2017 Nissan Frontier: engine stalls while driving

5 of the 38 complaints about the 2017 Nissan Frontier describe engine stalls while driving.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 13%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 8 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine stalls while driving by model year

2024
2
2023
12
2022
1
2021
1
2018
1
2017
5
2016
5
2013
2
2012
4
2011
2
2010
2
2008
4
2007
27
2006
48
2005
38
2004
3
2003
2
2002
4
2001
4
2000
7
1999
7
1998
1

What owners say

Filed Oct 19, 2025 · Fuel system · NY

I drive on the highway and my truck stalls out and just shuts off. When I’m driving at slow speeds, it just keeps stalling I lose power and it takes a few tries for it to start again then I have to peel out so it stays started and hope I don’t have to slow down.

Filed Mar 26, 2025 · Engine, Transmission · 80,000 miles · NY

The contact's boyfriend owns a 2017 Nissan Frontier. The contact stated while her boyfriend was driving at 30 MPH or above, the vehicle started to stall. The check engine warning light was illuminated. On a separate occasion, the vehicle stalled and drastically shifted out of gear into a different gear. The vehicle was then taken to a dealer but was not diagnosed. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure or find a cause for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

Filed Oct 1, 2022 · Electrical, Engine · WY

As I was driving my truck this morning it stalled on me, two times. The first time I was able to turn the key off and back on again and it started right up. I then drove it about 20 yards (luckily I was in a parking lot) and it stalled again but this time the dash lights remained on even with key out of the ignition. Also I was not able to unlock the doors. I kept turning key back and forth until the truck finally started. I was going to try disconnecting the battery to see if that would help but with the truck running I unhooked the negative side and the truck kept running!!Oh, and I also had the ignition switch replaced a few weeks ago under that recall. This is very unsafe to say the least and I can't believe it's not affecting other 2017 Frontiers.

Filed Sep 1, 2021 · Electrical · 30,000 miles · NC

The contact owns a 2017 Nissan Frontier. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle occasionally stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and continued driving to her destination. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the battery connectors to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but continued to experience failure. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 18V551000 (Electrical System) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000.

Filed Sep 17, 2017 · Transmission · 500 miles · CA

When proceeding from a green light, the 2017 nissan frontier sv will not accelerate as normal. To get the truck moving forward, I had to step on the gas medal with more depth than usual, rendering the engine RPM very high, to inch the truck away from the stop light. Luckily, I made it to a shopping center parking lot which was about 100-200 feet away. From the parking stall, I wanted to test if the reverse gear was affected. Shifted the transmission into reverse and the 2017 nissan frontier sv will not move backwards. The reverse gear did not work. This truck has 500 miles only when the transmission failure occurred.