Nissan Frontier Complaints

3,364 consumer complaints on file.

#10021445June 11, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE SHUTS COMPLETELY DOWN FOR NO APPARENT REASON. ALL ELECTRIC FAILS AND VEHICLE WILL NOT START FOR ABOUT 20-25 MINUTES. FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MAY 17, 2003. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER AND DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. ON MAY 29, 2003 VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AGAIN IN TRAFFIC. ALL ELECTRIC FAILED AGAIN. VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER 20-25 MINUTES AND DRIVEN TO DEALER. DEALER HAD VEHICLE FOR FOUR DAYS AND REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND HARNESS. ON JUNE 11, 2003 VEHICLE SHUT OFF AGAIN. VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER 20-25 MINUTES. WILL CALL DEALER TO STATE THAT SHUT DOWN PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021391June 11, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
I HAVE A 2001 NISSAN FRONTIER THAT THE RIGHT INNER PAD IS WORN TO THE SENSOR. THE DISC PAD IS WEARING AT NOTICEABLE ANGLE FROM LEADING EDGE TO TRAILING EDGE. THE OTHER PADS ARE WEARING NORMALLY. THE TRUCK ALSO HAS A SEVERE BRAKE PULL TO THE RIGHT. THE PULL IS WORSE WHEN HOT. THE CAR IS UNDRIVEABLE AT THIS TIME. THE CAR WILL SWITH LANES WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. AS AN ASE CERTIFIED AUTO TECHNICIAN I BELIEVE THE CAUSE IS THE USE OF PHENOLIC CALIPER PISTONS. PHENOLIC PISTONS ARE KNOWN TO CAUSE BRAKE PULLS, LOCKED UP BRAKES AND UNEVEN PAD WEAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021303June 9, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE RIGHT REAR TIRE ON MY 2000 NISSAN TRUCK THE TREAD CAME OFF BUT THE TIRE DID NOT GO FLAT BUT WHEN IT CAME OFF IT BENT UP THE BED ON ONE SIDE. I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND ON I 17 MILE POST 217 THE TRUCK HAS 45000 MILE ON IT AD THE TIRES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022439June 5, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022343June 4, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PROBLEMS WITH WILDERNESS HT TIRES. *MR THERE WAS A BAD VIBRATION. THE INSPECTION SHOWED THAT THERE WERE 6-8" SPLITS IN THE CENTER OF THE TREAD/GROOVE. *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021884May 29, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
ON APRIL 2003 DIGITAL INSTRUMENTAL PANEL WENT BROKE/ODOMETER WENT 999999/TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT HIGH, AND FUEL GAUGE WENT TO HIGH. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018635May 13, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE TIRE ON DRIVERS SIDE REAR BLEW OUT AND TREAD CAME OFF AND DAMAGED UNDERSIDE OF REAR FENDER. I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON INTERSTATE 75 IN FLORIDA NEAR WHITE SPRINGS EXIT. I WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SWAY. I LOOKED IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR TO SEE ABOUT A 4' PIECE OF TREAD FLYING THROUGH THE AIR BEHIND ME.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017086May 6, 2003
TIRES
ON 04/20/03 I EXPERIENCED A SEVERE VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING MY '99 NISSAN FRONTIER AT 65 MPH. AS I PULLED OVER, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE (OEM FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT P215/65R-15) SHED MOST OF ITS TREAD. TIRE WAS REPLACED AND REMAINING TIRES WERE CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. ONE WEEK LATER, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BEGAN A SIMILAR VIBRATION FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN EXPLODED AT 65 MPH, DESTROYING MOST OF THE SHEET METAL AND BODY SUPPORTS BEHIND THE WHEEL WELL. TIRES HAD 48K MILES, GOOD TREAD, AND WERE PROPERLY INFLATED TO MFRS. SPECS. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017341April 22, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE REAR TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016219April 19, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ON 3-31-2003 MY 2001 NISSAN FRONTIER CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 4-5 HOURS. THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL SUSPECTS THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL IN ORIGIN. THE CAB AND BED WERE BURNED. THE FRONT END SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011033March 25, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I PURCHASED A 2003 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP TRUCK. WHEN I USE THE DEFROSTER THE AIR CONDITIONER COMES ON WHICH IS NORMAL. I CANNOT TURN OFF THE DEFROSTER AND AIR CONDITIONER UNTIL I TURN OFF THE ENGINE. THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR STAYS ON UNTIL THE ENGINE IS SHUT DOWN. IF I AM ON A HIGHWAY I HAVE TO STOP AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF TO TURN THE AIR CONDITIONER OFF, RESTART THE ENGINE, AND THEN MERGE BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. AT ONE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TELLS ME THIS IS NORMAL AND IT IS WRITTEN UP THAT WAY IN THE MANUAL. YET THEY TELL ME THERE IS A NATIONWIDE BACKORDER FOR A PART. ANOTHER NISSAN DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE WITHOUT TEARING EVERYTHING APART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10012049March 19, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AFTER HITTING WATER IN THE STREET. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND, JUMPED A CURB AND HIT SOME TREES. THE FRONT END AND THE REAR END WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED YET THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES FROM THE IMPACT. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10011835March 14, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE LEAKED FUEL. *JB FUEL SENDING UNIT FAILED DUE TO A DEFECT.*TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010203March 10, 2003
EQUIPMENT
DURING HIGH WINDS IN THE RIVERSIDE,CALIFORNIA AREA THE BED LINER OF MY 2001 NISSAN FRONTIER WAS SUCKED FROM THE BED OF THE TRUCK. INSIDE OF THE BED AT THE TIME WERE PERSONAL ITEMS THAT WERE ALSO EJECTED WITH THE BED LINER. THIS TRUCK WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW ONLY 9 MONTHS EARLIER AND THE BED LINER WAS FACTORY INSTALLED AND WAS INCLUDED IN THE TRUCK ACCESSORY PACKAGE. THE BED LINER WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH THE PERSONAL ITEMS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION IT APPEARS THERE COULD BE ONE FATALITY AND DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLES INCLUDING MY OWN ALTHOUGH MINOR, INCLUDE, SCRATCHES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#10010039March 6, 2003
SUSPENSION
THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OR GOING OVER A BUMP, THE DEALER DETERMINED A BOLT WHICH HELD THE SWAY BAR ASSEMBLY HAD COME OUT. ONE YEAR LATER THE BOLT ON THE OTHER SIDE CAME OUT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007604February 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKE FAILURE, 1ST REPAIR-NOTHING FOUND. 2ND (DIFF DEALER)-BRAKE CONTROL SWITCH ADJUST. 3RD-REFUSE TO REPAIRFAILURE. 4TH (DIFF DEALER) REPLACED ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM EXCPET COMPUTER CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007606February 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
BRAKE VIBRATION WHIL EDRIVING IN RAIN OR OVER BUMPS/SPEED BUMPS OR STEEP GUTTER DRAINS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019836February 16, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE RATTLE DURING COLD STARTS. SEVERITY AND DURATION CHANGE FROM DAY TO DAY. SOME DAYS MORE PRONOUNCED AND LASTS AS LONG A 10-12 SEC, OTHERS NOT TO NOTICABLE AND LASTS3-5- SECS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007609February 16, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WITHOUT WARNING, SEVERE VEHICLE VIBRATION/JERKING AND MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE AT 80 MPH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO INTERSTATE WHEN FIRST OCCURED. NO WHERE IN OWNERS MANUAL IS THIS LIMITER STATED, NOR WHY IT IS SO SEVERE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006709February 6, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
THE VEHICLES GAS NOZZLE DOES NOT SHUT PUMP OFF WHEN GAS GETS TO A CERTAIN POINT. CONSUMER STATES AS A RESULT GAS GETS POURED OVER DRIVER AND VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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