2000 NISSAN FRONTIER Complaints

AFTER WASHING VEHICLE AND STARTING IGNITION BATTERY EXPLODED UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALERSHIP HAS YET TO EXAMINE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

DOOR LOCKS WILL JUST LOCK WITHOUT TOUCHING PANEL. SOON AFTER LOCKS KEPT GOING UP AND DOWN, SMOKE CAME FROM DASHBOARD. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

B.F. GOODRICH, RADIAL LONG TRAIL T/A TIRES P235/70R15, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, NISSAN, FRONTIER WITH 18000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH LEFT REAR SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM TREAD ALL THE WAY AROUND. NO ACCIDENT.*AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT PART OF THE TIRE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE TIRE TREAD DESIGN AND THE GROOVED FREEWAY SURFACE, AT 65 MPH WITH PROPER TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE THE TRUCK VIBRATES BADLY, THE CONSUMER IS UNAWARE THAT THE TIRE IS LOSING PRESSURE UNTIL THE TIRE BLEWOUT THE SIDEWALL. *NLM

PADS ARE WORN ON VEHICLE, AND THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR 2 WEEKS. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT CAN DO NOTHING UNTIL PARTS ARE FOUND.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 99-V-347-002/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL B0073 IN NOVEMBER OF 1999, AND WAS STILL WAITING FOR PART. CONSUMER CALLED MANUFACTURER, AND THE PART WAS AVAILABLE AT DEALER, DAVID MCDAVID NISSAN, 11200 GULF FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX, PHONE# 713-943-4879. HAS CONTACTED CONSUMER TO CONFIRM OR SET A DATE FOR REPAIRS. COSUMER WAS REARENDED BECAUSE OTHER DRIVER DIDN'T SEE ANY TAIL LIGHTS ON CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. *AK

CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE IS AT ALLSTAR NISSAN IN BATON ROUGE,LA AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT IT WAS A FAULTY TIRE AND WAS ONE OF THE BRANDS THAT WAS RECALLED. *AK (TIRESIZE: HT21565R15)

ASKED DEALER TO LOCATE AND DIAGNOSE, HE SAYS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE, CREAKING STILL EXISTS. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

NISSAN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NTB00-025 - MARCH 10, 2000. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

I WAS DRIVING ALONE AT FREEWAY SPEED OF 65MPH, WHEN IT FELT LIKE I HAD HIT A STRONG WIND, BUT THE TREES AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WERE NOT MOVING, SO I STARTED TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT OF THE TIRE. I HAVE A PHOTO OF THE TIRE. NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT THE RIM IS PRETTY TORN UP.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2VFNNA199 TIRESIZE: P21565R159)

REPEATED DEFECT WITH SWAY BACK BUSHING IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. DRIVING IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, AREA MOSTLY DRIVING FROM 4-8 MILES PER DAY.*AK