Nissan has a know radiator problem. Internal leakage into the transmission cooler. Causes catastrophic transmission failure. Pulling away from stop sign. Transmission shifted hard twice. Then had no forward motion, engine would rev up, but not move the vehical. Truck has 100,000 mile nissan extended powertrain warranty. Was first told by the dealer. 100% covered. Less than an hour later, was told not covered. Cost $5000 plus. Contacted nissan customer service. Gabby at nissan siad they would look into it. Took a week for them to finally call back. They asked me to cover $2000. They would not cover the whole bill, even though it is a known defect. And the truck has the extended warranty. I paid $2192.43 to have the transmission and defective radiator replaced. Asked if the radiator was an updated part. Waiting on a call to find out if it is a better radiator or just a new one with the same defect. Right now. Its a ticking time bomb, if the failure occured in traffic on an interstate, a major crash could have happened.
2005 Nissan Frontier acceleration complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan frontier. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken for refueling and when the vehicle was restarted, the fuel level gauge displayed an inaccuratly low reading of fuel. The failure recurred sporadically and in addition, the contact stated that the when depressing the accelerator pedal, the pedal would intermittently become stuck in a partially open throttle position. The vehicle was not taken to have the failures diagnosed nor was the vehicle repaired. The failure mileage was 82,000 and the current mileage was 83,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan frontier. The contact stated that the driver of the vehicle was driving 10 MPH and attempting to enter a parking space when the vehicle abnormally accelerated. She was unable to maintain control of the vehicle as the vehicle independently jumped the sidewalk and crashed into the cement wall of the school building. The front driver side airbag deployed yet the contact sustained injuries to the face, legs and back. The vehicle was towed to the dealer but was not diagnosed for the failure nor repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 71,000.
Cruise control set at 50 MPH, and as car started incline, accelerator engaged abruptly and RPM increased to maximum. Multiple attempts to brake and regain control of vehicle. Truck went off road on curve and head on collision with tree occurred. Driver had both feet on brake, yet was unsuccessful in slowing vehicle.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 nissan frontier. While driving 25 MPH, the vehicle accelerated on its own. The failure occurs when stopping or slowing down. The dealer inspected the vehicle, but could not remedy the failure. While at a restaurant drive-thru, the vehicle lunged forward on its own and crashed into a pillar. A police report was filed. The contact sustained injuries to his right knee and back. He took the vehicle back to the dealer and is waiting for the manufacturer to decide if they will repair the vehicle. The current mileage was 62,200 and failure mileage was 57,000.
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