1994 Nissan Pickup

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/28/1995· SEAT BELTS

  THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BUCKLE WHEN LOCKED IT COMES UNLOCKED . TT

• 12/18/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  MAIN COMPUTER UNDER THE PASSENGER'S SEAT GOT WET, DUE TO BEING UNPROTECTED PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM STARTING. *SD

• 12/17/2008· STRUCTURE

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 PICK UP. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR SERVICE. THE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SEVERE FRAME DAMAGE. THE FRAME EXHIBITED HOLES AND EXCESSIVE RUST CORROSION FROM THE INSIDE TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAB. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 116,000. UPDATED 1/6/09 *CN UPDATED 01/14/09. *JB

• 12/09/1996· SEAT BELTSCrash

  OWNER STATES THAT SEAT BELTS BROKE IN VEHCLE, OWNER WAS IN A CRASH AND SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT LATCH, BUT BELTS BROKE, TROWING OCCUPANT INTO WINDSHIELD, CAUSING INJURIES. SHE ALSO NOTES VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES NEVER RECIVED THE NOTICE.*JB

• 12/06/2011· STRUCTURE

  1994 NISSAN PICK UP TRUCK. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IT BEING UNSAFE TO DRIVE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FRAME ROTTING OUT *TGW

• 11/29/2000· TIRES

  FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES (P235/75R15) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER REPLACED ALL 5 TIRES AFTER HAVING ONLY 17000 MILES ON THEM, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

• 11/28/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE ENGINE BLEW UP WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JUST QUIT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 11/27/2008· STRUCTURE

  I HAVE A 1994 NISSAN TRUCK, WHICH I BOUGHT NEW. TRUCK RUNS GREAT HARDLEY AND RUST ON BODY. I WAS DRIVING TRUCK ON 11-19-2008 AND HEARD A LOUD BANG. TRUCK DARTED TO THE RIGHT AND JUST ABOUT WRECKED. I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK. MY FRONT A-ARM STRUT MOUNT RUSTED AND BROKE FROM MY FRAME. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS KILLED OR INJURED. I LOOKED AT MY FRAME AND THE ENTIRE FRAME IS RUSTED COMPLETELY. NOT JUST A SPOT HERE OR THERE BUT ENTIRE FRAME IS LITERALLY FALLING OFF THE TRUCK. I AM TO AFRAID TO DRIVE TRUCK AND NOONE WILL REPAIR DUE TO CONDITION OF THE FRAME. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND SHOULD NOT BE RUSTED. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. IT APPEARS THAT TOYOTA HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND PURCHASED THEIR FAULTY TRUCKS BACK. NISSAN SHOULD DO THE SAME BEFORE MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED OR INJURED FROM THEIR FAULTY PRODUCT. *TR

• 11/25/1994· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  DASHBOARD OIL LIGHT INDICATOR COMES ON. *SKD

• 11/18/1994· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WIRING HARNESS FAILURE. *AK

• 11/18/1994· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MAIN ENGINE BEARINGS FAILED. *SKD

• 11/17/2008· STRUCTURE

  I AM AN OWNER OF A 1994 NISSAN PICK UP WITH SERIOUS FRAME PROBLEMS. THE FRAME IS RUSTED IN MANY PLACES AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM IT SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH NISSAN PICK UPS AND PATHFINDERS. *TR

• 11/17/2005· STRUCTURE

  I HAVE A 1994 NISSAN XE PICKUP THAT HAS ABOUT 80% OF THE FRAME COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. THIS TRUCK HAS ALWAYS BEEN GARAGE KEPT. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET AND THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE STORY I GOT WAS THAT NISSAN WAS BUYING THEIR STEEL FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE THAN IT NORMALLY DID AND THAT FOR THOSE YEARS (92-95 I THINK) THE FRAMES ON THE PICKUPS AND PATHFINDERS RUSTED OUT WITHIN ABOUT 10 YEARS. *NM

• 10/27/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OVER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. TT

• 10/18/2009· STRUCTURE

  1994 NISSAN EX 4X4 PICKUP TRUCK BAD FRAME ROT. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION. *TR

• 10/13/2000· STEERING,SUSPENSION,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN

  DUE TO THE DESIGN OF BALL JOINTS/TIE RODS WEAR OUT, CAUSING TIRE TO WEAR MORE FREQUENTLY. ALSO A NOISE IN THE FUEL TANK, AND AXLE BEARING SQUEALS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

• 10/08/2012· SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE

  FRAME BROKE LOOSE IN 7 SPOTS ONCE A WEEK I WAS PATCHING THEN I WOULD FIND A NEW SPOT BUT NOW FROM IS TO SOFT TO EVEN PUT A JACK UNDER IT TO GET THE SPARE TIRE ON I FINALLY HAD TO RETIRE IT. BUT THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 81000 ON IT. *TR

• 10/02/2002· POWER TRAIN

  CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE TRANSMISSION START SLIPPING . NLM

• 09/28/2006· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE RIGHT TAILLIGHT ON MY 1994 NISSAN PICKUP. I'VE TRIED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THUS FAR IT HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. I AM NOT ABLE TO GET MY TRUCK PAST STATE INSPECTION BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. IN LOOKING UP RECALLS ONLINE, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR TAILLIGHT FAILURE FROM 1995 FORWARD AND WANTED TO KNOW IF 1994 WAS ALSO IMPACTED. *NM

• 09/23/2000· TIRES

  WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS NOTICE TRUCK START TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. LOOKED OUT LEFT MIRROR AND SEEN A BUBBLE IN MY LEFT REAR TIRE. STOPPED VEHICLE FOUND TREAD WAS RAISED UP ABOUT AN INCH HIGH FOR ABOUT 12 INCHES IN LENGTH AND HALF THE TREAD WIDTH. PUT SPARE TIRE ON AND PROCEEDED WITH EXTREME CAUTION TO MY DESTINATION. FIRESTONE WOULD ONLY REPLACE THE ONE TIRE DUE TO IT NOT BEING A RECALLED MODEL YET. CHANGED ALL FOUR WITH COMPETITORS TIRE. SPOUSE SPOKE WITH FIRESTONE OVER THE PHONE AND THEY SAID UNTIL IT GETS RECALLED THEY WILL ONLY REPLACE THE ONE. SPOUSE ALSO USED YOU SITE TO DOWNLOAD INFO REGARDING THIS MATTER AND WE CONTINUE TO CHECK FOR UPDATES ON THE SITUATION.( DOT NUMBER: VD60AXC096 TIRE SIZE: 31X10.50R1 )

• 09/16/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  NO SUMMARY

• 09/12/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  SECOND OCCURRENCE OF EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK DUE TO BROKEN BOLTS/STUDS. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS ON PASSENGER SIDE MANIFOLD (REPAIRED 3/98 @ 55028MI.) CAUSES LOUD ENGINE NOISE AND OCCASIONAL SMELL OF EXHAUST FUMES. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER REPAIR ALTHOUGH TSB HAS BEEN ISSUED AND NUMEROUS CLAIMS FOR THIS ISSUE HAVE BEEN FILED.*AK

• 09/10/2012· STRUCTURE,ENGINE

  NOTHING HAPPENED TO ME YET. BUT I'VE BEEN READING REPORTS OF THIS FRAME RUST THE SAME WAY IN OTHER TRUCKS. I THINK THERE'S INTEGRITY ISSUE WITH THE FRAME NISSAN MADE. THE REST OF MY TRUCK IS FLAWLESS NO BODY RUST. WAS THERE A RECALL PUT OUT I JUST HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT? I JUST WANT TO REPORT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT NISSAN MIGHT BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

• 09/10/2012· STRUCTURE

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 NISSAN KING CAB. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DECIDED TO REPLACE THE FRAME IN ORDER TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 190,000. UPDATED 10/17/12 *CN UPDATED 10/24/2012 *JS

• 09/07/2000· TIRES

  THE TIRE BLEW OUT ON I10 JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE OF GULFPORT MS. IT WAS A VERY HOT DAY. I CHECKED THAT THE TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED (30PSI) BEFORE I LEFT HOME. I DID NOT HIT/RUN OVER ANYTHING. I BELIEVE THAT THIS TIRE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR A RECALL AS THIS IS THE FIRST TIRE I HAVE EVER OWNED TO BLOW OUT.( DOT NUMBER: VDKC41A117 TIRE SIZE: 205 75 R14 )

• 09/05/2005· STRUCTURE

  NHTSA NEEDS TO TAKE A VERY HARD LOOK AT THE FRAMES ON NISSAN TRUCKS FROM THE EARLY/MID 90'S BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM COULD CAUSE A FATALITY. MY 1994 NISSAN PICKUP HAS FAILED VIRGINIA STATE INSPECTION DUE TO A SEVERELY RUSTED SECTION OF FRAME. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, THE FRAME HAS RUSTED THROUGH FROM THE INSIDE AND AS A RESULT AN 8 INCH CRACK HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL AREA. THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL AREA APPEARS TO BE FORMING A SIMILAR CRACK AS WELL. I LIVE JUST OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON DC (NOT A SALT WATER CLIMATE) AND I PURCHASED THE TRUCK NEW IN 1994. THE TRUCK HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOCATED IN THIS AREA. OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS I FOUND SEVERAL OTHER INSTANCES ON THE INTERNET WHERE INDIVIDUALS HAVE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES WITH THE PATHFINDER FRAMES MANUFACTURED IN THIS TIME PERIOD. CLEARLY, A 12 YEAR OLD TRUCK SHOULDN'T HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. I HAVE NO CHOICE AT THIS TIME BUT TO SCRAP THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THE REPAIR COSTS WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE AND THERE IS A QUESTION OF EVEN GETTING SOMEONE TO REPAIR THE RUSTED FRAME DUE TO LIABILITY ON THE PART OF REPAIRER. I HAVE TAKEN SOME PICTURES OF THE PROBLEM AREA(S). IF NHTSA WOULD LIKE COPIES OF THESE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.*JB

• 09/05/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  HAVE HAD CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH EXHAUST LEAKS. DEALER DENIES SAFETY ISSUE/MANUFACTURING DEFECT EXISTS.*AK

• 09/03/2013· TIRES

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 NISSAN D21 EQUIPPED WITH 4 TOYO ECLIPSE TIRES, SIZE: 195/75/R14. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO WOBBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED OFF THE ROADWAY AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE WAS DEFORMED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE. ONE WEEK LATER, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AND SAW THAT THE DEFORMED TIRE BLEW FROM THE SPARE TIRE CABIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE ONE YEAR LATER. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE WAS 90,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE TIRE FAILURE WAS 5,000. UPDATED 10/23/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER EXPERIENCING TWO TOYO TIRE FAILURES, HE WENT TO THE LOCAL TOYO STORE. WHERE HE INFORMED THEM HE HAD TWO DEFECTIVE TIRES AND WANTED THEM REPLACED. THEY INSPECTED THE TIRES, BUT THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THEM SIMPLY FOR DEFECTIVE OR UNSAFE. THEY INSISTED HIS ONLY OPTION WAS TO BUY NEW TIRES. THE CONSUMER LEFT THE ESTABLISHMENT. ON SEPT 18, 2013 A THIRD TIRE DEFORMED WHILE DRIVING AND THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY. UPDATED 10/24/13

• 08/20/1998· STRUCTURE

  TRUNK DESIGN ALLOWED FOR THE TRUNK LID TO HIT REAR WINDOW CAUSING WINDOW TO BREAK.

• 08/17/2000· TIRES

  PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY SHE HEARD A NOISE. LOOKED THOUGH REARVIEW MIRRIOR AND SAW TIRE TREAD FLYING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE FR440, SIZE P195/75R14 AND DOT # EJP9DJD096. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE, AND ATTENDANT TOLD HER THAT THEY WOULDN'T REPLACE TIRES BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ON RECALL. *AK WHEN THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, IT RIPPED OFF THE FENDER LINING AND DAMAGED THE FENDER. *YH

• 08/16/2007· STRUCTURE

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 NISSAN PICKUP. ON AUGUST 15, 2007, THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED ON A LIFT TO REPLACE THE WHEELS WHEN THE VEHICLE'S FRAME FAILED BY THE REAR WHEELS. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES. THE POWER TRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 105,000.

• 08/16/2000· UNKNOWN OR OTHERFire

  ENGINE CHECK LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 08/05/2011· STRUCTURE

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 NISSAN PICKUP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES FOR THIS FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

• 07/24/2001· TIRESCrash

  BACK TIRE BLEW AND THE TRUCK WENT OUT OF CONTROL THEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BLEW AND THE TRUCK ROLL TROWING SEVERAL OF THE PASSENAGER OUT ON THE FREEWAY.

• 07/24/1995· STRUCTURE

  TRUCK LEAKS DIRT INSIDE CAB, CAUSING DIFFICULTY SEEING WHEN DRIVING ON A DIRT ROAD. *DSH

• 07/13/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  IF WATER IS SPILLED IN THE EXTRA CAB, THE COMPUTER SHORTS AND OPENS THE FUEL INJECTORS, CAUSING A POSSIBLE FUEL LEAKAGE PROBLEM, AND FIRE HAZARD. *AK

• 07/08/1996· POWER TRAIN

  WHEN VEHICLE IS IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE/GOING IN REVERSE AND TURNING ONLY ON PAVEMENT, VEHICLE WILL BIND/STOP. *SD

• 06/19/2008· STRUCTURE

  DANGEROUS RUST ON THE FRAME. ONLY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. SOON TRUCK WILL BE UNABLE TO PASS INSPECTION. *TR

• 06/19/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. TT

• 06/17/1998· SEATS

  HEADREST BROKE OFF FROM MOUNTING BRACKET DUE TO WELD FAILURE.

• 06/06/2002· POWER TRAIN

  PLACE WHERE TRANSMISSION GOES IS TOO SMALL, NOT GETTING OIL IN GEARS. MESSES UP THE GEARS.*AK

• 06/04/1999· AIR BAGS

  CANNOT FIND ANYONE TO INSTALL ON/OFF SWITCH FOR AIR BAG!. *AK

• 06/03/1999· SEAT BELTS

  FRONT RIGHT SIDE SEATBELTS WONT'T LOCK.* ET

• 06/01/2011· STRUCTURE

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 NISSAN KING CAB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED THE MECHANIC ADVISED HIM THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS SEVERELY COVERED WITH RUST. THEY ALSO ADVISED HIM NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 225,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

• 05/23/2004· STRUCTURE

  BADLY RUSTED FRAME. *AK

• 05/19/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING.

• 05/17/1995· POWER TRAIN

  NOISY TRANSMISSION. *SKD

• 05/14/2008· STRUCTURE

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 NISSAN PICKUP. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, PORTIONS OF THE UNDERBODY FRAME RUSTED. THE FRAME HAD BEEN WELDED PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE BEING PURCHASED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

• 05/14/1996· SEATSCrash

  THE TRUCK WAS REARENDED AND THE DRIVER SEAT AND PASSENGER SEATS BROKE AND ARE TWISTED.PLEASE DESCRIB. *AK

• 05/01/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,SEAT BELTSCrash

  GOING 35MPH WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT SHORT NOTICE. VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER IN SIDE. UPON IMPACT, SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER & THE DRIVER'S CHEST HIT STEERING WHEEL. DRIVER INJURED & HOSPITALIZED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER & CAUSE NOT FOUND. *AK