Nissan Frontier Vehicle Speed Control Problems
- 78
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 18
- Years with records
- 1999–2018
- Stored years
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 78 stored complaint records:
- 10 indicate a crash
- 4 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- cruise control · 10 records
- brake pedal · 8 records
- accelerator pedal · 8 records
- without warning · 7 records
- failure mileage · 6 records
- transmission failure · 6 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 19 |
| 1–30k mi | 18 |
| 100–150k mi | 17 |
| 30–60k mi | 4 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Vehicle Speed Control
Vehicle was stopped, foot on brake, exiting a public parking lot, when suddenly engine accelerated rapidly and wheels were screeching. The passenger of vehicle had to place transmission in neutral, then park to stop vehicle from moving forward. This action did not stop engine from revving at extreme high speed--rather, the engine would slow down after about 3-5 seconds. This happened 5 times, within a 10 minute…
ODI 11172445
Vehicle Speed Control
Thursday morning september 20th 2018 during rush hour, wife's 2012 nissan frontier sv v6 suddenly lost speed control while driving on houston beltway 8 - a multi-lane toll road where traffic is at around 70 mph. Tapping the gas pedal was not able to change or maintain the vehicle speed. As a result, vehicle went from 70 mph to a complete stop on the highway. The truck can be restarted after sitting for a few minutes…
ODI 11130550
Vehicle Speed Control
The throttle control, foot pedal, has dead spots that happen when leaving a stop sign, green lights, pulling out into traffic. Also climbing a hill when you step on the gas nothing happens until the transmission kicks down then you go to fast. This happens occasionally. It is better if you turn of the overdrive did it still happens. I have had it back to the dealer 3 times.dealer reprogrammed the transmission,…
ODI 11140130
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
When driving on hilly streets with 55 mph speed limit, truck will not maintain 55 mph speed using cruise control.. Traveling up hill, truck drops 5-8 mph before downshifting to lower gear. The downshift is abrupt rather than a smooth. Without cruise control engaged, disengaging overdrive is the only way to maintain speed. *bf *tr
ODI 11066595
Vehicle Speed Control
The moment i turn the switch on, the vehicle speeds up without control, not even the brakes responding. I stopped it by turning switch off.
ODI 11015802
Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 nissan frontier. While starting the vehicle, it accelerated without warning. The brake pedal was applied, but it was hard and failed to respond. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a fence. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure via email. No…
Crash reported
ODI 11013734
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
After 2 and a half months of fighting with nissan consumer affairs, nissan has basically told me they do not care about me or the other people affected by this issue or their safety. As sad as it sounds its going to take someone getting killed because of this issue before they open their eyes.
ODI 11044241
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving my 2006 nissan frontier the truck would not respond to the accelerator being pressed and then began jerking. The check engine light came on and it has been doing this for a couple of days. I took it to my mechanic and he said is was the radiator leaking into the transmission and destroying the transmission which nissan knows about the defct but has chosen not to fix. If i was traveling at a high speed…
ODI 10926362