2006 NISSAN FRONTIER Complaints

IN FEBRUARY 2015 I STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION SHUTTER/SHAKE AT 35 TO 40 MPH. TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO GET WORSE WITH THE TRANSMISSION BANGING INTO GEAR AT APPROX 65 MPH. TOOK VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME OF THE ONGOING CRACKED RADIATOR LEAKING WATER INTO TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WITHIN 4 WEEKS OF FIRST PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY AND I WAS FORCED TO HAVE IT REPLACED AT A COST OF $4535.47.

VEHICLE'S COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION, CAUSING ERRATIC SHIFTING WHILE DRIVING. I'M TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL WHILE DRIVING.

THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING AT ONLY 75,000 MILES. I HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED AFTER A BRIEF OVERHEATING ISSUE. THERE WAS A BROWN LIKE PUDDY THAT BEGAN TO DEVELOP IN THE VEHICLE'S SYSTEM AT THAT POINT AND A SLUGGISH TRANSMISSION, STALLING AND FAILING REQUIRING CONSTANT RESTARTING AND CONSTANT SITTING AND REPAIR COSTS FOR THE VEHICLE.

CAR WOULD NOT START, TOWED TO MECHANIC. HE REPORTED TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CONTAMINATION. TO MY FAMILY THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE LIVE IN A VERY RURAL AREA THAT SEES LITTLE TRAFFIC NOR DOES IT HAVE GOOD CELL PHONE RECEPTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SWITCHED INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AS THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ECM (ENGINE CONTROL MODULE) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V517000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

I PURCHASED A 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER 4X4 TRUCK ON 7/28/15 AND HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED IT HAD SERIOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I TOOK IT INTO NISSAN OF TACOMA TO BE LOOKED AT AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT SO THEY WILL PAY ALL BUT $3000 OF THE REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND OTHERS MADE BY NISSAN AND NISSAN HAS SINCE CHANGED HOW THEY BUILT THEIR CARS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD I CAN ONLY DRIVE IT SEMI SAFELY AROUND TOWN, NO GOING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ABSOLUTELY NO TOWING WITH IT WHICH IS WHY I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK, TO TOW MY TRAILER. I AM A DISABLED SENIOR ON A FIXED INCOME AND HAVE NO EXTRA MONEY TO FIX MUCH LESS BUY A NEW VEHICLE. I OWE AROUND $27000. ON IT AND WENT AS FAR AS TO BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH WILL NOT COVER THESE ISSUES. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IF THIS IS THAT BIG OF A PROBLEM IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. THIS VEHICLE HAS 7 OTHER RECALLS PER YOU WEBSITE SO THIS BECOMES A REAL PROBLEM.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR. WARNING SIGNS OF FAILURE. TRUCK STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS. THE DAY IT WENT OUT I WAS CROSSING A BRIDGE AND CAME HAIR OF GETTING REAR ENDED. BY THE TIME I GOT CLOSE TO HOME IT WAS JUST SLIPPING SO BAD I HAD TO PARK IT. NISSAN WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE STUCK WITH A $5000.00 REPAIR BILL WHICH THE AVERAGE PERSON LIKE ME CAN'T AFFORD. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE A FULL BLOWN RECALL ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES.

I WENT TO KERRY NISSAN WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK WHEN I GOT THE NOTICE ABOUT THE CROSS CONTAMINATION OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ANTIFREEZE DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE RADIATOR. MY TRUCK HAD 88,000 MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER NOT TO WORRY BECAUSE IT WAS RARE FOR THIS PROBLEM TO HAPPEN.I ASKED ABOUT PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NONE. I ASKED ABOUT REPLACING THE RADIATOR. I WAS TOLD THAT WOULDN'T HELP BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THE SAME RADIATOR. NOW AT 108,000 MILES MY TRANSMISSION IS SHOT BECAUSE IT'S FULL OF ANTIFREEZE. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT, MAINTAINED, AND LOOKS LIKE NEW. THE DEALER HAS QUOTED $5,236.00 TO REPAIR. I CONTACTED NISSAN THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER WHO IS CHARGING ME $95.00 TO TELL ME WHAT I ALREADY KNOW. NISSAN KNOWING AT THAT TIME THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME. HOW DO THEY SETTLE A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR 80,000 MILES WHEN ALL THE INCIDENTS HAPPEN CLOSER TO 100,000? THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TOTAL RECALL ON ALL THE VEHICLES AFFECTED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR WITH A REDESIGNED ONE. THIS IS SO WRONG. I WAS PLANNING ON DRIVING THIS TRUCK ANOTHER 5 YEARS.

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY TRUCK SUDDENLY WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING DURING MY MORNING COMMUTE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE 202 LOOP IN PHOENIX. SHIFTING TO A DIFFERENT GEAR HAD THE SAME EFFECT AS STEPPING ON THE GAS, WHICH WAS THAT THE ENGINE REVVED WITH NO INCREASE OR DECREASE IN SPEED. I HAD TO COAST ACROSS 4 LANES OF FAST MOVING TRAFFIC. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I AM TOLD BY THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXED WITH COOLANT AND THAT IT WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. I HAVE RECEIVED NO NOTICES OF ANY KIND FROM NISSAN AND WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT THIS IS A KNOWN, COMMONLY OCCURRING DEFECT AND THAT THE DEFECT MANIFESTS INSTANTANEOUSLY AND WITHOUT WARNING MOST OF THE TIME. NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DEFECTIVE SYSTEM AND FOR NOT NOTIFYING ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE DEALER FIX IT BEFORE THEY PUT MY LIFE AND PROPERTY AND THAT OF EVERY PERSON AROUND ME AT RISK. UPDATED 09/15/15*LJ *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING AT NUMEROUS SPEEDS, THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATED AND THE VEHICLE RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V075000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.