Parking Brake Problems of Nissan Frontier

The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Frontier. The contact stated that while parked, the contact pulled the cable release for the parking brake and the bracket under the parking brake detached. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the dealer stated that the manufacturer no longer manufactured the part for the repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 209,000.

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Noticed e-brake no longer holding. Took to local shop. Told me need new e-brake pads and rear axle bearings, seals. Apparently bearing seals failed and gear oil saturated brake pads. Took to dealer to fix bearings and seals under warranty (though they charged me for the brake pad replacement that was a direct result). A little online search reveals the bearing problem common on Frontiers, a result of improper axle venting. Apparently there was a retrofit part that Nissan sold to address this that has since been pulled from the parts offering.

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Gear oil leaking past both rear axle seals resulted in inoperative parking brake and minimal regular rear braking. Accident was cause when car rolled into homeowners garage door after being left running with the parking brake applied. Repair is to clean oil from all contaminated surfaces, replace both axle seals, replace parking brake shoes on both sides, and main brake pads on both side.

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When parking '07 Nissan Frontier into a parking stall, I pressed on the brake pedal to come to a full stop. The engine then started to race and move the truck forward. I already had the brake pedal down to the floor with no response, the truck climb the parking curb and hit a sitgn and then a parked car. Couldn't believe that nothing could stop the truck till it hit the car and then the engine stopped racing. I had the insurance adjuster take alook at the truck and made him press the brakes where it went down to the floor. He then had a towing company tow the truck down to the dealership to prevent another accident. Dealer had the truck for a week but could not find anything wrong with the truck. They noted that the brake pedal was soft but it should be okay. They could not get the motor to race so they could not do anything. They did all the test that they could but informed me that they can't fix something they cannot find.

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The wire connected to the parking break became hung up on the pulley system and the parking break would not disengage. Still had to drive the vehicle about 5 miles with the breaks on causing damage to the rotors and money to have the parking break fixed.

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Corrosion on parking brake hardware on back wheels caused me to drive unknowingly with parking brake partially engaged. In 4 wheel drive high, at low speed on a snow covered road, I tapped my brakes. This caused my back wheels to lock and proceeded to have my vehicle do a "doughnut" on the road. Thankfully, no other vehicle was coming in the opposite direction or I could have been fatally injured.

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While the vehicle was off and parked it rolled down a slight incline of 50-60 feet and rolled into a ravine. Dealer and the manufacturer were notified.

The contact owns a 2000 Nissan Frontier. In may of 2003, the contact noticed that the undercarriage of the vehicle was corroded. She attempted to apply the emergency brake and it locked. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they replaced the emergency brake line and the muffler. In 2006, the dealer replaced the caliper, rotors, and the brake line for a second time. In November of 2007, the dealer replaced the gas tank due to corrosion. In November of 2008, the vehicle was diagnosed with major corrosion to all undercarriage compartments that were previously replaced. The vehicle will not be repaired. A report was filed with the manufacturer and they stated that the vehicle was not under a recall. They further stated that salt may be the cause of the failure. The failure mileage was 30,000 and current mileage was 72,000. Updated 12/16/08 the fuel tank sensor was replaced twice. The inside tail/brake light fall out of their sockets due to rust in the mechanisms. Updated 12/19/08.