| Issue ID | 952842 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10486284 |
| Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | FRONTIER |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 23/10/12 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Husband traveling on northwest expressway in oklahoma city, ok. Stopped at the light in midst of 6 lanes of five o'clock traffic. The vehicle quit. He could not re-start it or safely get out of the vehicle. He used his cell phone to call farmers' help point towing company. Thinking it was the battery, we had it towed home. We replaced the battery with a new one and bought jumper cables. This did not fix it. We called our neighborhood mechanic and had it towed to their shop. He let us know it was the radiator assembly and that we would have to take it to a transmission shop. He gave my husband a fuse to get the vehicle to them without using another towing service. I called the nissan dealer where we bought the vehicle after seeing that this is a known issue to nissan (see nissanassist. Com). They refused to fix the issue and said we had no warranty help because the mileage was over 100k. They told us to call the nissan consumer service and gave us their number. I called them and they could not help--even when i talked to the supervisor. I quoted nissan's words--asking if nissan did not stand behind the commitment on their site: "nissan is committed to providing an outstanding vehicle ownership experience for all our customers." she told me she is a contractor working for a company hired by nissan and did not know. Of course, we did not take the vehicle back to nissan to be repaired, but took it to aamco transmission, who charged us $5,700. 00 for the repairs and warranty on the work. With the battery, jumper cables, towing charges and the first mechanics' bill--we paid $6,340. 00--having to borrow $6k to resolve this issue. By the time we are finished paying off this loan, the cost will be closer to $10,000. 00. If anyone can do something about this--please do--this known problem by nissan, cost us close to a quarter of our yearly income. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 110000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK |
| VIN pattern | 1N6AD06U37CXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| 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 |
| Number of cylinders | 6 |
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| Vehicle speed | 0 |
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