2008 Nissan Frontier Electrical System Problems
- 10
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 10 stored complaint records:
- 0 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 6 |
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
| 1–30k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Service Brakes · Steering
While driving the truck will shut off just like the key was turned off. This happened one or two times a day over a ten day period, i swapped my old key with my wife's key and the problem went away. I took it to a nissan dealership and they wanted to do $7000 of repairs and nothing about the key and ignition switch problem. So i have been using my wife's key for the past five days and no issues. Nissan claims they…
ODI 11091492
Electrical System · Engine
Truck stops running while driving at speeds around 45mph. Engine off.
ODI 11054139
Air Bags · Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
Ref recall 08v690000. Why would our truck not be part of this recall?. We live in an area which is surrounded by ocean so salt corrosion is common. I know several others that have similar issue not only frontiers. I understand the front crash sensor corrosion is common. Please do something about this before someone gets hurt due to airbags or deploying due to this common sensor issue.
ODI 11104614
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 nissan frontier. While the vehicle was parked, it caught fire and flames and smoke emitted from under the hood. The fire department extinguished the fire. A fire report was not filed and there were no injuries sustained. The fire department stated that the fire was caused by a short circuit in the battery. The vehicle was towed to the contact's house. The vehicle was not diagnosed or…
Fire reported
ODI 10980436
Electrical System
When the fuel tank is filled, the fuel gauge indicator will drop to the bottom (empty setting) and the check engine light will come on. After driving a short distance, the gauge will gradually move up. The process will repeat itself with the service engine light sometimes remaining on and other times it will turn off.
ODI 10892205
Air Bags · Electrical System
This is information on the front seat bag that is causing problems. The seat bag light is coming on. 19239355 ( case number).
ODI 10725385
Electrical System
My horn stopped working back in dec. 2014. Then come to find out if i turn the steering wheel to the right it will work. If you push on the right of the wheel. So i finally put it in the shop on 02-17-2015. Then today i was told on 02-20-2015 it is electrical. It has two parts to the horn. Plus getting no electrical to the airbags. I was told if i had gotten in a wreck they would not deploy. So that really made me…
ODI 10689726
Electrical System
Horn only works when you turn steering to the right. *js
ODI 10681658
Body · Electrical System · Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Left work about 4 days ago at night when i was driving on the highway and the truck cut out on me(no gas pedal) so i look down at the voltage gauge and its reading about 10v..... So i thought to myself "ok well maybe the alternator finally went after all the [xxx]i put it through." went to pull over and here is where it gets weird, i went to hit the brakes and the pedal went to the floor, i coasted to the slow lane…
ODI 10447524
Cruise Control · Electrical System
6- days after buying a brand new 2008 nissan frontier 2wd/se crew cab the cruise control would not stay on .on the day i went to take it back to the dealer the truck would not start, i had it towed back to the dealer where they worked on it for a week.they stated that sometimes it would start and other times it wouldn't ,they said they had to call the nissan tech line that instructed them to check several different…
ODI 10242011