1996 NISSAN D21 Problems & Recalls

MY NISSAN TRUCK IS VERY BADLY EATEN BY RUST. THE FRAME AND BODY ARE BEING EATEN AWAY WITH RUST. THE BRAKE LINES AND THE POWER STEERING LINES HAVE DISINTEGRATED. THE WHEEL AXLES AND JOINTS ARE BADLY CORRODED. INFERIOR QUALITY METALS AND PAINT WERE USED TO MANUFACTURE THIS TRUCK. THIS TRUCK IS NO...

Mileage: 110,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 NISSAN PICKUP. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT AN ENGINEER WOULD COME OUT AND INSPECT THE VEHICLE. TWO WEEKS AFTER THE INSPECTION, THE MANUFACTURER CA...

Mileage: 205,000

LEAKING FUEL TANK. FUEL TANK STARTED LEAKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN 1999 FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER, IT HAD 29,800 MILES ON IT. THE TRUCK HAD 59,500 MILES ON IT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED AND SMOKE CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND THAT THE MAIN ENGINE WIRING HARNESS ALONG SIDE OF TH...

Mileage: 59,500

WE PURCHASED A TRUCK AT CURRY'S USED CARS. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN WRECKED, IT WAS REPAIRED AT CURRY'S PAINT AND BODY SHOP. THEN THE OWNER SAM CURRY HAD IT FOR SALE. WE PURCHASED IT. LATER WE FOUND OUT THAT HE DID NOT REPLACE THE AIRBAG THAT HAD DEPLOYED. IT HAS A DUMMY AIRBAG IN THE VEHICLE. I KNOW THAT...

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK *TS *JB

Mileage: 110,000

TRIED TO GET EMISSIONS TEST, DUE TO SENSOR LIGHT COMING ON (CHECK ENGINE LIGHT), VEHICLE FAILED TEST. HAVE REPORTED THIS LIGHT SEVERAL TIMES. THIS LIGHT STAYS ON, NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. HAVE CHANGED SENSOR THREE TIMES. DID NOT HAVE CONCERNS BEFORE THE EMISSIONS PROBLEMS. DLR SEEMS...

Mileage: 5

CONSUMER WAS GETTING INTO TRUCK AND BEGAN TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL. CONSUMER GOT OUT OF TRUCK ONCE SMOKE CLEARED. DROVE TO MECHANIC, AND WAS INFORMED THAT AIR BAG WIRE ASSEMBLY HAD BURNED, AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *...

HORN WOULD GO OFF WHILE TURNING TRUCK EITHER DIRECTION UNTIL HORN BLAIRED CONSTANTLY. AFTER DEALER INSPECTED STEERING WHEEL, THEY FOUND HORN WAS LOOSE, AND A PART HAD ENGAGED ITSELF INSIDE AIR BAG. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT WITH NO WARNIN...

FIRESTONE SAID 6 YEAR OLD TIRE NOT COVERED IN RECALL. HAD GOOD TREAD AND NOT LOW ON AIR PRESSURE. BLEW OUT SIDEWALLS AND BELTS WITHOUT ANY WARNING THAT TIRES WERE LOSING AIR. *TS *NLM ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***762204

Mileage: 66,400

THE DRIVER'S SHOULDER HARNESS IS FRAYING WHERE IT WEARS AGAINST THE CLIP THAT INSERTS IN THE RECEIVER TO SECURE THE BELT. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS SHOULD HAPPEN IN LESS THAN 6 YEARS/70,000 MILES. IT MAY BE HAPPENING IN OTHER VEHICLES, AND IF SO, IS POTENTIALLY QUITE DANGEROUS AS THE RESTRAINING HARNES...

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE AT 2 MPH DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED.*AK

FEMALE END OF SEATBELT CABLE HAS BROKEN. NO UNUSUAL STRESS OR ACCIDENT JUST GOT IN AND FOUND THAT FEMALE CONNECTOR WAS ONLY HELD ON BY 2 ELECTRICAL CABLES. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I CHECK MY TIRE PRESSURE REGULARLY SINCE I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK USED WITH 15,000 MILES ON IT I HAD THE TIRES ROTATED A MONTH AGO OR SO.I HAVE 40,000 ON THE TRUCK NOW.THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE SHREDDED LIKE A POTATO PEEL .IT DAMGED MY REAR FENDER WHEN IT PEELED BACK.I RECENTLY HAD HELPED A MOTORIST W...

FIRESTONE, FR480, P215/70R14, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT, MILEAGE UNKNOWN ON A 1996, NISSAN KING CAB WITH 55000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. NO ACCIDENT.*AK DOT NUMBER W2HYFRN226. *SLC

I HAVE HAD AN EMISSIONS PROBLEMS (MIL) CONTINOUSLY SINCE OCTOBER 1996. THE EMISSION SYSTEM WAS REPLACED BY NISSAN IN 1998. THE MIL STILL COMES ON AND I AM GETTING ABOUT 16-17 MPG ON 13.59 GALS. I HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS TO NISSAN AND HAVE TALKED TO NUMEROUS NISSAN SERVICE PERSONNEL BUT HAVE GOTTEN ...

COMPONENTS BUSTED INSIDE OF STEERING WHEEL WHERE AIRBAG IS LOCATED AND SOUNDS METALIC FEAR THE STEERING MAY FAIL OR CAUSE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING. I EMAILED NISSAN CORP OF THIS MATTER AND NO RESPONCE AS OF YET.

COMPONENTS BUSTED INSIDE OF STEERING WHEEL WHERE AIRBAG IS LOCATED AND SOUNDS METALIC FEAR THE STEERING MAY FAIL OR CAUSE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING. I EMAILED NISSAN CORP OF THIS MATTER AND NO RESPONCE AS OF YET.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STAYS ON, INDICATING A DEFECT, BUT DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE AND CAN'T REPAIR.*AK

LEFT REAR FIRESTONE WIDETRACK RADIAL BAJA TIRE P215-70-R14 DOT VDK6WIA097 EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLIED THE BRAKES HEARD NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES, SOUNDED LIKE GRINDING METAL TO METAL. ALSO, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLIED THE BRAKES HEARD NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES, SOUNDED LIKE GRINDING METAL TO METAL. ALSO, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

A FEW MINUTES AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, THE AIRBAG EXPERIENCED FALSE AND VIOLENT DEPLOYMNENT, WENT OFF IN DRIVER'S FACE CAUSING SERVERE DAMAGE TO DRIVER'S NECK, FACE, CHEST, WRIST WHICH RESULTED IN BRUISES AND BLEEDING. *YC

WHILE DRIVING WITH HEADLIGHTS ON AT NIGHT, THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC COULD NOT BE SEEN IN THE LIGHT. CONSUMER DOES NOT KNOW WHY HEADLIGHTS DO THAT. *AK

THE SENSOR CONTROL WIRES ON THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD HAVE FAILED FOUR TIMES. FIRST TIME ON 06-13-97, BROKEN B/G WIRE REPAIRED AT AIR TEMPERATURE SENSOR. SECOND TIME ON 07-30-97, FAILURE IN TACHOMETER VALVE, THIRD TIME 02-18-98, OPE...

THE FRONT END MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE BADLY, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. BEEN TO DEALER. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

THERE WAS KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, AND DEALER PUT NEW BEARINGS IN THE ENGINE. *AK

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG RESULTED IN INJURIES TO BOTH DRIVER/PASSENGER. 538435 DUPE OF 538424. POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK

VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG UPON IMPACT, RESULTING IN INJURIES.538435 DUP 0F 538424; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK

FRONT END MISALIGNED, CAUSING TIRE WEAR.

DESIGN OF SPARE TIRE IS COMPACT FOR THE PICK UP, TOO SMALL FOR THE SIZE OF VEHICLE.

AIR BAG: WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH AND FELL ASLEEP ,WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, HIT A PARKED VEHICLE AND HIS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *JB

FRONT END OUT OF ALIGNMENT.

DASH BOARD LIGHT (AAC VALVE) FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ABOUT 40 MPH NOTICED SUDDEN VIBRATION. CONSUMER THEN STATED THAT DRIVING THE VEHICLE ABOUT 65 MPH THE VIBRATION IS VERY NOTICEABLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT'S NORMAL FOR A SMALL TRUCK TO DO THAT, AND IT WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. CONSUMER ALSO...

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, FELL ASLEEP AND RAN OFF THE ROAD HITTING 5 TREES FRONTAL IMPACT AND SIDE WHICH DIDNOT TRIGGER THE AIRBAG SENSOR AND THE DRIVER AIRBAGD DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. *SLC

DRIVER FOOT HITS BRAKE/ACCELERATIOR PEDAL SIMULTANEOUSLY.

SUPENSION FAILURE, WHEN DRIVING FRONT END VIBRATION, CAUSING UNEVEN WEAR OF TIRES. *AK

FIRESTONE TIRE BLEW OUT.

WHEN CLIMBING ON AN INCLINE VEHICLE WILL NOT MAINTAIN SPEED, LOSS OF SPEED, ALSO FAULTY TRANSMISSION. *AK

WHEN CLIMBING ON AN INCLINE VEHICLE WILL NOT MAINTAIN SPEED, LOSS OF SPEED, ALSO FAULTY TRANSMISSION. *AK

DRIVE ASSEMBLY REPLACED DUE TO NOISE.

WHEN DRIVING OVER (55) MPH THE TRUCK VIBRATES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, WHEN DRIVING THE VHEICLE THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OPENED (NO DOOR WARNING LIGHT ON THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR DRIVER RECEIVES AND ELECTRICAL SHOCK. TT