2005 Nissan Frontier

I TOOK MY FRONTIER TRUCK IN FOR A 120000 MILE SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE CHECK AND OIL CHANGE. THE DEAL TOLD ME THAT THE RADIATOR COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD MIXED TOGETHER DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD FLUSH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION AND TRY TO CLEAN OUT MOST OF THE MIXED FLUID. I WAS INFORMED THAT I NEED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION MIGHT HAVE TO BE ALSO REPLACED. THE COST FOR THE REPLACEMENT WOULD BE AROUND $8400. I BEGAN TO DO SOME RESEARCH INTO THE PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THAT NISSAN KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR AND THAT THE FLUID COULD LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION. I SAW THAT NISSAN WOULD EXTEND THE WARRANT TO COVER THE COST IF YOU HAD LESS THAT 8 YEARS AND 80000 MILES. THIS WARRANT WOULD NOW HELP ME, DUE TOT THE FACT I HAVE ALMOST 119000 MILES ON MY TRUCK. I THINK IF NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THEY WOULD HAVE A RECALL ON ALL FRONTIERS, PATHFINDERS AND XTERRAS FROM 2005-2010 AND PAY FOR THEM TO BE FIXED . IT WILL COST ME OVER $6000 TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT INTO MY FRONTIER TRUCK. MY TRUCK IS A 2005 FRONTIER LE. I AM HAVING THE RADIATOR ASSY REPLACED ($991.84) OIL COOLER ASSY REPLACED ($498.49) TRANSMISSION AND COOLING SYSTEM FLUSHED ($421.52). THE 120000 MILE SERVICE A/T WILL COST ME $400. I AM GOING TO SEARCH AROUND TO SEE HOW MUCH A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR MY TRUCK WOULD COST. THE DEALER SAID THE COST FOR REPLACING MY TRANSMISSION WOULD BE $6155.14. THEY WOULD SELL ME THE TRANSMISSION FOR THEIR COST WHICH WOULD SAVE ME $925. I THINK THAT NISSAN SHOULD A LEASE HELP PAY FOR HALF OR 2/3 OF THE COST FOR ME TO GET MY TRUCK FIXED. *TR

SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AND THE FUEL GAUGE STARTED GOING WACKY AND ULTIMATELY SHOWED EMPTY EVENTHOUGH I HAD 1/2 TANK OF GAS. LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT, SO I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON MY NISSAN TRUCK. THERE IS EVEN A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON IT. SO, OFF I WENT AND TOOK IT INTO MY NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID THE CODE P0463 WAS A FUEL SENSING UNIT THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR FOR OVER $350. I SEE THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE, SINCE MY WIFE DRIVES THE TRUCK AND IF SHE IS UNABLE TO CORRECTLY DETERMINE HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE TRUCK SHE RUNS THE RISK OF RUNNING OUT OF GAS IN TRAFFIC OR MAYBE EVEN IN AN UNSAFE NEIGHBORHOOD. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY FRONTIER, THE TRANSMISSION STARTING MAKING NOISE. IT STARTED SLIPPING WHEN I WAS TAKING OFF, AFTER HAVING STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT. THEN THE SERVICE LIGHT AND INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON. I COULD TELL THAT 2ND GEAR WAS GONE. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO A CERTIFIED NISSAN DEALER. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TRUCK WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND GAVE ME A $5190 ESTIMATE. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $300 FOR THE RENTAL I HAVE HAD TO GET FOR THIS FIRST WEEK, OR THE $101 FOR THE TOWING AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THAT THE COOLANT WAS LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND HAS CAUSED IT TO FAIL. I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, HAVE REGISTERED COMPLAINTS THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A RADIATOR FAILURE THAT WAS KNOWN BY NISSAN. I DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE OR ANY OTHER NOTIFICATION CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND RECEIVED A CASE NUMBER. AFTER 24 HRS. THEY CALLED TO TELL ME THAT THEY HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTIES ON THE RADIATORS UP TO 8 YRS. AND 80,000 MILES, BUT THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HELP ME WITH MY CASE. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT ONLINE THAT NISSAN DID NOT ISSUE RECALLS ON THIS. MY TRUCK HAD BEEN PROPERLY SERVICED AT MY NISSAN DEALERSHIP, AND BOTH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED AT 30,000 AND 60,000 MILES. THE POWER-STEERING WAS ALSO FLUSHED AT 60,000 MILES. I BELIEVE MY DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE MADE ME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WHEN MY TRUCK WAS IN FOR SERVICING, AND THEN I COULD HAVE HAD THE RADIATOR TAKEN CARE OF UNDER THE WARRANTY PERIOD BEFORE ALL THE TRANSMISSION DAMAGE WAS DONE. AND NISSAN SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A SAFETY RECALL, AS MY TRUCK STOPPED AT 35 MPH; AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. I WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY, EXCEPT ONCE THE NOISE STARTED, I DECIDED TO TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IN ORDER TO GET MY VEHICLE TO A SAFE AREA. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS PERIOD! *TR

STOPPED ON HILL BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE, THEY TOOK OFF, I TRIED TO PULL UP TO STOP SIGN BUT HAD NO FORWARD MOVEMENT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME SO I BACKED DOWN TO A DRIVEWAY TO GET OUT OF THE ROAD. I HAD REVERSE AT THIS TIME. AFTER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED, I PUT TRUCK INTO GEAR AND DROVE THE FIVE MILES TO WORK. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. LEFT WORK AND HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL MY DRIVEWAY, STEEP INCLINE AND AGAIN NO FORWARD MOVEMENT. NO REVERSE THIS TIME. HAD IT TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY HAVE DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. SURPRISE! I DID NOT RECEIVE A LETTER FROM NISSAN LAST YEAR. THEY SHOULD RECALL AND PAY FOR ALL THE CHARGES. THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM AND DON'T WANT TO OWN UP TO THEIR FAILURE TO PROVIDE A SAFE VEHICLE. HOPE THE NHTSA LOOKS INTO THE PROBLEMS WITH THE NISSAN VEHICLES. I WAS HAPPY I WASN'T ON AN INTER-STATE. NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM UNTIL I HAD NO FORWARD MOVEMENT! VERY DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE ON THE ROAD! *TR

WAS TRAVELING AT 55MPH IN MY 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER WHEN IT WAS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL. HAD TO STOP IN THE HIGHWAY, NOWHERE TO PULL OFF. AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT WAS NEAR MY DESTINATION AND MANAGED TO GET THERE GOING ABOUT 10 TO 15MPH. IT WAS AT NIGHT SO LUCKILY NOT MUCH TRAFFIC WHEN IT OCCURRED. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP NEXT DAY AND WAS TOLD THE RADIATOR FAILED AND COOLANT WAS ALLOWED TO ENTER TRANSMISSION THUS ALSO CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE HAD EXCEEDED THE 80,000 MILE WARRANTY BUT ALSO FOUND OUT THAT WARRANTY HAD BEEN EXTENDED FROM THE ORIGINAL 36,000 MILE WARRANTY BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS. ONLY THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION WERE ISSUED THE 80,000 EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT MY VEHICLE HAD 95,994 MILES THUS NO WARRANTY COVERAGE, AND REPAIR COST WOULD RUN $6,900.00. CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS BUT WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT. ALTHOUGH DEALERSHIP WORKED WITH ME AND GOT THE PRICE DOWN TO $4,800.00 THIS IS A MAJOR EXPENSE TO ME ON A VEHICLE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY THE NISSAN CORP., DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON VEHICLES WITH MORE THAN 80,000 MILES. HAVE YET TO FIND ANY CONSUMER THAT HAS BEEN COMPENSATED FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THE PROBLEM BEGAN WITH A GROWLING NOISE ACCOMPANIED BY A SHUDDERING SENSATION. I HAD THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AT THE DEALERSHIP AS TRANSMISSION FLUID CONTAMINATION. THEY ADVISED ME TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF SERVICE FOR REPAIRS AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $6500. I COULD NOT AFFORD THIS SO I HAD MY LOCAL ASME CERTIFIED MECHANIC REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND POWER FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $900. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS AND I EXPECT A CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT ANY TIME. *TR

THIS PROBLEM IS IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. DUE TO NISSAN PRODUCING A FAULTY AND VERY POORLY ENGINEERED COOLING SYSTEM FOR THE 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER, PATHFINDER, AND XTERRA AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS THEY EVENTUALLY GET CONTAMINATED WITH RADIATOR COOLANT AND MAKES THE TRANSMISSION SLIP AND CLUNK DURING SHIFTING. MINE SLIPS FROM 2ND INTO THIRD AND WHEN I ACCELERATE IN ANY GEAR. THERE IS NO POWER UNLESS I BABY IT ALONG. THIS HAS BEEN HAZARDOUS TWICE NOW WHEN ENTERING THE FREEWAY AND CHANGING LANES. A SEMI-TRUCK WAS IN THE LANE I NEEDED TO GET INTO AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE ENOUGH TO MERGE PROPERLY. NISSAN REFUSES TO ADMIT THE PROBLEM IS THEIRS EVEN THOUGH THE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ARE NUMEROUS. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY AWARE OF THIS JUST GO ONLINE AND YOU WILL FIND HORROR STORIES FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH UP AN INCLINE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO DOWN SHIFT. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING UP AN INCLINE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND THERE WAS NO LONGER A MALFUNCTION WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.