Posted: Apr 22 2010 at 10:21am | IP Logged
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I will never, ever buy another Nissan again.
I purchased my 2006 Frontier SE 4x4 brand new in the spring of 2007. It was a great experience and I was very happy with my purchase. I really, really loved this truck.
Recently the transmission has been acting funny, rough shifting, etc. I checked the fluid and it looked like strawberry milk. Coolant had obviously gotten into the transmission. Unfortunately it was too late to save the tranny and it needs to be replaced. I have found many complaints about this same issue with the same vehicle, it is obviously a defective design and Nissan will not claim responsibility for it.
The truck has 71k miles on it, so it is no longer under warranty. I have written letters and made phone calls to Nissan NA while the truck sits at the dealer waiting repair. Nissan has refused to offer any assistance. I still owe $11k on this vehicle and the repair bill is around $5,000. This truck, and Nissan has caused financial hell for me.
I am a mechanical engineer and when you design a heat exchanger to carry two dissimilar fluids that could cause catastrophic damage if they mix, you take measures to ensure that if a leak or failure occurs the two fluids do not mix. This is a horrible design. If I had known this could happen I would have installed an external transmission cooler when I purchased the vehicle. IF YOU OWN A FRONTIER WITH THE SAME RADIATOR DESIGN INSTALL AN EXTERNAL COOLER RIGHT NOW!!!
I haven't posted much on these forums, mostly because I try to stay away from car forums after spending way too much money on modifying my previous vehicles. But I know that you can find a lot of great information here and people can be very helpful. If anyone knows of a way to get help from Nissan, or to significantly reduce the cost of rebuilding or replacing the transmission please let me know.
Thanks,
Clinton
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