2004 Nissan Frontier Engine Problems

OK RATTLING AROUND THE FRONT OF THE MOTOR .THEN IT JUST STOPPED THEN MILKY SUBSTANCE STARTS RUNNING OUT. I REPORTED IT TO NORTH AMERICA NISSAN AND THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE MY TRUCK TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALER AND THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER GUIDE WAS ON A SERVICE BULLETIN (NTBO9- 128)

THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER GUIDE FAILED, CAUSING THE TIMING CHAIN TO RUB A HOLE INTO THE BLOCK. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, CERANTI OAKES NISSAN, IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AS WELL AS THE TIMING TENSIONER RECALL SUBMITTED BY THE MANUFACTURER, AND INITIALLY SUGGESTED THAT I HAUL THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AT MY OWN EXPENSE, FOR REPAIRS. AFTER HAVING THE TRUCK ABOUR A WEEK, THE DEALERSHIP FINALLY RETURNED CALLS CLAIMING THAT THEY CAN NOT MAKE REPAIRS UNDER THE MANUFACTURERS RECALL BC IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS RESULTING IN NO ASSISTANCE FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THIS PROBLEMS HAS BEEN A GREAT INCONVENIENCE AND CAUSED OUR FAMILY ISSUES GETTING BACK AND FORTH TO WORK, WHICH INEVITABLY HAS COST MY FAMILY A GREAT DEAL IN LOSE OF THE ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN FRONTIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 46,000.

2009 STARTED HEARING KNOCKING NOISE FROM ENGINE. SEEM TO COME AND GO. TOOK IT TO NISSAN AND DISCOVERED THE CRANK PULLEY WAS COMING APART. YEAR AND HALF LATER BELTS WERE SQUEALING. TOOK TRUCK IN FOR TIRES AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE BELTS.DISCOVERED THE IDLER PULLEY WAS COMING APART. WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE PEOPLE AT TIRE DEALER( TIRES PLUS) THEY HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE ON NISSAN VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ENGINE. THIS WAS IN 2011. TWO BAD PULLEYS WITH LESS THAN 42,000 MILES ON TRUCK. NO TELLING WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF EITHER OF THIS PULLEYS HAD COME APART AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HAVE NEVER HEARD OF PULLEYS COMING APART ON A VEHICLE BEFORE. *TR

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THE ABOVE REFERENCED NEW TRUCK FROM LEBLANC NISSAN IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2004. IMMEDIATELY, WE NOTICED THAT HOT AIR WAS COMING FROM THE CENTER DASH VENTS ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, BUT NOT FIXED. NISSAN IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM WITH THE MESH IN THE VENT SCREEN IN FRONT OF THE WINDSHIELD WHERE FRESH AIR IS INDUCED INTO THE SYSTEM. THE MESH WAS LARGE ENOUGH TO ALLOW DEBRIS TO ENTER AND ACCUMULATE. THE REMEDY TO THIS PROBLEM ON 2004 MODELS WAS TO MAKE THE MESH IN THE SCREEN VERY FINE. HOWEVER, THE FINER MESH CREATES HIGH RESISTANCE TO THE INDUCTION OF FRESH AIR FROM OUTSIDE THE CAR INTO THE HEATING/VENTILATION SYSTEM. THIS INCREASED RESISTANCE CAUSES THE VENTILATION SYSTEM TO DRAW HEATED, AND POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED AIR, FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. NISSAN?S FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM WAS TO PLACE DUCT TAPE OVER VARIOUS HOLES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FROM WHERE THE VENTILATION SYSTEM WAS DRAWING AIR. THE DUCT TAPE WAS APPLIED, BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE MEASURED THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR COMING OUT OF THE 2 CENTER VENTS ON A DAY WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS 78 DEGREES. THE AIR COMING FROM THE VENTS MEASURED 96 DEGREES. LEBLANC NISSAN REPEATED THIS TEST WITH MORE SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT AND OBTAINED TEMPERATURES OF ALMOST 100 DEGREES ON A DAY WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS LESS THAN 78 DEGREES. THE FACT THAT THE TRUCK IS UNCOMFORTABLY HOT OR COLD IS BAD ENOUGH. THE FAR MORE SERIOUS ASPECT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE SYSTEM TO INTRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT VIA THE VENTILATION SYSTEM. *AK