2005 Nissan Frontier

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

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER AND ALMOST STALLED. THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, APPROX. 50MPH. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED, THE SES LIGHT AND SLIP LIGHT CAME ON. THIS VEHICLE WAS COVERED BY A RECALL FOR THE ECM THAT CAUSED A SIMILAR ISSUE. THE ECM WAS REPLACED BY A CERTIFIED NISSAN SERVICE CENTER. THE REPLACEMENT WAS DONE 12/29/10. NOW, IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. A BIT OF RESEARCH SHOWS THAT NISSAN HAS ISSUED A VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR CAMSHAFT SENSORS THAT CAUSE A VERY SIMILAR PROBLEM. HOWEVER, BECAUSE MY VIN IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER THAT RECALL, I CAN'T HAVE NISSAN REPLACE THEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER THEN STALLS WHILE TRAVELING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT 50-60 MPH. THAT CAN CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND AFFECT NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT OTHERS. I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD EXPAND THEIR RECALL TO INCLUDE NISSAN FRONTIERS, NOT JUST ALTIMA, ETC. NISSAN HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND THEY HAVE OPENED A CASE FILE #[XXX]. NO RESOLUTION HAS BEEN OFFERED BY THEM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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

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

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE CHANGING THE REAR BRAKES, HE NOTICED A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF GREASE IN THE REAR DRUM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR AXLE SEAL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

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

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND NOT RESTART FOR A FEW MINUTES. MOTOR ACTS LIKE IT'S NOT GETTING ENOUGH GAS, LIGHTS ON DASH FLASH. ISSUE IS WITH IDPM MODULE. THE ENTIRE IPDM HAS TO BE CHANGED, RELAYS ARE BURNING UP DUE TO CIRCUITRY IN THE UNIT HAVING TOO HIGH OF RESISTANCE, NOT BEING ABLE TO CARRY ENOUGH CURRENT. PARTS ARE DEFECTIVE AND NISSAN SHOULD BE RECALLING THESE PARTS BEFORE SERIOUS BODILY HARM IS DONE. *TR