Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||||
| NTB12-009 | 02/03/2012 | 10043735 | Nissan: door lock/unlock inoperative with intelligent key. *kb | 04/24/2012 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 12/13/2012 | 32000 | ||
| After filling up the gas tank, the fuel gauge registered as empty and the check engine light came on. after several trips, the gauge finally hit the top, but the light is still on. | |||
| 11/01/2012 | 44700 | ||
| During regular driving, there is a squeaking noise coming from the fuel tank. | |||
| 12/13/2012 | 32000 | ||
| After filling up the gas tank, the fuel gauge registered as empty and the check engine light came on. after several trips, the gauge finally hit the top, but the light is still on. | |||
| 11/01/2012 | 44700 | ||
| During regular driving, there is a squeaking noise coming from the fuel tank. | |||
| 10/23/2012 | 110000 | ||
| Husband travelling on northwest expressway in oklahoma city, ok. stopped at the light in midst of 6 lanes of five o'clock traffic. the vehicle quit. he could not re-start it or safely get out of the vehicle. he used his cell phone to call farmers' helppoint towing company. thinking it was the battery, we had it towed home. we replaced the battery with a new one and bought jumper cables. this did not fix it. we called our neighborhood mechanic and had it towed to their shop. he let us know it was the radiator assembly and that we would have to take it to a transmission shop. he gave my husband a fuse to get the vehicle to them without using another towing service. i called the nissan dealer where we bought the vehicle after seeing that this is a known issue to nissan (see nissanassist.com). they refused to fix the issue and said we had no warranty help because the mileage was over 100k. they told us to call the nissan consumer service and gave us their number. i called them and they could not help--even when i talked to the supervisor. i quoted nissan's words--asking if nissan did not stand behind the commitment on their site: nissan is committed to providing an outstanding vehicle ownership experience for all our customers. she told me she is a contractor working for a company hired by nissan and did not know. of course, we did not take the vehicle back to nissan to be repaired, but took it to aamco transmission, who charged us $5,700.00 for the repairs and warranty on the work. with the battery, jumper cables, towing charges and the first mechanics' bill--we paid $6,340.00--having to borrow $6k to resolve this issue. by the time we are finished paying off this loan, the cost will be closer to $10,000.00. if anyone can do something about this--please do--this known problem by nissan, cost us close to a quarter of our yearly income. | |||
| 09/26/2012 | 118000 | ||
| This issue is my radiator and tranmission contamination.first noticed heat didn't work. mechanic checked radiator,found leak. began installing new radiator and saw that coolant was already contaminating tranny. truck dead at dealership. called nissan and they created a case. denied. escalated case. denied. started new escalation today. i have lost my job because i cant get there!!! what's next my home???? paid outright for this truck brand new. drove all the way to maryland to get it. less than 5 yrs old!!! but because my mileage was over the 80,000 they wont help. this product already had the flawed components when i drove it off the lot brand new so wtf should mileage have to do with it??? all the faulty sensors were annoying enough but this type of potential for failure should demand total recall....instead they issue warranty extentions and mileage limitations. i was never notified as a registered nissan owner when this issue was supposedly sent out last fall. and even if i had been my milage was already over. that should not have mattered as this issue is such a safety and monetary concern. luckily it didn't fail while i was driving home at 8pm doing 70mph or when i had my kids in it. all in one week i lost vehicle because of flawed product, my job because my flawed vehicle died and my reputation as a reliable and responsible employee. heartbroken. i want my money back!!!!!!!!!!! never will i buy another nissan. greedy & irresponsible company with no sense of commitment to their consumers. | |||
| 07/06/2012 | 70000 | ||
| Many problems with my 2007 frontier. first my clutch went at about 65000 miles . have been driving stick all my life and never needed a clutch. the rear axel leaked and created a bad squeal and damaged my brake pads. my low tire pressure senors went bad and my heater core went at 60000 miles.i am also getting an electrical smell inside the cabin. wow never had a vehicle have so much go wrong in less than 5 years. nissan dealer and nissan corporate both refused to accept responsibility of any defects. | |||
| 07/06/2012 | 97980 | ||
| On july 2011 had to pay for new transmission for my truck after the radiator leaked in to the transmission, talked with nissan and tryed to get them to stand behind it and they said they would have if the truck was, in side the new warrenty they had put out but i was at 91611. they know what is wrong and how to fix this. they have to put the transmission cooler on the out side of the raiator about $ 200.00 fix.this replace cost, me more than $ 6000.00 to get fixed. now at 97980 miles we are back at the shop having the same thing, done over again, this time they are covering after i had to have a out side tec come in and prove that this was happening again. the first said it had to be replaced and then they had a nother one check it and said i was hearing the tires and the transmission was good. i would not pick up my truck because the 12 month warrenty was about to run out on july 26 2012 . after the out side tec checked it out and said the tansmission had coolent mixed with it they ordered every thing new again...should not have had to pay for the first one.. | |||
| 01/11/2012 | 81500 | ||
| The radiator in the vehicle ruptured, allowing coolant into transmission. this led to loss of power, hard shifting, and slippage while accelerating. contacted nissan, they informed me warranty had been extended but i was 1,600 miles over their arbitrarily extended limit. they suggested i contact the dealer for assistance. the delaer repeated that it was outside of warranty period, and estimated repair costs at $7000. i took truck to local shop, who quoted $5500, and now find out that the transmission parts are on backorder and i will be without my work vehicle for about 1 month. nissan is clearly aware of this driveline failure issue, but they are attempting to push off the cost of their faulty parts onto the consumer, rather than remedy what is a costly and potentially very dangerous defect. | |||
| 01/13/2012 | 93000 | ||
| The transmission cooler located in the radiator failed and now radiator has transmission fluid in it and the transmission has water in it. both are ruined and dealer says it is $9000. apparently this is a known defect only covered up to 80000 miles and nissan needs to fix this. if it was a known issue, it could have been fixed for a few hundred bucks. thank you | |||
| 01/11/2012 | 81500 | ||
| The radiator in the vehicle ruptured, allowing coolant into transmission. this led to loss of power, hard shifting, and slippage while accelerating. contacted nissan, they informed me warranty had been extended but i was 1,600 miles over their arbitrarily extended limit. they suggested i contact the dealer for assistance. the delaer repeated that it was outside of warranty period, and estimated repair costs at $7000. i took truck to local shop, who quoted $5500, and now find out that the transmission parts are on backorder and i will be without my work vehicle for about 1 month. nissan is clearly aware of this driveline failure issue, but they are attempting to push off the cost of their faulty parts onto the consumer, rather than remedy what is a costly and potentially very dangerous defect. | |||
| 01/13/2012 | 93000 | ||
| The transmission cooler located in the radiator failed and now radiator has transmission fluid in it and the transmission has water in it. both are ruined and dealer says it is $9000. apparently this is a known defect only covered up to 80000 miles and nissan needs to fix this. if it was a known issue, it could have been fixed for a few hundred bucks. thank you | |||
| 01/11/2012 | 81500 | ||
| The radiator in the vehicle ruptured, allowing coolant into transmission. this led to loss of power, hard shifting, and slippage while accelerating. contacted nissan, they informed me warranty had been extended but i was 1,600 miles over their arbitrarily extended limit. they suggested i contact the dealer for assistance. the delaer repeated that it was outside of warranty period, and estimated repair costs at $7000. i took truck to local shop, who quoted $5500, and now find out that the transmission parts are on backorder and i will be without my work vehicle for about 1 month. nissan is clearly aware of this driveline failure issue, but they are attempting to push off the cost of their faulty parts onto the consumer, rather than remedy what is a costly and potentially very dangerous defect. | |||
| 01/13/2012 | 93000 | ||
| The transmission cooler located in the radiator failed and now radiator has transmission fluid in it and the transmission has water in it. both are ruined and dealer says it is $9000. apparently this is a known defect only covered up to 80000 miles and nissan needs to fix this. if it was a known issue, it could have been fixed for a few hundred bucks. thank you | |||
| 11/19/2009 | 20000 | ||
| Purchased new 2007 nissan frontier-v-6, long wheel-base truck. expierienced brake problem at 20k miles, replaced by dealer, had low speed whine and brake pedal drop to floor and 35 to 40 mph judder and vibration. went back to dealer, they checked and noticed the drive shaft was comming apart, they replaced with new one, idicated it was defective from vendor. i have had this truck back into dealer four times since with the same re-occuring problems. they can't find the source or the problem. zone mgr. for midwest drove the vehicle and indicated that they can't find the problem and they will not replace anything else. i was told to take it to the bbb if i wanted a solution under current lemon laws. he also indicated it will probably fall apart down the road-complete and utter dis-regard for my safety. they are in complete denial that they have a problem with this vehicle. is it just now that toyota had a recall for broken/cracked yokes on tacoma's and nissan is exempt? don't they all buy parts from dana corp.? nissan has experienced a large sales surge and are expanding just like gm had in the 70's. they don't have time/talent to take care of their problems just more new vehicles, more engineering problems, push it out the door and let the dealers take care of problems. this somehow has a familiar ring to it like toyota's problem with acceleration! keep relieing on electronic controls to run the vehicles and take away control fromthe driver. the auto companies need to be investigated further for safety compliance as madison avenue commercials alude to the fact that all of these safety features that are incorporated into vehicles work flawsley when they actually don't! how many more people have to be killed or seriously injured with these so-called safe vehicles, made in usa with cheap china made parts! i'm sure there are more vehicles out on the road with these same re-occuring problems not being replaced or repaired due to mfgr. defects and problems!!! | |||
| 06/01/2007 | |||
| First noticable complaint is the automatic transmission that does not shift back down in lower gear when climbing a hill. it jerks and shakes at that moment.secondly, the tire pressure sensor does not go off after correcting the tire pressure and keeping it costant. were told the dealer will have to reset,which they did once and it happened again so for 2 years we have just lived with it, keeping check on tire pressure the old way. last but definitely not least for this is the cost factor involved, is the alignment cannot be done due to needing to purchase and have installed 4 camber kits! nissan should have done this already for a $25,000 vehicle!! oh and finally this just happened but the rear passenger power window switch went completely out! | |||
| 08/01/2009 | 30000 | ||
| 2007 nissan frontier nismo faulty gas sensor in tank. known recall on 2006 and 2008 models. shows an empty tank when full and empty. unless you are keeping up wiith mileage, you don't know if you will run out of gas on the freeway. this can cause accidents. nissan is aware of the same issue in 2006 and 2008 frontier trucks. for some reason, they will not assume responsibility for the 2007 models. i talked with the dealer and they are aware of the issue but cannot take care of the problem. it will cost me over $500 to replace this. my check engine light stays on, can't be reset until this is fixed. | |||