2005 Nissan Frontier complaints

THE MOTOR MOUNT BROKE, IT FELT LIKE THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO FALL OUT OF MY TRUCK. $550 FIX. *TR

CLUTCH BREAK BAND SOLENOID FAILED. LOST ALL POWER TO MY VEHICLE AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. $1000 FOR THE PART $400 FOR THE LABOR $100 FOR TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR

LETTER FROM SENATOR WARNER ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE AUTO PAINT CHIPPING-NISSAN FRONTIER TRUCK (ATTN: SHANE CLEM). *TGW THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE PAINT. *JB

APPARENTLY A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION - CAUSING AN $3000 REPAIR TO A VEHICLE THAT WAS WELL-MAINTAINED. THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND AFTER DIAGNOSTICS WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT AND NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT. SPENT $3000 OF MY MONEY TO FIX SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED AND FIXED BY THE MANUFACTURER. I LIKED NISSAN, BUT AFTER THIS; I MAY NOT BUY ANYMORE. HAVE DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE THE ISSUE. *TR

TRANS FLUID LEAKED INTO RADIATOR. *TR

AT OIL COOLER INTERNAL COMPONENT OF THE RADIATOR FAILED CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO GO IN TO THE RADIATOR AND COOLANT TO GO IN TO THE TRANSMISSION. DESTROYING. *TR

FUEL GAUGE READINGS INACCURATE. GAUGE READS THAT THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 1/4 TANK OF FUEL WHEN IN FACT THE TANK IS CLOSE TO OR COMPLETELY EMPTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE LOW BEAM EXTERIOR LIGHTS SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. IN ORDER TO REMEDY THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT CHANGED THE BULBS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT A NEW PART WAS MANUFACTURED TO ADDRESS THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,300.

THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE LEAKS COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING A FAILURE. NISSAN HAS KNOWN OF THIS PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS NOT NOTIFIED OWNERS OF THE NEED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. *TR

TRANSMISSION DEMORA EN APLICAR, ESTA VAGA, NO DESARROLLA VELOCIDAD SE ENCONTRO QUE LA GUAGUA MEZCLA ACEITE DE TRANSMISSION Y COOLANT EN LA BARILLA DE ACEITE Y EN EL RADIADOR. SE LLEVO AL DEALER Y SE NOS NOTIFICO QUE ERA UN DESPERFECTO DE LA GUAGUA Y TUVIMOS QUE PAGAR 3,287.88 YA QUE LA GUAGUA TIENE 9 ANOS Y LA GARANTIA ERA 80,000 MILLAS O 8 ANOS LO QUE SURGIERA PRIMERO. ENTIENDO QUE NO ES JUSTO YA QUE NO ES NUESTRA CULPA DEL DESPERFECTO QUE TIENE LA GUAGUA. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER SE CREW CAB WITH 86,000 MILES FOR $13,300 NOVEMBER 29TH 2013. NO WARNING OR INDICATION THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS PART OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER THE RADIATOR COOLED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THIS VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT SYMPTOMS THAT SEEM UNRELATED. ON AUGUST 6TH 2014 AT 99,978 MILES I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO A ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC TO CHECK OUT THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF SHUDDERING WHILE SHIFTING. THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC, CHECKED THE FLUIDS, AND SENSORS. AT THAT TIME THEY ASSESSED IT WAS A DIRTY SENSOR AND SENT ME ON MY WAY, AND FOLLOWED UP AFTER A FEW DAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AND I BROUGHT IT BACK IN. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE TRANSMISSION OIL THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RADIATOR FLUID IN THERE AND THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS NOW 100,600 MILES. I THEN MADE A CLAIM TO NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE ISSUE. AT THIS TIME I NOW FOUND ABOUT THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. FREE UP TO 70K OR 80K AND A CO-PAY AFTER. I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THIS UNTIL NOW. TUESDAY AUGUST 19TH I WAS INFORMED THAT NISSAN WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DIVULGING ANY OF THIS INFORMATION TO ME AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER EVEN THE CO-PAY. IT IS AUGUST 20TH AND MY TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT THE ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC AWAITING THE PARTS TO COME IN TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FOR $5,100 WHICH IS MUCH LESS THAN THE NISSAN QUOTE OF $6,700. I NOW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL GENERAL GRABBER AW TIRES, SIZE P265/70R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO WOBBLE AND BECAME UNSTABLE. THE CONTACT REDUCED THE SPEED TO 68 MPH WHEN THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO THE LEFT KNEE THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION ON ONE OF THE TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

ON MY TRUCK I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS IN POWER AND THROTTLE RESPONSE WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING, AS THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY. AFTER SPENDING $100 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC FROM A MECHANIC IT WAS FOUND THAT MY TRANSMISSION COOLER RESERVOIR IS LEAKING IN MY RADIATOR AND CAUSED CROSS CONTAMINATION BETWEEN MY ANTIFREEZE AND ATF. THE ANTIFREEZE IS GETTING INTO MY TRANSMISSION AND BOILING ONCE THE TRANSMISSION REACHES OPERATING TEMPERATURES. THE ANTIFREEZE VAPOR IS THEN CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCHES AND BANDS TO NOT BE ABLE TO ENGAGE CORRECTLY, AND THEREFORE NOT BEING ABLE TO SHIFT UP AND DOWN THROUGH THE GEARS PROPERLY. I JUST ABOUT GOT HIT TRYING TO TURN LEFT OUT ONTO THE ROAD IN FRONT OF CROSS TRAFFIC. I AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT, BUT THIS HAPPENED WITH NO WARNING. THIS FIX IS GOING TO COST ME ANYWHERE FROM $500 TO $5,000 TO FIX DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE THE ANTIFREEZE IN MY TRANSMISSION CAUSED. I JUST READ THAT A FEW YEARS AGO NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY DUE TO THIS, AND I AM PAST THAT POINT, BUT THIS IS STILL UNACCEPTABLE AT ONLY 102,000 MILES. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THIS AND FIXED IT WHEN IT WAS JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A NEW RADIATOR YEARS AGO. LASTLY, MY TRUCK WITHOUT ISSUES WAS WORTH NEARLY $8K IN ITS CONDITION, NOW I'LL HAVE TROUBLE GETTING A DEALER TO PAY ANYTHING IN TRADE-IN VALUE IF I CHOOSE TO NOT FIX THE TRUCK. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION ON MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER COMPLETELY FAILED AND LEFT ME STRANDED ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. AFTER TOWING IT AND A LITTLE RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN WAS WELL AWARE OF AND NEGLECTED TO NOTIFY ME OR DO ANYTHING ABOUT. THE TRANSMISSION COOLER HAD CRACKED LEAKING ENGINE COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I LEARNED THAT THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 90,000 MILES WITH A $3000 DOLLAR DEDUCTIBLE WHICH IS LAUGHABLE, CONSIDERING THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM THAT IS GOING TO COST ABOUT THAT TO FIX ON MY OWN. NISSAN STATES ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, IN REALITY THEY GOT SUED AND THAT WAS THE SETTLEMENT. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THESE TRUCKS YEARS AGO LIKE A MORALLY RESPONSIBLE COMPANY WOULD HAVE AND I WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE RUNNING UP CREDIT CARD DEBT TO FIX IT NOW. *TR

IF TRANSMISSION IN THESE TRUCKS ARE NOT FIXED THEN SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO IT. I AM LUCKY I DIDN'T HAVE ONE THANK GOD FOR THAT WE ARE SAFE. RADIATOR LEAK CAUSE FAILURE IN TRANSMISSION RADIATOR WAS FIXED A YEAR AGO AND WAS STILL HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH IT BUT WAS TOLD THEY THINK IT IS NORMAL TO FEEL IT SLIP GEARS WHEN DRIVING. I TRUSTED THEM AND LOST MY TORQUE CONVERTER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 100KM AN HOUR AND HAD NO PICKUP SPEED FROM IT. NISSAN TOLD ME AS LONG AS LIGHT IS NOT ON DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. WHILE LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON UNTIL I HAD NO GEARS AT ALL. I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT RISKING MY LIFE MY HUSBANDS LIFE AND THE LIFE OF 2 SMALL KIDS. ONE DAY IF NISSAN DON'T TAKE FAULT FOR THIS SOMEONE IS NOT GOING TO BE SO LUCKY AND GET HIT BY ANOTHER CAR BEFORE THEY CAN DRIFTED TO SAFETY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE BEING SERVICED, THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,677. UPDATED 9/8/14*CN THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE TRANSMISSION. UPDATED 1/13/2015 *JS

WHILE GETTING ON THE FREEWAY, I ACCELERATED TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC BUT WAS UNABLE TO GAIN SPEED SO I GOT OFF ON THE FIRST EXIT RAMP. HAD PLENTY OF ENGINE POWER BUT LOST TORQUE. FIRST THOUGHT, MUST BE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. GOT HOME AND CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION OIL LEVEL AND IT WAS FINE, THE OIL DID NOT LOOK LIKE TRANSMISSION OIL, IT WAS DISCOLORED AND HAD A DIFFERENT FEEL TO IT. WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. DID MY RESEARCH AND FOUND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. AS FOR THE WARRANTY,BY WHICH I STILL HAVE TO PAY OVER $2500, I BELIEVE NISSAN SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL ON THE 05 FRONTIER, PATHFINDER, AND PAID FOR THE WHOLE REPAIR FOR THEIR USE OF WHAT I CALL DEFECTIVE PARTS. ( RADIATOR & TRANSMISSION COOLER ). *TR

NOTICED TRANSMISSION "RUMBLE." TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD THERE WAS CROSS-CONTAMINATION BETWEEN THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. APPARENTLY A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. INFORMED IT WOULD BE OVER $6000 TO REPAIR. I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE 2005 AND WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THE DEFECT OR THE PENDING CLASS-ACTION SUIT. *TR

I FOUND OUT A FAULTY ENGINEERED CONTROL VALVE ASSEMBLY CAUSED RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN MY VEHICLE. IT HAPPENED LESS THEN A MONTH OUTSIDE & 7000 MI OVER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. EXTENSION FOR THE WARRANTY TO 80,000 WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT FOR THIS ITEM BACK IN 2010. IN 2010 MY VEHICLE DID NOT EVEN HAVE 50,000 SO NONE OF THIS APPLIED TO ME! NOR DID NISSAN DO THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL MY TRUCK PRIOR KNOWING THIS PART FAILS AFTER 80000! ALL THE PEOPLE THIS HAPPENS TO AFTER THIS LAW SUIT WENT DOWN ARE OUT OF LUCK BECAUSE TOO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED. SO, I AS A CONSUMER WHO TAKES CARE OF THEIR VEHICLE AND KEEPS LOW MILES, HAS TO PAY BIG MONEY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM! I CALLED NISSAN HEADQUARTERS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THEY SAID BECAUSE OF THE JUDGMENT OF THE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT, THEY CAN NOT HONOR MY REQUEST TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I HAVE TO PAY $2500 TO FIX MY TRUCK! I ASKED IF I HAD TO SUE INDEPENDENTLY AND TAKE TO TWITTER TO HELP MY CAUSE? THE GAL ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE (HIGHEST PERSON UP THE CHAIN I COULD REACH) SAID; "YES MAM, I'M SORRY MAM, BUT I GUESS THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. MY HANDS ARE TIED BY THIS JUDGMENT I CAN DO NOTHING FOR YOU"! I FEEL COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF AND DECEIVED BY NISSAN!!! IS THERE A POSSIBILITY YOU CAN COME TO MY AID AND DIRECT ME HOW I MAY GET THIS COVERED? THIS HAS BECOME A MAJOR HARDSHIP! *TR

WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH IN 6 LANES OF TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR THE TRUCK LOST POWER AND ROLLED TO A STOP. I WAS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE LANE WITH CARS FLYING BY ME. I AM VERY LUCKY I 2 AS NOT HIT BY TRAFFIC. HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP $4700 LATER WAS TOLD IT WAS RADIATOR FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS I LATER RESEARCHED AND IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES. NISSAN IS FULLY AWARE AND DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT. IT'S DISGRACEFUL TO THE NAME NISSAN NOT TO STAND BEHIND TOUR PRODUCT. I HAVE OWN 5 NISSAN ' S AND 3 OF THEM FRONTIERS. THESE TRUCKS HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE REPUTATION TO RUN MANY MANY MILES WITHOUT ISSUES. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN BRAND VEHICLE AS A RESULT OF THEIR CARELESS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THIS PROBLEM SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED AT SOME POINT. THEN WILL IT MAKE SENSE TO RECALL IT? *TR

I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND WHEN IT TURNED GREEN MY TRUCK FELT LIKE IT WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL AND WOULDN'T GET INTO GEAR. WITH HESITATION, IT FINALLY JUMPED INTO GEAR BUT WAS VERY SLUGGISH WITH HARDLY ANY POWER. IT WAS QUITE DANGEROUS WITH A LINE OF VEHICLES BEHIND ME I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET REAR-ENDED. THANKFULLY I WAS ONLY 2 MINUTES FROM MY OFFICE WHERE I WAS ABLE TO PULL IN THE PARKING LOT AND UNLOAD MY TWO CHILDREN AND CALL MY WIFE TO PICK US UP. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR SIT THERE OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT. ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY I HAD IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A CRACKED RADIATOR HEAD WITH COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THIS FAILURE. I THEN HAD IT TOWED AGAIN TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AND CONFIRMED THE FIRST DIAGNOSIS. THEY SAID UNFORTUNATELY I WAS OVER THE MILEAGE AND TO CALL THE NATIONAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND PETITION FOR ASSISTANCE. AFTER LOOKING UP ALL THE INFORMATION I FIND IT DISCERNING THAT NISSAN HASN'T DONE THE RIGHT THING AND RECALLED THIS TO MAKE IT RIGHT. *TR

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AROUND 9 PM AT 65 MPH. THE ENGINE STOPPED I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY AND COME TO A SAFE STOP. I HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL ,THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED 1/8 TANK OF FUEL LEFT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I GOT FUEL AND DROVE IT HOME. HOOKED THE TRUCK TO A SCANNER CODE P0463 FUEL LEVEL SENSOR CIRCUIT HIGH INPUT. I BELIEVE THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER NISSAN VEHICLES. THE DEALER TOLD ME MY TRUCK WAS NOT COVERED BY THAT RECALL. CAN YOU TELL ME IF MY TRUCK IS COVERED UNDER ANY OTHER RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM? THANK YOU . *TR

A CRACK IN THE RADIATOR HAS CAUSED COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS HAS RESULTED IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION REQUIRING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION AND COMPLETE RADIATOR REPLACEMENT. I HAVE BEEN QUOTED A TOTAL COST OF CLOSE TO $5000. *TR

TRANSMISSION CONTAMINATION WITH COOLANT. *JS

MY NISSAN FRONTIER TRUCK'S "CHECK ENGINE SOON" LIGHT APPEARED. THE WARNING WAS DTC P0463 (FUEL LEVEL SENSOR CIRCUIT HIGH INPUT) . IT CORRESPONDS WITH NISSAN'S TECHNICAL BULLETIN EL07-027B, REFERENCE NTB07-069B. AFTER FILLING THE TANK, THE FUEL GUAGE TOOK APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES TO REGISTER FULL. NOW MY FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK AT ALL- IT SIMPLY DISPLAYS ZERO FUEL PRESENT IN THE TANK. I'VE ALREADY RAN OUT OF FUEL ONCE THIS WEEK, ON THE HIGHWAY.THIS PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY THE DETERIORATION OF THE UNIT BASED ON USE AND NOT TIME. *JS

MY NISSAN FRONTIER TRUCK'S "CHECK ENGINE SOON" LIGHT APPEARED. THE WARNING WAS DTC P0463. IT CORRESPONDS WITH NISSAN'S TECHNICAL BULLETIN EL07-027B, REFERENCE NTB07-069B. NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 9/24/11 AND 72,000 MILES OR LESS. MY VEHICLE'S MILEAGE IS AT 32,500 MILES. NISSAN RECOGNIZED THAT IT HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT. THEY EVEN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR IT. UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T DRIVE THIS VEHICLE MUCH. I CHECKED ON THE INTERNET. MANY OF THE PROBLEMS APPEARED AT THE 30,000 MILE MARK. MY FUEL GAUGE IS ERRATIC AND DOES NOT SHOW AN ACCURATE LEVEL OF FUEL. THIS PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY THE DETERIORATION OF THE UNIT BASED ON USE AND NOT TIME; THEREFORE, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD EITHER RECALL THIS PART OR EXTEND THE WARRANTY WITH EITHER THE TIME OR MILEAGE OR UNLIMITED. I AM AFRAID THAT MY FUEL WILL RUN OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED WITH NISSAN. THEY DON'T TAKE OWNERSHIP OVER THEIR PROBLEMS. I PERSONALLY WILL NOT PURCHASE A NISSAN VEHICLE AGAIN. *TR

ENGINE DIES WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE TRAVELING ON A BUSY ROAD, MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER'S ENGINE JUST STOPPED RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING. THIS IS NOT A NEW COMPLAINT, NUMEROUS NISSAN OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V517000 (RECALL) IS/WAS SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BUT DOES NOT. NISSAN AND NHTSA HAVE FAILED TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE ABOVE REFERENCED RECALL. IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT OCCURS EVEN AFTER GOING TO NISSAN AND HAVING THE ECM RELAY WITHIN THE IPDM REPLACED PER THE RECALL. NISSAN AND NHTSA HAVE FAILED TO PROTECT THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY PERMITTING A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE TO BE MASKED BY AN INEFFECTIVE FIX. THERE IS NO DATA AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT NIISSAN'S OR NHTSA'S ASSERTION THAT A FAILED STEERING DIODE WITHIN THE ECM RELAY (LOCATED WITHIN THE IPDM) IS THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED ENGINE STOP RUNNING INCIDENTS. THE REAL FIX, AND THE MORE COSTLY FIX FOR NISSAN, IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ECM AND POSSIBLY THE IPDM TOO. NISSAN POOLED THE WOOL OVER THE EYES OF NHTSA AND NHTSA WENT ALONG WITH THE MANUFACTURER - BOTH ENTITIES HAVE FAILED TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER FROM THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION. I'M LUCKY IN THAT MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION SO THAT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURS I CAN MORE EASILY MAINTAIN SPEED AND CONTROL IN ORDER TO ROLL THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I AM A COMPETENT VEHICLE MECHANIC AND ENGINEER BY EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND I HAVE SPENT UNTOLD HOURS METICULOUSLY TROUBLESH

AT THE APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 5 TO 8 MPH, AND ACCELERATING, THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" SIGNAL LIGHT UP. IMMEDIATELY I HAD TO TURN 5000 RPMS TO REACH A SPEED OF 20 MPH. I DROVE THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES TO HOME AND PARKED IT THEIR. CONTACTED MY MECHANIC AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HIS GARAGE THE NEXT MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF 8 MILES IN ADDITION TO THE 5 FOR A TOTAL OF 13 MILES DRIVEN WHILE IN WARNING. UPON COMPLETION OF A DIAGNOSTICS CHECK, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A TRANSMISSION RADIATOR VALVE FAILURE. THIS VALVE FAILS TO OPERATE, AND DOES NOT ALLOW COOLANT AND LUBRICATION OF THE TRANSMISSION TO CONTINUE. THE VALVE IS CONNECTED TO THE TRANSMISSION RADIATOR, LOCATED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE COOLING RADIATOR. THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED, AND UPON TEST DRIVE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFICIENT OR HAD BURNED UP 3RD AND 4TH GEARS. THE TOTALITY OF THE REPAIRS TO INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF A TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, FLUIDS AND LABOR WAS IN EXCESS OF $4,000.00. A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 130,000 MILES OF HIGHWAY USE, WITH ALL MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AS PRESCRIBED WITHIN THE OWNERS MANUAL, SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED. A SINGLE VALVE IS/ WAS THE RESPONSIBLE CULPRIT. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY OWNED A FORD RANGER, TOOK CARE OF IT AS I HAVE THE FRONTIER, AND HAD IN EXCESS OF 200,000 MILES ON THE RANGER UPON TRADING IT IN. I NEVER REPLACED A TRANSMISSION IN MY LIFE ON ANY VEHICLE. NISSAN NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE AT HAND AND TAKE THE APPROPRIATE CORRECT

IMPROPER SHIFTING, SOMETIMES MAJOR VIBRATIONS, OR KICKS OUT HARD. *TR

I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT , WAITING FOR LIGHT TO CHANGE. AS LIGHT CHANGED APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV UP, FINALLY MOVED SLOWLY. I DROVE IT LIKE THAT FOR COUPLE BLOCKS THEN I PARKED FOR AN HOUR OR SO, AFTER THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME WITHOUT A PROBLEM. I RESERCHED ONLINE ABOUT IT AND FOUND OUT THAT IT IS A COMMON AND KNOWN ISSUE OF COOLAND MIXING WITH TRANSMISION FLUID THAT RUINS THE TRANSMISION DUE TO A DEFECT ON THE RADIATOR. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISION NEED IT TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE RADIATOR WHICH IT WOULD COST OVER $8,000. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY (8YEARS/80,000MILES) WAS ALREADY EXPIRED FOR 8 MONTHS WITH ONLY 73,800 MILES ON THE TRUCK, SO I HAD TO PAY $2,500 COPAY WHICH I FOUND IT OUTRAGEOUS FOR A KNOWN FACTORY DEFECT. AT LEAST THEY SHOULD LET OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES KNOWN THAT THIS COULD HAPPEND TO THEIR CARS. *TR

TRANSMISSION COOLIN IN THE RADIATOR RUPTURED CAUSING COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

VIBRATION IN MOTOR LIKE DRIVING OVER GROOVED PAVEMENT - ON AND OFF AGAIN FOR MONTHS BEFORE REALIZING IT WAS THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT OCCURS IN THESE TRUCKS AND SUV'S. I DON'T WANT TO PAY $6,000 TO FIX A DEFECT. THEY SHOULD PAY NO MATTER WHEN IT HAPPENS. *TR

RADIATOR LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REBUILT/ REPLACE AND RADIATOR HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. 3 MONTHS AGO, THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN STALLING ON ME EVERY SEVERAL DAYS, IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY TURN BACK ON. LAST MONTH IT BEGAN SHUTTING DOWN ON ME EVERY 2 DAYS, A FEW TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY, ALMOST GETTING REAR ENDED A COUPLE OF TIMES. IT WOULD TURN BACK ON, BUT AFTER SEVERAL TRIES AND AFTER 15-20 MIN WAIT. AFTER CHECKING RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE I NOTICED I HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT A RECALL FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A ECM RELAY, WHICH WAS CAUSING VEHICLES TO SHUTDOWN. THIS RELAY WAS REPLACED AND VEHICLE HAD BEEN RUNNING FINE FOR 3 WEEKS, BUT MY VEHICLE HAS NOW STARTED TO SPUTTER EVERY FEW DAYS. IT HAS SHUTDOWN ON ME TWICE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH WHEN MY ENGINE WAS REVVING UP TO ABOUT 3500 OR 4000 RPM BUT MY SPEED WAS DROPPING. I PULLED OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD, STOPPED AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. HAD I NOT BEEN IN THE RIGHT LANE OF THE MAJOR INTERSTATE WHEN TRAFFIC WAS VERY LIGHT, I COULD HAVE HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT. EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL EXCEPT THE LOW COOLANT LEVEL IN THE RESERVOIR BOTTLE. THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE SO THEN I PLACED THE TRUCK INTO DRIVE AND MOVED THE VEHICLE FORWARD. AS THE VEHICLE PICKED UP SPEED AND AT ABOUT THE 35 TO 40 MPH THE TRUCK ENGINE WOULD REV UP BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND NOT ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO MOVE ANY FASTER. WHEN I TOOK THE SCREW OFF THE TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK TO SEE THAT FLUID LEVEL WAS TOO HIGH FOR THE PROPER LEVEL IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. ALSO, I NOTICED THAT THE FLUID HAD A GREYISH MILKY APPEARANCE WHICH IS A CLEAR INDICATION OF CONTAMINATION WITH A WATER BASED MATERIAL SUCH AS ENGINE COOLANT.I FIND THE FACT NISSAN CLEARLY KNEW THAT WAS A PROBLEM AND FAILED TO NOTIFY ME AS THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE ANNOYING. THEY WOULD RATHER PAY TO HAVE VEHICLE REPAIRED AFTER THE FACT THAN TAKE CARE OF A POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM BEFORE IT OCCURS. THIS IS EXTREMELY TROUBLESOME WHEN A MANUFACTURER PLACES PROFITS AND THE BOTTOM LINE AHEAD OF CUSTOMER SAFETY. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, I HAVE LEARNED THAT I COULD HAVE REPLACED THE FAULTY RADIATOR WITH ANOTHER PRODUCT FROM KOYORAD FO

NISSAN KNEW A DEFECT WAS IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLER BUILT INTO THE RADIATOR TRIED TO COVER IT UP OR AT LEAST NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE. NOW 9000 MILES AFTER NISSAN TOLD ME I WAS GOOD, I HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT AND VICE VERSA. NISSAN SAYS THIS IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF VEHICLES. THIS WILL OCCUR WITH ALL VEHICLES WITH THE DEFECTIVE RADIATOR. THE COST OF REPAIR IS RUINING PEOPLES LIVES AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH SEIZING OF TRANSMISSIONS WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS NHTSA. *TR

SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT WITH RIGHT FOOT ON BRAKE, WAITING FOR LIGHT TO CHANGE. AS LIGHT CHANGED APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV UP. PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE WAITED A MOMENT THEN TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON AND PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE, VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE BUT THE TRANSMISSION ACTED LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING. DROVE VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED ON VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NEED A NEW ONE. PAID 5,321.74 TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. DEALER SAID TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS DUE TO A RADIATOR ISSUE ON VEHICLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE MY TRUCK BEGAN A SMALL INTERMITTENT SHUDDER, AS IF DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS. THIS OCCURRED 2 OR 3 TIMES. THE NEXT WEEK THE SHUDDERING RECURRED. SCHEDULED AND APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY VERY QUICKLY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. THEY INDICATED IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE WHERE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILS AND INTAKES RADIATOR COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE INDICATE THE TRANSMISSION WILL IN ALL LIKELY HOOD NEED TO BE REBUILT. *TR

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND LOSS POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ISSUE IS A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH THIS VEHICLE. ACTUALLY HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE OF IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON KINGERY HIGHWAY IN VILLA PARK WHEN I STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC. WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AFTER THE TRAFFIC WAS MOVING, THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD TURNED ON AND THE TRUCK WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE TO LESS THAN 1 MPH. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIGHTLY JERK AS THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THIS ISSUES IS WITH A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER LE. SHUDDERING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH (SEEMS TO BE WHILE SHIFTING) AND SOMETIMES BETWEEN 80-85 MPH. THE SOUND AND FEEL OF THIS SHUDDERING IS VERY SIMILAR TO DRIVING OVER HIGHWAY HAZARD SPEED BUMPS. I INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT ROAD WORK HAD BEEN DONE IN CERTAIN AREAS AND DIDN'T REALIZE THE EFFECT WAS EMANATING FROM MY TRUCK. LOSS OF HORSE POWER AND MILES PER GALLON ARE ALSO A SYMPTOM OF THIS ISSUE. SOME JERKING MOVEMENTS IN THE LOWER RANGES OF SHIFTING. DURING THE SHUDDERING IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE TRANNY IS TRYING TO CATCH THE NEXT GEAR. IF I ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE PASSED THE ABOVE RANGES THE SHUDDERING SUBSIDES TILL THE NEXT TIME I CROSS THOSE RANGES. THIS DESCRIPTION IS OF THE FINAL SYMPTOMS AT THEIR VERY WORST FOR MY INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE, LEADING UP TO THIS POINTS HAS BEEN GRADUAL SIGNS OF THE SAME ISSUES BEGINNING AT THE 50K-60K MILEAGE RANGES. EVEN THOUGH, TO DATE, NISSAN CORPORATE HAS KNOWN OF THIS DEFECT THEIR DEALERSHIPS/SERVICE DEPTS SEEMED TO BE COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE ISSUE TILL I WAS WELL PASSED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY (CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IMPOSED). AT THAT POINT THEY BECAME VERY INFORMATIVE OF THE PROBLEM AND ITS SYMPTOMS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS (MONTHS IF NOT YRS AGO) I HAD MENTIONED THESE SYMPTOMS AND WAS TOLD FLUIDS WERE CHECKED AND OK'D BY TECHS AND SERVICE REPS, BUT READING INTO THE ISSUE NOW I HAVE LEARNED IT IS VERY EASY TO SPOT IF YOU TRULY DO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OR ACTUALLY CHECK THE FLUIDS AS I SUSP

THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS FUEL PUMP BAD ,PAY ABOUT $600. *TR

I NOTICED AS I WAS DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO HAVE SHAKING OR VIBRATING/JERKING ( AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS), IT SEEMS TO HESITATE WHEN I INCREASE SPEED. MY TECHNICIAN THINKS SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITH TRANSMISSION OR TORQUE CONVERTER. CONCERNED VEHICLE MAY BREAK / STOP RUNNING. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE RELATED TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE RADIATOR OIL COOLANT ASSEMBLE. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER THE COMPLETE COST OF THIS KNOW DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL LEVEL SENSOR FAILED AND WOULD NOT READ WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL OR EMPTY. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE RELATED TO COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR OIL COOLANT ASSEMBLE. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING VERY BAD WHEN IT HIT 1700 RPM RANGE WHILE DRIVING, SO I SLOWED DOWN...SCARED. I WENT AND HAD IT CHECKED ONLY TO FIND OUT IT IS VERY COMMON WITH THIS TRUCK - FLUID IN TRANSMISSION CAUSED FROM THE TRANS FLUID RUNNING THROUGH THE RADIATOR AND THE HEAT EXCHANGE LEAKS WATER INTO THE TRANS FLUID. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM I LEARNED. THE REPAIR IS NOT COVERED BY NISSAN AND IS A 5000 DOLLAR REPAIR AT NISSAN DEALERSHIP, A TOTAL TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR REPLACEMENT IS NEEDED. *TR

THE RADIATOR FAILED CAUSING THE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO GET CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT. THIS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL RESULTING IN A NEARLY $5,000 BILL. *TR

AT 45MPH THE TRUCK STARTED JERKING AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT. WHEN I GOT IT TO MY MECHANIC WE FOUND RADIATOR COOLANT HAD CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR