Problems with 2005 Nissan Frontier POWER TRAIN

The drive-shaft pulley broke which broke a belt that disabled power-steering and almost caused an accident when steering became very difficult. *nm there's also a problem with the hood latch loosening that may cause the hood to fly open at high speeds.

Purchased a 05 frontier cc 4x4 truck from a local dealership. 2 weeks i had the truck roughly the 15 of july, i had put a 30 to 40 pound stone in the back of my truck which has the rhino bed liner, rock dent in the ribs of the box and chipped the rhino bed lining. took it to the dealership, explained in detail but nothing done as of yet. yet another person had the same problem i was told by the service department and got a new box. problems with the drivers side window rattling, the rear end squeaking, and the rear. i took the truck in again, they took it in said they fixed the problems with the window and the rear end squeaking. took truck home and was doing the same thing. took back again for same problem plus rear differential and engine brake. said they fixed window (not true again), had to replace the bushings in the rear(were bad), and needed a new rear differential engine brake they said they had to contact someone else about to find out problem(not fixed to date) took truck in again had it 3 days said was fixed. i took the truck home rear differential was doing exact same thing but now rear was getting hot. called monday morning to tell them it was doing exact same thing and the rear was getting hot and service department manger got pissed off was yelling. now having trouble with the steering in the front , not right. tried to get problem worked out with dealership. had to finally call nissan complaint center. waited a week for response and finally had call from consumer affairs with no resolution. told me they could not do nothing except send to general manager plus file complaint with bbb auto which, cost $200, no guarantee. dealership service department also did not give me copies of service work done and refuses to do so. consumer affairs only told me they can get them and it will help their case. called another dealership had them pull up work done on truck and none was filed. i was sold a lemon nissan don't want to deal with. i smell a lawsuit! *jb

Dt: the contact purchased a 2005 nissan frontier on 5/18/2005. shortly thereafter, the transmission popped out of second gear on four occasions. once on a bumpy road, twice on washboard roads, and once at a traffic light on dry pavement. all roads frequently used by passenger vehicles and traveling at low speeds under 20 mph. nissan attempted to correct the problem by adding wheel weights to the shifter assembly to dampen the shifter vibration, and then replace the transmission. both times the contact was able to reproduce the problem on washboard road used by passenger vehicles. then nissan gave the contact a 2005 se frontier off the lot ,and once again the problem recurred. the contact realized that he must be careful when using the second gear. the excessive vibration and popping out of gear will cause abnormal wear and tear. the contact considered this problem dangerous. it never happened while using 4-wheel drive. it could create a dangerous situation depending on the road being traversed, such as exposure to drops and/or the incline on narrow mountain roads. through a lawyer the contact was told that nissan would not fix the transmission but would give him $3000 for time and inconvenience. the contact refused, the offer, and insisted that transmission willget worse, and would have to use the $3000 to replace the transmission.*ak updated 1/4/2006 - *nm

The "differential lock" (dif lock) dash light goes on after a period of driving. after awhile, the dif lock light turns off & the abs & slip dash lights come on. at first, the dealer could not reproduce the problem. after additional driving by the dealership, the lights came on. the dealership replaced a control module which controls all of these features.