000), AND have to be safety inspected. Might as well go to a real 3/4 ton if that's the case. Curb weight 6942. Anyone who is considering this truck, check your DMV first, you really don't want to get pulled over by a knowledgeable trooper and get an under registered ticket, which can happen even if you aren't towing or hauling.

That thing is revving to the moon going downhill. Wooooowwww.

Love my Titan XD Cummins in the Pro-4X version. It tows amazing, feels like a freight train with the 5.0 Cummins and has so many accessories that you have to pay extra for from the big 3 like the trailer brake controller and 5th wheel/gooseneck hitch and LED/HID's etc. Only downside for me is the infotainment system on my 2016.. but the Rockford Fosgate sound system sure makes up for it!!

I never understand all the problems with engine braking and tow haul mode. My '12 F-150 and my '12 Suburban both did great with engine breaking in and out of tow/haul (but in was better). I set the cruise and if I start to gain speed going down a hill, they down shift as far as necessary to maintain speed so long as there are RPMs available.

I was considering this but that short bed and then all the space you lose with those storage boxes inside the bed ended it for me. I personally would want/need all the bed room I can get specially if its only a short bed and not an 8ft bed. thank you for the reveiw so I was able to see this before I got mu gged at the dealer LOL

Why did you guys stop using the box trailers? No complaining at all. Just curious.

Plus you get Nissan s 5/100 BTB warranty.