Should I buy a 2007 nissan frontier with 97k miles standard transmission for $10000
Looks great cosmetically. Matching white shell. Crew cab. I know those years had the SMOD problem, but not the standard tranny's i've heard. The owner said he is in military and getting deployed and doesnt want it sitting unused for long time. Also he is married family man took care of it. He said the last person tried to sell it to, said it was 'running rich' but was using a cheap amazon computer sensor thing. But couldn't that also be checking it on a cold start?
Before you commit to anything, have it thoroughly inspected by a professional mechanic, before purchase.
Considering the standard transmission it may not be a bad Buy
But definitely get a PPI
He said the last person tried to sell it to, said it was 'running rich' but was using a cheap amazon computer sensor thing. But couldn't that also be checking it on a cold start?
This is why you need a mechanic with a fancy scan tool and knows what the heck they are doing to check out the vehicle first.
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Anyways, any basic OBDII scan tool should be able to read the fuel trims after many minutes of idling (bring up to operating temp is a good idea, including a road test). The computer does not lie, so I am not sure what the owner was saying about using “cheap Amazon sensor thing”.
Get it checked out; but, I bought an '05 frontier, v6, manual 6spd, with 105k miles probably 10 years ago. Amazing truck. My son drives it today with ~260k miles on it....
