2007 NISSAN FRONTIER Power Train Problems

In December 2023 I noticed a bad discoloration of the coolant in my 2007 Nissan Frontier. I took the truck to the local Nissan dealership and had them flush the coolant system. There were no warning lamps or messages. There were no other symptoms or problems prior to that. Receipt available for this service. Then in May 2023 the transmission began shifting extremely hard. Upon checking the coolant it was the consistency of strawberry milkshake. The truck was taken to a local transmission shop and they rebuilt the transmission assembly along with replacing the radiator and flushing the system. This work was completed June 3, 2024. Receipt is available for this service. With continuing to see the coolant have a consistency of strawberry milkshake, I reached out to the local Nissan dealership for them to tell me there had been a recall for this. Upon doing further research, I have learned there actually wasn't a recall but an extended warranty offered that Nissan did not willingly let owners know about. $4,500.00 later I still have the same problem I started with and am fearful this truck will fail as I'm driving on the highway and am concerned about my safety. Nissan knew when they flushed the coolant in December 2023 of this problem and said nothing. Vehicle is available for inspection upon request.

Radiator coolant leaked into transmission after125,000 miles

The radiator cracked, leaking water in to the transmission cooler, causing contamination of the transmission fluid. The caused the transmission to instantly malfunction, ruining all internal electronic parts. No warning signs, service lights, etc. before the transmission was damaged. Transmission repair shop says this is very common and is going to cost $3900 to repair the vehicle.

This is known problem you refused to force Nissan to recall. At a minimum Nissan should have been required to notify owners of the problem. They did not. My radiator has failed allowing coolant to mix with the transmission fluid destroying the transmission. I have 96,000 miles on my vehicle. I would have gladly paid out of pocket to replace the defective radiator to save the transmission, but since I was not notified of the problem, now I have to potentially replace the transmission.

I was driving down my driveway and my truck just wouldn’t move i always fill my fluids and get flushes on time when I got my last oil change they said there was milked goo goo in my coolant

I, just found that Nissan had a malfunctioning in the 2007 Nissan Frontier pick up trucks. I, have 2007 Nissan Frontier LE truck where my transmission has been acting up. Have, to give it alot of rpms for it to take off, but once it gets going its does ok. Keep, in mind it doesn't down shift down at all and the OD light stays on. Could, you please help me? Could, it be a blown fuse? My, cell is [XXX] email is [XXX]. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

2007 NISSAN FRONTIER CREW CAB: ENTERING THE 100,000 MILE MARKER THE TRUCK STARTED TO FEEL LIKE IT WAS SKIPPING. THEN THE TRUCK STALLED WHILE AT THE GROCERY STORE. I TRIED TO GET IT STARTED AND AFTER 15 MINUTES IT DID START. AAA TESTED BATTERY, STARTER AND ALTERNATORS. THEY WERE ALL FINE. LATER DROVE TRUCK TO CONTINUE GROCERY SHOPPING AND IT STALLED IN THE MAIN TRAFFIC LANE. PUSHED TRUCK TO SAFER PLACE. THEN IT STARTED AGAIN. AUTOZONE COMPUTER TEST REVEALED SENSOR P)335 AND A RECOMMENDATION TO REPLACE FLYWHEEL. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED ISSUES WITH POWER TRAIN AND ANTI FREEZE ENTERING THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO FAULTY PARTS. NEARLY 3000. REPORTS OF SAME ISSUE. DISAPPOINTED THAT NISSAN DID NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR USE OF COMPROMISED MATERIALS IN BUILDING THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS. IF NISSAN IS USING FAULTY OR WEAK MATERIALS, THEN MIGHT AS WELL BUY AMERICAN.

Mileage: 100,005

I BOUGHT THE 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER OFF A DEALERSHIP AS A USED VEHICLE WITH NO WARRANTY. ONE WEEK LATER THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP, THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE SLIPPAGE WAS WORSE UNTIL IT LOST POWER AND IT LEFT ME STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER HAD GONE OUT AND IT WOULD BE CLOSE TO $5,000 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION FUSE KEEPS BLOWING OUT ONCE THE TRUCK IS STARTED. THE MECHANIC SAID IT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY THAT IT WAS CROSS CONTAMINATION SINCE NISSAN WAS KNOWN FOR FAULTY RADIATORS. SO I'M STUCK WITH A TRUCK PAYMENT THROUGH A LOAN WITH A TRANSMISSION OUT AND I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE IT. THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE FROM PEOPLE HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE.

Mileage: 168,000

I BOUGHT A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER FROM A CAR DEALERSHIP IN BOISE IDAHO CALLED LARRY H MILLER I PURCHASE A VEHICLE AND ABOUT A MONTH LATER I NOTICED IT WAS MAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END COME TO FIND OUT WHAT IS THE TRANSMISSION OF THE RADIATOR FALTERS AND I HAD COOLANT IN MY RADIATOR AND MY RADIATOR COOLANT IN MY TRANSMISSION I CALLED LARRY H MILLER AND THERE WAS A $500 COPAY TO PAY BEFORE THEY WOULD EVEN LOOK AT IT I DID NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY STICKING AROUND IT'S NOT IN MY PAPERWORK ANYWHERE ABOUT A $500 COPAY IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF FAULT AND APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS LATER THE TRUCK WENT TOTALLY BLANK TRANSMISSION WENT TOTALLY OUT I FROM WHEN I UNDERSTAND I'M STUCK WITH IT I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF MESON WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO TO PAY FOR THE TRANSMISSION SIT IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I'M BEING GARNISHED FOR THE VEHICLE AS WE SPEAK. THE NOISE THAT IT WOULD MAKE HIS AS IF SOMEBODY WOULD RAN OVER A RUMBLE STRIP AND THAT NOISE STARTED BETWEEN 43 AND 48 MILES AN HOUR

Mileage: 80,000

TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT FLUID CONTAMINATION DUE TO FAULTY RADIATOR!

Mileage: 108,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS SON WAS DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED ABNORMALLY WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE CONTACT FOR ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO PETRO NISSAN (6248 US-98, HATTIESBURG, MS 39402) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, OFFERED NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

Mileage: 114,000

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE INCLUDING ENGINE RADIATOR DUE THE NISSAN DESIGN. *TR

Mileage: 175,000

YOU HAVE TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP NISSAN IN ALBUQUERQUE NM ON LOMAS I TOOK THE TRUCK IN AND IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 5,000 TO FIX. *TR

Mileage: 169,000

TRANSMISSION CONTAMINATED WITH ENGINE COOLANT @ 81,000 MILES. CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ENGINE OVERHEATED AND THE VEHICLE QUIT MOVING. OCCURRED WHILE IN MOTION ON A RURAL ROAD AND VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED HOME.

Mileage: 81,000

COOLANT GOT MIXED IN WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND TRUCK STOPPED RUNNING.

Mileage: 147,175

MY NAME IS MRS.[XXX]. ON 5.29.2019, MY VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED AS A RESULT OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO AAMCO AND HAD IT REPAIRED AT A COST OF $5,258.45 . WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED I DISCOVERED THERE ARE NUMEROUS TAX PAYING CONSUMERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME MECHANICAL FAILURE. I, ALSO, DISCOVERED DESPITE KNOWING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, NISSAN HAS REFUSED AND/OR FAILED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES OR NOTIFY THE OWNERS ABOUT THESE POTENTIAL DANGERS. HAD THE CORPORATION NOTIFIED THE OWNERS THE MAJOR TRANSMISSION. FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN AVERTED WITH A SIMPLE PROCEDURE AT A COST OF $700- $1,000 . INSTEAD THE COMPANY KEPT SILENT ABOUT THE ISSUES. AS A RESULT AMERICAN CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN FOOTING THE BILL FOR NISSAN'S DEFECT, TO THE TOON OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. I CONTACTED NISSAN'S CEO SEEKNG REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE $5,258.45 OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES IT TOOK TO FIX NISSAN'S MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I WAS REFERRED TO THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT BY CEO HIROTO SARKAWA. CONSUMER AGENT [XXX] ID # [XXX] INITIALLY DENIED MY REQUEST VERBALLY ALLEGING THAT BECAUSE I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO AN OUTSIDE MECHANIC I AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REREIMBURSEMENT. HOWEVER IN WRITING SHE CLAIMED NISSAN WAS UNABLE TO OFFER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR OF THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING OUTSIDE OF YOUR NEW VEHICLE LIMITED WARRANTY INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 109,153

AT 132,000 MILES MY TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FAILED AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN NISSANS. I DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH NISSANS. THE COST TO REPAIR IS GOING TO BE MORE THAN $5000. THIS IS TERRIBLE.

Mileage: 132,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE

Mileage: 115,000

WE ARE A AUTO DEALER IN OHIO. AFTER PURCHASING A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER CREW CAB 4X4 AT THE AUCTION, WE DID A POST SALE INSPECTION AND IT PASSED. WE BROUGHT IT HOME AND DID A 60 POINT INSPECTION, OUTSIDE OF AN AIRBAG LIGHT ISSUE, IT PASSED ONCE AGAIN. ONE WEEK LATER, THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT. AFTER A TRANSMISSION SHOP CALLED ME TODAY AND SAID $3000 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION, I FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT NISSAN WILL NOT BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR. I AM LOOKING FOR ANY AND ALL ASSISTANCE. THIS QUOTE SUMS IT UP WELL, 'SIMPLY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THE RADIATOR WITHOUT WARNING CONSUMERS OF THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE TRANSMISSION ONLY MAKES SENSE IF NISSAN IS LOOKING TO CUT THEIR LOSSES. WHY DIDN'T NISSAN WARN CONSUMERS THAT THE TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL QUICKLY AS A RESULT OF A CRACKED COOLER TUBE? HOW MANY CONSUMERS MUST SUFFER TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN BUSY INTERSECTIONS AND ON BUSY, CONGESTED HIGHWAYS BEFORE NISSAN DOES THE ETHICAL THING AND ISSUES A SAFETY RECALL?'.

Mileage: 93,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON 7/13/2019 I FELT MY TRUCK JERKING/TUGGING WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. ON 7/14/2019 THE 'SERVICE ENGINE' LIGHT CAME ON AND THE JERKING WAS MORE NOTICEABLE, I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR SERVICE ON 7/16/2019 AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS COOLANT MIXED IN WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TCM EVENTUALLY FRIED SINCE IT IS HOUSED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION, APPARENTLY THE TRANSMISSION COOLING HOSES ROUTE TO THE RADIATOR AND THE ONLY REMEDY IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR. I SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. THE PROBLEM

Mileage: 10

WHILE ON VACATION TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO COOLANT MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FAULTY RADIATOR TAKEN TO MT HOLLY NISSAN ASAP WHILE DRIVING IT WAS A SAFETY HAZZARD

Mileage: 25

GOT IN MY 2007 FRONTIER TO GO TO WORK ON MONDAY MORNING ,GOT ABOUT THREE BLOCKS AND PULLED OUT ONTO THE MAIN STREET AND MY TRUCK WENT FROM THIRD GEAR BACK INTO 1ST GEAR I WAS ONLY DOING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 60KM AN HOUR, THEN LIMPED IT HOME TO FIND OUT MY RAD WAS CRACKED ,I DO TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY TRUCK AND FOR THIS TO GO ALL OF A SUDDEN. I THINK NISSAN SHOULD COVER THE COST .I ONLY HAVE 110 KMS ON IT !!!

Mileage: 110

MY TRUCK SERVICE LIGTH COME ON 09/25/2018 TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION MECHANIC HE SAID THERE WAS ANTIFREEZE IN THE TRANSMISSION THE SAID WAS BAD FOR THAT HE SAID IT WOULD COST 2500 HUNDRED TO FIX I'VE HAD THIS TRUCK SEEN 2007 I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM 😒

WE HAD JUST HAD OUR OIL CHANGED IN OUR NISSAN FRONTIER AND HAD A GENERAL CHECK OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE DRIVING IT ON A VACATION TO ANOTHER STATE. EVERYTHING WAS IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELL-MAINTAINED. IT HAS 118,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING HOME LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER WE LEFT, WE NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND COOLANT WAS SUDDENLY LEAKING FROM THE TRUCK. WE ALSO NOTICED A PINK OR ORANGE FLUID MIXED WITH THE COOLANT. WE WERE >3 HOURS AWAY FROM HOME WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE GOT WORSE AS WE WERE DRIVING. WE WERE LUCKILY ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME AND TOOK OUR VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS TRUCK HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS OTHER NISSANS--COOLANT MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO SUDDENLY FAIL. NOW THE VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVEABLE AND WERE ARE SUDDENLY LEFT WITH A VERY BIG COST TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THIS SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION WITHOUT ANY WARNING IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE. WE COULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED FAR FROM HOME OR WORSE, THE TRANSMISSION COULD HAVE FAILED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I KNOW THAT NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2007 AND HAS FAILED TO ISSUE A RECALL TO FIX IT AND FAILED TO CHANGE THE DESIGN OF LATER VEHICLES. WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH OUR VEHICLE UNTIL IT HAPPENED TO US. SINCE EVERYTHING WAS IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER WHEN WE LEFT, WE HAD NO REASON TO SUSPECT THAT IN LESS THAN A WEEK, OUR VEHICLE WOULD BECOME UNDRIVEABLE.

Mileage: 118,000

TRANSMISSION WENT INTO LIMP MODE LEAVING DRIVEWAY. CLEARED BY SHUTTING OFF & RESTART. DID THIS TWICE THEN WOULD NOT RESET. TOOK TO SHOP & DIAGNOSED CONTAMINATED TRANNY FLUID & RUINED TRANSMISSION. ONE PART REPLACED WAS NISSAN OEM TCM. THREE MONTHS AFTER REBUILD SAME THING HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY BUT COULD NOT CLEAR LIMP MODE. $400 TOW TO SHOP BUT THEY SAID ALL TESTED AND PASSED, RESET CODES. HAPPENED AGAIN ON HIGHWAY AND DROVE TO NISSAN DEALER IN FLAGSTAFF. THEY DIAGNOSED LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH TCM AND SAID IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN, AND TO GET TO SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY DROVE SLOW IN LIMP MODE BACK TO ORIGNIAL SHOP THAT REBUILT TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SHOP AFTER DIAGNOSTIC SAID OEM TCM FAILED. AVONDALE NISSAN SUPPLIED SHOP WITH NEW TCM BUT ONLY AFTER FAILED TCM WAS RETURNED. TOTAL EXPENSES OVER $7000 AND LOSS OF VEHICLE USE FOR 10 DAYS WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AND 26 CALENDAR DAYS SECOND TIME DUE TO DIFFICULTY IN SHOP DETERMINING EXACTLY WHAT FAILED BECAUSE NISSAN SAID TCM NOT PRONE TO FAILURE HISTORY.

Mileage: 122,000

LOST POWER TO TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD WITH GRANDSON IN CAR SEAT. SAW THE SES (SERVICE ENGINE SOON) LIGHT AND COASTED OFF TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY. VERY SCARY!

Mileage: 135,000

NISSAN FRONTIER TRANSMISSION REVERSE WENT OUT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.

Mileage: 105,000

CROSS-CONTAMINATION BETWEEN AMY FREEZE IN TRANSMISSION FLUID. TRANSMISSION MECHANIC QUOTED AT $4000 TO REPLACE FIX PROBLEM

Mileage: 138,000

RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION CASE CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 146000 MILES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WILE ON THE HIGHWAY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDS REPLACEMENT FOR 5000 DOLLARS.

Mileage: 145,000

THE RADIATOR IS DEFECTIVE AND LET'S THE ANTI-FREZEE MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID.

Mileage: 105,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION. DRIVING CONDITION RESULTED IN SUDDEN HARD DOWNSHIFTS AND EVENTUALLY LED TO A NO START CONDITION. UPON INSPECTING, THE AT CONTROL FUSE WAS BLOWN AND WHEN REPLACED THE VEHICLE CRANKED, ONLY TO HAVE THE FUSE BLOW AGAIN. THE TRANSMISSION, LIKELY NEED TO BE REPLACED TO REMEDY THE ISSUE. THIS ISSUE IS KNOWN AND UNFORTUNATELY, LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE TO HOLD THE MANUFACTURER ACCOUNTABLE.

Mileage: 120,000

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, HAD CHECKED BY NISSAN DEALERSHIP, SAID ANTIFREEZE IN TRANSMISSION CAUSED BY BAD LINES IN RADIATOR, COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSAN,SAID NISSAN HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS PROBLEM, BUT RAN OUT, WOULD COST 6,000 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM

IN JANUARY 2018 MY NISSAN WAS RUNNING GREAT ....DROVE TO WORK AND WHEN I CAME OUT TO GO HOME THE TRUCK WOULDN'T START..MY TRUCK HAS BEEN SITTING SINCE THEN..CANT AFFORD A NEW TRANSMISSION BUT I WAS TOLD IT IS THE MAIN BOARD TO THE TRANSMISSION..I HAVE POWER BUT IT WILL NOT START.THE VEHICLE REMAINS IN MY GARAGE...I HAD NO WARNING BEFORE THE THIS HAPPENED.HAD TO PAY A TOW FEE STRAIGHT TO NISSAN DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY BATTERY AND STARTER..WE \REPLACED BOTH AND STILL NOTHING.I SURE HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME BECAUSE THE COST TO FIX THE PROBLEM AS I WAS TOLD WAS GONNA BE AROUND $4500 THEY WANNA REPLACE THE TRANMISSION

Mileage: 108,000

CAR STUTTERS WHEN I ACCELERATE WHIL GOING UPHILL BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MILES AN HOUR. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC REPORTED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED BY THE RADIATOR FAILING. THERE ARE 102,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP IS CHARGING $6,100 TO REPAIR A TRUCK THAT IS WORTH LESS THAN THAT. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT AS I AM 2,000 MILES PAST THE WARRANTY, THEY WILL NOT DISCOUNT THE PRICE OF REPAIR, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE. NEITHER THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM OR THE DEALER PERFORMING MAINTENANCE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS HAS EVER MENTIONED OR CHECKED FOR THE ISSUE.

Mileage: 102,000

TAKATA RECALL TRANSMISSION STOP PULLING I HAVE WATER IN MY TRANSMISSION NO WARNING AT ALL I WAS AT A RED LIGHT AND IT JUST STOP GOING??

Mileage: 163,000

TAKATA RECALL, THE FRONTIER TORIC CONVERTER INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION STARTED VIBRATING AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING SMOOTHLY. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS MILKY LOOKING ACCORDING TO NAPA WHEN THEY CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID.

Mileage: 80,196

KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS CAR, CROSS CONTAMINATION RADIATOR TO TRANSMISSION.. COOLANT LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION. 6MONTHS OVER WARRANTY.

THE AIRBAG STARTED FLASHING AND AROUND 35-40 MPH IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE HITTING RUMBLE STRIPS. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THE RADIATOR FLUID IS MIXING IN THE TRANSMISSION. REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR IS OVER $4,500.

Mileage: 193,120

IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING DOWN A BUSY PUBLIC HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION STARTS TO GO OUT WITH NO SIGNS LEADING UP TO FAILURE.

Mileage: 170,000

RADIATOR BROKE AND MIXED FLUIDS- BOTH TRANI AND RADIATOR. TRANI BROKE AS A RESULT OF IT. I SPENT 5K TO FIX. I HAD A WARRANTY I PURCHASED FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WOULD HONOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE IT WAS CAUSED BY THE RADIATOR.

Mileage: 107,000

DOING GENERAL CHECK UP OF MY TRUCK WHILE PERFORMING AN OIL CHANGE NOTICED SLUDGES IN THE RADIATOR. IMMEDIATELY PERFORMED BYPASS AND DRAINED THE TRANSMISSION TO FIND IT FULL OF COOLANT. FIXED THE ISSUE MYSELF AFTER ALL THE NEW PARTS ARRIVED EARLY ENOUGH TO SAVE THE TRANSMISSION. HONESTLY FEEL LIKE NISSAN OWES EVERYONE THAT HAD THIS ISSUE A BRAND NEW TRUCK NO QUESTIONS ASKED NOT RIGHT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE AND NHTSA SOMEHOW DENIED THE CLAIM ACCORDING TO THEIR INSPECTION DO YOUR JOB SLAM NISSAN MAKE THEM PAY UP.

DRIVERS AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. ALSO TRANSMISSION SLIPPING ANTI-FREEZE MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID.

Mileage: 64,000

OUR 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER'S RADIATOR LEAKED INTO OUR TRANSMISSION AND RUINED OUR TRANSMISSION AT 110,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE STARTED SLIPPING AND STUTTERING CHANGING GEARS WHILE WE WERE DRIVING AND IT THEN LOCKED UP WHEN WE PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND WE COULD NOT SHIFT THE CAR INTO GEAR. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED WHERE THE SHOP IS TELLING US IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. WHEN I CALLED THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP, THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, BUT I AM OUT OF LUCK BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE REPAIR IS OVER A $5200 FIX. THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF A BAD MANUFACTURED RADIATOR, NO FAULT OF OUR OWN, AND IT HAS NOW RUINED OUR TRUCK.

Mileage: 110,000

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO RADIATOR FAILURE AND COOLANT CONTAMINATION

Mileage: 138,000

RADIATOR LEAKS INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL ENTERING 45 MPH TRAFFIC ON A 4 LANE CITY STREET LEAVING ME STRANDED AND BLOCKING TRAFFIC. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP AND WILL COST 3000.00.

Mileage: 110,000

VEHICLE OVERHEATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE, FOLLOWED BY AUTOMATIC SHIFT SPUTTERING BETWEEN 3 AND 4TH GEARS. TAKEN TO MECHANIC AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT OVERHEATING WAS RESULT OF RADIATOR FAILURE, WHICH CAUSED RADIATOR FLUID TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. REPAIR COST $3400 TO REPLACE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATING 1 MONTH AFTER TAKATA RECALL EXPIRED.

Mileage: 115,000

A KNOWN ISSUE WAS NEVER CORRECTED WITH MY VEHICLE CAUSING THE COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN KNEW OF THE PROBLEM AND NEVER DID ANYTHING TO NOTIFY ME. YET THEY STILL SEND ME LETTERS ASKING IF I WOULD LIKE TO TRADE IN MY VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE BROKE DOWN IN THER EXACT WAY THEY DESCRIBED IT WOULD AND STILL, THEY WERE UNWILLING TO HELP WITH REPAIRS.

Mileage: 120,000

NISSAN RECOGNIZED LEAK IN RADIATOR, LEADING TO CORROSION IN TRANSMISSION RESULTING IN CLUNKING SHIFTING WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNTIL TRANSMISSION CANNOT SHIFT BY ITSELF. SECRET WARRANTY BULLETIN PUT OUT BUT ONLY TO NISSAN SERVICE CENTRES AND NOT SHARED WITH VEHICLES OWNERS UNTIL TO LATE FOR MOST. IF THEY RECALLED OR FIXED THE RADIATOR, WOULD NOT NOW NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION REPAIR FOR ~$7000. TRUCK WILL NO LONGER GO UP HILLS UNLESS ONE SHIFTS AS IF IT WERE MANUAL

Mileage: 73,249

WHEN DRIVING MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER WITH A 191000 MILES AND TRUCK STARTS TO SLOW DOWN, IT WOULD DOWN SHIFT ROUGH. MADE APPT FOR NEXT DAY WITH MECHANIC. IT STILL BEING THE SAME DAY I DROVE MY SON TO THE PARK AND CAME TO A STOP , TRUCK DOWN SHIFT WAS ROUGH AGAIN AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON, PUSHED ON GAS AND TRUCK FELT LIKE IT LOST POWER. GOT TO PARK A BLOCK AWAY, TURNED TRUCK OFF AND IT NEVER STARTED AGAIN. TOWED TO A MECHANIC . $1100 LATER, MECHANIC SAYS TOW IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC BECAUSE THE MODULAR INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING AND THEY CAN TELL WHAT'S WRONG. I GET IT TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER FOR $90 AND $450(3HRS OF LABOR TO DIAGNOSE TRUCK) LATER, NISSAN SAID RADIATOR FLUID CROSS CONTAMINATED WITH TRANSMISSION AND RUINED IT. ALSO FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ENGINE OIL IN RADIATOR. SO THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR $6800. NISSAN DEALER SENDS ME SERVICE COUPONS, FLYERS TO TRADE THE FRONTIER FOR NEWER A MODEL TO MY HOUSE. THEY ALSO TEXT AND CALL. IN 2012 THEY SETTLED TO EXTEND POWER TRAIN WARRANTY BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. WHY WASN'T I INFORMED OF PREVENTATIVE MAINTENCE ON A KNOWN DEFECT.

Mileage: 191,000

TAKATA RECALL. I WENT TO GO DO A TRANSMISSION FLUSH. AND MECHANIC SAYS HE CANT FLUSH IT CAUSE THERES COOLANT MIXED IN WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. THEN ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING HOME.

A CRACK CAME IN THE RADIATOR, FORCING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION, DAMAGING THE TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 107,900

MY TRANSMISIN STOP WORKING A DONT NO THA PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING ON A PAVED STATE HIGHWAY AT APRX 50MPH, THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND RPM'S WENT UP. MUCH LIKE THE TRANSMISSION HAD DOWNSHIFTED. THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANS. COULDN'T MANUALLY GET IT BACK TO NORMAL BY DOWNSHIFTING OR PUTTING IT INTO NEUTRAL. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WAS NOW LIT. PULLED OVER, STOPPED AND TURNED OFF ENGINE. UNDER THE HOOD THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS SIGN OF LEAKING, BROKEN BELTS OR SMOKE. RESTARTED THE TRUCK AND DROVE HOME APRX 10 MILES WITH NO PROBLEM, BUT SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT STILL ON. DROVE IT THE NEXT DAY TO AUTOZONE (5MILES TOTAL) AND SHOWED CODES P1774 AND P0717. RESEARCHING THE CODES LED ME TO ALL THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT PROBLEMS DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE TRANS FLUID COOLER INSIDE THE RADIATOR WHICH MIXES THAT OIL WITH COOLANT AND DESTROYS COMPONENTS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. NOW I HAVE TO FIGURE WHAT TO DO FACING A $6000 REPAIR BILL ON A $10000 VEHICLE. THIS HAD ME LOSING SPEED IN A TRAFFIC SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS AND STRANDING US AS AN ELDERLY COUPLE WITH A DISABLED PERSON IN THE ARIZONA DESERT. MONEY ASIDE, IT'S PRETTY SAD TO FIND OUT THAT THE NHTSA AND NISSAN HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND NEITHER HAS TAKEN ANY PROACTIVE STEPS TO INFORM OR WARN THE OWNERS. JUST A LOT OF COLLECTING INFO AND WAITING FOR THE VEHICLES TO BE CARTED OFF AS JUNK AND THE PROBLEM SWEPT UNDER THE RUG. THANKS A LOT FOR STALLING FOR YEARS AND DOING NOTHING. SAFETY DOESN'T JUST PERTAIN TO HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED! NOT EXACTLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO!

Mileage: 136,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO COOLANT MIXING HAD TO HAVE THE VALVE BODY REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TCMAND NEW RADIATOR. VEHICLE CUT COMPLETELY OFF AND WOULD NO LONGER START. AFTER FAILING TO EXCELERATE PAST 40MPH.

Mileage: 110,000

RADIATOR LEAK RESULTED IN REPLACING RADIATOR AND DAMAGED TRANSMISSION

Mileage: 147,000

DEFECTIVE RADIATOR HOSE CAUSED COOLANT FLUID TO SEEP INTO THE TRANSMISSION, DAMAGING IT ENTIRELY. COST OF REPAIRS WERE $4200.00. NISSAN NEGLECTED TO NOTIFY OWNERS OF DEFECTIVE PART AND THE RECALL FOR 2005-2010 MODELS. OVER 2000 COMPLAINTS WERE FILED BEFORE NISSAN TOOK CORRECTIVE ACTION, WHICH INCLUDED EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES. HOWEVER, MECHANICAL ISSUES WILL NOT MANIFEST UNTIL WELL OVER 100,000 MILES THUS ABSOLVING NISSAN FROM ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR OWNERSHIP.

Mileage: 171,000

TRANSMISSION RADIATOR CONTAMINATION. LOSS ACCELERATION ON HI WAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO RESPOND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VALVE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED TOGETHER. THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

Mileage: 108,000

WHEN ENTERING HWY 17 (70 MPH SPEED LIMIT) I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR TO ENTER ONCOMING TRAFFIC. INSTEAD OF INCREASING SPEED THE TRUCK STALLED. I PULLED ONTO THE RIGHT SIDE EMERGENCY LANE IN ORDER TO PREVENT TRAFFIC FROM RUNNING OVER MY VEHICLE. I PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND IT SEEMED TO SMOOTH OUT . MOTOR WAS RUNNING WITH EXCESS RPM'S AND TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THIS WAS A NEAR ACCIDENT. I COULD HEAR CARS BEHIND PLACING ON BRAKES AND BLOWING HORN. WHEN RETURNING HOME WAS TOLD BY NISSAN DEALERSHIP RADIATOR COOLER AND TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FAULTY LINES. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THIS PROBLEM.

Mileage: 68,000

OUR 07 NISSAN FRONTIER WAS BEING DRIVEN TO BE INSPECTED FOR REGISTRATION WHEN, AT A STOP LIGHT, IT JUST TURNED OFF AND WOULD NOT START. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC. HE HAD TO SEND IT TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR THE COMPUTER TO BE REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED. ACCORDING TO THIS MECHANIC, THE LEAK FROM THE RADIATOR HAS MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING ALL THESE COMPONENTS TO FAIL AND NEED REPLACING. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED FOR AN OIL CHANGE, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 109,000. UPDATED 01/27/17*LJ UPDATED 01/31/17.*JB

Mileage: 109,000

I HAVE A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER WITH 68,000 MILES. NO MAJOR ISSUES UNTIL NOW. STARTED HAVING A TRANSMISSION NOISE DURING ACCELERATION. 10/2016, TOOK MY TRUCK TO MY LOCAL AUTO MECHANIC AND FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID LOW. NO SIGNS OF LEAKS. ALSO CHECK COOLENT AND NO PROBLEMS SEEN. 11/5/16 I HEAD A POP AND SAW FLUID RUNNING OUT OF COOLENT OVERFLOW. TRANSMISSION STATED SLIPPING. 11/9/16 TOOK TRUCK TO MY LOCAL AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SEE THE COOLENT IS MIXED WITH OIL. ON 11/15/16 PER MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER I HAVE A CRACK IN MY TRANS COOLENT SYSTEM WHICH IS MIXING TRANSMISSION AND COOLENT FLUID. IN RESULT DAMAGED MY TRANSMISSION AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. HE HAD ASK ME TO CALL NISSAN FOR ADDITION ASSISTANCE. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED BY A RADIATOR REPLACEMENT. ON 11/9/2016 I CONTACTED NISSANUSA AND I WAS HUNG UP ON TWICE. I FINALLY GOT IN TOUCH WITH A DECENT PERSON THE SET ME UP WITH A CASE. I ASKED FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE DETAILS OF THE WARRANTY AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE EMAILED. 11/15/2016, I'M STILL WAITING FOR THAT EMAIL. I CALLED AGAIN AFTER GETTING ONE RUDE PERSON AND WAS PUT ON HOLD THEN DISCONNECTED. I CALLED BACK ASKING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. I SHOULD BE GETTING A CALL TOMORROW. ALSO, I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE ISSUE A YEAR OR TWO AGO BY ANOTHER NISSAN OWNER. WHEN I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER TO ACQUIRE ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND AWARE TO THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT. ALSO, THEY DID NOT HAVE INFO OF ANY PREVENTIVE MEASURES THE COULD PREVENT THIS PROBLEM. IF THIS WAS A KNOW ISSUE THE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY NISSAN.

Mileage: 68,000

THE TRUCK BEGAN LOSING POWER BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO LOWER GEARS. THIS PUT US AT RISK AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE AND WE TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER. WE LEARNED THAT NISSAN KNEW OF THE ISSUE, BUT FAILED TO NOTIFY US. THEY KNOWINGLY LET US DRIVE A DANGEROUS TRUCK FOR YEARS.. WE WERE LUCKY WE BROUGHT IT IN WHEN WE DID. WE ALWAYS HAD OUR TRUCK REPAIRED AT THE NISSAN DEALER, THEY HAD NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES TO TELL US, OR WRITE US. WE HAVE NOT MOVED! THIS IS WRONG AND THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT IS UNFAIR TO THOSE OF US WHO HAPPENED TO HAVE THE ISSUE AT MILEAGE OVER 100,000. THE JUDGE SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED NISSAN TO WARN US. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY $5000 TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED, WE ALREADY PAID $200 DOLLARS IN NEW FLUIDS THINKING THAT WAS THE ISSUE.

Mileage: 124,000

THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER IN THE RADIATOR HAS BUSTED CAUSING RADIATOR COOLANT TO GET INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE COOLANT MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IT HAS CAUSED CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION (GEARS, ETC.) A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION STARTING TO SHIFT MORE AND MORE ABRUPTLY. I DROVE TO WORK AND AT THE END OF MY SHIFT, MY TRUCK WOULD NOT START. I DISCOVERED THE REASON FOR IT NOT STARTING WAS DUE TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FUSE WAS BLOWN. I REPLACED THE FUSE, STARTED THE TRUCK AND THE FUSE BLEW AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE DISCOVERED THE ISSUE WITH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE WITH 2005 -2010 PATHFINDER, FRONTIER AND XTERRA OWNERS. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HOLD NISSAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR A FAULTY PRODUCT THAT THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF BUT WILL NOT CORRECT. THIS IS GOING TO COST ME $3500 - $4500 TO REPAIR

Mileage: 160,000

LIGHTS ON DASH CAME ON WHILE IN PARK AND ENGINE RUNNING. TOOK IT TO DEALER, AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE RADIATOR COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. REPAIR WILL COST $5,900.94 FOR NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. I HAD NO IDEA THAT ANYTHING THAT SERIOUS WAS GOING ON. I FELT NO ISSUES WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 110,011

MY RADIATOR HAD FAILED CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO ENTER THE COOLANT AND COOLANT TO ENTER THE TRANSMISSION. ONCE NISSAN REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHED OUT BOTH SYSTEMS, THE TRANSMISSION SEEM TO DRIVE OK, AND THE NISSAN DEALER SAID IT SEEMS TO BE OK. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR A MONTH THE TRANSMISSION HAS DEVELOPED SLIPPAGE DUE TO THE PREVIOUS RADIATOR WITH AN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COOLER THAT CAUSED INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. IF NISSAN HAD BUILT THE TRUCK WITH AN EXTERNAL TRANSMISSION COOLER SEPARATE FROM THE RADIATOR, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION ONCE THE RADIATOR FAILED. AS AN ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC WITH WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY FOR 10 YEARS, ALSO SERVING IN THE MILITARY AS A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC, AND WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT MODELS OF VEHICLES THAT I HAVE OWNED; HAVE I EVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WHERE ONE COMPONENT FAILS THAT WOULD CAUSE ME TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION. I AM STARTING TO BELIEVE THAT NISSAN IS NOT ANY BETTER THAN OWNING ANY OTHER CAR, AS THE TECHNOLOGY SEEMS TO NOT BE GETTING BETTER BUT MORE COSTLY TO US THE CONSUMERS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVIN AT ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK TEMP GAUGE ELEVATED, AND COOLANT BURPING OUT. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT IT DOWN TO CHECK AND DISCOVER THE ISSUE WAS THE RADIATOR. ONCE TAKEN TO THE SHOP BY TOW TRUCK THE SHOP SAID THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD COOLANT INSIDE AND TRANSMISSION FLUID INSIDE THE ENGINE COOLANT AREA AND PASSAGES.

Mileage: 110,655

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 102,000

NHTSA ACTION NUMBER 12004. THIS WEEK MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER'S TRANSMISSION FAILED AT ROUGHLY 62,000 MILES. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY NEAREST NISSAN DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT FAILED DUE TO A LEAK IN THE COOLING SYSTEM CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE FAILURE. THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN "EXTENDED THE WARRANTY" TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM. THE ONLY ISSUE IS THAT THE DEDUCTIBLE FOR THE "WARRANTY" IS $3,000! THAT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH OF A WARRANTY TO ME. I FEEL LIKE NISSAN HAS ADMITTED THE PROBLEM AND IS TRYING TO AVOID A RECALL BY ISSUING THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH A DEDUCTIBLE THAT IS MOST LIKELY COVERING A MAJORITY OF THE COST OF THE JOB IF NOT ENTIRELY. SINCE THIS INVESTIGATION IS STILL OPEN I THOUGHT IT ONLY APPROPRIATE TO CONTRIBUTE.

Mileage: 62,000

TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT MIXED CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION NOT TO SHIFT PROPERLY IN TRAFFIC. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THEIR FAULTY COMPONENTS AND SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL AND FIX, AT THEIR EXPENSE.

Mileage: 120,000

TRANS COOLER DEFECTED CAUSING WATER TO ENTER TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION IS NOT LONGER FUNCTIONING.

Mileage: 20

THE TRANSMISSION LINE RUNS THROUGH THE RADIATOR IN THESE VEHICLES. IT BROKE INSIDE RADIATOR AND PUT TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO COOLING SYSTEM AND COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION, CAUSING FAILURE OF BOTH SYSTEMS. WHEN PROBLEM WAS DETECTED(SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPING) I TOOK TO MECHANIC, WE FLUSHED TRANSMISSION AND COOLING SYSTEM. TRANSMISSION IS SYSTEMATICALLY FAILING ,

Mileage: 121,100

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW THAT ALLOWS COLLAR FROM THE RADIATOR TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL. ON MY VEHICLE IT FAILED AT 100,800 MILES, JUST BARELY OUTSIDE WARRANTY. IT WILL NO LONGER CLIMB HILLS AND HAS GREAT DIFFICULTY GAINING INITIAL MOMENTUM ON FLATTER ROADS. IT DOESN'T STALL, JUST SITS IN ONE PLACE, ROLLS BACKWARD INSTEAD OF FORWARD, OR EXCELERATES LIKE A 3 TOED SLOTH. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WE WERE DRIVING UP STEEP DRIVEWAY AND IT JUST STOPPED MOVING. THE SECOND TIME WE WERE ON A LESS STEEP BUSY ROADWAY AND WE'RE FORCED TO ROLL BACKWARDS IN TRAFFIC UNTIL WE COULD FIND A PLACE TO TURN AROUND. ISSUE HAD NOT BEEN SPECIFICALLY NOTICEABLE PRIOR TO THIS.

Mileage: 100,800

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING ALSO HARD KNOCK. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY OR HIGH WAYS

Mileage: 100,000

MY NISSAN FRONTIER PICK UP WENT COMPLETELY DEAD AND WOULD NOT START AFTER I HAD REFUELED AT A GAS STATION. I CHECKED OUT THE BATTERY CONNECTIONS AND IGNITION AND FOUND NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. I THEN CALLED A LOCAL DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HAD IT TOWED IN FOR DIAGNOSIS FOR REPAIR. THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY AND INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY WAS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF $1800.00. AFTER A WEEK OR SO I CALLED AND WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS READY. I PICKED IT UP AND PAID THE BILL. SHORTLY AFTERWARD I NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING AN LITTLE HARD BUT DISMISSED IT AS POSSIBLE CHARACTERISTIC OF A NEW PART FUNCTIONING DIFFERENTLY. AFTER ABOUT 4 MONTHS I NOTICED AN INCREASE IN THIS SHIFTING AND SO I CHECKED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL WHICH WAS A LITTLE LOW BUT A HEALTHY COLOR. I ADDED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND TRANSMISSION OPERATED OK FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING VERY HARD AND SLIPS AND SOME TIMES THE VEHICLE JUMP FORWARD JUST SLIGHTLY WHEN AT A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT. I HAVE BEGAN INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THIS IS HAPPENING A LOT WITH NISSANS VEHICLES NOT JUST THE FRONTIERS, BUT ALSO PATHFINDERS AND EXTERRAS. SOME CONSUMER GROUP ARE SEEKING A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AND I HOPE THEY GET IT BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY $1800.00 EVERY SIX MONTHS.

Mileage: 116,000

VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED WITH 115,000 MILES ODOMETER READING. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THE REAR AXLE SEAS HAVE FAILED, RESULTING IN GEAR OIL SOAKING REAR BRAKES, RESULTING IN OIL CONTAMINATION OF BRAKE PADS AND RENDERING THE PARKING BRAKE INEFFECTIVE. THE REASON WAS EXPLAINED BY NISSAN AS A RUSTED $14 BREATHER TUBE IN THE DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING CAUSING PRESSURE BUILD UP TO RUIN THE $7 DOLLAR SEALS. THE RESULT IS A REPAIR ANY WHERE FRO $1500 FOR A DIFFICULT AXLE PULL TO GET TO THE SEALS OR UP TO$6500 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE REAR ASSEMBLY. THE PROBLEM WITH SEAL REPLACEMENT IS IT IS DIFFICULT AND TIME CONSUMING AND MUST BE PERFORMED PERFECTLY OR THE SEALS WILL LEAK AGAIN. THE ROOT CAUSE IS A POOR BREATHER SYSTEM,. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND APPLICATION. CONTINUED USE WILL CAUSE PREMATURE REAR BRAKE FAILURE AND TOO MUCH STRESS ON THE FRONT BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 115,000

THE PROBLEM BEGAN AS "SHUDDER" RESEMBLING WHAT IS FELT WHEN THE CAR MOVES ONTO THE "RUMBLE STRIP" NEAR THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THIS OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING AT LOWER RPMS (1500 - 2000) AT AVERAGE HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN 5TH GEAR (55 - 65 MPH). SINCE THE VEHICLE IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN IN TOWN AT LOWER SPEEDS, THE "SHUDDER" OCCURRED RARELY AND WAS NOT INITIALLY IDENTIFIED AS A PROBLEM. OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS, THE PROBLEM BEGAN OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY AND AT LOWER SPEEDS, BUT ALWAYS AT LOWER RPMS (1500 TO 2000) AND IN ALL GEARS. AS THE SHUDDER WORSENED, THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN TO SHIFT MORE ROUGHLY, OFTEN JARRING AS IT MOVED FROM ONE GEAR TO THE NEXT. (THIS OCCURS AT ALL GEAR CHANGES.). THE VEHICLE IS NOW "SLIPPING" QUITE BADLY AS IT MOVES FROM 4TH TO 5TH GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED TORQUE CONVERTER PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE MECHANIC HAS RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. IT APPEARS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A VALVE BODY FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION AND CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID.

Mileage: 88,000

DROVE A VERY SHORT DISTANCE NEAR MY WORK AND HEARD A BUBBLING SOUND IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, KNEW IMMEDIATELY SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE RADIATOR. A FEW SECONDS LATER IT WAS LIKE A SMALL EXPLOSION AND I WAS ABLE TO PARK. THE GOO COMING FROM UNDERNEATH WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAD SEEN BEFORE. I HAD USAA TOW IT OFF, DEALERSHIP SAID CRACK IN THE RADIATOR CAUSED FLUIDS TO MIX AND CORRUPT THE TRANSMISSION AND FOUND OUT 15 DAYS LATER THAT NOTHING WOULD BE COVERED. DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE MASSIVE, WIDE-SPREAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS EXACT SCENARIO. DEALER DIDN'T KNOW, INSURANCE AND ADJUSTER NEVER SAID ANYTHING. WASN'T UNTIL A SMALL TOWN MECHANIC TOLD MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, THAT WE HEARD ABOUT THESE ISSUES FROM OTHER NISSAN OWNERS. I AM HESITANT TO HAVE FACTOR PARTS PUT BACK IN IT IF, ACCORDING TO OTHERS, THE SAME PROBLEM COULD RE-OCCUR.

Mileage: 120,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO COOLANT INTERMIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO A CRACK IN THE COOLING SYSTEM. FIRST TIME WAS JUST OVER THE WARRANTY SO I WAS FORCED TO PAY A $2500 COPAY. THE VIHICLE STARTED SHOWING SIGNS OF A SECONDARY FAILURE JUST PRIOR TO 100000 MILES AND WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER THEY LIED TO ME AND SAID THERE WAS JUST RESIDUAL OIL IN THE RADIATOR FROM THE FIRST FAILURE... NOW I AM PAST ANY WARRANTY COPAY AND THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING AT JUST 100500 MILES. THAT IS JUST TWO YEARS (LESS THAN 18000 MILES) AFTER THEY REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT CONSUMERS ARE BEING FORCED TO PAY FOR A KNOWN ISSUE OF POOR ENGINEERING ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED BY THE DEALER WITH NISSAN PARTS. THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT JUST REPLACED WITH ANOTHER DEFECTIVE PART. ON TOP OF THAT THEY DENIED THERE WAS A PROBLEM TO SO I WOULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT WAS PAST THE EXTENDED WARRANTY (FROM 2012 CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT). WHILE THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT IN EITHER INDECENT THERE WAS A NEAR COLLISION THE FIRST TIME AS I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND THE SECOND THERE WAS TRAFFIC BEHIND ME THAT HAD TO AVOID REAR-ENDING ME AS THE VEHICLE STOPPED, THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH.

Mileage: 98,021

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, A CLUNKING AND STUTTERING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE TRANSMISSION AND MAIN COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA INVESTIGATION NUMBER: DP12004 (POWER TRAIN) WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. ....UPDATED 07/05/16 *BF *CN

Mileage: 65,000

TRANSMISSION TOTAL FAILURE. RADIATOR LINE BROKE AND MIXED INTO TRANSMISSION, DESTROYING IT. OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL.

Mileage: 140,000

ENTERING 4 LANE HIGHWAY WITH 70 MPH TRAFFIC. KICKED FRONTIER INTO PASSING GEAR TO ENTER ONGOING TRAFFIC. FRONTIER STALLED AND SLOWED INSTEAD OF INCREASING SPEED. TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE AND JERKING CAUSED MOTOR TO INCREASE RPMS. I HAD TO MOVE MY TRUCK OVER TO RIGHT OF PAVED LANE AND ONTO PULLOFF AREA IN ORDER TO PREVENT ACCIDENT. I WAS TOLD AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT I HAD TRANSMISSION DAMAGE DUE TO RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION . IT COST ME $2500 TO REPAIR A PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE COST LIVES. I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS A PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT RECALLED BY NISSAN.

Mileage: 68,000

"TAKATA RECALL" TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO WATER DAMAGE OF TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY DUE TO COOLANT LEAKAGE FROM RADIATOR INTO TRANSMISSION. I BEGAN TO NOTICE A VIBRATION AROUND 1200 TO 1600 RPM THAT WOULD SMOOTH OUT AT HIGHER RPMS.

Mileage: 84,000

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION. IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT, BUT REFUSES TO FIX. THEY DO NOT TELL THE BUYER OF THE LOOMING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, AND CONTINUED TO MANUFACTURE THE VEHICLES FOR SEVERAL MORE YEARS EVEN AFTER DISCOVERING THE PROBLEM, PROBABLY BECAUSE IT FAILS AFTER THE WARRANTY IS UP. I NOW HAVE A TRUCK THAT I BOUGHT JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO FOR $17000 THAT WILL NOT MOVE. THE COST TO FIX THE PROBLEM CAN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM $4000 TO $10000 DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE DEFECT. IF IT WERE TO HAVE BEEN IN A WRECK AND THAT MUCH MONEY IN BODY DAMAGE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED IT WOULD BE TOTALED. HOW EVER SINCE IT IS A MECHANICAL ISSUE I AM STUCK PAYING $360 A MONTH FOR A USELESS VEHICLE, THAT EVEN IF I COULD AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED, I WOULD BE PUTTING WAY MORE MONEY INTO IT THAN IT IS WORTH. WHEN I PURCHASED IT FROM THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP IT HAD AN AS IS NO WARRANTY TAG IN THE WINDOW, BUT THAT WAS NOT TRUE. NISSAN HAD A WARRANTY FOR THAT SPECIFIC PROBLEM, BUT THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT TELL ME. WHEN I CALLED AND ASKED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THE SERVICE WRITER PRETENDED NOT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL I STARTED GRILLING HIM ABOUT IT. HE THEN ADMITTED IT WAS A BIG PROBLEM IN 3 OF THEIR VEHICLES, THEN TOLD ME IT WASN'T HIS PROBLEM, IT WAS SALES PROBLEM AND TRANSFERRED ME TO THEM. I TALKED TO THE MANAGER, HE SAID THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY NISSAN OFFERED, THE ONE THEY NEGLECTED TO MENTION, EXPIRED THE MONTH BEFORE MY TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND EVEN THEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT $2500 FOR A KNOWN DEFECT THAT THEY CONTINUED TO PUT IN THE VEHICLES FOR SEVERAL MORE YEARS. I WAS LUCKY IT FAILED IN A PARKING LOT AND NOT WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC WHERE I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY ANOTHER CAR AND INJURED OR KILLED! THIS PROBLEM IS NOT THE CONSUMERS FAULT, IT IS NISSANS!

Mileage: 111,269

CRACKED RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION COOLER RUINING THE TRANSMISSION.AN ISSUE NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT, YET DOES NOTHING BUT EXTENDING A BOGUS WARRANTY. TRUCK HAS 68K.

Mileage: 68,000

TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER FAILED CAUSING WATER TO TO GET INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER VALVE BODY AND OTHER TRANSMISSION PARTS. AFTER LOOKING @ NUMEROUS COMPLAINT ON THE WEB I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT NISSAN DID NOT SEND OUT ANY NOTIFICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS COOLER FAILING. I READ WHERE THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON SOME VEHICLE BUT NO NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT TO CONSUMERS WHO OWNED AFFECTED VEHICLES. EVEN IF THEY DID NOT DO A RECALL IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF THEY WOULD HAVE WARNS CONSUMERS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS HAPPENING. IT'S MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE TO CHANGE A RADIATOR THAN TO REBUILD OR REPLACE A TRANSMISSION! FORTUNATELY MY TRANSMISSION WENT JUST AFTER I MADE HOME FROM A TRIP. NOW I AM STUCK WITH OVER $3500.00 TRANSMISSION REBUILD THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOID IF NISSAN HAD DONE THE RIGHT THING BY LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION COOLERS.

Mileage: 98,000

NISSAN IS AWARE OF LEAKING RADIATORS AND NOT UNTIL A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WAS FILED THEY DID NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND ONLY HELP PAY WITH A COPAY IF THE VEHICLE IS LESS THEN 90,000 MILES. WHICH IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE IT SHOULD IT BE UNLIMITED MILEAGE FOR THAT TYPE OF REPAIR. RADIATOR LEAKED COOLANT FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION AND CORRODED AND BROKE SEALS ON TRANSMISSION CAUSED IT TO BRAKE AND HAVE CAR SHUT DOWN

Mileage: 170,000

MY TRUCK STOPPED RUNNING AS I WAS GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY. I TRIED TO PUT IT IN GEAR AND IT WOULDN'T GO. I TURNED IT OFF AND ON COUPLE OF TIMES TIL I GOT IT TO SLOWLY DRIVE OFF THR TRAFFIC LANE. I PARKED IT THEN HAD IT TOWED, TURNED OUT THE RADIATOR COOLANT HAS LEAKED INTO MY TRANSMISSION. IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 3 WEEKS NOW AND THE REPAIR COST IS GOING TO BE AROUND $6500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ODOR EMITTED INTO THE VENTS AND THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED OIL AND ANTIFREEZE FLUID SPILLING FROM THE RESERVE TANK ONTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPILL CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR TO FAIL. BOTH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000. UPDATED 04/14/16*LJ UPDATED 04/18/16. *JB

Mileage: 94,000

TRANS COOLER RUPTURE AND MIXING COOLANT WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. RUINED TRANSMISSION/COMPUTER/RADIATOR AND LEFT STRANDED ON ROAD. VERY EXPENSIVE FIX FOR A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN HAS WITH 2005-2010 MODELS AND WERE AWARE OF. NISSAN DECEIVED THE CONSUMERS AND HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH TO SATISFY CUSTOMERS. I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN VEHICLE. I THINK THEY NEED TO SEND LETTER TO EACH VIN WITH PROPER INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO FIX THIS ISSUE SO IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

Mileage: 150,000

AROUND 3 MONTHS AGO I STARTED NOTICING BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 RPMS AND USUALLY BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH MY VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE LIKE I WAS DRIVING ON RUMBLE STRIPS. TURNS OUT I HAD A CROSS CONTAMINATION ISSUE WITH COOLANT AND ATF. LOOKING IN MY RADIATOR LOOKED LIKE A STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE. ALSO DROPPED THE TRANSMISSION PAN AND FOUND A BROWN SHINEY MIXTURE OF ATF AND COOLANT. I IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT AND BOUGHT A NEW RADIATOR AND FLUIDS FOR MY TRUCK. TOTAL COST AROUND $400 SO FAR. AFTER THE FLUID FLUSHES AND NEW RADIATOR TRUCK RAN GOOD FOR ABOUT 1700 MILES. ABOUT A WEEK AGO 01/20/2016 A SLIGHT RUMBLING STARTED AGAIN. 2 DAYS AGO THE ISSUE TURNED VERY SEVERE. RPMS WERE STAYING VERY HIGH AROUND 3000 THEN WOULD GET A VERY VIOLENT CLUNK AS THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED GEARS. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. I DROVE THE TRUCK YESTERDAY AND WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC AND WENT TO START WENT LIGHT TURNED GREEN. RPMS WENT TO ALMOST 3 WITH NO MOVEMENT FROM THE TRUCK THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN TRUCK GAVE THE VIOLENT CLUNK AGAIN AND SLAMMED INTO GEAR AND STARTED MOVING. I DID NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE TODAY IN FEAR OF A CATISTRROPHIC BREAKDOWN OR WORSE. LIKE A TRANSMISSION LOCK UP AT 60 MPH CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN SHOPPING TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND IT LOOKS LIKE DEFINITELY NEED TRANSMISSION REBUILD OR REPLACEMENT AT AN ESTIMATED FEE OF $3000 TO $6000. THIS IS FOR AN ISSUE THAT NISSAN HAS BEEN AWARE OF AND FAILED TO COMMUNICATE OR TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS. ISSUE SEEM TO BE WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT CITY OR HIGHWAY AT THE ABOVE SPEEDS AND RPMS RANGE.

RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE TO FAULTY RADIATOR, BEYOND USELESS EXTENDED WARRANTY, RESULTING IN MY BURDEN TO PAY, ACCORDING TO NISSAN A 2500.00 DOLLAR DEDUCTIBLE, PLUS TAXES. NICE, MY TRUCK HAS ONLY 49,000 MILES ON IT, NO OFF ROAD USE, AND NOW GETTING TO THE POINT OF USELESS. THANKS NISSAN. OH, DON'T FORGET THE TOWING CHARGE TO THE NEAREST DEALER OVER ONE HOUR AWAY FOR REPAIRS. I JUST STARTED WITH TRANSMISSION SYMPTOMS OF INTERMITTENT GRINDING WITH OVERDRIVE ENGAGED ON THE SHIFTIER. TOOK MY TRUCK TO GARAGE FOR INSPECTION, THEY CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND, YA YOU GUESSED IT, RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH IT.

MY FRONTIER DIED ON 12/6 / ON 12/7/2015, I HAD IT TOWED TO THE BOARDWALK NISSAN AND PAID $100 TO HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED. I WAS TOLD THE REPAIRS WOULD COST $10,500. THE RADIATOR CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT IN TURN CAUSING THE COMPUTER PANEL TO BURN OUT. I ASKED THE SERVICE ADVISER WAS THERE SOMETHING I COULD'VE DONE TO PREVENT THE PROBLEM. HE SAID NO, THE PROBLEM HAPPENS. I THEN HAD THE TRUCK TOWED HOME. NOW, I FIND OUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN SHOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT, HAD THEY MADE THE REPAIRS TO THE RADIATOR, MY TRUCK WOULD BE WORKING TODAY. THIS MAKES ME ANGRY. IT MAKES ME ANGRY THAT I JUST PAID $317.44 TO REPLACE TIRE SENSORS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN NEEDED!! THE RADIATOR ISSUE RESULTED IN A $417.44 EXPENSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY ($100 FOR A DIAGNOSIS). THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. I ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR ON 12/6/15, IT WOULDN'T START. THINKING IT WAS A BATTERY ISSUE, I WAITED UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING; ONLY TO FIND OUT IT WASN'T THE BATTERY. I CALLED BOARDWALK NISSAN AND HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTICS & REPAIRS ONLY TO FIND OUT IT WOULD COST ME $10,500.

Mileage: 145,396

WITH NO PRIOR WARNING, TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TWICE, IN NOVEMBER 2013 AND DECEMBER 2015. IN BOTH CASES, VEHICLE LOST ALL TRANSMISSION OF POWER TO THE DRIVE TRAIN. IN BOTH CASES, TRANSMISSION FLUID COULD BE SMELLED WHEN THE HOOD IS OPENED AFTERWARDS. MANUAL CLUTCH CONTINUES TO FUNCTION PERFECTLY, AND GUAGE SHOWS PROPER RPMS, BUT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE. IN BOTH CASES, VEHICLE WAS MOVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE, ONCE AT FREEWAY SPEEDS OF ABOUT 65 MPH AND ONCE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER, ESPECIALLY ON THE FREEWAY, THE PROBLEM CAUSED A SUDDEN SLOWING WHICH AFFECTED THE TRAFFIC AROUND ME.

Mileage: 85,000

MY TRANSMISSION FAILED TO WATER IN TRANSMISSION DUE TO FAULTY RADIATOR BECAUSE OF RECALL I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF UNTILL I RESEARCHED IT AFTER IT HAPPENED 10 /17/15 IT STAYED IN HIGH GEAR ON HWY 98 I ALMOST GOT HIT 2 OR 3 TIMES I HAD IT TOWED TO ADVANCED TRANS. SPANISH FORT , AL INVOICE #10892 WATER IN TRANS. 3996.89 FOR RPAIRS

Mileage: 141,000

THE TRANSMISSION DOESNT SHIFT DOWN AS IT NEEDS TO WHEN IT IS CALLED FOR,AND A CHATTER HAPPENS WHEN IT DOES SHIFT DOWN.

Mileage: 115,000

WAS STATIONARY READY TO GO TO NEXT APPOINTMENT PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT WOULD NOT GO. ENGINE REVED BUT NOT MOVING. WAS TOLD AT DEALERSHIP COOLANT HAS GOTTEN INTO TRANSMISSION. NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION . AFTER REPAIRS, HEADLIGHTS AND WINDOWS DID NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY.

Mileage: 145,485

THESE VEHICLES CONTAIN A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR COOLER TANK THAT RUPTURES AND FORCES COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE COOLER LINES. WHEN THE COOLANT MIXES WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID IT CREATES A FROTHY LIQUID THAT EATS VALVES, ERRODES SEALS AND CAUSES CORROSION. IT'S TOXIC, IRREVERSIBLE AND WILL EVENTUALLY KILL THE 5-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHICH IT DID

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION COOLER FRACTURED AND CAUSED ANTI-FREEZE TO SPILL INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,256.

Mileage: 86,256

PURCHASED THE TRUCK 8-1-2015, DROVE IT ABOUT 2 MONTHS (1700 MILES). WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING LEFT WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED NEARLY CAUSING AND ACCIDENT. TOOK THE TRUCK TO NISSAN TO BE CHECKED OUT. THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR CRACKED CAUSING CONTAMINATIION OF COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. SINCE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS BUILT INSIDE THE RADIATOR. WHICH AFTER READING A LITTLE RESEARCH WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY NISSAN FOR 6 MODEL YEARS (2005-2010).

Mileage: 1,700

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER THIRTY MINUTES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE RADIATOR CRACKED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE TO SHIFT GEARS. AFTER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS PRESENT IN THE RADIATOR COOLANT. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

Mileage: 80,000

TRANSMISSION DAMAGE ATTRIBUTED TO CONTAMINATION BY ENGINE COOLANT. THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION IS A CRACKED ATF LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH AN ENGINE COOLANT CHAMBER IN THE RADIATOR.

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 11/18/15*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE NOT REVERSING WAS THE FIRST SIGN OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. UPDATED 1/14/2016*JS *CN

Mileage: 45,000

FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH PRIOR TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILING, I NOTICE A "BUCKING" FROM THE TRANSMISSION FOLLOWING SHIFTS AND ONLY AT LOW RPM'S. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVELS CHECKED DURING AN OIL CHANGE IN JANUARY 2014, AND FLUID WAS ADDED (THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT FLUSHED.) THE "BUCKING" SEEMED TO SUBSIDE FOR A FEW DAYS, HOWEVER WHAT I NEXT EXPERIENCED NEXT WAS FAR WORSE. ON THREE OR FOUR OCCASSIONS, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY ACTED AT THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED, AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. EACH OF THESE INCIDENTS OCCURRED ON 4 LANE HIGHWAYS, AT HIGHWAY SPEED. AS I RECALL, ON AT LEAST ONE OF THESE OCCASSIONS TRAFFIC WAS VERY LIGHT, AND I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY EXIT THE HIGHWAY. HOWEVER, ON THE OTHER OCCASSIONS, THE SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED AND ABILITY TO ACCELERATE VERY VERY NEARLY CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 128,000

WHEN THE TRUCK TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO 5TH GEAR THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPCCURING AND GETTING WORSE. THE NISSIAN DEALER VERIFIED IT IS DUE TO CONTAMINATED TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE TO A LEAK IN THE COOLING RADIATOR.

Mileage: 92,100

I WAS REAR ENDED 04/20/2015 ,BACK INJURY, POLICE REPORT, OTHER DRIVER INSURANCE TAKING CARE OF BILLS, NO SETTLEMENT YET. IN JUNE, NOTICED TRANSMISSION SLIP & LEAK IN DRIVE WAY. IN REPAIR SHOP ON FRIDAY, 07/31/2015. THEY ADVISED ME RADIATOR CRACK AND TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED INTO RADIATOR. $1,200.00 TO REPAIR ALL. THEY INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.

Mileage: 117,000

MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER HEATER WOULD NOT WARM UP WHEN IDLING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN DECEMBER 2014 AND THEY FLUSHED THE LINES. SIX MONTHS LATER THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT DUE TO A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED IT! I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOW 8 YEARS OLD, THE WARRANTY WILL ONLY COVER PART OF THE COST AND I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR $2,500. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, I FOUND THAT ONE OF THE WARNING SIGNS WAS A HEATER THAT WOULD NOT WARM UP WHILE IDLING. THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED IN DECEMBER OF 2014 AND COVERED FULLY BY WARRANTY, HOWEVER, THE DEALER DID NOT WARN ME! NOW, NISSAN SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO! I'M FRUSTRATED TO SAY THE LEAST AND HAVE PURCHASED MY LAST NISSAN!

Mileage: 60,000

TRUCK STARTED TO VIBRATE LIKE I WAS DRIVING ON A RUMPLE STRIP AROUND 40 MPH. IT SEEMED LIKE THE OVERDRIVE WAS STRUGGLING TO ENGAGE OR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COULDN'T FIND THE RIGHT GEAR. I CHECKED THE ATF AND IT WAS A RED STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE CONSISTENCY THAT IS OFTEN DESCRIBED WHEN THERE IS WATER CONTAMINATION. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT NISSAN REFUSES TO RECALL. IT HAS JUST OVER 90K.

Mileage: 91,172

DRIVING WHEN CAR STOPPED MOVING AND STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. HAD TO PUT CAR IN REVERSE. INTERMITTENTLY GOT IT IN DRIVE. CAR WAS MAKING A HUMMING NOISE.

Mileage: 1,270,000

I PURCHASED A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER IN 2013, AND JUST PRIOR TO REACHING 109,178 MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING BADLY SO I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE DISCOVERED THAT MY "SEALED" TRANSMISSION WAS MISSING TWO QUARTS OF OIL AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF LEAKING ON THE EXTERNAL PORTION OF THE TRANSMISSION. HE REPLACED THE MISSING OIL AND AFTER A WEEK OF DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AGAIN. HE CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL AND AGAIN IT WAS QUART LOW AND SLIPPING BADLY. IT WAS THEN I STARTED RESEARCHING NISSAN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND DISCOVERED THAT WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING WAS A WELL KNOWN (BY NISSAN) PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. NOW AT 109,275 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS COMPLETELY FAILED AND IT ALL COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD NISSAN FIXED THE WELL KNOWN PROBLEM BEFORE THEY SOLD THE VEHICLE TO ME. FUNNY THE SALESMAN THAT SOLD THE TRUCK TO ME SUGGESTED THAT I PURCHASE A "POWER-TRAIN" WARRANTY "JUST IN CASE" BECAUSE IT WAS 4WD, I FIND THAT VERY IRONIC. I PURCHASED THE WARRANTY AND NOW I AM BEING TOLD THAT THE REPAIR COST FOR THE BLOWN TRANSMISSION MAY NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION COOLING RADIATOR IS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. I FEEL THAT NISSAN IS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER THE COST IS TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF THEIR NEGLIGENCE IN FAILING TO FIX THE PROBLEM PRIOR TO THE TRUCK BEING RESOLD.

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I BEGAN TO NOTICE A LOUD VIBRATING OR SHUDDERING SOUND AT SPEEDS AROUND 35-40 MPH. IT SEEMED TO HAPPEN AS I STOPPED ACCELERATING AS IF IT WERE TRYING TO UP-SHIFT FOR CRUISING. THE SOUND BEGAN TO GET LOUDER OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BEFORE I COULD GET IT CHECKED OUT. IT NOW HAS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME SHIFTING AT THOSE SPEEDS AND WHEN IT DOES SHIFT, IT'S HARD AND MAKES A LOUD KNOCK SOUND. IT THEN BEGAN TO RUN HOT ONE DAY SO AFTER IT COOLED I CHECK THE COOLANT LEVEL AND FOUND THAT IT HAD A LIGHT BROWN, MILKY LOOKING SUBSTANCE WHICH FELT OILY. I'VE RECENTLY DISCOVERED A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM EXPLAINING THAT IT IS CAUSE BY THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING AND DAMAGING EACH COMPONENT.

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE SERVICED, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE RADIATOR, TRANSMISSION, AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 100,000

I BOUGHT A USED 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER CREW CAB AT HYUNDAI OF ROSEVILLE, CA A YEAR AND HALF AGO ON JAN 2014 AND THEY NEVER DISCLOSE TO ME THAT THIS CAR WAS KNOWN FOR COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND EVENTUALLY DESTROYING IT. AFTER BUYING THIS, I ONLY DROVE IT FOR ABOUT 8,000 MILES AND THIS PROBLEM HITS ME JUNE 2015. I BOUGHT IT FOR $12,500 AND STILL OWE $8,000. THE COSTS TO REPAIR THIS ACCORDING TO NISSAN WOULD COSTS ME $7,500. I BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR $1,200, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE THIS IS A "KNOWN PRE-EXISTING PROBLEM OR DEFECT BY THE MANUFACTURER." SO, THIS USED FRONTIER WOULD COSTS ME OVER $20,000 WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT THE NEW ONES ARE GOING FOR. THIS IS TERRIBLE AND I NEED SOME KIND OF JUSTICE. EITHER NISSAN, THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT THIS FROM AND OR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY NEED TO PAY FOR THIS. NISSAN SHOULD PAY BECAUSE THIS WAS A KNOWN MANUFACTURER DEFECT. HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM SHOULD ALSO PAY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DISCLOSE OF THIS KNOWN DEFECT. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY CALLED BUY DIRECT AUTO WARRANTY SHOULD HAD NOT OFFER ME A WARRANTY KNOWING THAT CAN'T PAY FOR THIS KIND OF REPAIR. THEY SHOULD EITHER PAY FOR THE REPAIR OR GIVE ME A FULL REFUND. I NEED JUSTICE!!!

Mileage: 120,008

2007 NISSAN FRONTIER WITH 140,000 MILES STARTED VIBRATING AND SEEMED SLUGGISH WHEN ACCELERATING. I TOOK TO FIRESTONE THINKING MAYBE IT NEEDED TUNE UP. COME TO FIND OUT TRANSMISSION IS THE ISSUE. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD TO REPLACE FUEL SENSOR WHEN NISSAN REFUSED TO PAY. I WAS OVER THE MILEAGE BY 2000 MILES FOR RECALL. NOW I HAVE READ ABOUT ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION AND ONCE AGAIN NISSAN REFUSING TO FIX PROBLEMS. NISSAN SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THESE ISSUES. I WILL NOT OWN ANOTHER NISSAN!!! MY BROTHER ALSO HAD A 2009 FRONTIER WITH THE FUEL SENSOR ISSUE AND NISSAN WOULD NOT PAY TO FIX. NISSAN KNOWS THIS ISSUES IS OCCURRING OVER THE 100,000 MILES AND KNOW THEY HAVE DEFECTIVE PARTS ON VEHICLES.

Mileage: 140,000

RADIATOR LEAKS INTO TRANSMISSION AND RUINS BOTH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION

Mileage: 105,000

LIKE SO MANY OTHER NISSAN FRONTIER OWNERS, THE RADIATOR COOLANT GOT MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS IS FACTORY DEFECT KNOWN BY NISSAN. HAD TO REPLACE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION SINCE THE CAR WAS NOT RESPONDING WELL AND WAS NOT ABLE TO RUN PROPERLY. CALLED NISSAN THREE TIMES TO ASK FOR SOME FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND THEY DENIED IT. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING BAD, AND THE COOLANT WAS LOOKING BROWNISH RED. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS IN THE RADIATOR AND THROUGH OUT BOTH THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET CHECK-OUT THEY SAID MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THAT THIS WOULDN'T BE COVERED. WOULD NEED TO REPLACE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION.... COSTING ME $ 2,731.25. ALTHOUGH THIS IS A KNOWN FACT THAT NISSAN IS HAVING A GOOD AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS WITH VARIOUS NISSAN MODEL INCLUDING MY NISSAN FRONTIER. VERY UNHAPPY NISSAN CUSTOMER OF MANY YEARS..... NOW I'M STARTING TO HAVE TIMING BELT ISSUES WHICH FALLS UNDER ANOTHER NISSAN FRONTIER PROBLEM. WILL HAVE TO GET FIXED AT MY OWN EXPENSE. MY DEALERSHIP KNOW THESE THINGS BUT ARE NOT OPEN ABOUT THESE FACT. I TAKE MY FRONTIER IN FOR MAINTENANCE NOTHING EVER SAID AND NEVER SEEM TO GET RECALL NOTICES EITHER.... *TR

Mileage: 90,217

WAS DRIVING 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER WHEN 4WD LIGHT CAME ON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SLOWED DOWN AND CAME TO A STOP. WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. APPARENTLY, TRANSMISSION IS RUINED DUE TO A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE RADIATOR WHERE COOLANT LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN NEVER ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, JUST EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES, LEAVING THE CONSUMER RESPONSIBLE TO FIXED CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. COST $6500. *TR

Mileage: 111,000

MAKING A NOISE WHEN TRAVELING AT 35-40 MPH ACCELERATING. NISSAN DEALERSHIP STATES IT IS THE RADIATOR LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. WARRANTY EXPIRED ON 12/2014. NISSAN DEALERSHIP STATES A CO-PAY OF $2500.00 IS WHAT WILL BE CHARGED TO FIX. *TR

Mileage: 76,000

2012 CLASS ACTION SUIT EXTENDS WARRANTY FOR LEAKAGE OF ANTIFREEZE INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH CAUSES ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING PROPERLY AND BREAK DOWN. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON FEATURE ON NISSAN VEHICLES. THIS TRUCK WAS DRIVEN TO FLORIDA BY A COLLEGE STUDENT ON SPRING BREAK. AT 79,000 MARK TROUBLE STARTED. HE DROVE IT HOME TO VIRGINIA AND BINGO THE ODOMETER WENT OVER 80,000 MILES. AT 80,300 MILES HE TAKES IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND BECAUSE ODOMETER IS OVER 80,000 MILES THE MANUFACTURER REQUIRES $2500 OWNER CO-PAY TO REPAIR WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A PREVENTABLE REPAIR BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION TANKED. HAD HE TAKEN IT TO A DEALER IN FLORIDA AT 79,000 THE WHOLE THING WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. THEY REQUIRE WRITTEN PROOF OF MECHANICAL FAILURE. THESE VEHICLES NEED TO COME WITH A WARNING LABEL. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

TRUCK WOULD NOT START. TOWED TO AUTO GARAGE. TOLD RADIATOR HAS A DEFECTIVE COOLEST LINE THAT RUNS THRU TRANSMISSION. THIS CAUSED CROSS CONTAMINATION OF RADIATOR FLUID AND TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING BREAKDOWN OF TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. FOUND OUT ONLINE THAT THIS HAPPENS WITH THREE TYPES OF NISSAN VEHICLES MADE BETWEEN 2005 AND 2010. NISSAN WILL ONLY COVER IF UNDER 100,000 MILES BUT I HAVE TO PAY FIRST 3000 ON A FIX AVERAGING 3800 TO 4000. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANY PROBLEMS BY NISSAN. THEY KNEW THEIR WAS A PROBLEM AND I BELIEVE THAT ARE STALLING AND COVERING THIS PROBLEM. THEY SHOULD BE 100% RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS LIABILITY. CAR COMPANY'S PAID FOR ALL TYPES OF RECALL FOR THEIR DESIGN FLAWS, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE HERE OTHER THAN THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR INSTALLED BY MANUFACTURER, ROTTED, CAUSING A MIX OF TRANSMISSION FLUID AND COOLANT PERMANENTLY DAMAGING THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 111,000

STARTED EXPERIENCING RADIATOR OVERHEATING AND ERRATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. MECHANIC FOUND RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS MIXED. RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REPLACED +/-$4000 ESTIMATE. NORMAL DRIVING HISTORY AND VEHICLE IN GOOD CONDITION OTHERWISE. HTTP://WWW.NISSANPROBLEMS.COM/TRENDS/COOLANT-LEAKS-DESTROY-TRANSMISSION/ HTTP://WWW.NISSANASSIST.COM/WEB/RADIATOR/FAQS.PHP?MENU=22 HTTP://CLASSACTION.KCCLLC.NET/CASEINFO.ASPX?PAS=NISSANATOILCOOLERSETTLEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

I FIRST BEGAN NOTICING A PROBLEM WITH MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER WHEN THE HEATER WAS HAVING TROUBLE HEATING UP THE CAB AS I WAS DRIVING. AT FIRST THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT AND THE HEATER WOULD WARM UP FOR A WHILE AND THEN GET COLD AGAIN. SHORTLY AFTER THAT I BEGAN TO NOTICE A VIBRATION OR SHUDDERING AT HIGHER SPEEDS AS IF I WAS HITTING A RUMBLE STRIP. I BEGAN DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL NISSAN MODELS BETWEEN 2005 AND 2010. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND WHAT WAS NEEDED TO REPAIR IT. THE RADIATOR DEVELOPS A CRACK THAT LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND STARTS TEARING UP THE INTERNALS OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF BOTH THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION. THE COST TO DO THIS REPAIR WAS ABOUT $5,100.00. THE COST WAS NOT COVERED IN THE NISSAN EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE THE TRUCK HAD OVER 100,000 MILES. I AM EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED THAT NISSAN DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTICE FROM NISSAN THAT THERE WAS AN ENGINEERING DEFECT IN THEIR CARS. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED AND REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,500.

Mileage: 109,500

I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE 12-17-14, SINCE THE HEATER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND JUST FOUND OUT THE THAT RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION, POSSIBLY CONTAMINATING THE TRANSMISSION. THEY ARE REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHING THE TRANSMISSION A FEW TIMES TO TRY TO SALVAGE THE TRANSMISSION. THEY INFORMED ME OF A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM BUT I'M PAST THE PERMITTED MILEAGE. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED IN 2012. THE SERVICE DEALER SAID THE RECALL INCLUDED A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FOR $3800 BUT THAT THE DEDUCTIBLE WAS $3000??? THIS IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW THAT SHOULD BE FULLY COVERED AND FIXED BY NISSAN! *TR

Mileage: 117,000

FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED THE GAS GAUGE JUST QUIT WORKING SECOND THE FUEL LINE STARTED LEAKING ON THE FRAME JUST AFTER GAS GAUGE FIXED THEN TRANSMISSION MESSED UP TRANSMISSION RADIATOR AND THERMOSTAT FIXED AND NO RUNNING HOT TOOK IT TO DEALER SAYS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT ALSO CODE IS SHOWING EGR VALVE. *TR

Mileage: 1,012,321

DEFECTIVE POWER TRAIN TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ON 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. *TR

Mileage: 109,000

THE D FOR DRIVE WOULD NO LONGER SHOW -TO TOOK IT TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY DETECTED COOLANT LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION. FOUND OUT NISSAN HAD LOST A CLASS ACTION SUIT OVER THIS AND REALIZED MY TRUCK IS OVER LIMIT FOR MILAGE THIS IS SECOND MAJOR REPAIR FOR THIS VEHICLE HAD A TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPLACED AND WAS PARTIALLY REIMBURSED AFTER A BIG FIGHT WITH DEALER AND NISSAN. WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AFTER THIS I HOPE YOU HANG THEM OUT TO DRY OVER THIS. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON 8/16/2014 AND I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO WORK AND TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF GEAR ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I SCANNED THE VEHICLE AND PULLED A CODE FOR THE TRANSMISSION OUTPUT SENSOR. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAID THEY FOUND COOLANT IN MY TRANSMISSION AND I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE PREVIOUS EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. AND NISSAN WOULDN'T COVER ANY OF THE DAMAGES DUE TO IT BEING OUT OF THE LAST EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WAS ADDED TO THE VEHICLE. NOW THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $6,756 TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE I'VE OWED FOR LESS THAN A WEEK. *TR

Mileage: 120,695

TOOK IT TO THE DEALER "NEMER" THEY TOLD US THAT THERE WAS COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION TOLD US IT WOULD COST $5000 TO $7000 TO FIX WE TOOK IT TO A PLACE TO HAVE IT FLUSHED OUT THAT HELPED THEN AFTER 109000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION DIED BEEN PARKED IN DRIVEWAY SENSE 12/13/13. *JS

Mileage: 85,500

TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK INTO RADIATOR. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSE THAT THE RADIATOR HOUSING FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED THE RADIATOR FLUID TO PENETRATE THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSE THAT THE RADIATOR HOUSING FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED THE RADIATOR FLUID TO PENETRATE THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION CROSS CONTAMINATED DUE TO A CRACKED ATF LINE. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO RADIATOR LEAKAGE INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID. JUST OUT OF WARRANTY! NISSAN CLAIMS POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER SINCE IT IS A RADIATOR PROBLEM WHICH CAUSES THE FAILURE. ----- LEAKING COOLANT CAUSES TRANSMISSION FAILURE AN ALARMING NUMBER OF NISSAN XTERRA, PATHFINDER AND FRONTIER OWNERS ARE STEPPING FORWARD WITH STORIES ABOUT HOW CRACKED RADIATORS ARE CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. ONCE MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THIS LETHAL COMBINATION KILLS THE VALVES, SEALS AND TORQUE CONVERTER -- RENDERING YOUR ENTIRE TRANSMISSION USELESS. THIS ISSUE IS CURRENTLY CONTAINED TO THE 2005'2010 MODEL YEARS. SOME ARTICLES ONLINE CLAIM THAT BEING AWARE OF THE PROPER WARNING SIGNS MAY HELP PREVENT YOUR NISSAN FROM NEEDING A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THESE WARNING SIGNS ARE: HEAVY VIBRATION WHILE SHIFTING HEAVY VIBRATION WHILE ACCELERATING ABRUPT STALLING SHUDDERING NOISES CAR DOESN'T WARM UP WHEN SITTING OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR RADIATOR CRACK ARE CLAIMING THAT EVEN IF YOU CATCH IT EARLY, YOUR TRANSMISSION IS STILL DOOMED TROUBLE DUE TO THIS ENGINEERING / MANUFACTURING DEFECT. YOU CAN READ THEIR STORIES OVER AT CARCOMPLAINTS.COM FOR THE THREE NISSAN MODELS THAT ARE SHOWING THE DEFECT: PATHFINDER: 2007, 2006, 2005 XTERRA: 2005, 2006, 2007 FRONTIER: 2005. 2006, 2007 PERHAPS EVEN MORE TROUBLING IS OWNERS WHO HAVE ALREADY HAD THEIR TRANSMISSIONS "REPAIRED" BY AN AUTHORIZED NISSAN DEALER ARE STILL REPORTING CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, NISSAN OWNERS WHO ARE OUT OF WARRANTY ARE LEFT TO COVER THE HEFTY REPAIR BILL, WHICH CAN BE OVER $4,500 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

OVER THE COURSE OF APPROX 2 WEEKS THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE AND ENGINE OVERHEATING. THEN THE TRANSMISSION CEASED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKAGE INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE NEEDED A COMPLETELY REBUILT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND RADIATOR. TOTAL REPAIR FEES WERE $3495.00 INCLUDING TOWING. WAS TOLD BY TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR NISSAN RADIATORS. CALLED NISSAN LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THEY QUOTED A PRICE OF OVER $5500.00 JUST FOR THE TRANSMISSION. RADIATOR AND TOWING WOULD BE EXTRA. I WAS INFORMED THAT NISSAN REFUSED TO OFFER WARRANTY OR OTHER COMPENSATION. *TR

Mileage: 111,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BACK ROAD. WHILE TRAVELING UP A SLIGHT HILL THE TRUCK SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE TRUCK. WHEN I RESTARTED AND PUT IT IN DRIVE I STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. I ENDED UP GETTING TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. IF THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT AT 155K MILES IT COULD FAIL, HOWEVER THIS TRUCK HAS NOW GONE THROUGH THE FACTORY TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS A FACTORY REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION ALL WITHIN 7 YEARS. I READ ONLINE ABOUT MANY FRONTIER OWNERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AS I HAVE. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR FAILS WHICH CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. I FEEL LUCKY THAT I WAS ON A BACK ROAD BECAUSE THE FAILURE HAPPENED QUICKLY, HAD I BEEN ON A HIGHWAY WITH MODERATE TRAFFIC I COULD EASILY BEEN STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. *JS

Mileage: 155,000

TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILED...TRANSMISSION OIL LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE COOLANT AND ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. VEHICLE STALLED ON MAJOR ROADWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING OF ANY PROBLEMS. *JS

Mileage: 108,000

THE TRANSMISSION COOLING UNIT IN THE RADIATOR LEAKED. MY COOLANT SYSTEM BECAME A BROWN SLUDGE DUE TO HAVING TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK INTO IT. MY TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD COOLANT LEAK INTO IT AND TRANSMISSION IS DAMAGED. *TR

Mileage: 116,000

TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY STOPPED TRANSFERRING POWER. OWNER CHECKED TRANSMISSION FLUID AFTER INCIDENT IN WHICH IT WAS FILLED WITH RADIATOR COOLANT AND RADIATOR HAD A MIX OF COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 113,000

I WENT TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AND STARTED TO NOTICE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. I CALLED NISSAN AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THERE WAS NOT A RECALL FOR MY TRUCK. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THE TRANSMISSION IS NO LONGER USABLE AND THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOTICING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

TRUCK SUDDENLY RUNNING ROUGH. PLUGS REPLACED. TOOK IN FOR RELEARN IDLE. TOLD ME ALSO 3 OF 4 CATS CLOGGED AND COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION. KNEW NOTHING OF THIS ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS UNTIL I LOOKED ONLINE TO TRY AND FIGURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH MY TRUCK. I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT TRULY IS A SAFETY HAZARD. TO IMAGINE THE THOUGHT OF DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND HAVE YOUR TRANNIE LOCK UP...? HELLO! THIS HAS CAUGHT ME UNAWARE AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL NOW AND AT 127K MILES, I AM SOL ON ANY KIND OF REFUND, REPAIR, OR ANYTHING? THEY SHOULD BE LIABLE AS I SHOULD NOT BE IN THIS POSITION WITH NO RECOURSE FOR A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE THAT IS NOW GOING TO COST ME MORE MONEY THAT I CAN AFFORD. THIS IS THEIR ISSUE AND THEY SHOULD FIX IT, NOT ME. THEY KNEW AND THEY SHOULD FIX. REGARDLESS, WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH ACTUAL DAMAGE THIS HAS CAUSED MY ENGINE NOW? I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW.... DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO DO NOW. BUT IF I BUY ANOTHER TRUCK, I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE A NISSAN...TOO MANY COVER UPS...NO RESPONSES OR FIXES... *TR

Mileage: 127,000

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER AND HAVE ONLY HAD IT SINCE FEB 2014 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS A STRONG VIBRATION AT 40 MPH IN THE REAR END. SO I HAD THE TIRES BALANCED THEN RE BALANCED THINKING IT WAS THE TIRES. EVEN WENT AS FAR AS REPLACING THE REAR TIRES. AFTER THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE ISSUE I THEN TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A FAILURE IN THE RADIATOR THAT LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REPLACED. IF I HAVE IT DONE BEFORE MY TRUCK REACHES 100K IT WILL ONLY COST ME 3000 TO GET IT FIXED AND NISSAN WILL PICK UP SOME OF THE COST. BUT IF I GO OVER 100K I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FULL REPAIR COST. MY CURRENT MILEAGE IS 98910. I HAD PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGH THE PLACE I HAD PURCHASED THE TRUCK AND BECAUSE THEY DON'T COVER THE RADIATOR I AM NOW LIABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. SO NOW I AM AT A LOSS, JUST STARTED PAYING ON THE VEHICLE AND NOW I HAVE TO SPEND 3000 AT MIN TO GET IT FIXED. I SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING THIS KIND OF MONEY INTO THIS TRUCK AFTER OWNING IT FOR LESS THAN 6 MONTHS. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

COOLANT BACKED UP INTO TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. *TR

Mileage: 144,074

I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED A NEW TIMING CHAIN. NISSAN HAS BEEN AWARE THAT THE TIMING CHAIN SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN THE SUBJECT NISSAN VEHICLES ARE PRONE TO PREMATURE FAILURE, AND NISSAN CONTINUED TO INSTALL DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAIN SYSTEMS IN THE SUBJECT NISSAN VEHICLES KNOWING THAT THEY WERE PRONE TO PREMATURE FAILURE. NISSAN NOT ONLY REFUSED TO DISCLOSE THE PROBLEM, BUT ALSO ACTIVELY CONCEALED KNOWLEDGE OF IT. NISSAN UNDERTOOK AFFIRMATIVE EFFORTS TO CONCEAL THE FAILURES THROUGH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ISSUED TO REPAIR FACILITIES. ALTHOUGH NISSAN WAS AWARE ENOUGH OF THE PROBLEM TO ISSUE MULTIPLE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS TO REPAIR FACILITIES, INFORMING THEM OF THE NEED FOR TIMING CHAIN SYSTEMS TO BE REPLACED, NISSAN SELECTIVELY CHOSE NOT TO INFORM CONSUMERS OF THIS FACT. NISSAN CONCEALED THIS SO THAT THE WARRANTY PERIOD ON THE SUBJECT NISSAN VEHICLES WOULD EXPIRE BEFORE OWNERS BECOME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THROUGH THIS PRACTICE, NISSAN UNLAWFULLY TRANSFERS THE COST OF REPLACEMENT FROM ITSELF TO THE OWNERS OF THE SUBJECT NISSAN. THE FACT THAT THE TIMING CHAIN SYSTEMS WERE PRONE TO SUDDEN PREMATURE FAILURE IS MATERIAL TO CONSUMERS BECAUSE IT PRESENTS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND PLACES THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS AT A RISK OF HARM. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER WHICH HAS ONLY A 122,431 MILES ON IT AND SOMETHING WENT WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I WAS GOING UP THE HILL IT WAS LIKE IT JUST STALLED OUT ON ME. I'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON IT AND IT SEEMS LIKE ALOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS LIKE NISSAN IS JUST TRYING TO HIDE THE PROBLEM. IF ITS SOMETHING THAT THEIR AT FAULT WITH THEY SHOULD BE THE ONE WHO FIXES IT. I DEPEND ON MY TRUCK EVERYDAY TO GET ME TO WORK AND IF ITS THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID IS MIXING ITS A VERY EXPENSIVE FIX WHICH I CAN'T AFFORD AND THE OTHER PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE RELIABLE FOR SO I WISH U WOULD CONSIDER THIS AND DO AND INVESTIGATION ON IT AND TRY AND GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED BEFORE IT MESSES ANYBODY ELSE'S UP AND PUTS THEM OUT ALOT OF MONEY. THERE'S JUST TO MANY PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND IF U ALL DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT NISSAN IS JUST GOING TO KEEP DOING THE SAME THING TIL SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED TO RUMBLE WHEN SHIFTING TO OVERDRIVE. LOOKED INTO THE ISSUE AND HEARD ABOUT THE CROSS CONTAMINATION ISSUE. LOOKED FOR SYMPTOMS AND FOUND THAT WATER HAD GOTTEN INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND FLUD IN MY RADIATOR. I HAVE SPEND HUNDREDS ON FLUSHING THEM OUT AND BYPASSING THE RADIATOR. TRANSMISSION IS STILL RUMBLING. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES ME NO GOOD, FOR I AM OVER THE COVERED MILAGE LIMIT. [XXX] 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *TT

Mileage: 1,390,000

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING "HARD" AND THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID HAD CONTAMINATED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND VISA VERSA. I NEEDED TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION SHOP LOOK AT IT. THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING AS THE PREVIOUS SHOP, BUT ALSO THAT I WOULD BE NEEDING A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR SYSTEM, AT THE COST OF $4848.00. THIS WAS DUE TO A FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO MIX WITH AND CONTAMINATE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS AND A DAMAGED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION COMPUTER. AFTER RESEARCHING, THIS HAS OCCURRED TO HUNDREDS OF NISSAN VEHICLES, INCLUDING 2005-2010 NISSAN PATHFINDER, FRONTIER AND XTERRA VEHICLES. NISSAN HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2007 AND HAS UNDERTAKEN NO PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 101,444

THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN SHUTTERING AND SLIPPING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. IT WAS GETTING WORSE SO I TOOK IT TO KINGS TRANSMISSION ON 3-13-14 TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THEY DISCOVERED WATER IN THE FLUID AND INFORMED ME THAT THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE HAD A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR FAILING AND LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES. THE TRUCK IS NOW AT A NISSAN DEALER GETTING A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR.

Mileage: 97,750

NO POWER TO WHEELS...TRANSMISSION COOLANT AND ENGINE COOLANT MIX TOGETHER DUE TO MALFUNCTION IN RADIATOR CAUSING CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. COST TO REPLACE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION IS $5200...RESEARCH ON THIS MATTER INDICATES THAT NISSAN CORP. KNEW OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT COVING THIS DEFECT HAS BEEN APPROVED, BUT, THE DEADLINE TO APPLY HAS PASSED...MY TRUCK JUST BROKE AND IT IS NOW TOO LATE TO REGISTER FOR THE APPROVED CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT. HOW CAN I GET REIMBURSED LIKE SO MANY OTHERS HAVE??? *TR

Mileage: 125,000

TRUCK BEGIN SHUTTERING AND SHIFTING HARD. TOOK IT TO NISSAN AND THEY SAID THE COOLANT HAD MIXED WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND I WILL NEED NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. COST ABOUT 5500.00. NISSAN SERVICE TOLD ME THE FIRST TIME EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. ONLY AFTER I TOOK IT IN THE SECOND TIME AFTER I HAD 100,000 MILES THEN THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE LEAK. NISSAN REFUSED TO PAY FOR ANY OF THIS. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK FROM A USED CAR AUTO DEALER WITH 137,477 MILES ON IT. THEIR WARRANTY WAS UP BEFORE I WAS AWARE I HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. WHILE DRIVING LOCALLY AND ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 35 AND 65 MPH THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE INTERMITTENTLY WHICH CAUSED AN ERRATIC CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. AFTER APPROACHING SEVERAL AUTO REPAIR SHOPS ABOUT THE ISSUE NO ONE SEAMED TO HAVE A SOLUTION EXCEPT ONE. THEY TOLD ME THAT A CLASS ACTION SUIT WAS ISSUED AGAINST NISSAN ABOUT A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR COMBINATION COOLER CROSS CONTAMINATE PROBLEM THAT DESTROYS THE TRANSMISSION LUBRICATE AND ELECTRICAL SHIFTING FUNCTIONS OF THE TRANSMISSION. IT COST ME $3,728.95 TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET MY MONEY BACK FROM NISSAN IF POSSIBLE. ALL POST ABOUT THE CLASS ACTION SUIT PUTS ME OUTSIDE ON THE INITIAL SETTLEMENT. THANK YOU *TR

Mileage: 132,500

NISSAN FRONTIER 2007 - TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING FUNNY MAKING A RUMBLING SOUND. TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE AND FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. YES, COMMON PROBLEM IT WOULD SEEM. BIT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT TO GET IT BACK ON THE ROAD SAFELY IS GOING TO COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS! AND NISSAN KNEW, HAS KNOWN AND KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX IT!!! THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR A PROBLEM THAT IS SO WIDE SPREAD! *TR

Mileage: 93,000

AN INTERNAL CRACK ON THE OIL COOLER TUBE CAUSED INTERNAL LEAKAGE OF ENGINE COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM TOWNSHEND, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES THROUGH THE BACK ROADS OF VERMONT. THESE ROADS ARE VERY RURAL OVER DIRT ROADS COVERED IN ICE AND LIGHT SNOW. THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO BUCK AND THE WHEELS STARTED TO 'CHATTER.' MY WIFE HAD BORROWED THE TRUCK TO MAKE A RUN TO THE DUMP EARLIER IN THE WEEK AND MENTIONED THE CHATTER IN THE WHEELS AND THAT THE TRUCK SHOULD BE TAKEN TO THE GARAGE. HOWEVER, I WAS UNABLE TO GET A REPEAT OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL FRIDAY. THE CHATTERING MADE THE TRUCK SLIP ON THE ROAD AND VEER CLOSE THE DROP OFF ABOVE THE CREEK ALONG AUGUR HOLE ROAD. I PULLED OVER TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROAD AWAY FROM THE DROP OFF UNTIL THE ENGINE COOLED DOWN. IT WAS 7 DEGREES OUT AT THE TIME!! THE NEAREST HELP WOULD BE A COUPLE OF HOUSES A MILE OR SO AWAY! THERE WAS NO WARNINGS FROM ANY OF THE SYSTEMS! NOT EVEN A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT! IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO COOL DOWN AND I WAS ABLE TO LIMP THE CAR HOME. I INTEND TO NOTIFY OUR SENATORS AND CONGRESSMAN OF THE ISSUE AT PLAY HERE IN VERMONT. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY A SIMPLE RECALL!!! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? HOW MANY CARS AND TRUCKS ARE AFFECTED BY THIS DESIGN/ENGINEERING FLAW IN THESE SYSTEMS?? *TR

Mileage: 105,000

MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER DEVELOPED SHUDDERING IN THE TRANSMISSION. IT HAS RECEIVED ALL REGULAR SERVICE AT 3,000 MILE INTERVALS. TODAY I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS CONTAMINATED WITH RADIATOR COOLANT DUE TO FAILURE OF THE RADIATOR AND WILL COST $6200.00 I NOTE INNUMERABLE EXAMPLES OF RADIATOR FAILURES WITH CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THE PUBLIC FORUMS AND NISSAN AGREED TO A CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT UP TO 100,000 MILES WITH A $2500 DEDUCTIBLE. MOST VEHICLES ARE OVER 100,000 MILES. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WHICH SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A VEHICLE RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

I HAD BEEN NOTICING MY AUTOMATIC TRUCK SHUTTER BEFORE THUMPING INTO GEAR MONTHS BEFORE I ACTUALLY TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE NISSAN DEALERS SHOP FOR ANALYSIS. WHEN THEY INSPECTED, I WAS TOLD MY TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN DAMAGE DUE TO CONTAMINATION BY ENGINE COOLANT AND I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION IS A CRACKED ATF LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH AN ENGINE COOLANT CHAMBER IN THE RADIATOR. THIS DEFECTIVE PART AND DESIGN CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE NISSAN FACTORY. NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THE DEFECT AND FAILED TO NOTIFY THE CONSUMER OR REPLACE THE FAILED TRANSMISSIONS @ NO COST. PLEASE ADVISE OF ANY RECALLS AND RESULTS FROM THE INVESTIGATION. *TR

Mileage: 110,785

I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK WHEN IT BEGAN TO SLIP AT ROUND 45 MPH. THE SHIFTING THEN BECAME VERY HARD. I LOOKED ON-LINE AND SAW WEBSITES DISCUSSING TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR PROBLEMS. I OPENED MY RADIATOR AND SAW IT WAS VERY MILKY IN COLOR. TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF A KNOWN PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION ERRONEOUSLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURE REGARDING THE RADIATOR LEAK AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 01/09/14*LJ

Mileage: 120,000

OUR TRUCK OVERHEATED ON 10/17/13. THE GARAGE INFORMED US THE INTERNAL RADIATOR HAD BUSTED AND HAD LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO THE RADIATOR. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC IT HAD BEEN THIS WAY FOR AWHILE. THERE WAS NOTHING TO INDICATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM THIS MAJOR. NISSAN COULD NOT EXPLAIN HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED NOR WHY ONLY THAT IF WE GIVE THEM 2500 THEY WILL REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION. THIS RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION ARE BOTH FACTORY INSTALLED. I THINK THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE AS THIS WILL CAUSE THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT AND LEAVE YOU STRANDED. THIS IS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR THAT MOST PEOPLE CANNOT UNDERTAKE. SO FAR WE HAVE PAID $300 FOR A "BAND-AID" FIX UNTIL WE CAN FIND A WAY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A DEFINITE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONTIER 4.0L AND IT'S ONLY FAIR TO SAY THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE FACTORY RADIATORS. *TR

Mileage: 80,159

DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION COOLER WHICH ALLOWS COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE COMPONENTS. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THIS CATASTROPHIC EVENT - IT JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN HAPPENED. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $7,000 - NISSAN DID NOT COVER $3,000 OF THIS AS THEY SAID IT WAS A "DEDUCTIBLE" - HOW CAN YOU HAVE A DEDUCTIBLE ON A DESIGN FLAW? *TR

Mileage: 95,000

THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. WHEN I LIFTED THE HOOD I NOTICED A CREAM COLORED SUBSTANCE COMING OUT OF COOLANT RESERVOIR. HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER. AFTER DIAGNOSIS WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE COOLANT FLUID GOT MIXED TOGETHER. APPARENTLY THIS HAS HAPPEN BEFORE ON 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER ENGINES. DEALER SAID I NEEDED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR REPLACED AT A COST OF $7,000 OF WHICH THEY TOLD ME NISSAN WOULD PAY $4,000. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT NISSAN KNEW THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH APPARENTLY NO WAY TO KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING. I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TOTAL BILL. *TR

Mileage: 95,450

NEVER HAD ANY POWER TRAIN PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK SINCE I BOUGHT IT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN AND I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, THE RPM ROSE BUT THE TRUCK HAD NO ACCELERATION. I TOOK HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO WAS ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AS THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. IT SEEMS FROM READING THE COMPLAINTS THAT NISSAN IS WELL KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM! WHY HAS NOTHING BEEN DONE? I CONTACTED NISSAN WHO TOLD ME THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND NO ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 116,000

DRIVING ALONG AT HIGHWAY SPEED TRUCK SHUDDERED THEN LOSS OF POWER TO WHEELS DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND DESTROYING TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 128,000

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO JUMP/SLIP AT APPROX 35 MPH.(81800 TWO WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN , NOW OCCURRING DAILY (82300). I'VE READ REPORTS OF RADIATOR FLUID MIXING WITH TRAN. FLUID CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I EXPECT A TRANS.FAILURE SOON. NISSAN SUPPOSEDLY HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS FOR YEARS. INCREASED WARRANTY TO 100,000MI. BUT CHARGING CONSUMERS A $3000 DEDUCTIBLE. I HAVE BEEN LAID OFF FROM WORK ....I CAN'T AFFORD TO SPEND $3000 ON A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN IS RUNNING FROM. IT IS UNFAIR FOR THE CONSUMER TO COUGH UP THIS KIND OF CASH WHILE NISSAN CONTINUES TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM AND NOT ADMIT FAULT. *TR

Mileage: 81,800

JUST WENT AND STARTED THE TRUCK. WHEN YOU PUT IT IN DRIVE AND PRESS THE GAS IT DOES NOT MOVE READILY, IT SLOWLY MOVES EVEN THOUGH I AM PRESSING HARD ON THE GAS. YOU CAN SEE THE RPM GOING UP BUT THE TRUCK BARELY MOVING. THE TRUCK HAS NO ISSUES IN REVERSE. THIS HAPPENED WITH NO ISSUES NO WARNING JUST LIKE THAT IT IS SAD NISSAN NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I SEE TOO MANY CASES ON THE WEB WITH THIS NOW KNOWN ISSUE.

RADIATOR CRACK CAUSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE WE HAVE 81,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK SO THEY WANT US TO HAVE TO PAY 2500+ DOLLARS FOR A 6 YEAR OLD TRUCK FOR WHICH WE HAD A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY/72 MONTH WARRANTY AND ON WHICH WE PAID HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR EVERY MAJOR MILEAGE INSPECTION AND SERVICE. NOTHING WAS DONE TO TELL US OR WARN US OF THIS. PEOPLE WILL ALSO LOSE RESALE VALUE BECAUSE NO ONE WILL WANT TO BUY THE VEHICLES. WE SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THE REPAIRS AND THE LOSS OF RESALE POTENTIAL. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

I WAS DRIVING WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST SPEED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS. IT EVENTUALLY STOPPED, AND WOULD NOT START BACK. THE FOLLOWING DAY, I HAD IT TOWED TO A REPUTABLE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND A NEW RADIATOR, WHICH WOULD COST ME MORE THAN $6000.00. THEY EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE RADIATOR, THAT CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX WITH THE COOLANT. THIS FLUID MIXTURE RUINED BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR. BELIEVING THIS WAS AN ABSURD OCCURRENCE, I LOOKED ONLINE, AND LEARNT THIS WAS A COMMON DEFECT FOR NISSAN XTERRA, FRONTIER AND PATHFINDERS FROM 2005-2010. I CALLED THE NISSAN TOLL FREE NUMBER AND EXPLAINED MY SITUATION. I WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER - 11982851 - AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO GET THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED AT A NISSAN DEALER. I PAID A SECOND TOWING FEE AND GOT THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALER, WHERE THE DIAGNOSIS WAS CONFIRMED. I CALLED BACK THE NISSAN TOLL FREE NUMBER, AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS OVER 100 K MILES, THEY WOULD DO NOTHING TO HELP ME. I ASKED TO TALK TO A SUPERVISOR, AND WAS TOLD NONE WAS AVAILABLE, BUT ONE WOULD CALL ME WITHIN 4-8 HOURS. THAT TIME HAS EXPIRED, AND I HAVE CALLED BACK THREE TIMES, BUT STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO A SUPERVISOR. FRUSTRATING TO HAVE BOUGHT A NISSAN VEHICLE RIGHT OFF THE FREIGHT TRUCK, BRAND NEW, AND HAVING TO CHANGE OUT THE TRANSMISSION SO SOON, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THE MANUFACTURERS WERE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. ALSO, I WAS NOT GIVEN ANY WARNING, AND WAS JUST DRIVING ALONG, AND HAD A FAILURE THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 114,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ERRONEOUSLY ENTERING THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION BOTH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,569. ..UPDATED 09/30/13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS AN ENGINE WHINE (NOISE) AT ALL SPEEDS. THERE MAYBE A FAILURE WITH THE TIMING CHAIN. THERE WAS A REAR AXLE LEAK WHICH MAY BE CAUSED BY A BAD VENT CHECK VALVE. THE POWER SOCKET COUNSEL WAS NOT WORKING. UPDATED 10/29/2013 *JS

Mileage: 75,569

TRANSMISSION HAS WATER IN THE FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 107,694

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER I NOTICED A HEAVY GRINDING NOISE OCCURRING AT 40 MPH. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING BEFORE SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO TWO DIFFERENT CERTIFIED MECHANICS TO FIND OUT THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. THE RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING CONTAMINATION OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID RESULTING IN FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK NEW FROM A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND PLANNED TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK BEYOND ITS CURRENT MILEAGE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE AND READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN. THE COST TO GET THIS FIXED IS $4700.00 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. THIS COST IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THE PRICE OF ALL THE REBUILT TRANSMISSIONS OUT THERE FOR THE FRONTIER HAVE ESCALATED DUE TO THE DEMAND ON THEM. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE PUT A RECALL ON ALL THEIR VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM AND ALL THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. NISSAN LOST A LOYAL CUSTOMER AND IF THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN MARYLAND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. NISSAN SHOULD PAY FOR THIS.....TOTALLY RIDICULOUS AND A TIME CONSUMING EXPENSIVE NIGHTMARE. *TR

Mileage: 131,000

MY TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO RADIATOR COOLANT MIXING WITH MY TRANSMISSION FLUID. NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THE FACTORY DEFECT BUT FAILED TO NOTIFY THE CONSUMERS OR REPLACE THE TRANSMISSIONS. NISSAN WAS INVOLVED IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND INCREASED THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS OR 100K MILES. BUT THEY REQUIRED THE CUSTOMER TO PROVIDE A CO-PAY OF $3000.00 (WHICH IS RIDICULOUS). HOWEVER I NOTICED SYMPTOMS OF MY TRUCK SHUTTERING AND THUMPING INTO GEAR AROUND 95,000 MILES, MY VEHICLE HAD APPX110,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. FURTHERMORE, MILEAGE SHOULD NOT MATTER BECAUSE THIS IS A "FACTORY DEFECT". I BOUGHT MY NISSAN FRONTIER NEW IN 2007 AND IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO THE "FACTORY DEFECT". PLEASE INFORM ME IF THERE IS ANY RECOURSE/RECALL FOR THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU. *TR

I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD ANTI-FREEZE CONTAMINATION AND COULD RESULT IN SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION, AND THAT NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THIS BUT WOULD TAKE NO ACTION TO REPAIR OR RECALL THE VEHICLE. IF THIS IS A KNOW MANUFACTURE DEFECT AND IS RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WITH POTENTIAL CRASH, AND INJURY POTENTIAL, WHY AREN'T THE VEHICLES BEING RECALLED AND REPAIRED? *TR

Mileage: 102,970

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. THE VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILURE, COOLANT CONTAMINATED TRANSMISSION FLUID. BURNED CLUTCHES. FAILED SHIFT SOLENOIDS, SHORTED TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK ON A TWO LANE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE AND SHUTTER AND WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED ON A BEND IN THE ROAD BECAUSE OF THE REDUCED SPEED I HAD TO DRIVE TO KEEP THE TRUCK FROM SHAKING. I HAVE RESEARCHED MY NISSAN FRONTIER'S TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND IT APPEARS TO BE A CROSS CONTAMINATION ISSUE WHERE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKS ALLOWING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RADIATOR COOLANT TO MIX CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE TRUCK SINCE THE INCIDENT FOR FEAR OF A TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHICH HAS HAPPEND TO OTHER NISSAN FRONTIER OWNERS CAUSING THEM TO BE STANDED ON THE ROADWAY. NISSAN SEEMS TO NOT WANT TO RECALL THE TRUCKS FOR THE CROSS CONTAMINATION ISSUE WHICH I FEEL PUTS PEOPLES LIVES IN DANGER. *TR

Mileage: 102,950

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN FOR FLUID CHANGES SINCE THE CAR WAS NEARLY AT THE 100,000 MILE MARK. THEY EXPLAINED THE RADIATOR HAD FAILED AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO BE CONTAMINATED. THIS CAR WAS BROUGHT IN SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS AND THEY NEVER DISCLOSED THAT THIS KNOWN PROBLEM CAN RUIN A TRANSMISSION. I PAID 3000.00 TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED BECAUSE I WAS IN THE 80-100,000 K MILE RANGE. THIS CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT IS A BAD DEAL FOR NISSAN CONSUMERS. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN. I WOULD HAVE GLADLY PAID 600.00 TO HAVE THE RADIATOR REPLACED. ITS A GOOD THING THIS HAPPENED WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP. I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STRANDED. NISSAN KNOWS THIS AND FAILS TO TELL ITS CUSTOMERS. THIS IS UNSAFE, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE A FULL RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

I PARKED MY TRUCK AND LATER TRIED TO START IT AND IT WOULDN'T. HAD IT TOWED TO ONE REPAIR SHOP ($45.00 PLUS $75.00 TO THE REPAIR SHOP) AND THEY REFERRED ME TO A TRANSMISSION MECHANIC. SO I HAD IT TOWED THERE ($45.00) AND HE SAID THAT RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I'VE HAD THE TRUCK ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THE ESTIMATE ON REPAIRS IS $3,500. WATCH AND SEE WHAT GOD MAKES HAPPEN! *TR

Mileage: 120,400

AFTER READING ABOUT PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND AN INVESTIGATION PERFORMED BY NHTSA I THINK THE TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING FLUID INTO THE RADIATOR. WHAT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR INVESTIGATION? *TR

Mileage: 174,000

VEHICLE BEGAN RUNNING POORLY AND STUTTERING BETWEEN GEAR SHIFTS. KNEW ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUID TO MIX AND DESTROY THE ENGINE FROM THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED AND CORRESPONDENCE WE HAD RECEIVED FROM NISSAN. SURE ENOUGH, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A NISSAN DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT CAR SHOP AND BOTH DIAGNOSED THE SAME THING - RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS MIXING. NO OPTION BUT TO GET IT REPAIRED FOR A WHOPPING $4,409.26. IT IS DISGRACEFUL THAT NISSAN WILL NOT FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DEFECT AND PAY FOR THE REPAIR BILL NO MATTER WHAT YOUR MILEAGE. THIS WAS OUR FIRST AND LAST NISSAN. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

2007 NISSAN FRONTIER COMPLAINT . I AM WRITING THIS ON MAY 9, 2013. ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER EXPERIENCED SLOW ACCELERATION. I PUT IT IN 1ST AND DROVE SLOWLY FOR 1/4 MILE THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I TURNED ON BACK ON IGNITION, GEAR SHIFT WAS LOCKED. I UNLOCKED MANUALLY AND TRIED TO START. NOTHING. ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK. NO LIGHTS ON DASH. I TOWED IT MY LOCAL MECHANIC WHO TRIED SOME ELECTRICAL WORK. NOTHING SO HE THOUGHT A TRANNY FAILURE PUT TRUCK IN FAILSAFE. AAMCO COULD NOT START IT SO THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE. TOWED IT TO NISSAN OF EDISON NJ. THEY WANTED TO CHANGE TRANNY FOR $8000 NEW OR $5000 USED. TOO MUCH MONEY FOR A VEHICLE W/ 110000 MILES. I TOWED IT OUT TO ANOTHER TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS THE STARTER! THEY CHANGED THE STARTER, NOTHING DOING. OF COURSE JUMP START IS NOT WORKING SO ITS NOT THE BATTERY. IM NOW STUCK. PREVIOUSLY TRUCK HAD STALLED ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60000 MILES AND WOULD ONLY DRIVE ON GEAR #1. TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH TRANNY BUT THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. LATER AT ABOUT 101K THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND NISSAN FOUND THAT THE ANTIFREEZE HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY WANTED TO GIVE ME $2500 TOWARD A $7300 REPAIR. THEY ALSO OFFERED TO GIVE ME EMPLOYEE PRICING ON A NEW FRONTIER BUT I DONT WANT ANOTHER FRONTIER, SO I REFUSED AND INSTEAD TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. HE PUT IN A NEW RADIATOR AND FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION. EARLIER AT ABOUT 46000 MILES, THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AND THE FUEL SENDER WAS CHANGED. NISSAN REFUSED TO HELP AT THAT TIME BUT LATER INITIATED A RECALL AND COMPENSATED ME FOR THE EXPENSE. ITS BEEN ALL PAIN WITH THIS TRUCK WHICH I BOUGHT "NEW" FROM A DEALER WITH ONLY 300 MILES ON IT. HELP. *TR

Mileage: 110,899

I AM WRITING THIS ON MAY 9, 2013. ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER EXPERIENCED SLOW ACCELERATION. I PUT IT IN 1ST AND DROVE SLOWLY FOR 1/4 MILE THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I TURNED ON IGNITION, GEAR SHIFT WAS LOCKED. I UNLOCKED MANUALLY AND TRIED TO START. NOTHING. ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK. NO LIGHTS ON DASH. I TOWED IT MY LOCAL MECHANIC WHO TRIED SOME ELECTRICAL WORK. NOTHING SO HE THOUGHT A TRANNY FAILURE PUT TRUCK IN FAILSAFE. AAMCO COULD NOT START IT SO THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE. TOWED IT TO NISSAN. THEY WANTED TO CHANGE TRANNY FOR $8000 NEW OR $5000 USED. TOO MUCH MONEY FOR A VEHICLE W/ 110000 MILES. I TOWED IT OUT TO ANOTHER TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS THE STARTER! THEY CHANGED THE STARTER, NOTHING DOING. OF COURSE JUMP START IS NOT WORKING SO ITS NOT THE BATTERY. IM NOW STUCK. PREVIOUSLY TRUCK HAD STALLED ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60000 MILES AND WOULD ONLY DRIVE ON GEAR #1. TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH TRANNY BUT THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. LATER AT ABOUT 101K THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND NISSAN FOUND THAT THE ANTIFREEZE HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY WANTED TO GIVE ME $2500 TOWARD A $7300 REPAIR. THEY ALSO OFFERED TO GIVE ME EMPLOYEE PRICING ON A NEW FRONTIER BUT I DONT WANT ANOTHER FRONTIER, SO I REFUSED AND INSTEAD TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. HE PUT IN A NEW RADIATOR AND FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION. EARLIER AT ABOUT 46000 MILES, THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AND THE FUEL SENDER WAS CHANGED. NISSAN REFUSED TO HELP AT THAT TIME BUT LATER INITIATED A RECALL AND COMPENSATED ME FOR THE EXPENSE. ITS BEEN ALL PAIN WITH THIS TRUCK WHICH I BOUGHT "NEW" FROM A DEALER WITH ONLY 300 MILES ON IT. HELP. *TR

AT ABOUT 100,000 MILES, I STARTED NOTICING THAT ON TAKE-OFF AND AT ABOUT 40 MPH, MY FRONTIER WOULD STRUGGLE TO TAKEOFF OR ACCELERATE. WHEN SLOWING DOWN, IF ACCELERATION WAS NEEDED, THE RPMS REV UP, BUT THE TRUCK DOES NOT ACCELERATE. AT 40-45 MPH TRANSITION, GOING UPHILL, THE TRUCK STUTTERS LIKE IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR TO ENGAGE. I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION HAVING A SLEW OF ISSUES RELATED TO TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LEAKS. I MOVED TO DRAIN THE FLUID SO THAT I COULD INSPECT THE COLOR AND COMPOSITION. IT WAS FINE. I REPLACED THE FILTER AND FLUID. LET IT BREAK IN FOR A BIT AND HAD SAME PROBLEMS. I HAD 2 DIFFERENT LUBE SHOPS REPLACE THE FLUID AND FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE PROBLEMS PERSIST. I CALLED UP THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD COST 6800 + LABOR. HE SAID IT WAS VERY LIKELY THE FLUID ISSUE, BUT I WAS OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT FROM THE TIME THEY RELEASED THESE VEHICLES TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD IN THE NEED OF ACCELERATION AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, TRAIN CROSSING AND MANY OTHERS. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION ON THE NUMBER OF THESE VEHICLES BEING INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS. MY VEHICLE IS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER SE, VIN: [XXX]. MY NAME IS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 100,000

AS I WAS PARKED AT A SERVICE STATION, I PUT MY TRUCK INTO REVERSE AND IT WAS THE SAME AS NEUTRAL AND NEVER ENGAGED. THIS IS A VERY COMMON, BUT NOT NECESSARY, ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON THE NISSAN FRONTIER. I ALMOST BLEW UP MY ENGINE LAST YEAR WHEN THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND ALLOWED TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX WITH THE COOLANT AND CAUSED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE TO GO WAY UP. THIS MIXTURE MADE ITS WAY TO THE TRANSMISSION AND HAS CAUSED IRREPARABLE DAMAGE; UNDOUBTEDLY, THIS IS WHY I NO LONGER HAVE REVERSE. I REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHED MY TRANSMISSION FLUID THREE TIMES LAST YEAR AND THOUGHT I MAY HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM. EVIDENTIALLY, THE DAMAGE HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY WELL KNOWN TO NISSAN AND, AS A NISSAN FRONTIER OWNER, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED REGARDING THIS POSSIBLE ISSUE. I UNDERSTAND THAT NISSAN HAS AGREED TO SETTLE WITH OWNERS WITHIN A CERTAIN MILEAGE RANGE; HOWEVER, MY TRUCK IS ONLY 5.5 YEARS OLD AND EXCEEDS THE MILEAGE REQUIREMENT BECAUSE MY OCCUPATION REQUIRES ALOT OF HIGHWAY TIME WHICH HAS PUT ALOT OF MILES ON IT. I FEEL NISSAN NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH ALL OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY. MY TRUCK IS NOW RENDERED USELESS UNTIL I PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX IT. THIS SHOULD NOT BE MY PROBLEM AT ALL!! *TR

Mileage: 146,000

THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE OF THE RADIATOR LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. NISSAN WAS INVOLVED IN A CLASS ACTION SUIT WHERE THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 80,000 MILES BUT I WAS 2,000 MILES OVER, SO INSTEAD OF THEM FIXING IT FOR FREE, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY A $2,500 DEDUCTIBLE. I DO NOT HAVE $2,500 TO SPEND ON SOMETHING THAT IS A KNOWN ISSUE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANY RECOURSE FOR THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

I WAS MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY INTERSTATE 85 IN TRAFFIC THAT WAS FLOWING AT SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 75-80 MPH, AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF THIRD GEAR. THIS INCIDENT FORCED ME TO TAKE IMMEDIATELY ACTION AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHICH PUT MY LIFE IN DANGER DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I LEARNED FROM THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT THE TRANSMISSION IN VEHICLES THAT WERE MANUFACTURED THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL, WERE DEFECTED BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL. SINCE THAT TIME, APRIL 5, 2013 TO BE EXACT, THE TRANSMISSION IN MY VEHICLE HAS FAILED BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS HAZARDOUS THREAT TO CONSUMERS BEFORE SOMEONE GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 121,000

TRANSMISSION. WE WERE PASSING A CAR WHEN IT STARTED TO COME IN OUR LANE. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE OUT OF ITS WAY. THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. LUCKY FOR US THE DRIVER SAW US AT THAT LAST SECOND AND GOT BACK IN HIS LANE AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE WHEN SHIFTING INTO OVER-DRIVE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID INSIDE RADIATOR. NISSAN HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY UP TO 100K MILES AND NO WARRANTY OVER 100K (NEEDS RECALL). NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE THAT ALLOWS FLUIDS TO MIX AND CREATE A PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THERE IS SUCH HIGH DEMAND ON THE TRANSMISSIONS THAT THEY ARE ON BACKORDER FOR A MONTH. *TR

Mileage: 121,503

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS CRACKED AND ALLOWED COOLANT TO ENTER THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR WOULD POSSIBLY REQUIRE REPLACEMENT BUT FIRST, A DIAGNOSTIC WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101,000. *TR

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION RESPONDED WITH EXTREME HESITATION. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHENEVER THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING ON AN INCLINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SEVERELY VIBRATED WHEN IN REVERSE. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BURNING ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,916.

Mileage: 111,916

THE VEHICLE HAS THE COMMON PROBLEM OF THE RADIATOR MIXING ENGINE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID CAUSING THE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. TO ME THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE DEALERS ARE OF NO HELP AND NEITHER IS NISSAN. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN JERKING VIOLENTLY. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND WHEN THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT RADIATOR COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THE NEITHER OF THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE ABS MODULE ALSO REQUIRED REPLACING. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO DISCONNECT THE ABS SYSTEM UNTIL THE REPAIR COULD BE PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

Mileage: 85,000

ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO I STARTED TO FEEL AS IF THE TRUCK WAS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY, SOON AFTER THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I BROUGHT IT RIGHT IN TO OUR REGULAR SERVICE STATION. A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK REVEALED CODE P0717 FOR A TURBINE REVOLUTION SENSOR AND I WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. THE NISSAN DEALER DID THEIR OWN DIAGNOSTIC (NO TEST DRIVE) AND FOUND IT TO BE A BAD VALUE BODY, AS WELL AS BAD TIMING CHAIN AND TENSIONERS, AND REPLACEMENT OF ALL 6 COIL PACKS, ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER GENERAL FINDINGS GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF NEARLY 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE 2 DIAGNOSTIC CHECKS HAVE COST ME CLOSE TO $250. I WAS IN SHOCK AND DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS UP FRONT, SO I TOOK THE TRUCK TO 2 OTHER SERVICE STATIONS, ONE BEING AAMCO WHO SPECIALIZES IN TRANSMISSIONS. NONE OF THE 3 OTHER STATIONS FOUND ANY OTHER ISSUES ASIDE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. AAMCO AFTER A TEST DRIVE AND DIAGNOSTIC CHECK DETERMINED THERE WAS AN ISSUE BUT WOULD NEED TO REMOVE THE TRANSMISSION TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM. AAMCO FOUND THERE TO BE WATER BEING PUMPED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, AND ALSO CLAIMED IT WAS THE 3 PROBLEM OF THIS TYPE THEY HAD SEEN SO FAR THIS MONTH. APPARENTLY THE RADIATOR LEAKS WATER INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE FIX IS A REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND SEPARATE COOLER FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO ASSURE THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. AT A COST OF 3200 TO ME! THIS PARTICULAR AAMCO IS ACROSS FROM THE DEALER AND CLAIMS THAT HAVE DONE WORK FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX THE SAME PROBLEM! I ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER BACK IN OCT. /NOV. INDICATING A POSSIBLE RADIATOR PROBLEM AND AN OFFER OF AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. NOTHING WAS MENTIONED OF THE DAMAGE THAT COULD OCCUR TO THE TRANSMISSION! I FEEL CHEATED, AND IN MY RESEARCH HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. NISSAN SHOULD STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT AND DO THE RIGHT THING BY THEIR CUSTOMERS! *TR

Mileage: 99,435

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,410.

Mileage: 72,410

WHILE I HAVE NOT YET HAD A FAILURE, OR CRASH I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY NISSAN THAT MY TRUCK'S TRANSMISSION MAY FAIL SUDDENLY MAKING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. THIS IS A CONCERN AS I OCCASIONALLY USE THE VEHICLE FOR COMMUTING TO WORK ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND FEAR I WOULD BE SUBJECT TO INJURY OR DEATH IF I HAVE A SUDDEN FAILURE AND THERE IS NO PLACE TO PULL SAFELY OFF THE ROAD. I ALSO USE THE TRUCK TO GO DEEP INTO THE MAINE WILDERNESS TO FISH AND HUNT AND FEAR IF THE TRANSMISSION FAILS, I COULD BE STRANDED DOZENS OF MILES FROM THE NEAREST HELP, PUTTING MY HEALTH AND SAFETY AT RISK. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

TROUBLE LIGHT CAME ON, "VEHICLE NEEDS SERVICE SOON". ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE VEHICLE TO GARAGE AND ENGINE WOULD NOT START. SHOP INDICATE THAT THERE WAS COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE CONTROL MODULE FUSES HAD BLOWN. NISSAN DEALER SAID THAT TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE CONTROL MODULES NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HE IS UNABLE TO START THE ENGINE AND INDICATES THAT THERE MAY BE NECESSARY TO DO OTHER REPAIRS. THE ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIRS AT THIS POINT IS $8500. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

NISSAN FRONTIER; TRUCK PICK UP AN VIBRATION THAT TURN INTO ALOT OF JERKING.T ALK TO THE DEALER ABOUT IT,THEY SAID TO CHECK TRANS FLUID TO SEE IF IT HAD A STRAWBERRY COLOR TO IT. IF SO THE RADIATORS WAS PROBABLY CRACKED AND THAT COOLANT SEEP INTO THE TRANS CAUSING SERVER TRANS FAILURE. HAVE NO WARRENTY.COMPUTER IN TRANS IS DAMAGE. NOW VALVE BODY GOT TO BE REPLACE WITH COMPUTER BOARD ALONG WITH ALL NEW CLUTCHES AND RADIATOR GOING TO COST AROUND 5 GRAND TO FIX. *TR

Mileage: 173,608

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE IN OVERDRIVE AND THE TRUCK CAME OUT OF GEAR AND THE ENGINE REVVED HIGH IN RPMS. I HAD TO TURN OVERDRIVE OFF TO GET THE TRUCK TO DRIVE IN 4TH GEAR. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY EXPLAINED COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR HAD GOTTEN INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY EXCHANGE THE FLUID BUT EXPLAINED THE TRANSMISSION MAY NEED TO BE REBUILT IF A LOT OF DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT FOR A WEEK MORE SHIFTING NORMALLY. I CAME TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT AFTER A WEEK AND WHEN PRESSING THE GAS THE TRUCK WOULD BARELY CREEP FORWARD THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. WHEN THE TRUCK WAS TURNED OFF IT WOULD NOT CRANK BACK UP AND IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE TRANSMISSION SHOP WAITING FOR PARTS BECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE OF NEEDED PARTS DUE TO THE PERVASIVENESS OF THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 111,000

AS I AM DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT AT 40 MPH. I PULL OVER AND FIND OUT THAT IT WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE, EITHER. I DRIVE OVER TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND FIND OUT THAT THE PART OF THE RADIATOR THAT CONNECTS TO THE TRANNY HAS CRACKED AND DUMPED ALL OF THE RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE TRANNY, KILLING IT. I NEED A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. NISSAN IS COVERING THE COSTS (FOR REPAIRS BUT NOT ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION FOR THE WEEK THAT IT IS TAKING TO FIX THIS) BUT UPON RETURNING HOME AND LOOKING ONLINE, I FOUND OUT THAT NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS AND INSTEAD OF DOING A RECALL (COSTING LOTS OF MONEY), THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY FROM 3 YEARS/36,000 MILES TO 8 YEARS/96,000 MILES HOPING THAT PROBLEMS WILL OCCUR AFTER THAT TIME AND THEN THEY ARE OFF THE HOOK FOR REPAIRS. HOW DANGEROUS COULD THIS HAVE BEEN UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. I AM ANGRY AND DISGUSTED WITH THE WAY NISSAN HAS HANDLED A PROBLEM THEY KNOW COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK. *TR

Mileage: 51,100

NISSAN RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION COOLER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $3,000 FOR VEHICLES UP TO 100,000 AFTER A CLASS ACTION SUIT WAS DONE. NISSAN IS ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM AND I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE CAUSE OF A RECALL AND THAT NISSAN SHOULD PAY THE FULL COST TO REPLACE. THIS COST REPRESENT 1/2 OF THE KELLY BLUE BOOK VALUE ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS NON-OPERABLE. THE COST ALSO REPRESENTS ABOUT 15% OF WHAT THE VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED FOR. AFTER SPEAKING WITH NISSAN CONSUMERS AFFAIRS, THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO BUT TO CONTACT YOU TO TRY TO CHANGE IT TO A FULL RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

HUSBAND TRAVELING ON NORTHWEST EXPRESSWAY IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. STOPPED AT THE LIGHT IN MIDST OF 6 LANES OF FIVE O'CLOCK TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE QUIT. HE COULD NOT RE-START IT OR SAFELY GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. HE USED HIS CELL PHONE TO CALL FARMERS' HELP POINT TOWING COMPANY. THINKING IT WAS THE BATTERY, WE HAD IT TOWED HOME. WE REPLACED THE BATTERY WITH A NEW ONE AND BOUGHT JUMPER CABLES. THIS DID NOT FIX IT. WE CALLED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MECHANIC AND HAD IT TOWED TO THEIR SHOP. HE LET US KNOW IT WAS THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. HE GAVE MY HUSBAND A FUSE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THEM WITHOUT USING ANOTHER TOWING SERVICE. I CALLED THE NISSAN DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AFTER SEEING THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO NISSAN (SEE NISSANASSIST.COM). THEY REFUSED TO FIX THE ISSUE AND SAID WE HAD NO WARRANTY HELP BECAUSE THE MILEAGE WAS OVER 100K. THEY TOLD US TO CALL THE NISSAN CONSUMER SERVICE AND GAVE US THEIR NUMBER. I CALLED THEM AND THEY COULD NOT HELP--EVEN WHEN I TALKED TO THE SUPERVISOR. I QUOTED NISSAN'S WORDS--ASKING IF NISSAN DID NOT STAND BEHIND THE COMMITMENT ON THEIR SITE: "NISSAN IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING AN OUTSTANDING VEHICLE OWNERSHIP EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OUR CUSTOMERS." SHE TOLD ME SHE IS A CONTRACTOR WORKING FOR A COMPANY HIRED BY NISSAN AND DID NOT KNOW. OF COURSE, WE DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO NISSAN TO BE REPAIRED, BUT TOOK IT TO AAMCO TRANSMISSION, WHO CHARGED US $5,700.00 FOR THE REPAIRS AND WARRANTY ON THE WORK. WITH THE BATTERY, JUMPER CABLES, TOWING CHARGES AND THE FIRST MECHANICS' BILL--WE PAID $6,340.00--HAVING TO BORROW $6K TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. BY THE TIME WE ARE FINISHED PAYING OFF THIS LOAN, THE COST WILL BE CLOSER TO $10,000.00. IF ANYONE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS--PLEASE DO--THIS KNOWN PROBLEM BY NISSAN, COST US CLOSE TO A QUARTER OF OUR YEARLY INCOME. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED WITH REGARD TO A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. NISSAN HAS SENT OUT A NOTICE THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE RADIATOR HAS A WEAKNESS SO THAT IT MAY BEGIN LEAKING INTERNALLY, WHICH WILL CONTAMINATE THE TRANSMISSION AND BRING FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE, OR IN THE MOST SERIOUS STATE, FAILURE TO MOVE IN TRAFFIC. NISSAN HAS SENT A FLIMSY WARRANTY EXTENSION THAT IS ONLY EFFECTIVE SHOULD THIS CATASTROPHE OCCUR. I AM NOW RELUCTANT TO DRIVE SAID VEHICLE, FEARING BREAKDOWN AND POSSIBLE FATALITY IN A HIGHWAY SITUATION. NISSAN SHOULD BE FORCED TO ISSUE A RECALL TO REPAIR THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT BEFORE TOTAL BREAKDOWN OCCURS. AT THIS POINT I HAVE TALKED TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER, AND THEY BASICALLY SAY THEIR HANDS ARE TIED TO HELP THE CONSUMER, DUE TO NISSAN CORPORATE DECISIONS. PLEASE HELP HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS NISSAN OWNERS (2005-2010 FRONTIER, PATHFINDER, XTERRA) AND MANDATE A RECALL TO REPAIR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 82,600

LEAKY REAR AXLE SEALS AND OR FAULTY PARKING BRAKE CAN CAUSE LOSS OF PROPERTY/LIFE. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

THIS ISSUE IS MY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION CONTAMINATION. FIRST NOTICED HEAT DIDN'T WORK. MECHANIC CHECKED RADIATOR,FOUND LEAK. BEGAN INSTALLING NEW RADIATOR AND SAW THAT COOLANT WAS ALREADY CONTAMINATING TRANNY. TRUCK DEAD AT DEALERSHIP. CALLED NISSAN AND THEY CREATED A CASE. DENIED. ESCALATED CASE. DENIED. STARTED NEW ESCALATION TODAY. I HAVE LOST MY JOB BECAUSE I CANT GET THERE!!! WHAT'S NEXT MY HOME???? PAID OUTRIGHT FOR THIS TRUCK BRAND NEW. DROVE ALL THE WAY TO MARYLAND TO GET IT. LESS THAN 5 YRS OLD!!! BUT BECAUSE MY MILEAGE WAS OVER THE 80,000 THEY WONT HELP. THIS PRODUCT ALREADY HAD THE FLAWED COMPONENTS WHEN I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT BRAND NEW SO WTF SHOULD MILEAGE HAVE TO DO WITH IT??? ALL THE FAULTY SENSORS WERE ANNOYING ENOUGH BUT THIS TYPE OF POTENTIAL FOR FAILURE SHOULD DEMAND TOTAL RECALL....INSTEAD THEY ISSUE WARRANTY EXTENSIONS AND MILEAGE LIMITATIONS. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED AS A REGISTERED NISSAN OWNER WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS SUPPOSEDLY SENT OUT LAST FALL. AND EVEN IF I HAD BEEN MY MILEAGE WAS ALREADY OVER. THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE MATTERED AS THIS ISSUE IS SUCH A SAFETY AND MONETARY CONCERN. LUCKILY IT DIDN'T FAIL WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME AT 8PM DOING 70MPH OR WHEN I HAD MY KIDS IN IT. ALL IN ONE WEEK I LOST VEHICLE BECAUSE OF FLAWED PRODUCT, MY JOB BECAUSE MY FLAWED VEHICLE DIED AND MY REPUTATION AS A RELIABLE AND RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYEE. HEARTBROKEN. I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!!!!!!!!! NEVER WILL I BUY ANOTHER NISSAN. GREEDY & IRRESPONSIBLE COMPANY WITH NO SENSE OF COMMITMENT TO THEIR CONSUMERS. *TR

Mileage: 118,000

MANY PROBLEMS WITH MY 2007 FRONTIER. FIRST MY CLUTCH WENT AT ABOUT 65000 MILES . HAVE BEEN DRIVING STICK ALL MY LIFE AND NEVER NEEDED A CLUTCH. THE REAR AXEL LEAKED AND CREATED A BAD SQUEAL AND DAMAGED MY BRAKE PADS. MY LOW TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS WENT BAD AND MY HEATER CORE WENT AT 60000 MILES. I AM ALSO GETTING AN ELECTRICAL SMELL INSIDE THE CABIN. WOW NEVER HAD A VEHICLE HAVE SO MUCH GO WRONG IN LESS THAN 5 YEARS. NISSAN DEALER AND NISSAN CORPORATE BOTH REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY OF ANY DEFECTS. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

KNOWN ISSUES WITH FAULTY RADIATORS IS CAUSING IT TO FAIL AND MIX ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL.. THE RESULT IS A ~$9200 BILL FROM YOUR DEALERSHIP FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR.. NISSAN ABSOLUTELY REFUSED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS ISSUE MAKING ME THE OWNER OF MY 4TH NISSAN TRUCK TO PAY.. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

ON JULY 2011 HAD TO PAY FOR NEW TRANSMISSION FOR MY TRUCK AFTER THE RADIATOR LEAKED IN TO THE TRANSMISSION, TALKED WITH NISSAN AND TRIED TO GET THEM TO STAND BEHIND IT AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE IF THE TRUCK WAS, IN SIDE THE NEW WARRANTY THEY HAD PUT OUT BUT I WAS AT 91611. THEY KNOW WHAT IS WRONG AND HOW TO FIX THIS. THEY HAVE TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER ON THE OUT SIDE OF THE RADIATOR ABOUT $ 200.00 FIX.THIS REPLACE COST, ME MORE THAN $ 6000.00 TO GET FIXED. NOW AT 97980 MILES WE ARE BACK AT THE SHOP HAVING THE SAME THING, DONE OVER AGAIN, THIS TIME THEY ARE COVERING AFTER I HAD TO HAVE A OUT SIDE TECH COME IN AND PROVE THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING AGAIN. THE FIRST SAID IT HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THEN THEY HAD ANOTHER ONE CHECK IT AND SAID I WAS HEARING THE TIRES AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOOD. I WOULD NOT PICK UP MY TRUCK BECAUSE THE 12 MONTH WARRANTY WAS ABOUT TO RUN OUT ON JULY 26 2012 . AFTER THE OUT SIDE TEC CHECKED IT OUT AND SAID THE TRANSMISSION HAD COOLANT MIXED WITH IT THEY ORDERED EVERY THING NEW AGAIN...SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THE FIRST ONE.. *TR

Mileage: 97,980

BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT AXLES SEALS FAILED CAUSING GEAR OIL TO SATURATE THE REAR DISC BRAKE PADS, ROTOR AND EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOES. EXTREME DECREASED BRAKING, WHICH COULD HAVE LED TO AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS A TRUE SAFETY PROBLEM, WHICH SEEMS TO BE QUITE COMMON WITH THE FRONTIER AND TITAN PICK-UPS. *JS

Mileage: 142,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING IN VERY BUSY TRAFFIC. MAXIMUM 20 MPH, WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE WAS DRIVING 55+ MPH. TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING LEAVING MY SON AND I SCARED TO DEATH- IF I HAD BEEN MERGING INTO INTERSTATE TRAFFIC WE WOULD HAVE BEEN RUN OVER, MAYBE EVEN KILLED. NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE ISSUE WITH THE RADIATOR/TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLING SYSTEM. I HOPE NOBODY DIES AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECT OR THE SITUATION IT CAN PUT AN UNKNOWING DRIVER IN. *JS

Mileage: 119,000

THE RADIATOR IN THE VEHICLE RUPTURED, ALLOWING COOLANT INTO TRANSMISSION. THIS LED TO LOSS OF POWER, HARD SHIFTING, AND SLIPPAGE WHILE ACCELERATING. CONTACTED NISSAN, THEY INFORMED ME WARRANTY HAD BEEN EXTENDED BUT I WAS 1,600 MILES OVER THEIR ARBITRARILY EXTENDED LIMIT. THEY SUGGESTED I CONTACT THE DEALER FOR ASSISTANCE. THE DELAER REPEATED THAT IT WAS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY PERIOD, AND ESTIMATED REPAIR COSTS AT $7000. I TOOK TRUCK TO LOCAL SHOP, WHO QUOTED $5500, AND NOW FIND OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION PARTS ARE ON BACKORDER AND I WILL BE WITHOUT MY WORK VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 1 MONTH. NISSAN IS CLEARLY AWARE OF THIS DRIVELINE FAILURE ISSUE, BUT THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO PUSH OFF THE COST OF THEIR FAULTY PARTS ONTO THE CONSUMER, RATHER THAN REMEDY WHAT IS A COSTLY AND POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT.

Mileage: 81,500

THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR FAILED AND NOW RADIATOR HAS TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS WATER IN IT. BOTH ARE RUINED AND DEALER SAYS IT IS $9000. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT ONLY COVERED UP TO 80000 MILES AND NISSAN NEEDS TO FIX THIS. IF IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED FOR A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS. THANK YOU

Mileage: 93,000

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER WITH 114,000 MILES. I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE DUE TO TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THEIR ASSESSMENT ASTOUNDED ME. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A KNOWN MANUFACTURE DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR CAUSING ANTIFREEZE TO BE SPILLED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE QUOTED REPAIR WAS OVER $6000.00. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND I'M STILL MAKING LOAN PAYMENTS ON IT. I'VE TREATED THIS VEHICLE WITH KID GLOVES AND FOLLOWED THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE RELIGIOUSLY. THIS MECHANICAL ISSUE IS DUE TO SOMETHING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD TO ME DEFECTIVE AND NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA IS UNWILLING TO COVER THE REPAIRS. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE AND HAS AFFECTED MANY NISSAN OWNERS. THERE ARE EVEN CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS AGAINST NISSAN TO GET REPARATIONS FOR REPAIR BILLS ALREADY PAID. *TR

THE REAR AXLES ON MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER BEGAN LEAKING GREASE AT SOME POINT. THE FLUID LEAKED ON THE REAR BRAKES, CAUSING POTENTIAL BRAKE PROBLEMS IF AND EVENTUAL FAILURE IF GONE UNNOTICED. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, THERE IS A TSB FOR THE PROBLEM AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER MODELS AFFECTED, INCLUDING THE TITAN, AND XTERRA. *TR

Mileage: 61,000

ON 01-13-2011 I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER PICK UP ON PA SR 92S. BETWEEN NICHOLSON AND TUNKHANNOCK ABS AND SLIP WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. I CALLED MY NISSAN DEALER IMMEDIATELY, EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM AND DIFFICULTIES I HAD HANDLING THE VEHICLE ON THE SNOW COVERED ROAD. I WAS TOLD THAT EARLIEST APPOINTMENT I COULD GET WAS 01-20-2011. ON MY WAY BACK, WHEN I DROVE ON ANOTHER SNOWY ROAD I APPLIED 4X4 SYSTEM BUT IT FAILED TO ENGAGE. NOW THE ABS, SLIP AND 4X4 DID NOT WORK AND I HAD HARD TIMES TO MAKE IT SAFELY HOME. I CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN A WAS AGAIN TOLD THAT I COULD GET IT FIXED ON 01-20-2011. I DECIDED TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM AND I HOPE THAT YOUR INVESTIGATION OF MY COMPLAIN WILL MAKE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WINTER DRIVING OF NISSAN VEHICLES SAFER. *TR

Mileage: 80,150

PURCHASED NEW 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER-V-6, LONG WHEEL-BASE TRUCK. EXPIERIENCED BRAKE PROBLEM AT 20K MILES, REPLACED BY DEALER, HAD LOW SPEED WHINE AND BRAKE PEDAL DROP TO FLOOR AND 35 TO 40 MPH JUDDER AND VIBRATION. WENT BACK TO DEALER, THEY CHECKED AND NOTICED THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS COMMING APART, THEY REPLACED WITH NEW ONE, IDICATED IT WAS DEFECTIVE FROM VENDOR. I HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK BACK INTO DEALER FOUR TIMES SINCE WITH THE SAME RE-OCCURING PROBLEMS. THEY CAN'T FIND THE SOURCE OR THE PROBLEM. ZONE MGR. FOR MIDWEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND INDICATED THAT THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM AND THEY WILL NOT REPLACE ANYTHING ELSE. I WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO THE BBB IF I WANTED A SOLUTION UNDER CURRENT LEMON LAWS. HE ALSO INDICATED IT WILL PROBABLY FALL APART DOWN THE ROAD-COMPLETE AND UTTER DIS-REGARD FOR MY SAFETY. THEY ARE IN COMPLETE DENIAL THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. IS IT JUST NOW THAT TOYOTA HAD A RECALL FOR BROKEN/CRACKED YOKES ON TACOMA'S AND NISSAN IS EXEMPT? DON'T THEY ALL BUY PARTS FROM DANA CORP.? NISSAN HAS EXPERIENCED A LARGE SALES SURGE AND ARE EXPANDING JUST LIKE GM HAD IN THE 70'S. THEY DON'T HAVE TIME/TALENT TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROBLEMS JUST MORE NEW VEHICLES, MORE ENGINEERING PROBLEMS, PUSH IT OUT THE DOOR AND LET THE DEALERS TAKE CARE OF PROBLEMS. THIS SOMEHOW HAS A FAMILIAR RING TO IT LIKE TOYOTA'S PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATION! KEEP RELIEING ON ELECTRONIC CONTROLS TO RUN THE VEHICLES AND TAKE AWAY CONTROL FROMTHE DRIVER. THE AUTO COMPANIES NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER FOR SAFETY COMPLIANCE AS MADISON AVENUE COMMERCIALS ALUDE TO THE FACT THAT ALL OF THESE SAFETY FEATURES THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO VEHICLES WORK FLAWSLEY WHEN THEY ACTUALLY DON'T! HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH THESE SO-CALLED SAFE VEHICLES, MADE IN USA WITH CHEAP CHINA MADE PARTS! I'M SURE THERE ARE MORE VEHICLES OUT ON THE ROAD WITH THESE SAME RE-OCCURING PROBLEMS NOT BEING REPLACED OR REPAIRED DUE TO MFGR. DEFECTS AND PROBLEMS!!!

Mileage: 20,000

FIRST NOTICEABLE COMPLAINT IS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THAT DOES NOT SHIFT BACK DOWN IN LOWER GEAR WHEN CLIMBING A HILL. IT JERKS AND SHAKES AT THAT MOMENT.SECONDLY, THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR DOES NOT GO OFF AFTER CORRECTING THE TIRE PRESSURE AND KEEPING IT CONSTANT. WERE TOLD THE DEALER WILL HAVE TO RESET,WHICH THEY DID ONCE AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN SO FOR 2 YEARS WE HAVE JUST LIVED WITH IT, KEEPING CHECK ON TIRE PRESSURE THE OLD WAY. LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST FOR THIS IS THE COST FACTOR INVOLVED, IS THE ALIGNMENT CANNOT BE DONE DUE TO NEEDING TO PURCHASE AND HAVE INSTALLED 4 CAMBER KITS! NISSAN SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS ALREADY FOR A $25,000 VEHICLE!! OH AND FINALLY THIS JUST HAPPENED BUT THE REAR PASSENGER POWER WINDOW SWITCH WENT COMPLETELY OUT! *TR

2007 NISSAN FRONTIER AUTOMATIC - THE TRUCK DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT AUTOMATICALLY WHEN SLOWING WHILE CLIMBING A SLIGHT HILL. THIS BEGAN WHEN THE TRUCK WAS NEW. THE TRUCK BEGINS TO JERK WHEN SLOWING JUST AS A MANUAL TRANS VEHICLE JERKS WHEN DRIVING TOO SLOW WHILE IN 4TH GEAR. TO FORCE THE TRANS TO DOWNSHIFT I WOULD PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL A LITTLE MORE. THE DEALER SAID IT'S NORMAL BUT I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS EVENT IN ANY VEHICLE I'VE DRIVEN AND DOES NOT SEEM NORMAL TO ME. DEALER "REPROGRAMMED" TRANSMISSION- PROBLEM STILL EXISTS--BUT AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND RPMS. THE FACT THERE IS A REPAIR BULLETIN INDICATES NISSAN IS TRYING TO SKIRT AROUND THE PROBLEM BY NOT REPLACING TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

Mileage: 5,000

2007 NISSAN FRONTIER AUTOMATIC CREWCAB (21,000 MILES) - THE TRUCK DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT AUTOMATICALLY WHEN SLOWING WHILE CLIMBING A SLIGHT HILL. THIS BEGAN WHEN THE TRUCK WAS NEW. THE TRUCK BEGINS TO JERK WHEN SLOWING JUST AS A MANUAL TRANS VEHICLE JERKS WHEN DRIVING TOO SLOW WHILE IN 4TH GEAR. TO FORCE THE TRANS TO DOWNSHIFT I WOULD PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL A LITTLE MORE. THE DEALER SAID IT'S NORMAL BUT I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS EVENT IN ANY VEHICLE I'VE DRIVEN AND DOES NOT SEEM NORMAL TO ME. *TR

Mileage: 12

PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW WITH 6SPD MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AT ROUGHLY 4K MILES AN INTERMITTENT NOISE WAS NOTICED AND PERCEIVED TO BE COMING FROM THE DASH CLUSTER. AT 7.8K MILES TRUCK WAS SERVICED AS NOISE BECAME MORE PREVALENT. DEALER MADE REPAIRS TO DASH CLUSTER BY INSPECTING AND SOUND PROOFING AREA. AT 9K MILES NOISE HAD RETURNED AND WAS SENT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER. THEY TOO TROUBLESHOOT AND INSULATED THE CLUSTER. NOISE CONTINUED OFF AND ON UNTIL A RETURN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS AT 14.5K MILES. DEALER AT THIS TIME COULDN'T REPLICATE ISSUE. AFTER OWNER OF TRUCK PERFORMED THEIR OWN EXTENSIVE ONLINE RESEARCH THE DETERMINED THE NOISE TO BE COMING FROM THE CLUTCH AND TRANSFERRING TO THE PEDAL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. DRIVER RETURNED TO DEALER WITH NEW DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM AND SUGGESTING OF THROW OUT BEARING INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THERE WAS ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF CLUTCH MATERIAL ON TOP OF THROWOUT BEARING AND WAS FROM THE DRIVER'S DRIVING HABIT. THEY WANT $1000 JUST TO DROP TRANSMISSION AND INSPECT CLUTCH THEN MORE $ TO REPLACE CLUTCH. FROM RESEARCHING ONLINE, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR NISSAN 6SPD TRANSMISSION ON THE 05+ FRONTIERS AND XTERRAS. NISSAN WON'T WARRANT THE ITEM BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED A "WEAR" ITEM. MANY CONSUMER HAVE NOTICED THE NOISE FROM THE DAY THEY PURCHASED VEHICLE AND OTHERS HAVE HAD COMPLETE CLUTCH FAILURE AT LESS THAN 15K, SOMETIMES AS LITTLE AS 5K MILES. HOW, OTHER THAN FACTORY DEFECT, COULD THIS HAPPEN? NOISE WAS NOTICED AT 4K MILES ORIGINALLY. OWNER IS CONCERNED FOR SAFETY WHERE IF THE TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH FAILS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THE VEHICLE WILL BE RENDERED USELESS PUTTING THE DRIVING INTO HARMS WAY. I.E. TRAIN TRACKS, ONCOMING TRAFFIC, EMERGENCY VEHICLES. THE PROBLEM COULD LEAVE THE DRIVER DEFENSELESS AND UNABLE TO MANEUVER OUT OF DEADLY SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 4,315

PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW WITH 6SPD MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AT ROUGHLY 4K MILES AN INTERMITTENT NOISE WAS NOTICED AND PERCEIVED TO BE COMING FROM THE DASH CLUSTER. AT 7.8K MILES TRUCK WAS SERVICED AS NOISE BECAME MORE PREVALENT. DEALER MADE REPAIRS TO DASH CLUSTER BY INSPECTING AND SOUND PROOFING AREA. AT 9K MILES NOISE HAD RETURNED AND WAS SENT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER. THEY TOO TROUBLESHOOT AND INSULATED THE CLUSTER. NOISE CONTINUED OFF AND ON UNTIL A RETURN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS AT 14.5K MILES. DEALER AT THIS TIME COULDN'T REPLICATE ISSUE. AFTER OWNER OF TRUCK PERFORMED THEIR OWN EXTENSIVE ONLINE RESEARCH THE DETERMINED THE NOISE TO BE COMING FROM THE CLUTCH AND TRANSFERRING TO THE PEDAL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. DRIVER RETURNED TO DEALER WITH NEW DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM AND SUGGESTING OF THROW OUT BEARING INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THERE WAS ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF CLUTCH MATERIAL ON TOP OF THROWOUT BEARING AND WAS FROM THE DRIVER'S DRIVING HABIT. THEY WANT $1000 JUST TO DROP TRANSMISSION AND INSPECT CLUTCH THEN MORE $ TO REPLACE CLUTCH. FROM RESEARCHING ONLINE, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR NISSAN 6SPD TRANSMISSION ON THE 05+ FRONTIERS AND XTERRAS. NISSAN WON'T WARRANT THE ITEM BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED A "WEAR" ITEM. MANY CONSUMER HAVE NOTICED THE NOISE FROM THE DAY THEY PURCHASED VEHICLE AND OTHERS HAVE HAD COMPLETE CLUTCH FAILURE AT LESS THAN 15K, SOMETIMES AS LITTLE AS 5K MILES. HOW, OTHER THAN FACTORY DEFECT, COULD THIS HAPPEN? NOISE WAS NOTICED AT 4K MILES ORIGINALLY. OWNER IS CONCERNED FOR SAFETY WHERE IF THE TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH FAILS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THE VEHICLE WILL BE RENDERED USELESS PUTTING THE DRIVING INTO HARMS WAY. I.E. TRAIN TRACKS, ONCOMING TRAFFIC, EMERGENCY VEHICLES. THE PROBLEM COULD LEAVE THE DRIVER DEFENSELESS AND UNABLE TO MANEUVER OUT OF DEADLY SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 4,315

WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF PURCHASING MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER, I NOTICED A DISTURBING GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM BEHIND MY DASH BOARD. WHEN I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF MY DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED ME THAT IF THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THIS NOISE AT THE TIME, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. AFTERWARDS, THE NOISE WAS ONLY MORE NOTICEABLE. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR OTHER PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE NOISE COMING FROM BEHIND THE DASHBOARD WAS BEING PRODUCED BY A DEFECTIVE CLUTCH. I SAW AT LEAST 5 TO 10 OF THE SAME EXACT COMPLAINTS AND THEIR DEALINGS WITH SERVICE THAT DETERMINED THE CLUTCH PROBLEM. AT THIS TIME, I WAS QUITE WORRIED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF MY VEHICLE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE A DEFECTIVE CLUTCH ON ANY CAR, LET ALONE A 2 PLUS TON TRUCK. THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE ENDLESS: GETTING STUCK ON RAILROAD TRACKS, AT AN INTERSECTION, CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE... THE DEALERSHIP WOULD CONTINUE TO MISDIAGNOSE OR NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I MADE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. I PROVIDED THEM WITH EVIDENCE THAT THE VEHICLE DID HAVE A DEFECTIVE CLUTCH AND EVEN DROVE A TECHNICIAN AROUND IN THE VEHICLE TO REPRODUCE THE NOISE THAT THEY DID NOT HEAR. I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BY A SERVICE ADVISOR. WHILE THEY HAD THE VEHICLE, A DIFFERENT PERSON INFORMED ME 2 DAYS LATER THAT THEY INSPECTED THE CLUTCH, FOUND IT TO BE WORN, AND THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. I WAS ABLE TO DO NOTHING EXCEPT PAY FOR THE REPAIR TO GET MY TRUCK BACK. NISSAN INFORMED ME THAT I SHOULD SUE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. IN CONCLUSION, A DEFECT THAT WAS NOTICED AT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 MILES ENDED UP COSTING ME OVER $2,000.00 AND POTENTIALLY MY LIFE WHILE THE DEFECT WAS DISMISSED AND MISDIAGNOSED. BEING THAT THERE ARE DOZENS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, I WOULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT THIS PROBLEM WOULD HAVE BEEN RECTIFIED WITHOUT THIS MUCH TURMOIL. *TR

Mileage: 2,000