The contact owns a 1995 Nissan Frontier XE. The contact stated upon opening the hood to check the engine oil level at the fuel station, the radiator blew out and propelled a hot anti-freeze that burned his upper body. The contact was transported to the hospital with the assistance of a friend. The contact received medical assistance and was informed that he had sustained second and third-degree burns on the stomach and waist area. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was diagnosed nor repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 145,000.
Engine & cooling
1998 Nissan Frontier Engine problems
Owners have filed 10 complaints about the 1998 Nissan Frontier's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 8% of all its complaints, most recently on March 14, 2023. They describe 0 crashes, 0 fires and 1 injury. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 10
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Deaths
- 0
Engine complaints
Tl* the contact owns a 1998 nissan frontier. The contact stated that the engine constantly lost power. The dealer (campbell nissan of edmonds, 24325 wa-99, edmonds, wa 98026, (425) 774-2174) was notified of the failure, but was unable to provide a permanent remedy to repair the vehicle. The contact took the vehicle to two different independent mechanics who diagnosed that the engine assembly needed to be replaced. The first independent mechanic rebuilt the engine, but the failure continued. The contact had to go...
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across four lanes of traffic to an exit ramp as the vehicle lost power. The vehicle was towed to the second independent mechanic who stated that the engine assembly needed to be replaced again. The manufacturer was notified. The manufacturer issued eight tsbs for the engine, but no recalls for the engine concerning this year, make, and model. The vin and failure mileage were not available. *Tr
While driving exhaust manifold/catalytic converter assembly failed. Contacted the dearler. However, the dealer will not cooperate with the consumer. *Ak *nm
On april 2003 digital instrumental panel went broke/odometer went 999999/temperature gauge went high, and fuel gauge went to high. Dealer notified. Please provide further information.*Ak
There was noise coming from engine. Consumer took vehicle to dealer, and dealer had vehicle for about a month. Afterwards, dealer stated noise was normal, and they would not do anymore work on vehicle. *Ak
Exhaust header broke/possible fire/exhaust inhalation. *Ak
While driving on highway, according to specifications, vehicle is suppose to idle at 750 rpms plus or minus 50. Most of the time it will idle at 1100 - 1900 rpms. When consumer let off the gas pedal. It will not slow down, but it will speed up which can cause an accident. Contacted dealer and they said all vehicles do this because of the new polution control. *Ak. *Yc
WINDOW AND VALVE TRAIN FAILURE.
THERMOSTAT FOR A/C AND HEATER SYSTEM FAILED.
The was not even a month old when the clutch fan failed. It got fixed but the same problem reoccured twice after the first time. Next when I would drive it in the freeway at about 70 m.P.H. The 5th gear on the manual transmission would pop out of gear into neutral. The whole transmission had to be taken apart to fix it. And now just recently the
Nissan Frontier engine complaints by year
Frontier engine problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data