Recall Register

Nissan Pathfinder: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 49 recall campaigns for the Nissan Pathfinder, model years 1986 to 2025. NHTSA has 1,846 complaints on file for this model line. 35 of the 38 model years have a page on this register.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19860
  2. 19872
  3. 19882
  4. 19892
  5. 19902
  6. 19911
  7. 19920
  8. 19930
  9. 19942
  10. 19950
  11. 19963
  12. 19972
  13. 19982
  14. 19992
  15. 20002
  16. 20013
  17. 20025
  18. 20033
  19. 20043
  20. 20052
  21. 20063
  22. 20071
  23. 20084
  24. 20093
  25. 20104
  26. 20112
  27. 20122
  28. 201311
  29. 201411
  30. 20155
  31. 20162
  32. 20172
  33. 20183
  34. 20192
  35. 20225
  36. 20231
  37. 20242
  38. 20251
Nissan Pathfinder: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2025 Nissan Pathfinder NHTSA page100%1,430
2024 Nissan Pathfinder200%12,370
2023 Nissan Pathfinder NHTSA page100%12,400
2022 Nissan Pathfinder500%29,505
2019 Nissan Pathfinder200%1,620,309
2018 Nissan Pathfinder300%1,835,433
2017 Nissan Pathfinder200%606,603
2016 Nissan Pathfinder200%3,619,618
2015 Nissan Pathfinder500%3,885,861
2014 Nissan Pathfinder1100%5,280,419
2013 Nissan Pathfinder1100%5,381,243
2012 Nissan Pathfinder200%17,135
2011 Nissan Pathfinder200%419,408
2010 Nissan Pathfinder424%458,325
2009 Nissan Pathfinder336%655,358
2008 Nissan Pathfinder41837%736,047
2007 Nissan Pathfinder175154%242,720
2006 Nissan Pathfinder3165340%1,070,889
2005 Nissan Pathfinder2339698%990,200
2004 Nissan Pathfinder33266%1,594,522
2003 Nissan Pathfinder34797%1,594,522
2002 Nissan Pathfinder579163%1,594,614
2001 Nissan Pathfinder3135278%599,241
2000 Nissan Pathfinder253109%568,241
1999 Nissan Pathfinder262128%568,241
1998 Nissan Pathfinder2111228%568,241
1997 Nissan Pathfinder2159327%568,241
1996 Nissan Pathfinder3132272%199,541
1995 Nissan Pathfinder0142292%
1994 Nissan Pathfinder288181%176,500
1993 Nissan Pathfinder04899%
1992 Nissan Pathfinder02858%
1991 Nissan Pathfinder13878%2,730,462
1990 Nissan Pathfinder23878%3,480,462
1989 Nissan Pathfinder21531%3,480,462
1988 Nissan Pathfinder21735%3,480,462
1987 Nissan Pathfinder21939%753,996
1986 Nissan Pathfinder NHTSA page012%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

2,298 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Nissan Pathfinder: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling171.9395
Fuel System, Gasoline147.1338
Power Train114.4263
Suspension97223
Structure62.2143
Service Brakes, Hydraulic51.8119
Tires46.6107
Vehicle Speed Control42.698
Electrical System42.297
Fuel System, Other41.395

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Nissan Pathfinder, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2010, with 6 campaigns.
Complaints about the Nissan Pathfinder, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2010, with 458 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Nissan: all 44 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Nissan Pathfinder: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/nissan/pathfinder/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
Manufacturer in the recall file
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Nissan Pathfinder model years have the most recall campaigns?
2014 with 11, 2013 with 11, 2022 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Nissan Pathfinder model year has the most complaints?
The 2005 model year, with 339 of the 1,846 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Nissan Pathfinder name?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 171.9 per 1,000 component mentions. Fuel System, Gasoline: 147.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 114.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Nissan Pathfinder?
11 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.