1995 NISSAN D21 Complaints

CONSUMER STATES TIRES WERE LOOSING AIR AND WAS HAVING TO ADD AIR TO TIRES AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN TO MECHANIC TO HAVE TIRES REPLACED AND INQUIRED TO MECHANIC IF THERE WERE ANY SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT ONE OF THE FIRESTONE (FR486) TIRES WERE SEPARATING.*JB

SAME AS NHTSA COMPAIN NUMBER 98V234000. NISSAN OF BRANDON ACKNWLEGED THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME SINCE MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO CALL 1-800-NISSAN1. AFTER SOME RUNAROUND, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING NISSAN COULD DO SINCE MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL RECALL. THEY DID NOT SEEM INTERESTED THAT THE SAFETY PROBLEM IDENTIFIED IN NHTSA COMPAIN NUMBER 98V234000 MAY BE AFFECTING MORE VEHICLES THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.*AK

I WAS MAKING A SLOW TURN, AND HEARD A LOUD `THUNK'. AFTER THE TURN, I ACCELERATED SLOWLY, NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPEND, AND WHEN ABOVE 15 MPH., THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED VIOLENTLY, APPARENTLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LONGER ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FRONT WHEELS. WE TRIED TO MAKE A U-TURN JUST UP THE ROAD, AND THE FRONT WHEELS WERE POINTING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS! THE REPAIR FACILITY WHICH WE WERE TOWED TO SAID THE TIE RODS BECAME UNSCREWED, RATHER THAN BREAKING, AND THEY'D NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE. HAD WE BEEN GOING AT ANY SPEED WHEN IT HAPPENED, THE VEHICLE MIGHT EASILY HAVE FLIPPED OVER, AND WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I WROTE TO NISSAN IN MARCH, WHEN WE RETURNED HOME, BUT HAVE HAD NO REPLY TO DATE.

PE00 020; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD TIRE BLOWOUT. HE WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE, AND STEERED IT ONTO SHOULDERS. HE NOTICED THAT REAR TIRE AND PASSENGER TIRE BLEWOUT. ALSO, THIRD TIRE BLEWOUT ON 29 OF MARCH. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE, P21570R14 NTS #DOT W2HYFRN161. HE HAS CONTACTED FIRESTONE.*AK

CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. THEN, RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE.NISSAN MANUFACTURER WAS NOT REPAIRING, AND CONSUMER HAD BEEN FINED BECAUSE OF THE REPAIR. *AK

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BREAK, NISSAN SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB 94041 4/94) STATES IMPROVED MATERIALS ARE NEEDED. COST TO REPAIR IS NEARLY $1,000 BECAUSE THE MANIFOLDS WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WARPAGE. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER DEFECT, I'M NOT SURE I CAN AFFORD IT AND THE CABIN FILLS WITH EXHAUST GASSES. NISSAN CLAIMS THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THIS AS A PROBLEM AND YET THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN STTING THE STUDS NEED TO BE MADE FROM IMPROVED MATERIALS. *AK

UNDERSIDE AND FRAME ARE RUSTING AND CAUSING BRAKE PROBLEMS, BOTH FRONT AND REAR CHROME BUMPERS HAVE RUSTED THROUGH AND EXHAUST SYSTEM HANGERS RUSTED THROUGH AND FELL OFF. NLM

PEE0 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE, REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE, #FR22, P19575R14. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND FIRESTONE WAS NOTIFIED.*AK THE TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC

GENERAL GRABBER AP TIRES P235/75R15 EXPERIENCED SMOOTH EVN CUTS OR TREAD SEPARATION AROUND ALL 4 TIRES, APPROXIMATELY 1/2 TO AN INCH ABOVE THE RIM ON WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SEAM OR RAISED SURFACE. *SLC

TREAD SEPARATED FROM STEEL BELTS, AND POUNDED ON BODY OF TRUCK, CAUSING $1400 IN BODY DAMAGE, THEN RIPPED AWAY, LEAVING ONLY A BARE STEEL BELT, WHICH STILL HELD AIR PRESSURE. REPORTED TO FIRESTONE DEALER, WHO TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR 1995 TIRES BECAUSE TIRES SHOULD BE THROWN OUT AND REPLACED AFTER 4 YEARS, DUE TO UV DAMAGE FROM THE SUN; HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT I HAD TOO MUCH AIR IN THE TIRE. I REPLACED THAT AND ANOTHER FIRESTONE TIRE (ALSO VINTAGE 1995) AT SEARS AT MY OWN EXPENSE ($144 MORE). *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P195 75R14 )