2006 NISSAN FRONTIER Complaints

I BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND LESS THAN A WEEK LATER I NOTICED A WEIRD RUMBLING NOISE AT AROUND 35-50 MPH AND 1-2 RPMS. ONE TIME WHILE I WAS BY MYSELF IN THE MOUNTAINS SCOUTING FOR AN ELK HUNTING TRIP, THE TRUCK WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD AS I WAS ISOLATED OTHERWISE DEEP IN UTAH MOUNTAINS IN THE FALL. TOOK THE TRUCK IN AND FOUND IT WAS TRANSMISSION FAILURE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAD WRITTEN ABOUT ON THE INTERNET. EXTENDED WARRANTY REPLACED TRANSMISSION FOR $100.00. 6 MONTHS LATER, I WAS STILL NERVOUS ABOUT THE ISSUE AND BEFORE A BIG TRIP I DID SOME MORE RESEARCH. PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS WERE POINTING AT THE RADIATOR AND WARNED TO CHECK IT FOR TRANSMISSION OIL CONTAMINATION. CHECKED IT LAST NIGHT AND THE RADIATOR IS FULL OF TRANSMISSION OIL. TRUCK IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP.

I BOUGHT MY 06 NISSAN FRONTIER WITH 95000 MILES GREAT TRUCK LOVED IT WHEN IT GOT TO 118000 MILES THE RADIATOR MESSED UP CAUSING ME TO REPLACE THE RAD AND TRANS FLUSH 500$ TWO WEEKS LATER NO REVERSE ONE DAY HEADED HOME FROM WORK GOING UP LICK HILL SECOND GEAR GOS OUT CAUSING ME TO GET REARENED THEN THERE'S 200$ FOR TOWING AND A SMASHED UP TRUCK JUST SPENT 8000 ON THE TRUCK AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO PUT 4000 MORE IN IT WHAT THE HELL THIS IS A JOKE MY TRUCK WILL ROT TO THE GROUND BEFORE I SPEND 4000 MORE I HOPE THIS IS TAKEN CARE OF NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS NOW I A PIECE OF JUST THAT'S NOT WORTH 2500 NISSAN U SUCK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED AN INACCURATE READING THAT THE FUEL TANK CAPACITY WAS FULL HOWEVER, THE FUEL TANK LEVEL WAS EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THAT THE FUEL SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

I PURCHASED A USED 2006 FRONTIER. THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY DO NOT CHECK FOR RECALLS ON NON FORD VEHICLES. AFTER 5 MONTHS AND FIVE MILES, THE RADIATOR APPARENTLY CAUSED MY TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. WHEN IT FAILED I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS ALMOST COLLIDED INTO. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS IS A RECALL THAT SINCE THE PREVIOUS OWNER DIDN'T HAVE IT PERFORMED, AND THE DEALER DIDN'T DO ANYTHING THAT I'M LIABLE FOR $5500 IN REPAIR.

THE GAS GAUGE HAS STOPPED WORKING. IT WILL READ EMPTY (WITH LIGHT ON) EVEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER A FILL-UP. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, IT GIVES ERRATIC READINGS. I HAVE TO KEEP A WRITTEN NOTE ON THE MILEAGE EACH TIME I FILL UP SO THAT I DON'T ACCIDENTLY RUN OUT OF GAS

I CALLED NISSAN IN REGARDS TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V075000. THEY CLAIM THAT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VIN [XXX]. MY VEHICLE HAS ROUGHLY 52,000 MILES ON IT AND IS EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. THEY WANT ME TO TAKE IT TO NISSAN FOR A DIAGNOSIS THAT WILL COST ME ~$150. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON AND REFERS TO THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. THE IN CABIN FUEL GAUGE SHOWS 1/4 TANK NEARLY ALL THE TIME. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

A FEW WEEKS AGO I NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE ON MY TRUCK WOULD DROP TO EMPTY AND THE LOW FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD TURN ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING UP. AFTER I DROVE AROUND A FEW MILES, THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD GO BACK UP TO IT'S NORMAL LEVEL. HOWEVER, OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE TO THE POINT WHERE IT ALMOST ALWAYS READS EMPTY. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE, I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL FOR FAULTY FUEL SENSORS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN #10V075000). HOWEVER, AFTER CALLING NISSAN AND PROVIDING THEM WITH MY VIN, THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY TRUCK WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE, I'VE FOUND THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS ME. SOME HAVE EVEN BEEN TOLD BY THE NISSAN REPAIR MECHANICS WHO FIXED THEIR VEHICLES THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE SAME DEFECT, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE VIN WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE REPORTED BATCH, OR THAT THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS DEFECT HAD ALREADY EXPIRED. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. I WALK TO WORK ALMOST EVERY DAY SO THE MILEAGE ON MY FRONTIER IS FAIRLY LOW. I'M JUST OVER 50,000 MILES SINCE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN 2006, BUT I'M STILL AFFECTED BY THIS SERIOUS DEFECT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DEFECT. IT IS NOT RIGHT THAT I, AND EVERY BODY ELSE WHO IS AFFECTED BUT NOT "COVERED", SHOULD HAVE TO PAY THE HIGH PRICE FOR THE REPAIR.

THE LOCK RING THAT HOLDS THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR, FUEL FILTER, & FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY HAS COME LOOSE AND THE ASSEMBLY MOVED UPWARD ABOUT INCH LEAVING A GAP ALLOWING GAS TO SPLASH OUT OF THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK WHEN FULL OF GAS OR GOING OVER A BUMP. THIS HAPPENED OVER TIME AFTER THE VEHICLE'S FUEL SENSOR WAS REPLACED AFTER A RECALL.

THE TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING HARD AND I BELIEVE I HAVE I HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM THAT IS COMMON FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE RADIATOR FLUID IS FOAMY AND DIS-COLORED WHICH I HAVE FOUND TO MOST LIKELY BE TRANNY FLUID GETTING INTO MY RADIATOR, AND COOLANT GETTING INTO MY TRANSMISSION, WHICH THE WAY IT LOOKS, MEANS I NEED TO REPLACE MY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. I CANNOT CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM TO HELP WITH REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY CLOSED THEIR DOORS... ONLY HAD THIS TRUCK SINCE 2/8/2016

THERE IS A RECALL LISTED FOR 2006 NISSAN FRONTIERS WHERE THE GAS GAUGE DROPS TO 1/4 TANK WHEN FILLED, AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. "THE MOLDED SHELLS CAN DEFORM, CAUSING THE FUEL SENDER FLOAT ARM TO CONTACT AN EMBOSSMENT MOLDED INTO THE TANK SHELL CAUSING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FUEL GAUGE TO SHOW THAT THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER TANK WHEN THE FUEL IS EMPTY." WHEN I CALLED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA THEY LOOKED UP MY VIN AND SAID IT WAS NOT FROM A "BATCH OF CARS THAT ARE COVERED". ARE YOU KIDDING? PLEASE ADDRESS THIS WITH NISSAN...