Steering Is Loose Problems of Nissan Frontier

In eight years I have changed two zd30 engines in my Frontier,because of burned out pistons and bad cylinder heads,eight burned out pistons in total,and as of today December 3/2014 my Frontier lost power sending blue smoke from the exhaust and oil,my mechanic says the engine has to be opened again. My fuel pump went bad soon after the warranty was up. Sent it over seas to be repaired ,at a cost of $1500. 00 the dangerous part is the steering going loose,lucky for my wife and self I was in traffic driving at 10 mph. The local dealer disclaimed everything. I am about to lodge a complaint to our local bureau of standards.

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I was driving on the interstate at 70 mph with my 8 year old son in the truck when I came in to a curve and the steering would not turn. I had to stop in the middle of the interstate get out of the truck in heavy traffic and get the steering broke loose so I could move the truck to the side of the road. Now the steering column has a lot of movement in every direction. I took the truck to the Nissan dealer shop and was told the bearing in the steering column was bad and that the repair would be about $980. 00. The service tech said he had seen this a several times. Nissan said they would not pay for it because the truck was out of warrenty. The truck has 74,000 miles on it now. It has not been repaired. I think Nissan should take responsibility for safety issues like this on automobiles with this low of mileage.

My steering wheel is loose on my 2006 Nissan Frontier pickup. It wobbles about 1/2 to 1 inch in each direction. The car still steers ok but I'm concerned that it will fail while I'm driving. I have asked the dealer about and they say it will cost $400 to check and replace it. I see this reported on numerous forums as a very common problem with the 2006 Nissan Frontier. Seems like there should be a recall.

On November 12, 2008, owner was driving a 2006 Nissan Frontier at approximately 40 mph. There was a light rain. Suddenly, the steering loosened and the owner lost control of the vehicle, the vehicle rotated counter clockwise and collided into a brick column. Back in January of 2007, the steering column of the vehicle had been repaired by the dealership. It had been loose and wobbling on a number of occasions. Other times it would be as stiff and solid as it should have been. On 2 occasions, the Nissan dealership advise that there was nothing for them to fix as they could not find any problems upon test drives. The 3rd time at the dealership they replaced certain components and/or parts of the steering column and said they were worn", although the vehicle was less than 2 years old. The vehicle was purchased new from an ocala florida Nissan dealership.