2005 Nissan Frontier

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

I PURCHASED MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER AT APPROX. 95K IN FEBRUARY. THE TEST DRIVES WERE FINE, THE CAR SOUNDED AND DROVE PERFECTLY FINE FOR A FEW MONTHS. IT RECENTLY BEGAN TO START SHIFTING ROUGHLY . THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM DID SOMETHING TO COVER UP THE ISSUE WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY WHY THEY WERE TRYING TO SELL IT BEFORE 100K AND I GOT BURNED ON IT. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK FROM MARIETTA, GA AT TEAM NISSAN. I DIDN'T GET IT CHECKED UNTIL NOW, BUT HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF A RECALL RELATED TO RADIATOR ANTIFREEZE LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSING FAILURE OF BOTH. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT REALLY DOES BAFFLE ME THAT A WHOLE GENERATION OF NISSAN VEHICLES FROM 2005-2010 HAVE THIS ISSUE AND THAT IT COULD CAUSED SOME ACCIDENTS DUE TO HIGH SPEED TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I SEE THIS AS BEING A SAFETY ISSUE ON THE SAME SCALE AS THE TOYOTA ISSUES OF A FEW YEARS BACK. TO HAVE THIS BE A LIMITED WARRANTY RECALL IS DISGRACEFUL. YOU CAN BELIEVE NISSAN KNOWS EXACTLY WHEN THESE INCIDENTS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR SO THEY EXTENDED THEIR COVERAGE UP TO THAT POINT AND THEY FAIL THEREAFTER. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE CURRENT RECALL DOES NOT SEEM TO INCLUDE ISSUES IT CAUSES TO THE TRANSMISSION. MY TRUCK AS YOU CAN SEE IS OUT OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE RADIATOR AND WAS WHEN I PURCHASED IT. *TR

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

NISSAN HAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THE DATE LISTED IS MERELY THE DATE WE DISCOVERED THE ISSUE. BEFORE JAN 31, 2012 WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. YOU DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR TRUCK UNTIL IT OVERHEATS AND YOU FIND OUT THE FLUIDS HAVE MIXED. REPLACE THE RADIATOR. FLUSH THE FLUIDS (3 OR MORE TIMES, SINCE THE FLUID IS NOW LIKE PURPLE SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM). THEN THE REAL TROUBLES BEGIN.. IT SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH AND THE ONLY OPTION IS TO PULL OVER, TURN THE TRUCK OFF, REMOVE THE KEY, THEN RESTART THE TRUCK AND HOPE IT WORKS. THIS IS REALLY DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE HIGHER SPEEDS BUT ALSO UNSAFE ON THE SIDE ROADS OR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I TAKE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL 3.6 MILES EACH WAY. I HAVE TO STOP AND RESTART THE TRUCK AT LEAST 3 TIMES DURING THE ROUND TRIP. SPEED DOESN'T MATTER. YOU STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND HAVE KNOW IDEA IF IT IS GOING TO GO WHEN YOU PUSH THE GAS OR NOT. PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS SINCE YOU HAVE TO GO AND YOU FIND OUT YOU CAN'T. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL "WARRANTY EXTENTIONS" ISSUED BY NISSAN ON OUR TRUCK THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE OF UNTIL AFTER MAKING THE REPAIRS ON OUR OWN DIME. THERE IS A "WARRANY EXTENTION" FOR THIS ISSUE DUE TO A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BUT IT DOES NOTHING FOR A LOT OF THE OWNERS SINCE MANY ARE OVER THE "EXTENTION MILEAGE". I TRY TO NEVER DRIVE THE TRUCK ON BUSY ROADS WITHOUT SHOULDERS OR TURN LANES, I FEAR RED LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC BUT STOP SIGNS ARE THE WORST... I NEVER KNOW IF THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO WORK OR NOT. ALL BECAUSE A KNOWN FAULTY RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. BUT, I'M OVER THE EXTENDED MILEAGE SO I'M EXPECTED TO PAY OVER $5K TO FIX A KNOWN ISSUE. *TR

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

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

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