Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 Nissan Frontier submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN PROPERLY AND WAS STIFF. WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, IT WOULD NOT RETURN BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE TIE ROD AND BALL JOINTS, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.
WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS AND TURNING, HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND. I INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE SWAY BAR WAS DISCONNECTED. *TR
2001 NISSAN FRONTIER. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH BALL JOINT ON VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT AN INDIVIDUAL BALL JOINT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND HE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE BOTH BALL JOINTS AND THE LINKAGE IN BETWEEN THE TWO JOINTS AT A COST OF $301.13 AS OPPOSED TO BUYING ONE BALL JOINT IN THE RANGE OF $50.00. *JB
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BEARING FAILED IN THE REAR AXLE. THE TIRE AND THE AXLE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN 25 MPH. THE BRAKE LINE WAS SEVERED AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED ON ITS OWN. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE BEARING FAILED. THE CONTACT FILED COMPLAINT NUMBER 6270525 WITH NISSAN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 152,500. UPDATE 10/01/08 *CW RUST WAS FOUND ON THE WHEEL BEARINGS AND ON THE AXLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SUPERCHARGED MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. UPDATED 10/02/08.*JB
FRONT SWAY BAR RISERS WERE REPLACED IN 2004, AT A COST TO ME OF $95, MILEAGE WAS JUST OVER WARRANTY AT 38,000. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT THESE RISERS WERE A WEAK LINK IN THE CAR. NOW, IT IS 2007, AND THE LINK IS LOOSE AGAIN. THE CAR IS AT THE DEALER, AND I AM WITHOUT THE CAR FOR TWO DAYS. THE FRONTIER HAS 88,000 MILES ON IT. . IF THE RISERS FAIL AGAIN AND I DO NOT CATCH IT, THERE COULD BE PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE NOT HANDLING , LEADING TO AN ACCIDENT.*AK
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING ALIGNMENT WAS CAUSING THE TIRES TO WEAR. THE ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN CHANGED THREE TIMES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *CB
FRONT TIRES WEAR VERY FAST ON OUTSIDE EDGES EVEN AFTER ALIGNMENTS AND NUMEROUS ROTATIONS. OUTSIDE OF TIRES BALD AFTER ONLY 20K MILES. APPARENTLY NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *JB
THE TORSION BAR DESTROYED THE ALIGNMENT WHICH WORE OUT THE TIRES. *AK THE VEHICLE ALWAYS WOBBLED FORM SIDE TO SIDE, AND THERE WAS A CLANKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE HAD WORN OUT TWO ALL SEASONAL RADIAL TIRE SETS AT 45K MILES. *SCC *JB
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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