| Issue ID | 959134 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10492327 |
| Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | FRONTIER |
| Model Year | 2008 |
| File date | 06/11/12 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Started to notice heat not working at an idle but when accelerated heat was working fine. I didn't think anything about it seeing as it was cold outside. Then i received a notice for a suit against nissan for transmission problems caused by transmission cooling line leaking causing coolant and transmission fluid to mix and transmission failing. I now have 102,000 miles on my frontier and the settlement nissan offers will not cover me even though vehicle is only 5 years old. I did some research and found out the heat issue is caused by the leak as well. Nissan should have a recall for this issue not a settlement which only covers people who never drive their vehicle. 8 year 80,000 mile extension is a joke. Now i will have to come out of pocket to repair my only vehicle that i have before further damage is done to the transmission. It stutters at the moment hopefully it wont completely fail before i can afford to repair it. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 95000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | FOLEY, AL |
| VIN pattern | 1N6AD09U58CXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| 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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