2007 NISSAN FRONTIER Engine Problems

I HAD JUST FILLED MY TANK WITH FUEL. I PULLED OF THE LOT OF THE STATION INTO TRAFFIC, NOTICE MY FUEL GAUGE DIDN'T NEVER REGISTER THE FUEL JUST ADDED. MOMENTS LATER THE LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ALSO. I CIRCLE BACK TO THE STATION WHERE THE FUEL WAS PURCHASE AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SPUTTER. I RETURN TO THE STATION AND PROCEEDED TO THE CLERK THAT SOLD ME THE FUEL AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPEN. I WAS THINKING IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL. CLERK STATED SHE WOULD RECORD MY CLAIM/ I LEFT THE STATION AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME WHERE I ARRIVE SAFELY. *TR

FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED THE GAS GAUGE JUST QUIT WORKING SECOND THE FUEL LINE STARTED LEAKING ON THE FRAME JUST AFTER GAS GAUGE FIXED THEN TRANSMISSION MESSED UP TRANSMISSION RADIATOR AND THERMOSTAT FIXED AND NO RUNNING HOT TOOK IT TO DEALER SAYS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT ALSO CODE IS SHOWING EGR VALVE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND NOTICED THAT WHEN I SLOWED DOWN OR STOPPED, THEN TRIED TO GO AGAIN THE CAR HESITATED, THEN TOOK OFF FAST ALL AT ONCE. AT TIMES EVEN WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS FLOORED THE CAR WOULDN'T GO, THEN WOULD TAKE OFF. I TRIED CHANGING GAS, AN ADDITIVE, NOTHING HELPED. I HAD A NEIGHBOR DRIVE THE CAR AND HE SAID GET IT IN BEFORE YOU KILL SOMEONE. I CALLED A COUPLE OF SHOPS, BUT EVENTUALLY WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THEY DIAGNOSED A MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEM THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT WAS RULED AGAINST NISSAN. THEY SAID I NEEDED A 5000 DOLLAR REPAIR, BUT THEY WOULD ONLY CHARGE ME 2500 BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT. IT SEEMS THEY ONLY COVER FULL PRICE UP TO 80000 MILES. I WAS 600 MILES PAST THERE REPAIR LINE. I EXPLAINED THAT I HAD TRIED MANY...

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BACK ROAD. WHILE TRAVELING UP A SLIGHT HILL THE TRUCK SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE TRUCK. WHEN I RESTARTED AND PUT IT IN DRIVE I STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. I ENDED UP GETTING TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. IF THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT AT 155K MILES IT COULD FAIL, HOWEVER THIS TRUCK HAS NOW GONE THROUGH THE FACTORY TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS A FACTORY REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION ALL WITHIN 7 YEARS. I READ ONLINE ABOUT MANY FRONTIER OWNERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AS I HAVE. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE RADIATOR FAILS WHICH CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. I FEEL LUCKY THAT I WAS ON A BACK ROAD BECAUSE THE...

TRUCK SUDDENLY RUNNING ROUGH. PLUGS REPLACED. TOOK IN FOR RELEARN IDLE. TOLD ME ALSO 3 OF 4 CATS CLOGGED AND COOLANT IN THE TRANSMISSION. KNEW NOTHING OF THIS ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS UNTIL I LOOKED ONLINE TO TRY AND FIGURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH MY TRUCK. I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT TRULY IS A SAFETY HAZARD. TO IMAGINE THE THOUGHT OF DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND HAVE YOUR TRANNIE LOCK UP...? HELLO! THIS HAS CAUGHT ME UNAWARE AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL NOW AND AT 127K MILES, I AM SOL ON ANY KIND OF REFUND, REPAIR, OR ANYTHING? THEY SHOULD BE LIABLE AS I SHOULD NOT BE IN THIS POSITION WITH NO RECOURSE FOR A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE THAT IS NOW GOING TO COST ME MORE MONEY THAT I CAN AFFORD. THIS IS THEIR ISSUE AND THEY SHOULD FIX IT,...

TRANSMISSION STARTED TO RUMBLE WHEN SHIFTING TO OVERDRIVE. LOOKED INTO THE ISSUE AND HEARD ABOUT THE CROSS CONTAMINATION ISSUE. LOOKED FOR SYMPTOMS AND FOUND THAT WATER HAD GOTTEN INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND FLUD IN MY RADIATOR. I HAVE SPEND HUNDREDS ON FLUSHING THEM OUT AND BYPASSING THE RADIATOR. TRANSMISSION IS STILL RUMBLING. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES ME NO GOOD, FOR I AM OVER THE COVERED MILAGE LIMIT. [XXX] 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *TT

GAS GAUGE QUIT WORKING GOES BETWEEN HALF AND QUARTER TANK AND STOPS, LETTING YOU RUN OUT OF GAS. NEXT ITEM IS TIMING CHAIN HOWL ON COLD STARTS FOR OVER A YEAR NOW THEN I READ BULLETIN THAT CHAIN TENSIONERS ARE WEARING AND CAUSING TIMING CHAIN FAILURES AND NISSAN HAS NEVER NOTIFIED OWNERS I WAS JUST IN TO DEALER ABOUT GAS GAUGE PROBLEM ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO AND NO ONE MENTIONED TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER DEVELOPED SHUDDERING IN THE TRANSMISSION. IT HAS RECEIVED ALL REGULAR SERVICE AT 3,000 MILE INTERVALS. TODAY I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS CONTAMINATED WITH RADIATOR COOLANT DUE TO FAILURE OF THE RADIATOR AND WILL COST $6200.00 I NOTE INNUMERABLE EXAMPLES OF RADIATOR FAILURES WITH CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THE PUBLIC FORUMS AND NISSAN AGREED TO A CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT UP TO 100,000 MILES WITH A $2500 DEDUCTIBLE. MOST VEHICLES ARE OVER 100,000 MILES. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WHICH SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A VEHICLE RECALL. *TR

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE HAVE THREE TRUCKS THAT ARE IDENTICAL, THIS IS SECOND OF THE THREE THAT THE CONVERTERS WENT BAD (APPROX SAME MILEAGE). FIRST TRUCK ENGINE WENT BAD 5 MONTHS LATER. WE'LL SEE IF THE ENGINE HOLDS UP IN THIS TRUCK ALSO. THIRD TRUCK OF THE SET LUCKILY NO ISSUES BUT WE READ THAT A LOT OF CONVERTERS ON NISSANS ARE FAILING AND CAUSING SERIOUS ENGINE DAMAGE. NISSAN TOLD US THEY COULD NOT HELP, BUT TO FILE COMPLAINT WITH YOUR AGENCY. SO HERE WE ARE. THANKS *TR

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ENGINE WENT BAD 5 MONTHS LATER AND NOW VEHICLE NEEDS CONVERTERS AGAIN! THIS IS ONE OF THREE TRUCKS WE HAVE - ALL EXCACTLY ALIKE. *TR

OUR TRUCK OVERHEATED ON 10/17/13. THE GARAGE INFORMED US THE INTERNAL RADIATOR HAD BUSTED AND HAD LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID INTO THE RADIATOR. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC IT HAD BEEN THIS WAY FOR AWHILE. THERE WAS NOTHING TO INDICATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM THIS MAJOR. NISSAN COULD NOT EXPLAIN HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED NOR WHY ONLY THAT IF WE GIVE THEM 2500 THEY WILL REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION. THIS RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION ARE BOTH FACTORY INSTALLED. I THINK THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE AS THIS WILL CAUSE THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT AND LEAVE YOU STRANDED. THIS IS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR THAT MOST PEOPLE CANNOT UNDERTAKE. SO FAR WE HAVE PAID $300 FOR A "BAND-AID" FIX UNTIL WE CAN FIND A WAY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A DEFINITE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONTIER 4.0L AND...

THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. WHEN I LIFTED THE HOOD I NOTICED A CREAM COLORED SUBSTANCE COMING OUT OF COOLANT RESERVOIR. HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER. AFTER DIAGNOSIS WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE COOLANT FLUID GOT MIXED TOGETHER. APPARENTLY THIS HAS HAPPEN BEFORE ON 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER ENGINES. DEALER SAID I NEEDED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR REPLACED AT A COST OF $7,000 OF WHICH THEY TOLD ME NISSAN WOULD PAY $4,000. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT NISSAN KNEW THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH APPARENTLY NO WAY TO KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING. I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TOTAL BILL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING I NOTICE STEAM FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS AT MAXIMUM HOT.I IMMEDIATELY PULLED INTO AN AUTO SHOP. I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE OF THE WATER PUMP AND ANTI-FREEZE GETTING INTO THE ENGINE. THEY SAID THE WARRANTY HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO COVER THIS PROBLEM BUT IT WAS ONLY EXTENDED TO VEHICLES THAT HAD LESS THAN 80000 MILES AND SINCE I WAS OVER THE ALLOTTED MILEAGE I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS. HOW CAN THEY NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS ON A PROBLEM THAT THEY KNEW EXISTED AND WOULD HAVE BLOWN UP MY ENGINE HAD I NOT IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE TRUCK AND HAVE IT TOWED TO A DEALER? IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED I SHUTTER TO THINK OF WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED.

I WAS DRIVING WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST SPEED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS. IT EVENTUALLY STOPPED, AND WOULD NOT START BACK. THE FOLLOWING DAY, I HAD IT TOWED TO A REPUTABLE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND A NEW RADIATOR, WHICH WOULD COST ME MORE THAN $6000.00. THEY EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE RADIATOR, THAT CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO MIX WITH THE COOLANT. THIS FLUID MIXTURE RUINED BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR. BELIEVING THIS WAS AN ABSURD OCCURRENCE, I LOOKED ONLINE, AND LEARNT THIS WAS A COMMON DEFECT FOR NISSAN XTERRA, FRONTIER AND PATHFINDERS FROM 2005-2010. I CALLED THE NISSAN TOLL FREE NUMBER AND EXPLAINED MY SITUATION. I WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER - 11982851 - AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO GET THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED AT A NISSAN DEALER. I PAID A...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ERRONEOUSLY ENTERING THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION BOTH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,569. ..UPDATED 09/30/13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS AN ENGINE WHINE (NOISE) AT ALL SPEEDS. THERE MAYBE A FAILURE WITH THE TIMING CHAIN. THERE WAS A REAR AXLE LEAK WHICH MAY BE CAUSED BY A BAD VENT CHECK VALVE. THE POWER SOCKET COUNSEL WAS NOT WORKING. UPDATED 10/29/2013 *JS

I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK ON A TWO LANE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE AND SHUTTER AND WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED ON A BEND IN THE ROAD BECAUSE OF THE REDUCED SPEED I HAD TO DRIVE TO KEEP THE TRUCK FROM SHAKING. I HAVE RESEARCHED MY NISSAN FRONTIER'S TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND IT APPEARS TO BE A CROSS CONTAMINATION ISSUE WHERE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKS ALLOWING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RADIATOR COOLANT TO MIX CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE TRUCK SINCE THE INCIDENT FOR FEAR OF A TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHICH HAS HAPPEND TO OTHER NISSAN FRONTIER OWNERS CAUSING THEM TO BE STANDED ON THE ROADWAY. NISSAN SEEMS TO NOT WANT TO RECALL THE TRUCKS FOR THE CROSS CONTAMINATION ISSUE WHICH I FEEL PUTS PEOPLES LIVES IN DANGER. *TR

AFTER READING ABOUT PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND AN INVESTIGATION PERFORMED BY NHTSA I THINK THE TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING FLUID INTO THE RADIATOR. WHAT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR INVESTIGATION? *TR

VEHICLE BEGAN RUNNING POORLY AND STUTTERING BETWEEN GEAR SHIFTS. KNEW ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUID TO MIX AND DESTROY THE ENGINE FROM THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED AND CORRESPONDENCE WE HAD RECEIVED FROM NISSAN. SURE ENOUGH, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A NISSAN DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT CAR SHOP AND BOTH DIAGNOSED THE SAME THING - RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS MIXING. NO OPTION BUT TO GET IT REPAIRED FOR A WHOPPING $4,409.26. IT IS DISGRACEFUL THAT NISSAN WILL NOT FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DEFECT AND PAY FOR THE REPAIR BILL NO MATTER WHAT YOUR MILEAGE. THIS WAS OUR FIRST AND LAST NISSAN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT A LOUD WHINING SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,188 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,350. *TR

ENGINE WHINE STARTED BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRED BUT THOUGHT IT WAS A POWER STEERING PUMP OR PULLEY BEARING. PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE, SO LOOKED IT UP ON YOUTUBE & ENGINE WHINE VIDEOS ARE WIDESPREAD - TURNS OUT THIS IS A TIMING CHAIN ISSUE THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT, BUT DECLINED TO TELL ME BEFORE THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. THEY HAVE DONE ALL THE MAINTENANCE SO THEY SURELY HEARD THIS ENGINE WHINE. THEY EVEN HAVE A BULLETIN OUT FOR THE REPAIR OF THIS "DEFECT". THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER SHOE IS TOO SOFT & IS WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. THIS JOB WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $1200 & I AM CURRENTLY HAVING THE REPAIRS MADE. I WAS IN TALKS WITH NISSAN FACTORY REPS, & SHE WILL NOT HELP ME ANY WITH THESE REPAIRS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DOING THIS BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THIS NOISE WAS. THERE SHOULD BE A FACTORY DEFECT RECALL...

ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO I STARTED TO FEEL AS IF THE TRUCK WAS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY, SOON AFTER THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I BROUGHT IT RIGHT IN TO OUR REGULAR SERVICE STATION. A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK REVEALED CODE P0717 FOR A TURBINE REVOLUTION SENSOR AND I WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. THE NISSAN DEALER DID THEIR OWN DIAGNOSTIC (NO TEST DRIVE) AND FOUND IT TO BE A BAD VALUE BODY, AS WELL AS BAD TIMING CHAIN AND TENSIONERS, AND REPLACEMENT OF ALL 6 COIL PACKS, ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER GENERAL FINDINGS GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF NEARLY 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE 2 DIAGNOSTIC CHECKS HAVE COST ME CLOSE TO $250. I WAS IN SHOCK AND DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS UP FRONT, SO I TOOK THE TRUCK TO 2 OTHER SERVICE STATIONS, ONE BEING AAMCO WHO SPECIALIZES IN...

FUEL GAUGE SENSOR CORRODED AND GAUGE NO LONGER WORKS. *TR