| Issue ID | 959178 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10492357 |
| Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | FRONTIER |
| Model Year | 2008 |
| File date | 01/11/12 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I received a letter for a settlement offer from nissan about the transmission cooler failure which leads to total transmission failure. I started to research what was wrong and what i can do about it seeing as my frontier has 102,000 miles on it and is not covered by the settlement offer. As i did some research i found out about a symptom before transmission failure occurs which is at an idle you have a loss of heat until you rev the engine or start to accelerate and heat returns. I noticed that this had happened around november 2012 while i had left my truck running while parked for a few minutes which i normally do not do. I started to drive and the heat was working again so i thought it might have been a thermostat sticking and watched my vehicle for the signs of this to happen again. I did not notice anything happen again because i do not let my truck sit idle long enough until i tested it today and when i let it sit idle for a minute the heat stopped working properly and returned to normal function when i started driving it. I am trying to find a way to repair the problem before it gets worse but i do not know if i will be able to afford it. So as for the time being i will have to drive my only vehicle to work and hope the transmission does not fail completely and cause an accident or worse. Hopefully i can find a affordable repair or nissan will be forced to repair it before someone driving down the road at highway speeds has this happen and us consumers suffer bodily injury or fatalities before they will do the honorable thing and admit their vehicle has faulty materials used in its construction and repair them. Only they will suffer in the end if they do nothing. |
| 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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| 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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