1995 Nissan D21 Problems

THE ENTIRE FRAME OF THE 1995 NISSAN HARDBODY PICKUP IS RUSTING APART, THIS IS THE SECOND TRUCK OF THIS TYPE IVE OWNED AND HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. IT IS NO LONGER DEEMED SAFE BY MECHANICS TO MEET N.C.D.M.V. INSPECTION STANDARDS . THE PROBLEM IS FROM THE SAME AS THE NISSAN FRONTIER TRUCKS RECALLED, COIL ROLLED FRAME AND NO DRAINAGE FOR WATER, MUD, SALT ETC ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS X2 SINCE THIS IS THE SECOND NISSAN I HAVE OWNED. THANKS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 NISSAN PICKUP TRUCK. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR FRAME WAS CORRODED AND EXHIBITING HOLES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE CORROSION FAILURE BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS NO LONGER COMFORTABLE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 136,000. UPDATED 06/06/12 *BF

THE ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE AND FRAME IS RUSTED OUT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE GASOLINE LINES, THE BRAKE LINES AND THE POWER STEERING LINES. THE FRAME IS TOTALLY RUSTED OUT AND CAN NOT PASS INSPECTION. EVERY COMPONENT UNDER THE VEHICLE IS DANGEROUSLY RUSTED AND FRAIL. BOTH FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS ARE ALSO FALLING OFF. ALSO EVERYTHING IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE IS DISINTEGRATING. I HAVE CALLED NUMEROUS AGENCIES, INCLUDING NISSAN, BOTH DEALERSHIPS AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS, INQUIRING ABOUT RECALLS DUE TO THE RUSTED OUT FRAME ISSUES AND GET NOWHERE. THEY DENY ANY PROBLEM EXISTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT TOYOTA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED A SIMILAR ISSUE AND HAS TAKEN EXTREME ACTIONS TO BUY BACK OR REPAIR THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. *TR

DT: CALLER COMPLAINED ABOUT BRAKE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING CALLER TRIED TO STOP VEHICLE AND HE HEARD A POP AS HE HIT THE BRAKE.WHEN HITTING THE BRAKE IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. CALLER DOWN SHIFTED AND PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET.*AK

DT:THE CONTACT STATED THE LIFTER VALVE WAS MAKING A TAPPING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. THE NOISE WAS HEARD WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY ENGINE FAILURE AT THIS TIME. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP OR REPAIRED.*AK

EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK.*AK

MY 95 NISSAN PICKUP HAS THE EXACT PROBLEM (TAIL LIGHT FAILURE DUE TO NO CONTACT IN THE SOCKET) DESCRIBED IN NHTSA RECALL 98V234000. HOWEVER, THE VIN DOES NOT FALL INTO NISSAN'S RANGE OF AFFECTED VIN'S. *NM

I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL FROM NISSAN. I DISCOVERED THE RECALL ON MY OWN. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, WHICH WAS ONLY A NUMBER OFF. I CONTACT NISSAN AND AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS WITH NO RETURN CALL AND BEING TOLD ONE TIME THAT I WOULD BE GRANTED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FIX THE TAIL LIGHT HARNESS AND AFTER BEING DIRECTED TO SEVERAL NISSAN SPECIALIST I WAS TOLD THAT NISSAN WOULD NOT COVER MY PROBLEM BEING THE TAIL LIGHT HARNESS, EXACTLY THAT OF THEIR RECALL, AND THAT OF A SAFETY ISSUE. *NM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

WINDSHIELD CRACKED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY VERY SMALL OBJECT.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 NISSAN PICKUP. THE ENTIRE SUB-FRAME OF THE VEHICLE HAD CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER REFERRED HER TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED THE MANUFACTURER THAT SINCE THE SUB-FRAME FAILED, THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER IN A DRIVABLE CONDITION. THE MANUFACTURER CONCLUDED THAT BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED SHE WAS INELIGIBLE FOR A FREE REMEDY. TWO YEARS AGO THE FUEL TANK STARTED TO SPILL GAS ONTO THE GROUND. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL TANK AS A FREE REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 . THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000. UPDATED 05/12/10

THE ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE AND FRAME IS RUSTED OUT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE GASOLINE LINES, THE BRAKE LINES AND THE POWER STEERING LINES. THE FRAME IS TOTALLY RUSTED OUT AND CAN NOT PASS INSPECTION. EVERY COMPONENT UNDER THE VEHICLE IS DANGEROUSLY RUSTED AND FRAIL. BOTH FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS ARE ALSO FALLING OFF. ALSO EVERYTHING IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE IS DISINTEGRATING. I HAVE CALLED NUMEROUS AGENCIES, INCLUDING NISSAN, BOTH DEALERSHIPS AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS, INQUIRING ABOUT RECALLS DUE TO THE RUSTED OUT FRAME ISSUES AND GET NOWHERE. THEY DENY ANY PROBLEM EXISTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT TOYOTA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED A SIMILAR ISSUE AND HAS TAKEN EXTREME ACTIONS TO BUY BACK OR REPAIR THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. *TR

THIS IS TO REPORT THE SECOND HIGH SPEED BLOW OUT ON A SET OF MICHELIN TIRES THAT WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE VALVE STEM. THE TIRE WAS RETURNED TO SAM'S CLUB, UNDER THEIR ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY, WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE VALVE STEM WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE IN LESS THAT SIX MONTHS ON THE SAME SET OF TIRES. I WAS TOLD THAT THE VALVE STEMS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REPLACED WITH EACH NEW TIRE. THEY DID NOT REPLACE THE REMAINING TWO STEMS NOR DID THEY ALERT ANYONE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A PROBLEM. IN BOTH INCIDENTS, I WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH BUT SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT NOT BE SO LUCKY. *LA

CONSUMER STATES TIRES WERE LOOSING AIR AND WAS HAVING TO ADD AIR TO TIRES AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN TO MECHANIC TO HAVE TIRES REPLACED AND INQUIRED TO MECHANIC IF THERE WERE ANY SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT ONE OF THE FIRESTONE (FR486) TIRES WERE SEPARATING.*JB

FORCED TO DRIVE NISSAN P/U WITH NON-OPERATIVE ODOMETER ON DELIVERIES. *TR

TRUCK HAS ALWAYS HAD A SHORT IN IT SOMEWHERE, HAS TO BE STARTED DAILY SO THAT THE BATTERY WILL NOT GO DEAD. BATTERY BEEN REPLACED, THEN IT STARTED TO BLOW FUSES RIGHT AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED, TAKEN IN TO SPECIALIST AND CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

THE ENTIRE FRAME OF THE 1995 NISSAN HARDBODY PICKUP IS RUSTING APART, THIS IS THE SECOND TRUCK OF THIS TYPE IVE OWNED AND HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. IT IS NO LONGER DEEMED SAFE BY MECHANICS TO MEET N.C.D.M.V. INSPECTION STANDARDS . THE PROBLEM IS FROM THE SAME AS THE NISSAN FRONTIER TRUCKS RECALLED, COIL ROLLED FRAME AND NO DRAINAGE FOR WATER, MUD, SALT ETC ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS X2 SINCE THIS IS THE SECOND NISSAN I HAVE OWNED. THANKS.

THE ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE AND FRAME IS RUSTED OUT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE GASOLINE LINES, THE BRAKE LINES AND THE POWER STEERING LINES. THE FRAME IS TOTALLY RUSTED OUT AND CAN NOT PASS INSPECTION. EVERY COMPONENT UNDER THE VEHICLE IS DANGEROUSLY RUSTED AND FRAIL. BOTH FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS ARE ALSO FALLING OFF. ALSO EVERYTHING IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE IS DISINTEGRATING. I HAVE CALLED NUMEROUS AGENCIES, INCLUDING NISSAN, BOTH DEALERSHIPS AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS, INQUIRING ABOUT RECALLS DUE TO THE RUSTED OUT FRAME ISSUES AND GET NOWHERE. THEY DENY ANY PROBLEM EXISTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT TOYOTA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED A SIMILAR ISSUE AND HAS TAKEN EXTREME ACTIONS TO BUY BACK OR REPAIR THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. *TR

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON TWO OCCASIONS, ONE INCIDENT RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION.

LIFTER FAILED, LOSS OF ACCELERATION, LOUD TAPPING IN ENGINE. REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION WILL START TO MAKE A CLUNKING NOISE CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

THIS IS THE 2ND NISSAN PICKUP TRUCK THAT I HAVE OWNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT. THERE IS NO REVERSE OR 2ND GEAR. *AK

SEAT BELTS HAVE THE WRONG LABELING ON THEM, STATING FOR 1994 TRUCKS ONLY. CONSUMER WAS IN A REAR END ACCIDENT AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT HOLD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT CAME OUT OF THE BUCKLE. *AK

AROUND 35 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER'S NEEDLE MOVES FROM 0 TO 100 MPH UNTIL IT GETS TO ABOUT 40 MPH. WHILE IT IS MOVING, IT MAKES A STRANGE NOISE. ALSO, THE NEEDLE SOMETIMES MOVES OVER TO 100 MPH AND STAYS FOR A FEW SECONDS, NO MATTER THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK. IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE SPEED THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING.

TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE TIRES IN FRONT WERE BALD; SO DEALER REPLACED THE TIRES WITH NEW TIRES. THIS WAS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT 8000 MILES. NOTICED THAT AT 15000 MILES THE NEW REPLACEMENT TIRES HAD START WEARING OUT, AND THE DEALERR SAID THAT THEY WILL NOT FIX THEM THIS TIME. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY HIS TIRES ARE WEARING OUT SO FAST AT LOW MILEAGE. *AKTHE ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN ADJUSTED SEVERLA TIMES BUT THE TIRES CONTINUE TO WEAR PREMATURELY (NOT TIRE INFO WAS GIVEN), THE FRONT END STICKS/LOCKS UP WHEN MAKING FULL TURNS IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE, THE FUEL ECONOMY IS LOW, THE ASHTRAY FALLS OUT OF THE DASHBOARD, THE TRUCK SLIDES SIDEWAYS WHEN STOPPING ON ICY ROADS, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON THE HWY THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE JUST FLIPPED UP. THIS CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD TO BE SMASHED AND THE HOOD TO BE BENT OUT OF SHAPE. THIS ALSO CAUSED THE WIND SHIELD WIPERS TO BE DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. *NLM

HOOD MISALIGNED. *SD

CONSUMER WAS IN AN HEAD-ON COLLISION, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. *AK

I WAS MAKING A SLOW TURN, AND HEARD A LOUD `THUNK'. AFTER THE TURN, I ACCELERATED SLOWLY, NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPEND, AND WHEN ABOVE 15 MPH., THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED VIOLENTLY, APPARENTLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LONGER ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FRONT WHEELS. WE TRIED TO MAKE A U-TURN JUST UP THE ROAD, AND THE FRONT WHEELS WERE POINTING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS! THE REPAIR FACILITY WHICH WE WERE TOWED TO SAID THE TIE RODS BECAME UNSCREWED, RATHER THAN BREAKING, AND THEY'D NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE. HAD WE BEEN GOING AT ANY SPEED WHEN IT HAPPENED, THE VEHICLE MIGHT EASILY HAVE FLIPPED OVER, AND WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I WROTE TO NISSAN IN MARCH, WHEN WE RETURNED HOME, BUT HAVE HAD NO REPLY TO DATE.

I BOUGHT A ONE OWNER LOW MILEAGE 63,000 MILES 1995 NISSAN KING CAB 4X4 TRUCK. I TOOK IT IN FOR A OIL CHANGE AND WAS REFUSED SERVICE DUE TO THE FRAME DEEMED UNSAFE TO SUPPORT THE VEHICLE WHILE RESTING ON THE VEHICLE LIFT. I HAVE DOCUMENTED WORK ORDERS FROM ZIEBART STATING WHEN NEW FROM THE DEALER UNDERCOATING WAS APPLIED AND YEARLY INSPECTED FOR THE DURATION OF THE IMPLIED WARRANTY (10 YRS). STILL THE FRAME IS 40% GONE. DOES NISSAN UNDERSTAND MY BLUE BOOK VALUED TRUCK OF $5,300.00 IS NOT ONLY WORTHLESS IT COULD KILL ME OR OTHERS WHEN THE FRAME DOES COLLAPSE UNDER NORMAL HIGHWAY USAGE. PLEASE NISSAN DO SOMETHING! *TR