2006 NISSAN FRONTIER Complaints

THE RIGHT SIDE REAR AXLE SEAL FAILED IN JUNE 2008 CAUSING DIFFERENTIAL FLUID TO COAT THE ENTIRE REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY LEADING TO MY EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. IT COST ME ABOUT $600 IN 2008. IN JANUARY 2009, THE LEFT SIDE REAR AXLE SEAL FAILED IN CAUSING DIFFERENTIAL FLUID TO COAT THE ENTIRE REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY LEADING TO MY EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. IT COST ME ABOUT $600 IN 2009. *TR

ERROR CODE P0463 THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL NISSIAN REQUIRES A FUEL PUMP ASSY TO REPAIR. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER CREW CAB SE THIS APRIL 2008 EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING GREAT UNTIL THIS MONTH OF DECEMBER 23 MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON OUT OF THE BLUE AND MY FUEL GAUGE DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY SO I FILLED IT UP WITH GAS MAYBE IM JUST LOW ON GAS BUT WHEN I FILLED UP MY TANK MY GAUGE DIDN'T GO UP SO I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC TO FIX THE PROBLEM HE TOLD ME THAT MY FUEL SENSOR IS TRIPPING OUT AND ITS GOING TO COST ME $150 TO DROP THE GAS TANK PLUS THE PRICE OF THE SENSOR WHICH I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH IT COST SO I TOLD MY MECHANIC TO TURN OFF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND HE TOLD ME TO COME BACK THE NEXT DAY IF THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST SO I WENT HOME AND THE NEXT DAY WHEN I STARTED MY TRUCK THE CHECK ENGINE WAS GONE AND MY FUEL GAUGE WENT UP ALL THE WAY LIGHTNING FAST SO I WAS VERY HAPPY BUT NOT FOR LONG AFTER 5 DAYS THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN I WAS LOW OF GAS ABOUT 1/4 TANK AND THE LIGHTS WERE ON AGAIN SO ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT SO I RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM AND I FOUND THAT IM NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM THERE'S ALOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT OWN NISSAN VEHICLES THAT ARE NEWER THAT HAS A FUEL SENSOR PROBLEM AND THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT AND NISSAN SHOULD CONSIDER THIS A RECALL THIS COULD LEAD TO A BIG PROBLEM WHEN YOUR FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR OUT OF GAS AND IT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR EVEN DEATH ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY I HOPE MY COMPLAINT WILL TAKE EFFECT AND TO NOTIFY NISSAN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WE ARE TALKING SAFETY FOR THE CONSUMERS JUST LIKE ME THANK YOU..... *TR

THE FUEL SENDING UNIT ON THE TRUCK FAILED AT ABOUT 38K MILES. THE GAGE IS SLOW TO RESPOND TO A FILL-UP 30-60 MINUTES TO REGISTER FULL. IT FUNCTIONS NORMALLY UNTIL AROUND HALF A TANK, THEN THE NEEDLE DROPS TO E AND THE EMPTY TANK LIGHT COMES ON. AFTER REFUELING THE TRUCK SEVERAL TIMES IT WAS STILL HALF FULL OF FUEL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON SINCE THE START OF THE PROBLEM. ONLINE BOARDS HAVE INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS TRUCK. A CODE SCANNER AT A PARTS STORE ALSO SAID THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT. I WILL PROBABLY REPLACE THE PART MYSELF. *TR

WENT OUT ONE MORNING TO GO TO WORK AND THE FUEL GAUGE READ E. RE-STARTED THE TRUCK AND THE GAUGE WENT TO 3/4 TANK. DROVE TO WORK AND BACK,WENT SHOPPING, THAN RE-FUELED AND THE GAUGE WAS ON E AGAIN . THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON AT THIS TIME. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALLS ON IT AND THAT MY WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED, TOOK THE TRUCK TO A MECHANIC WHO CLEANED A PART NEAR THE TANK AND CLEARED OUT THE CODES. IT WORKED FOR ABOUT A WEEK. DROVE THE TRUCK THAT WEEK AND RE-FUELED. GAS GAUGE STAYED ON E WITH THE SERVICE ENGINE BACK ON. CALLED DEALER AND THE COST IS AROUND $700. WAITING FOR THE PRICE FROM MY MECHANIC. *TR

WAS DRIVING DOWN A WASHBOARD PART OF A DIRT ROAD IN ROUTE TO 4WHEEL LIKE I NORMALLY DO AND THE 2006 FRONTIER NISMO CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON OTHER THEN THE SYSTEM BELIEVED IT WAS ROLLING OVER. THIS WAS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AWAY FROM CELL COVERAGE SO NO POLICE REPORT COULD BE MADE. I HAVE NOTICED MANY THREADS OF XTERRAS AND FRONTIERS ONLINE THAT HAVE BEEN GETTING THIS PROBLEM INCLUDING A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF AN XTERRAS DEPLOYING. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET THE VEHICLE IS SITTING IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AS I DECIDE WEATHER THERE IS A BUILDABLE CASE AGAINST NISSAN OR TO GIVE UP AND TRY FOR REPAIRS SOMEWHERE, THE INSURANCE ESTIMATE IS ~4,000$ USD. BOTH SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS, SEAT DAMAGE, SEATBELTS BROKEN. *TR

2006 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP - GAS GAUGE IS SLUGGISH TO MOVE UPWARD AFTER A FILLUP. TAKES SEVERAL DAYS TO REGISTER ACCURATE TANK LEVEL. ALSO, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON. OCCASIONALLY DROPS TO EMPTY AND EMPTY TANK INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN GRADUALLY MOVES TO CORRECT LEVEL. HAVE HAD IN SHOP SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 50K MILES ON IT. *TR

ON NOVEMBER 12, 2008, OWNER WAS DRIVING A 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. THERE WAS A LIGHT RAIN. SUDDENLY, THE STEERING LOOSENED AND THE OWNER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE ROTATED COUNTER CLOCKWISE AND COLLIDED INTO A BRICK COLUMN. BACK IN JANUARY OF 2007, THE STEERING COLUMN OF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP. IT HAD BEEN LOOSE AND WOBBLING ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. OTHER TIMES IT WOULD BE AS STIFF AND SOLID AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. ON 2 OCCASIONS, THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP ADVISE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING FOR THEM TO FIX AS THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS UPON TEST DRIVES. THE 3RD TIME AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY 'REPLACED' CERTAIN COMPONENTS AND/OR PARTS OF THE STEERING COLUMN AND SAID THEY WERE 'WORN", ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM AN OCALA FLORIDA NISSAN DEALERSHIP. *TR

AFTER REFUELING, FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON. CODE CAN BE RESET, BUT ISSUE RECURS UPON NEXT FILL-UP. *TR

FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR WILL NOT RESPOND AFTER FILL UP. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CODE REGISTERED IS P0463. INDICATES FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR DEFECTIVE.*TR