Nissan Frontier Complaints

3,364 consumer complaints on file.

#10899064August 28, 2016
POWER TRAIN
THIS IS IN REGARDS TO AN ITEM ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE NHTSA. I AM ANOTHER VICTIM OF NISSAN'S LEAKING TRANSMISSION COOLER LEADING TO A CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSOIN FAILURE. MY TRANSMISSION LOCKED IN SECOND GEAR UPON ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN. FORTUNATELY I WAS 1/2 MILE FROM MY HOME ON A SIDE STREET AND NOT ON THE INTERSTATE WHERE SUCH A PROBLEM COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THE FIX IS RELATIVELY CHEAP BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER BEGINS TO LEAK. UNFORTUNATELY CONSUMERS ARE UNAWARE OF THE ISSUE UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE, AND THE REPAIR REQUIRES A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR COSTING $5000 TO $6000. ALTHOUGH NO WRECK WAS INVOLVED IN MY INCIDENT, THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT IS DEFINATELY PRESENT IF SUCH A FAILURE WHERE TO HAPPEN ON A CONGESTED INTERSTATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10901896August 27, 2016
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION LINE RUNS THROUGH THE RADIATOR IN THESE VEHICLES. IT BROKE INSIDE RADIATOR AND PUT TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO COOLING SYSTEM AND COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION, CAUSING FAILURE OF BOTH SYSTEMS. WHEN PROBLEM WAS DETECTED(SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPING) I TOOK TO MECHANIC, WE FLUSHED TRANSMISSION AND COOLING SYSTEM. TRANSMISSION IS SYSTEMATICALLY FAILING ,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10899041August 26, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TRUCK TOTAL MILEAGE IS ONLY 55,000 AS IT IS NOT USED VERY MUCH. 3 ISSUES OCCURRED APPROX. AT 49,000MILES. 1) ENGINE STARTED TO MISS. UPON CHECKING SPARK PLUGS IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PLUG CAVITIES IN THE HEAD WERE FULL OF OIL. THE VALVE COVER GASKET SEALS HAD LEAKED AND THE OIL FILLED SPARK PLUG HOLES CAUSED IT TO MISS. THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SO REPAIRS WERE DONE AT MY COST. HAD TO REPLACE ALL OF THE TOP END VALVE COVER GASKET AND SPARK PLUG HOLE SEALS AS WELL AS THE CAM END SEALS. 2) ONE DAY I GOT INTO THE TRUCK AND WHEN I STARTED IT UP AND PRESSED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON CHECKING THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR IT WAS EMPTY. FOUND THAT THE REAR AXLE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND HAD BURST SPRAYING BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE SPARE TIRE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BRAKE LINE DEVELOP A HOLE LIKE THIS. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND A NEW BRAKE LINE AND MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED AT MY OWN COST .THE SYSTEM HAD TO BE BLED OUT AND FLUSHED AT ALL 4 WHEELS. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT THIS DID NOT OCCUR WHILE DRIVING AS A CRASH WOULD HAVE RESULTED. 3) CURRENTLY HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" COMING ON. THE CODE SAYS THAT IT IS A EMISSION ISSUE. WITH THE COMPUTER CODE READER I AM ABLE TO CANCEL THE CODE AND IT STAYS OFF FOR A WHILE BUT COMES BACK ON DAYS LATER. THE CODE IS A LEAKING GAS CAP BUT I CAN DETECT NO LEAKS AND HAVE CHANGED OUT THE CAP WITH AN OEM CAP WITH SAME RESULTS. TRUCK RUNS OKAY SO I HAVE NOT DUG ANY DEEPER ON THIS AND IT IS STILL OCCURRING. 4) WHILE UNDER THE TRUCK FIXING THE BRAKE LINE ISSUE I DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH RUST. IT WAS NEVER PAINTED FROM THE FACTORY. I HAD TO REMOVE IT TO KILL THE RUST AND PAINT IT WITH A GOOD COAT OF BLACK HEAT PROOF PAINT. CORROSION SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THESE NISSAN VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10898639August 25, 2016
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING 5-10 MPH ON FLAT ROAD. ALMOST KNOCKED ME OUT AND LEFT ME CONFUSED FOR AWHILE, AND CAUSED MY EARS TO RING ALL DAY. NISSAN NORTH AMERICA SENT SOME SORT OF REP TO LOCAL DEALER TO DOWNLOAD DATA FROM THE TRUCK TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED. THEY THEN TOLD ME THAT "THE CONDITIONS WERE NOT MET" FOR AIRBAGS TO HAVE DEPLOYED. THEY REPLACED THE AIRBAG SYSTEM AND RETURNED IT TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION AT NO COST TO MYSELF. OTHER THAN THAT THEY DECLINED MULTIPLE TIMES TO HELP ME IN ANYWAY TO GET INTO ANOTHER NISSAN VEHICLE, I WAS WILLING TO STAY WITH NISSAN IF THEY WOULD HAVE WORKED WITH ME AND BOUGHT IT BACK AND/OR GOT ME INTO A NEWER FRONTIER. I WAS WILLING TO DO THIS BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE 2011 AND 2012 MODEL FRONTIERS ARE THE ONLY ONES EXPERIENCING THIS DEFECT, AS A RESULT OF THEIR ROLLOVER ANTICIPATION SOFTWARE WHICH FIRES THE CURTAIN AIRBAGS WHEN IT "THINKS" THAT A ROLLOVER IS EMINENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR FRONTIER WITH ONE INCIDENT RESULTING IN PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS FOR THE CHILDREN THAT WERE IN THE FRONTIER. THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA FOR THIS ISSUE THAT WAS STARTED BY ONE OF THE VICTIMS TO THIS NEGLIGENCE. APPARENTLY NISSAN KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT AT ALL. THEY ALSO APPARENTLY REFUSED TO REPAIR SOME OF THE AIRBAGS IN SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS IN THE LAWSUIT. NOT HAPPY WITH NISSAN ALLOWING THIS VEHICLE TO STAY ON THE ROAD SINCE IT ALLOWS FOR A DANGEROUS POSSIBILITY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN ON A BUSY ROAD WITH OTHERS AROUND, AND FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF THE FRONTIER MENTIONED. NOT HAPPY AND WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO GET LEGAL COUNSEL TO HELP ME. *DSY - SEE 10896442.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10898242August 24, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR LEAKING COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID.I REPLACED THE RADIATOR A YEAR PRIOR TO PREVENT THIS PROBLEM FROM HAPPENING AT THE STRONG RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEALERSHIPS SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND STILL THE PROBLEM OCCURRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10897519August 22, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, A SECOND VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS PUSHED INTO A THIRD VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HANDS, BACK, AND HEAD AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000. UPDATED 10/05/16*LJ *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10896777August 17, 2016
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON THE 22ND OF JULY 2016, MY 2008 NISSAN FRONTIER DEPLOYED BOTH SIDES OF ITS CURTAIN AIRBAGS. I WAS TRAVELING AT ROUGHLY 3-5 MPH ON FREEST ROAD 618 OUTSIDE OF CAMP VERDE, ARIZONA. THE ROAD HAD A SLIGHT INCLIN OF MAYBE 1-2%, WITH SLIGHTLY MUDDY GROUND DUE TO IT RAINING. MY FRONTIERS FRONT LEFT TIRE ROLLED ONTO A ROUNDED ROCK NO TALLER THAN 4-5 INCHES TALL AND SLIPPED OFF OF IT TO THE LEFT. THE SLIPPING OFF OF THE ROCK WAS WHEN THE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I WAS IN THE DRIVERS SEAT DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND MY LITTLE BROTHER WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. MY LITTLE BROTHER SUFFERED A RUG BURN LIKE SCRAPE ON HIS NECK WHERE THE BAG IMPACTED HIM. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF IMPACT ANYWHERE ON THE TRUCK WHICH WAS CONFIRMED BY A NISSAN DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10896261August 16, 2016
POWER TRAIN
RADIATOR OF 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER ALLOWED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ENGINE COOLANT TO MIX. 1ST I HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW RADIATOR AND NOW I AM HAVING TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF MULIPLE FAILURES WHICH CAUSE MULTIBLE PROBLEMS. PAID $$$$ FOR RADIATOR REPAIR NOW $4300.00 FOR TRANSMISSON AT MY EXPENSE. I WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING ANOTHER NISSAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10896442August 16, 2016
AIR BAGS
SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS WRONGFULLY DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 5-10 MPH, WITH NO CRASH, AND ON A FLAT ROAD. CREATING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD AROUND ME. THIS TRUCK HAS FAULTY PROGRAMMING THAT CONTROLS THESE AIRBAGS. THEY STATE THAT, INSTEAD OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYING IN A CRASH, THEY ARE PROGRAMMED TO "ANTICIPATE" A CRASH AND THEN DEPLOY. NISSAN NORTH AMERICA SENT AN ENGINEER TO THE DEALERSHIP TO DOWNLOAD DATA FROM THE TRUCK TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, AND I ONLY RECEIVED LIMITED DATA UPON MY REQUEST. THEY SENT ME A FEW PAGES OF "HIGH FREQUENCY DATA" CHARTED IN COLUMNS WITH THE FIRST PAGE CONTAINING "FRONTAL DELTA-V" AND "LATERAL DELTA-V", THE SECOND PAGE WITH "FRONTAL G" AND "LATERAL G", AND THE THIRD PAGE WITH "VEHICLE SPEED" AND "ENGINE REVOLUTION". *DSY - SEE 10898639.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10896175August 15, 2016
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW THAT ALLOWS COLLAR FROM THE RADIATOR TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL. ON MY VEHICLE IT FAILED AT 100,800 MILES, JUST BARELY OUTSIDE WARRANTY. IT WILL NO LONGER CLIMB HILLS AND HAS GREAT DIFFICULTY GAINING INITIAL MOMENTUM ON FLATTER ROADS. IT DOESN'T STALL, JUST SITS IN ONE PLACE, ROLLS BACKWARD INSTEAD OF FORWARD, OR EXCELERATES LIKE A 3 TOED SLOTH. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WE WERE DRIVING UP STEEP DRIVEWAY AND IT JUST STOPPED MOVING. THE SECOND TIME WE WERE ON A LESS STEEP BUSY ROADWAY AND WE'RE FORCED TO ROLL BACKWARDS IN TRAFFIC UNTIL WE COULD FIND A PLACE TO TURN AROUND. ISSUE HAD NOT BEEN SPECIFICALLY NOTICEABLE PRIOR TO THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10895203August 11, 2016
SUSPENSION
FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM FAILURE, REPLACEMENT REQUIRED. RECALL 10E019000 IS NOTED AND DID NOT INCLUDE THIS SPECIFIC VIN. THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED AT 114K MILES BUT WAS FELT IN THE IRREGULAR HANDLING MOVEMENTS FROM THE FRONT END WHILE STOPPING AND TURNING. DEALER REPLACED STRUTS AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS DUE TO FAILURE. I BELIEVE THIS FAILURE WAS PREMATURE TO THE LIFE OF WHAT SHOULD BE EXPECTED FROM THESE ITEMS FROM THE DIFFERENCE AFTER REPAIR THESE CONTROL ARMS WERE NOT 100% I RETAINED THE OLD PARTS FOR EVALUATION OF FAILURE DUE TO POOR CONSTRUCTION OR DESIGN. THE DEFECT WAS NOTICED AS A ;OUD CLUNGING NOISE DURING TURNS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894797August 10, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLINER DISINTEGRATED AND RUBBER FOAM DEBRIS, WHICH PRODUCED A FOUL ODOR, FILLED THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894379August 9, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING ALSO HARD KNOCK. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY OR HIGH WAYS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#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
#10893907August 8, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL GAUGE IS NOT ACCURATE OR INDICATES EMPTY WITH FUEL WARNING LIGHT DISPLAYED, EVEN WHEN TANK IS FULL. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT IS A DEFECTIVE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR REPAIR BY NISSAN. RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, UNEXPECTEDLY ON THE HIGHWAY COULD HAVE VERY DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES.
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
#10893786August 7, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION COOLER IN RADIATOR LEAKED CAUSING ENGINE COOLANT TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO BREAK DOWN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893359August 5, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLINER SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE AND FOAM PIECES EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INHALED ABNORMAL FUMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893282August 4, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I NOTICED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT UP WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE AIR CONDITIONER WOULD GET WARMER. WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO 50-55 MPH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD RETURN TO THE NORMAL POSITION. I ALSO BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT THE TRUCK WAS NO LONGER SHIFTING SMOOTHLY AT TIMES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER AND COOLER CONTAMINATION SO THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP. LUCKILY I DID NOT GET STRANDED ON THE ROAD, BUT NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND MY PORTION OF THE BILL WILL BE $3500-$3700. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE SINCE I KEEP MY MAINTENANCE UP AND GET PROBLEMS HANDLED PROMPTLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10892205August 1, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS FILLED, THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATOR WILL DROP TO THE BOTTOM (EMPTY SETTING) AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. AFTER DRIVING A SHORT DISTANCE, THE GAUGE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE UP. THE PROCESS WILL REPEAT ITSELF WITH THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT SOMETIMES REMAINING ON AND OTHER TIMES IT WILL TURN OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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