# 2000 Nissan Frontier V6 - Randomly dies! P0325 & P1320 **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 8, 2016, 6:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-frontier-v6-randomly-dies-p0325-p1320/94369 "2016-08-08T06:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beef\_Tits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@Beef\_Tits](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beef_Tits)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 6:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-frontier-v6-randomly-dies-p0325-p1320/94369/1 "2016-08-08T06:32:16Z")
Hey fellas! Looking for a little help with this headache. It’s a 2000 Frontier V6 4x4 CC with 104k miles. It just randomly dies going down the road. Sometimes it restarts. Sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes I just get a small blip (loss of spark or fuel - unsure which) when going down the road then it’s fine again. It seems seems like a loose connection somewhere to me but I have checked and repaired everything I can find. A little history of problems… **Fall 2014** - Fuel Sending Unit; I had similar problems a little over a year ago and I replaced this at ~90k miles. The stock one was corroded and the fuel pump wasn’t getting power. Got the part from Nissan directly. Truck ran great for a year then started having same issues in fall of 2015. I am thinking this couldn’t have gone bad again in only a year, but who knows? No engine codes at the time. **December 2015** - _Distributor #1_; I replaced it with one from Auto Zone. Had the same problems that day. Returned that and replaced with one from Napa _Distributor #2_ (New - house brand - supposedly made by Altrom - which is supposedly comparable to OEM) This seemed to fix it for a little while. At the same time I did the timing belt, spark plugs, wires, valve cover gaskets, a bunch of suspension work, etc. so I had the harness off. Did I knock something loose? I feel like I have checked it up and down… doesn’t seem that way. **January 2016** Bad Wire?; Same issues. Wiggling the harness into the distributor seemed to have an effect on restarting so I pulled the harness apart from the dist to the main and found a small cut on the casing of one of the ground wires. The wire was not damaged, just casing. Fixed that with a double layer of shrink tube and it ran fine again for a couple weeks. In this same period my catalytic converters also went bad. My exhaust manifolds cracked, next thing I knew I had catalytic converter codes on both sides of the engine. Ran it like this for a few months. **April 2016** _Distrbutor #3_ Same problem. Randomly dies. Gets progressively worse over a couple day period. I gave up and took it to a shop (Downing St. Garage in Denver, CO) They diagnosed it as a bad distributor so I had it replaced AGAIN (they were nice enough to use the Napa part I bought and get a free warranty part) **June 2016** _Distributor #4_ Same problem again. Still have not replaced cats - did not want to spend the money when the ignition problem seems un-related. Replaced distributor with another warranty part from NAPA. This time the one that I took off made a crunching sound when you turned it by hand. **August 2016** Finally replaced cats. CEL codes were gone for an afternoon then the truck started sputtering down the road again… CEL P1320 and CEL P0325 BACK AGAIN! I am at a loss on what to do. I have read that the MAF sensor can get dirty… but this doesn’t seem to explain the P1320. Anyway, I ordered some cleaner, a new knock sensor and another distributor (this time Nissan brand but re-manufactured… they no longer sell new ones.) What is causing these to go bad? Are they actually going bad or is something else wrong? Is this a case of shit parts or bad diagnosis? I don’t trust this truck to make it to the grocery store let alone way up in the mountains for elk hunting season! I had half a mind to buy a new Tacoma when all this mess started and I am regretting not doing so!!! HELP! ---
**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-frontier-v6-randomly-dies-p0325-p1320/94369/2 "2016-08-08T20:23:36Z")
when is the last time you had a good tune-up, spark plugs, wires, rotor, fluid changes and the works? ---
**Author:** ![Beef\_Tits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@Beef\_Tits](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beef_Tits)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-frontier-v6-randomly-dies-p0325-p1320/94369/3 "2016-08-08T20:43:51Z")
Hi! I did spark plugs. wires, distributor, timing belt, valve cover gaskets about 6 months / 2,000 miles ago. I took it into a shop afterward and they said everything looked good, it was just a bad (new) distributor. The problem seems to be that I have had 5 bad distributors in a row… in less than 3,000 miles… which makes me think maybe it is something else… but it could very well be shitty parts, Nissan stopped making new OEM units a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![familyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@familyguy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/familyguy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-frontier-v6-randomly-dies-p0325-p1320/94369/4 "2016-08-08T21:19:59Z")
I have a1997 Nissan pickup. I have found out that putting rebuild dristributor on my Nissan don’t work had to replace two with new distributor from dealer .truck run great after that. ---
**Author:** ![Beef\_Tits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@Beef\_Tits](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beef_Tits)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-frontier-v6-randomly-dies-p0325-p1320/94369/5 "2016-08-09T05:04:29Z")
Yes I am aware of the quality of OEM vs shit from Auto Zone. As I said, Nissan no loner makes new units they only remanufacture and the ones they sell now do not have a good reputation. ---
**Author:** ![protosolaris2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@protosolaris2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/protosolaris2)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-frontier-v6-randomly-dies-p0325-p1320/94369/6 "2017-05-17T13:49:03Z")
Yeah, I’ve heard about some problems with Auto Zone parts. If you consistently have trouble with them, try another store. I don’t go to Auto Zone, and my Murano has been great for over 8 years with [I] no [/I] breakdowns.