Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan frontier. The contact stated when traveling at speeds of at least 45 MPH, the vehicle would exhibit unusual shaking and hard vibrations. The dealer advised the coolant was leaking into the transmission and both the transmission and the coolant system would need to be replaced due to cross contamination. The vehicle was no longer being utilized. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileages were 91,000.
2005 Nissan Frontier transmission complaints
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Timing chain whine/rattle on 05 nissan frontier.
2005 nissan frontier with m226 (dana 44, v6 engine) rear end. The axle seals on both the driver and passenger sides are leaking and oil is getting on the rear brakes causing them to not work properly. I have had nissan fix this 2 times (5/09 and 8/09) and it started leaking again 12/09. That makes this 3 times in under a year. This axle is the same as used in nissan titans which are also experiencing the problem. Each time the seals were replaced and each time it started leaking within a month of the repair, taking a few months to become dangerous and get on the brake rotors.
Gear oil leaking past both rear axle seals resulted in inoperative parking brake and minimal regular rear braking. Accident was cause when car rolled into homeowners garage door after being left running with the parking brake applied. Repair is to clean oil from all contaminated surfaces, replace both axle seals, replace parking brake shoes on both sides, and main brake pads on both side.
I had to have emergency service to the u-joints. Strong vibration under driver seat, afraid to drive any further. Peruzzi nissan refusing to reimburse a warranty part.
Nissan frontier 2005 - 27,000 miles clutch and flywheel went out nissan dealership here on kauai said that it was due to "driver error" and not covered under warranty - wanted to charge me $1700 to fix I have been driving standard shift cars for 30 years and never had a clutch go out on me. I took the truck to another mechanic who said a. He got several different stories from the nissan mechanics, b. In his opinion nissan had never taken the clutch apart to look at it therefore how could they tell it was driver error and c. In his opinion the materials used to make the truck were too soft. How can I get nissan to admit that this was a factory defect and pay for repairs?
2005 nissan frontier with engineering defects customer states that the universal joint is subject to fail due to rust. **cc the consumer stated the manufacturer must have recognized the problem, because they have since added grease fittings. The consumer also stated the metal part that protrudes from the tailgate to the body of the truck was not designed for the weight of the tailgate. Due to insufficient welding, the original inner half of the tailgate hinge can possibly break. The consumer was able to stop the tailgate from falling.
Poorly designed u-joint to front in 4 wheel drive. ,u-joint has no grease fitting will rust and disinterested. Manufacturer has added fitting to replace part. However, original could fail and bring vehicle to complete stop in traffic or front drive could fail in adverse weather, leading to loss of traction ,both of which could lead to accident. Tailgate prone to failure due to poor weld on inner half tailgate hinge.tailgate was heavy and could lead to injury to a child or small person if failure occured while opening.once again manufacturer has added additional welds in replacement part.
The drive-shaft pulley broke which broke a belt that disabled power-steering and almost caused an accident when steering became very difficult. *nm there's also a problem with the hood latch loosening that may cause the hood to fly open at high speeds.
Dt: the contact purchased a 2005 nissan frontier on 5/18/2005. Shortly thereafter, the transmission popped out of second gear on four occasions. Once on a bumpy road, twice on washboard roads, and once at a traffic light on dry pavement. All roads frequently used by passenger vehicles and traveling at low speeds under 20 MPH. Nissan attempted to correct the problem by adding wheel weights to the shifter assembly to dampen the shifter vibration, and then replace the transmission. Both times the contact was able to reproduce the problem on washboard road used by passenger vehicles. Then nissan gave the contact a 2005 se frontier off the lot ,and once again the problem recurred. The contact realized that he must be careful when using the second gear. The excessive vibration and popping out of gear will cause abnormal wear and tear. The contact considered this problem dangerous. It never happened while using 4-wheel drive. It could create a dangerous situation depending on the road being traversed, such as exposure to drops and/or the incline on narrow mountain roads. Through a lawyer the contact was told that nissan would not fix the transmission but would give him $3000 for time and inconvenience. The contact refused, the offer, and insisted that transmission willget worse, and would have to use the $3000 to replace the transmission.*ak updated 1/4/2006 -
Purchased a 05 frontier cc 4x4 truck from a local dealership. 2 weeks I had the truck roughly the 15 of july, I had put a 30 to 40 pound stone in the back of my truck which has the rhino bed liner, rock dent in the ribs of the box and chipped the rhino bed lining. Took it to the dealership, explained in detail but nothing done as of yet. Yet another person had the same problem I was told by the service department and got a new box. Problems with the drivers side window rattling, the rear end squeaking, and the rear. I took the truck in again, they took it in said they fixed the problems with the window and the rear end squeaking. Took truck home and was doing the same thing. Took back again for same problem plus rear differential and engine brake. Said they fixed window (not true again), had to replace the bushings in the rear(were bad), and needed a new rear differential engine brake they said they had to contact someone else about to find out problem(not fixed to date) took truck in again had it 3 days said was fixed. I took the truck home rear differential was doing exact same thing but now rear was getting hot. Called monday morning to tell them it was doing exact same thing and the rear was getting hot and service department manger got pissed off was yelling. Now having trouble with the steering in the front , not right. Tried to get problem worked out with dealership. Had to finally call nissan complaint center. Waited a week for response and finally had call from consumer affairs with no resolution. Told me they could not do nothing except send to general manager plus file complaint with bbb auto which, cost $200, no guarantee. Dealership service department also did not give me copies of service work done and refuses to do so. Consumer affairs only told me they can get them and it will help their case. Called another dealership had them pull up work done on truck and none was filed. I was sold a lemon nissan don't want to deal with. I smell a lawsuit!
The "differential lock" (dif lock) dash light goes on after a period of driving. After awhile, the dif lock light turns off & the ABS & slip dash lights come on. At first, the dealer could not reproduce the problem. After additional driving by the dealership, the lights came on. The dealership replaced a control module which controls all of these features.
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