2022 Nissan Frontier Walk Around [Review] | Walser Nissan Wayzata

Nissan is investing around 18 billion in EV and sadly there was no real budget for this WAY OVERPRICED old truck so they are merely spinning it as new. As a owner, numerous flaws become evident. Below is my full subjective review...

YOU have to buy a truck to really know it.
Truck is top heavy on the old narrow frame even before you lift it be very careful with this truck with the off-road shocks on the highway - i almost flipped it in northern Arizona on a highway turn (I-17 to hwy 69 towards Prescott) and not at high speed. Total death trap and mine is NOT lifted. Nissan may be too lackadaisical to invest and retool the plant and make a wider newer ladder frame. They say the old frame was fine but the fact is they are too cheap to really make a new truck...just a new price !!! Pro x model is all over the highway when you hit uneven road very dangerous !!!

Truck consists of a lot of cheap plastic components and the bead-lock looking rims are fake and for show only. They will not keep a tire on the rim at low tire pressure!!! No headroom. - hit a bump you will break your neck maybe. Nissan may be near chapter 11 (see their balance sheet) so they merely put lipstick on a old pig. Cosmetic changes only and the so-called warrior design so comical. No special patents here but simple and universal tech features like most all cars and trucks now have. Also - no such thing as zero gravity seats and gravity falls at 9.8 meters per second so its all spin with a outrageous price tag.

Muscular raised hood means you cannot see the front of the truck unless you are 6 feet but if 6 feet no head room!!! no way to win here. No telescoping steering wheel and no tilt to level on seat pad. Back seats are a tiny joke. 5 foot bed is a shoe-box cant even sleep in it. Paint may peel off in sheets from the flexible plastic just like a 2009 Titan did.

The truck is so small that dual climate control is another spin and does not work at all. If you have your dial on 100 and the other person has their dial on 0 then the air mixes and the average temp in the entire vehicle will be around 50. I used a thermostat. The truck is too small for any benefit of a dual climate control. Waste of money waste of time..

HP / Engine is excellent zero pause !!! when punched like a turbo waiting for hot exhaust gases but not needed on a toy truck like this and at 5 dollars a gallon your truck will spend a lot of time sitting in your driveway. Waste of power really even if gas was 2 dollars. At least the toy is not using a CVT transmission and I sure hope resale value is at least 30%.

Worst of all, many dealers are overcharging as well and not allowing internet customers to see the window stickers for the two high trims. Go to a web site and click on the window sticker and it will in some cases generate a error. I checked multiple dealer web sites and got the same error. A sales person said this was because the vehicle was in transit for the pro model, but the S and SV model was also in transit and the window sticker could be viewed. They are only breaking the sql code which allows views for the pro models. Too funny to not let a customer under federal law see a window sticker.

The roof is 4 inches too low for the extra 5 inches of length - if you are 6 feet or taller and driving into the sun and put the visor down you cannot see a thing without hunching forward and down. No headroom and no telescoping wheel makes this vehicle un-drivable (SP) for many people right from the get-go.

Nissan had 17 years to redesign a completely new truck here ?????

To make matters even worse, the 2022 Frontier PRO 4X does not even have 4WD mode settings such as snow ice sand rain etc. Even the Jeep Cherokee 2021 Latitude LUX 4WD has various mode settings, and it is made in America. The only conclusion is that Nissan may be close to chapter 11 and not willing to build a real truck here so yes they have technology but if they are teetering near bankruptcy, they are trying to profit without a serious investment here in a 2022 Frontier. It will not work. As the 2022 Frontier model fails it will simply push Nissan closer tho Chapter 11. Watch the debt trade...

In summary ...
The obvious sign of a near bankrupt company (beyond the balance sheet and observing the bonds trade) is no diverse truck options yet Nissan spins it as if they are doing you a favor. The narrative has failed. No engine choices. no new ladder frame, No manual stick shift, no 6 foot bed on a PRO trim. Why a PRO trim without 4WD and why a PRO trim without a rear locking differential??? On and on... Nissan may be too lackadaisical to properly invest and retool their manufacturing plants to build a real truck with multiple options.

This concludes my subjective and disappointing view of this 2022 Frontier truck and what COULD HAVE BEEN a great company. Nissan will not take away any market share in the midsize truck market.