Nissan Frontier Complaints (2005)

532 consumer complaints on file.

#10894473August 9, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER WILL STALL OUT DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT HAS HAPPENED GOING SLOW AND FAST. THE TRUCK WILL BE RUNNING FINE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST BE IN SEVERAL CRASHES. I CAN PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND IT WILL CRANK BACK UP SOMETIMES TAKING SEVERAL TRY'S. I HAVE REPLACED THE ECM RELAY AND DID NOT HELP. THIS SEEMS TO BE A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM THAT CAN GET PEOPLE KILLED. THE TRUCK HAS CUT OFF AT RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. I HAVE BEEN GOING 70MPH ON THE INTER STATE AND THE TRUCK CUTS OFF. THE TRUCK HAS LOST POWER IN A TURN CAUSING IT TO BE REALLY HARD TO TURN. THE WORST IS PULLING OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND MY TRUCK JUST CUTS OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10891435August 8, 2016
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINEERING ISSUES WITH CROSS CONTAMINATION FLUIDS BETWEEN RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. *SMD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10891632July 29, 2016
AIR BAGS
THE FRONT CRASH ZONE SENSOR (CZS) FAILED DUE TO RUST AND MUST BE REPLACED. THE IS DESCRIBED EXACTLY IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 08V69000. NISSAN CLAIMS THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. WHY NOT?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10877152June 28, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION OIL LEAKING INTO COOLANT SYSTEM AND COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874642June 16, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
RADIATOR LEAKING FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION . NOTICES SLIGHT SHUTTER AT HIGH SPEED, APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, IN THE TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER AT 89,000 MILES WITHOUT ANY ISSUE AT THAT TIME . DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE RADIATOR DUE TO NO PROBLEM AT THAT TIME. VEHICLE IS AT 112000 AND NOW RADIATOR FAILS. NISSAN WOULD NOT COVER DUE TO OUT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY. FAULTY DESIGNED SYSTEM AND POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD IN MY OPINION. VEHICLE AT MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUSH OUT TO SEE IF IT WILL FIX PROBLEM. MAJOR EXPENSE FOR POOR DESIGN PASSED ONTO CUSTOMER. I WILL NOT SPEND ANY MORE MONEY WITH NISSAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10871494May 31, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
NISSAN FRONTIER 2005 TRUCK: FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT STARTED SHOWING VARIABLE FUEL LEVELS, FLUCTUATING WILDLY, THEN COMPLETELY STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THIS AFTER SOME 75,000 MILES. NO PRIOR WARNING. NO EXTREME USE CONDITIONS, JUST NORMAL EVERYDAY DRIVING ON THIS VEHICLE. DEALER REFUSED REPLACEMENT BECAUSE IT WAS OVER 75,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10871509May 31, 2016
WHEELS
TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS HAVE CONSISTENTLY REPORTED ERRONEOUSLY LOW PRESSURES. DISTRUST OF THESE SENSORS IS POTENTIALLY LETHAL IN THAT THEY ARE IGNORED. DEALER SAYS THIS DESIGN DEFECT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10871505May 31, 2016
POWER TRAIN
DESIGN DEFECT IN RADIATOR OF 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER ALLOWED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ENGINE COOLANT TO MIX. RESULTED IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. DEALER STATED SINCE VEHICLE HAS MORE THAN 100,000 MILES, THE $4 - 5,000 EXPENSE IS MINE. LAST NISSAN WE'LL EVER BUY AFTER 40 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10871515May 31, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
ELECTRICAL COMPONENT MOUNTED OVERHEAD IN THE CAB HIDDEN BY THE HEADLINER IS RUNNING SO HOT IT HAS BLISTERED EXTERIOR PAINT ABOVE IT. OVER TIME THE AFFECTED AREA IS NOW ABOUT ONE SQUARE FOOT AND IS IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS BECAUSE OF PAINT LOSS ON TOP OF CAB JUST BEHIND TOP OF WINDSHIELD. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY REPRESENT A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10871662May 31, 2016
ENGINE
RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS POSES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE WHEN I LOSE POWER ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. THE TRANSMISSION LOSES POWER WHEN TRYING TO UPSHIFT. INSPECTION COMPLETED VIA AN AUTHORIZED NISSAN DEALERSHIP. EFFORTS TO RECTIFY WITH NISSAN HAVE FAILED. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND IS MARKED AS AN OPEN NHTSA INVESTIGATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870655May 24, 2016
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE STARTED NORMALLY AFTER A FEW MINUTES. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE FUSE BOX. THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10865394May 17, 2016
POWER TRAIN
RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION... BROKE DOWN ON HIGHWAY AT 103,000 MILES.... WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10864089May 10, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHUDDER AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND PARKED IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. WENT OUT TO START VEHICLE NEXT DAY AND IT WOULD NOT CRANK. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND FOUND OUT THAT THE RADIATOR HAD AN INTERNAL RUPTURE WHICH CAUSED ANTIFREEZE TO CONTAMINATE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING THE TCM MODULE TO FAIL ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO INTERNAL PARTS. THE REPAIR IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $5300.00. SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED, I LEARNED THAT NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM FOR YEARS BUT NO NOTIFICATION WAS SENT TO ME WARNING ME OF THE PROBLEM. DESPITE NISSANS KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM, THE COMPANY HAS RECENTLY REFUSED TO COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860461April 20, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK MADE A QUICK JERK AND THEM COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I CAME VERY CLOSE TO CAUSING A HIGHWAY PILE UP!! I HAD NO POWER, NO STEERING NO NOTHING. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET ACROSS 3 LANES SAFELY. CARS WERE SLAMMING ON BRAKES AND LUCKILY I DIDNT KILL MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE. ONCE I GOT THE THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK GOING AND SAFELY GET TO AN EXIT. I CREEPED HOME ON A WING A PRAYER AND NOW THE TRUCK IS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. I DONT DARE TO USE IT AND I NEED IT. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT, ITHAS GIVEN ME ANXIETY, IT WAS HORRIFIC. MY TRUCK HAS 94220 MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10859816April 15, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TIMING CHAIN ON 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE ENGINE MAKES A LOUD WHINING NOISE DUE TO THE CHAIN CONTACT. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR MOTION IT MAKE THE NOISE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IN MOTION IT CHANGES GEARS AT A HIGHER RPM. I HAVE SENSORS THAT WERE OPERABLE BECAUSE OF THE TIMING CHAIN ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855206April 13, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853806April 6, 2016
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NISSAN TRANSMISSION DESTROYED BY ENGINE COOLANT LEAK. HAD NO PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION UNTIL ONE DAY, SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN HIGHER GEAR. THOUGHT IT WAS ELECTRICAL. TURNED THE CAR OFF THEN BACK ON. WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE, BUT FORWARD WAS BACK TO NORMAL. TOOK TO AAMCO TRANSMISSION REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSANS IN THAT THE DESIGN FLAW ALLOWS ENGINE COOLANT TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND DESTROYS THE TRANSMISSION. COST TO REPLACE IS ESTIMATED AT $4100, CAN NOT OBTAIN A USED TRANSMISSION BECAUSE ALL THE SAME TRANSMISSIONS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH ENGINE COOLANT LEAKAGE. VEHICLE HAS 155K MILES, AND DID NOT HAVE ANY WARNING SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. NISSAN NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DESIGN FLAW. THIS TRUCK WHICH WAS RUNNING FINE LAST WEEK, WILL NOW BE SOLD FOR SCRAP AT A JUNKYARD AS I CAN NOT AFFORD TO REPAIR FOR $4100. AAMCO TRANSMISSION SAID JUNK YARDS ARE FULL OF SAME NISSANS DUE TO OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845833March 9, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
IN 2013 I RECEIVED A NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION ABOUT A NISSAN VEHICLES RELATED TO POSSIBLE RADIATOR FLUID LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION DUE A DEFECT THAT PERMITS CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF ENGINE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. IT DID NOT INCLUDE VEHICLES BEFORE IT HAPPENS. IN 2013, I WENT TO A AUTHORIZED NISSAN DEALER TO CHECK IF MY RADIATOR CAN BE AFFECTED BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT IN THAT MOMENT THE RADIATOR WAS WORKING WELL WITHOUT GIVEN ME THE OPTION OF REPLACING IT TO PREVENT DAMAGES. AT THE TIME I WAS UNDER THE WARRANTY LIMITS, LESS THAN 10 YEARS AND LESS THAN 100,000 MILES. NOW IN FEBRUARY 13, 2016 MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS TO MOVE , HAD A HARSH SHIFT , IT SLOWED DOWN AND DID NOT DRIVE AT TIMES. I CLEARLY SAW A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I CALLED UNITED NISSAN SERVICE FOR A DIAGNOSE . THEY CHECK MY VEHICLE AND TOLD ME THAT MY RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION DUE THE RADIATOR DEFECT. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS CLASS ACTION DID NOT INCLUDE VEHICLES THAT WILL FACE THIS DAMAGE IN A FUTURE . IT DID NOT INCLUDE PREVENTION OF DAMAGES. NISSAN DID NOT RELEASED A RECALL FOR THE FAULTY RADIATOR. I KNOW I AM NOW OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY LIMITS, BUT AT THE TIME WHEN I VISITED NISSAN SERVICE TO PREVENT THIS NO ONE PROVIDED MY HELP OR INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP IN PREVENT SUCH DAMAGE. THE PRICE FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION IS 6,000 DLLS. THE TOTAL COST OF REPAIR ALL GOES UP 9,000 DLLS. ALSO I RECEIVED A RUDE CUSTOMER SERVICE BY THE SERVICE AGENTS OF NISSAN SERVICE . NOW I HAVE TO COVER THESE COSTS BY MYSELF. MY SON WAS DRIVEN THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPEN. THE GOOD THING IS THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS DRIVEN ON THE FREEWAY MAKING IT SO DANGEROUS. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH PEOPLE LIKE US? THE LEGAL CASE WAS CLOSED IN 2012 BUT NISSAN STILL HAVING VEHICLES SUFFERING THIS THIS DAMAGE . THIS IS A NEGLIGENCE THAT PASS THE FINANCIAL BURDEN TO CONSUMERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845525March 8, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 5 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLOODED WITH COOLANT AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10838189February 25, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY TRUCKS FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER, I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A RECALL. SO I CALLED 2 DEALERS THEY TOLD ME THAT MY VIN/TRUCK IS NOT COVERED. BUT WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT IT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. IT DOES IT ALL THE TIME, PARKED, ON THE STREETS OR FREEWAY WHICH I DRIVE DAILY FOR WORK. NO INJURY, CRASH OR FATALITY YET. I LOVE MY TRUCK, WORK IN A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER, I SEE MANY CAR ACCIDENT VICTIM'S WHEN IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED, LIKE WITH ME NOW. PLEASE HELP ME I WOULD BE FOREVER GRATEFUL!! I PRAY NISSAN WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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