Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 01/09/2013 | 150000 | ||
| My vehicle has developed a vibration while i am driving which has been very uncomfortable, however, nothing major in the performance of the vehicle, however, now my vehicle has decided to randomly turn off while driving. this is extremely dangerous and could cause an accident. i took it to the nissan dealership and they said that they found trans fluid mixing with coolant due to leaking trans cooler in radiator and the total cost would come out to $5,000. i am unable to afford this bill so i have not been able to repair my vehicle. | |||
| 02/05/2013 | 130000 | ||
| I was in the turning lane, needing to cross the intersection, light turned got a flashing yellow light , pressed gas and heard a big bang, then the truck was just stopped in the middle of the lanes with cars approaching. luckily the approaching drivers were aware of my presence and no vechiles hit us. when it was ok to move the truck, myself and 2 other drivers helped push it clear. after examining the vechile i noticed mustard yellow substance in the raditor overfill and one of the guys that help push looked at the transmission fluild to find a strawberry milkshake color fluid in there. after being examined by a mechanic it was determined the raditor was leaking fluid into the transmission. the nissan dealer said the truck doesn't fall into any warranty, so it will cost me 7000 to fix.so needless to say this situtation could have been extremely dangerous to me, my family and to the other drivers if they hadn't been paying attention. it's sad to say that nissan is letting this happen to its drivers, over a 100 dollar raditor costing us thousands of dollars to fix and how long before someone is killed. | |||
| 08/30/2010 | 85302 | ||
| At about 85,000 miles on the truck, while cruising at around 40 mph the gears dropped and stuttered. i brought it to the dealership and they documented my concern and the incident. they did a diagnostic and only came up with a fuel gauge malfunction and replace it for $475. at 90,000 miles i described the same concern, which they documented, at a lower mph and they flushed/replaced trans and radiator fluid and replaced the radiator itself for $1600. i am now being told that the entire transmission needs to be replaced for approximately $6000. nissan has to do something about this, it stands to reason that the cause of the transmission malfunction is due to coolant getting into a lubricant. | |||
| 07/21/2012 | |||
| My 2005 nissan frontier has had the transmission/radiator problems that are numerously evident from doing my research. it is in the shop at the present time. the minimum repair cost at this time is $3000.00. if certain other parts are needed to be replaced it could be quite a bit higher. | |||
| 01/07/2013 | 99150 | ||
| Transmission and radiator/cooling system to be replaced due to contamination of transmission by radiator fluid. routine maintenance performed regularly. at 98,000 miles began to experience sporadic vibration when driving, was diagnosed with above state issue. i use the truck to commute with my children everyday on the interstate, while i am thankful that the transmission has not stopped functioning, it has put us at greater risk than usual with a compromised transmission. to have both systems replaced, i have been given an opportunity to provide a co-pay of $3000.00. i paid nissan once for a functional and reliable transmission and cooling system, i resent having to pay an additional $3000.00 for a design flaw made by nissan. as a consumer, $3000.00 is the type of money used as a down payment for a new car, not what i expect to pay as routine maintenance on a vehicle with less than 100,000 miles on it. my payment would have been lower if mileage were lower. it is my understanding that the corrosion happens over time, i'm not sure how much time it takes, but i feel certain it was thousands of miles ago. if i had been made aware of the issue earlier, i could have addressed it, possibly with less damage to my vehicle, less safety/risk to my family, and certainly at less cost regarding the copay for me as the copay is based on mileage on the vehicle. the heater has never blown warm air when idling, which is one of the few early signs of this issue from what i understand. this indicates to me that problem has existed for most of the life of the truck. | |||
| 12/17/2012 | 11600 | ||
| I purchased my 2005 nissan frontier at approx. 95k in february. the test drives were fine, the car sounded and drove perfectly fine for a few months. it recently began to start shifting roughly . the nissan dealership i purchased the car from did something to cover up the issue which was obviously why they were trying to sell it before 100k and i got burned on it. i purchased the truck from marietta, ga at team nissan. i didn't get it checked until now, but have since discovered the numerous complaints of a recall related to radiator antifreeze leaking into the transmission and causing failure of both. this is a safety issue and it really does baffle me that a whole generation of nissan vehicles from 2005-2010 have this issue and that it could caused some accidents due to high speed transmission failure. i see this as being a safety issue on the same scale as the toyota issues of a few years back. to have this be a limited warranty recall is disgraceful. you can believe nissan knows exactly when these incidents are likely to occur so they extended their coverage up to that point and they fail thereafter. not to mention that the current recall does not seem to include issues it causes to the transmission. my truck as you can see is out of the extended warranty for the radiator and was when i purchased it. | |||
| 01/31/2012 | 166405 | ||
| Nissan has a known problem with the radiator and transmission. the date listed is merely the date we discovered the issue. before jan 31, 2012 we knew nothing about this problem. it is a safety issue. you don't know if this has happened to your truck until it overheats and you find out the fluids have mixed. replace the radiator. flush the fluids (3 or more times, since the fluid is now like purple soft serve ice cream). then the real troubles begin.. it slips out of gear while driving at 70 mph and the only option is to pull over, turn the truck off, remove the key, then restart the truck and hope it works. this is really dangerous on the highway at the higher speeds but also unsafe on the side roads or in stop and go traffic. i take my kids to school 3.6 miles each way. i have to stop and restart the truck at least 3 times during the round trip. speed doesn't matter. you stop at a red light and have know idea if it is going to go when you push the gas or not. pulling out into traffic can be very dangerous since you have to go and you find out you can't. there have been several warranty extentions issued by nissan on our truck that we were not aware of until after making the repairs on our own dime. there is a warrany extention for this issue due to a class action lawsuit but it does nothing for a lot of the owners since many are over the extention mileage. i try to never drive the truck on busy roads without shoulders or turn lanes, i fear red lights and traffic but stop signs are the worst... i never know if the transmission is going to work or not. all because a known faulty radiator cracked and leaked fluid into the transmission. but, i'm over the extended mileage so i'm expected to pay over $5k to fix a known issue. | |||
| 09/05/2012 | 104000 | ||
| While driving my frontier, the transmission starting making noise. it started slipping when i was taking off, after having stopped for a red light. then the service light and indicator lights came on. i could tell that 2nd gear was gone. the truck was towed to a certified nissan dealer. they informed me that the truck was not covered under warranty and gave me a $5190 estimate. this does not include the $300 for the rental i have had to get for this first week, or the $101 for the towing and diagnostic testing. i have since discovered that the coolant was leaked into the transmission and has caused it to fail. i have also learned that hundreds, if not thousands, have registered complaints that this was due to a radiator failure that was known by nissan. i did not receive a recall notice or any other notification concerning this problem. i called nissan consumer affairs and received a case number. after 24 hrs. they called to tell me that they had extended the warranties on the radiators up to 8 yrs. and 80,000 miles, but that they would not be able to help me with my case. i have since found out online that nissan did not issue recalls on this. my truck had been properly serviced at my nissan dealership, and both the radiator and transmission was flushed at 30,000 and 60,000 miles. the power-steering was also flushed at 60,000 miles. i believe my dealership should have made me aware of the problem when my truck was in for servicing, and then i could have had the radiator taken care of under the warranty period before all the transmission damage was done. and nissan should have issued a safety recall, as my truck stopped at 35 mph; and was almost rear ended. i would have normally been on the highway, except once the noise started, i decided to take an alternate route in order to get my vehicle to a safe area. nissan should have to pay for this period! | |||
| 08/24/2012 | 84000 | ||
| Stopped on hill behind another vehicle, they took off, i tried to pull up to stop sign but had no forward movement. luckily no one was behind me so i backed down to a driveway to get out of the road. i had reverse at this time. after trying to figure out what happened, i put truck into gear and drove the five miles to work. service engine soon light came on. left work and had no problems until my driveway, steep incline and again no forward movement. no reverse this time. had it towed to transmission shop and they have diagnosed that the radiator fluid was leaking into the transmission. surprise! i did not receive a letter from nissan last year. they should recall and pay for all the charges. they know there is a problem and don't want to own up to their failure to provide a safe vehicle. hope the nhtsa looks into the problems with the nissan vehicles. i was happy i wasn't on an inter-state. no indication of a problem until i had no forward movement! very dangerous for everyone on the road! | |||
| 08/07/2012 | 95994 | ||
| Was traveling at 55mph in my 2005 nissan frontier when it was as if the transmission was put in neutral. had to stop in the highway, nowhere to pull off. as luck would have it was near my destination and managed to get there going about 10 to 15mph. it was at night so luckily not much traffic when it occured. towed to dealership next day and was told the radiator failed and coolant was allowed to enter transmisson thus also causing transmission failure. vehicle had exceeded the 80,000 mile warranty but also found out that warranty had been extended from the original 36,000 mile warranty because of problems. only the radiator and transmission were issued the 80,000 extended warranty, but my vehicle had 95,994 miles thus no warranty coverage, and repair cost would run $6,900.00. contacted nissan consumer affairs but was denied reinbursement. although dealership worked with me and got the price down to $4,800.00 this is a major expense to me on a vehicle that should have been taken care of by the nissan corp., due to the large number of complaints about this exact problem on vehicles with more than 80,000 miles. have yet to find any consumer that has been compensated for this problem. | |||
| 09/01/2011 | 95000 | ||
| Radiator failed/cracked nd coolant leaked into the transmission and destroyed the transmission. | |||
| 02/05/2012 | 82800 | ||
| Was stopped at red light went to pull off transmission slipped and check engine light came on. had engine checked and it had a code of p1754 for transmission selonoid. check code on internet and saw where it was a problem nissan had with a cracked radiator. took to radiator shop and he said radiator was cracked and fluid from radiator and transmission was mixing together had radiator replaced and took truck to nissan to have transmission check, they said transmission was damaged by antifreeze and it has to be replaced | |||
| 01/12/2012 | 120000 | ||
| My 2005 frontier started studdering and not accelerating as normal. i was trying to get onto the freeway and my truck would not go past about 45 mph. i got off the freeway and took side roads back home. after numerous phone calls to nissan to try to fix this problem i looked online and found out that the most common problem with this vehicle is transmission fluid mixing with coolant from the radiator and causing the transmission to fail. i took my truck to a nissan dealership where they told me there wasn't a problem with my transmission fluid and it was fine. i then took my truck to another mechanic who told me the problem was the mixing of the two fluids. this problem could have potentially caused an accident on the freeway, as my truck's maximum speed was 20 mph less that the speed limit, and my truck could have potentially stopped all together. i'm just glad none of that happened, but i'm sure someone else is not going to be so lucky. | |||
| 11/18/2010 | 62000 | ||
| I purchased a 2005 nissan frontier in 2006. in 2010 i noticed my service engine soon light came on. i took my truck to a mechanic who put it on the computer to see what is going on. the computer read that the sensors were bad. i replaced all the sensors myself and still have the same problem. i have been reading online that this is a big issue with frontiers. it's definately a safety hazard and causes problems when trying to get the truck to pass inspection. there needs to be a warning when an issue like this is happening for consumers. | |||
| 12/30/2011 | 83950 | ||
| 2005 nissan frontier 4x4 crew cab. poor design of tailgate hinge assembly drivers side, appears that was designed to withstand lighter tailgate. as i understand nissan has redesigned and changed tailgate assembly for 2006 and newer models. my wife was driving the truck and noticed the vehicle following came to a complete stop since the tailgate on my truck was dragging on the road and held partially still connected to truck body with cable assembly. hinge appeared cracked and pulled from body of truck. tailgate was always in locked position since we have issues with thieves in our area and was still in locked position when i took it out of truck bed. obviously at higher speeds the failure of the hinge assembly could compromise the safety of following vehicles in the event the tailgate became removed and fell off onto roadway. | |||
| 11/18/2010 | 62000 | ||
| I purchased a 2005 nissan frontier in 2006. in 2010 i noticed my service engine soon light came on. i took my truck to a mechanic who put it on the computer to see what is going on. the computer read that the sensors were bad. i replaced all the sensors myself and still have the same problem. i have been reading online that this is a big issue with frontiers. it's definately a safety hazard and causes problems when trying to get the truck to pass inspection. there needs to be a warning when an issue like this is happening for consumers. | |||
| 12/30/2011 | 83950 | ||
| 2005 nissan frontier 4x4 crew cab. poor design of tailgate hinge assembly drivers side, appears that was designed to withstand lighter tailgate. as i understand nissan has redesigned and changed tailgate assembly for 2006 and newer models. my wife was driving the truck and noticed the vehicle following came to a complete stop since the tailgate on my truck was dragging on the road and held partially still connected to truck body with cable assembly. hinge appeared cracked and pulled from body of truck. tailgate was always in locked position since we have issues with thieves in our area and was still in locked position when i took it out of truck bed. obviously at higher speeds the failure of the hinge assembly could compromise the safety of following vehicles in the event the tailgate became removed and fell off onto roadway. | |||
| 11/18/2010 | 62000 | ||
| I purchased a 2005 nissan frontier in 2006. in 2010 i noticed my service engine soon light came on. i took my truck to a mechanic who put it on the computer to see what is going on. the computer read that the sensors were bad. i replaced all the sensors myself and still have the same problem. i have been reading online that this is a big issue with frontiers. it's definately a safety hazard and causes problems when trying to get the truck to pass inspection. there needs to be a warning when an issue like this is happening for consumers. | |||
| 12/30/2011 | 83950 | ||
| 2005 nissan frontier 4x4 crew cab. poor design of tailgate hinge assembly drivers side, appears that was designed to withstand lighter tailgate. as i understand nissan has redesigned and changed tailgate assembly for 2006 and newer models. my wife was driving the truck and noticed the vehicle following came to a complete stop since the tailgate on my truck was dragging on the road and held partially still connected to truck body with cable assembly. hinge appeared cracked and pulled from body of truck. tailgate was always in locked position since we have issues with thieves in our area and was still in locked position when i took it out of truck bed. obviously at higher speeds the failure of the hinge assembly could compromise the safety of following vehicles in the event the tailgate became removed and fell off onto roadway. | |||
| 11/18/2010 | 62000 | ||
| I purchased a 2005 nissan frontier in 2006. in 2010 i noticed my service engine soon light came on. i took my truck to a mechanic who put it on the computer to see what is going on. the computer read that the sensors were bad. i replaced all the sensors myself and still have the same problem. i have been reading online that this is a big issue with frontiers. it's definately a safety hazard and causes problems when trying to get the truck to pass inspection. there needs to be a warning when an issue like this is happening for consumers. | |||
| 12/30/2011 | 83950 | ||
| 2005 nissan frontier 4x4 crew cab. poor design of tailgate hinge assembly drivers side, appears that was designed to withstand lighter tailgate. as i understand nissan has redesigned and changed tailgate assembly for 2006 and newer models. my wife was driving the truck and noticed the vehicle following came to a complete stop since the tailgate on my truck was dragging on the road and held partially still connected to truck body with cable assembly. hinge appeared cracked and pulled from body of truck. tailgate was always in locked position since we have issues with thieves in our area and was still in locked position when i took it out of truck bed. obviously at higher speeds the failure of the hinge assembly could compromise the safety of following vehicles in the event the tailgate became removed and fell off onto roadway. | |||
| 11/01/2011 | 145136 | ||
| On 1 nov 2001 i was coming back from ajo az.when my engine overheated as i was trying to pass a vehicle.about even with the other vehicle transmission started slipping and i noticed that the engine was over heating.i let off the gas and stopped as soon as i could and was almost rear ended.after stopping i discovered no water in radiator.i filled it from a 5 gallon can of water and made it to a gas station.the mechanic on duty told me that the radiator failed internally and that i had water and antifreeze in the transmission.mechanic told me that he had several pathfinders and a few frontiers with the same problem. i got on line and found hundreds of people with nissans had the same complaint.i called the nissan dealer and they said that that was not the case that they would replace the radiator and flush the transmission and it would be good to go.on line peoples complaints that i found said they were told the same and the transmissions still failed.can i expect a recall to fix this problem?the waranty was up at 98,000 miles | |||
| 01/23/2011 | 95200 | ||
| Cruise control set at 50 mph, and as car started incline, accelerator engaged abruptly and rpm increased to maximum. multiple attempts to brake and regain control of vehicle. truck went off road on curve and head on collision with tree occurred. driver had both feet on brake, yet was unsuccessful in slowing vehicle. | |||
| 10/21/2010 | 73860 | ||
| Concerning my 2005 nissan frontier 4x4 nismo. i noticed my dte (distance to empty) indicator not working properly. it read ---- and then 0. shortly after the check engine light came on. i was informed it was a fuel sending unit/sensor and that it was not covered. i did some research online at x.nissanhelp.com and other sites. after searching, i came across many others who have experienced the exact same problem. apparently it has something to do with the fuel sending unit. a similar problem was found on the 2000-2004 xterra models and a safety recall was made by nissan. according to all accounts something in the fuel system is faulty and corrodes over time. everyone who is having the problem is experiencing the same thing in the range of 39,000 to 80,000 + miles. since this problem existed in previous models, and it was recalled, the 2005-2007 xterras, frontiers, and pathfinders should get this fixed at no charge to the customer. why should customers have to wait for accidents and possible deaths? especially since the problem lies in an integral part of the vehicle. cost of repair ranges from $300-600. | |||