Nissan Frontier Complaints (2005)

532 consumer complaints on file.

#10521516June 24, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521103June 21, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF ON THE HWY. THIS HAPPENED TWICE ON DIFFERENT DAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS GOING AT A 60-65 MILES PER HOUR SPEED AND IT SHUT OFF. I COST TO THE SIDE OF THE HWY AND TURNED THE TRUCK BACK ON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521137June 21, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I OWN A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER SE. ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 THE VEHICLE FAILED WHILE I WAS APPROACHING AN OVERPASS IN A DOWNPOUR OF THUNDERSTORMS. IT APPEARED THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED. I HAD TO STEER MY VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AS THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO HAVE SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. THANKFULLY, NO INJURY OR ACCIDENT OCCURRED. AFTER SPEAKING WITH A NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICAN CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, I HAD IT TOWED INTO PAT FISHER NISSAN IN TITUSVILLE ON MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 17TH. IN THE MEANTIME AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET (WWW.NISSANHELP.COM), I LEARNED NISSAN IS IN LITIGATION DUE TO A 'DESIGN FLAW' IN THE RADIATOR; CAUSING CROSS CONTAMINATION OF FLUIDS (RADIATOR TO TRANSMISSION) RESULTING IN MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THIS RESULTS IN REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND HAVING THE ENGINE FLUSHED ($1097.00); AND AN ADDITIONAL FEE ($4524.00) FOR REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT, NISSAN HAS AGREED TO PAY PARTIAL PAYMENT FOR THE REPAIRS IF YOUR VEHICLE FALLS UNDER THEIR SPECIFIC GUIDELINES (YEAR OF VEHICLE AND ODOMETER READING). UNFORTUNATELY, MY VEHICLE DID NOT. MY CONCERN: SINCE THIS MALFUNCTION IS A 'DESIGN FLAW' (TOLD THIS BY A NISSAN EMPLOYEE) BY THE MANUFACTURER, HOW DO CUSTOMERS GET NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY? THERE SHOULD BE NO LIMITATIONS OR GUIDELINES TO MEET. ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA BEFORE DEATH OR A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OCCURS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE VEHICLE SHIFTS ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL WHILE ENGAGED IN DRIVE. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL AND THE EXPENSE OF REPAIR BE REIMBURSED BY NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION TO THE CONSUMER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND REVIEW. I LOOK FORWARD TO A RESPONSE. SINCERELY *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519796June 14, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEGAN STUMBLING AND THEN I LOST 5TH GEAR. TOOK TO DURABUILD TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT ENGINE COOLANT HAD GOTTEN INTO THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE RADIATOR TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE CLEANED & REPAIRED. THE VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE SOLENOID. REPAIR BILL CAME TO $4100.00. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519883June 14, 2013
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING ON FREEWAY, FELT A VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE, AND THEN A RAPID DECREASE IN SPEED AS THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AND LOOSE POWER. LUCKILY, WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT ACROSS THREE LANES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC TO SAFETY. VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR, AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY LOCAL DEALER. LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK INSTEAD OF MY WIFE OR SON, AND WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE OUT OF THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515415June 6, 2013
POWER TRAIN
AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70 MPH AND IN A RAINSTORM, NISSAN FRONTIER 2005 SEEMED TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR AND NEVER RE ENGAGE. WAS LEFT ON THE ROADSIDE UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. MOTOR WOULD START AND WHEN SHIFTED INTO ANY GEAR, WOULD REV WITH NO TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT. VEHICLE TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHO PULLED THE PAN AND FOUND RADIATOR FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION. TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FRONTIERS, PATHFINDERS, AND XTERRAS, BUT NISSAN WAS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DESIGN FLAW. I AM NOW LEFT WITH A $6000.00 DOLLAR REPAIR ON A TRUCK THE IS ONLY WORTH ABOUT $6000.00. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513732May 28, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR AIR-CONDITIONING SERVICE. NISSAN DEALER FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID IN MY COOLANT. THEY STATED I NEEDED A NEW RADIATOR DUE TO TRANSMISSION COOLER IN RADIATOR FAILURE. THEY CHANGED OUT THE RADIATOR, THE COST WAS OVER 1200.00. ONCE RADIATOR WAS FIXED THEY STATED THEY FOUND A SMALL AMOUNT OF COOLANT IN MY TRANSMISSION. THEY FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION TWICE (ADDITIONAL 250.00) BUT COULD NOT TELL ME IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY ALSO STATED THEY HAVE NEVER HAD THIS FAILURE AT THIS DEALERSHIP IN FREDERICKSBURG, VA BEFORE THE NEW NISSAN EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRES (90000 MILES OR 9 YEARS). NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME..... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513676May 27, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I WAS DRIVING THE NISSAN FRONTIER ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN THE RPM SHOT UP THEN DROPPED AND THE TRANSMISSION QUIT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP. I HAD TO CROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TO AVOID A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I MANAGED TO GET THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION LEAKING FLUID INTO THE RADIATOR CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL WITH OUT ANY WARNING. I WAS TOLD THE FIX WOULD COST ME AROUND 5,500.00 DOLLARS. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND REALLY SHOULD CORRECT IT BEFORE SOME ONE IS KILLED BY THIS OBVIOUS MAJOR MALFUNCTION IN THE DESIGN OF THERE PRODUCT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513581May 26, 2013
ENGINE
AS SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION TO THE FOLLOWING CLAIM FORM, I ORIGINAL HAD WALLACE NISSAN IN STUART ESTIMATE REPAIR COSTS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK MY VEHICLE TO LOCAL MECHANIC MONTERY TRANSMISSION FOR FOLLOW UP QUOTE ON 1/29/13. MONTERREY ORDERED A REPLACEMENT PART FROM NISSAN, WHICH PROVED TO BE FAULTY ON INSTALLATION. APPEARS THERE WERE NO OTHER PARTS AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE, SO WALLACE BACK ORDERED ON NISSAN, WHICH HAD TO INCLUDE IN A PARTS SHIPMENT FROM JAPAN. PART WAS FINALLY DELIVERED VIA WALLACE EARLY MARCH 2013. JOB COMPLETED AND PICKED UP 3/13/13. AN UNUSUAL DELAY, HAPPY MY MOTORCYCLE WAS SERVICEABLE. NISSAN FRONTIER, 2005, SUBMITTED CLAIM #[XXX], MAJOR PARTS REPLACED, VALVE BODY #31705EA50B, RADIATOR #3196, MASTER KIT #N173004AF, TOTAL COST $3665.48. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513444May 24, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, SHUDDERS AT 40MPH, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ERRATIC. TOOK INTO NISSAN SERVICE CENTER WHO TOLD US THAT COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION FROM A FAULTY RADIATOR AND IT WOULD COST $5500 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AS WE WERE OUT OF WARRANTY. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513465May 24, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT OBSERVED AN OIL LEAVE IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS, WHO STATED THAT COOLANT FLUID WAS LEAKING AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS MIXING WITH THE COOLANT FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,047.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513283May 23, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
THE 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER NISMO 4X4 THAT I WAS DRIVING STARTED SLIPPING AND MISSING CAUSING MY ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THE ENGINE BECAME VERY JUMPY AND COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED. HAD THERE BEEN OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512814May 20, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR THAT ALLOWS COOLANT TO ENTER THE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO NOT SHIFT THROUGH THE GEARS. NISSAN IS ONLY WILLING TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES AND $3000 FOR THE REPAIRS OF THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512677May 18, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
MY TRUCK BEGAN DISPLAYING SYMPTOMS OF CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. FOR EXAMPLE, GEAR SLIPPAGE AND SHUDDERING AS IF ROLLING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY FOUND THE COOLANT HAD TRANSFORMED INTO A THICK PINK SUBSTANCE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A SEAL HAD FAILED IN THE RADIATOR CAUSING COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS THEN BAKED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. WE REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND SO FAR HAVE DELAYED THE INEVITABLE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. I CALLED LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIPS AND THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT DECLINED TO OFFER SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE BARRIERS, ETC., THEY WOULD NOT ADDRESS MY ISSUE. I CONTACTED THE BBB AND A NISSAN REPRESENTATIVE EVENTUALLY CALLED ME, BUT IN THE END DISREGARDED MY ISSUES WITH MOCK CONCERN. I CONTACTED THE MN ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THEY SAID I MIGHT TAKE THEM TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT. IT SEEMS THAT NISSAN HAS CONCOCTED A WARRANTY THAT ONLY BENEFITS PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM AT A VERY PREMATURE STAGE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511911May 14, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TRANSMISSION FAILING SOUNDS AND FEELS LIKE DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS. ALSO NOTICED CABIN HEATER DOES NOT WORK WHEN AT A STOP. SIGNS INDICATIVE OF RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION SEAL FAILURE AND RADIATOR COOLANT IN TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512001May 14, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511165May 8, 2013
ENGINE
DRIVING AT ABOUT 40MPH MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER 4.0L V6 STARTS TO RUMBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 SECONDS AS IF I WERE DRIVING OVER A RUMBLE STRIP. ONCE THE RUMBLE BEGINS THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. THIS IS HAPPENING AT LEAST TWICE A DAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511058May 8, 2013
POWER TRAIN, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
I NOTICED AT DRIVING SPEEDS OF AROUND 45 MPH THE TRUCK WOULD SHAKE VERY BAD. ALSO MY HEATER WOULD ONLY BLOW COLD AIR. WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK IN THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LOOKED LIKE A STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE. $6000.00 LATER AND LOOKING ONLINE SEEING ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY NISSAN IS NOT BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10510577May 3, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS MY 2005 FRONTIER BEGAN SHUDDERING AND THEN LOST POWER WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A REAR END COLLISION. AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS CONTAMINATED. IT APPEARS NISSAN HAS BEEN LONG AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, WITH THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ACROSS THE BOARD FROM THE 2005 - 2010 FRONTIERS, PATHFINDERS AND XTERRAS NISSAN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A CATASTROPHIC DEFECT IN DESIGN KNOWN TO NISSAN AND SHOULD BE MADE RIGHT BY NISSAN TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THE CUSTOMER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509897April 29, 2013
POWER TRAIN
LOUD CLANKING SOUNDS COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE; MY MECHANIC SAYS ITS THE TRANSMISSION, AGAIN; EIGHT YEAR OLD VEHICLE, GOING ON ITS 3RD TRANSMISSION... I PAID $1,500.00 FOR THE LAST ONE (2010)... WHY DO THESE KEEP GOING BAD? PLEASE HELP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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