Nissan Frontier Complaints (2010)

59 consumer complaints on file.

#10545076September 23, 2013
POWER TRAIN
THE REAR AXLE SEALS ARE LEAKING. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN AT NISSAN FOR THIS ISSUE. SO THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. REAR DIFFERENTIAL FLUID IS LEAKING ON THE REAR BRAKES. THIS WILL CAUSE REAR BRAKE FAILURE. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS CASES OF THIS PROBLEM. NISSAN BEST TO MY KNOWLEDGE WILL ONLY TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE IF THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10487671December 7, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DRIVING ON HWY ELECTRICAL CONTROLS STOPPED. SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER,TACHOMETER,FUEL GAUGE STOPPED RESPONDING AND DROPPED TO ZERO OR FROZE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE THEN. EVENTUALLY THEY COME BACK ON LINE, BUT DURING THAT TIME YOU MUST DEPEND ON OTHER DRIVERS TO KEEP AT SAFE/LEGAL SPEEDS AND REMEMBER HOW MUCH GAS WAS IN THE TANK WHEN YOU STARTED DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10479232October 8, 2012
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN THE LOW FUEL GAUGE LIGHT CAME ON MY DAUGHTER PUT $40.00 IN GAS. HOWEVER THE GAUGE ONLY SHOWED 1/4 OF AT TANK (@$3.40 PER GAL) I THOUGHT IT WAS A PROBLEM AT THE GAS STATION PUMP. THE NEXT MORNING I STOPPED TO PUT GAS IN THE TANK FEARING I WOULD RUN OUT. I PUT AN ADDITIONAL $25.00 AND THE GAUGE NEVER MOVED. BEING A 2010 VEHICLE, THIS SHOULD NOT OF HAPPENED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10473676September 3, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, PARKING BRAKE, POWER TRAIN
NOTICED E-BRAKE NO LONGER HOLDING. TOOK TO LOCAL SHOP. TOLD ME NEED NEW E-BRAKE PADS AND REAR AXLE BEARINGS, SEALS. APPARENTLY BEARING SEALS FAILED AND GEAR OIL SATURATED BRAKE PADS. TOOK TO DEALER TO FIX BEARINGS AND SEALS UNDER WARRANTY (THOUGH THEY CHARGED ME FOR THE BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT THAT WAS A DIRECT RESULT). A LITTLE ONLINE SEARCH REVEALS THE BEARING PROBLEM COMMON ON FRONTIERS, A RESULT OF IMPROPER AXLE VENTING. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A RETROFIT PART THAT NISSAN SOLD TO ADDRESS THIS THAT HAS SINCE BEEN PULLED FROM THE PARTS OFFERING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10449161February 24, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN PLACED IN GEAR, DOES NOT ENGAGE RIGHT AWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10447820February 13, 2012
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THIS VEHICLE HAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AMONG NISSAN FRONTIER MESSAGE BOARDS. WHEN YOU FILL THE GAS TANK YOU MUST FILL IT SLOWLY OR THE GAS WILL "BUBBLE UP" AND SPILL OUT OF THE ENTRANCE WHERE YOU PUT THE GAS NOZZLE. IT WILL RUN DOWN THE FENDER, ONTO THE PAINT, AND ONTO THE GROUND. THE EFFECT IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS 2007 DODGE DURANGO HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=FS5U63CN-II BUT WITH LESS FORCE WHEN EXPELLING THE FUEL. THIS IS A REPEATED ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS DUE TO A BAD DESIGN AND WILL NOT FIX THIS. I HAVE TO SLOWLY FILL MY TANK EVERY TIME. THIS MEANS TO NOT GET IT TO SPILL I HAVE TO FILL AN 18 GALLON TANK NO FASTER THAN 15 MINUTES IN ORDER NOT TO SPILL FUEL ON THE GROUND. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10434155November 3, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WITH THE TREND TOWARDS LAWS BANNING HAND HELD CELL PHONE OPERATION I PURCHASED A 2010 NISSAN FRONTIER PRO4X ON MARCH 4, 2010 WHICH INCLUDES A HANDS FREE FEATURE. THE HANDS FREE CAPABILITY OF MY TRUCK WOULD NOT SUPPORT SAFE DRIVING IN STATES THAT HAVE OR HAVE PENDING LEGISLATION THAT BAN HAND HELD CELL PHONE OPERATION WHILE DRIVING. SINCE DAY ONE NAME RECOGNITION FAILS TO FIND THE CORRECT PERSON. ALL PERSONS CALLED COMPLAIN ABOUT LOW, DISTANT SOUNDING VOLUME WITH HIGH LEVELS OF BACKGROUND NOISE (TUNNEL EFFECT). INITIALLY THE POOR PERFORMANCE WAS BLAMED ON MY IPHONE 3GS WHICH WAS AND IS KEEP CURRENT. DEALER MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICIANS FAILED TO CORRECT OR IMPROVE THE HANDS FREE PERFORMANCE. MY DEALER'S SERVICE ADVISOR AND TECHNICIANS (4) IN FIVE AND HALF HOURS USING THEIR OWN IOS AND ANDROID EQUIPPED PHONES FAILED TO GET PROPER HANDS FREE PERFORMANCE IN MY TRUCK, OR, IN A NEW 2011 NISSAN FRONTIER PRO4X. DURING THE TIME MY TRUCK WAS BEING TROUBLED SHOT I TEST DROVE A 2011 NISSAN QUEST. MY IPHONE 3GS PAIRED AND NAMES WERE RECOGNIZED PERFECTLY. I RECENTLY BOUGHT AND TRIED AN IPHONE 4 AND A MOTOROLA DROID X IN MY TRUCK. NAME RECOGNITION STILL DOES NOT WORK AND CALL QUALITY REMAINS UNSATISFACTORY. NISSAN FACTORY TECHNICIANS WERE CONTACTED AND NO SUCCESSFUL SOLUTION WERE PROVIDED NOR WAS THERE ANY INDICATION THAT FOLLOW UP ACTIONS INITIATED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10429224October 9, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN ON THE IGNITION ALL THE DASHBOARD NEEDLE INDICATORS BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE IGNITION. AFTER I REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, THE DASHBOARD NEEDLES CONTINUE TO VIBRATE FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS. I HOOKED UP A PORTABLE BATTERY CHARGER TO THE BATTERY TO ATTEMPT A JUMP START, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE BATTERY CHARGER INDICATED A "BATTERY CHARGED" DISPLAY. HAVING HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM IN JUNE 2011, WHICH I TOOK TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHO WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, BUT DID REMOVE THE BATTERY FOR TESTING. I DISCONNECTED THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE, WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES, THEN RECONNECTED THE NEGATIVE CABLE AND THE WAS ABLE TO ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. NOT SURE WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM, AS THERE WAS ABOUT A FOUR MONTH PERIOD BETWEEN INCIDENTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10428279October 3, 2011
POWER TRAIN
I PUT MY 2010 NISSAN FRONTIER TRUCK INTO FOUR WHEEL LOW TO BACK MY CAMPER INTO ITS PARKING AREA. THE PARKING AREA IS LOCATED AT THE TOP OF A SLIGHT INCLINE. AFTER BACKING THE CAMPER INTO POSITION I PLACED THE TRUCK INTO PARK AND LEFT IT RUNNING WHILE I SECURED THE CAMPER BY PLACING CHOCKS BEHIND ITS WHEELS AND PUTTING A FOUNDATION FOR THE JACK. I REMOVED THE SAFETY CHAINS AND THE HITCH LOCK FROM THE CAMPER AND JACKED IT UP. AS THE HITCH CAME OFF THE TRUCK BALL THE TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL FREELY. I WAS UNABLE TO CATCH IT BEFORE IT STRUCK THINGS IN ITS PATH AND FINALLY CAME TO REST HITTING A TREE. THE TRUCK WAS STILL IN PARK BUT THE INDICATOR FOR THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND VDC WAS OFF. THE TRUCK WHEN PUT N REVERSE WOULD NOT MOVE. I TURNED IT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED IT ACTED NORMAL. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10400361May 10, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS, STEERING
2010 NISSAN FRONTIER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A BUMPER *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE BUMPER HE PURCHASED HAS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW THAT LED TO THE FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM. DUE TO THE DESIGN OF ONE OF THE MOUNTING BRACKETS, IT MADE CONTACT WITH A METAL POWER STEERING LINE, AND FROM THE VIBRATION, IT RUBBED THROUGH THE LINE CAUSING TOTAL FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM. THE LOCATION OF THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE SEEN BEFORE OR DURING INSTALLATION, BUT ONLY WITH THE BUMPER ON, BY LOOKING THROUGH AN OPENING LESS THAN TWO INCHES, AT JUST THE RIGHT ANGLE, WITH A FLASH LIGHT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10400148May 6, 2011
POWER TRAIN
6-SPEED MANUAL STICK SHIFT TRANSMISSION; CLUTCH FAILED PREMATURELY AT 20,160M, 13MOS VEHICLE AGE; SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR, INTERMITTANT BURNING SMELLS OF UNK ORIGIN WHEN BACKING VEHICLE THAT WENT AWAY QUICKLY MAY HAVE BEEN ONLY SYMPTOM OF IMPENDING PREMATURE CLUTCH FAILURE. SOLE DRIVER/OWNER IS VETERAN STICK SHIFT DRIVER SINCE 1975, PREVIOUS SOLE OWNER OF A FORD RANGER STICK THAT DID NOT HAVE CLUTCH FAILURE UNTIL 11 YRS OF DRIVING IT AND 85,000M, SO DRIVER ERROR NOT A FACTOR. CLUTCH FAILURE IN MID-TRAFFIC RESULTING IN HAVING TO DIVERT VEHICLE OFF MAIN ROADS AND SLOWLY LIMP IT TO NEAREST NISSAN DEALERSHIP; CLUTCH FAILURE GOT PROGRESSIVELY AND DRAMATICALLY WORSE IN A SPAN OF JUST 10 MINUTES. EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE IS COVERED UNDER BOTH A 36K/3YR BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY AND 6YR/75K EXTENDED GOLD PREFERRED MANUFACTURER WARRANTY, NISSAN REFUSED TO COVER THE PREMATURE CLUTCH FAILURE UNDER WARRANTY, CLAIMING DRIVER ERROR. MECHANIC FOR PREVIOUS FORD RANGER IS WILLING TO TESTIFY TO DRIVER STICK SHIFT EXPERTISE. DRIVER WAS PLACED IN HARM'S WAY BY CLUTCH FAILURE; DRIVER'S EXPERTISE WITH A STICK IS THE ONLY REASON VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN IN A LIMPING FASHION TO NEAREST DEALERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10390230March 15, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY
2010 NISSAN FRONTIER RUSTING REAR BUMPER STARTED IN DECEMBER WITH 12,000 MILES ON VEHICLE 7 MONTHS OLD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10389831March 11, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START NOR WOULD THE IGNITION UNLOCK WITH THE KEY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 240.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10388609March 6, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY
(1) THE TRUCKS SPRAY-ON BEDLINER HAS HOLES AND CRACKS THAT EXTEND THE WIDTH OF THE BOX, PARALLEL TO THE TAILGATE (ABOUT 50CM FROM THE TAILGATE). THE ISSUE BECAME APPARENT BECAUSE WHITE SALT RINGS FORMED ON THE SURFACE OF THE BEDLINER (BOX IS COVERED) DUE TO SALT MIGRATING UP FROM THE ROADWAY. PER THE DEALER, THE BOX IS MISSING METAL AND/OR WELDS, AND CANNOT BE FULLY INSPECTED DUE TO THE EXISTENCE OF SAID BEDLINER. (2) THE BOX APPEARS TO BE IMPROPERLY CONNECTED TO THE TRUCKS FRAME. SPECIFICALLY, WHEN STANDING BY THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK, AND LOOKING INTO THE REAR WHEEL WELLS, THE VISIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BOX AND THE FRAME IS SLOTTED FOR A BOLT, BUT IS NOT BOLTED. THE DEALER WAS TOLD BY NISSAN THAT THE AREA IS HELD TOGETHER BY WELDS. HOWEVER, THERE IS A 5MM-THICK RUBBER SHIM/WASHER THAT IS PLACED BETWEEN THE BOX AND FRAME AT THIS POINT. THIS BEGS THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: HOW CAN THE AREA BE WELDED IF THE AFOREMENTIONED METAL SURFACES ARE NOT IN PHYSICAL CONTACT? THAT NOTWITHSTANDING, THE RUBBER SHIMS HAVE BOTH STARTED TO SHIFT OUT OF POSITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10379108January 25, 2011
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2010 NISSAN FRONTIER. CONSUMER IS AFRAID THAT THIS VEHICLE WILL HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HIS PREVIOUS NISSAN FRONTIER DID. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10364403November 8, 2010
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN FRONTIER CREW CAB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHEN THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE ELECTRONIC SENSOR COULD NOT BE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,035.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10358188September 29, 2010
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN FRONTIER EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH RADIAL LONE TRAIL AT TIRES (N/A), SIZE P265/70/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE SUDDENLY BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS SWITCHED OUT FOR THE SPARE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING AND TO VISIT THE TIRE DEALER. THE TIRE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE FOR THE BLOWOUT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY COULD ONLY ASSIST WITH 50-60% OF THE REPLACEMENT TIRE COSTS. THE TIRE HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,600. UPDATED 12/23/10*LJ UPDATED 01/03/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10330162May 12, 2010
SEATS
2010 NISSAN FRONTIER CREW CAB 4X2 SE. VIBRATING PASSENGER SEAT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317897March 8, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 NISSAN FRONTIER TRUCK. COMING TOWARDS A STOP SIGN, I HAD ALREADY STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. ABOUT 200 FEET,BEFORE THE STOP SIGN, WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK,THE PEDAL STAYED DOWN WITH NO EFFECT. I TRIED TO JAM AS HARD AS POSSIBLE -- NO EFFECT, LUCKILY, MY SPEED WAS SLOW ENOUGH, IT DID NOT CARRY ME INTO THE TRAFFIC LANE. NEXT MINUTE, THE BRAKES WORKED FINE, I TESTED SEVERAL TIMES - NO PROBLEM SINCE THEN. HOWEVER, NOW THAT I THINK BACK, IT DID HAPPEN AT LEAST COUPLE OF TIMES, SO FAST I THOUGHT IT WAS MY IMAGINATION. THIS TIME, IT WAS NO IMAGINATION, IT WAS SCARY. [XXX]
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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