| Issue ID | 1012935 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10544971 |
| Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | FRONTIER |
| Model Year | 2005 |
| File date | 18/09/13 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | After accelerating up to 50mph i let up off of the gas and then the transmission kicked in again and caused me to go lunge forward. I thought that i had been rear ended but there was no one behind me and obviously no damage to my vehicle. It felt as if i had a standard and had revved up the engine and popped the clutch. This is very unsafe especially if i had been an inexperienced driver. Nissan had a class action lawsuit out for this but it only covered up to 100,000 miles, although they knew about this being a manufacturer's defect. I took this to the nissan dealer and had to pay them $119 to diagnose the problem and tell me that it would cost me $5600. 00 plus tax. I don't have this to pay on a manufacturer's defect that causes a safety hazard. I hope no one is killed before nissan is made to fix this problem. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 142490 |
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| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | FAYETTEVILLE , NC |
| VIN pattern | 1N6AD07U85CXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 50 |
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