Tl* the contact owns a 1995 nissan king cab. The contact stated that the power steering assist intermittently failed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 234,000 and the current mileage was unknown. Updated 08/11/14*lj the consumer stated after the steering wheel locked the consumer noticed the key in the ignition moved to off poisition. The steel cube in the ignition dropped down into the square hole when the ignition turned off. The vehicle was junked. Updated 08/18/2014 *js
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Nissan Pickup Steering problems by year
10 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Nissan Pickup's steering. Loss of power steering, stiff or loose steering, wandering, column and rack problems.
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I had a 1993 nissan ex cab p/u standard with a/c and power steering and I had a problem with the injectors staying on with the key off and would fill the engine full of gas. Needless to say it burnt up one day and the place where it burnt said for me to get it out of there before they towed it so it ended up in the scrap yard. *Ak
I was making a slow turn, and heard a loud `thunk'. After the turn, I accelerated slowly, not knowing what had happend, and when above 15 mph., The vehicle shuddered violently, apparently because there was no longer any connection between the front wheels. We tried to make a u-turn just up the road, and the front wheels were pointing in opposite directions! The repair facility which we were towed to said the tie rods became unscrewed, rather than breaking, and they'd never seen that happen before. Had we been...
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going at any speed when it happened, the vehicle might easily have flipped over, and we could have been killed. I wrote to nissan in march, when we returned home, but have had no reply to date.
Due to the design of ball joints/tie rods wear out, causing tire to wear more frequently. Also a noise in the fuel tank, and axle bearing squeals. Please provide further information.*Ak
Consumer was driving out of the parking lot, went to make right turn, and steering wheel wouldn't turn. Consumer hit a parked car. An independent mechanic told consumer that vehicle needed a steering gear box. *Ak
While driving steering gear snapped, causing no steering ability at all which resulted in a crash. Dealer will replaced the steering gear box. Please provide further information. *Ak
Steering failed, causing vehicle to pull in both directions.
Failure of the steering wheel, when driving the steering wheel locked up, causing the consumer to have a accident, driver side seat belt came out the buckle.*Ak
Wheel spindle undersize, causing it to heat up/expand when travelling any distance, wheel bearings expand more, causing them to turn on spindle creating hissing sound.
The vehicle pulls to the right, and the dealer says it meets all factory specs, but it will not stay on the road because of the pulling to the right. Tt
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