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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007108100 | Incident Date: Apr, 14 2007 |
| Consumer's City: LEXINGTON | Consumer's State: KY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: FRONTIER | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1N6DD26Y5WC | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 06 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 29 1997 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The problem is with my 1998 nissan frontier 4x4, the problem is the speedometer is not reading the correct speed, using a radar speed set up, and confirming with a gps, the reading on the speedometer significantly varies, holding the vehicle at a constant speed of 50 mph on the oem speedometer will generate actual vehicle speeds from 42mph to 66mph, my concern is more safety than a speeding ticket, basically the operator has no idea how fast the vehicle is going, sometimes the speedometer will jump and move, while at a constant speed, i have tried to purchase replacement parts from nissan, and have made several inquiries on what to do about it without success, i have tried to purchase a used part as well, without success, the feed back i am getting from the field is that the 1998 and 1999 model frontiers have a significant problem with the speedometer, which indicates to me there is a design flaw, this coupled with the safety issue, i feel that a investigation into this may be justified, it was only by observation that i detected this problem, there may be other frontier drivers that are totally unaware that the speed on their speedometer is in error and could have a potentially dangerous result, |
