This truck is the biggest piece of sh*t I ever owned. I had to replace the transmission a year ago because of oil in the coolant and now the timing chain is gone. I spent $5000.00 on this truck in 2 years. Never have I seen such a piece of sh*t vehicle in my life.
Had to have my 2006 Nissan Frontier 4.0 engine timing chain tensioners replaced. Motor was making a terrible loud whining noise. Mechanic knew exactly what the problem was as this happens in many of the Nissan vehicles. Without repair I was told engine would eventually self-destruct. Cost me out of pocket $1800.00.
Timing Chain has gone out twice in two years at $1800.00 a pop. After hearing about everything else on this subject I am pretty sure Nissan should issue a recall. Either that or be sued for more than the money it costs to fix it. I'm not rich or well off and we had to struggle to keep the one vehicle we did have running. Was a bad time in our lives twice in two years.Hope I can get my money back at least if they ever find in our favor.
I was highly annoyed that I needed my timing chain replaced and fixed. I was under the impression that a timing chain was good for the life of the vehicle AND then I'm being told it will cost me $1600 to fix something that shouldn't need to be fixed in the first place! I found out about the class action lawsuit for this problem and hope that I can be refunded in some way.
I would like to see a recall for an engine that has 82000 miles on it. There is a service bulletin for this issue (NTB09-128) yet there is no recall. It is also evident that the power train warranty only goes to 60000 for a very good reason. The poorly engineered chain tensioners don't last much past the warranty.
I've noticed that there are thousands of issues with this, and not only on Frontiers. I would think Nissan would step up to the plate here and issue a recall since this could be a catastrophic failure if the timing chain breaks.
At 86,700 miles it needed a timing chain and guides, I took care of this truck, always changed oil at 3000 mile intervals, never towed anything, etc., etc., ridiculous, never will buy Nissan again, will stick with Toyota, Honda or Subaru.
My 2006 Nissan Frontier LE has a whining noise when accelerating. I took it to a Nissan dealership after replacing the idler pulley, tension pulley, and belt. The dealership immediately knew it was one of the secondary timing belt guides. They said this is very common and gave me a quote to repair which is over 1500.00...The truck has only 64,000 miles on it.. Man am I pissed. I have researched it and am aware of the class action lawsuit against Nissan NA regarding the timing chain issues. I intend to join in this lawsuit and encourage others who have the same issues to do the same. Nissan needs to be held accountable for a defect they are totally aware of.
My 2006 Frontier NISMO Edition truck was perfect...everything I wanted....no problems other than routine maintenance...I love my truck. Then it started running rough. Then it started very very badly misfiring. I had it towed to NISSAN dealership. They told me I had to replace the engine. There estimated was $6000. The book value of my truck is around $10,000.
This truck has been gently treated and is worth a helluva lot more to me...especially not having a car payment. I looked up the symptoms and found tons of other owners fuming about the exact same problem: Timing chain tensioner design failure. We all are stuck with a boat anchor that is not worth the quoted cost but the car has failed much, much sooner than it should have or was expected.
I also have a 2008 Nissan XTerra....the same problem has been reported with this model. Now, I'm worried this will happen again and I will be doubly F**ked. I want NISSAN to make this right....NOW. My beautiful truck is sitting in my driveway awaiting settlement of this class action suit.
I have owned 6 Nissan vehicles. I have seen online this is a huge problem with 2006 Frontier, timing chain and guides faulty, replace at a cost of $2400. I called Nissan North America division with a total refusal of any help with this financially. The longest day I live I will never own another Nissan vehicle and the newer vehicles are sure not what Nissan use to be and I have been a Nissan man for thirty years.......bye bye Nissan.
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This truck is the biggest piece of sh*t I ever owned. I had to replace the transmission a year ago because of oil in the coolant and now the timing chain is gone. I spent $5000.00 on this truck in 2 years. Never have I seen such a piece of sh*t vehicle in my life.
- Jim J., Winsted, CT, US