2007 Nissan Frontier

VEHICLE BEGAN RUNNING POORLY AND STUTTERING BETWEEN GEAR SHIFTS. KNEW ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUID TO MIX AND DESTROY THE ENGINE FROM THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED AND CORRESPONDENCE WE HAD RECEIVED FROM NISSAN. SURE ENOUGH, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A NISSAN DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT CAR SHOP AND BOTH DIAGNOSED THE SAME THING - RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS MIXING. NO OPTION BUT TO GET IT REPAIRED FOR A WHOPPING $4,409.26. IT IS DISGRACEFUL THAT NISSAN WILL NOT FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DEFECT AND PAY FOR THE REPAIR BILL NO MATTER WHAT YOUR MILEAGE. THIS WAS OUR FIRST AND LAST NISSAN. *TR

I AM WRITING THIS ON MAY 9, 2013. ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER EXPERIENCED SLOW ACCELERATION. I PUT IT IN 1ST AND DROVE SLOWLY FOR 1/4 MILE THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I TURNED ON IGNITION, GEAR SHIFT WAS LOCKED. I UNLOCKED MANUALLY AND TRIED TO START. NOTHING. ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK. NO LIGHTS ON DASH. I TOWED IT MY LOCAL MECHANIC WHO TRIED SOME ELECTRICAL WORK. NOTHING SO HE THOUGHT A TRANNY FAILURE PUT TRUCK IN FAILSAFE. AAMCO COULD NOT START IT SO THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE. TOWED IT TO NISSAN. THEY WANTED TO CHANGE TRANNY FOR $8000 NEW OR $5000 USED. TOO MUCH MONEY FOR A VEHICLE W/ 110000 MILES. I TOWED IT OUT TO ANOTHER TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS THE STARTER! THEY CHANGED THE STARTER, NOTHING DOING. OF COURSE JUMP START IS NOT WORKING SO ITS NOT THE BATTERY. IM NOW STUCK. PREVIOUSLY TRUCK HAD STALLED ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60000 MILES AND WOULD ONLY DRIVE ON GEAR #1. TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH TRANNY BUT THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. LATER AT ABOUT 101K THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND NISSAN FOUND THAT THE ANTIFREEZE HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY WANTED TO GIVE ME $2500 TOWARD A $7300 REPAIR. THEY ALSO OFFERED TO GIVE ME EMPLOYEE PRICING ON A NEW FRONTIER BUT I DONT WANT ANOTHER FRONTIER, SO I REFUSED AND INSTEAD TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. HE PUT IN A NEW RADIATOR AND FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION. EARLIER AT ABOUT 46000 MILES, THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AND THE FUEL SENDER WAS CHANGED. NISSAN REFUSED TO HELP AT THAT TIME BUT LATER INITIATED A RECALL AND COMPENSATED ME FOR THE EXPENSE. ITS BEEN ALL PAIN WITH THIS TRUCK WHICH I BOUGHT "NEW" FROM A DEALER WITH ONLY 300 MILES ON IT. HELP. *TR

2007 NISSAN FRONTIER COMPLAINT . I AM WRITING THIS ON MAY 9, 2013. ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER EXPERIENCED SLOW ACCELERATION. I PUT IT IN 1ST AND DROVE SLOWLY FOR 1/4 MILE THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I TURNED ON BACK ON IGNITION, GEAR SHIFT WAS LOCKED. I UNLOCKED MANUALLY AND TRIED TO START. NOTHING. ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK. NO LIGHTS ON DASH. I TOWED IT MY LOCAL MECHANIC WHO TRIED SOME ELECTRICAL WORK. NOTHING SO HE THOUGHT A TRANNY FAILURE PUT TRUCK IN FAILSAFE. AAMCO COULD NOT START IT SO THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE. TOWED IT TO NISSAN OF EDISON NJ. THEY WANTED TO CHANGE TRANNY FOR $8000 NEW OR $5000 USED. TOO MUCH MONEY FOR A VEHICLE W/ 110000 MILES. I TOWED IT OUT TO ANOTHER TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS THE STARTER! THEY CHANGED THE STARTER, NOTHING DOING. OF COURSE JUMP START IS NOT WORKING SO ITS NOT THE BATTERY. IM NOW STUCK. PREVIOUSLY TRUCK HAD STALLED ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60000 MILES AND WOULD ONLY DRIVE ON GEAR #1. TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH TRANNY BUT THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. LATER AT ABOUT 101K THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND NISSAN FOUND THAT THE ANTIFREEZE HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY WANTED TO GIVE ME $2500 TOWARD A $7300 REPAIR. THEY ALSO OFFERED TO GIVE ME EMPLOYEE PRICING ON A NEW FRONTIER BUT I DONT WANT ANOTHER FRONTIER, SO I REFUSED AND INSTEAD TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. HE PUT IN A NEW RADIATOR AND FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION. EARLIER AT ABOUT 46000 MILES, THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AND THE FUEL SENDER WAS CHANGED. NISSAN REFUSED TO HELP AT THAT TIME BUT LATER INITIATED A RECALL AND COMPENSATED ME FOR THE EXPENSE. ITS BEEN ALL PAIN WITH THIS TRUCK WHICH I BOUGHT "NEW" FROM A DEALER WITH ONLY 300 MILES ON IT. HELP. *TR

AS I WAS PARKED AT A SERVICE STATION, I PUT MY TRUCK INTO REVERSE AND IT WAS THE SAME AS NEUTRAL AND NEVER ENGAGED. THIS IS A VERY COMMON, BUT NOT NECESSARY, ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON THE NISSAN FRONTIER. I ALMOST BLEW UP MY ENGINE LAST YEAR WHEN THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND ALLOWED TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX WITH THE COOLANT AND CAUSED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE TO GO WAY UP. THIS MIXTURE MADE ITS WAY TO THE TRANSMISSION AND HAS CAUSED IRREPARABLE DAMAGE; UNDOUBTEDLY, THIS IS WHY I NO LONGER HAVE REVERSE. I REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND FLUSHED MY TRANSMISSION FLUID THREE TIMES LAST YEAR AND THOUGHT I MAY HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM. EVIDENTIALLY, THE DAMAGE HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY WELL KNOWN TO NISSAN AND, AS A NISSAN FRONTIER OWNER, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED REGARDING THIS POSSIBLE ISSUE. I UNDERSTAND THAT NISSAN HAS AGREED TO SETTLE WITH OWNERS WITHIN A CERTAIN MILEAGE RANGE; HOWEVER, MY TRUCK IS ONLY 5.5 YEARS OLD AND EXCEEDS THE MILEAGE REQUIREMENT BECAUSE MY OCCUPATION REQUIRES ALOT OF HIGHWAY TIME WHICH HAS PUT ALOT OF MILES ON IT. I FEEL NISSAN NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH ALL OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY. MY TRUCK IS NOW RENDERED USELESS UNTIL I PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX IT. THIS SHOULD NOT BE MY PROBLEM AT ALL!! *TR

AT ABOUT 100,000 MILES, I STARTED NOTICING THAT ON TAKE-OFF AND AT ABOUT 40 MPH, MY FRONTIER WOULD STRUGGLE TO TAKEOFF OR ACCELERATE. WHEN SLOWING DOWN, IF ACCELERATION WAS NEEDED, THE RPMS REV UP, BUT THE TRUCK DOES NOT ACCELERATE. AT 40-45 MPH TRANSITION, GOING UPHILL, THE TRUCK STUTTERS LIKE IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR TO ENGAGE. I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION HAVING A SLEW OF ISSUES RELATED TO TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LEAKS. I MOVED TO DRAIN THE FLUID SO THAT I COULD INSPECT THE COLOR AND COMPOSITION. IT WAS FINE. I REPLACED THE FILTER AND FLUID. LET IT BREAK IN FOR A BIT AND HAD SAME PROBLEMS. I HAD 2 DIFFERENT LUBE SHOPS REPLACE THE FLUID AND FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE PROBLEMS PERSIST. I CALLED UP THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD COST 6800 + LABOR. HE SAID IT WAS VERY LIKELY THE FLUID ISSUE, BUT I WAS OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT FROM THE TIME THEY RELEASED THESE VEHICLES TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD IN THE NEED OF ACCELERATION AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, TRAIN CROSSING AND MANY OTHERS. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION ON THE NUMBER OF THESE VEHICLES BEING INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS. MY VEHICLE IS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER SE, VIN: [XXX]. MY NAME IS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE TANK UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000. *TR

MY FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, WHICH HAS CAUSED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO STAY ON CONSTANTLY. WHEN I FILL UP WITH FUEL, THE FUEL GAUGE WILL SOMETIMES MOVE UP TO FULL, BUT ONLY AFTER A FEW STARTS OF THE ENGINE. HOWEVER, IT WILL FALL BACK DOWN TO EMPTY AFTER ONLY DRIVING A FEW MILES OR SO. I REALLY NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL I HAVE UNLESS I GO BACK TO FILL IT UP JUST TO BE SAFE. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE TODAY AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS A MASSIVE AND VERY WIDESPREAD FUEL SYSTEM ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE TYPE. I NOTIFIED NISSAN TODAY AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NOT AN OPEN RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE. HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS I HAVE FOUND FROM MY RESEARCH DEALING WITH THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. THE NISSAN AGENT ADVISED ME TO GO TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP GARAGE AND ASK FOR A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. SHE SAID TO CALL HER BACK OR HAVE A MECHANIC REP. CALL TO ADVISE WHAT THE DIAGNOSTIC CHECK REVEALED. SHE STATED NISSAN MAY BE ABLE TO HELP WITH SOME FINANCIAL AIDE. I TRULY APPRECIATE THE GESTURE, BUT THAT DOES NOT FIX THE FACT THAT THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE COMPLETELY COVERED BY A MANUFACTURER RECALL. YESTERDAY I RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO COAST TWO LANES OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. HOWEVER, THE PORTION I WAS IN WAS VERY NARROW AND DID NOT OFFER AMPLE ROOM TO POUR THE GAS IN THE TANK THAT A FRIEND BROUGHT ME AN HOUR AFTER I RAN OUT OF GAS. A POLICE OFFICER KINDLY STOPPED TO ASSIST WITH THE VERY DANGEROUS MISSION OF TRYING TO GET THE GAS IN THE VEHICLE STANDING ONLY INCHES FROM THE TRAFFIC AS IT RUSHED BY AT VERY HIGH SPEEDS. TO MAKE A LONG STORY A LITTLE SHORTER, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT INVOLVING TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS AND TWO CARS. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. INCLUDING THE OFFICER, MY FRIEND, AND MYSELF, WHO WERE STANDING ONLY FEET FROM WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THANK GOD! *TR

THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE OF THE RADIATOR LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. NISSAN WAS INVOLVED IN A CLASS ACTION SUIT WHERE THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 80,000 MILES BUT I WAS 2,000 MILES OVER, SO INSTEAD OF THEM FIXING IT FOR FREE, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY A $2,500 DEDUCTIBLE. I DO NOT HAVE $2,500 TO SPEND ON SOMETHING THAT IS A KNOWN ISSUE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANY RECOURSE FOR THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU. *TR

I WAS MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY INTERSTATE 85 IN TRAFFIC THAT WAS FLOWING AT SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 75-80 MPH, AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF THIRD GEAR. THIS INCIDENT FORCED ME TO TAKE IMMEDIATELY ACTION AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHICH PUT MY LIFE IN DANGER DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I LEARNED FROM THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT THE TRANSMISSION IN VEHICLES THAT WERE MANUFACTURED THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL, WERE DEFECTED BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL. SINCE THAT TIME, APRIL 5, 2013 TO BE EXACT, THE TRANSMISSION IN MY VEHICLE HAS FAILED BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS HAZARDOUS THREAT TO CONSUMERS BEFORE SOMEONE GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR