Posted: Jul 30 2008 at 12:12pm | IP Logged

cause nissan has sh*tty factory axles on allot of their newer vehicles

i have replaced mine under warranty once already in my 04 desert runner, the pinion seal has gone bad twice since then, AND now its whining up a storm and about to fail again.. presumably due to faulty install or design  cause i haven't done anything to it that could have caused this

Posted: Sep 25 2008 at 8:03pm | IP Logged

Guinness18 wrote: I have noticed in the last two months that I have a whining noise coming from under the hood of my 06 4x4 NISMO when I accelerate.  Can anyone tell me what this could be or how to fix it?  It does not happen while at idle only during acceleration.

I have a 2005 frontier 4x4 se.  I went through something just like that, it took the dealership 4 visits to fix my issue.  They ended up replacing my driveshaft first and then my rear differential.  My truck has been great since!!

Posted: May 11 2010 at 11:22pm | IP Logged

Guinness18  I was wondering if you ever found out what was wrong with your frontier?  I have visited several websites where owners of VQ engines were having problems with the timing chain guides and tensioner etc wearing out prematurely.  The sounds coming from under the hoods sounded like a mini supercharger.  There were a couple of frontier owners that actually had the replacement parts installed and they never lasted either.  Also there were a couple of owners that had to have there frontiers worked on with less than 10000 miles.  The repair is fairly costly around $2000 so I'm a little concerned with even owning this vehicle after the warranty expires. Also I think that Nissan is still using the same worthless parts in the new engines they are currently building but I'm not 100% sure.  I hope if this is what is wrong with yours you at least are still under warranty.