2012 Nissan Frontier Electrical System
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CD player will not play any CD's and my CD's are stuck inside. The radio only works intermittently and you can hear a sound like there is an electrical connection problem somewhere. This problem started about 2 months ago. I am presently in Florida and have a long drive home back to Pennsylvania. My cellphone # is [XXX] and my email is [XXX] . My home address is as follows: [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
MY AUTOMOBILE WAS ALWAYS SERVICED REGULARLY BY NISSAN DEALERS AND WAS LAST SERVICED ON 04 AUG 2015 AT MICHAEL JORDAN NISSAN, DURHAM NC. AT THAT TIME IT WAS NOTED THAT A BATTERY TERMINAL WAS CORRODED, WHICH I INDICATED I WOULD REPAIR MYSELF. ON 11 AUG, I INSPECTED MY BATTERY TERMINAL AND NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE BATTERY CELL CAPS WAS MISSING AND THE TOP OF THE BATTERY WAS DAMP AND DEBRIS HAD FALLEN INTO THE BATTERY CELLS AND THE POSITIVE BATTERY CLAMP WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. LOOKING ONLINE THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT NISSAN FRONTIER BATTERIES BLOWING THEIR CAPS OFF AND EVEN DESTROYING THE ECMS. WHEN I ATTEMPTED RESOLUTION WITH NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE SERVICING DEALERSHIP I WAS ONLY OFFERED A REPLACEMENT BATTERY CAP AND A CHARGE OF $30 TO CLEAN THE TERMINALS. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A PATTERN OF FAILURE HERE THAT IS EQUIPMENT RELATED AND I AM DISTURBED THAT NISSAN IS NOT INTERESTED IN SOLVING THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. HAVING A BATTERY THAT BLOWS THE CAPS AND SPEWS ACID IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SOUNDS LIKE A MANUFACTURER RESPONSIBILITY TO ME.
THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEGAN TO FLICKER AND WOULD NOT DISPLAY ACCURATE INFORMATION (ENGINE ALERTS, TIRE ALERTS, NOT DISPLAYING TURN SIGNALS, SPEEDOMETER, ETC). THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AND IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ACCURATELY DETERMINE VEHICLE SPEED OR IF THERE WERE OTHER ISSUES ACTUALLY WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. DEALERSHIP HAS DETERMINED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MODULE HAS A PROBLEM AND IS BEING REPLACED. *TR
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The 2012 Nissan Frontier has 3 Electrical System complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.