Nissan Frontier Complaints (1998)

129 consumer complaints on file.

#10339191June 20, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. DOES NOT WORK. NO GAUGES WORK AT ALL. DO NOT KNOW WHAT MY SPEED IS, FUEL LEVEL, RPM, HEAT GAUGE, NOTHING AT ALL. STARTED BY JUST GOING OUT ONCE IN A WHILE THEN IN JUNE 2007 COMPLETELY QUIT WORKING. HAD TO BUY A GPS SO I KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. ODOMETER READS 999999. DEALER SAYS THEIR IS NO REPLACEMENT PART AND IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE BUT CAN NOT GET PARTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10325900April 15, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ALTERNATOR FAILED ON MY 98 PICKUP. WHEN CHANGING I FOUND THAT THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATOR WAS REMANUFACTURED . I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW AND ALTERNATOR WAS NEVER CHANGED. COMPLAINED TO MANUFACTURER - THEY RESPONDED " INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE" AND THEY ARE "NOT IN A POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD". *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10261640March 12, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE HAS 98,000 MILES ON FRONTIER TRUCK SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY OR SOMETIMES DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. INACCURATE SPEED DETERMINED BY RADAR SPEED LIMIT DEVICE ITS OFF BY AT LEAST 20 MILES PER HOUR RECALL THIS VEHICLE.! A SEARCH OF NHTSA DATABASE INDICATES MANY IDENTICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL RECALL THIS VEHICLE SO THAT OTHER OWNERS CAN GET THIS FIXED SAFETY PROBLEM AND CANT PASS STATE SMOG INSPECTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10255381January 16, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
1998 NISSAN FRONTIER- FUEL PUMP FAILED-TOWED TO DEALER IN MID WINTER. DEALER CLAIMS THE TANK AND SENDING UNIT MUST BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST/CORROSION FOR OVER $1100.00. OK'D REPAIR BUT CANNOT BE DONE BECAUSE NO FUEL TANKS AVAILABLE. DEALER HAS TRUCK, TO TOW IT TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP WOULD BE AN ADDED EXPENSE WITH NO GUARANTEE OF REPAIR. DEALER WILL ONLY USE NEW NISSAN TANK THAT THEY CAN'T GET. I HAVE NO TRUCK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10240868September 4, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP TRUCK. A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE NISSAN DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GET THE PART FOR THE REPAIR AND DOES NOT KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10235917July 27, 2008
SEAT BELTS
YOU PUT THE SEATBELT/SHOULDER HARNESS ON AND 90% OF THE TIME IT WILL LOCK TIGHT WITH OUT YOU JERKING ON IT TO SIMULATE AN ACCIDENT. IN AN ACCIDENT I'M CONCERNED IT COULD CAUSE NECK AND/OR CHEST INJURIES. THIS CAN HAPPEN EVEN IF YOU GENTLY PULL IT OUT. YOU CAN PUT IT ON BUT IT THEN GETS TIGHTER AND TIGHTER. YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR IT CLICKING INTO PLACE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10222997April 1, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
ALL GAUGES( SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, TEMP, AND FUEL) MALFUNCTION PERIODICALLY AT THE SAME TIME. SOMETIMES THIS RESULTS IN THE GAUGES PEGGING OUT OR JUST NOT WORKING AT ALL. THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH THIS OCCURS INCREASES DAILY. THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T REALLY EVER FUNCTION PROPERLY AT THIS POINT. I FEEL THIS MALFUNCTION IS CAUSE FOR A RECALL BECAUSE IN DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON MULTIPLE ONLINE FORUMS INDICATING THIS EXACT SAME MALFUNCTION. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FORMAL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED REGARDING THIS PROBLEM, BUT FROM WHAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10209059November 15, 2007
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE VEHICLE HAS FIRESTONE WILDERNESS, SIZE P215/65R15 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE JOLTED. HE PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION ON THE TIRES. HE STATED THAT THE MUD FLAP, SUPPORT BRACKETS, AND GAS LINE MEDAL NOZZLE WERE MISSING. FIRESTONE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE TREAD SEPARATION. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000. UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10207204October 23, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
1998 NISSAN FRONTIER PROBLEMS WITH THE CIRCUIT BOARD. CUSTOMER STATED THAT THE DEALER WOULD ORDER A NEW BOARD AND WENT BACK A COUPLE DAYS LATER AND WAS TOLD THEY DIDN'T MAKE THEM ANYMORE. *KB THE CIRCUIT BOARD THAT CONTROLLED ALL OF THE GAUGES ON THE DASH HAD STOPPED WORKING; SUCH AS THE HEAT, SPEEDOMETER. MILEAGE, GAS AND TACHOMETER.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204397September 28, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2007, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE BLANK. HE PAID $900 FOR THE REPAIR AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE CIRCUIT BOARD WOULD ARRIVE THE FOLLOWING DAY. AFTER RETURNING TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, HE WAS FINALLY INFORMED THAT THE CIRCUIT BOARD WAS UNAVAILABLE AND WAS NO LONGER BEING MADE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE MANUFACTURER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED. THE VEHICLE IS 8,000 MILES OVER WARRANTY AND CANNOT PASS STATE INSPECTION. NISSAN DOES NOT HAVE THE PART AND DOES NOT REBUILD THEM ANY LONGER. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 58,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204408September 28, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE CIRCUIT BOARD BEHIND THE DASH INSTRUMENTS THAT OPERATES ALL OF THE DASH BOARD INSTRUMENTS ON MY 1998 NISSAN PU HAS FAILED. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT OBTAIN A NEW ONE AND SAID THAT THE PART IS NO LONGER MADE. THE PU HAS ABOUT 58000 MILES ON IT BUT NOW I CAN NOT HAVE IT SAFETY CHECKED BECAUSE NONE OF THE GAUGES ON THE DASH WORK. I TRIED TO GET SOME POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IN CANADA BUT ENEV AFTER 4 CALLS -- NOTHING BUT A RUN A ROUND. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10202378September 10, 2007
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS HIT HEAD-ON BY AN ERRANT DRIVER. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY APPROPRIATELY RESULTING IN A BROKEN JAW IN THREE PLACES, 8 DESTROYED TEETH, AND A FRACTURED SKULL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BEYOND REPAIR. *JB RECEIVED 12/27/07 64200. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10192680June 7, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE PROBLEM IS WITH MY 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER 4X4, THE PROBLEM IS THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT READING THE CORRECT SPEED, USING A RADAR SPEED SET UP, AND CONFIRMING WITH A GPS, THE READING ON THE SPEEDOMETER SIGNIFICANTLY VARIES, HOLDING THE VEHICLE AT A CONSTANT SPEED OF 50 MPH ON THE OEM SPEEDOMETER WILL GENERATE ACTUAL VEHICLE SPEEDS FROM 42MPH TO 66MPH, MY CONCERN IS MORE SAFETY THAN A SPEEDING TICKET, BASICALLY THE OPERATOR HAS NO IDEA HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS GOING, SOMETIMES THE SPEEDOMETER WILL JUMP AND MOVE, WHILE AT A CONSTANT SPEED, I HAVE TRIED TO PURCHASE REPLACEMENT PARTS FROM NISSAN, AND HAVE MADE SEVERAL INQUIRIES ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT WITHOUT SUCCESS, I HAVE TRIED TO PURCHASE A USED PART AS WELL, WITHOUT SUCCESS, THE FEED BACK I AM GETTING FROM THE FIELD IS THAT THE 1998 AND 1999 MODEL FRONTIERS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER, WHICH INDICATES TO ME THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW, THIS COUPLED WITH THE SAFETY ISSUE, I FEEL THAT A INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MAY BE JUSTIFIED, IT WAS ONLY BY OBSERVATION THAT I DETECTED THIS PROBLEM, THERE MAY BE OTHER FRONTIER DRIVERS THAT ARE TOTALLY UNAWARE THAT THE SPEED ON THEIR SPEEDOMETER IS IN ERROR AND COULD HAVE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS RESULT,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186325March 27, 2007
STEERING:COLUMN
SMALL CLIP HOLDING TRANSMISSION CABLE TO STEERING COL. FAILED. TRUCK IMMOBILIZED. PART IS ON BACK ORDER FROM NISSAN..... APPROX 2 TO 3 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10169503September 28, 2006
PARKING BRAKE
THE WIRE CONNECTED TO THE PARKING BREAK BECAME HUNG UP ON THE PULLEY SYSTEM AND THE PARKING BREAK WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. STILL HAD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ABOUT 5 MILES WITH THE BREAKS ON CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ROTORS AND MONEY TO HAVE THE PARKING BREAK FIXED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10139477October 12, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
MY 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER XE KING CAB HAS AROUND 93,400 MILES ON IT AND IT STARTED TO MAKE NOISE ON THE DRIVERS FRONT SIDE, WHEN I WOULD GO OVER BUMPS AND NOW IT MAKES NOISE EVEN ON SMOOTH ROADS. I ASKED MY FRIEND TO TAKE A LOOK UNDER THE LEFT FRONT SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND HE SAID THAT MY STABILIZER BAR IS BROKEN AND THAT HIS FRIEND HAD A 1999 NISSAN FRONTIER XE KING CAB AND IT WAS A RECALL DUE TO THE WASHERS BEING THE WRONG SIZE AND SO HE TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER LAST WEEK AND THEY TOLD HIM THEIR WAS NO RECALL ON THE STABILIZER BAR AND SO HE TOLD THEM THIS IS SAFETY ISSUE AND HE WOULD CONTACT NISSAN ABOUT THIS ISSUE, YESTERDAY NISSAN CONSUMERS AFFAIRS CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME THAT THEY TALKED TO THE BUENA PARK NISSAN DEALER AND THAT THEIR WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY. IN THE END I AM GOING TO TAKE MY TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC AND HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXEC, BUT MY FRIEND SAID MY STABILIZER BAR WILL BREAK AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE WRONG SIZE WASHERS, HE FEELS THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT AND SHOULD BE REPORTED AND THAT NISSAN SHOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119076April 22, 2005
TIRES, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONSUMER HAD JUST WENT AROUND A CURVE WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW, SHE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, HIT A SIGN AND THEN FLIPPED OVER. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10117456April 5, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE FUME SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. FUEL LEAK EDFROM THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. DEALERSHIP DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117131March 30, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
A GAS FUMES WERE COMING INSIDE FROM THE VENTS OF THE VEHICLE. DRIVER NOTICED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A BROWN LIQUID WAS LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SENDING UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105558January 26, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE DRIVING EXHAUST MANIFOLD/CATALYTIC CONVERTER ASSEMBLY FAILED. CONTACTED THE DEARLER. HOWEVER, THE DEALER WILL NOT COOPERATE WITH THE CONSUMER. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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