Clutch Broken Problems of Nissan Frontier

10/2010 ordered a 2011 Nissan Frontier pro-4x ; delivered 11/26/10, 9 miles. Personal commuting and recreation; not commercial duty! only pulled pop-up camper & utility trailers a few times, often smell clutch "burn" after backing up (especially slightly inclined driveway: both max 2k lbs): truck is rated for towing 6k lbs: so limits never exceeded. About 18 months & 14k miles the clutch started slipping when going 65 mph on highway in cruise control, slippage causing cruise control to fall off suddenly. Nissan dealer service manager accused me of drag racing, causing excessive wear and the premature failure! unbelievable! he gave me the benefit of the doubt, & in first 3 yr/36k full warrantee so fixed it free: normally a $1,500 bill. Just passed 33k miles and 3 1/2 years original ownership (8/2014): when I operate/let the clutch out roughness felt in the mechanism; engine rpms rev higher than normal during gear changes; trying to accelerate engine rpms rev higher than normal (up to 1k) and vehicle lacks speed increase response; cruise control drops off at 30, 40, 50 and 65 mph within 30 seconds! smell clutch burn in city traffic. Past 3 year warrantee; still within 5 year drive train warrantee period; so going to take it to a dealer again and see what they say about it. I have 30+ years of driving manual shift vehicles; drive very conservative and smooth; and commercial driver licensed. Seriously disappointed about this Nissan Frontier's clutch situation! two clutches failed within 36k miles and less than 4 yrs off the assembly line; performing normal driving duties! others too. . Read more...

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6-speed manual stick shift transmission; clutch failed prematurely at 20,160m, 13mos vehicle age; several months prior, intermittant burning smells of unk origin when backing vehicle that went away quickly may have been only symptom of impending premature clutch failure. Sole driver/owner is veteran stick shift driver since 1975, previous sole owner of a Ford ranger stick that did not have clutch failure until 11 yrs of driving it and 85,000m, so driver error not a factor. Clutch failure in mid-traffic resulting in having to divert vehicle off main roads and slowly limp it to nearest Nissan dealership; clutch failure got progressively and dramatically worse in a span of just 10 minutes. Even though vehicle is covered under both a 36k/3yr bumper-to-bumper warranty and 6yr/75k extended gold preferred manufacturer warranty, Nissan refused to cover the premature clutch failure under warranty, claiming driver error. Mechanic for previous Ford ranger is willing to testify to driver stick shift expertise. Driver was placed in harm's way by clutch failure; driver's expertise with a stick is the only reason vehicle was able to be driven in a limping fashion to nearest dealership.

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Clutch failed suddenly on an I-95 onramp, total failure including flywheel. Just this Monday, my transmission completely disconnected from the engine at about 70mph on I-676 in center city philadelphia as a result of another clutch failure. I've been driving stick my entire life and this kind of sudden failure without warning does not strike me as normal. Also, I have the fuel gauge issue where it fails to correctly register the amount of gas in my tank. I'm the original owner of this truck and I wish I wasn't.

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The was not even a month old when the clutch fan failed. It got fixed but the same problem reoccured twice after the first time. Next when I would drive it in the freeway at about 70 m. P. H. The 5th gear on the manual transmission would pop out of gear into neutral. The whole transmission had to be taken apart to fix it. And now just recently the.

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