2000 Nissan Frontier problems
The 2000 Nissan Frontier has 224 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (13%) concerns tires. After that come fuel system (12%) and suspension (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 224 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Tires 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 20 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 13 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 84,000 miles 94 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 6 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 15 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 15 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 11 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 11 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 10 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 5 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Among the 94 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 84,000 miles. For tires specifically, the median reported mileage is about 65,000 miles (14 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 20 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 13 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 27 model years of the Nissan Frontier with enough data (136 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Dt: the contact owns a 2000 nissan frontier crew cab. The contact's wife was involved in an accident. Driver's side front seat belt did not lock holding the passenger in the seatbelt restraint. The seatbel was locked in the fully extended position. The driver's side airbag deployed so hard tha contac't wife sustained an eye injur and , almost becake completely blind. There was a 90% chance that she will lose her left eye, and about 15% that she may lose her right eye.
When coins fall out of consumer's pockets they fall into track of seat and cause seat to get stuck, no longer able to move seat forward or backward. The locked driver seat made the brake unreachable by the driver resulting in accident in which the consumer was injured.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 nissan frontier. The contact that after pulling into his driveway at speeds of 5 MPH the contact put the vehicle into park an exited the vehicle with the engine still running. The contact returned to the vehicle and while trying to re-enter, was knocked over by the drivers side door. The vehicle then proceeded to roll over the contacts foot, up his leg and crushed the right side of his ribs.
2000 nissan frontier fuel sending unit set off service engine light. This was a recall which was repaired on 6 sept 2007 fuel tank and sending unit were replaced. Vehicle had 62698 miles then. Now fuel sending unit set off service engine light again at 73444 miles. Gas tank corroded around sending unit just 3 years and 11000 miles later. Fuel tank and sending unit were replaced again, at my expense. How was this a fixed recall when nissan still has the same problem and will not pay for it?