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2006 Nissan Frontier transmission problems

17 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2006 Nissan Frontier, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
17 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
85,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2006 Nissan Frontier Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 85,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 85,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 25% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 16 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 85,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the transmission complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle rolled slightly backward while stopped at a light on an incline. The contact's foot was not on the brake and the transmission was in drive. The dealer was contacted and determined this was normal operation for this vehicle. However, the contact owned two other automatic transmission vehicles that did not exhibit this problem.

Reported at 400 miles, May 2006

I have a 2006 nissan frontier. While driving down the road the truck shudders and shakes and cannot shift into gear. I had no pick up while driving on the interstate and had cars speeding by me at 75MPH while I was barely able to drive the truck. The truck would drive fine and than this would happen out of nowhere. I took it to aamco and found out I had water in the transmission due to a leak in the radiator. I had to pay $2500.00 to have my transmission rebuilt and a new radiator installed.

Reported at 100,000 miles, February 2010

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