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2008 Nissan Frontier
Besides adding a longer bed. What other improvements did the 08 make over the 07?
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I don't recall it's purpose but you can google it to get the answer.
Second question. A friend of mine has had problems twice now with the paint on his '07 Frontier along the top of the cab where there is a molding present. Is this a common problem with the paint on '07 model Frontiers, or is he just extremely unlucky? I'm strongly considering the purchase of an '07 or '08 model Frontier, but I want to make sure that I'm not going to have to deal with a bunch of problems.
I've had no paint failure on my cab roof.
Could you give the name of the dealership in Erie, PA? You got a great deal on your truck. I live in Buffalo and the dealers here don't deal.
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If you purchase new sensors, they will have to be programmed to work at the dealer.
Thanks for your replys.
Thanks again
Truck has only 200 total miles on it.
When shifting from either park, or neutral, to drive, it is sluggish (about a 2 second lag, before you feel it fully in drive).
Anyone know the cause (it has regular fuel, although the book reccomends premium).
The service manual says that a hard to shift tansmission can be due to (a) the wrong oil (b) low oil or high oil, (c) a worn shift control linkage, (d) worn synchros or (e) a damaged insert spring. You said you had factory oil which is a GL-4 grade and is the ONLY grade that should be used in the 6-Speed transmission. The oil level is another easy-to-check item. Keep us posted. :mad:
Made the mistake of running the engine at 5400 RPM, for about 2 minutes on the highway, whenthe truck barely had just 109 miles on it!
This was done before i looked in the owners manual, that states "do not exceed 4000 RPM during the 1st 1200 miles of break in.
Do you think this did any harm?
Also, some people also have the opinion that u should run the engine 'hard' during beak in, to make for a faster performer later, & if u baby it, you'll have a 'grama' truck forever.
Opinion??
But, given that many others have raced their new motors to extremes and lived to tell about it, you're probably fine and I wouldn't worry. I take it that you have a 6-Speed and that the truck is so wonderfully quiet that you forgot to upshift?
What happened was that i test drove 3 similiar 6-cylinder Frontiers at the dealer.
The best 1 equipped (the 1 we bought) had for some reason noticiably less accereration (felt similiar to when the mixture is off, or similiar). It also had a 3-4 second delay in engaging the trans from park into drive.
So, when we got it home, at around 109 miles, or so, I tookit out testing the acceration. Then, on the freeway, i continued testing it, kind of seeing if the thing would 'snap out of it' & give me fast acceration like the other 2, .....so I cut the overdrive button off, and dropped it into 2nd gear at about 55 -60 mph, noticing that the RMP's up to 5200-5300RPM's.
I did this for about 40 seconds, about 3 minutes apart for about 2-3 times total that night.
Ultimately, after going to 2 other dealers, 1 of them changed the transmission itself (that cured the engagement delay).
Now it has much better 0-60 accelaeration, but mostly only on colder days/nights, for some reason. It's 'picky' (any temp above 75 degrees, & it's weaker again.
Dealer says it's fine (but i see it's definitely NOT at the claimed 0-60 in 7.9 seconds!
Any ideas??