10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
3,500 miles

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2017 Nissan Frontier miscellaneous problems

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2017 Nissan Frontier Owner Comments

problem #4

Sep 302022

Frontier

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The two square head carriage bolts that secure the roof clamp to the rack were poor quality. The heads sheared off which cause the roof rack to rip off from the top of the truck and fly into traffic on the freeway. The items being held by the rack did not exceed the 150 lb limit. When the rack broke free, the kayak and camping bags broke the rear window on my truck, hit my 2 dogs, and landed in the roadway causing cars to swerve to avoid collision. The damage to my truck alone is in excess of $1,000 not including the camping equipment and kayak that have to be replaced as they are irreparably damaged. If traffic were heavier, this incident could easily have caused a major collision as there was a large roof rack and equipment strewn about the freeway. I had to run onto the freeway to remove the items to not cause further collisions. I retained all the broken pieces of the rack and photographed the incident. I read multiple reviews on the website where I purchased the product and this appears to be a common problem. There were no indicators of failure prior to the rack breaking off from my truck and flying onto the roadway. The hardware used to secure the clamp to the crossbar is completely insufficient. There appeared to be no adhesion on the weld that held the head of the carriage bolt to the shaft. The galvanization appeared to be the only thing causing the bolt to stay in one piece prior to it bearing weight.

- Orangevale, CA, USA

problem #3

Dec 162020

Frontier 6-cyl

  • 2,000 miles
Fumes and odor entering cabin extreme at times get dizzy driving when fumes enter the cabin I have to pullover. To the side of the road return to dealer problem unresolved was told to change cabin filter change problem persist until today. Vehicle bought new. Problem is while driving and in traffic behind any vehicle.

- Blaine, MN, USA

problem #2

Jan 282019

Frontier

  • 10,000 miles
Wiring in newer vehicles being coated in soy. I have since Jan.2019 had my vehicle in for repair due to a rodent of some type/ (squirrel) or something else. I have read online that there have been many people who are dealing with the same problem. Is there anyway that the manufacturer of my vehicle and others be made to fix this problem. Its costing the insurance companies and consumers a ton of money. This happens when my vehicle sits in my yard daily since I drive a work van. I have 3 vehicles in my yard/ chev. Ford and my Nissan. Only my Nissan is being attacked. My Ford isn't being moved hardly ever. Like the body shop stated they would not drive it after the wires are chewed because something could stop working while I could be driving it. Twice erie insurance has paid for this we recently changed to geico in Feb and about 13 days later the squirrel chewed on the wires again. I have talked to car dealers and auto insurance and they stated they are getting a lot of claims on this problems seems that since the car companies created this problem buy putting something in our vehicle that the rodents love. Please help. I seen where a group of people had a class action suite but it was thrown out of court by some judge.

- Henderson, NC, USA

problem #1

Feb 062017

Frontier

  • 2,000 miles
The "bed extender" fell out of the bed on to freeway while driving vehicle from home depot to my residence. I followed instructions for use no warning label. I wrote dealer told them what occurred they basically, yawned"

- Goldendale, WA, USA

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