2005 NISSAN FRONTIER Power Train Problems

The truck loss power stalling,shuddering, bucking, want pick up speed even when excellerating, slow take off, loss of speed

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Frontier. The contact stated that while driving at 50 MPH, the vehicle came to a complete stop and then hesitated to accelerate. Additionally, a burning odor was detected. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed with transmission and radiator failure. The transmission and radiator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 88,700.

Mileage: 88,700

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Frontier. The contact stated while driving 75 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. There was no warning light before or after the failure. The vehicle was towed by an independent mechanic. The mechanic performed a diagnostic test and found that coolant had leaked into the transmission and caused the transmission to fail. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 82,000.

Mileage: 82,000

MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIERS TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 137,000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN IT SEEMED TO JOLT OUT OF 5TH GEAR TO 4TH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HEADED TO NISSAN BUT IT SEEMED TO ONLY REMAIN IN A HIGH GEAR (3RD OR 4TH). THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. ITS A KNOWN PROBLEM. I CALLED NISSAN HEADQUARTERS AND ASKED FOR HELP THEY SAID NO. I HAD AN EXTENDED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY THROUGH AUL, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS THE RADIATOR THAT LEAKED AND NOT A TRANSMISSION FAILURE THEY WON'T COVER IT.

Mileage: 137,000

WHEN THE TRUCK HIT ABOUT 115,000 MILES, IT STARTED SHIFTING ODDLY. AT 120,000 MILES IT WOULD NOT DRIVE. I LET IT SIT FOR A WEEK AND THEN IT WOULD DRIVE. I CAN ONLY DRIVE IT 5 MILES OR LESS IN ORDER FOR IT TO DRIVE. ANYMORE THAN THAT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND IT DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER TO GO OVER 10MPH. AFTER DRIVING, EVEN LESS THAN 5 MILES, IT LEAKS ANTIFREEZE.

Mileage: 120,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO CROSS CONTAMINATION WITH RADIATOR. TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 142,463

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. ORR NISSAN LOCATED AT 2323 VIKING DR, BOSSIER LA, WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

Mileage: 160,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSED BY MIXING OF RADIATOR COOLANT WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID THROUGH CRACKS IN COOLANT TUBES. TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE, LOSS OF POWER EXPERIENCED ON LOCAL TRIP, HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC.

Mileage: 139,000

LOST POWER COULD NOT MOVE TRUCK ON CITY STREET. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WARINESS THE GEARS AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL BUT I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE THEY SAID THE RECALL HAS EXPIRED AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR.

Mileage: 1,180,000

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION RADIATOR , RESULTING IN A TOTAL TRANSMISSION REBUILD.

Mileage: 120,000

TRANSMISSION DAMAGE CAUSED BY TRANSMISSION COOLER.

Mileage: 93,450

TRUCK WOULD NOT CRANK. THE INDICATOR FOR THE GEARS WENT OUT. I WAS AT HOME PARKED WHEN IT WOULD NOT START. HAD A MECHANIC TEST IT. THE TEST INDICATED THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER IS THE PROBLEM. THERE IS TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE ANTIFREEZE. THIS IS A DEFECT FROM NISSAN.

Mileage: 197,000

RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO FAIL, HAD TO BE REPLACED

WHEN TRUCK GETS WARM FIRST GEAR START SLIPPING AND HARD TO GET THE TRUCK TO MOVE FLUID LEVELS ARE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT A DRIVE-THRU TOBACCO SHOP

Mileage: 145,717

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD EMERGING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE NOISE WENT AWAY WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS NOT DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED FIVE OTHER TIMES WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, AND THE TRANSMISSION MODULE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

Mileage: 131,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD EMERGING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE NOISE WENT AWAY WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS NOT DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED FIVE OTHER TIMES WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, AND THE TRANSMISSION MODULE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

Mileage: 131,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY AND THEN SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM AN EXTENDED WARRANTY CAMPAIGN AND THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THERE WERE FOUR TSBS FOR THE POWER TRAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

VEHICLE SHAKING AND COMPLETE TURN OFF. A/T CONT FUSE BLOWS OUT. KNOWN ISSUE IN INTERNET REGARDING TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT LEAK.

MY TRUCK JUST REACHED 80,800 MILES AND IT HAS LOST POWER. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND IT CAME BACK WITH THE RADIATOR, TRANSMISSION AND THE FUEL PUMP ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY TOLD ME I HAD NO WARRANTY ON ANY OF THESE PARTS AS OF 2010 AND THEY QUOTED ME ALMOST $7,000 TO REPLACE ALL. AFTER GOING HOME AND LOOKING UP TRANSMISSION SHOPS I FOUND HUNDREDS OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THOUSANDS OF NISSAN CARS. I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE OF RECALL ON MY TRUCK. THEN I FIND THEY HAVE SNEAKILY EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY WITHOUT NOTIFYING US AND NOW MY TRUCK IS 12YEARS OLD WITH ONLY 80,800 MILES AND I NEED TO COME UP WITH $7,000 BECAUSE THEY FAILED TO NOTIFY THEIR CLIENTS ABOUT THEIR MISTAKES.

Mileage: 80,800

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE RADIATOR FAILED LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION RESULTING IN THEM BOTH NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 129,500

HI ,IM JUST GONNA MAKE THIS SHORT . IVE OWNED 2 NISSAN FRONTIERS BOTH 2005 SE MODELS AND 4 TRANMISSIONS LATER IM DONE WITH NISSAN NEVER AGAIN MY FIRST TRANNY REPLACEMENT WAS AT 70,000 RIGHT WHEN MY WARRENTY ENDED NONETHESS 7,000 DOLLARS LATER I AM DONE WITH NISSAN FOREVER !!! BELIEVE ME I HAVE ALL PAPER WORK FOR WORK DONE BUT IM NOT GONNA WASTE MY TIME INPUTING ANYMORE CRAP ABOUT NISSAN.

Mileage: 700,000

CHUGGING, SLIPPING, HARD SHIFTING TRANSMISSION WHEN DRIVING MOST ANY SPEED. OVER THE LAST 1 1/2 YEARS

Mileage: 155,448

AFTER 2 AND A HALF MONTHS OF FIGHTING WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS, NISSAN HAS BASICALLY TOLD ME THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT ME OR THE OTHER PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE OR THEIR SAFETY. AS SAD AS IT SOUNDS ITS GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE GETTING KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE BEFORE THEY OPEN THEIR EYES.

Mileage: 91,000

THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION, MIXING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CREATING A TOXIC FLUID THAT IRREVERSIBLY DAMAGED EVERYTHING AROUND IT. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN WHEN FIRST NOTICED. I HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED AT MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. I COULD NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION SO FLUSHING IT WAS MY ONLY OPTION. IT LASTED FOR A FEW YEARS BUT NOW IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A DEFECT THAT HAS AFFECTED THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS.

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND SHIFTING GEARS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND JERKED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WATER AND COOLANT FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

Mileage: 49,000

FLUID FROM MY RADIATOR MIXED INTO MY TRANSMISSION RENDERING IT INOPERABLE. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON IT I LEARNED THAT NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND FAILED TO NOTIFY THE CUSTOMERS

Mileage: 88,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CALLED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE SHIFT CABLE GROMMET LINKAGE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,375.

Mileage: 125,375

LEAK IN RADIATOR INTO TRANSMISSION HAS CAUSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE

Mileage: 77,000

BOUGHT USED, TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY SELLER 2 MONTHS BEFORE SALE, NO ISSUES ON TEST DRIVE. AFTER PURCHASE MANY ISSUES WITH CHANGING OF GEARS AND APPARENT TRANSMISSION ISSUES. SELLER WAS VERY AWARE OF ISSUE. IT IS AN OBVIOUS HAZARD IF THE TRANSMISSION HAS ISSUES WHILE DRIVING WHICH CAN CAUSE INJURY AND DEATH IF AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS. THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE REOPENED AND NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE TO CREATE AND FIX THIS LETHAL FAULT IN DESIGN AND APPLICATION.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DIAGNOSED BY REPAIR SHOP AS CAUSED BY RADIATOR COOLANT CONTAMINATION INTO THE TRANSMISSION. TOTAL REBUILD OF TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF 3,980.00. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN 2005 AND WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BY NISSAN. I HAVE LEARNED THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN AWARE OF FOR YEARS. MY VEHICLE HAS 129,000 MILES AND MORE THAN 10 YEARS SINCE PURCHASE. I FIND THIS MATTER DISTURBING THAT OWNERS ARE NOW FACING SUCH AN AVOIDABLE COST FOR REPAIR AND THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

Mileage: 129,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, ANTIFREEZE LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS WHEN PROMPTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. BUTLER NISSAN OF MACON, GEORGIA WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,365.

Mileage: 79,365

VEHICLE WAS DRIVING THEN HURT A LOUD THUD. ENGINE RACED. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC. THEN A TRANSMISSION SHOP. THEY SAID COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION. NEED NEW TRANNY AND RADIATOR.

Mileage: 119,210

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTED ABRUPTLY AND THE VEHICLE JERKED AND VIBRATED. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ODOR OF BURNING TRANSMISSION FLUID. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER ALSO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CORROSIVE AND DESTROYED THE COMPONENTS OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,500. ..UPDATED 06/14/17 *BF *AS

Mileage: 82,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED FRONT TO BACK AND THEN STALLED. THE ENGINE AND OTHER WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED INTO A PARKING LOT. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE STARTED THE NEXT DAY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED A WEEK LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR LIQUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE MECHANIC'S DIAGNOSIS AND REPLACED A FAULTY SENSOR. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AGAIN, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

Mileage: 200,000

COOLANT CONTAMINATION IN THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE

Mileage: 133,345

RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE

Mileage: 90,000

TRANSMISSION CROSS CONTAMINATION WITH COOLANT. 72,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. HAD TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THE FREEWAY DRIVING FULL SPEED, FORCING ME TO QUICKLY MOVE OVER 6 LANES WITH NO HIGH GEAR. NOW I HAVE A $4900 REPAIR BILL. I WAS IN THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP JUST 1 WEEK PRIOR FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT NISSAN SINCE IT WAS NEW. I WAS NEVER TOLD OF THE RECALL OR THAT I SHOULD BYPASS THE RADIATOR OR BEWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 72,000

TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKED CAUSING BUCKING IN THE TRUCK AT HYWAY SPEED AND SEVERE INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISION

Mileage: 87,457

TRANSMISSION STARTED SHUDDERING IN OD - RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION

Mileage: 164,000

COMPLAINT RE: TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. IS LOCKED IN 3RD GEAR IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. OVERDRIVE GEAR WAS GONE DUE TO COOLANT MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. HAD REPLACED RADIATOR & FLUSHED TRANSMISSION 3 MONTHS AGO HOPING TO BUY ME SOME MORE MILES BEFORE HAVING TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. DIDN'T WORK. TOLD BY NISSAN THAT I WAS SOL DUE TO OVER 100,000 MILES. *TR ## VIN PASSED ## NISSAN FRONTIER V6 4X4 2005 ##

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO AN EMPTY PARKING LOT AND THE SMOKE DISSIPATED. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. A REMEDY WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.

Mileage: 50,000

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK WITH OUT NOTICE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE, LEAVING ME WITH OUT CONTROLL OF THE PICKUP, WHILE I WAS IN MOTION , THE ENGINE RACED BUT LOST CONTROLL OF THE DRIVE, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS. I FOUND OUT AFTER THE FACT, THAT NISSAN HAD BEEN IN A CLASS ACTION LAW SUITE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT ONLY REMEDY THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN OUT OF CONTROLL. I WAS TOLD 3 MONTHS BEFORE I BOUGHT IT , NISSAN SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED SOMEONE, AND THE DEALER PUSHED IT OFF TILL THE 6 MON. WARRANTY RAN OUT FROM HALDEMAN FORD OF ALLENTOWN. THE NISSAN DEALER AT ROTHROCK NISSAN IN ALLENTOWN SAID IT WAS A NISSAN PROBLEM, BUT NISSAN CORP REFUSED TO HELP BECAUSE THE PICKUP BROKE DOWN A FEW MONTHS TOO LATE AFTER A 10 YEAR PERIOD OF FIXING THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS..THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES AT THE RADIATOR LEEK FLUID BACK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THEN WIDTH NO WARNING FAILS TO ENGAGE WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING.

Mileage: 89,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ABNORMAL VIBRATION. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED WITH THE RADIATOR FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED WITH THE RADIATOR FLUID AND STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR LEAKING COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID.I REPLACED THE RADIATOR A YEAR PRIOR TO PREVENT THIS PROBLEM FROM HAPPENING AT THE STRONG RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEALERSHIPS SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND STILL THE PROBLEM OCCURRED.

Mileage: 159,000

RADIATOR OF 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER ALLOWED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ENGINE COOLANT TO MIX. 1ST I HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW RADIATOR AND NOW I AM HAVING TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF MULIPLE FAILURES WHICH CAUSE MULTIBLE PROBLEMS. PAID $$$$ FOR RADIATOR REPAIR NOW $4300.00 FOR TRANSMISSON AT MY EXPENSE. I WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING ANOTHER NISSAN.

2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINEERING ISSUES WITH CROSS CONTAMINATION FLUIDS BETWEEN RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. *SMD

TRANSMISSION OIL LEAKING INTO COOLANT SYSTEM AND COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 120,000

RADIATOR LEAKING FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION . NOTICES SLIGHT SHUTTER AT HIGH SPEED, APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, IN THE TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER AT 89,000 MILES WITHOUT ANY ISSUE AT THAT TIME . DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE RADIATOR DUE TO NO PROBLEM AT THAT TIME. VEHICLE IS AT 112000 AND NOW RADIATOR FAILS. NISSAN WOULD NOT COVER DUE TO OUT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY. FAULTY DESIGNED SYSTEM AND POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD IN MY OPINION. VEHICLE AT MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUSH OUT TO SEE IF IT WILL FIX PROBLEM. MAJOR EXPENSE FOR POOR DESIGN PASSED ONTO CUSTOMER. I WILL NOT SPEND ANY MORE MONEY WITH NISSAN.

Mileage: 112,000

DESIGN DEFECT IN RADIATOR OF 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER ALLOWED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ENGINE COOLANT TO MIX. RESULTED IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. DEALER STATED SINCE VEHICLE HAS MORE THAN 100,000 MILES, THE $4 - 5,000 EXPENSE IS MINE. LAST NISSAN WE'LL EVER BUY AFTER 40 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE STARTED NORMALLY AFTER A FEW MINUTES. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE FUSE BOX. THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION... BROKE DOWN ON HIGHWAY AT 103,000 MILES.... WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL

Mileage: 103,000

TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHUDDER AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND PARKED IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. WENT OUT TO START VEHICLE NEXT DAY AND IT WOULD NOT CRANK. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND FOUND OUT THAT THE RADIATOR HAD AN INTERNAL RUPTURE WHICH CAUSED ANTIFREEZE TO CONTAMINATE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING THE TCM MODULE TO FAIL ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO INTERNAL PARTS. THE REPAIR IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $5300.00. SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED, I LEARNED THAT NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM FOR YEARS BUT NO NOTIFICATION WAS SENT TO ME WARNING ME OF THE PROBLEM. DESPITE NISSANS KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM, THE COMPANY HAS RECENTLY REFUSED TO COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIR.

TIMING CHAIN ON 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE ENGINE MAKES A LOUD WHINING NOISE DUE TO THE CHAIN CONTACT. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR MOTION IT MAKE THE NOISE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IN MOTION IT CHANGES GEARS AT A HIGHER RPM. I HAVE SENSORS THAT WERE OPERABLE BECAUSE OF THE TIMING CHAIN ISSUE.

IN 2013 I RECEIVED A NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION ABOUT A NISSAN VEHICLES RELATED TO POSSIBLE RADIATOR FLUID LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION DUE A DEFECT THAT PERMITS CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF ENGINE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. IT DID NOT INCLUDE VEHICLES BEFORE IT HAPPENS. IN 2013, I WENT TO A AUTHORIZED NISSAN DEALER TO CHECK IF MY RADIATOR CAN BE AFFECTED BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT IN THAT MOMENT THE RADIATOR WAS WORKING WELL WITHOUT GIVEN ME THE OPTION OF REPLACING IT TO PREVENT DAMAGES. AT THE TIME I WAS UNDER THE WARRANTY LIMITS, LESS THAN 10 YEARS AND LESS THAN 100,000 MILES. NOW IN FEBRUARY 13, 2016 MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS TO MOVE , HAD A HARSH SHIFT , IT SLOWED DOWN AND DID NOT DRIVE AT TIMES. I CLEARLY SAW A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I CALLED UNITED NISSAN SERVICE FOR A DIAGNOSE . THEY CHECK MY VEHICLE AND TOLD ME THAT MY RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION DUE THE RADIATOR DEFECT. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS CLASS ACTION DID NOT INCLUDE VEHICLES THAT WILL FACE THIS DAMAGE IN A FUTURE . IT DID NOT INCLUDE PREVENTION OF DAMAGES. NISSAN DID NOT RELEASED A RECALL FOR THE FAULTY RADIATOR. I KNOW I AM NOW OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY LIMITS, BUT AT THE TIME WHEN I VISITED NISSAN SERVICE TO PREVENT THIS NO ONE PROVIDED MY HELP OR INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP IN PREVENT SUCH DAMAGE. THE PRICE FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION IS 6,000 DLLS. THE TOTAL COST OF REPAIR ALL GOES UP 9,000 DLLS. ALSO I RECEIVED A RUDE CUSTOMER SERVICE BY THE SERVICE AGENTS OF NISSAN SERVICE . NOW I HAVE TO COVER THESE COSTS BY MYSELF. MY SON WAS DRIVEN THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPEN. THE GOOD THING IS THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS DRIVEN ON THE FREEWAY MAKING IT SO DANGEROUS. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH PEOPLE LIKE US? THE LEGAL CASE WAS CLOSED IN 2012 BUT NISSAN STILL HAVING VEHICLES SUFFERING THIS THIS DAMAGE . THIS IS A NEGLIGENCE THAT PASS THE FINANCIAL BURDEN TO CONSUMERS.

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 5 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLOODED WITH COOLANT AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

Mileage: 91,000

ORIGINAL MANUFACTURED RADIATOR DEFFECT CAUSED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE TO MIX WITH COOLANT CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH NO WARNING SIGNS. A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH DO TO VEHICLE STALLING AT HIGH SPEEDS. NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. THE WARRANTY DENIES THE RADIATOR AS PART OF THE WARRANTY RESULTING IN THE OWNER HAVING TO PAY FOR FIXING DAMAGES.

Mileage: 136,968

LAST NOVEMBER 6TH I HIT A DEER, FRONT IMPACT. TOOK TRUCK TO LOCAL GARAGE TO HAVE IT SERVICED. THE ONLY DAMAGE THEY SAID OCCURRED WAS BODY DAMAGE. 3WKS LATER GOT MY TRUCK BACK WITH BODY DAMAGE REPAIRED. ABOUT 3WKS AFTER THAT I STARTED TO NOTICE A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN MY TRUCK WHEN I GOT TO A CERTAIN SPEED. I REALLY DIDN'T THINK NOTHING OF IT AND THOUGHT MAYBE I HAD A TIRE OUT OF BALANCE. WELL THE VIBRATION STARTED GETTING WORSE AND I STARTED TO NOTICE A STRONG VIBRATION AND DECREASE IN POWER WHEN IT SHIFTED. SO I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE GARAGE TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIGURE ANYTHING OUT. I THOUGHT MAYBE THE DEER CAUSED MORE DAMAGE THAN EXPECTED BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. THE DIDN'T CHARGE ME ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. SO I DROVE IT FOR ANOTHER 2 WEEKS AND IT GOT WORSE. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND WITHIN 30MINS THEY DETERMINED A TRANSMISSION COOLER RUPTURE AND THAT IT BASICALLY HAS RUINED MY TRANSMISSION AND WOULD NEED TO REPLACE IT, A SERVICE CHARGE OF $6,000!!! THEY TOLD ME I WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY ON IT. I'VE BEEN READING ON THIS ISSUE AND KNOW NISSAN HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 10YRS OR 100,000 MILES. I WENT TO THE DEALER ON THE 19TH OF JANUARY. 19 DAYS OUT OR WARRANTY!!! WHEN I HAD ORIGINALLY HAD AN ISSUE IN LATE DECEMBER AND NOTHING WAS FOUND!!! THE TRUCK IS BARELY 10YRS OLD AND HAS LESS THAN 90,000 MILES ON IT.

Mileage: 89,125

TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. RPM INCREASES WITHOUT INCREASE IN SPEED. INTERMITTENT BUT GETTING WORSE. THIS IS MY SON'S TRUCK AND I AM WORRIED ABOUT HIS SAFETY WHEN MERGING INTO THE INTERSTATE. HE ALMOST GOT HIT BY A SEMI LAST WEEK WHEN MERGING INTO I-20 AS THE SLIPPING WAS HAPPENING.

Mileage: 145,000

RADIATOR LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSES TRANSMISSION TO FAIL AND REQUIRES A REBUILD. EXPENSIVE $3000 REPAIR. CURRENT LITIGATION AND COURT CASE DOES NO GOOD TO MOST OF THE CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. NO WARNING FROM NISSAN THAT THE RADIATOR IS FLAWED.

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS AND THE GEARS WERE STUCK OCCASIONALLY. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,668.

Mileage: 97,668

2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO COOLANT LEAKS FROM RADIATOR INTO TRANSMISSION. *SMD

SOON AFTER PASSING THE 103,000 MILE MARK IN OCTOBER, 2015, MY 2005 FRONTIER 'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (WITH THE V-6 ENGINE) STARTED SHUTTERING WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR WHILE THE CAR WAS GOING 62 TO 65 MPH. IT WAS QUITE STARTLING AND WORRISOME. THE PROBLEM SLOWLY GOT WORSE WITH SHUTTERING OCCURRING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND UNDER DIFFERENT LOADINGS. WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO, I TOOK IT INTO A NATIONAL TRANSMISSION REPAIR STORE (AMACO) WHO WANTED TO CHARGE ME $180 FOR 2 HOURS OF DIAGNOSIS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I ENDED UP PAYING THEM FOR ONLY 1 HOUR OF THEIR TIME. THEY SAID I HAD WATER IN MY TRANSMISSION AND THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT TO THE TUNE OF AROUND $5,000! THEY SAID I'D NEED TO REPLACE AN INTERNAL COMPUTER...ALONG WITH THE COST TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. WHAT MAKES ME MAD IS THAT I TOOK THE CAR TO AMACO AT AROUND THE 90,000 MILE MARK (IN 2014) TO GET SOME MAJOR TRANSMISSION WORK DONE THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A MALFUNCTIONING ELECTRONIC/COMPUTER PART IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS COST ME AROUND $1,600 TO FIX. AT THAT POINT, THERE WAS NO WATER IN THE TRANSMISSION. HOWEVER, THEY SHOULD HAVE INFORMED ME I SHOULD REPLACE THE RADIATOR AT THAT POINT BECAUSE THE RADIATORS WERE FAILING AND WOULD REQUIRE THE TRANSMISSION BE REBUILT. THE REPAIR SHOP COULD HAVE INFORMED ME OF THE PROBLEM NISSAN WAS HAVING WITH THE RADIATOR...BUT CHOSE NOT TO TELL ME. I COULD HAVE FIXED THE POTENTIAL RADIATOR PROBLEM FOR AROUND $300, BEFORE IT CREATED THE EVENTUAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHICH COST $5,000. NISSAN ALSO KNEW, BUT CHOSE NOT TO ADVISE ME TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE RADIATOR BEFORE IT FAILED. THE DEALER'S FAILURE TO NOTIFY ME ABOUT THE RADIATOR DESIGN FLAW, WHICH THEY KNEW ABOUT IT IN 2007, KEPT ME FROM REPLACING IT. I WOULD HAVE GLADLY DONE THIS TO AVOID SPENDING $5,000 WHEN THE RADIATOR FAILED. THE ESTIMATED "DATE THIS HAPPENED" IS 9/14/2015.

Mileage: 103,000

THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT ALLEGING NISSAN NORTH AMERICA CONCEALED FROM CONSUMERS A CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF ENGINE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID FOR 2005-2010 FRONTIERS. ON JUNE 18, 2015 MY TRUCK LOST POWER AND STOPPED WORKING, IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, ALMOST CREATING AN ACCIDENT. I TOWED MY TRUCK TO GET IT REPAIRED, I PAID $120 AND $1800, THEY FIXED HALF OF THE PROBLEM. SINCE MY TRUCK WAS STILL NOT WORKING I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I TOWED MY TRUCK TO BUENA PARK NISSAN WHERE I HAD TO PAY $3000 TO FIX MY TRUCK. I CONTACTED NISSAN NA TO SEE IF I COULD GET A REFUND FOR COST I HAD ALREADY MADE, THEY TOLD ME TO SEND THEM INVOICES OF WHAT I HAD PAID. LATER THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT REIMBURSE ME SINCE IT WAS NOT REPAIRED AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. I HAVE PAID A TOTAL OF $4920 FOR A PROBLEM NISSAN CREATED, KNEW ABOUT AND CONCEALED FROM CUSTOMERS.

Mileage: 49,562

MY RADIATOR FAILED AND CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION WITH COOLANT CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE TRUCK HAS 108,000 MILES BUT THE TECHNICIAN THAT REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN MIXING FOR A WHILE SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY HOW MANY MILES THE VEHICLE HAD AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. IT COST ME $4750 TO REPAIR. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSAN FRONTIERS.

Mileage: 108,000

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, GOT SCANNED AT AUTO ZONE, ALL CODES REFERENCED TRANSMISSION & SENSORS (I.E. CAM SHAFT)...TOOK TO GEURLICH'S AUTO FOR AN INSPECTION AND TRANSMISSION WAS SUGGESTED TO BE REPLACED...TOOK IT TO AAMCO FOR AN INSPECTION/2ND OPINION AND SAME DIAGNOSIS, REPLACE/RE-BUILD TRANSMISSION. FINALLY ACCUMULATED THE FUNDS TO HAVE A MECHANIC REBUILD OUR TRANSMISSION AND UPON RETURN OF OUR VEHICLE, AND UNBEKNOWNST TO US, HE MENTIONED THE KNOW ISSUES/INVESTIGATION STEMMING BACK TO 2012 WITH THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSING IT TO FAIL, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY WHAT HE FELT HAPPENED. SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON 08/08/2012 WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 100,340. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO NONE OF THE REPAIR OPTIONS OR CONCESSIONS NISSAN OFFERED UNDER THE PROPOSED CLASS ACTION, SINCE ALL WERE OFFERED ONLY UP TO 100K MILES. THE DATE THE INVESTIGATION WAS OPENED ACCORDING TO HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/ WAS 6/11/2012, 2 MONTHS PRIOR TO OUR PURCHASE. THE DEALER AT THE TIME SHOULD HAVE BEEN WELL AWARE OF THE OPEN INVESTIGATION AND PROVIDED US INFORMATION ON IT SO THAT WE MAY HAVE MADE A MORE INFORMED DECISION. I FEEL THAT THIS PURCHASE, ALTHOUGH 3 YEARS POST PURCHASE, FALLS WITHIN THE LEMON LAW STATUTES AND WARRANTS REIMBURSEMENTS TO US OF THE COST TO RE-BUILD THE TRANSMISSION, REPLACE RADIATOR, ETC.

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS CONTAMINATION BY THE ENGINE COOLANT. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

Mileage: 104,000

NISSAN HAS ADMITTED TO FAULTY RADIATORS IN THEIR 05-10 MIDSIZE VEHICLES. MINE BEING A FRONTIER BUT ALSO USED IN XTERRA, PATHFINDERS AND I BELIEVE TITANS.THESE RADIATORS WHEN THEY GO, TAKE THE TRANSMISSION WITH THEM. 4700 DOLLAR BILL LATER NISSAN SAYS I'M 2 MONTHS BEYOND MY 10 YEARS AND WILL NOT HONOR ANY HELP, EVEN THOUGH I'M 10K UNDER THE 100K MILE LIMIT. SO BECAUSE I KEPT MY MILES LOW AND HAVE TAKEN CARE OF MY PICKUP I AM STILL AT FAULT FOR THEIR FAULTY EQUIPMENT. MY FAMILY WILL ***NEVER*** OWN ANOTHER NISSAN AS LONG AS WE LIVE. AT ANYTIME THEY COULD HAVE SAID HEY FOR $275 WE WON'T RECALL THESE RADIATORS BUT THEY ARE $275 TO REPLACE YOU SHOULD DO IT BEFORE IT GOES AND TAKES THE TRANSMISSION TOO. [XXX] YOU NISSAN.... POOR BUSINESS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 91,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. WHILE REPAIRING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT BE INSTALLED BECAUSE SECTIONS OF THE SUBFRAME WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

Mileage: 93,000

NISSAN'S REAR AXLE DESIGN FOR THE FRONTIER IS FAULTY, UTILIZING A BLEEDER VALVE THAT CLOGS CAUSING SEALS TO FAIL. FAILED SEALS CAUSE DIFFERENTIAL OIL TO LEAK LEADING TO AXLE WEAR, AMONG OTHER ISSUES. OIL LEAK ALSO SPREADS ALL OVER BREAKS LEADING TO POSSIBLE BREAK FAILURE. MY AXLES WERE REPLACED IN 2012 (ALONG WITH BREAKS DUE TO OIL DAMAGE), NOW I'M BEING TOLD (2015) THAT AXLES NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I BELIEVE NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT THIS PART FAILURE GENERATES REVENUE, AS THE WORK IS COSTLY, AND LEADS TO THE NEED FOR BREAK REPLACEMENT. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL.

Mileage: 90,000

ENGINE COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND VICE VERSA

Mileage: 86,576

MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER HAS CROSS CONTAMINATION BETWEEN THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN NEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM YEARS AGO. TO FIX THE PROBLEM THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY OUT TO 10 YEARS. NOW I NEED A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. MY COST 3000 DOLLARS. I ONLY HAD A MONTH LEFT BEFORE I WAS [XXX] OUT OF LUCK. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 35 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION THAT ONLY HAD 67000 MILES ON IT. POOR DESIGN AND THE CONSUMER PAYS. THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF I WAS GOING TO FIX IT. I TOLD THEM I HAD 2 CHOICES FIX IT OR SET IT ON FIRE. THEY GAVE ME A STRANGE LOOK. I TOLD THEM TO REPAIR IT AND I WOULD BUT TOYOTA NEXT TIME. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

Mileage: 67,500

DUE TO A DEFECT KNOWN BY NISSAN, THE RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THE DEFECT AND DID NOTHING TO CORRECT IT. INSTEAD THEY ADDED AN "EXTENDED WARRANTY" THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DUE TO YEARS/MILEAGE LIMITATIONS. I MADE IT INTO THE LAST BRACKET, WHERE MY CO-PAY FOR THE REPAIR IS $3000 INSTEAD OF THE FULL $5800. THE DEALER DID NOT RESEARCH THE WARRANTY AND TRIED TO HAVE ME PAY FULL PRICE. I WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN DUE TO THEIR DECISION NOT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A KNOWN DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

RADIATOR LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION AND BOTH NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM (CLASS ACTION AND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS) FOR NISSAN AND THEY REFUSE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. BOUGHT USED FROM NISSAN DEALER AND ISSUE WAS NEVER MENTIONED EVEN THOUGHT THEY HAVE SERVICED SEVERAL CARS WITH SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

VEHICLE WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO A HIGH GEAR. THIS AFTER HESITATION, STUTTERING, AND OTHER ISSUES. TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILURE RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND RADIATOR FAILURE. COMMON DEFECT. LOCAL NISSAN DEALERS AS WELL AS NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT UNWILLING TO FIX OR TO "GOOD WILL" A SOLUTION. 3700$ AT A LOCAL LICENSED GARAGE TO FIX. *TR

Mileage: 132,715

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. AT ABOUT 84365 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING BADLY. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT MY TRANSMISSION COOLER HAD RUPTURED INSIDE THE RADIATOR AND COOLANT HAD GOTTEN INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. MY TRANSMISSION WAS BASICALLY DESTROYED AND IT COST OVER $5000.00 TO FIX IT. AFTER READING OTHER ARTICLES ABOUT NISSAN OWNERS WITH SIMILAR EXPERIENCES, I THINK THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS AND NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE FAILURES. *TR

Mileage: 84,326

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION, THE TORQUE CONVERTER, AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHANGE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

Mileage: 93,000

I ONLY HAD A YEAR SINCE I PURCHASED MY USED 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER FROM A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND MY TRANSMISSION FAILED, WITH NO WARNING WHATSOEVER, ONE DAY I FELT THE GEARS WHERE GETTING A LITTLE STIFF EVERY TIME I SHIFTED AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW IM AT THE SHOP, AND IM BEING TOLD ITS GOING TO BE 4800.00 TO FIX MY TRANSMISSION, I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO, STILL HAVE A LOAN ON THIS VEHICLE AND HAD TO SCRAP UP MONEY TO BUY AN ADDITIONAL CAR BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX IT. THEN I FIND OUT THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM BY NISSAN AND THEY REFUSE TO HELP OUT THE CONSUMER AND THEIR LAME WARRANTY COVERS NOTHING BECAUSE MY CAR EXCEEDS THE 100K MILE WARRANTY... THIS BLOWS, NEVER BUYING NISSAN AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

VEHICLE MADE A NOISE WHAT SOUNDED LIKE DRIVING OVER A RUMBLE STRIP. IT THEN FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND I WAS FORCED INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO SHOP AND WAS INFORMED OF THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES. RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND NOW ITS JUNK. IT WILL NOW COST ME $3400 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ISN'T A RECALL OUT FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SHUDDER AT SPEEDS 40-50 MPH A FEW WEEKS AGO, FEELS LIKE GOING OVER SHALLOW RUMBLE STRIPS. DID RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THE ISSUE IS COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID.THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE WITH ALL 2005 NISSAN FRONTIERS. MY TRUCK HAS 103,XXX MILES. OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY NOW. NEVER NEW OF THIS WARRANTY AND NOW I'M STUCK PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OUT OF POCKET FOR NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

DRIVING ALONG AT 65 MILES PER HOUR SEEMED LIKE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND ENGINE REVVED UP. ROLLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. TRUCK WOULD NO LONGER MOVE. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO GARAGE WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD COOLANT IN IT AND HAD WIPED IT OUT. TO REPLACE TRANS AND RADIATOR WAS 5300 DOLLARS.

Mileage: 155,000

TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SHUDDER WHEN IN OVERDRIVE AND AT SPEEDS 40-50 MPH. SHUDDERING GRADUALLY GREW WORSE AND WORSE. OCCASIONAL CLANK SOUND WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD. DIAGNOSED AT DEALER AS RUPTURED HEAT EXCHANGER IN RADIATOR WHICH ALLOWED COOLANT TO ENTER AND CONTAMINATE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 113,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THERE WAS WATER LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK NOTICE THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAD CAME ON AND WHILE DRIVING THE ACCELRATIONWAS VERY WEAK.I HAD THE CODE CHECK AND IT CAME BACK AS TCM AND VALVE BODY PROBLEM AND CAME HOME AND RESEARCHED TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK TYPE. *JS

Mileage: 144,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY TRUCK SHUTTERS LIKE GOING OVER SHALLOW RUMBLE STRIPS FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS. I REALIZED IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION AND SEARCHED ON TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH MY TRUCK AND FOUND THE BIG ONE (COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID). I IMMEDIATELY FLUSHED THE COOLANT AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, PERFORMED THE AT COOLER BYPASS OPERATION AND REFILLED. I'M NOW SAYING MY PRAYERS, TAKING MY VITAMINS, AND EXERCISING HOPING FOR THE BEST. *TR

Mileage: 134,000

VEHICLE SHUDDERS BAD IN 5TH GEAR CLUNKING IN AND OUT OF GEAR, AND UNABLE TO MAINTAIN SPEED ON HIGHWAY. HARD UP SHIFTS FROM GEARS 1 TO 2 AND 2 TO 3. HARD DOWN SHIFT CLUNK FROM GEAR 2 TO 1. COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION AND NEW RADIATOR NEEDED AS WELL. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE TRUCK MADE A SOUND AS THOUGH IT WAS DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS AND IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING OR ABOUT TO FAIL. THIS WILL LAST 5 TO 10 SECONDS AND THEN IT WILL SEEM NORMAL, AND THEN AFTER A SHORT WHILE THE SOUND AND SLIPPAGE WILL AGAIN OCCUR. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM WHICH HAS PLAGUED OTHER 2005-2010 NISSAN MODELS WHERE TRANSMISSION FLUID BECOMES CONTAMINATED WITH ANTIFREEZE FROM CRACKS WHICH DEVELOP IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE WHERE IT PASSES THRU THE RADIATOR. I HAVE CALLED NISSAN TO REPORT THIS. IT WAS ASSIGNED CASE #[XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 89,570

TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE FAILURE, CAUSING CROSS CONTAMINATION FROM THE RADIATOR TO THE TRANSMISSION. CONTACTED NISSAN, THROUGH PHONE AND CERTIFIED LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT OF NISSAN. NISSAN WOULD NOT EXCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. MY VEHICLE WAS NON DRIVABLE FOR 6 MONTHS DUE TO THE COST OF REPAIRS. *TR

Mileage: 117,000

2ND TIME A SOLENOID WENT OUT RESULTING IN ALL LOSS OF POWER AND POWER STARING WAS UNMANAGEABLE, UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. ANOTHER $1500 FIX. *TR

Mileage: 121,000

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

Mileage: 78,000

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

Mileage: 102,000

TRANS FLUID LEAKED INTO RADIATOR. *TR

Mileage: 72,469

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

Mileage: 150,000

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

Mileage: 116,000

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

Mileage: 76,183

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 HAVE A TRUCK PURCHASED 9 MONTHS AGO WITH A $5,100 MECHANIC BILL. I HAVE 28 $400 PAYMENTS TO MAKE FOR THE TRUCK IN ADDITION TO REPLACING THE POORLY MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. *TR

Mileage: 999,978

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

Mileage: 102,000

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

Mileage: 120,000

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

Mileage: 177

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

Mileage: 103,677

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

Mileage: 80,518

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

Mileage: 119,950

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

Mileage: 87,501

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

Mileage: 112,000

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

Mileage: 124,950

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

Mileage: 84,000

TRANSMISSION CONTAMINATION WITH COOLANT. *JS

Mileage: 110,000

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 CORRECTIVE ACTION, RESPECT THE CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE RESPECTED YOU OVER THE YEARS. *TR

Mileage: 129,000

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

Mileage: 91,551

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

Mileage: 73,850

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

Mileage: 154,000

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

Mileage: 119,000

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

Mileage: 110,000

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 FOR ABOUT $120 RETAIL AND PREVENTED THIS PROBLEM. SO FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS, NISSAN IS WILLING TO JEOPARDIZE MY SAFETY AND ALL OTHER NISSAN OWNERS SAFETY. AS THE NATIONAL SAFETY AGENCY, I IMPLORE YOU ACT IMMEDIATELY AND ORDER A RECALL ON THESE NISSAN VEHICLES BEFORE PEOPLE GET HURT. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF THE NATION FROM SAFETY ISSUES WHEN MANUFACTURERS FAIL TO DO SO. *TR

Mileage: 67,350

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

Mileage: 90,000

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

Mileage: 142,855

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

Mileage: 137,000

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

Mileage: 80,774

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.

Mileage: 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 SUSPECT THEY NEVER DID. *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

Mileage: 143,000

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

Mileage: 91,250

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

Mileage: 95,000

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

Mileage: 170,000

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

Mileage: 112,191

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

Mileage: 90,000

EXITED SIDE STREET ONTO FRONTAGE ROAD, RIGHT TURN, CAR SHUDDERED AND STOPPED MOVING. TRANSMISSION WAS ERRATIC CAUSING CAR TO LURCH FORWARD AT TIMES AND REMAIN IMMOVABLE AT OTHERS. FORTUNATELY ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS ABLE TO STOP AND ALLEVIATE A POSSIBLE T-BONE SCENARIO. WAS ABLE TO LIMP CAR THROUGH LIGHT AND INTO SERVICE STATION. *TR

Mileage: 118,500

2 MONTHS AGO I HAD A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR AND I FIXED IT. THEN AFTER THAT I START HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE SPEED DOES NOT CHANGE IMMEDIATELY AND WHEN IT CHANGE YOU FEEL LIKE SOME HAS PUSHED YOU FROM THE BACK. AND NOW THE CAR DOES NOT DRIVE ANYMORE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2013 WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50-60 MPH, I WOULD INTERMITTENTLY EXPERIENCE SHUDDERING VIBRATIONS LIKE THE ONES YOU FEEL WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH THOSE HIGHWAY STRIPS. I DID NOT PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO EAT THINKING IT PROBABLY WAS A MINOR PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES. 3RD WEEK OF NOVEMBER THE TRUCK STARTED SLIPPING. I WENT ONLINE TO FIND OUT WHAT CAUSES THE SLIP AND THERE IT WAS. HUNDREDS OF NOT JUST 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER OWNERS BUT ALSO XTERRA'S AND PATHFINDER OWNERS FROM 2005-2010 HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.INTERNET SEARCHES CAME OUT THAT AT A CERTAIN POINT IN THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AT AVERAGE ABOUT 90-100T MILES, RADIATOR COOLANT MIXES WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE A CRACK INSIDE THE RADIATOR, AND THE TRANSMISSION BECOMES CONTAMINATED AND EVENTUALLY FAILS. AFTER FINDING OUT THE SYMPTOMS OF POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION I EXAMINED MY TRUCK'S RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION AND FOUND OUT THAT INDEED TRANSMISSION OIL AND COOLANT HAD MIXED. I IMMEDIATELY REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION THINKING THAT THIS COULD STILL SAVE THE TRANSMISSION. A WEEK AGO WHILE AT A STOP, WITH THE TRUCK ON DRIVE AND RIGHT FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, I HEARD A BIG BANG AROUND THE TRANSMISSION AREA AND FELT A VIOLENT SHAKE AND THEN THE TRUCK JERKED FORWARD AND I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CAR HOME.I CANNOT USE THE TRUCK NOW OUT OF FEAR THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL SUDDENLY FAIL WHILE I'M DRIVING IN THE FREEWAY AND CAUSE OR BE IN AN ACCIDENT. MANY OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THAT WHEN THEIR TRANSMISSIONS FAILED, THEIR VEHICLES SUDDENLY LOST POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. I CALLED NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION WARRANTY TO 100000 MILES WITH A $3000 CO-PAY. *TR

Mileage: 92,540

VEHICLE SHIFTS UP AND DOWN FREQUENTLY AND HARD AT 40 TO 45 MPH WHILE IN DRIVE D. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WE WHERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE TRUCKS ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE NOISES AND LOSING SPEED. IT DIDN'T GIVE ANY WARNING, AND IT COMPLETELY STOPPED RUNNING. THE MECHANICS DIAGNOSTIC WAS " C/S TRANSMISSION WONT MOVE AND MIL IS ON.VEHICLE NEEDS A TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR DUE TO AN INTERNAL LEAK FROM THE COOLING SYSTEM IN TO TRANSMISSION" WE TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN AGENCY BECAUSE OF THE WARRANTY BUT THEY REFUSED TO RESPECT THE WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH I HAVE I HAVE TWO DIAGNOSTICS FROM DIFFERENT MECHANICS EXPLAINING THAT I HAVE THAT SAME PROBLEM, NISSAN IS NOT MAKING ITS SELF RESPONSIBLE EVEN THOUGH ITS TRUCKS HAVE A FACTORY DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 99,453

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT HE COULD NOT REPAIR THE ISSUE. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING WITH THE COOLANT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,220.

Mileage: 99,220

DRIVING HOME FROM POST OFFICE IN AUGUST 2010 TRUCK WOULD NOT EXCEED 35 MPH AND STARTED TO SHAKE INTENSELY. I GOT IT TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED $9500 TO FIX, I WAS OVER MILEAGE BY ABOUT 1500 MILES SO ALL OUT OF POCKET. I PARKED IT IMMEDIATELY DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS, MUCH DUE TO A $565 PAYMENT FOR A $30K NEW TRUCK FOR 5PLUS YEARS. NISSAN NORTH AMERICA DENIED ME ANY ASSISTANCE, AND WAS ACTUALLY MORE RUDE THAN THE HAVE THE LEAST BIT OF EMPATHY WHILE I WAS TOLD I DID REACH THE TOP PERSON WHO WAS THE FINAL SAY. MANY MONTHS PASSED AND I REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND OTHER THINGS, SO IT APPEARED AS I SAVED THE TRANS FROM HARM BY PARKING IT BUT NOW AT 98000 MILES THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON CODING AN AT BRAKE ISSUE WHILE THE TRANNY IS GETTING JUMPY AND SLUGGISH AGAIN. QUICK SEARCH RETURNS A BIG EXPENSE AND CROSS CONTAMINATION MOST LIKELY DID OCCUR AND CAN END UP COSTING ME WELL OVER $40000 IN THE LONG RUN FOR A MIDSIZE TRUCK THAT I HAVE OWNED AND TOOK GOOD CARE OF SINCE NEW AND I CANT EVEN GET RID OF IT NOW EXCEPT FOR LOSING EVEN MORE MONEY...VERY UNHAPPY AS AN OWNER OF 4 NISSANS IN MY TIME I REALLY EXPECTED A QUALITY PRODUCT, NOW I WORRY ABOUT WHEN IT COULD GO, AS I WAS RECENTLY LAID OFF I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR REPAIRS OR ANOTHER CAR. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 50 AND SUDDENLY AS IM GOING UP A HILL THE TRUCK BUCKS LIKE ITS RUNNING OUT OF GAS AND THEN SUDDENLY I LOSE ALL FORWARD POWER NO SYMPTOMS PREVIOUSLY JUST UP AND STOPPED THE ENGINES STILL RUNNING BUT NOT POWER COME TO FIND OUT ITS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE FROM WHAT MY TECH SAID ITS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH CERTAIN 2005 AND NEWER NISSAN MODELS SAID THE RADIATOR TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER ATM MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. I WOULD OF NEVER BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IF I NEW ABOUT THIS HORRENDOUS OVERSIGHT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THESE VEHICLES AND OF NISSANS CONTINUED LACK OF ATTENTION TO THIS COMMON AND VERY PAINFUL PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 197,720

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSED BY A RUPTURED SEAL IN THE RADIATOR. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

I WAS GOING TO YUMA AZ, WHEN ALL OF THE SUDENT THE CAR STARTED TO LOOSE SPEED WHIKE THE RMP WAS GOING CRAZY, WE ALMOST GOT HIT BY A HUGH COMMERCIAL TRUCK, SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD A LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANS, RIGHT NOW I HAVE TO BUY THE VALVE BODY!

Mileage: 92,000

RADIATOR RUPTURED AND COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND HAD TO BE FIXED. TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE DECLINED AND THEN COULD NOT DRIVE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

WHEN THE CAR HAD ABOUT 60 THOUSAND MILES I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG IN THE WAY CAR STARTED TO DRIVE. I ASKED FOR PAPER WORK OF THE INSPECTION BUT WAS NOT PROVIDED INSTEAD GOT THE ESTIMATE OF THINGS THAT WERE NOT IMPORTANT AT THAT TIME HAD NOTING TO DO WITH THE ISSUE I WAS HAVING WITH THE CAR. AFTER A WHILE I HAD TO USE THAT VEHICLE MY ONLY CAR,IT START SLIPPING ON THE GEARS. CAR HAD ABOUT 98 THOUSAND ON IT!! AND LITTLE AFTER THAT TRANSMISSION WENT!! I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO NORWICH DEALERSHIP FOR ANSWERS. WHEN THEY HAVE TOLD ME IS NOT COVERED BY MY WARRANTY BECAUSE CAR HAD AT THAT TIME OVER A 100,000 MILES (103,000 MILES). I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM NISSAN DEALERSHIP CAR WAS DISPLAY MODEL AND HAD 7 THOUSAND MILES ON IT WHEN I GOT IT. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT'S A NEW CAR AND THIS 7 THOUSAND MILES WONT COUNT TO THE WARRANTY MAJOR SELLING POINT PRICE WAS LOWER!!! WHEN I TOLD THEM ABOUT IT THEY SAID ITS OVER THE WARRANTY AND THEY CANT DO ANYTHING UNLESS I PAY MY SELF. I HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NISSAN ABOUT CLASS ACTION UNFORTUNATELY IT DOESN'T HELP ME BECAUSE MY CAR HAS MORE THAT 100 THOUSAND MILES. SO I HAVE A CAR WHICH HAS BEEN PAID OF AND IT JUST SITS ON THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE ITS BROKE AND I DON'T HAVE $3000 TO JUST GO AND FIX IT AND I DON'T THINK I SHOULD SINCE THEY NEW WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM SINCE THE BEGINNING!!! *TR

Mileage: 96,000

AFTER ACCELERATING UP TO 50MPH I LET UP OFF OF THE GAS AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION KICKED IN AGAIN AND CAUSED ME TO GO LUNGE FORWARD. I THOUGHT THAT I HAD BEEN REAR ENDED BUT THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME AND OBVIOUSLY NO DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. IT FELT AS IF I HAD A STANDARD AND HAD REVVED UP THE ENGINE AND POPPED THE CLUTCH. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE ESPECIALLY IF I HAD BEEN AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER. NISSAN HAD A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OUT FOR THIS BUT IT ONLY COVERED UP TO 100,000 MILES, ALTHOUGH THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS BEING A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. I TOOK THIS TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND HAD TO PAY THEM $119 TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND TELL ME THAT IT WOULD COST ME $5600.00 PLUS TAX. I DON'T HAVE THIS TO PAY ON A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT THAT CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD. I HOPE NO ONE IS KILLED BEFORE NISSAN IS MADE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

Mileage: 142,490

AFTER BUYING THE TRUCK FROM A DEALERSHIP, I WAS DRIVING HOME. I GOT ABOUT 5 MILES FROM THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING. I TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO WHO CONFIRMED WHAT I WAS AFRAID OF. THERE WAS COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. WE SUBMITTED IT TO THE WARRANTY COMPANY THAT I HAD PURCHASED A WARRANTY FROM WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT SINCE THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN UNCOVERED PART(OIL COOLER) THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY. AFTER DOING MORE RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM AND SEEING AS MANY CLAIMS OF THIS ISSUE HOW HAS NISSAN NOT RECALLED THE TRANSMISSION? IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS NORMALLY DOES NOT NORMALLY HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ENDS. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I AM LOOKING AT A $6000+ REPAIR BILL, AND UNTIL I CAN COME UP WITH THAT MONEY I HAVE TO LOOK OUTSIDE AT MY $12,000 LAWN ORNAMENT... *TR

Mileage: 102,000

AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE I HAD NO PRIOR SIGNS OF A PROBLEM. AS I WAS MERGING ON TO THE 4 LANE AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 45-50 MPH THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I THOUGHT I HAD GOTTEN SOME BAD FUEL BECAUSE I HAD JUST FILLED THE FUEL. THE SHAKING SOMEWHAT SMOOTHED OUT AT ABOUT 60 MPH, THOUGH THE TRUCK WAS LACKING NORMAL POWER, AND WOULD SHUDDER WHEN PULLING A GRADE. I DROVE THE TRUCK ABOUT 10 MILES AND STOPPED TO GET SOME FUEL TREATMENT BECAUSE I STILL THOUGHT I WAS HAVING FUEL PROBLEMS. AT THIS POINT THE TRUCK BEGAN TO ACT AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN NEUTRAL, THEN THE TRANSMISSION WOULD GRAB AND JAR THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY. AT THIS TIME I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND NEARLY HIT. I BARELY GOT THE TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC. FURTHER INSPECTION BY MY MECHANIC SHOWED ANTIFREEZE IN THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION TOTALLY REBUILT AND REPLACED THE RADIATOR, AT A COST OF ABOUT $4,000. ABOUT A YEAR PRIOR I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED, REPLACED FILTER AND FLUID AS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN MAINTAINED PROPERLY BECAUSE I PLANNED TO KEEP THE TRUCK FOR LONG TERM. MY TRUCK IS PAST THE WARRANTY SO TOTAL COST IS INCURRED BY ME. *TR

Mileage: 107,400

MY TRUCK FIRST STARTED SHUDDERING ON ACCELERATION IN 2011 AT 68,000 MILES. I CHECKED IT OUT AND FOUND FOAMY COOLANT AND STRAWBERRY LIKE MILK SHAKE IN MY TRANSMISSION. SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY I TRIED TO SAVE IT BY CHANGING THE FLUID AND DOING THE BYPASS WHICH WORKED FOR A WHILE. SOON AFTER I RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS ISSUE (MAKING IT WITHIN WARRANTY). I THEN TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER TO HAVE THEM CHECK IT OUT, THEY SAID THEY CHECKED THE PRESSURE ON THE RADIATOR AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. NOW 2 YEARS LATER AT 100,000 MILES MY TRUCK CAN'T SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE. THIS IS VERY UPSETTING AND I FEEL YOU GUYS SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THIS PROBLEM. ALL THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED!*JB

Mileage: 68,000

THE TRUCK LURCHED AHEAD WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, JUST MISSING A PEDESTRIAN. TOOK THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TODAY. WAS TOLD THAT COOLANT FROM A CRACKED RADIATOR HAD RUINED THE TRANSMISSION AND REPAIR WOULD BE $5700.00. CAR WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION AND ALWAYS DEALER MAINTAINED. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING AS FAR AS WARRANTY. THEY GAVE ME NISSAN NORTH AMERICA'S NUMBER. THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. THIS IS A DEFECT. NOT A WORN OUT PART. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED. NOT SAFE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

STARTED IT UP... HARDLY MOVED. SQUEAKING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD. LOOKS LIKE THE INFAMOUS RADIATOR LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION.... *TR

Mileage: 90,780

I WAS DRIVEN @ 45 MPH I FELL THE ROUGHNESS OF THE TRUCK, I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER THE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION GOT MIXED UP W/ THE COOLANT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. ANYWAY I PURCHASED OUTSIDE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR MY TRUCK LAST YEAR AND I CANNOT USED IT BECAUSE THEIR POLICY THAT IT DOESN'T COVER COOLING SYSTEM. I CALL NORTH NISSAN THEY SAID THEY GIVE US EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR ME IS NOT THE WARRANTY IT IS MANUFACTURE DEFECT PLS. HELP ME THAT NISSAN WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER/STALLING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS ANTI-SLIP LIGHT. TOOK VEHICLE SAME DAY TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP. TRUCK ACTUALLY STALLED ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP HOWEVER I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BAD CAM SHAFT SENSOR. SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED WITH ENGINE COOLANT. SUGGESTED REPAIR WAS TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION-$4800. I CHOSE TO JUST REPLACE THE CAM SENSOR. THREE DAYS LATER, 8/9, LOST POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED. RADIATOR AND HOSES LEAKED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. AGAIN DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED REPLACING THE RADIATOR AS WELL AS THE TRANSMISSION. REPLACED RADIATOR AND HOSES, FLUSHED TRANSMISSION TWICE. I PLAN TO DISPOSE THE TRUCK. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS PRIOR TO THESE TWO INCIDENTS. MY OPINION IS THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURING/ENGINEERING DEFECT. *TR

THREE DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE LETTER FROM NISSAN REGARDING THE "POSSIBLE" PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR FAILING I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND MY TRUCK STARTED TO SHUDDER AT ABOUT 45MPH. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD BUT COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG. I THEN HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RADIATOR FAILING AND DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION RESULTING IN A TOTAL REBUILD! CALLED NISSAN AND AFTER 3 WEEKS OF BACK AND FORTH TALKS OF "SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU" THE END RESULT WAS SORRY THEIRS NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR YOU! IF THIS PROBLEM WOULD OF HAPPEN ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY ALONG I HATE TO THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED! *TR

Mileage: 86,496

MY SLIP STARTED TO GO ON AND IT WOULD DOWN SHIFT AND SOMETIMES STALL. I NEEDED BRAKES SO I WENT TO TONY NISSAN TO HAVE MY BRAKES DONE AND THE SLIP CHECKED OUT AND THEY CALLED ME AND SAID THAT A TRANSMISSION LINE INSIDE MY RADIATOR CRACKED AND WAS LEAKING INTO MY TRANSMISSION AND I NEEDED TO REPLACED BOTH ( $9000.00 DOLLARS THAT I DON'T HAVE.) NISSAN HAS EXTENDED IT'S WARRANT TO 10 YEARS AND 100000 MILES, BUT MY TRUCK HAS OVER 147000 MILES. THIS IS NOT MY FAULT AS IT IS DUE TO A FAULTY RADIATOR THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT, I DRIVE A LOT DO TO MY WORK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. PLEASE HELP .. I DO NOT KNOW THE VIN NUMBER IT IS AT THE NISSAN DEALER HAVING MY BRAKES DONE. *TR

Mileage: 147,230

I STARTED NOTICING MY AUTOMATIC NISSAN FRONTIER HAVING PROBLEMS SHIFTING GEARS AROUND NOVEMBER OF 2012. I EVENTUALLY TOOK THE TRUCK INTO A DEALERSHIP TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AFTER RECEIVING PAPERWORK IN REGARDS TO A LAWSUIT NISSAN IS ENCOUNTERING DUE TO RADIATOR LEAKS. WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THIS DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH RADIATOR LEAK. THEY QUOTED ME 5,000 IN REPAIRS. I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THE PROBLEM SO I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT UNTIL JULY 12TH IT FINALLY GAVE OUT. I WAS GETTING OFF OF THE FREEWAY AND AS I WAS STOPPING AT THE RED LIGHT TO GET OFF OF THE FREEWAY THE TRUCK STARTED TO FEEL LIKE IT WAS GOING TO GIVE AND IT STARTED SHAKING, IT JERKED SUDDENLY AND ALMOST CAUSED THE CAR BEHIND ME TO CRASH INTO MY BUMPER, I PUT A LITTLE MORE GAS INTO THE TRUCK AND MADE IT INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE NEAREST PLACE AROUND. AS I WAS GOING TO PARK IT FINALLY GAVE OUT FOR GOOD. I CALLED A LOCAL TOWING COMPANY AND THEY TOOK THE CAR BACK MY HOUSE, I CALLED UP A MECHANIC TO COME TO THE HOUSE AND EXAMINE THE TRUCK AND HE ADVISED ME OF THE RADIATOR LEAK, THE ONE THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP DENIED HAVING. I AM VERY UPSET THAT THEY LIED TO ME AS WELL AS NISSAN ONLY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY TO 80,000 MILES WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AFTER THAT. I HAVE APROX 118,000 MILES, I WILL LOOK FOR A LAWYER TO FILE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

TOOK MY FRONTIER TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION FLUSH. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THIS SERVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED DUE RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKING INTO MY TRANSMISSION. THROUGH RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND MANY OWNERS OF FRONTIERS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND HAVE SHARE THIS ISSUE WITH NISSAN. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS AND NO SUPPORT TO OWNERS LIKE MYSELF WITH TRUCKS OVER A 100,000 MILES. IT APPEARS NISSAN HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THEIR SUVS FOR SOME TIME. THIS DEFECT IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND VERY COSTLY FOR OWNERS TO CORRECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT. *TR

Mileage: 102,251

VEHICLE SHUDDERED AND LOST ACCELERATION WHEN PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE FOLLOWING BEHIND HAD TO MAKE PANIC STOP IN ORDER TO AVOID COLLISION WITH REAR OF MY VEHICLE. WAS ADVISED BY A MECHANIC THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS A KNOWN TRANSMISSION FAILURE ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 113,650

I BROUGHT MY TRUCK INTO THE NISSAN DEALER AFTER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. NISSAN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE 2005 FRONTIER THAT CAUSES CROSS CONTAMINATION BETWEEN THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. DESPITE ONLY BEING 6K OVER THE 80K FREE REPAIR, I HAD TO PAY $2500 OUT OF POCKET FOR DEDUCTIBLE. THIS SEEMS UNREASONABLE AS IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT AFFECTING 2005-2009 FRONTIERS AND XTERRAS. *TR

Mileage: 86,852

THE RADIATOR DEVELOPED A CRACK AND CAUSE FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION LINES CAUSING A FAILURE TO BOTH PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF NISSAN WOULD HAVE WARNED ME ABOUT ISSUES CONCERNING THIS FAILURE THAT IS OCCURRING IN LOTS OF SIMILAR MODELS. *TR

Mileage: 121,000

MY 2005 FRONTIER HAS NEVER GIVEN ME ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL 2 DAYS AGO. THE TRANSMISSION STARTED MESSING UP. I CAME UPON A 4 WAY STOP & WHEN I WENT TO CROSS THE ROAD IT WAS LIKE I HAD IT IN NEUTRAL. I PULLED OVER & STOPPED THEN TRIED TO START AGAIN & IT DID THE SAME THING. I'VE SINCE HEARD & READ ABOUT ALL THE PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE COOLANT & TRANSMISSION. THE QUOTES I HAVE RECEIVED TO FIX THIS ARE OUTRAGEOUS. NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM. NOT A HAPPY CUSTOMER ANYMORE. *TR

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I OWN A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER SE. ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 THE VEHICLE FAILED WHILE I WAS APPROACHING AN OVERPASS IN A DOWNPOUR OF THUNDERSTORMS. IT APPEARED THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED. I HAD TO STEER MY VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AS THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO HAVE SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. THANKFULLY, NO INJURY OR ACCIDENT OCCURRED. AFTER SPEAKING WITH A NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICAN CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, I HAD IT TOWED INTO PAT FISHER NISSAN IN TITUSVILLE ON MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 17TH. IN THE MEANTIME AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET (WWW.NISSANHELP.COM), I LEARNED NISSAN IS IN LITIGATION DUE TO A 'DESIGN FLAW' IN THE RADIATOR; CAUSING CROSS CONTAMINATION OF FLUIDS (RADIATOR TO TRANSMISSION) RESULTING IN MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THIS RESULTS IN REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND HAVING THE ENGINE FLUSHED ($1097.00); AND AN ADDITIONAL FEE ($4524.00) FOR REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT, NISSAN HAS AGREED TO PAY PARTIAL PAYMENT FOR THE REPAIRS IF YOUR VEHICLE FALLS UNDER THEIR SPECIFIC GUIDELINES (YEAR OF VEHICLE AND ODOMETER READING). UNFORTUNATELY, MY VEHICLE DID NOT. MY CONCERN: SINCE THIS MALFUNCTION IS A 'DESIGN FLAW' (TOLD THIS BY A NISSAN EMPLOYEE) BY THE MANUFACTURER, HOW DO CUSTOMERS GET NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY? THERE SHOULD BE NO LIMITATIONS OR GUIDELINES TO MEET. ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA BEFORE DEATH OR A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OCCURS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE VEHICLE SHIFTS ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL WHILE ENGAGED IN DRIVE. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL AND THE EXPENSE OF REPAIR BE REIMBURSED BY NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION TO THE CONSUMER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND REVIEW. I LOOK FORWARD TO A RESPONSE. SINCERELY *TR

Mileage: 120,856

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEGAN STUMBLING AND THEN I LOST 5TH GEAR. TOOK TO DURABUILD TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT ENGINE COOLANT HAD GOTTEN INTO THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE RADIATOR TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE CLEANED & REPAIRED. THE VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE SOLENOID. REPAIR BILL CAME TO $4100.00. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

DRIVING ON FREEWAY, FELT A VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE, AND THEN A RAPID DECREASE IN SPEED AS THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AND LOOSE POWER. LUCKILY, WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT ACROSS THREE LANES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC TO SAFETY. VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR, AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY LOCAL DEALER. LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK INSTEAD OF MY WIFE OR SON, AND WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE OUT OF THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 129,104

AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70 MPH AND IN A RAINSTORM, NISSAN FRONTIER 2005 SEEMED TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR AND NEVER RE ENGAGE. WAS LEFT ON THE ROADSIDE UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. MOTOR WOULD START AND WHEN SHIFTED INTO ANY GEAR, WOULD REV WITH NO TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT. VEHICLE TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHO PULLED THE PAN AND FOUND RADIATOR FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION. TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FRONTIERS, PATHFINDERS, AND XTERRAS, BUT NISSAN WAS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DESIGN FLAW. I AM NOW LEFT WITH A $6000.00 DOLLAR REPAIR ON A TRUCK THE IS ONLY WORTH ABOUT $6000.00. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR AIR-CONDITIONING SERVICE. NISSAN DEALER FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID IN MY COOLANT. THEY STATED I NEEDED A NEW RADIATOR DUE TO TRANSMISSION COOLER IN RADIATOR FAILURE. THEY CHANGED OUT THE RADIATOR, THE COST WAS OVER 1200.00. ONCE RADIATOR WAS FIXED THEY STATED THEY FOUND A SMALL AMOUNT OF COOLANT IN MY TRANSMISSION. THEY FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION TWICE (ADDITIONAL 250.00) BUT COULD NOT TELL ME IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY ALSO STATED THEY HAVE NEVER HAD THIS FAILURE AT THIS DEALERSHIP IN FREDERICKSBURG, VA BEFORE THE NEW NISSAN EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRES (90000 MILES OR 9 YEARS). NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME..... *TR

Mileage: 124,000

I WAS DRIVING THE NISSAN FRONTIER ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN THE RPM SHOT UP THEN DROPPED AND THE TRANSMISSION QUIT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP. I HAD TO CROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TO AVOID A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I MANAGED TO GET THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION LEAKING FLUID INTO THE RADIATOR CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL WITH OUT ANY WARNING. I WAS TOLD THE FIX WOULD COST ME AROUND 5,500.00 DOLLARS. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND REALLY SHOULD CORRECT IT BEFORE SOME ONE IS KILLED BY THIS OBVIOUS MAJOR MALFUNCTION IN THE DESIGN OF THERE PRODUCT. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, SHUDDERS AT 40MPH, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ERRATIC. TOOK INTO NISSAN SERVICE CENTER WHO TOLD US THAT COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION FROM A FAULTY RADIATOR AND IT WOULD COST $5500 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AS WE WERE OUT OF WARRANTY. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 116,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT OBSERVED AN OIL LEAVE IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS, WHO STATED THAT COOLANT FLUID WAS LEAKING AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS MIXING WITH THE COOLANT FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,047.

Mileage: 89,047

THE 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER NISMO 4X4 THAT I WAS DRIVING STARTED SLIPPING AND MISSING CAUSING MY ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THE ENGINE BECAME VERY JUMPY AND COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED. HAD THERE BEEN OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 147,000

MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR THAT ALLOWS COOLANT TO ENTER THE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO NOT SHIFT THROUGH THE GEARS. NISSAN IS ONLY WILLING TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES AND $3000 FOR THE REPAIRS OF THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS. *TR

Mileage: 92,861

MY TRUCK BEGAN DISPLAYING SYMPTOMS OF CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. FOR EXAMPLE, GEAR SLIPPAGE AND SHUDDERING AS IF ROLLING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY FOUND THE COOLANT HAD TRANSFORMED INTO A THICK PINK SUBSTANCE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A SEAL HAD FAILED IN THE RADIATOR CAUSING COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS THEN BAKED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. WE REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND SO FAR HAVE DELAYED THE INEVITABLE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. I CALLED LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIPS AND THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT DECLINED TO OFFER SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE BARRIERS, ETC., THEY WOULD NOT ADDRESS MY ISSUE. I CONTACTED THE BBB AND A NISSAN REPRESENTATIVE EVENTUALLY CALLED ME, BUT IN THE END DISREGARDED MY ISSUES WITH MOCK CONCERN. I CONTACTED THE MN ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THEY SAID I MIGHT TAKE THEM TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT. IT SEEMS THAT NISSAN HAS CONCOCTED A WARRANTY THAT ONLY BENEFITS PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM AT A VERY PREMATURE STAGE. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

TRANSMISSION FAILING SOUNDS AND FEELS LIKE DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS. ALSO NOTICED CABIN HEATER DOES NOT WORK WHEN AT A STOP. SIGNS INDICATIVE OF RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION SEAL FAILURE AND RADIATOR COOLANT IN TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

I NOTICED AT DRIVING SPEEDS OF AROUND 45 MPH THE TRUCK WOULD SHAKE VERY BAD. ALSO MY HEATER WOULD ONLY BLOW COLD AIR. WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK IN THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LOOKED LIKE A STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE. $6000.00 LATER AND LOOKING ONLINE SEEING ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY NISSAN IS NOT BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE? *TR

Mileage: 97,400

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS MY 2005 FRONTIER BEGAN SHUDDERING AND THEN LOST POWER WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A REAR END COLLISION. AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS CONTAMINATED. IT APPEARS NISSAN HAS BEEN LONG AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, WITH THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ACROSS THE BOARD FROM THE 2005 - 2010 FRONTIERS, PATHFINDERS AND XTERRAS NISSAN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A CATASTROPHIC DEFECT IN DESIGN KNOWN TO NISSAN AND SHOULD BE MADE RIGHT BY NISSAN TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THE CUSTOMER. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

LOUD CLANKING SOUNDS COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE; MY MECHANIC SAYS ITS THE TRANSMISSION, AGAIN; EIGHT YEAR OLD VEHICLE, GOING ON ITS 3RD TRANSMISSION... I PAID $1,500.00 FOR THE LAST ONE (2010)... WHY DO THESE KEEP GOING BAD? PLEASE HELP. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

TRANSMISSION ATF IS CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT CAUSE TRANSMISSION TO DETERIORATE. TRANSMISSION RATTLES AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MILES PER HOUR WHEN SHIFTING INTO AND OUT OF OVERDRIVE. BECOMING NOTICEABLY MORE JERKY OVER TIME IN LOWER GEARS. HEAT DOES NOT WORK WHILE ENGINE IS IDLING AND TAKES A LONG TIME TO WARM UP WHILE MOVING. COLD AIR BLOWING ACROSS WINDSHIELD ON COLD DAYS HAS CAUSED WINDSHIELD TO FOG UP FROM THE INSIDE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS UNDER 113000 MILES AND NISSAN DEALERSHIP HAS GIVEN ME AN ESTIMATE OF $5119.42 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. *TR

FOUND OUT TODAY THAT MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER IS AFFECTED BY DEFECTIVE RADIATOR THAT IS CAUSING COOLANT TO MIX IN WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THUS FATALLY DAMAGING TRANSMISSION. UNDERSTAND THAT THIS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR AND MODEL NISSAN. RADIATOR HAS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1400.00 THAT NISSAN WON'T PAY FOR BECAUSE MILEAGE IS OVER 100,000 MILES. I DON'T KNOW YET IF TRANSMISSION IS DAMAGED. THIS IS A DEFECT THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT AND THEY SHOULD REPLACE AT NO CHARGE NO MATTER WHAT THE MILEAGE IS. THIS IS THEIR PROBLEM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOW ITS MINE. PLEASE HELP AND ISSUE A RECALL. THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 138,880

JUST BOUGHT AN 05' NISSAN FRONTIER AND UPON GETTING ONTO A HIGHWAY I SPED UP TO 55-60MPH TO FEEL A VIBRATION LIKE GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS AND A LOSS OF POWER. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE INTERCOOLER FROM THE RADIATOR BROKE INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING A LEAK OF ANTIFREEZE INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. WHICH CAUSED SOMETHING IN THE TRANSMISSION TO BREAKDOWN. I AM NOT VERY PROFICIENT IN CAR REPAIR SO I AM NOT SURE THE EXACT PART THIS CAUSES TO MALFUNCTION INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. ALL I KNOW IS THAT I NEED A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WHICH IS GOING TO CAUSE $6000.00 AT LEAST. I ALSO KNOW THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD THING AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS HAPPEN TO 05-10 NISSAN FRONTIERS, XTERRAS AND PATHFINDERS. THIS SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUES; IF I'M ON A HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY AND TRY TO PASS SOMEONE AND EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF POWER TO SPEED UP TO PASS THEM I COULD GET IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. *TR

Mileage: 105,150

THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS LACK IT TRYING TO LOCKUP WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 45 MILES PER HOUR. IT HAS GOT SO BAD THAT I HAVE PARK THE TRUCK AT HOME BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION MAY LOCK UP WHILE I AM DRIVING. AND MAY CAUSE SOMEONE TO GET KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

EXPERIENCED SUDDEN JERKING WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION COOLER WHICH ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. PRIOR TO THIS, THERE WAS NOTHING AMISS WITH THE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. APPARENTLY THIS IS COMMON AND EVEN THOUGH SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED TO NHTSA, NISSAN STILL CLAIMS THAT THERE IS NO DEFECT. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, PLEASE CONSIDER ISSUING A RECALL. I JUST BOUGHT MY TRUCK IN DEC. 2012 WITH ABOUT 81,000 MILES AND 4 MONTHS AND 2,000 MILES LATER, I AM ON THE HOOK FOR THIS DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 280,000.

Mileage: 280,000

THE COOLANT IS MIXING WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. IT'S A KNOWN AND WIDESPREAD DEFECT YET NISSAN IGNORES IT. WE PAID $14,000 FOR THE TRUCK LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, BUT NISSAN HAS SQUEEZED US OUT OF ANY REBATE BECAUSE THE TRUCK IS OVER 100,000 MILES. NOW WE HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER $7,000 TO FIX IT. THAT'S WRONG. THEY SHOULD FIX IT NO MATTER HOW OLD. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

COMING HOME FROM WORK THE TRUCK STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SKIP. I HAD TO TURN ON THE HEATER TO KEEP THE TRUCK FROM OVERHEATING AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE ANTIFREEZE IS LEAKING IN TO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NISSAN, BUT THEY ARE NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THE TRUCK WITH ME. IF THAT TRANSMISSION BREAKS AND CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS. NISSAN NEEDS TO REPLACE THE PARTS. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

$6219.70 FOR A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION BECAUSE I'M ~2000 MILES OUT OF THEIR RECENTLY "EXTENDED" WARRANTY. TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR/COOLING SYSTEM WERE RECOMMENDED TO BE REPLACED BY NISSAN TODAY BECAUSE OF CONTAMINATION OF TRANSMISSION FLUID BY A (KNOWN BUT NOT RECALLED) DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE. AT APPROXIMATELY 98,000K THE TRUCK BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE VIBRATION WITH OVERDRIVE ENGAGED. IT FELT LIKE DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS ALSO, THE TRUCK HAD NO HEAT WHEN IDLING. I TOOK IT TO A QUALIFIED LOCAL MECHANIC AND HAD THE RADIATOR FLUSHED. THAT CORRECTED THE HEAT ISSUE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE. I DRIVE THE TRUCK DAILY TO/FROM WORK AND TRAVEL WITH MY 3 DAUGHTERS TO AND FROM SCHOOL. MY NEXT OPPORTUNITY WAS ABOUT 6 WEEKS LATER AND I TOOK IT TO NISSAN. THERE WAS A RECENT CLASS ACTION SUIT REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND "AN EXTENSION WAS OFFERED WHICH WOULD REPAIR THE ISSUE FOR $3000.00. THIS COVERED CARS UP TO 100K. BECAUSE NISSAN DID NOT DIAGNOSE THIS ISSUE UNTIL I WAS AT 102,200 MILES, A LOW LEVEL CALL CENTER DENIED THE REPAIR. RATHER THAN DRIVE THE 10,000 MILES PER YEAR THAT IS APPARENTLY ACCEPTABLE TO NISSAN, I DRIVE ROUGHLY 12,750. THAT EXTRA 35 MILES PER DAY MAKES IT SO THAT I HAVE TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $3219.70 FOR SOMETHING THAT I SHOULD BE PAYING NOTHING FOR. THE FIX FOR THE ISSUE THAT DESTROYED MY TRANSMISSION IS ACTUALLY A ROUGHLY $500 REPAIR OR LESS THAN $100 FOR A DIY'ER. NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL BEFORE THEIR "CUSTOMERS" TRANSMISSIONS STARTED DESTROYING THEMSELVES. *TR

Mileage: 102,235

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE SLIP WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR COOLANT HOSE WAS LEAKING AND THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. AS A RESULT, BOTH COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID FOUND IN THE RADIATOR AND DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD COVER A PORTION OF THE REPAIR COST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,494. *TR

Mileage: 74,494

RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. WE HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND ANYTHING SINCE IT HAPPENED AT 111K MILES RATHER THAN UNDER 100K. *TR

Mileage: 111,488

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS AND THE MAINTENANCE REQUIRED WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,000. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. SHE WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BOTH NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

Mileage: 123,000

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. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

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 VEHICLES HIT US. WHEN IT WAS OK TO MOVE THE TRUCK, MYSELF AND 2 OTHER DRIVERS HELPED PUSH IT CLEAR. AFTER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE I NOTICED MUSTARD YELLOW SUBSTANCE IN THE RADIATOR OVERFILL AND ONE OF THE GUYS THAT HELP PUSH LOOKED AT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO FIND A STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE COLOR FLUID IN THERE. AFTER BEING EXAMINED BY A MECHANIC IT WAS DETERMINED THE RADIATOR 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 SITUATION 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 RADIATOR COSTING US THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX AND HOW LONG BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

MY VEHICLE BEGAN JOLTING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING GEARS. I HAD FEARS THAT MY TRUCKS GEAR WOULD LOCK UP ON THE HWY SO I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP. THIS OCCURS NEARLY EVERY TIME I TAKE THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. JUST FOUND OUT FROM MY MECHANIC THAT IT IS COMMON IN THESE TRUCKS TO HAVE COOLANT LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROY IT. APPEARS TO BE THE ISSUE WITH MY TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

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. *TR

Mileage: 85,302

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP GEARS WITH HESITATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS, IN WHICH BOTH ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. UPDATED 04/24/13 *BF THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE RADIATOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. UPDATED 06/13/13

Mileage: 60,000

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE #1 LANE AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH ON THE 60 EAST FREEWAY CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE 57 NORTH FREEWAY CONNECTOR, I LOST FULL POWER AND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY EXIT NARROWLY MISSING SEVERAL TRUCKS AND CARS IN THE PROCESS. AFTER LIMPING HOME AND LETTING THE VEHICLE SIT FOR A FEW DAYS, I TOOK THE TRUCK TO PUENTE HILLS NISSAN COMPLAINING THAT I LOSE POWER ONCE THE TRANSMISSION COMES TO TEMPERATURE AND THAT I NEEDED THEM TO ASSES THE DAMAGE AT A COST TO ME OF $130. THEIR EVALUATION EVENTUALLY CONCLUDED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD RUPTURED CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION THEREBY DAMAGING IT BEYOND REPAIR. THEY QUOTED ME APPROXIMATELY $4,500 FOR THE REPAIR WHICH MAINLY INCLUDED LABOR, TAX, A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION, A NEW RADIATOR, AND ALL NECESSARY HOSES AND PARTS. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BUT APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM MY HOME, I LOST POWER ONCE AGAIN AND WAS FORCED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED THE REST OF THE WAY. THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE AT ALL AT THIS POINT. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 101,500. MAH

Mileage: 101,500

WHILE TRAVELING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER STARTED TO LOSS POWER AND I WAS ALMOST HIT BY 3 OTHER VEHICLES WHEN THE TRUCK STOPPED MOVING IN THE TRAFFIC. I HAD IT TOWED TO RELIABLE MECHANIC AND WAS NOTIFIED BY HIM THAT THERE WAS RADIATOR FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THIS HAS BECOME A GROWING ISSUES WITH NISSAN BETWEEN 2005-2010 MODEL PATHFINDERS, XTERRAS,AND FRONTIERS. THIS IS THE THIRD NISSAN FRONTIER I HAVE OWNED AND I SING THE PRAISES OF NISSAN TO EVERYONE I KNOW, I AM SHOCKED TO SEE HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED AND STILL NISSAN ACTS IRRESPONSIBLE AND REFUSES TO RECALL THIS ISSUE IT IS A $3800 REPAIR AND NISSAN KNOWS IT IS RAMPANT IN THESE MODELS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN NISSAN THIS IS NO WAY TO TREAT THEIR LOYAL FOLLOWING MAKES MORE SENSE PUTTING THE $3800 TOWARDS A NEW TOYOTA PICKUP. *TR

Mileage: 112,001

WHILE JUST MERGING ONTO THE BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY IN BROOKLYN AT APROX 50 MPH WITH NO PREVIOUS WARNING SIGNS TO ANY VEHICLE PROBLEM THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT OF GEAR ALMOST CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION. HAD TO PUT HAZARDS ON AND COAST ACROSS 3 LANES SINCE IT WAS A LEFT LANE MERGE. VEHICLE SLOWED TO APROX 20 MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO CATCH AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO EXIT BQE TO A SAFE LOCATION. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ANTI FREEZE MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM NOW WITH NISSAN. IT COULD OF ALL BEEN AVOIDED IF RADIATOR WAS RECALLED BY NISSAN PRIOR. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

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. *TR

WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND AT ABOUT 45 TO 50 MPH, MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT LEAVING THE TRUCK POWERLESS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER! I WAS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, WHICH WAS A DEATH TRAP NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF BUT FOR MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER AS WELL. I BEGAN CHECKING THE FLUIDS AND I DISCOVERED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS A BURNT BROWN STRAWBERRY MILK SHAKE COLOR. I WAS VERY CONFUSED ABOUT THE COLOR OF MY TRANSMISSION FLUID SO I HOPPED ON GOOGLE TO RESEARCH PROBLEMS WITH FRONTIERS TRANSMISSION. I FOUND LIST OF COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE I HAD JUST EXPERIENCED. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP IN GAINESVILLE GA. I ASKED THE TECH IF THE TRUCK HAD ANY RECALLS. THE TECH STATED THAT THERE WHERE 2 RECALLS. I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ANY KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION, AND OF COURSE NO WAS THE RESPONSE. I INQUIRED ABOUT THE ISSUES I DISCOVERED. THE TECH THEN REPLIED "WELL NISSAN DID EXTEND THERE WARRANTY ON THAT PROBLEM". HE TOLD ME TO CALL NISSAN N. AMERICA. THE NISSAN REPRESENTATIVE ASKED ALL THE QUESTIONS THE DEALERSHIP DID AND ASKED ABOUT THE MILES. I REPLIED 101570. THE REP. STATED HE WAS SORRY I WAS OUT OF ALL EXTENDED WARRANTY PLANS. I ASKED HIM JUST BECAUSE I AM 1500 MILES OVER YOU GUYS CANT HELP ME? THE REPRESENTATIVE REPLIED THAT IT WAS OUT OF THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY WINDOW, SO HE WAS SORRY THEY CAN NOT ASSIST ME. THEN HE GAVE ME A NUMBER TO THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION HOT LINE. I REPLIED TO HIM BY STATING, WOW THIS IS THAT BIG OF A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN SPECIFICALLY HAS A HOTLINE FOR THE SITUATION? THE REPRESENTATIVE JUST HANG UP. I THEN CALLED THE 1877-208-9275 RADIATOR AND COOLANT ASSIST LINE. THEY WHERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. MY ARGUMENT IS WHY HAS NISSAN NOT MADE A RECALL ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE? *TR

Mileage: 101,570

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. *TR

Mileage: 99,150

DISCOVERY OF AN APPARENTLY KNOWN ISSUE OF FAILED RADIATOR IN THIS VEHICLE THAT CONTAMINATES THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID RESULTING IN FAILED TRANSMISSION REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF IT AS WELL AS THE RADIATORS. SURPRISED AND EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THIS ISSUE HAPPENING TO MY VEHICLE WHICH I PURCHASED NEW FROM THIS DEALER AND LOYALLY HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED AT THE SAME PLACE OF PURCHASE. THIS APPARENTLY IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND YET MY VEHICLE WAS NEVER CHECKED FOR THIS PROBLEM AT ANY OF MY MAINTENANCE INTERVALS BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE INITIAL REVEALING OF THE PROBLEM WAS PRESENTED TO ME AT FULL PRICE OF THE REPAIR. AFTER EXPRESSING MY DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE FINDINGS AND THE QUALITY OF THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT I RECEIVED A CALL BACK STATING THAT I COULD CALL THE CUSTOMER CARE AND HAVE THE REPAIR PERFORMED WITH A CO-PAY OF $3000 OF THE $6400 QUOTED REPAIR. STILL UNHAPPY ABOUT WHAT I WAS FACING FOR A VEHICLE THAT HAD NOT YET REACHED 100K MILES, I WAS LEFT WITH NO OPTION BUT TO CALL AND GO WITH THE OFFER OF PARTIAL PAYMENT. THIS IS THE SECOND MAJOR REPAIR I HAVE HAD TO HAVE, FIRST BEING REPLACEMENT OF TIMING CHAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 80K MILES AT A COST OF $1500. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

COOLANT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID AND DESTROYED TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 121,000

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. *TR

Mileage: 11,600

SUDDENLY MY TRUCK APPEARED TO HAVE NO POWER; COULD NOT ACCELERATE UP TO TRAFFIC SPEED OR EFFECTIVELY GET ACROSS AN INTERSECTION. IT WAS SCARY AND DANGEROUS AS THIS COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON AND I PROMPTLY TOOK MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER NISMO V6 TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR SERVICE. I HAD JUST HAD THE FULL 90K MILE SERVICE WITH RADIATOR FLUSH AND NO ISSUES WHERE REPORTED TO ME. SO I WAS SHOCKED WHEN THEY TOLD ME THAT IT NEEDED TO HAVE BOTH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO "FLUIDS MIXING". ANTIFREEZE AND WATER FROM THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED IT. AND I WAS FURTHER SHOCKED AND ANGRY THAT IT WOULD COST ME $3K EVEN AFTER NISSAN'S "EXTENDED WARRANTY". (I DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF MONEY LYING AROUND TO DUMP INTO MY 7+ YEAR OLD TRUCK, THAT I HAD BOUGHT NEW IN '05.) THIS IS A CATASTROPHIC DEFECT IN THE DESIGN - KNOWN BY THE MANUFACTURER AND SHOULD BE MADE RIGHT BY THE MANUFACTURER. I'VE FOUND THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE ACROSS THE INTERNET FOR OTHER 2005-2010 FRONTIERS, PATHFINDERS AND XTERRAS. NISSAN NEEDS TO DO THEIR CONSUMERS RIGHT, OR RISK LOOSING LOYALTY. UP UNTIL NOW, I'VE BEEN REALLY HAPPY WITH MY TRUCK, MY SERVICE DEALER AND NISSAN, BUT NOW I'LL BE LOOKING AT OTHER BRANDS THAT BACK THEIR PRODUCTS AND CONSUMERS BETTER. *TR

Mileage: 94,200

MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER BEGAN SHIFTING HARD NOTICEABLY. I TOOK IT TO A TRUSTED MECHANIC TO EVALUATE THE CAUSE AND LEARNED THAT THERE IS CONTAMINATION IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR HAS LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION BODY, RESULTING IN CONTAMINATION AND CORROSION. AT THIS TIME THE TRANSMISSION STILL FUNCTIONS, BUT WILL NOT CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR LONG. THIS ISSUE REQUIRES THE REPLACEMENT OF BOTH THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $3,800. *TR

Mileage: 139,000

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. *TR

Mileage: 166,405

MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER WITH A 140,000 ON IT'S BEEN A GOOD TRUCK UP TILL KNOW. SO IT JUST SITS IN THE YARD COLLECTING DUST.GOING TO COST ABOUT $6000 TO FIX. THIS IS SOMETHING THEY SHOULD FIX,FOR THEY KNEW THEY GOT PROBLEMS WITH THESE RADIATOR IN THESE TRUCKS AND SUV.AND THE TRANSMISSION TOO HELP PLEASE NOW I AM LAID OFF SO I DO NOT HAVE WORK OR MONEY TO FIX THIS TRUCK SO NISSAN HAS TO FIXED FOR FREE HELP ALL THOSE WHO PASS THE 80,000 MILES AND I STILL NEED TO MAKE 7 MORE PAYMENTS ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 60-65 ON THE HIGHWAY MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR AND STARTS TO GRIND. THIS OCCURS ONLY UNDER ACCELERATION AND I DO NOT MEAN HARD ACCELERATION. I AM SIMPLY AT A CRUISING SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY AND TRYING TO SIMPLY MAINTAIN A SPEED AND THE NOISE OCCURS DAILY. I AM NOT POSITIVE THAT THE NOISE IS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE I AM NO MECHANIC, BUT THE SOUND IS A GRINDING SOUND WHICH MEANS IT IS A GEAR GRINDING SOMEWHERE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A NISSAN DEALER THREE TIMES AND ALL I WAS TOLD IS THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS OKAY. I DO NOT HAVE A SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ON SO MAYBE THAT IS THE REASON, BUT I WAS ABLE TO SHOW THE DEALER THE NOISE AND STILL NO HELP. ALL I WANTED WHEN I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IS A RELIABLE CAR AND I DO NOT HAVE ONE. NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING OUT A SUBPAR PRODUCT. I KNOW BASED ON THE ONLINE FORUMS THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN THESE ISSUES WITH THE TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

TRANSMISSION STUCK IN HIGH AND SLIPPING. I CHECKED THE DIPSTICK AND FOUND THAT FLUID WAS GRAY AND WATERY. WITH METAL SHAVINGS ON THE END OF THE DIPSTICK.. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A DEALER I HAVE RADIATOR FLUID IN MY TRANSMISSION FLUID. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CERTAIN MODEL YEAR NISSAN VEHICLES, DUE TO A BREAK IN A TRANSMISSION LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE RADIATOR. PLEASE FORCE NISSAN TO RECALL AND REPAIR THIS ISSUE!!! *TR

Mileage: 120,000

I TOOK MY FRONTIER TRUCK IN FOR A 120000 MILE SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE CHECK AND OIL CHANGE. THE DEAL TOLD ME THAT THE RADIATOR COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD MIXED TOGETHER DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD FLUSH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION AND TRY TO CLEAN OUT MOST OF THE MIXED FLUID. I WAS INFORMED THAT I NEED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION MIGHT HAVE TO BE ALSO REPLACED. THE COST FOR THE REPLACEMENT WOULD BE AROUND $8400. I BEGAN TO DO SOME RESEARCH INTO THE PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THAT NISSAN KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR AND THAT THE FLUID COULD LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION. I SAW THAT NISSAN WOULD EXTEND THE WARRANT TO COVER THE COST IF YOU HAD LESS THAT 8 YEARS AND 80000 MILES. THIS WARRANT WOULD NOW HELP ME, DUE TOT THE FACT I HAVE ALMOST 119000 MILES ON MY TRUCK. I THINK IF NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THEY WOULD HAVE A RECALL ON ALL FRONTIERS, PATHFINDERS AND XTERRAS FROM 2005-2010 AND PAY FOR THEM TO BE FIXED . IT WILL COST ME OVER $6000 TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT INTO MY FRONTIER TRUCK. MY TRUCK IS A 2005 FRONTIER LE. I AM HAVING THE RADIATOR ASSY REPLACED ($991.84) OIL COOLER ASSY REPLACED ($498.49) TRANSMISSION AND COOLING SYSTEM FLUSHED ($421.52). THE 120000 MILE SERVICE A/T WILL COST ME $400. I AM GOING TO SEARCH AROUND TO SEE HOW MUCH A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR MY TRUCK WOULD COST. THE DEALER SAID THE COST FOR REPLACING MY TRANSMISSION WOULD BE $6155.14. THEY WOULD SELL ME THE TRANSMISSION FOR THEIR COST WHICH WOULD SAVE ME $925. I THINK THAT NISSAN SHOULD A LEASE HELP PAY FOR HALF OR 2/3 OF THE COST FOR ME TO GET MY TRUCK FIXED. *TR

Mileage: 118,434

IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2012 I NOTICED MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER STARTED STALLING OUT AT INTERSECTIONS AND RED LIGHTS. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO, I HAD TO REALLY PRESS DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR TO GET IT GOING. SO THIS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT A WEEK, THEN I BEGAN TO HEAR A THUMPING SOUND COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION SO I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MAINTENANCE SHOP AND THEY RAN A TEST ON IT AND THEY SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. THEN I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER SHOP THIS WAS A RECOMMENDED TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY RAN TEST ON IT AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WAS WRONG WITH IT. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE IT TO AN ELECTRICAL SHOP SO I DID. THE ELECTRICAL SHOP TOLD ME THAT THE COMPUTER INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING. I THEN TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT CHECK IT OUT, THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD RADIATOR COOLANT IN IT AND THAT IT ALONG WITH THE RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACE. THE TOTAL COST WOULD BE $4800. I WAS DEVASTATED AND CALL NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS OFFICE AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD LOOK INTO AND GET BACK WITH ME. TWO DAYS LATER THEY CALLED ME BACK AND INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE IN ACCIDENT IF THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT IN TRAFFIC. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

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! *TR

Mileage: 104,000

HAD TO REPLACE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. FLUIDS LEAKED BETWEEN THE TWO. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

BROUGHT VEHICLE IN TO MECHANIC BECAUSE OF ROUGH SOUND HAPPENING OCCASIONALLY. IT TURNS OUT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, AND THAT RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH HAS CAUSED TRANSMISSION ISSUES. COST TO REPAIR WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $4,000. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO A VEHICLE WITH 66,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

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! *TR

Mileage: 84,000

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 OCCURRED. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP NEXT DAY AND WAS TOLD THE RADIATOR FAILED AND COOLANT WAS ALLOWED TO ENTER TRANSMISSION 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 REIMBURSEMENT. 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. *TR

Mileage: 95,994

THE PROBLEM BEGAN WITH A GROWLING NOISE ACCOMPANIED BY A SHUDDERING SENSATION. I HAD THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AT THE DEALERSHIP AS TRANSMISSION FLUID CONTAMINATION. THEY ADVISED ME TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF SERVICE FOR REPAIRS AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $6500. I COULD NOT AFFORD THIS SO I HAD MY LOCAL ASME CERTIFIED MECHANIC REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND POWER FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $900. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS AND I EXPECT A CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT ANY TIME. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

THIS PROBLEM IS IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. DUE TO NISSAN PRODUCING A FAULTY AND VERY POORLY ENGINEERED COOLING SYSTEM FOR THE 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER, PATHFINDER, AND XTERRA AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS THEY EVENTUALLY GET CONTAMINATED WITH RADIATOR COOLANT AND MAKES THE TRANSMISSION SLIP AND CLUNK DURING SHIFTING. MINE SLIPS FROM 2ND INTO THIRD AND WHEN I ACCELERATE IN ANY GEAR. THERE IS NO POWER UNLESS I BABY IT ALONG. THIS HAS BEEN HAZARDOUS TWICE NOW WHEN ENTERING THE FREEWAY AND CHANGING LANES. A SEMI-TRUCK WAS IN THE LANE I NEEDED TO GET INTO AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE ENOUGH TO MERGE PROPERLY. NISSAN REFUSES TO ADMIT THE PROBLEM IS THEIRS EVEN THOUGH THE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ARE NUMEROUS. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY AWARE OF THIS JUST GO ONLINE AND YOU WILL FIND HORROR STORIES FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 109,535

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH UP AN INCLINE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO DOWN SHIFT. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING UP AN INCLINE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND THERE WAS NO LONGER A MALFUNCTION WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

Mileage: 145,000

TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILING AND CONTAMINATING THE TRANSMISSION, REPAIRED TRANSMISSION COST WAS MORE THAT I CAN PAID, FIXED ANYWAY BUT STILL NOT 100% GOOD, HAVEN'T BOUGHT A NEW RADIATOR, DON'T WANT THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. *TR I HOPE THIS WILL BE A RECALL SO I CAN HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REPAIR BY NISSAN AND A RADIATOR REPLACE.

Mileage: 100,865

TRANSMISSION OIL COOLING LINES INSIDE RADIATOR FAILED, CONTAMINATING THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, AND ENGINE. TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEED REPLACED, ENGINE NEEDS FLUSHED, $6,000 ESTIMATE. NISSAN REFUSES TO HELP WITH PAYMENT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE AWARE OF A RAMPANT PROBLEM. THEY INCREASED THE WARRANTY TO 80,000 MILES, BUT I HAVE 88,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

I WAS TRAVELING BACK FROM A TRIP IN MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. COMING OVER A MOUNTIAN PASS I LET UP ON THE GAS TO COAST AND THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE STARTING SHACKING SO BAD THAT I ALMOST DROVE OFF THE ROAD. I HAD TO DECREASE MY SPEED BECAUSE I COULD NOT TRAVEL THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT SAFETLY. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THIS VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY SINCE BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED FOR THE VEHICLE AND THAT IT COULD SEIZE UP AND CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

I NOTICE THERE WAS A MILKY SUBSTANCE IN THE RADIATOR OF MY TRUCK. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON LINE IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF NISSAN FRONTIER OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED TWO NISSAN DEALERS NEAR MY HOUSE (GARDEN GROVE AND COSTA MESA) AND THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO CALLED ABOUT SEVEN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOPS AND MOST OF THEM ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. NISSAN DEALERS SAY THEY WOULD CHARGE ME AROUND $7000 TO MAKE THE REPAIRS. THE INDEPENDENT SHOPS SAID THEY WOULD CHARGE ME ANYWHERE FROM $2000 TO $3500 TO REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE MY TRUCK FIXED AT THIS TIME AND AM LOOKING TO MAKE NISSAN USA RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY SAID I NEED TO HAVE THE TRUCK INSPECTED AT THE NISSAN DEALER AND THE CHANCES OF THEM TAKING LIABILITY FOR A FAULTY RADIATOR ARE SLIM. MY TRUCK HAS A LITTLE OVER 107,000 MILES ON IT WHICH IS OVER THE 80,000/8 YEAR WARRANTY. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE OTHERS THAT ARE FACING THE SAME SITUATION AWARE OF NISSAN'S NEGLIGENCE. NISSAN AS LOST A CUSTOMER AND MANY OTHERS AS I AM WORKING HARD TO LET AS MANY PEOPLE AS I CAN AVOID MAKING A NISSAN PURCHASE. IF NISSAN DOES NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS I WILL BE LOOKING FOR OTHERS LIKE ME TO BOYCOTT NISSAN AUTOMOBILES! *TR

Mileage: 107,384

NISSAN HAS A KNOW RADIATOR PROBLEM. INTERNAL LEAKAGE INTO THE TRANSMISSION COOLER. CAUSES CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. PULLING AWAY FROM STOP SIGN. TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD TWICE. THEN HAD NO FORWARD MOTION, ENGINE WOULD REV UP, BUT NOT MOVE THE VEHICAL. TRUCK HAS 100,000 MILE NISSAN EXTENDED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. WAS FIRST TOLD BY THE DEALER. 100% COVERED. LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER, WAS TOLD NOT COVERED. COST $5000 PLUS. CONTACTED NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE. GABBY AT NISSAN SIAD THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT. TOOK A WEEK FOR THEM TO FINALLY CALL BACK. THEY ASKED ME TO COVER $2000. THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE WHOLE BILL, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT. AND THE TRUCK HAS THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I PAID $2192.43 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION AND DEFECTIVE RADIATOR REPLACED. ASKED IF THE RADIATOR WAS AN UPDATED PART. WAITING ON A CALL TO FIND OUT IF IT IS A BETTER RADIATOR OR JUST A NEW ONE WITH THE SAME DEFECT. RIGHT NOW. ITS A TICKING TIME BOMB, IF THE FAILURE OCCURED IN TRAFFIC ON AN INTERSTATE, A MAJOR CRASH COULD HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

Mileage: 95,634

2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MALFUNCTION IN THE RADIATOR LEAKING, THAT RESULTED IN COMPLETELY DAMAGING THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION *TGW

IN NOVEMBER 2010 MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. 3 MONTHS AFTER HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE NEW TRANSMISSION, I DISCOVERED I HAD TO HAVE THE RADIATOR REPLACED BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. THE NEW TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN RUIN DUE TO A FAULTY RADIATOR INSTALL IN THE 2005 FRONTIERS BY NISSAN. *TR

Mileage: 154,000

GRADUAL FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION DUE TO RUPTURED TRANSMISSION COOLER INSIDE RADIATOR ALLOWING COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID. SYMPTOM STARTED AS SMALL VIBRATION AND NUMEROUS SERVICE ATTEMPTS COULD NOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. HAD TRANSMISSION FLUSHED AND SERVICE CENTER DID NOT MENTION ANY DISCOLORATION OF FLUID OR OTHER PROBLEM. HAD RADIATOR DRAINED AND FLUSHED AND THERMOSTAT REPLACED,SERVICE CENTER DID NOT CITE ANY DISCOLORATION OF FLUID. TRANSMISSION NOW BUCKS HEAVILY AND WEB RESEARCH UNCOVERED THE PROBLEM WITH SIMILIAR MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. *KB

Mileage: 103,000

RADIATOR FAILED/CRACKED AND COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. *TR *JS

Mileage: 95,000

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 SOLENOID. 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. *TR

Mileage: 82,800

AT 60MPH ON A SLIGHT GRADE, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS CHATTER BUMPS, BUT THE SHAKING INCREASED OVER A COUPLE OF DAYS AND BEGAN TO HAPPEN AT LOW SPEEDS. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FIX BY REPARING RADIATOR AND FLUSHING TRANSMISSION. NEITHER HAS HELPED. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

EXPERIENCED VIBRATIONS IN THE SUSPENSION AT APPROXIMATELY 55MPH. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE VIBRATIONS BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE NISSAN DEALER FOR REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSED BY A DESIGN PROBLEM WHERE THE RADIATOR FLUID OVER TIME CONTAMINATES THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE NISSAN DEALER STATED THE REPAIRS CALLED FOR COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. THE REPAIRS WERE DONE AT A COST OF $5,375.28. SINCE THIS TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A DESIGN PROBLEM, I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO REQUEST THAT THEY COMPENSATE ME FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS. THEY REFUSED TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS, STATING THAT THE WARRANTY PERIOD HAD EXPIRED. *TR

Mileage: 116,500

MY 2005 FRONTIER STARTED STUTTERING 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. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

TRUCK WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE AFTER BACKING UP. HAD BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE OD FOR ABOUT A MONTH. IT WOULD VIBRATE OR RUMBLE AT SPEEDS OF AROUND 60MPH. STOPPED USING THE OD AND IT SEEMED OK UNTIL YESTERDAY. CHECKED COOLANT FOR TRANSMISSION FLUID LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND THERE IT WAS. THIS IS VERY OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

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. *TR

Mileage: 145,136

NISSAN HAS NOT STOOD BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT ONCE SO EVER. RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO GO OUT. NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND DID NOT SEND OUT A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM AND NEVER DID TILL THIS DAY. ALTHOUGH THEY CHOOSE TO ON OTHER PROBLEMS. ITS A SAFTEY ISSUE AS WELL AND NISSAN DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE AT ALL. THEY WENT ON SELLING CARS LIKE NORMAL AND CHOOSE TO LEAVE THERE PAST CONSUMERS IN THE DUST. NOT WORKING WITH OR CARING ABOUT US. I WORK HARD FOR THIS TRUCK AND NISSAN DOES NOT WANT TO HELP AND WONT HELP ONE BIT. EVEN THOUGH ITS COMPLETELY DUE TO A MANUFACTURER FLAW BY NISSAN AS A COMPANY AND THEY KNOW IT! PLEASE HELP! *TR

Mileage: 80,000

WHINING NOISE FROM FRONT OF ENGINE. DIAGNOSED AS TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILING. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE. DEALER COVERED 300 DOLLARS BUT AFTER 20 DAYS AND 13 PHONE CALLS, NISSAN USA REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN REPAIR OR DISCUSS THE ISSUE. CONCERN FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION. NISSAN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 80,000 WHICH DOES VERY LITTLE FOR THOSE OF US THAT KEEP OUR VEHICLES A LONG TIME. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

THE TRANSMISSION COOLER BUILT INTO THE RADIATOR FAILED CAUSING COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO CROSS CONTAMINATE AND CAUSE POSSIBLE OVERHEAT OF MOTOR AND FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. TRIED CONTACTING NISSAN NORTH AMERICA ABOUT HELP FIXING IT BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. GETTING THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION REPLACED WILL COST ABOUT $5,000. *TT

Mileage: 101,471

I DROVE THE FRONTIER TO WORK THAT MORNING, THEN IN THE AFTERNOON I BEGAN MY 62 MILE COMMUTE HOME. I CAME TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THEN WHEN I BEGAN TO DRIVE AGAIN THE ENGINE WOULD REV HIGH AND ACCELERATE SLOWLY. I MADE IT TO A SERVICE STATION WHERE THE CODE P1754 WAS READ ON THE ONBOARD COMPUTER. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE STATION THAT IT NEEDED TO BE LOOKED AT, SINCE HE DIDN'T SEE ANY MECHANICAL ISSUES. THE CODE WAS CLEARED AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME. THE NEXT MORNING THINKING THE PROBLEM MAY HAVE BEEN A GLITCH IN THE COMPUTER I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE IT DOWN THE ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES INTO THE DRIVE A VIOLENT JERK OF THE TRUCK AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE, IT WAS AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL. I MADE IT HOME AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM IN 2007. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER HAD CRACKED AND CROSS CONTAMINATED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS AND IT WOULD BE A 6300.00 DOLLAR REPAIR. I CONTACTED NISSAN AFTER READING ONLINE ABOUT MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THIS AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD SENT A LETTER OUT IN DECEMBER NOTIFYING OWNERS OF THE ISSUE. THE LETTER STATED THAT THE WARRANTY HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO 80,000 MILES. DUE TO THE FACT THAT NEITHER THE DEALER NOR NISSAN HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO UPDATE THE VEHICLES INFO SHOWING MY OWNERSHIP, I NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER AND AM BEYOND THE 80,000 MILES AS ARE MANY OF THE OTHER OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. NISSAN ADMITS THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER IS SUFFERING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATORS, BUT ONLY ON THE PHONE. WHEN YOU LET THEM KNOW THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILS WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, THEY ONLY OFFER WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE TYPICAL "I AM SORRY." THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED AND NOT AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE, SINCE IT IS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION COOLER THAT WAS USED THAT CAUSED ALL OF THE DAMAGE. *TR

Mileage: 116,135

DEAR SIR OR MA'AM; I HAVE A NISSAN FRONTIER 2005 V^ 4.0L ENGINE NISMO 4X4 MODEL. IT HAS 91K MILES IN IT AND HAVE RECENTLY BEEN EXPERIENCING SLUGGISHNESS AND A "THUD" WHILE IN LOW POWER (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). SO I HAVE BEEN READING FORUMS AND ONLINE SITES TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM MAYBE. MECHANICS AND AUTO PART STORES HAVE DIAGNOSED IT AS AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION BRAKE CONTROL VALVE (INTERNAL). MY TRUCKS DISCREPANCY MIGHT BE ISOLATED BUT WHAT CONCERNS ME GOES NOT ONLY FOR MY VEHICLE BUT ALSO AND MORE FOR ALL THESE CONSUMERS WHO HAVE REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THEIR RADIATION+TRANSMISSION. THEY HAVE SPENT MONEY AND IT SEEMS FROM THEIR COMMENTS NISSAN DEALERSHIPS AND COMPANY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HELP OR ADDRESS A KNOWN ISSUE (IT SOUNDS LIKE A COVER-UP--HOPEFULLY THE CONSUMERS ARE ACCURATE IN THEIR DESCRIPTION). WHAT FURTHER CONCERNS ME IS THAT THEY SEEM TO BE STUCK WITH THEIR SITUATION AND UNABLE TO GO FURTHER. ONE CONSUMER CONTACTED A LOCAL TV STATIONS CONSUMER AFFAIRS SECTION AND GOT HELP. SO IT SEEMS THAT WHAT THESE CONSUMERS NEED IS BACKING FROM A LEGITIMATE INSTITUTION OR AGENCY. IF THE DEALERSHIP/COMPANY WILL NOT LISTEN TO THEIR COSTUMERS AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE (WHICH I BELIEVE IS A SAFETY ISSUE), PERHAPS WE CAN GET YOUR (NHTSA) HELP. I PROPOSE THAT NHTSA PLS LOOK INTO THIS MECHANICAL SAFETY CONCERN AND LOOK INTO POSSIBILITY OF POOR MATERIALS/MANUFACTURING OF SOME OF THE NISSAN FRONTIER COMPONENTS. APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE ON THIS MATTER. FOR THE CONSUMER CONCERNS/PROBLEM DESCRIPTIONS, PLEASE REFERENCE: HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/NISSAN_FRONTIER.HTML. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

I HAVE A SUFFERED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO A FAULTY RADIATOR IN MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. COOLANT HAS ENTERED THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO RADIATOR FAILURE, THUS RUINING IT. I HAVE HAD MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER IN THE SHOP FOR FIVE WEEKS AND IT WILL COST $4,500 TO REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

MY NISSAN 2005 FRONTIER HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WHERE THE RADIATOR IS LEAKING COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO NOT CHANGE GEARS PROPERLY AND IS A DANGER AS IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE AS IT SHOULD. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. TRANSMISSION FAILURE.. VEHICLE SHUTTERS AROUND 40 MPH AND SOME LOUD CLUNKING NOISES WHEN THE TRANNY SHIFTS. DEALER TRIED TO BLAME MY BRAKES. TOOK TO TRANSMISION SHOP AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $5000 TO REPLACE TRANNY BECAUSE COOLANT CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISION. *TT

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP TRUCK. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE INTO THE NEXT GEAR. THE CONTACT WOULD RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE SPEED WOULD INCREASE EXCESSIVELY. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO SHIFT INTO OVER DRIVE IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,600. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95,000. UPDATED 08/15/11 *BF THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PROBLEM HAS SINCE BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AS BEING AN INTERMIX OF RADIANT COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS MIX RUINED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. UPDATED 06/07/12 *JS

Mileage: 94,600

TOOK MY TRUCK TO PELTIER IN TYLER FOR AN ECM RELAY RECALL. MECHANIC LOOKED AT TRUCK AND FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE INTO MY TRANSMISSION. WAS TOLD TO REPLACE RADIATOR IMMEDIATELY AND FLUSH TRANSMISSION. DID THIS HOWEVER TRANSMISSION WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. A MECHANIC REPLACED THE VALVE BODY WHICH COST OVER $1000 FOR THE PART ALONE AND CHECKED THE CLUTCH PACKS IN THE TRANSMISSION. CLUTCH PACKS CHECKED OKAY HOWEVER THE MECHANIC COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS OKAY. VEHICLE SEEMED TO DRIVE OKAY AFTER THE REPAIR. NOW THE TORQUE CONVERTER SEEMS TO BE GOING OUT AND THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO THE LIMP MODE. I HAVE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO RESET THE CODE AND IT WILL DRIVE OKAY FOR ABOUT 10 MILES AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE GOES INTO THE LIMP MODE. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT HE THINKS THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS SHOT AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. UPDATE AS OF 07/192011 - MECHANIC REPLACED MY TORQUE CONVERTER AND REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THE OLD TORQUE CONVERTER CAME APART AND AFTER PULLING THE TRANSMISSION, HE SAW A LOT OF METALLIC SHAVINGS ON THE SCREEN ON THE VALVE BODY. WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON 07/22/2011, I WAS DRIVING AROUND 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY RPM GAUGE REDLINED AND MY TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL. I IMMEDIATELY RELEASED THE CRUISE CONTROL BY TAPPING THE BRAKE PEDAL. WITH NO SHOULDER ON THE ROAD AT MY LOCATION, AN 18 WHEELER WAS QUICKLY COMING UP ON MY REAR. I PUT MY FLASHERS ON AND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO AN EXIT. THE 18 WHEELER CAME WITHIN INCHES HITTING MY REAR END. NOW MY FRONTIER IS IN DUNN'S TRANSMISSION SHOP IN TYLER, TX TO BE REPAIRED. AS OF THIS WRITING, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BUT I AM SURE THE PROBLEM WILL BE IN THE VALVE BODY SINCE SOMETHING CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO GO INTO NEUTRAL. PROBABLY SOME METALLIC MATERIAL GOT INSIDE SOMETHING IN THE VALVE BODY WHICH WAS REPLACED IN MARCH 2011. *TR

Mileage: 111,007

DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS AND FUEL SENSORS ON NISSAN TRUCKS. NISSAN IS VERY AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS BUT REFUSES TO REMEDY OR REPAIR. MY CURRENT VEHICLE IS A NISSAN FRONTIER 2005 BUT I HAD THE FUEL SENSOR PROBLEMS ON MY 2006 NISSAN XTERRA AS WELL. PLEAS SEE LINK TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS COMPLAINT PAGE LISTING HUNDREDS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM; HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/NISSAN_FRONTIER.HTML *TT

Mileage: 79,500

2005 NISSAN FRONTIER LE (TRANSMISSION FAILURE). DRIVING AT INTERSTATE SPEED (70MPH), TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING SUDDEN DECELERATION. FAILED ONCE, TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED. NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ABLE TO REPAIR DUE TO HIGH DEMAND FOR PARTS. POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCE HIGH SPEED COLLISION DUE TO SUDDEN DECELERATION. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

3/10/08-TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND CLUNKING, TOOK TO DEALER-TURN AWAY, 59994 MILES. 4/21/08-62,597 MILES RETURNED TO DEALER AND AGAIN WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM. THAT DAY TOOK TO LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE DRAINED TRANSMISSION FLUID. RESEMBLED A MILK SHAKE AND HE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BROKEN TRANSMISSION LINE IN THE RADIATOR. RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY ONCE AGAIN TURNED ME AWAY REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. LOCAL MECHANIC FLUSHED TRANSMISSION AND REPAIRED RADIATOR. TRANSMISSION STILL SLIPS AND CLUNKS AND IS PRESENTLY PARKED.(NOT DRIVABLE) RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NISSAN ADMITTING TO THIS VERY PROBLEM AND THEY STILL REJECTED MY REQUEST FOR REPAIRS. BELIEVE ENGINE MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM. BURNS OIL AND STALLS AS WELL. MADE MANY REQUESTS TO NATIONAL CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND TOTALLY REJECTED MY CONCERNS. *TR

Mileage: 59,994

VIBRATION OCCURRED WHILE SHIFTING. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP PF WHICH THEY STATED PROBLEM RELATED TO ENGINE COOLANT GETTING MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION OIL DUE TO FAILED COOLER INSIDE RADIATOR. COSTS FOR REBUILDING TRANSMISSION OVER $6,000THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN DEFECT, NOTHING TO DO WITH NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. NISSAN WILL NOT REIMBURSE THE REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING EXTREMELY HARD AS IT OVERHEATED. THE CONTACT CHECKED THE FLUIDS IN THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE COOLANT, OIL AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS WERE MIXED TOGETHER IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED BUT THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE SEALS FRACTURED ON THE ENGINE WHEN THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, ALLOWING COOLANT TO ENTER THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

Mileage: 71,000

RADIATOR & TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 89,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN INTERNAL LEAK IN THE RADIATOR WHILE SPILLED ONTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED IT TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

HAD BEEN GETTING SOME NOISES FROM THE TRANSMISSION FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT MECHANIC NEVER CAUGHT THE REAL ISSUE. TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING 100KM/H, OVERDRIVE AND 4TH GEARS NO LONGER WORKED. WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME AND DO QUICK INTERNET SEARCH WHERE IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT MY PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO ENGINE COOLANT GETTING MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION OIL DUE TO FAILED COOLER INSIDE RADIATOR. OPENED UP RADIATOR CAP WHICH CONFIRMED THIS FACT, TRANNY OIL FLOATING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE COOLANT. COSTS FOR REBUILDING TRANSMISSION OVER $5,000, HOOKED UP OIL TO EXTERNAL COOLER ALREADY IN THE TRUCK, THEREFORE SAVED COST OF REPLACING RADIATOR (BYPASSED THIS COOLER). THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN DEFECT, NOTHING DO WITH NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. NISSAN WILL NOT REIMBURSE THE REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER SE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE RADIATOR RUPTURED. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO BEGAN SLIPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO E REPLACED AS THE ANTIFREEZE MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

Mileage: 82,000

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. DURING THE RECENT COLD MORNINGS I HAVE NOTICED A BUZZING/WHINNING NOISE WHEN I STARTED MY TRUCK. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND LATER FOUND OUT I NEEDED A NEW TIMING CHAIN. THIS WAS A HUGE SURPRISE SINCE I FOLLOWED ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS AND ONLY HAVE 59,000 MILES. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH MY MODEL YEAR AND UNFORTUNATELY I WAS LESS THAN 20 DAYS OUTSIDE OF MY WARRANTY PERIOD AND NISSAN WOULD NOT PICK UP THE COST WHICH WERE ESTIMATE TO BE $1,300. I CALLED NISSAN CORPORATE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD STILL HONOR THE WARRANTY SINCE IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM, HOWEVER, THEY SAID THEY WERE STRICT WITH THEIR WARRANTIES AND SINCE I WAS TECHNICALLY OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT PICK UP THE COSTS OR HELP OUT. THE SERVICE I RECEIVED WAS TERRIBLE AND AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE HAD SOME SAME ISSUE WITH THE MODEL YEAR VEHICLE I HAVE. ALL NISSAN TOLD ME I COULD DO WAS SAVE MY RECEIPTS INCASE THERE WAS A RECALL IN THE FUTURE. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

05 NISMO FRONTIER, I HAD A TICKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. MY ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON WITH A CATALYTIC CONVERTER CODE, GAS GAGE WAS INTERMITTENT. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENDING UNIT, GET A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND HAVE MY DRIVELINE REPLACE BECAUSE IT WAS BLOWN. THE TRUCK HAD 94K WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIRS. I AM CURRENTLY TRYING TO FIND A POSSIBLE COOLANT LEAK. I CAN SMELL IT BUT CAN'T FIND WHERE IT IS COMING FROM. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO RECALL ON NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP TRUCKS? THEY HAVE HAD THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS REPORTED ONLINE ABOUT TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO CROSS CONTAMINATION OF TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ENGINE COOLANT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION COOLER PIPE DESIGN. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. ALSO I HAVE A FAILED GAS GAUGE SENDING UNIT. AGAIN THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ONLINE. THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS ON OTHER VEHICLES FOR THE SAME REASON, YET NOT ON THE NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP. THE RECALLS ON OTHERS WAS ISSUED BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE FALSE READINGS OF FUEL LEVELS AND A PERSON COULD RUN OUT OF GAS IN TRAFFIC AND CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. THE SAME PROBLEM CAN OCCUR WITH THE NISSAN FRONTIER BECAUSE THE GAUGE GIVES AN INACCURATE READING OR SHOWS EMPTY YET THERE IS FUEL IN THE TANK AND THE OPERATOR WOULD HAVE NO IDEA IF HE IS ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF GAS OR NOT. BACK TO THE TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION CAN GO OUT COMPLETELY WITHOUT NOTICE DUE TO THE CROSS CONTAMINATION. THERE IS NO WAY TO NO IF THERE IS A PROBLEM UNTIL IT WAS TO LATE. THE TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL AND THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING THERE IS A PROBLEM UNLESS YOU CHECK THE RADIATOR PERIODICALLY. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO FIND THE PROBLEM WITH OUT HAVING AN ACTUAL BREAKDOWN. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE A RADIATOR, HAVE MY TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY CLEANED OUT TWICE TO REMOVE ANY COOLANT, AND NOW MY TRANSMISSION HAS COMPLETELY FAILED. I AM ASKING FRO AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE NISSAN FRONTIER PROBLEMS AND THE NUMBERS OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS. I AM SURE THERE WOULD BE A BASIS FOR A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT UNUSUAL SHAKING AND HARD VIBRATIONS. THE DEALER ADVISED THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE COOLANT SYSTEM WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CROSS CONTAMINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER BEING UTILIZED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 91,000.

Mileage: 91,000

TIMING CHAIN WHINE/RATTLE ON 05 NISSAN FRONTIER. *TR

Mileage: 61,000

2005 NISSAN FRONTIER WITH M226 (DANA 44, V6 ENGINE) REAR END. THE AXLE SEALS ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES ARE LEAKING AND OIL IS GETTING ON THE REAR BRAKES CAUSING THEM TO NOT WORK PROPERLY. I HAVE HAD NISSAN FIX THIS 2 TIMES (5/09 AND 8/09) AND IT STARTED LEAKING AGAIN 12/09. THAT MAKES THIS 3 TIMES IN UNDER A YEAR. THIS AXLE IS THE SAME AS USED IN NISSAN TITANS WHICH ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM. EACH TIME THE SEALS WERE REPLACED AND EACH TIME IT STARTED LEAKING WITHIN A MONTH OF THE REPAIR, TAKING A FEW MONTHS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AND GET ON THE BRAKE ROTORS. *TR

Mileage: 24,000

GEAR OIL LEAKING PAST BOTH REAR AXLE SEALS RESULTED IN INOPERATIVE PARKING BRAKE AND MINIMAL REGULAR REAR BRAKING. ACCIDENT WAS CAUSE WHEN CAR ROLLED INTO HOMEOWNERS GARAGE DOOR AFTER BEING LEFT RUNNING WITH THE PARKING BRAKE APPLIED. REPAIR IS TO CLEAN OIL FROM ALL CONTAMINATED SURFACES, REPLACE BOTH AXLE SEALS, REPLACE PARKING BRAKE SHOES ON BOTH SIDES, AND MAIN BRAKE PADS ON BOTH SIDE. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

I HAD TO HAVE EMERGENCY SERVICE TO THE U-JOINTS. STRONG VIBRATION UNDER DRIVER SEAT, AFRAID TO DRIVE ANY FURTHER. PERUZZI NISSAN REFUSING TO REIMBURSE A WARRANTY PART. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

I HAD TO HAVE EMERGENCY SERVICE TO THE U-JOINTS. STRONG VIBRATION UNDER DRIVER SEAT, AFRAID TO DRIVE ANY FURTHER. PERUZZI NISSAN REFUSING TO REIMBURSE A WARRANTY PART. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

NISSAN FRONTIER 2005 - 27,000 MILES CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL WENT OUT NISSAN DEALERSHIP HERE ON KAUAI SAID THAT IT WAS DUE TO "DRIVER ERROR" AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY - WANTED TO CHARGE ME $1700 TO FIX I HAVE BEEN DRIVING STANDARD SHIFT CARS FOR 30 YEARS AND NEVER HAD A CLUTCH GO OUT ON ME. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO SAID A. HE GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT STORIES FROM THE NISSAN MECHANICS, B. IN HIS OPINION NISSAN HAD NEVER TAKEN THE CLUTCH APART TO LOOK AT IT THEREFORE HOW COULD THEY TELL IT WAS DRIVER ERROR AND C. IN HIS OPINION THE MATERIALS USED TO MAKE THE TRUCK WERE TOO SOFT. HOW CAN I GET NISSAN TO ADMIT THAT THIS WAS A FACTORY DEFECT AND PAY FOR REPAIRS? *JB

2005 NISSAN FRONTIER WITH ENGINEERING DEFECTS CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE UNIVERSAL JOINT IS SUBJECT TO FAIL DUE TO RUST. **CC THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER MUST HAVE RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SINCE ADDED GREASE FITTINGS. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE METAL PART THAT PROTRUDES FROM THE TAILGATE TO THE BODY OF THE TRUCK WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE TAILGATE. DUE TO INSUFFICIENT WELDING, THE ORIGINAL INNER HALF OF THE TAILGATE HINGE CAN POSSIBLY BREAK. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TAILGATE FROM FALLING. *JB

POORLY DESIGNED U-JOINT TO FRONT IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE. ,U-JOINT HAS NO GREASE FITTING WILL RUST AND DISINTERESTED. MANUFACTURER HAS ADDED FITTING TO REPLACE PART. HOWEVER, ORIGINAL COULD FAIL AND BRING VEHICLE TO COMPLETE STOP IN TRAFFIC OR FRONT DRIVE COULD FAIL IN ADVERSE WEATHER, LEADING TO LOSS OF TRACTION ,BOTH OF WHICH COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENT. TAILGATE PRONE TO FAILURE DUE TO POOR WELD ON INNER HALF TAILGATE HINGE.TAILGATE WAS HEAVY AND COULD LEAD TO INJURY TO A CHILD OR SMALL PERSON IF FAILURE OCCURED WHILE OPENING.ONCE AGAIN MANUFACTURER HAS ADDED ADDITIONAL WELDS IN REPLACEMENT PART. *AK

Mileage: 35,215

THE DRIVE-SHAFT PULLEY BROKE WHICH BROKE A BELT THAT DISABLED POWER-STEERING AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHEN STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT. *NM THERE'S ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE HOOD LATCH LOOSENING THAT MAY CAUSE THE HOOD TO FLY OPEN AT HIGH SPEEDS.

Mileage: 24,000

DT: THE CONTACT PURCHASED A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER ON 5/18/2005. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE TRANSMISSION POPPED OUT OF SECOND GEAR ON FOUR OCCASIONS. ONCE ON A BUMPY ROAD, TWICE ON WASHBOARD ROADS, AND ONCE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON DRY PAVEMENT. ALL ROADS FREQUENTLY USED BY PASSENGER VEHICLES AND TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS UNDER 20 MPH. NISSAN ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY ADDING WHEEL WEIGHTS TO THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY TO DAMPEN THE SHIFTER VIBRATION, AND THEN REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. BOTH TIMES THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM ON WASHBOARD ROAD USED BY PASSENGER VEHICLES. THEN NISSAN GAVE THE CONTACT A 2005 SE FRONTIER OFF THE LOT ,AND ONCE AGAIN THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE CONTACT REALIZED THAT HE MUST BE CAREFUL WHEN USING THE SECOND GEAR. THE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND POPPING OUT OF GEAR WILL CAUSE ABNORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE CONTACT CONSIDERED THIS PROBLEM DANGEROUS. IT NEVER HAPPENED WHILE USING 4-WHEEL DRIVE. IT COULD CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION DEPENDING ON THE ROAD BEING TRAVERSED, SUCH AS EXPOSURE TO DROPS AND/OR THE INCLINE ON NARROW MOUNTAIN ROADS. THROUGH A LAWYER THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT NISSAN WOULD NOT FIX THE TRANSMISSION BUT WOULD GIVE HIM $3000 FOR TIME AND INCONVENIENCE. THE CONTACT REFUSED, THE OFFER, AND INSISTED THAT TRANSMISSION WILLGET WORSE, AND WOULD HAVE TO USE THE $3000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION.*AK UPDATED 1/4/2006 - *NM

Mileage: 500

PURCHASED A 05 FRONTIER CC 4X4 TRUCK FROM A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. 2 WEEKS I HAD THE TRUCK ROUGHLY THE 15 OF JULY, I HAD PUT A 30 TO 40 POUND STONE IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK WHICH HAS THE RHINO BED LINER, ROCK DENT IN THE RIBS OF THE BOX AND CHIPPED THE RHINO BED LINING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, EXPLAINED IN DETAIL BUT NOTHING DONE AS OF YET. YET ANOTHER PERSON HAD THE SAME PROBLEM I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND GOT A NEW BOX. PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW RATTLING, THE REAR END SQUEAKING, AND THE REAR. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN AGAIN, THEY TOOK IT IN SAID THEY FIXED THE PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW AND THE REAR END SQUEAKING. TOOK TRUCK HOME AND WAS DOING THE SAME THING. TOOK BACK AGAIN FOR SAME PROBLEM PLUS REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND ENGINE BRAKE. SAID THEY FIXED WINDOW (NOT TRUE AGAIN), HAD TO REPLACE THE BUSHINGS IN THE REAR(WERE BAD), AND NEEDED A NEW REAR DIFFERENTIAL ENGINE BRAKE THEY SAID THEY HAD TO CONTACT SOMEONE ELSE ABOUT TO FIND OUT PROBLEM(NOT FIXED TO DATE) TOOK TRUCK IN AGAIN HAD IT 3 DAYS SAID WAS FIXED. I TOOK THE TRUCK HOME REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS DOING EXACT SAME THING BUT NOW REAR WAS GETTING HOT. CALLED MONDAY MORNING TO TELL THEM IT WAS DOING EXACT SAME THING AND THE REAR WAS GETTING HOT AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT MANGER GOT PISSED OFF WAS YELLING. NOW HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE STEERING IN THE FRONT , NOT RIGHT. TRIED TO GET PROBLEM WORKED OUT WITH DEALERSHIP. HAD TO FINALLY CALL NISSAN COMPLAINT CENTER. WAITED A WEEK FOR RESPONSE AND FINALLY HAD CALL FROM CONSUMER AFFAIRS WITH NO RESOLUTION. TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT DO NOTHING EXCEPT SEND TO GENERAL MANAGER PLUS FILE COMPLAINT WITH BBB AUTO WHICH, COST $200, NO GUARANTEE. DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT ALSO DID NOT GIVE ME COPIES OF SERVICE WORK DONE AND REFUSES TO DO SO. CONSUMER AFFAIRS ONLY TOLD ME THEY CAN GET THEM AND IT WILL HELP THEIR CASE. CALLED ANOTHER DEALERSHIP HAD THEM PULL UP WORK DONE ON TRUCK AND NONE WAS FILED. I WAS SOLD A LEMON NISSAN DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH. I SMELL A LAWSUIT! *JB

Mileage: 1,200

THE "DIFFERENTIAL LOCK" (DIF LOCK) DASH LIGHT GOES ON AFTER A PERIOD OF DRIVING. AFTER AWHILE, THE DIF LOCK LIGHT TURNS OFF & THE ABS & SLIP DASH LIGHTS COME ON. AT FIRST, THE DEALER COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. AFTER ADDITIONAL DRIVING BY THE DEALERSHIP, THE LIGHTS CAME ON. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED A CONTROL MODULE WHICH CONTROLS ALL OF THESE FEATURES.