2000 Nissan Frontier vehicle speed control problems
11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2000 Nissan Frontier — 6% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Intermittent problem with the speedometer, tachometer, odometer and temp guage. The needle on all three of them occassionaly drops to 0 and stays there for an undetermined time until they spring back to life for a while. After some on-line research, it appears that this is a problem with many 2000…”
filed May 11, 2005
“While driving my gas pedal fell to the floor, the jam nut on the throttle cable had backed off allowing the cable housing to disconnect from the bracket. The engine went to idle speed but I had no throttle control to move from the fast lane to the right shoulder.”
filed Feb 12, 2004
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Frontier years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Frontier | 1 | 5% |
| 2023 Frontier | 8 | 13% |
| 2022 Frontier | 13 | 12% |
| 2020 Frontier | 1 | 4% |
| 2018 Frontier | 3 | 12% |
| 2017 Frontier | 1 | 3% |
| 2015 Frontier | 3 | 9% |
| 2014 Frontier | 3 | 7% |
| 2013 Frontier | 4 | 8% |
| 2012 Frontier | 5 | 6% |
| 2011 Frontier | 4 | 6% |
| 2010 Frontier | 2 | 3% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2000 Nissan Frontier
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.