Consumer Complaint Detail

NISSAN / FRONTIER / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004001000 Incident Date: Dec, 30 2004
Consumer's City: WESTPORT Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc.
Model Name: FRONTIER Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1N6ED27Y9YC Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 02 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 03 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: No specific events led to failure. at approximately 109,500 the transmission begain jumping out of first gear without warning. i had t be extremely aware of this when pulling ino traffic. at 110,079 miles, the first gear failed completely when i was pulling out of my driveway. the complete failure occured on dec. 31, 2004. the sudden jumping out of gear started about a month before that. at the very least, nissan should advise all owners of 5 speed manual transmission on nissan crew cab 4wd units with a v-6 engine that when the gear box jumps from first to neutral position, that first gear failure is imminate.*ak