Nissan Frontier Complaints (2005)

532 consumer complaints on file.

#10576064March 31, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TRANSMISSION COOLIN IN THE RADIATOR RUPTURED CAUSING COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10574619March 24, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
VIBRATION IN MOTOR LIKE DRIVING OVER GROOVED PAVEMENT - ON AND OFF AGAIN FOR MONTHS BEFORE REALIZING IT WAS THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT OCCURS IN THESE TRUCKS AND SUV'S. I DON'T WANT TO PAY $6,000 TO FIX A DEFECT. THEY SHOULD PAY NO MATTER WHEN IT HAPPENS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10573006March 17, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
RADIATOR LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REBUILT/ REPLACE AND RADIATOR HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10572624March 16, 2014
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
I CURRENTLY OWN A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. 3 MONTHS AGO, THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN STALLING ON ME EVERY SEVERAL DAYS, IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY TURN BACK ON. LAST MONTH IT BEGAN SHUTTING DOWN ON ME EVERY 2 DAYS, A FEW TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY, ALMOST GETTING REAR ENDED A COUPLE OF TIMES. IT WOULD TURN BACK ON, BUT AFTER SEVERAL TRIES AND AFTER 15-20 MIN WAIT. AFTER CHECKING RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE I NOTICED I HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT A RECALL FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A ECM RELAY, WHICH WAS CAUSING VEHICLES TO SHUTDOWN. THIS RELAY WAS REPLACED AND VEHICLE HAD BEEN RUNNING FINE FOR 3 WEEKS, BUT MY VEHICLE HAS NOW STARTED TO SPUTTER EVERY FEW DAYS. IT HAS SHUTDOWN ON ME TWICE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10569402March 14, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING ALONG ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH WHEN MY ENGINE WAS REVVING UP TO ABOUT 3500 OR 4000 RPM BUT MY SPEED WAS DROPPING. I PULLED OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD, STOPPED AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. HAD I NOT BEEN IN THE RIGHT LANE OF THE MAJOR INTERSTATE WHEN TRAFFIC WAS VERY LIGHT, I COULD HAVE HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT. EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL EXCEPT THE LOW COOLANT LEVEL IN THE RESERVOIR BOTTLE. THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE SO THEN I PLACED THE TRUCK INTO DRIVE AND MOVED THE VEHICLE FORWARD. AS THE VEHICLE PICKED UP SPEED AND AT ABOUT THE 35 TO 40 MPH THE TRUCK ENGINE WOULD REV UP BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND NOT ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO MOVE ANY FASTER. WHEN I TOOK THE SCREW OFF THE TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK TO SEE THAT FLUID LEVEL WAS TOO HIGH FOR THE PROPER LEVEL IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. ALSO, I NOTICED THAT THE FLUID HAD A GREYISH MILKY APPEARANCE WHICH IS A CLEAR INDICATION OF CONTAMINATION WITH A WATER BASED MATERIAL SUCH AS ENGINE COOLANT.I FIND THE FACT NISSAN CLEARLY KNEW THAT WAS A PROBLEM AND FAILED TO NOTIFY ME AS THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE ANNOYING. THEY WOULD RATHER PAY TO HAVE VEHICLE REPAIRED AFTER THE FACT THAN TAKE CARE OF A POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM BEFORE IT OCCURS. THIS IS EXTREMELY TROUBLESOME WHEN A MANUFACTURER PLACES PROFITS AND THE BOTTOM LINE AHEAD OF CUSTOMER SAFETY. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, I HAVE LEARNED THAT I COULD HAVE REPLACED THE FAULTY RADIATOR WITH ANOTHER PRODUCT FROM KOYORAD FOR ABOUT $120 RETAIL AND PREVENTED THIS PROBLEM. SO FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS, NISSAN IS WILLING TO JEOPARDIZE MY SAFETY AND ALL OTHER NISSAN OWNERS SAFETY. AS THE NATIONAL SAFETY AGENCY, I IMPLORE YOU ACT IMMEDIATELY AND ORDER A RECALL ON THESE NISSAN VEHICLES BEFORE PEOPLE GET HURT. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF THE NATION FROM SAFETY ISSUES WHEN MANUFACTURERS FAIL TO DO SO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567997March 9, 2014
POWER TRAIN
NISSAN KNEW A DEFECT WAS IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLER BUILT INTO THE RADIATOR TRIED TO COVER IT UP OR AT LEAST NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE. NOW 9000 MILES AFTER NISSAN TOLD ME I WAS GOOD, I HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT AND VICE VERSA. NISSAN SAYS THIS IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF VEHICLES. THIS WILL OCCUR WITH ALL VEHICLES WITH THE DEFECTIVE RADIATOR. THE COST OF REPAIR IS RUINING PEOPLES LIVES AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH SEIZING OF TRANSMISSIONS WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS NHTSA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567084March 4, 2014
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT WITH RIGHT FOOT ON BRAKE, WAITING FOR LIGHT TO CHANGE. AS LIGHT CHANGED APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV UP. PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE WAITED A MOMENT THEN TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON AND PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE, VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE BUT THE TRANSMISSION ACTED LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING. DROVE VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED ON VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NEED A NEW ONE. PAID 5,321.74 TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. DEALER SAID TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS DUE TO A RADIATOR ISSUE ON VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566773March 3, 2014
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE MY TRUCK BEGAN A SMALL INTERMITTENT SHUDDER, AS IF DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS. THIS OCCURRED 2 OR 3 TIMES. THE NEXT WEEK THE SHUDDERING RECURRED. SCHEDULED AND APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY VERY QUICKLY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. THEY INDICATED IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE WHERE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILS AND INTAKES RADIATOR COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE INDICATE THE TRANSMISSION WILL IN ALL LIKELY HOOD NEED TO BE REBUILT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10565669February 24, 2014
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND LOSS POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ISSUE IS A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH THIS VEHICLE. ACTUALLY HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE OF IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564501February 15, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING ON KINGERY HIGHWAY IN VILLA PARK WHEN I STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC. WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AFTER THE TRAFFIC WAS MOVING, THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD TURNED ON AND THE TRUCK WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE TO LESS THAN 1 MPH. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564388February 14, 2014
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIGHTLY JERK AS THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563721February 10, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
THIS ISSUES IS WITH A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER LE. SHUDDERING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH (SEEMS TO BE WHILE SHIFTING) AND SOMETIMES BETWEEN 80-85 MPH. THE SOUND AND FEEL OF THIS SHUDDERING IS VERY SIMILAR TO DRIVING OVER HIGHWAY HAZARD SPEED BUMPS. I INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT ROAD WORK HAD BEEN DONE IN CERTAIN AREAS AND DIDN'T REALIZE THE EFFECT WAS EMANATING FROM MY TRUCK. LOSS OF HORSE POWER AND MILES PER GALLON ARE ALSO A SYMPTOM OF THIS ISSUE. SOME JERKING MOVEMENTS IN THE LOWER RANGES OF SHIFTING. DURING THE SHUDDERING IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE TRANNY IS TRYING TO CATCH THE NEXT GEAR. IF I ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE PASSED THE ABOVE RANGES THE SHUDDERING SUBSIDES TILL THE NEXT TIME I CROSS THOSE RANGES. THIS DESCRIPTION IS OF THE FINAL SYMPTOMS AT THEIR VERY WORST FOR MY INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE, LEADING UP TO THIS POINTS HAS BEEN GRADUAL SIGNS OF THE SAME ISSUES BEGINNING AT THE 50K-60K MILEAGE RANGES. EVEN THOUGH, TO DATE, NISSAN CORPORATE HAS KNOWN OF THIS DEFECT THEIR DEALERSHIPS/SERVICE DEPTS SEEMED TO BE COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE ISSUE TILL I WAS WELL PASSED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY (CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IMPOSED). AT THAT POINT THEY BECAME VERY INFORMATIVE OF THE PROBLEM AND ITS SYMPTOMS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS (MONTHS IF NOT YRS AGO) I HAD MENTIONED THESE SYMPTOMS AND WAS TOLD FLUIDS WERE CHECKED AND OK'D BY TECHS AND SERVICE REPS, BUT READING INTO THE ISSUE NOW I HAVE LEARNED IT IS VERY EASY TO SPOT IF YOU TRULY DO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OR ACTUALLY CHECK THE FLUIDS AS I SUSPECT THEY NEVER DID. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563482February 8, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS FUEL PUMP BAD ,PAY ABOUT $600. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10562528February 1, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I NOTICED AS I WAS DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO HAVE SHAKING OR VIBRATING/JERKING ( AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS), IT SEEMS TO HESITATE WHEN I INCREASE SPEED. MY TECHNICIAN THINKS SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITH TRANSMISSION OR TORQUE CONVERTER. CONCERNED VEHICLE MAY BREAK / STOP RUNNING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10561346January 24, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TRANSMISSION FAILURE RELATED TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE RADIATOR OIL COOLANT ASSEMBLE. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER THE COMPLETE COST OF THIS KNOW DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10561370January 24, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL LEVEL SENSOR FAILED AND WOULD NOT READ WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL OR EMPTY. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 131,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10561113January 23, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TRANSMISSION FAILURE RELATED TO COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR OIL COOLANT ASSEMBLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560469January 18, 2014
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING VERY BAD WHEN IT HIT 1700 RPM RANGE WHILE DRIVING, SO I SLOWED DOWN...SCARED. I WENT AND HAD IT CHECKED ONLY TO FIND OUT IT IS VERY COMMON WITH THIS TRUCK - FLUID IN TRANSMISSION CAUSED FROM THE TRANS FLUID RUNNING THROUGH THE RADIATOR AND THE HEAT EXCHANGE LEAKS WATER INTO THE TRANS FLUID. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM I LEARNED. THE REPAIR IS NOT COVERED BY NISSAN AND IS A 5000 DOLLAR REPAIR AT NISSAN DEALERSHIP, A TOTAL TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REPLACEMENT IS NEEDED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560137January 15, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
THE RADIATOR FAILED CAUSING THE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO GET CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT. THIS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL RESULTING IN A NEARLY $5,000 BILL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558478January 4, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AT 45MPH THE TRUCK STARTED JERKING AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT. WHEN I GOT IT TO MY MECHANIC WE FOUND RADIATOR COOLANT HAD CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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