Nissan Xterra — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 8,384 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Fuel system2,210 (26.4%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2000–2008.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)2,090 (24.9%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2000–2010.
• Engine1,414 (16.9%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2002–2012.
• Electrical system418 (5.0%)
• Air bags (restraint system)358 (4.3%)Official recall records for this system: 14, covering model years 2002–2013.
• Brakes228 (2.7%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2001–2008.

Other / uncategorized: 242 classifications (2.9%) 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 (6,198 records, model years 2000–2015) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and engine.
• Safety recalls (86 records, model years 2000–2012) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, suspension and air bags (restraint system).
• Transport Canada recalls (70 records, model years 2000–2013) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), engine and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Manufacturer communications (1,611 records, model years 2000–2015) 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

• 5,222reports included a mileage
• 91,530average 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. 2000 304 records for 2000 304
2. 2001 235 records for 2001 235
3. 2002 245 records for 2002 245
4. 2003 127 records for 2003 127
5. 2004 137 records for 2004 137
6. 2005 945 records for 2005 945
7. 2006 875 records for 2006 875
8. 2007 648 records for 2007 648
9. 2008 228 records for 2008 228
10. 2009 115 records for 2009 115
11. 2010 148 records for 2010 148
12. 2011 128 records for 2011 128
13. 2012 121 records for 2012 121
14. 2013 106 records for 2013 106
15. 2014 106 records for 2014 106
16. 2015 93 records for 2015 93

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

• 246mention a crash
• 72mention a fire
• 248mention an injury
• 38mention 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 86
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 1,611
• Investigations NHTSA 17
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 70
• Owner complaints NHTSA 6,198

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.

• P0456 in 40 records · 2005–2015
• P0442 in 12 records · 2012–2015
• P0455 in 12 records · 2012–2015
• P0605 in 10 records · 2009–2013
• U1000 in 10 records · 2002–2015
• P1491 in 6 records · 2001–2002
• P0101 in 4 records · 2011–2012
• P0300 in 4 records · 2000–2001
• P0461 in 4 records · 2005–2008
• P0462 in 4 records · 2005–2008
• B00A0 in 2 records · 2014–2015
• P0103 in 2 records · 2002–2002

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.