CarComplaints.com Notes: In a very limited selection on small pickup trucks, the Frontier is one of the best options except -- and I cannot emphasize this enough -- for one problem that makes it an avoid-at-all-costs pain in you know what: the radiator ruptures and leaks coolant into the transmission, killing it. Such a buzzkill.
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
In March of 2011, I was operating my 2005 Nissan Frontier (4-door crew cab, 4X4, nismo package) on a dirt road with one front seat occupant. Vehicle came in contact with washboard/rutted section of road, when the side curtain airbags deployed for an unknown reason, resulting in minor injuries and damage to interior of vehicle and immobilization due to lack of safety equipment (seat belts became inoperable). Nissan Consumer Affairs investigated vehicle, and would not pay for repairs, as they "did not find any malfunctions." I am now stuck with a damaged vehicle for a problem I did not cause.
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- Gilbert, AZ, USA