Nissan Frontier Complaints (2006)

617 consumer complaints on file.

#10780694October 7, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A CRACKED RADIATOR IN MY TRUCK THAT WAS LEAKING FLUIDS INTO MY TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS ON SUNDAY 9/27/15. THE EMPLOYEE OF MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME ABOUT THIS. THE FOLLOWING I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS AN "ONGOING" ISSUE GOING ON WITH VEHICLES THAT MATCH MY MAKE AND MODEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778989October 1, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE RPMS INCREASED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FILLED WITH FLUID AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 127,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10777959September 27, 2015
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
RECENTLY MY 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER TRANSMISSION STARTED TO MAKE A GRINDING NOISE AT SPEEDS WHEN SHIFTING TO A LOWER GEAR. I CHECKED THE COMPUTER ABOUT POSSIBLE PROBLEMS; THAT IS WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION LINES FAILING INSIDE OF THE RADIATOR. THE WATER WAS LEAKING INTO MY TRANSMISSION. NISSAN AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT I WAS GETTING MY TRUCK SERVICED KNEW OF THE PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS. WHEN I ASKED THE SERVICE ADVISER ABOUT THE PROBLEM, HE TOLD ME MY FRONTIER HAD 7,000 OVER 100,000 MILES AND THAT WAS THE CUTOFF FOR NISSAN TO HELP. WHAT MADE ME MAD WAS THAT I HAD MY 90,000 MILE SERVICE DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP ON 01/28/2014 , PAID $523.38 AND NOTHING WAS TOLD TO ME SO I COULD TAKE ACTION TO SAVE MY TRANSMISSION!!! I SHOULD HAD BEEN TOLD OF THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION LINES BEFORE IT RUINED MY TRANS. NOW I AM OUT $3,228.78 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THEY KNEW I HAD THE FRONTIER, WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL ME OF THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION LINES... I DON'T UNDERSTAND...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775973September 24, 2015
POWER TRAIN
IN FEBRUARY 2015 I STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION SHUTTER/SHAKE AT 35 TO 40 MPH. TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO GET WORSE WITH THE TRANSMISSION BANGING INTO GEAR AT APPROX 65 MPH. TOOK VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME OF THE ONGOING CRACKED RADIATOR LEAKING WATER INTO TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WITHIN 4 WEEKS OF FIRST PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY AND I WAS FORCED TO HAVE IT REPLACED AT A COST OF $4535.47.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10763783September 15, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE'S COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION, CAUSING ERRATIC SHIFTING WHILE DRIVING. I'M TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10760627September 1, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING AT ONLY 75,000 MILES. I HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED AFTER A BRIEF OVERHEATING ISSUE. THERE WAS A BROWN LIKE PUDDY THAT BEGAN TO DEVELOP IN THE VEHICLE'S SYSTEM AT THAT POINT AND A SLUGGISH TRANSMISSION, STALLING AND FAILING REQUIRING CONSTANT RESTARTING AND CONSTANT SITTING AND REPAIR COSTS FOR THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10760027August 28, 2015
POWER TRAIN
CAR WOULD NOT START, TOWED TO MECHANIC. HE REPORTED TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CONTAMINATION. TO MY FAMILY THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE LIVE IN A VERY RURAL AREA THAT SEES LITTLE TRAFFIC NOR DOES IT HAVE GOOD CELL PHONE RECEPTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749974August 20, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SWITCHED INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AS THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ECM (ENGINE CONTROL MODULE) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V517000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748594August 13, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED A 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER 4X4 TRUCK ON 7/28/15 AND HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED IT HAD SERIOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I TOOK IT INTO NISSAN OF TACOMA TO BE LOOKED AT AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT SO THEY WILL PAY ALL BUT $3000 OF THE REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND OTHERS MADE BY NISSAN AND NISSAN HAS SINCE CHANGED HOW THEY BUILT THEIR CARS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD I CAN ONLY DRIVE IT SEMI SAFELY AROUND TOWN, NO GOING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ABSOLUTELY NO TOWING WITH IT WHICH IS WHY I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK, TO TOW MY TRAILER. I AM A DISABLED SENIOR ON A FIXED INCOME AND HAVE NO EXTRA MONEY TO FIX MUCH LESS BUY A NEW VEHICLE. I OWE AROUND $27000. ON IT AND WENT AS FAR AS TO BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH WILL NOT COVER THESE ISSUES. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IF THIS IS THAT BIG OF A PROBLEM IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. THIS VEHICLE HAS 7 OTHER RECALLS PER YOU WEBSITE SO THIS BECOMES A REAL PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747745August 11, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I WENT TO KERRY NISSAN WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK WHEN I GOT THE NOTICE ABOUT THE CROSS CONTAMINATION OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ANTIFREEZE DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR. MY TRUCK HAD 88,000 MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER NOT TO WORRY BECAUSE IT WAS RARE FOR THIS PROBLEM TO HAPPEN.I ASKED ABOUT PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NONE. I ASKED ABOUT REPLACING THE RADIATOR. I WAS TOLD THAT WOULDN'T HELP BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THE SAME RADIATOR. NOW AT 108,000 MILES MY TRANSMISSION IS SHOT BECAUSE IT'S FULL OF ANTIFREEZE. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT, MAINTAINED, AND LOOKS LIKE NEW. THE DEALER HAS QUOTED $5,236.00 TO REPAIR. I CONTACTED NISSAN THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER WHO IS CHARGING ME $95.00 TO TELL ME WHAT I ALREADY KNOW. NISSAN KNOWING AT THAT TIME THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME. HOW DO THEY SETTLE A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR 80,000 MILES WHEN ALL THE INCIDENTS HAPPEN CLOSER TO 100,000? THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TOTAL RECALL ON ALL THE VEHICLES AFFECTED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR WITH A REDESIGNED ONE. THIS IS SO WRONG. I WAS PLANNING ON DRIVING THIS TRUCK ANOTHER 5 YEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747820August 11, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR. WARNING SIGNS OF FAILURE. TRUCK STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS. THE DAY IT WENT OUT I WAS CROSSING A BRIDGE AND CAME HAIR OF GETTING REAR ENDED. BY THE TIME I GOT CLOSE TO HOME IT WAS JUST SLIPPING SO BAD I HAD TO PARK IT. NISSAN WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE STUCK WITH A $5000.00 REPAIR BILL WHICH THE AVERAGE PERSON LIKE ME CAN'T AFFORD. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE A FULL BLOWN RECALL ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745270July 31, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING AT NUMEROUS SPEEDS, THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATED AND THE VEHICLE RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745293July 31, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION ON MY TRUCK SUDDENLY WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING DURING MY MORNING COMMUTE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE 202 LOOP IN PHOENIX. SHIFTING TO A DIFFERENT GEAR HAD THE SAME EFFECT AS STEPPING ON THE GAS, WHICH WAS THAT THE ENGINE REVVED WITH NO INCREASE OR DECREASE IN SPEED. I HAD TO COAST ACROSS 4 LANES OF FAST MOVING TRAFFIC. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I AM TOLD BY THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED WITH COOLANT AND THAT IT WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. I HAVE RECEIVED NO NOTICES OF ANY KIND FROM NISSAN AND WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT THIS IS A KNOWN, COMMONLY OCCURRING DEFECT AND THAT THE DEFECT MANIFESTS INSTANTANEOUSLY AND WITHOUT WARNING MOST OF THE TIME. NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DEFECTIVE SYSTEM AND FOR NOT NOTIFYING ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE DEALER FIX IT BEFORE THEY PUT MY LIFE AND PROPERTY AND THAT OF EVERY PERSON AROUND ME AT RISK. UPDATED 09/15/15*LJ *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734924July 18, 2015
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
RADIATOR HAS A CRACK INTERNALLY AND IS LEAKING FLUID IN TO THE TRANSMISSION. COST IS $3000 TO FIX.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734354July 15, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
RADIATOR DEVELOPED LEAK AND LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO TRANSMISSION. DESTROYED TRANSMISSION. HAD TO HAVE TOTAL REBUILD ON TRANSMISSION AND NEW RADIATOR INSTALLED. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BLEEDING BACK INTO RADIATOR. CONTACTED 2 DIFFERENT NISSAN DEALERS WHEN IT FIRST STARTED. THEY ASSURED ME NISSAN WAS NOT HAVING ANY RADIATOR PROBLEMS. TOLD ME TO CHECK U-JOINTS AND DRIVE LINE. SAID IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO FIND PROBLEM SINCE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT COMING ON. A FRIEND RECOMMENDED A MECHANIC AND HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG. BIG BUCKS TO FIX.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726424June 21, 2015
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I BOUGHT A 2006 NISSAN TRUCK FROM GARY MATHEW NISSAN LAST YEAR,I WAS TOLD IT WAS CHECK OUT AND IN GOOD RUNNING SHAPE I AM A 65 YEAR OLD RECENT WINDOW NO ONE SAID NOTHING ABOUT A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION COOLER THAT COULD CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL OR THAT IT WAS FACTORY CAUSED PROBLEM THAT COULD OCCUR. LAST WEEK I WAS DRIVING IT KEEP SHOWING 4X4 AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON IN DASH IT WOULD LOSE POWER TO POINT IT WOULD NOT MOVE UNTIL IT SIT A FEW MINUTES .I CARRIED IT NEXT DAY THE SAID IT WAS A LOSE CABLE,WENT HOME IT DID SAME THING SEVERAL TIMES AND LOST POWER ON ROAD IN TRAFFIC,TO POINT IT DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE I WENT TO DEALER RIGHT THEN. WELL THEY CAME OUT WITH A COST PAPER TO FIX IT $ 5300.00 I JUST SIT THERE COULDN'T FIGURE HOW A TRUCK I JUST GOT COULD OF TORE UP I TAKE CARE OF MY STUFF ,INCLUDING MY CARS CHECK FLUIDS ALL I CAN DO, WELL THEN A CAR SALES MAN SAID MAYBE BETTER TO TRADE,AFTER HOURS OF THIS AND ME NOT ABLE TO TRADE COULDN'T AFFORD THE 5300 MUCH LESS IN DEPT 18,000 FOR ANOTHER USED TRUCK WITH 90,000 MILES ON IT, I TOLD THEM TO FIX IT, I'D TRY BORROW MONEY,I WAS ALSO TOLD MAY GET HELP FROM NISSAN BUT LOOKED AT THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY ONLY UP TO 80,000 MILES ON THE TRANSMISSION THING. WE HAVE HAD NISSAN OR DATSUNS TOO THAT HAD OVER 200,000 MILES ON THEM AND DID FINE RIGHT UP TO BEING REPLACED, THAT'S WHY I GOT MY TRUCK,NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN, SO I AM HOPING NISSAN WILL HELP ME PAY FOR FIXING THEIR MESS UP. I LIKE NISSANS THRU YEARS MY HUSBAND AND I HAD LOTS OF THEM NOW I AM ALONE AND LOOK WHAT SOMEONE ELSE'S MISTAKE IS COSTING ME I HAVE TO MIDDLE OF WEEK TO COME UP WITH THIS MONEY FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S MISTAKE.. STEP UP NISSAN FIX YOUR MISTAKE . [XXX] IN TN> YA I PUT MY NAME THIS IS THE TRUTH I NEED HELP 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
#10726297June 19, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE RADIATOR COOLANT DRAINED INTO THE TRANSMISSION COUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO BREAK DOWN. ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC THIS WAS DUE TO A DIFFECT ON THE MANUFACTURE OF THE RADIATOR, MY TRUCK, IN THIS CASE IS A 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE TOTAL AMOUNT I HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS WAS $3963.08. NISSAN SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ISSUE IN THIS TRUCKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10723445June 4, 2015
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SUSPENSION
WHEN I GOT OUT OF COLLEGE THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO WAS TO BUY MY DREAM CAR. I HAD BEEN LOOKING INTO GETTING A TRUCK AND I WAS DEBATING BETWEEN MY NUMBER ONE CHOICE A NISSAN FRONTIER OR 2ND CHOICE TOYOTA TACOMA. I KNEW THE TACOMA WAS PROBABLY MORE RELIABLE IN TERMS OF MINOR PARTS YET I JUST LOVED THE DESIGN OF THE FRONTIER AND THEREFORE I BOUGHT ONE IN 2006 BRAND NEW. EVER SINCE IT HAS BEEN MY PREFERRED AND ONLY WAY OF TRANSPORTATION. I KNEW THAT MAINTAINING IT WAS IMPERATIVE THEREFORE WHEN IT CAME TO AN OIL CHANGE, CHANGE OF SUSPENSION TRUSTS, TRANSMISSION SERVICE, CHANGE OF SPARK PLUGS; IT WAS ALL DONE AT THE PROPER TIME. YET MY TRUCK STARTED GIVING ME ISSUES 4 MONTHS AGO WHEN IT WOULD SHAKE OR SHIMMER ON ROAD AND FREEWAY. DID SEVERAL TIRE ROTATIONS, DID SUSPENSION CHANGE, YET THE ISSUE STILL PERSISTED. IT ALL CAME DOWN TO A SCREECHING HALT WHEN I WAS GOING UP TO SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK FOR A HIKE WITH FRIENDS. MY FRONTIER ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED LOOSING POWER AND THEN THE GEARS WOULD JUST NOT CHANGE. EVENTUALLY MY 'ENGINE SERVICE SOON' APPEARED AND WAS FORCED TO STOP OUR TRIP. HAD TO HIRE A TOW TRUCK TO BRING DOWN THE TRUCK AND UPON SCANNING I GOT A P1759 CODE. UPON RESEARCHING I COME TO FIND OUT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH NOT ONLY THIS LINE OF TRUCK BUT ALSO XTERRA AND TITAN BRANDS. YOU CANNOT BELIEVE MY DISAPPOINTMENT. IF IT WERE SOMETHING SIMPLE I WOULDN'T MIND BUT TRANSMISSION?!? REALLY?!? BECAUSE OF SOMEBODIES' MISTAKE WHEN IT CAME TO THE ENGINEERING OF THE TRUCK?!? AND TO FIND OUT NISSAN IS JUST IGNORING THE ISSUE. TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT AND FRUSTRATION! NOW I HAVE TO WAIT FOR OUR SWEET GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION SINCE THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A MAJOR CORPORATION IRRESPONSIBILITY AND ULTIMATELY.... GREED. BE WARNED ALL FRONTIER DRIVERS, YOUR TIME WILL COME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10722291May 29, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING I NOTICED MY "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT ON, SO I CALLED A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER IN OUR PLACE AND HAVE A CHANGE OIL SERVICE. THE TECH ADVISOR INFORMED ME THAT MY FUEL SENSING UNIT IS MALFUNCTIONING AND ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO HAVE AND QUOTED ME A PRICE OF OVER $400.00. I SAID NO BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD THAT AMOUNT. I RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS TYPE PROBLEM HOWEVER IT EXPIRED ALREADY. I CALLED CORPORATE NISSAN AND REQUESTED IF THEY CAN FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY CALLED ME TODAY (5/29/2015) AND TOLD ME THEY CANNOT EXTEND THE RECALL. I THINK THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED BY NISSAN. PLEASE INVESTIGATE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS OF THIS TIME (BASED ON THE SEVERAL NISSAN FORUMS I READ ON THE INTERNET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717038May 18, 2015
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED COOLANT INTO MY TRANSMISSION, KILLING THE TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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