2007 Nissan Frontier

I HAVE A 2007 FRONTIER KING CAB NISMO WITH 56,000 MILES ON IT. PUT FUEL IN IT TODAY AND THE FUEL GAUGE WILL NOT RISE ABOVE HALF FULL. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. A FEW MILES LATER THE GAUGE PLUNGED TO EMPTY WITH THE LOW FUEL LIGHT ON. ON MY RETURN TRIP THE GAUGE MOVED UP TO HALF WITH THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON. IT APPEARS FROM MY RESEARCH THAT THE FUEL SENDING UNIT IS BAD AND THAT NUMEROUS OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME EXPENSIVE ISSUE. APPARENTLY THIS CAN CAUSE THE FUEL TO STOP BEING SENT AND POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. MY CALL TO THE DEAL WILL BE TOMORROW AM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE AS XTERRA'S WERE RECALLED FOR THIS SAME ISSUE IN PRIOR MODEL YEARS. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO I HAD A ABS SENSOR REPLACED AT $400. THE REAR END WAS DROPPED AT TWO WEEKS OLD TO FIX ANOTHER SENSOR AND ON AND ON. THIS TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN RELIABLE AND I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANY NISSAN PRODUCT AT THIS POINT! IT DOES NOT GO MORE THAN 2 MONTHS WITHOUT SOMETHING GOING WRONG WITH IT. HELP! *TR

I JUST BOUGHT MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER LE WITH 60,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING IT HOME I NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT GOING ALL THE WAY UP EVEN THOUGH I HAD JUST FILLED THE TANK COMPLETELY. THEN THE GAUGE JUST DROPPED ALL THE WAY TO EMPTY AND THE EMPTY LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT AND THE DTE (DISTANCE TO EMPTY) LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH. I HAVE NOT YET HAD THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED BUT WILL WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL NISSAN FRONTIERS NEED TO BE RECALLED REGARDING THE AIR BAGS AND SALT ISSUES. THE RECALL ONLY APPLIED TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN COLD STATES. THE CONTACT LIVES IN TUCSON, AZ AT 2,000 FT. ELEVATION. HE OWNS A WINTER CABIN AT 9,000 FT. AND STATED THAT HE WOULD EXPERIENCE THE SAME ISSUES AS SOMEONE WHO RESIDES IN A COLD STATE. HIS VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V690000 (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 27,050.

2007 NISSAN FRONTIER AUTOMATIC CREWCAB (21,000 MILES) - THE TRUCK DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT AUTOMATICALLY WHEN SLOWING WHILE CLIMBING A SLIGHT HILL. THIS BEGAN WHEN THE TRUCK WAS NEW. THE TRUCK BEGINS TO JERK WHEN SLOWING JUST AS A MANUAL TRANS VEHICLE JERKS WHEN DRIVING TOO SLOW WHILE IN 4TH GEAR. TO FORCE THE TRANS TO DOWNSHIFT I WOULD PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL A LITTLE MORE. THE DEALER SAID IT'S NORMAL BUT I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS EVENT IN ANY VEHICLE I'VE DRIVEN AND DOES NOT SEEM NORMAL TO ME. *TR

I FILLED UP MY TANK AND AFTER SETTING FOR A MINUTE IDLING I NOTICED MY GAS GAUGE WAS BELOW EMPTY AND THE DISTANCE TO EMPTY LIGHT WAS ON AND READING -----. MY ORIGINAL THOUGHT WAS THAT I DIDN'T TIGHTEN MY GAS CAP ENOUGH, BUT I ALWAYS DO. A MINUTE LATER THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON. I HAVE A 2007 FRONTIER CREW CAB NISMO WITH 67,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING HOME THE GAS GAUGE SLOWLY WORKED ITS WAY UP TO JUST BELOW FULL AND THE SES LIGHT IS STILL ON. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN VERY MUCH MORE TO SEE IF THE GAS GAUGE WORKS PROPERLY. I HAVE BEEN CHECKING THROUGH MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, WHICH EXTENDS OUT TO 72 MONTHS OR 100,000 AND IT DOES SHOW THAT THE GAS SENDING UNIT IS COVERED. AFTER VISITING THE FOLLOWING FORUM: HTTP://X.NISSANHELP.COM/FORUMS/XTERRA/4151-FUEL-GAUGE-PROBLEM-SERVICE-ENGINE-SOON-LIGHT.HTML, I NOTICED MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH 2005-2007 NISSAN FRONTIER, XTERRA AND PATHFINDERS ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE AND THE DEALERS ARE CHARGING 400-700 DOLLARS TO FIX. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THEIR WARRANTY PERIOD AND HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. MY WARRANTY REQUIRES ME TO PAY A 100 DOLLAR DEDUCTIBLE. SOUNDS LIKE THIS FUEL SENDING UNIT DESERVES A RECALL. *TR

WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF PURCHASING MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER, I NOTICED A DISTURBING GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM BEHIND MY DASH BOARD. WHEN I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF MY DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED ME THAT IF THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THIS NOISE AT THE TIME, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. AFTERWARDS, THE NOISE WAS ONLY MORE NOTICEABLE. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR OTHER PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE NOISE COMING FROM BEHIND THE DASHBOARD WAS BEING PRODUCED BY A DEFECTIVE CLUTCH. I SAW AT LEAST 5 TO 10 OF THE SAME EXACT COMPLAINTS AND THEIR DEALINGS WITH SERVICE THAT DETERMINED THE CLUTCH PROBLEM. AT THIS TIME, I WAS QUITE WORRIED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF MY VEHICLE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE A DEFECTIVE CLUTCH ON ANY CAR, LET ALONE A 2 PLUS TON TRUCK. THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE ENDLESS: GETTING STUCK ON RAILROAD TRACKS, AT AN INTERSECTION, CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE... THE DEALERSHIP WOULD CONTINUE TO MISDIAGNOSE OR NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I MADE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. I PROVIDED THEM WITH EVIDENCE THAT THE VEHICLE DID HAVE A DEFECTIVE CLUTCH AND EVEN DROVE A TECHNICIAN AROUND IN THE VEHICLE TO REPRODUCE THE NOISE THAT THEY DID NOT HEAR. I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BY A SERVICE ADVISOR. WHILE THEY HAD THE VEHICLE, A DIFFERENT PERSON INFORMED ME 2 DAYS LATER THAT THEY INSPECTED THE CLUTCH, FOUND IT TO BE WORN, AND THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. I WAS ABLE TO DO NOTHING EXCEPT PAY FOR THE REPAIR TO GET MY TRUCK BACK. NISSAN INFORMED ME THAT I SHOULD SUE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. IN CONCLUSION, A DEFECT THAT WAS NOTICED AT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 MILES ENDED UP COSTING ME OVER $2,000.00 AND POTENTIALLY MY LIFE WHILE THE DEFECT WAS DISMISSED AND MISDIAGNOSED. BEING THAT THERE ARE DOZENS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, I WOULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT THIS PROBLEM WOULD HAVE BEEN RECTIFIED WITHOUT THIS MUCH TURMOIL. *TR

PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW WITH 6SPD MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AT ROUGHLY 4K MILES AN INTERMITTENT NOISE WAS NOTICED AND PERCEIVED TO BE COMING FROM THE DASH CLUSTER. AT 7.8K MILES TRUCK WAS SERVICED AS NOISE BECAME MORE PREVALENT. DEALER MADE REPAIRS TO DASH CLUSTER BY INSPECTING AND SOUND PROOFING AREA. AT 9K MILES NOISE HAD RETURNED AND WAS SENT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER. THEY TOO TROUBLESHOOT AND INSULATED THE CLUSTER. NOISE CONTINUED OFF AND ON UNTIL A RETURN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS AT 14.5K MILES. DEALER AT THIS TIME COULDN'T REPLICATE ISSUE. AFTER OWNER OF TRUCK PERFORMED THEIR OWN EXTENSIVE ONLINE RESEARCH THE DETERMINED THE NOISE TO BE COMING FROM THE CLUTCH AND TRANSFERRING TO THE PEDAL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. DRIVER RETURNED TO DEALER WITH NEW DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM AND SUGGESTING OF THROW OUT BEARING INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THERE WAS ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF CLUTCH MATERIAL ON TOP OF THROWOUT BEARING AND WAS FROM THE DRIVER'S DRIVING HABIT. THEY WANT $1000 JUST TO DROP TRANSMISSION AND INSPECT CLUTCH THEN MORE $ TO REPLACE CLUTCH. FROM RESEARCHING ONLINE, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR NISSAN 6SPD TRANSMISSION ON THE 05+ FRONTIERS AND XTERRAS. NISSAN WON'T WARRANT THE ITEM BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED A "WEAR" ITEM. MANY CONSUMER HAVE NOTICED THE NOISE FROM THE DAY THEY PURCHASED VEHICLE AND OTHERS HAVE HAD COMPLETE CLUTCH FAILURE AT LESS THAN 15K, SOMETIMES AS LITTLE AS 5K MILES. HOW, OTHER THAN FACTORY DEFECT, COULD THIS HAPPEN? NOISE WAS NOTICED AT 4K MILES ORIGINALLY. OWNER IS CONCERNED FOR SAFETY WHERE IF THE TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH FAILS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THE VEHICLE WILL BE RENDERED USELESS PUTTING THE DRIVING INTO HARMS WAY. I.E. TRAIN TRACKS, ONCOMING TRAFFIC, EMERGENCY VEHICLES. THE PROBLEM COULD LEAVE THE DRIVER DEFENSELESS AND UNABLE TO MANEUVER OUT OF DEADLY SITUATION. *TR