2023 NISSAN FRONTIER Steering Problems

On 1/27/26, at or about 1:00 AM driving NB on Hwy 99,south of Bakersfield, Ca.i encountered dense fog with visibility down to zero. While driving cautiously my steering wheel became locked up and I had no control of steering and the vehicle kept slowly going forward. I finally managed to stop vehicle as traffic had come to a stop. The driver in vehicle in front of me yelled out what’s wrong with your truck. I yelled back that my steering wheel locked up on me and had no way to turn. The driver informed me to turn the vehicle off and then to turn it back on. This procedure unlocked my steering wheel. The driver informed me to stay behind him as he would guide me to next Hwy exit in case my steering wheel locked up again. We both made it safely to exit Hwy 99 at Panama Lane,...

overly high arm strength is need to steer the truck, it's more like driving a B61 mack truck, .nissan calls it road feel, it's more like tear your arms off, seems to be a common complaint in the generation 3 frontier ,steering is to heavy steering radius is large making for parking in tight areas hard , they need to offer people in need a kit to increase the pressure or flow to decrease effort needed to turn the steering wheel

Theres a metallic click like something loose in the power steering and rack & Pinion. Im not the only one with this issue and nissan is not doing anything. Theres Reddit threads and facebook groups about. Some people have gotten their entire Steering Rack replace and others like myself, not. Link to reddit: [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Unknown clicking noise that occurs randomly while driving from steering column.

The contact owns a 2023 Nissan Frontier. The contact stated that while driving from a complete stop, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the power steering gradually responded while exceeding 40 MPH. The dealer was notified of the failure and advised the contact that the failure was because the vehicle was new. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 6.