Nissan Frontier Complaints

3,364 consumer complaints on file.

#10916131October 14, 2016
POWER TRAIN
RADIATOR FLUID LEEKS INTO TRANSMISSION AND RUINS THE TRANSMISSION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10916200October 14, 2016
POWER TRAIN
THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER COOLIN LEAKING IN TO TRANSMISSION
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10915993October 13, 2016
POWER TRAIN
THE TRUCK BEGAN LOSING POWER BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO LOWER GEARS. THIS PUT US AT RISK AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE AND WE TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER. WE LEARNED THAT NISSAN KNEW OF THE ISSUE, BUT FAILED TO NOTIFY US. THEY KNOWINGLY LET US DRIVE A DANGEROUS TRUCK FOR YEARS.. WE WERE LUCKY WE BROUGHT IT IN WHEN WE DID. WE ALWAYS HAD OUR TRUCK REPAIRED AT THE NISSAN DEALER, THEY HAD NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES TO TELL US, OR WRITE US. WE HAVE NOT MOVED! THIS IS WRONG AND THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT IS UNFAIR TO THOSE OF US WHO HAPPENED TO HAVE THE ISSUE AT MILEAGE OVER 100,000. THE JUDGE SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED NISSAN TO WARN US. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY $5000 TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED, WE ALREADY PAID $200 DOLLARS IN NEW FLUIDS THINKING THAT WAS THE ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10916006October 13, 2016
ENGINE
VEHICLE ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF COMPLETELY WHILE AT A FULL STOP AND WHILE DRIVING. ONCE WHILE MAKING A TURN AND ONCE WHILE IN MOTION. MANY FRONTIER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME. TOOK IT TO ONE OF THE BEST AUTO TECHS IN FLORIDA. DIAGOSTIC SHOWED "NO CODES"
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10915419October 11, 2016
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER IN THE RADIATOR HAS BUSTED CAUSING RADIATOR COOLANT TO GET INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE COOLANT MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IT HAS CAUSED CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION (GEARS, ETC.) A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION STARTING TO SHIFT MORE AND MORE ABRUPTLY. I DROVE TO WORK AND AT THE END OF MY SHIFT, MY TRUCK WOULD NOT START. I DISCOVERED THE REASON FOR IT NOT STARTING WAS DUE TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FUSE WAS BLOWN. I REPLACED THE FUSE, STARTED THE TRUCK AND THE FUSE BLEW AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE DISCOVERED THE ISSUE WITH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE WITH 2005 -2010 PATHFINDER, FRONTIER AND XTERRA OWNERS. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HOLD NISSAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR A FAULTY PRODUCT THAT THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF BUT WILL NOT CORRECT. THIS IS GOING TO COST ME $3500 - $4500 TO REPAIR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914796October 7, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK WITH OUT NOTICE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE, LEAVING ME WITH OUT CONTROLL OF THE PICKUP, WHILE I WAS IN MOTION , THE ENGINE RACED BUT LOST CONTROLL OF THE DRIVE, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS. I FOUND OUT AFTER THE FACT, THAT NISSAN HAD BEEN IN A CLASS ACTION LAW SUITE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT ONLY REMEDY THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN OUT OF CONTROLL. I WAS TOLD 3 MONTHS BEFORE I BOUGHT IT , NISSAN SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED SOMEONE, AND THE DEALER PUSHED IT OFF TILL THE 6 MON. WARRANTY RAN OUT FROM HALDEMAN FORD OF ALLENTOWN. THE NISSAN DEALER AT ROTHROCK NISSAN IN ALLENTOWN SAID IT WAS A NISSAN PROBLEM, BUT NISSAN CORP REFUSED TO HELP BECAUSE THE PICKUP BROKE DOWN A FEW MONTHS TOO LATE AFTER A 10 YEAR PERIOD OF FIXING THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS..THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES AT THE RADIATOR LEEK FLUID BACK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THEN WIDTH NO WARNING FAILS TO ENGAGE WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914379October 6, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAKATA RECALL. A POOR DESIGN LED TO THE ENGINE COOLANT SLOWLY LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND RUINING IT CAUSING IT TO NEED TO BE REPLACED. NISSAN SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM AND I HAD TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE THING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10911311October 3, 2016
POWER TRAIN
LIGHTS ON DASH CAME ON WHILE IN PARK AND ENGINE RUNNING. TOOK IT TO DEALER, AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE RADIATOR COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. REPAIR WILL COST $5,900.94 FOR NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. I HAD NO IDEA THAT ANYTHING THAT SERIOUS WAS GOING ON. I FELT NO ISSUES WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10913562October 3, 2016
POWER TRAIN
MY RADIATOR HAD FAILED CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO ENTER THE COOLANT AND COOLANT TO ENTER THE TRANSMISSION. ONCE NISSAN REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHED OUT BOTH SYSTEMS, THE TRANSMISSION SEEM TO DRIVE OK, AND THE NISSAN DEALER SAID IT SEEMS TO BE OK. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR A MONTH THE TRANSMISSION HAS DEVELOPED SLIPPAGE DUE TO THE PREVIOUS RADIATOR WITH AN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COOLER THAT CAUSED INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. IF NISSAN HAD BUILT THE TRUCK WITH AN EXTERNAL TRANSMISSION COOLER SEPARATE FROM THE RADIATOR, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION ONCE THE RADIATOR FAILED. AS AN ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC WITH WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY FOR 10 YEARS, ALSO SERVING IN THE MILITARY AS A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC, AND WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT MODELS OF VEHICLES THAT I HAVE OWNED; HAVE I EVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WHERE ONE COMPONENT FAILS THAT WOULD CAUSE ME TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION. I AM STARTING TO BELIEVE THAT NISSAN IS NOT ANY BETTER THAN OWNING ANY OTHER CAR, AS THE TECHNOLOGY SEEMS TO NOT BE GETTING BETTER BUT MORE COSTLY TO US THE CONSUMERS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVIN AT ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK TEMP GAUGE ELEVATED, AND COOLANT BURPING OUT. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT IT DOWN TO CHECK AND DISCOVER THE ISSUE WAS THE RADIATOR. ONCE TAKEN TO THE SHOP BY TOW TRUCK THE SHOP SAID THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD COOLANT INSIDE AND TRANSMISSION FLUID INSIDE THE ENGINE COOLANT AREA AND PASSAGES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910764September 30, 2016
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910181September 28, 2016
POWER TRAIN
NHTSA ACTION NUMBER 12004. THIS WEEK MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER'S TRANSMISSION FAILED AT ROUGHLY 62,000 MILES. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY NEAREST NISSAN DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT FAILED DUE TO A LEAK IN THE COOLING SYSTEM CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE FAILURE. THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN "EXTENDED THE WARRANTY" TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM. THE ONLY ISSUE IS THAT THE DEDUCTIBLE FOR THE "WARRANTY" IS $3,000! THAT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH OF A WARRANTY TO ME. I FEEL LIKE NISSAN HAS ADMITTED THE PROBLEM AND IS TRYING TO AVOID A RECALL BY ISSUING THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH A DEDUCTIBLE THAT IS MOST LIKELY COVERING A MAJORITY OF THE COST OF THE JOB IF NOT ENTIRELY. SINCE THIS INVESTIGATION IS STILL OPEN I THOUGHT IT ONLY APPROPRIATE TO CONTRIBUTE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10908724September 22, 2016
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK AS NORMAL WHEN I HEARD A CHATTER FROM THE GEAR SHIFT.. I LOST ALL POWER IN THE LOW GEARS AND IT WOULD TAKE 45 SECONDS TO GET TO 60 MPH. I DROVE IT A SHORT WAY LIKE THAT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PARKED MY TRUCK FOR A FEW HOURS AN WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE IT BACK HOME THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE FIXED AND WAS DRIVING NORMAL. I STARTED MY DRIVE HOME AND AFTER 50 MILES I COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING SO I STARTED TO GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AT THAT POINT I LOST ALL POWER AND THE TRUCK WAS DEAD. IT WOULD NOT START AND I HAD TO CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK TO GET MY FAMILY AND I HOME. I WAS WATCHING THE TEMPERATURE AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGES ON THE DASH AND THEY WERE NORMAL SO IT WAS A SURPRISE TO ME WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THE PROBLEM HAPPENED BECAUSE THE LOWER PART OF THE RADIATOR THAT COOLS THE TRANSMISSION CRACKED LEAKING RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS CAUSED ALL THE PARTS TO SWELL UP CAUSING THE COMPUTER TO BURN UP, SENSORS TO FAIL. I SPENT OVER $4000 ON PARTS AND LABOR TO GET THIS FIXED. THAT INCLUDED A REBUILD KIT, BAND,PISTON, EXCHANGE REBUILT TORQUE CONVERTER, NEW VALVE ASSEMBLY, RADIATOR, RADIATOR CAP, FRONT PUMP BUSHING, CRANK SENSOR,REVOLUTION SENSOR, AND ALL THE LABOR. THERE WERE KNOWN ISSUES OF THIS EXACT PROBLEM AND EARLIER MODELS UP TO 2010. THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ABOUT IT. WELL THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE ON THE 2011 MODEL. I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR ALL MY COST SINCE NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND STILL MADE A INFERIOR PRODUCT THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THEY DID NOTHING TO ADDRESS THIS ENGINEERING FLAW EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM. THIS COULD OF BEEN AVOIDED BY HAVING A SEPARATE TRANSMISSION COOLER . NISSAN WAS NEGLIGENT FOR LETTING THIS DESIGN GO TO MARKET WHEN THEY ALREADY KNEW IT WAS AN ISSUE. IT SHOULD OF BEEN RESOLVED ON THE 2011 BUT IT WASN'T,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10908462September 21, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS FLUID CONTAMINATION IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10908090September 20, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2008 NISSAN FRONTIER AND THE GAS VENT CONTROL VALVE HAS FAILED WHERE THE BACK WASH FLAP AT THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK HAS FALLEN INTO THE GAS TANK NECK PREVENTING ME FROM BEING ABLE TO PUT GAS INTO THE GAS TANK. I CALLED NISSAN HEADQUARTERS AND THEY TRANSFERRED ME TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE SERVICE MANAGER THERE SAID I WOULD BE CHARGED $150.00 JUST FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. I THINK THIS IS OUTRAGES BECAUSE I READ ON YOUR GOVERNMENT SITE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON MORE NISSAN MODELS TOO. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. RESPECTFULLY, MICHAEL H.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10908315September 20, 2016
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
ON THE WEEKEND SEPTEMBER 17 2016 A RED AIR BAG LIGHT ON MY DASHBOARD WAS AND IS BLINKING INTERMITTENT. I CALLED THREE NISSAN DEALERS AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT IS MOST LIKELY THE OCS SENSOR. UPON ASKING ABOUT THE RECALL ON NISSAN OCS SENSOR I WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONTIER WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. WE FEEL THAT THE OCS SENSOR ON ANY NISSAN VEHICLE SHOULD BE ON THE RECALL LIST,NO MATTER WHERE THE FRONTIER WAS MANUFACTURED. THE RED BLINKING LIGHT CAME ON AS WE WERE GOING HOME. AFTER I WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONTIER WAS ON THE LIST I WAS INFORMED THAT THE SENSOR WOULD COST ME $1180.00 WE FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT RIGHT OR FAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905647September 11, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
NEVER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR FUEL GAUGE SENDER UNIT/FLOAT PROBLEM - DEALER/NISSAN WILL NOT HONOR OLDER RECALL SO THEY SAY I MUST PAY FOR REPAIR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905484September 10, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT MIXED CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION NOT TO SHIFT PROPERLY IN TRAFFIC. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THEIR FAULTY COMPONENTS AND SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL AND FIX, AT THEIR EXPENSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10904515September 7, 2016
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OIL PAN AND FUEL TANK FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO OBSERVED AN ABNORMAL ODOR OF FUEL NEAR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE OIL PAN WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FUEL TANK WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT IT WOULD BE AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,000. UPDATED 10/18/16*LJ UPDATED 10/19/16.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10904362September 7, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TRANS COOLER DEFECTED CAUSING WATER TO ENTER TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION IS NOT LONGER FUNCTIONING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903904September 6, 2016
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ABNORMAL VIBRATION. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED WITH THE RADIATOR FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED WITH THE RADIATOR FLUID AND STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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