# 2012 Nissan Frontier - Overdrive issues

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-nissan-frontier-overdrive-issues/189732>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan, transmissions\
**Created:** [March 23, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-nissan-frontier-overdrive-issues/189732 "2023-03-23T18:47:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![chumlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@chumlie](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chumlie)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-nissan-frontier-overdrive-issues/189732/1 "2023-03-23T18:47:48Z")

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2012 nissan fronteer not shfting into overdrive when first starting off in cold temperatures. after a few miles it will then shfit into overdrive like it is suppose to truck only has thirtynine thousand miles on it is driven very little and is not hammered on at all. warsaw indiana dealership is no help.

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-nissan-frontier-overdrive-issues/189732/2 "2023-03-23T19:34:23Z")

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> [@chumlie](#):
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> 2012 nissan fronteer not shfting into overdrive when first starting off in cold temperatures.

That is explained in the owner’s manual, the reason is to reduce tail pipe emissions;

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/9/39b3e1ae44550f404d4e38c2ed8f21c268c7196b.png)

> [@chumlie](#):
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> warsaw indiana dealership is no help.

There is nothing to repair.