1998 Nissan Quest — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 49 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Air bags (restraint system)5 (10.2%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 2004–2009.
• Fuel system5 (10.2%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 1995–2012.
• Body & structure5 (10.2%)
• Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)5 (10.2%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1996.
• Brakes4 (8.2%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2008–2009.
• Doors, latches & locks4 (8.2%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2004.

Other / uncategorized: 1 classifications (2.0%) 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 (3,668 records, model years 1995–2017) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, electrical system and engine.
• Transport Canada recalls (57 records, model years 1995–2012) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), seat belts and lights.
• Manufacturer communications (2,181 records, model years 1995–2017) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and electrical system.

"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

Evidence by model year

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

1. 1995 222 records for 1995 222
2. 1996 198 records for 1996 198
3. 1997 152 records for 1997 152
4. 1998 99 records for 1998 99
5. 1999 194 records for 1999 194
6. 2000 156 records for 2000 156
7. 2001 97 records for 2001 97
8. 2002 72 records for 2002 72
9. 2004 573 records for 2004 573
10. 2005 174 records for 2005 174
11. 2006 148 records for 2006 148
12. 2007 312 records for 2007 312
13. 2008 139 records for 2008 139
14. 2009 106 records for 2009 106
15. 2011 197 records for 2011 197
16. 2012 216 records for 2012 216
17. 2013 135 records for 2013 135
18. 2014 117 records for 2014 117
19. 2015 159 records for 2015 159
20. 2016 143 records for 2016 143
21. 2017 103 records for 2017 103

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

• 3mention a crash
• 2mention an injury

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 1
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 54
• Investigations NHTSA 1
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
• Owner complaints NHTSA 41

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.

• P0300 in 3 records
• P0420 in 1 record

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.