2002 Nissan Frontier Body & Structure Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE SERVICED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

WHILE HAVING MINOR COSMETIC REPAIRS DONE, OUR [REPUTABLE] BODY SHOP REPAIRMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE FRONT RADIATOR SUPPORT FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. EVERYTHING ELSE ON THIS TRUCK IS SOLID. I AM METICULOUS ABOUT IT. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOME SORT OF DEFECT ON THIS AREA FOR IT TO BE 90% DETERIORATED! THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH CAUSES IT TO CRUMBLE...IN THE PAST, EVEN TOYOTA HAS STOOD BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES WITH CORROSION ISSUES...I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE NISSAN COULD LOOK INTO THIS THE SAME WAY...ITS A REAL SHAME THAT I CAN ONLY SEE ANOTHER YEAR MAYBE BEFORE MY RADIATOR FALLS OUT AND CAUSES SOMETHING MUCH WORSE... *TR

2002 NISSAN FRONTIER PICK UP. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A SERIOUS CORROSION PROBLEM IN THE UNDER BODY; ESPECIALLY THE DRIVE SHAFT. *TGW AN INSPECTION REVEALED MAJOR RUST IN THE UNDER BODY. THE CONSUMER STATED TWO YEARS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, A METAL GUARD COVERING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER RUSTED OFF. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN FRONTIER DOUBLE CABIN SUPER-CHARGE. THE CONTACT MADE A LEFT TURN AT 2 MPH AND WAS STRUCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING 35 MPH. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE FLIPPED APPROXIMATELY EIGHT FEET IN THE AIR AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND THE CONTACT WAS SEVERELY INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 63,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SLIDING SIDE DOOR CLOSED WITHOUT WARNING, BREAKING THE FINGERS OF THE CONTACT. THE DOOR CONTINUED TO CLOSE ON OTHER OCCASIONS NO MATTER HOW FAR OPEN IT WAS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT STAY BRACKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

2002 FRONTIER DOOR CLOSED ON CONSUMERS HAND. *TS THE DOOR SMASHED THE CONSUMER RIGHT INDEX FINGER BREAKING THE BONE. THE RF/LF DOOR STAY BRACKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *NM

FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS "ALL" MY DOOR SEALS HAVE LOST THEIR BONDING! I'VE HAD TO USE TWO-SIDED TAPE, AND A VARIETY OF GLUES, OF WHICH LAST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THEY TOO EVENTUALLY FAIL. DOES NISSAN HAVE ANY RECALLS PERTAINING TO THIS TYPE OF ISSUE? *JB

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, AND THE FRAME WAS BENT IN THE FRONT. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE FRAME, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY SUPPORT FOR THE FRAME, CAUSING THE FRAME TO BEND ONCE AGAIN AFTER REPAIRS. *AK