Posted: Aug 09 2010 at 2:38pm | IP Logged

i JUST BOUGHT THIS 08 FRONTIER 4.0 ENGINE ABOUT A WEEK AGO.  iT ONLY HAS 24K MILES ON IT, UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY.  WHEN CHECKING FLUIDS I NOTICED THAT THE RADIATOR AND A/F SLUSH TANK BOTH HAD OIL IN IT. i DROVE IT TO THE DEALER THIS MORNING, THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION COOLER INSIDE THE RADIATOR HAD FAILED, IT WILL BE 2 WEEKS OR SO BEFORE I GET MY TRUCK BACK. HE SAID HE HAS SEEN 2 OTHER FRONTIERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HAS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM?

JIMMY

Posted: Aug 10 2010 at 2:51pm | IP Logged

The service tech. called this morning and said they were replacing the transmission, radiator, and flushing all the lines. All new parts were ordered this morning, and hopefully i will be on the road in a week or so. I really like this crew cab frontier, i had a 2002 model for 4 years with almost no problems on it except an O-2 sensor.

Jimmy

Posted: Aug 19 2010 at 10:06pm | IP Logged

Get the truck back tomorrow morning, 5031.00 in parts plus several hours labor @ 89.00 per hour, glad it was under warranty.  THere is a recall on the gas tank sensor, but will take it back later for that recall.

Jimmy

Posted: Aug 23 2010 at 8:15pm | IP Logged

When i picked my truck up, i discovered i still had a bunch of residual transmission fluid in my new radiator and over flow tank. When i complained to the service tech. he told me to bring the truck back in, he called after one day, and said truck is ready to go, he stated they completely flushed the system 8-9 times to get the left over oil out of my cooling system. I hope everything  turns out ok with this truck, as i really like it.

  I was thinking about trading it in on a new ranger after all this hassle with the truck, but i do believe the frontier is a better truck over all, time will tell.

I really like the performance and economy of this vehicle, plus the power disc brakes on each wheel is a really nice feature.

Posted: Aug 26 2010 at 4:33pm | IP Logged

Truck seems to be doing ok now, i have warranty for 60k miles on the power train or 3 more years, so i aint' gonna sweat the new radiator going bad. Sure was a pain in the butt scenario tho.

Jimmy

Posted: Sep 14 2010 at 2:48pm | IP Logged

i have read that nissan corrected the radiator problem as it has cost them many thousands of dollars in repairs, my bill was close to 6k i am sure of that.

Jim