2005 Nissan Frontier

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

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

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

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

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

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

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