1998 Nissan Frontier
Safety Score
68
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-03-25 | 98V064000 |
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | 3,000 | — | Details |
| 1998-03-25 | 98V065000 |
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | 20,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 1 | The contact owns a 1995 Nissan Frontier XE. The contact stated upon opening the hood to check the engine oil level at t… |
| 2021-11-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | driver's side seat belt receptacle failed in fall of 2021. Nissan initially said they would replace it, but in May of 2… |
| 2018-04-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE CONSTANTLY LOST POWER. THE DEALER (CAMP… |
| 2016-10-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVING DOWN ROAD INSTRUMENT PANEL, ODOMETER, SPEEDOMETER WORK INTERMENTELY. BATTERY IS BEING OVERCHARGED. HAVE REPLA… |
| 2016-06-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLINER DISINTEGRATED AND RUBBER FOAM DEBRIS… |
| 2016-05-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLINER SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE AND FOAM … |
| 2015-10-04 | WHEELS | No | 0 | FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING. |
| 2014-06-02 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE PLASTIC HEADLIGHTS ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE … |
| 2014-03-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE DASHBOARD GIVES ERRONEOUS READINGS, THIS INCLUDES THE ODOMETER, THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAUGE , HEAT GAUGE. THIS MAY … |
| 2014-03-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ALL GAUGES ARE NON-RESPONSIVE. THERE IS NO WAY TO INDICATE HOW FAST YOU'RE GOING, IF YOU HAVE FUEL, WHAT THE RPM IS, WH… |
| 2013-09-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BECAME INOPERABLE. T… |
| 2012-06-28 | TIRES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP, EQUIPPED WITH COOPER DISCOVERER HT TIRES, SIZE LT235/70/R15. THE CO… |
| 2012-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED. SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE MALFUNCTIONING. INACCURATE READINGS. NO REPLACEMENT PART OR REPA… |
| 2011-11-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT TO DRIVE POSITION FROM T… |
| 2011-06-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED AND THE CONTACT WAS UN… |
| 2010-08-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I HAVE A 98 FRONTIER WHICH HAS TWICE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS INEXPLICABLY REVED THE ENGINE, ON IT'S OWN, TO ALMOST 6000 … |
| 2010-04-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR FAILED ON MY 98 PICKUP. WHEN CHANGING I FOUND THAT THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATOR WAS REMANUFACTURED . I BOUGHT T… |
| 2009-01-08 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER- FUEL PUMP FAILED-TOWED TO DEALER IN MID WINTER. DEALER CLAIMS THE TANK AND SENDING UNIT MUST BE … |
| 2009-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS 98,000 MILES ON FRONTIER TRUCK SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY OR SOMETIMES DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. INACCURA… |
| 2008-07-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP TRUCK. A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO T… |
| 2008-04-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | ALL GAUGES( SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, TEMP, AND FUEL) MALFUNCTION PERIODICALLY AT THE SAME TIME. SOMETIMES THIS RESULTS … |
| 2007-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER PROBLEMS WITH THE CIRCUIT BOARD. CUSTOMER STATED THAT THE DEALER WOULD ORDER A NEW BOARD AND WENT … |
| 2007-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | THE CIRCUIT BOARD BEHIND THE DASH INSTRUMENTS THAT OPERATES ALL OF THE DASH BOARD INSTRUMENTS ON MY 1998 NISSAN PU HAS … |
| 2007-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2007, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE A… |
| 2007-06-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. DOES NOT WORK. NO GAUGES WORK AT ALL. DO NOT KNOW WHAT MY SPEED IS, FUEL LEVEL, RPM, HEAT GAUGE, NO… |
| 2007-04-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | THE PROBLEM IS WITH MY 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER 4X4, THE PROBLEM IS THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT READING THE CORRECT SPEED, USIN… |
| 2007-03-24 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | SMALL CLIP HOLDING TRANSMISSION CABLE TO STEERING COL. FAILED. TRUCK IMMOBILIZED. PART IS ON BACK ORDER FROM NISSAN....… |
| 2007-01-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | YOU PUT THE SEATBELT/SHOULDER HARNESS ON AND 90% OF THE TIME IT WILL LOCK TIGHT WITH OUT YOU JERKING ON IT TO SIMULATE … |
| 2006-07-15 | PARKING BRAKE | No | 0 | THE WIRE CONNECTED TO THE PARKING BREAK BECAME HUNG UP ON THE PULLEY SYSTEM AND THE PARKING BREAK WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. … |
| 2005-11-06 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 3 | I WAS HIT HEAD-ON BY AN ERRANT DRIVER. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY APPROPRIATELY RESULTING IN A BROKEN JAW IN THREE PLACE… |
| 2005-10-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR | No | 0 | MY 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER XE KING CAB HAS AROUND 93,400 MILES ON IT AND IT STARTED TO MAKE NOISE ON THE DRIVERS FRONT SI… |
| 2005-08-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER FLUCTUA… |
| 2005-05-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STARTED TO FAIL, FIRST THE SPEEDOMETER, THEN GAS AND HEAT GAUGES, NOW EVERYTHING IS PEGGED AND SPEED… |
| 2005-04-18 | TIRES | Yes | 2 | WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONSUMER HAD JUST WENT AROUND A CURVE WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW, SHE LOST CONTROL OF VEHIC… |
| 2005-03-30 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | A GAS FUMES WERE COMING INSIDE FROM THE VENTS OF THE VEHICLE. DRIVER NOTICED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A BROWN … |
| 2005-02-15 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | I WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH WHERE A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. BOTH VEHICLES WERE A TOTAL LOSS RESUTING P… |
| 2005-01-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE FUME SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. FUEL LEAK EDFROM TH… |
| 2004-07-27 | TIRES | Yes | 0 | FIRESTONE/BRIDGESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, P215/65R15, DOT#W2ZFNNA377. TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON THE… |
| 2004-05-26 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE) | No | 0 | WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, THE VEHICLE'S CLUTCH PEDAL SUPPORT BAR BROKE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED THEN STAL… |
| 2003-04-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON APRIL 2003 DIGITAL INSTRUMENTAL PANEL WENT BROKE/ODOMETER WENT 999999/TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT HIGH, AND FUEL GAUGE WE… |
| 2003-04-07 | SEATS | No | 0 | THE FRONT SEATS HAVE NO SPRING SUSPENSION. YOU ARE BASICALLY SITTING IN A PAN OF FOAM. THE PAN THAT THE SEAT CUSHION SI… |
| 2002-09-22 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH THE SWAY BAR ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROV… |
| 2002-08-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY | No | 0 | BATTERY EXPLODED WHEN VEHICLE IGNITION WAS STARTED.*AK *JB |
| 2002-06-10 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB | No | 0 | THIS COMPONENT HAS FAILED ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE. IN BOTH CASES THE WASHER WAS MISSING THAT HOLDS THE BUSHING … |
| 2002-06-03 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2002-03-03 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 45-50 MPH, ACCIDENT OCCURRED,AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER HIT CONCRETE WHICH WEIGHED AT LEAST… |
| 2002-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 98 NISSAN FRONTIER INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS ARE DEFECTIVE. THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON LINE AND NO PARTS AVAILABLE. MINE… |
| 2001-10-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | EXHAUST HEADER BROKE/POSSIBLE FIRE/EXHAUST INHALATION. *AK |
| 2001-08-17 | TIRES | No | 1 | WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER STATED THAT THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT (P195/75R14 DOT# WZKANNA128)TIRE BLEW OUT, AS… |
| 2001-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY | No | 0 | I TURNED THE KEY TO START THE TRUCK. THE ENGINE TURNED OVER TWICE AND THEN THE BATTERY EXPLODED LIKE A BOMB. BODY DAM… |