NHTSA Complaint #10840129 — 2008 NISSAN FRONTIER

WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND BEING DRIVEN DOWN A CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY AND MAKING A TURN THE TRANSMISSION GOES FROM IN FORWARD MOTION (DRIVE) TO NEUTRAL (NO MOTION, BUT ACCELERATION OF ENGINE CONTINUES) FOR A PERIOD OF 5-8 SECONDS, AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES INTO FORWARD MOTION (DRIVE) WITH A LARGE JERKKING MOTION OR THUD. THIS HAPPENS AT STOP LIGHTS, AND WHILE IN MOTION CROSSING HIGHWAYS, CITY STREETS, AND WHEN IN MOTION MAKING TURNS ON HIGHWAYS AND CITY STREETS, OR FROM STOPLIGHTS. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN, HAVE NOT FOUND A MECHANIC WHO CAN DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE, HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED WITH NO IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS AT LEAST THREE TO FIVE TIMES PER WEEK.