10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
44,754 miles

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problem #5

Mar 022020

Frontier 4-cyl

  • 60,000 miles
The electronic control module went out on my vehicle after only 60,000 miles. I tried every possible solution such as replacing sensors, replaced spark plugs, crank and shift sensors, etc until my local Nissan dealership ran a diagnostic and determined it to be the ECM. They found it strange to have the ECM go out so quickly. My truck was running fine but then it slowly started to give out when I would try to start it. I have a manual transmission.

- Edinburg, TX, USA

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problem #4

Oct 092019

Frontier

  • 70,000 miles
About a year ago my sunroof was acting like it didn't want to close, I haven't opened it since, then a few months after that, it kept blowing fuses by the glove box that controls the interior lights, cargo lights and trailer hitch, then last week, I thought my truck was going to burn to the ground when I was driving down my mothers driveway. Smoke came in between the windshield and dash and filled the cab up very quickly. I put the truck in park, turned it off and ran away from the vehicle thinking it was going to blow up. I rolled all the windows down to let the smoke out. After 10 minutes, checking under the hood, under the vehicle, I did not see any flames. When I got back in the truck to drive it home, the windows would not roll up and the interior lights would not work and the airbag light is flashing on and off and won't stop and it smelled horrible of something electrical.

- Stanardsville, VA, USA

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problem #3

Nov 052018

Frontier

  • 51,000 miles
I have issues with the postive terminal coming lose on my Nissan Frontier on various occasions. One was while driving. My safety and others have been put at risk due to Nissan loose cable. I almost hit a family of four with my truck.

- West Mifflin, PA, USA

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problem #2

Mar 312015

Frontier 4WD 6-cyl

  • 27,000 miles
Yesterday while running errands my Frontier burst into flames under the hood. The fire seemed to innitiate from the fuse box under the hood.

- Uncasville, CT, USA

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problem #1

May 302014

Frontier 6-cyl

  • 15,771 miles
The multi-sensing system with rear camera failed to detect (no warning beep signals) that a metal light pole (on top of a 12 inch concrete slab) was behind the vehicle after backing out (veer to left) of a parking space. There were no pre-impact signals of the object when 10, 5, or 3 feet away. The warning beep sounded after the bumper hit the pole directly on one of the camera ports.

- Cortland, NY, USA

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