1994 Nissan D21

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 PICK UP. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR SERVICE. THE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SEVERE FRAME DAMAGE. THE FRAME EXHIBITED HOLES AND EXCESSIVE RUST CORROSION FROM THE INSIDE TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAB. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 116,000. UPDATED 1/6/09 *CN UPDATED 01/14/09. *JB

I HAVE A 1994 NISSAN TRUCK, WHICH I BOUGHT NEW. TRUCK RUNS GREAT HARDLEY AND RUST ON BODY. I WAS DRIVING TRUCK ON 11-19-2008 AND HEARD A LOUD BANG. TRUCK DARTED TO THE RIGHT AND JUST ABOUT WRECKED. I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK. MY FRONT A-ARM STRUT MOUNT RUSTED AND BROKE FROM MY FRAME. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS KILLED OR INJURED. I LOOKED AT MY FRAME AND THE ENTIRE FRAME IS RUSTED COMPLETELY. NOT JUST A SPOT HERE OR THERE BUT ENTIRE FRAME IS LITERALLY FALLING OFF THE TRUCK. I AM TO AFRAID TO DRIVE TRUCK AND NOONE WILL REPAIR DUE TO CONDITION OF THE FRAME. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND SHOULD NOT BE RUSTED. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. IT APPEARS THAT TOYOTA HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND PURCHASED THEIR FAULTY TRUCKS BACK. NISSAN SHOULD DO THE SAME BEFORE MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED OR INJURED FROM THEIR FAULTY PRODUCT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 NISSAN PICKUP. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, PORTIONS OF THE UNDERBODY FRAME RUSTED. THE FRAME HAD BEEN WELDED PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE BEING PURCHASED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

I TOOK MY 1994 NISSAN 4X4 PICKUP TRUCK IN FOR A WATER PUMP AND EXHAUST SYSTEM TO A NISSAN DEALER. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE TRUCK BECAUSE THE FRAME IS SO RUSTED THAT IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK. THIS VEHICLE HAS 118,000 MILES AND WAS NOT USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THEN DAILY TRANSPORTATION TO WORK AND BACK HOME. *TR

I HAVE A 1994 NISSAN 4X4 PICKUP XE WITH 118,000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT IN TO A NISSAN DEALER BECAUSE I NEEDED A WATER PUMP AND EXHAUST SYSTEM REPAIRED. I WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THEY WOULD NOT MAKE THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE FRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND THE TRUCK IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HOW CAN THIS BE POSSIBLE, THIS IS NOT A TRUCK THAT IS USED OFF ROAD OR FOR ANY 4X4 ACTIVITIES. I PURCHASED A NISSAN BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT A NISSAN WILL BASICALLY LAST FOREVER. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND FEEL THAT NISSAN SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING IN MY LIFE THAT THE FRAME IS RUSTED AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

I HAVE A 1994 NISSAN XE PICKUP THAT HAS ABOUT 80% OF THE FRAME COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. THIS TRUCK HAS ALWAYS BEEN GARAGE KEPT. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET AND THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE STORY I GOT WAS THAT NISSAN WAS BUYING THEIR STEEL FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE THAN IT NORMALLY DID AND THAT FOR THOSE YEARS (92-95 I THINK) THE FRAMES ON THE PICKUPS AND PATHFINDERS RUSTED OUT WITHIN ABOUT 10 YEARS. *NM

NHTSA NEEDS TO TAKE A VERY HARD LOOK AT THE FRAMES ON NISSAN TRUCKS FROM THE EARLY/MID 90'S BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM COULD CAUSE A FATALITY. MY 1994 NISSAN PICKUP HAS FAILED VIRGINIA STATE INSPECTION DUE TO A SEVERELY RUSTED SECTION OF FRAME. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, THE FRAME HAS RUSTED THROUGH FROM THE INSIDE AND AS A RESULT AN 8 INCH CRACK HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL AREA. THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL AREA APPEARS TO BE FORMING A SIMILAR CRACK AS WELL. I LIVE JUST OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON DC (NOT A SALT WATER CLIMATE) AND I PURCHASED THE TRUCK NEW IN 1994. THE TRUCK HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOCATED IN THIS AREA. OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS I FOUND SEVERAL OTHER INSTANCES ON THE INTERNET WHERE INDIVIDUALS HAVE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES WITH THE PATHFINDER FRAMES MANUFACTURED IN THIS TIME PERIOD. CLEARLY, A 12 YEAR OLD TRUCK SHOULDN'T HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. I HAVE NO CHOICE AT THIS TIME BUT TO SCRAP THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THE REPAIR COSTS WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE AND THERE IS A QUESTION OF EVEN GETTING SOMEONE TO REPAIR THE RUSTED FRAME DUE TO LIABILITY ON THE PART OF REPAIRER. I HAVE TAKEN SOME PICTURES OF THE PROBLEM AREA(S). IF NHTSA WOULD LIKE COPIES OF THESE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.*JB