9.5
really awfulTypical Repair Cost:
$6,750.00
Average Mileage:
106,650 miles
Total Complaints:
4 complaints
Most common solutions:
- replace radiator, rebuild transmission (4 reports)
2012Feb 04
Frontier 3.2L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 130,000 miles
Driving to town, felt like the transmission popped out of gear. Pull to side of road and found that I had no reverse and forward in low gear only. Took it in and was told that I needed a new transmission and a new radiator because the transcooler had malfunctioned and caused the radiator fluid to breach the transmission oil at a cost of close to $8K. This appears to be a common problem that some have apparently gotten their warranties extended. Might this make for a class action suit?
2012Feb 01
Frontier SE 4.0L 6 cyl
- Automatic transmission
- 95,600 miles
Bought this from a dealer and the next day the service engine soon light came on.
At closing they tried to sell me the extended warranty but I have had good luck with Nissan vehicles in the past so opted out. Needless to say, shame on me.
The estimates to fix the issue are between $2500-$4000 to fix.
2012Jan 11
Frontier SE 4x4 4.0L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 81,500 miles
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Noticed problem with about 81,500 on odometer. Contacted Nissan, they informed me they would not help since it was outside of their warranty extension. They suggested I contact dealer. Took truck to dealer, they said same thing, and estimated $7,000 repair bill. I decided I did not want to give Nissan any more of my money since they were, in my opinion, handling this matter very dishonorably. I took truck to nearby transmission shop, and am having the work done now for $5,500. This is my work truck, and I've been idling for a week now, still making payments on a vehicle I cannot use until I come up with nearly half of the purchase price to get this matter corrected. I am beyond frustrated with this. Nissan failed to notify me that they extended the warranty, or I would certainly have been on the lookout for this problem. Nissan is clearly aware that this problem exists, and is regularly occurring beyond their arbitrarily extended mileage limit. The claim that this is not a safety issue, but transmission failure can be a very serious issue.
2012Mar 20
Frontier Nismo V6
Transmission fluid and engine coolant mixed together because of a leak in the radiator somewhere causing my transmission to fail. My truck has been at the dealership for one month, I received a letter from Nissan yesterday informing me that they are sorry, but there is nothing Nissan can do to help me. The dealership is aware of the defect, and told me that it would cost almost $6000.00 to repair my vehicle. I am pretty upset, since I am learning that everybody involved knows about this problem. I am even more upset that my son and I got stranded in "school" traffic, and I was only able to drive about 20 mph--- we were almost crashed into by a huge truck that was unaware of my transmision problem. I have never been so scared! If this would have happened while merging into traffic on an in terstate, we could have been killed. I suppose somebody will have to die for Nissan to step up and fix this problem.
Christopher J.
Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
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