The 2001 Nissan Frontier SE-V6 Crew Cab is a Wonderful little truck, with a feisty little v6 under the hood provides 170HP and around 220 lb ft torque. The manual 5 speed is a very easy learner stick shift, but also is precise and reliable. The Short Bed is a little problem, but with the bed extender it works great for most loads. The roof rack looks great and is very useful, but Is extremely noisy in car wash dryers. The styling is very rugged and smooth at the same time, utilizing fender flares and fake rivets on the bumper and flares. The tailgate it basic and decently light, but had to replace the tailgate cables last year due to them snapping from rust. The plastic bed liner is very durable and handy because you never have to worry about a rusty bed. The basic four- spoke wheels with the center caps look rugged and sporty, but over time the plastic on the caps wears out and they fall off. No problem, because they are about 20$ for a pair on eBay. Another minor issue is, being a California and Arizona truck, the heat seemed to fuse the spare tire mounting bracket to the wheel. We needed to cut the bracket off, which is hard to find replacements for. Engine isn’t too noisy, but check engine light turns on and off every other week, and water pump is leaking coolant. All this is expected from a 180,000 mile vehicle, though. The interior is basic and stylish with gray pattern cloth seats and a smooth, compact dash. The tilt steering wheel, cruise control and steering wheel radio controls all come in handy. Clutch pedal is very soft and easy to control. Over all, the ‘01 Frontier is a very fun, dependable little truck.

My friends who drove my truck would always remark about how quickly it accelerated! AND to me, compared to other trucks I have driven, this truck handled well - turned well, accelerated well, stopped pretty well. There are NO blind spots in this truck! With the tailgate down this truck has hauled two dirtbikes at once! And for three years in a row, it went to almost every USC home game as the tailgate vehicle. I was very happy with it, but I traded it in - sadly, it was time for me to move on and get something a little more sophisticated.

I've now had this truck about 10 years and I love it. It's assisted in over 10 moves (4 of me to and from college), hauls firewood yearly, hauls tools;dirt;gravel and anything else necessary for my home improvement projects. I even recently hauled a half cubit yard of gravel in it (though I'll probably never have that much weight in it again). For a 4 cylinder (2.5 L), it's got good power and great mileage (lightweight truck). Brakes are good. I've even had it down plenty of trails and off road. It's done great (for a 2wd). Only things I've had to replace are the battery (2006, now an Optima battery) and the catalytic converter (2010).

This has been a good truck all around, mine has over 200K on it and still going good. I still get complements on it's looks. Find that I wish it had a taller overdrive gear. Nissan charges way to much for their parts but after markets are becoming very available. It tends to be a bit nose heavy, it is a pickup, 200lbs of sand bags in the bed make it very drive-able. Changing the #6 plug is insane, some engineer should be slapped.

I loved it overall. The seats are manual, and the back seat is kinda small, and the moonroof sucks. But the rest of the truck is amazing. I love it to death, and I can't wait to upgrade it some more