Nissan Frontier — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 8,950 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)1,994 (22.3%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 1998–2023.
• Fuel system1,656 (18.5%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 1999–2022.
• Engine1,206 (13.5%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2002–2025.
• Electrical system612 (6.8%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2012–2018.
• Air bags (restraint system)598 (6.7%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 2005–2024.
• Brakes448 (5.0%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2001–2003.

Other / uncategorized: 348 classifications (3.9%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (6,684 records, model years 1998–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), fuel system and engine.
• Safety recalls (151 records, model years 1998–2026) are most frequently classified under: lights, equipment & accessories and fuel system.
• Transport Canada recalls (120 records, model years 1998–2025) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors) and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Manufacturer communications (2,870 records, model years 1998–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 4,848reports included a mileage
• 83,747average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1998 201 records for 1998 201
2. 1999 160 records for 1999 160
3. 2000 285 records for 2000 285
4. 2001 227 records for 2001 227
5. 2002 212 records for 2002 212
6. 2003 136 records for 2003 136
7. 2004 120 records for 2004 120
8. 2005 651 records for 2005 651
9. 2006 729 records for 2006 729
10. 2007 622 records for 2007 622
11. 2008 255 records for 2008 255
12. 2009 145 records for 2009 145
13. 2010 181 records for 2010 181
14. 2011 178 records for 2011 178
15. 2012 197 records for 2012 197
16. 2013 180 records for 2013 180
17. 2014 179 records for 2014 179
18. 2015 148 records for 2015 148
19. 2016 164 records for 2016 164
20. 2017 125 records for 2017 125
21. 2018 102 records for 2018 102
22. 2019 92 records for 2019 92
23. 2020 91 records for 2020 91
24. 2021 79 records for 2021 79
25. 2022 236 records for 2022 236
26. 2023 149 records for 2023 149
27. 2024 45 records for 2024 45
28. 2025 16 records for 2025 16
29. 2026 9 records for 2026 9

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 314mention a crash
• 90mention a fire
• 252mention an injury
• 12mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 151
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 2,870
• Investigations NHTSA 11
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 120
• Owner complaints NHTSA 6,684

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0448 in 89 records · 2005–2019
• P0456 in 63 records · 2005–2022
• P0442 in 23 records · 2012–2022
• P0455 in 23 records · 2012–2022
• U1000 in 11 records · 2002–2016
• P0605 in 10 records · 2009–2013
• B00A0 in 8 records · 2014–2024
• P0402 in 8 records · 1998–2002
• P0300 in 7 records · 1999–2022
• P0400 in 6 records · 1998–2000
• P0420 in 6 records · 1998–2006
• P1491 in 6 records · 2001–2002

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.