Five problems related to battery have been reported for the 2000 Nissan Frontier. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Nissan Frontier based on all problems reported for the 2000 Frontier.
There was a short in the fuse box that caused a fire that burned up the battery, the hoses and most of the electrical system. Prior to the fire the vehicle was stalling during turns. This occurred for about 10 minutes of driving while the vehicle was being driven to a garage. The fire started as the truck turned into the garage parking lot so it was put out quickly. I contacted Nissan, and they said they would not investigate or look at the vehicle unless I paid to have it towed to a Nissan dealer and paid the Nissan dealer to have a mechanic with no c&o training look at the vehicle. I called Nissan back and they said that was there final decision and no one from Nissan could do anything else.
Upon starting the vehicle, the consumer heard a loud noise under the hood. The consumer looked under the hood and found that the battery exploded. The dealer/manufacturer were notified. The dealer refused to replace the battery and inspect the damage. .
(1). At higher speeds, my 2000 Nissan Frontier truck's dashboard dials malfunction. This occurs frequently. (2). The dials either drop to zero -- the odometer, speedometer and temperature guages -- as if the vehicle were not running, or they get stuck at the speed. They remain stuck or inactive for periods of up to 4 hours. Also, the digital mileage disappears or skews so that it is not readable. On two occasions the vehicle rapidly decellerated as if it were responding to the dashboard dials dropping. (3) the dealership -- gunn Nissan of san antonio texas -- was unable to duplicate the defect in four visits. On the fifth visit, the dealer's service manager was able to detect the defect. Gunn advised that the entire dashboard system would need to be replaced. They attributed the defect to the vehicles mileage -- now 89,000 -- however, at the time of the first occurence the mileage was less that 50,000. I purchased the vehicle new from gunn Nissan. The problem was nto detected until the warranty period expired.
Battery exploded when I turned the ignition on.
After washing vehicle and starting ignition battery exploded unexpectedly. Dealership has yet to examine vehicle to determine a cause for this problem. Please provide any additional information / attachments.