Nissan Frontier wipers problems

Filed Mar 3, 2025 · Visibility · SC

I was driving home or not and it was raining. I turned the windshield wipers on. They were working to begin with but after a few minutes, they just quit working altogether. You could hear the motor running for the wiper, but they just wasn’t moving so I had to see it on the side of the road to it. Quit raining so I could make it home. and couldn’t find the part to fix the windshield wipers so my boyfriend has rigged it to where it would work

Filed Nov 28, 2024 · Visibility · CO

The nut that holds the windshield wiper arm onto the vehicle backed itself off the bolt allowing the wiper arm assembly to pivot the wiper arm over the drivers side A pilar and rest on top of the drivers side rear view mirror where it got stuck, rendering the wiper inoperable This incident happened while driving on the interstate during a moderate rain storm, while traveling approximately 70-75 miles per hour. My own safety and the safety of others was compromised due to the lack of visibility out the front windshield while the wiper arm was not functioning and rain water was collecting on the windshield. Fortunately the at the time of the incident I was approximately 1/4 to 1/2 mile from an exit and was able to get off the interstate and wait at a gas station until conditions improved to the point the wiper was not needed. No waning lights or messages were produced by the vehicle, before or after the wiper malfunction. The vehicle was brought to the Nissan dealership it was purchased from, where they tightened the wiper nut. The dealership did not document this fix, so I contacted Nissan North America and an internal case was opened with them. At time of this report, I am still waiting to hear back from the dealership about taking the vehicle back to them to have it properly inspected and documented.

Filed Mar 9, 2013 · Visibility · 65,000 miles · CA

I took my vehicle in for wiper repair and the technician attached a computer to the vehicle and the computer told him the wipers were functioning properly. The technician said he could not duplicate the problem, the technician did not turn the wipers on to visually see the problem and depended on the computer for a resolution. The switch was replaced ($500.00) but the problem remained. A body control module (bcm ) was ordered prior to 25 nov 2012 and to date 9 mar 2013 has not been received. I have driven for 4 months of rain/snow season without proper wiper functioning. This has been unsafe for myself as well as my passengers as well as others on the road.[xxx] @ nissan consumer affairs has no eta for the part, no answer as to why the part is not available and does not know what will be done to compensate for the delay.

Filed Aug 23, 2007 · Visibility · 25,000 miles · WI

My windshield wipers weren't working. I took my vehicle to zimbrick nissan in madison, wi. They found that the splines were stripped off the wiper arms. Rather than replacing the arms with new ones, they glued the nonfunctional arms back on the vehicle with locktite and stated in writing that everything was now working fine.. These damaged arms could fail at any time and if the driver could lose control of the vehicle due to loss of vision. If the driver is in heavy traffic and/or at high speed on a highway there could be an accident, possibly resulting in loss of life. I complained to nissan about this, but the person, who identified themselves as a customer service worker, said that the dealer had a free hand to do whatever they wanted. I complained about the reuse of a damaged part on an important system of the vehicle that could cause an accident and they said that was the dealers discretion also. I don't think that automobile manufacturers and dealers should be allowed to put damaged parts on vehicles that could result in an accident.

Filed Jan 3, 2006 · Visibility · 180,000 miles · NJ

On three (3) separate occasions, the mechanical linkage for the windshield wipers have failed, and have been replaced at the dealership. Fortunately, this has never occurred during highway driving. In all cases, the weather conditions were well above freezing, so ice/snow was not a factor. "incident date" is the most recent of the three.

Filed Sep 30, 2005 · Engine, Visibility · 14 miles · TN

Dt: contact owns a 1999 nissan frontier. While driving on highway truck got down to 30 MPH. Vehicle kept going, engine was running rougher than usual. One day it will run fine and then the next day it will mess up again. It was taken 2 years before by consumer's husband purchased the vehicle new. Consumer had to drive on the shoulder of road to get her vehicle home .consumer took vehicle to a total car care center and was told that the codes that were showing up were egr system problem. After taken the vehicle to the total car care center vehicle ran well for awhile. Vehicle had a new tune up. The problem still exists. The first year the customer had the vehicle she had to replace the windshield wipers and arm linkage . No injuries. No police reports. Were taken. No fires. The federal safety agency technical service bulletin (tsb) 10015857 issued.

Filed Aug 18, 2005 · Electrical · 22,000 miles · CA · fire

Dt: the contact stated car caught on fire on 6-23-05. The fire department thought it was the wiper motor that shorted out. Nissan sent out a representative, and he could not find anything that could have caused the fire. Nissan was not honoring the warranty because it looks like something like a bird nest caught on fire. It was at a dealership now. The consumer thought it was an overheated terminal that caused the fire.

Filed May 28, 2005 · Visibility · 120,000 miles · TN

Wiper arm broke, leaving me in a downpour with no wipers. I was towed to service, but no dealer in three states had the part. All dealers and the regional office said that the part had been on backorder and was in demand, leading us to believe that the manufacturer was aware that there was a problem and was not acting to fix it. Regional parts supervisor confirmed this. After a day's search, we found a used part (at higher cost) 100 miles away.

Filed Oct 13, 2004 · Visibility · 107,100 miles · CA

Windshield wiper arm failure: last monday, the arm that connects the windshield wipers to the motor disconnected. If this had happend on last friday, during a severe downpour I would have not been able to see the road. The dealer, freeman nissan in santa rosa said that they sell one of these arms every two to three months. The arm has to be replaced.

Filed Oct 13, 2004 · Visibility · 107,100 miles · CA

Windshield wiper arm failure: last monday, the arm that connects the windshield wipers to the motor disconnected. If this had happend on last friday, during a severe downpour I would have not been able to see the road. The dealer, freeman nissan in santa rosa said that they sell one of these arms every two to three months. The arm has to be replaced.