Overview & Reviews

Nissan continues to enhance its compact pickup line with the introduction of the 2002 Frontier Crew Cab Long Bed, the first compact crew cab pickup to offer a full-size bed. Other improvements for the Frontier lineup include a redesigned instrument panel and console and an available Rockford Fosgate-powered audio system.

• Supercharged power, bold styling, wide variety of body configurations.

• Cramped rear seats for Crew Cab pickups.

User Reviews:

Showing 1 through 10 of 121.00

• 

  Not Bad - 2002 Nissan Frontier
  By Vertifly - November 9 - 10:00 am

  Right now I am approaching the end of my first gas tank at 250 miles. That says a lot so far. This thing is, no doubt, a gas gusler. Other than that, it seems like an intelligent purchase for someone who needs a truck but does not want to sacrifice a back seat. The truck is stylish enough to be proud of driving and gets the job done. I can see myself making the following changes, such as a Tanneu Cover, to help gas mileage.

• 

  Suburban Workhorse - 2002 Nissan Frontier
  By J. Locke - May 28 - 10:00 am

  Recently moved from NYC to suburbs. Found myself borrowing/renting trucks or tying oversized items to car roof too often. Purchased Frontier compact pickup with quad cab, 5 sp manual and long (74") bed. Has quickly become my full-time weekend car. Enough interior room for all (3 fit in back seat easily), plenty of hauling capacity, 4WD for the beach. Acceleration is a little slow on the parkway (compared to my cars), gas mileage is reasonable. Biggest problem is a lack of center consol parking brake handle in the hills. This small truck handles nicely both on and off road. Reasonably quiet. Even my wife enjoys driving it.

• 

  Gets me and my stuff there - 2002 Nissan Frontier
  By sivartk - January 21 - 9:13 pm

  I bought my truck new for about $13,000. The only "upgrade" that it has is the color keyed body moldings. Minor repair work has needed to be done before 18,000 miles....squeaking front bumper and already had to replace the 3 belts in this little 4-banger due to squeeking. Other than that it is rock solid. It takes a while to get used to the look of the "rubbermaid" front end, but a simple grill insert improved the looks and protected my radiator. Use it to commute to work (2.2 miles) and average 23MPG w/o the AC. On the highway I have got as high as 28MPG. Great fuel economy in town even compared to some mid-sized sedans, plus you cant haul a sheet of plywood in a sedan.

• 

  2002 Nissan Frontier XE CC 4x4 - 2002 Nissan Frontier
  By BrewJeep - November 14 - 2:00 am

  Its a great little truck -- very handy. I purchased the shortbed for ease of handling offroad, but would prefer the longbed for hauling loads. Handling is very nice with less understeer than some of the competitors offerings and better ride than the Tacoma, which I also looked at.

• 

  Crew Cab - 2002 Nissan Frontier
  By SBB0618 - November 9 - 10:00 am

  All around great truck. The long bed actually makes the truck look better than with the chopped look of the short bed.

• 

  its bad on gas - 2002 Nissan Frontier
  By frontierboy - June 22 - 10:00 am

  the truck had a squek in the front bumper brackets , passenger seats chirps when empty and gas is the worst, and engine valves are noisy. clickety click.

• 

  Fun To Drive - 2002 Nissan Frontier
  By BrianN - June 8 - 10:00 am

  Great looks, good towing capacity and cargo room. This truck rides better than most, but its acceleration is not the best. Still the truck is very fun to drive. Gas Milage is a little dissapointing, but not the worst in its class. So far Im very happy and I would buy a Nissan again.

• 

  Nissan Quality w/No Legroom - 2002 Nissan Frontier
  By BlackIron - December 8 - 2:00 am

  Im 63" and owned my 2002 Nissan Frontier for 13 months. The outside of the Nissan is sharp when you get it decked out with the running boards, the body moulding, and the overhead racks, and not an ounce of problem out of it the whole time. The interior front seats are fine...plenty of room for two people...but there is ABSOLUTELY NO leg room in the back seat of this vehicle...the long bed is nice if you haul things and came in handy several times.

• 

  July 2007 - 2002 Nissan Frontier
  By July 07 - September 12 - 10:20 pm

  I bought this truck from my father. I have had it for 2 months and it has 35,000 miles on it. Yes I said 35,000! Absolutely no power. Basically it is like driving a low model 4cyl sedan. Get the 6 cyl if you expect to haul anything. Forget about the accelerating with the AC on. Getting about 21 MPG highway as I really only drive on highways. Belts squeak a lot. I would recommend buying this truck if you can get it below the Edmunds vehicle pricing. It is handy to drive around. No mechanical issues since it was in the family - it was bought new.

• 

  Very useful truck - 2002 Nissan Frontier
  By MMModem - May 2 - 2:00 am

  This truck is amazing. It does everything you ask it to do and more. Sure it could use a little more power but nothing is perfect. Ride quality is extremely smooth and quiet. Interior design is almost perfect. Plenty of space and high quality materials. I dont know what they are saying about the backseats, but they seem plenty roomy to me.