Nissan Frontier Complaints (2000)

189 consumer complaints on file.

#10086563August 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
MAIN TRANSMISSION ROD (STANDARD) HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 130,000 MILES AND MAIN THROW OUT BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 100,000 MILES. BOTH REPAIRS WERE COSTLY FOR A TRUCK THAT WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW AND ISNT EVEN PAID FOR YET. NISSAN'S HAVE A REPUTATION FOR LASTING FOREVER, BUT I GUESS WE GOT A BAD ONE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080037June 28, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078897June 27, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
(1) SUDDEN, COMPLETE FAILURE OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN. (2) WIPER LINKAGE SEPARATED CAUSING WIPERS TO SUDDENLY STOP MOVING. (3) FOUND PLASTIC LINK SOCKET END WORN DUE TO CORRODED PIVOT BALL ON CENTER PIVOT ASSEMBLY. REPLACED WITH NEW LINK ARM AND NEW PIVOT ASSEMBLY. OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068144May 1, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
AT APPROX. 20,000 MILES VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE A RATTLING/BUMPING NOISE IN LEFT FRONT. TOOK IT TO DEALER WHO SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2000 NISSIAN'S AND WOUILD BE REPLACED ONLY WHEN CONSUMER COMPLAINED. DEALER REPLACED LEFT STABILZER BUSHING AND REFUSED TO GIVE A COPY OF W/O SAYING IT "WAS RECORDED IN COMPUTER." AT APROX. 45,000 MILES LEFT STABILIZER BUSHING FAILED AGAIN AND WAS REPLACED BY MECHANIC WHO AGAIN STATED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH NISSIAN. AT 67,000 MILES BOTH STABILIZER BUSHINGS HAVE FAILED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. HAD VEHICLE CHECKED BY THIRD MECHANIC WHO REAFFIRMED THAT STABILIZER BUSHINGS ON NISSAN'S DID NOT HOLD UP WELL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065035March 26, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY FROM THE SECOND TO THE THIRD GEAR. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057083February 12, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
WHILE DRIVING MY GAS PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR, THE JAM NUT ON THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD BACKED OFF ALLOWING THE CABLE HOUSING TO DISCONNECT FROM THE BRACKET. THE ENGINE WENT TO IDLE SPEED BUT I HAD NO THROTTLE CONTROL TO MOVE FROM THE FAST LANE TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069596January 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN
COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE - ALL BEARINGS FAILED, GEARS DISCOLORED, COUNTERSHAFT DAMAGED - ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WORN OUT. WARRANTY COMPANY WILL NOT UPHOLD WARRANTY, NOR WILL NISSAN UPHOLD LEASE WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054175January 15, 2004
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 65-70 MPH, AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK'S REAR END. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052802January 10, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
UPON HAVING NISSAN DEALER TROUBLESHOOT REASON FOR "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT BEING ON AT 26,800 MILES ON MY 2000 NISSAN FRONTIER, I WAS TOLD THAT THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM EVAP CANISTER HAD "EXPLODED" AND CHARCOAL PELLETS CONTAMINATED THE SYSTEM, REQUIRING TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF THE CHARCOAL CANISTER AND EVAP VALVE TO THE TUNE OF $597.00. BEING THAT ITEM IS PART OF EMISSIONS SYSTEM AND REQUIRES ZERO MAINTENANCE BY THE CONSUMER, I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT THE ITEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EMISSIONS WARRANTY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045039October 29, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE SLID ON A PILE OF GRAVEL. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, SLIPPED OFF A GUARD RAIL, FLIPPED OVER TWICE, AND COLLIDED INTO AN OPPOSING GUARD RAIL. CONSUMER WAS WEARING SEAT BELTS, BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR SCRAPES AND BRUISES TO ARMS, HANDS, AND FACE. MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10032591August 11, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPERATED ON MY VEHICLE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY,RESULTING IN $4,000.00 OF DAMAGE TO VEHICLE,OVER $3,000.00 IN LOST EARNINGS.AFTER PICKING UP MY TRUCK FROM BODY SHOP,EXACTLY ONE WEEK LATER A SECOND TIRE FROM THE SET (B.F. GOODRICH LONG TRAIL 265/75/R15) EXPLODED WHILE ON THE FREEWAY IT WASNT A SEPERATION ,THE SIDEWALL LITERALLY BLEW OUT AROUND THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFRENCE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030622August 2, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE - ALL BEARINGS WORN OUT, GEARS DISCOLORED, COUNTERSHAFT DAMAGED AND VARIOUS OTHER INTERNAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021303June 9, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE RIGHT REAR TIRE ON MY 2000 NISSAN TRUCK THE TREAD CAME OFF BUT THE TIRE DID NOT GO FLAT BUT WHEN IT CAME OFF IT BENT UP THE BED ON ONE SIDE. I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND ON I 17 MILE POST 217 THE TRUCK HAS 45000 MILE ON IT AD THE TIRES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018635May 13, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE TIRE ON DRIVERS SIDE REAR BLEW OUT AND TREAD CAME OFF AND DAMAGED UNDERSIDE OF REAR FENDER. I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON INTERSTATE 75 IN FLORIDA NEAR WHITE SPRINGS EXIT. I WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SWAY. I LOOKED IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR TO SEE ABOUT A 4' PIECE OF TREAD FLYING THROUGH THE AIR BEHIND ME.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011835March 14, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE LEAKED FUEL. *JB FUEL SENDING UNIT FAILED DUE TO A DEFECT.*TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010039March 6, 2003
SUSPENSION
THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OR GOING OVER A BUMP, THE DEALER DETERMINED A BOLT WHICH HELD THE SWAY BAR ASSEMBLY HAD COME OUT. ONE YEAR LATER THE BOLT ON THE OTHER SIDE CAME OUT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770486December 5, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
NO SUMMARY. DT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770224November 28, 2002
TIRES
THE TIRE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE FRONT AND BACK ON DRIVERS SIDE CAUSING ME TO GO OUT OF CONTROL AND DAMAGE TO MY DRIVER 'S SIDE LEAVING ME WITH OUT A VEHICLE FOUR MONTHS. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#8020429October 8, 2002
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN COMING TO A STOP LIGHT AND APPLYING BRAKES, THEY FAILED TO STOP THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAD CONTINUOUS MOTION INTO THE INTERSECTION AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE DRIVERS REAR TIRE AREA. THE PEDAL WAS HALF WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR UPON IMPACT AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020438October 8, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS ON THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE HIGH RPMS, INTERMITTENTLY WHICH AFFECTED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BRAKES CAUSING THEM TO BECOME INOPERATIVE OR ERRATIC RESPONSE WHEN APPLIED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

← Back to Nissan Frontier