Nissan Frontier Complaints

3,364 consumer complaints on file.

#11044308November 7, 2017
POWER TRAIN
2006 NISSAN FRONTIER - A DEFECT THAT PERMITS CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF ENGINE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID, ULTIMATELY CAUSING THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION TO NEED SUBSTANTIAL REPAIRS OR FAIL ENTIRELY. THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY. WHEN ACCELERATING THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT DOWNSHIFT - IT FELT AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11044013November 6, 2017
POWER TRAIN
DOING GENERAL CHECK UP OF MY TRUCK WHILE PERFORMING AN OIL CHANGE NOTICED SLUDGES IN THE RADIATOR. IMMEDIATELY PERFORMED BYPASS AND DRAINED THE TRANSMISSION TO FIND IT FULL OF COOLANT. FIXED THE ISSUE MYSELF AFTER ALL THE NEW PARTS ARRIVED EARLY ENOUGH TO SAVE THE TRANSMISSION. HONESTLY FEEL LIKE NISSAN OWES EVERYONE THAT HAD THIS ISSUE A BRAND NEW TRUCK NO QUESTIONS ASKED NOT RIGHT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE AND NHTSA SOMEHOW DENIED THE CLAIM ACCORDING TO THEIR INSPECTION DO YOUR JOB SLAM NISSAN MAKE THEM PAY UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11043228November 4, 2017
AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN
DRIVERS AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. ALSO TRANSMISSION SLIPPING ANTI-FREEZE MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11041446October 30, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
AS I WAS DRIVING, MY 05 NISSAN FRONTIER STALLED, SHUT DOWN AND LOST ALL POWER. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR IT TO RESTART AND IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED ON THE 2 LANE ROAD IN HENDERSON, NV. I AM OBVIOUSLY PETRTIFIED TO DRIVE SO I BEGAN TO TO RESEARCH THIS SITUATION. JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT, I TRIED TO START THE NEXT MORNING AND IT DIDN'T START. AFTER A FEW HOURS, HOWEVER, IT STARTED. JUST TO MAKE SURE, I HAD MY STARTER AND BATTERY LOOKED AT AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE FINE, BUT I WAS TOLD IT COULD BE THE ECM RELAY. THIS WAS RECALLED IN 2011 AND I HAD IT CHANGED OUT AT HENDERSON NISSAN. I ALSO REPLACED THE ECM RELAY LAST WEEK TO MAKE SURE THE PART DIDN'T GO BAD, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS STILL STALLING AND INTERMITTENTLY STARTING. UPON MORE RESEARCH I FOUND THAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF NISSANS WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE TITANS, EXTERRAS, AND PATHFINDERS. LOTS OF OLDER MODELS, BUT EVEN NEW VEHICLES THAT WERE JUST PURCHASED FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I PROCEEDED TO HENDERSON NISSAN AND DESCRIBED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND WAD TOLD IT WAS THE IPDM UNIT. I ALSO SPOKE WITH CERTIFIED MECHANICS AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING. I PURCHASED THE PARTS. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. IF ONE OF THESE VEHICLES EVER STALLS AND LOSES POWER ON A BUSY HIGHWAY OR ROAD THE AFTERMATH CAN BE DEADLY FOR THE OWNER OF THE NISSAN AND THEIR PASSENGERS AND OTHER INNOCENT DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. THIS SERIOUS CONDITION CAN CAUSE BODILY HARM, AND EVEN DEATH. I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T IN AN ACCIDENT THE DAY IT HAPPENED TO ME, I TRULY THANK GOD! I FULLY BELIEVE THAT ALL NISSAN'S SHOULD BE RECALLED AND HAVE THE NEW IPDM UNIT INSTALLED AS I HEAR THE THE ORIGINAL IPDM UNIT WAS DESIGNED IMPROPERLY. THE NEWER UPDATED MODEL IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE, AND FITS THE TITAN AS WELL. THIS IS SO SERIOUS, AND NISSAN KNOWS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE THIS RECALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11039791October 25, 2017
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION, MIXING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CREATING A TOXIC FLUID THAT IRREVERSIBLY DAMAGED EVERYTHING AROUND IT. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN WHEN FIRST NOTICED. I HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED AT MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. I COULD NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION SO FLUSHING IT WAS MY ONLY OPTION. IT LASTED FOR A FEW YEARS BUT NOW IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A DEFECT THAT HAS AFFECTED THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11035652October 23, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE HOOD OF MY TRUCK POPPED OPENED AT 67 MPH WHILE DRIVING ON 595 EAST BOUND ON FLORIDA HIGHWAY BETWEEN FLAMINGO AND UNIVERSITY EXITS. DUE TO THE IMPACT IT CRACKED MY WINDSHIELD AND OBVIOUS LOSS OF VISIBILITY TO HIGHWAY. AFTER PULLING OVER AND INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, IT SEEMS LIKE THE LATCH OF THE HOOD CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN EXPLANATION HOW THIS MALFUNCTION COULD HAVE HAPPENED. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO HARM TO MYSELF ONLY THE DAMAGE TO HOOD, WINDSHIELD, TOP OF VEHICLE ROOF AND MISSING LATCH AND THE EMERGENCY CABLE THAT IS HOOKED UP TO HOOD. MY ANTENNA ALSO BROKE FROM THE IMPACT AND THE HOOD DOES NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11035820October 23, 2017
POWER TRAIN
BOUGHT A 2006 FRONTIER A YEAR AGO, I WAS UNAWARE OF THE MAJOR DEFECT THEY WERE HAVING WITH THE RADIATOR CRACKING AND MIXING COOLANT WITH TRANNY FLUID. NOW MY TRANSMISSION IS SHOT WITH NO WARNING AND I'LL BE OUT 4/5K !! IT WENT OUT AS I WAS TRYING TO TURN LEFT AND ON COMING TRAFFIC WAS COMING AT ME. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AS OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT A TRANSMISSION YOUR CAR WONT GO INTO GEAR, JUST A SITTING DUCK WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC BARING DOWN. THANKFULLY THE PEOPLE SPEEDING TOWARDS ME SEEN ME BEFORE I WAS SMASHED INTO AND POSSIBLY KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11034685October 19, 2017
POWER TRAIN
OUR 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER'S RADIATOR LEAKED INTO OUR TRANSMISSION AND RUINED OUR TRANSMISSION AT 110,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE STARTED SLIPPING AND STUTTERING CHANGING GEARS WHILE WE WERE DRIVING AND IT THEN LOCKED UP WHEN WE PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND WE COULD NOT SHIFT THE CAR INTO GEAR. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED WHERE THE SHOP IS TELLING US IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. WHEN I CALLED THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP, THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, BUT I AM OUT OF LUCK BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE REPAIR IS OVER A $5200 FIX. THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF A BAD MANUFACTURED RADIATOR, NO FAULT OF OUR OWN, AND IT HAS NOW RUINED OUR TRUCK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11034187October 17, 2017
POWER TRAIN
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR FAILURE AND COOLANT CONTAMINATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11033936October 16, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
MY COMPLAINT IS THAT MY VEHICLE IS TURNING OFF WITH A BRAND NEWLY INSTALLED BATTERY AND MY NISSAN DEALERSHIP CANNOT READ MY CAR TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. THEY KEPT MY VEHICLE FOR CLOSE TO A MONTH AND STILL DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE NEVER FAILS TO TURN OVER, BUT IT JUST LOSES POWER AND TURNS OFF LIKE SOMEONE SNATCHED OUT THE BATTERY. SOMETIMES IT FAILS TO TURN OVER, RIGHT AWAY, BUT THEN IT TURNS OVER AND I CAN DRIVE IT A FEW MILES BEFORE IT STALLS ON ME AGAIN, EVEN WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE 64,500 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE AND I HAVE BABIED IT SINCE I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW IN 12/2009. THE SLIP LIGHT COMES ON AND THE O/D LIGHT FLASHES AND THEN THE VEHICLE GETS CONFUSED AND SHUTS OFF. IT IS ANNOYING. IT FEELS LIKE A BATTERY ISSUE AND MY NISSAN DEALERSHIP CHANGED WHAT THEY CALLED A FAULTY POSITIVE TERMINAL HOOK-UP BUT I STILL HAVE THIS ISSUE WHERE MY VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY POWERED. I HAVE TO REPEATEDLY START THE VEHICLE BACK UP AND BARELY MAKE IT HOME. I WAS NEVER IN A CRASH, BUT I DID HIT THE BOTTOM OF MY VEHICLE ON AN ABUTMENT THAT WAS IN A AUTOMOTIVE PARKING LOT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 3MPH. BUT THIS HAPPENED IN 2014 DECEMBER AND I HAD THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT AND DROVE IT FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11031410October 2, 2017
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE AIRBAG SENSOR BEGAN FLASHING WHEN DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND THE ERROR CODE IS FOR THE PASSENGER SEATBELT. THE NON-DEALER MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO REPAIR AND THE AIRBAGS ARE DEACTIVATED. THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE FAILED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET. THE ECM IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM NISSAN OR AFTER MARKET FOR THIS 10 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. THE ECM CANNOT BE REBUILT. THUS, THIS LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE IN OTHERWISE EXCELLENT CONDITION IS NOW JUNK. NISSAN HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE EXPECTED VEHICLE RELIABILITY AND CONSUMER PROTECTIONS. APPARENTLY, NISSAN CEASED MANUFACTURE (INCLUDING AFTER MARKET) OF THIS CRITICAL ENGINE COMPONENT SOON AFTER INITIAL SALE WITHOUT MAKING ANY PROVISIONS FOR REPLACEMENT UPON FAILURE. I AM TOLD THAT THIS IS A STANDARD BUSINESS PRACTICE FOR NISSAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11030590September 29, 2017
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE RADIATOR !!ITONLY HAS 75 THOUSAND MILES ORIGINAL ONLY ONE OWNER DEALERS TOLD ME IT WOULD BE 6,000 DOLLARS PLUS TO FIX ,PLEASE HELP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11024999September 22, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND SHIFTING GEARS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND JERKED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WATER AND COOLANT FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11025003September 22, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NISSAN OF ELK GROVE (8590 LAGUNA GROVE DR, ELK GROVE, CA 95757, (916) 405-5000) TO BE REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V690000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR OR SOFTWARE UPDATE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS NEEDED PRIOR TO THE RECALL REMEDY BEING PERFORMED. THE CONTACT DECLINED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED LIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR WAS NOT ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO ABORTING THE SOFTWARE UPDATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 28367938. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS THE DEALER'S DISCRETION AS TO THE NEXT STEPS TO BE TAKEN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11023871September 17, 2017
POWER TRAIN
WHEN PROCEEDING FROM A GREEN LIGHT, THE 2017 NISSAN FRONTIER SV WILL NOT ACCELERATE AS NORMAL. TO GET THE TRUCK MOVING FORWARD, I HAD TO STEP ON THE GAS MEDAL WITH MORE DEPTH THAN USUAL, RENDERING THE ENGINE RPM VERY HIGH, TO INCH THE TRUCK AWAY FROM THE STOP LIGHT. LUCKILY, I MADE IT TO A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT WHICH WAS ABOUT 100-200 FEET AWAY. FROM THE PARKING STALL, I WANTED TO TEST IF THE REVERSE GEAR WAS AFFECTED. SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE AND THE 2017 NISSAN FRONTIER SV WILL NOT MOVE BACKWARDS. THE REVERSE GEAR DID NOT WORK. THIS TRUCK HAS 500 MILES ONLY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11023555September 14, 2017
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
THE SEATBELT HAS BEEN REPLACE TWO TIME AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS STILL ON, NOW YOU GOT TO REPLACE THE SEAT CUSION THIS COST 1766.67, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. ME AND MY WIFE WAS IN LAKE CITY S.C. ON HW 52 AND THE AIR BAG STARTING FLASHING FOR THE SECOND TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11022475September 9, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TRANSMISSION PROBLEM COOLANT MIX WITH OIL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11022337September 8, 2017
POWER TRAIN
FLUID FROM MY RADIATOR MIXED INTO MY TRANSMISSION RENDERING IT INOPERABLE. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON IT I LEARNED THAT NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND FAILED TO NOTIFY THE CUSTOMERS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021741September 6, 2017
POWER TRAIN
DRIVERS SIDE REAR AXLE SEAL LEAK. DIFFERENTIAL VENT LEAK. BOTH STARTED ABOUT 100,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021359September 4, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL GAUGE ERRATIC. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. I FILLED TRUCK W GAS & WAS DRIVING ON HWY 160 & NOTICED FUEL GAUGE LIGHT ON & GAUGE ON EMPTY. THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS FOR TRUCKS LIKE MINE FOR FUEL LEVEL SENSOR SENDING UNIT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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