Recall Register

2012 Nissan Pathfinder: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2012 Nissan Pathfinder. The newest campaign is 12V462000. NHTSA received the report on 20 Sep 2012. The NHTSA record gives the component Suspension / Front / Hub. NHTSA has 23 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 12V462000, in the NHTSA record

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replaced the left and right side front wheel hub assemblies free of charge. The safety recall began on October 22, 2012. Owners may contact Nissan Customer Service at 1-800-647-7261.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 17,135 units in total.

  1. 12V462000Received . 2,417 units.

    Suspension / Front / Hub

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Nissan is recalling certain model year 2012 Frontier, Pathfinder, and Xterra two-wheel drive vehicles manufactured from June 19, 2012, through July 12, 2012. These vehicles may have been equipped with front wheel hubs that may not meet the design hardness specifications. A wheel hub that was manufactured below hardness specification may wear prematurely and eventually crack.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If the vehicle is driven in this condition, the wheel hub may break, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replaced the left and right side front wheel hub assemblies free of charge. The safety recall began on October 22, 2012. Owners may contact Nissan Customer Service at 1-800-647-7261.

    Report filed by Nissan North America, Inc.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 11V592000Received . 14,718 units.

    Engine and Engine Cooling

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Nissan is recalling certain model year 2011 infiniti fx, model year 2012 infiniti m, model year 2011-2012 nissan frontier, model year 2011-2012 nissan xterra, model year 2011-2012 nissan pathfinder, and model year 2012 nissan nv vehicles. Some of the bolts that connect the engine oil cooler and the engine oil filter to the engine in these vehicles may have been manufactured to below specification strength. As a result, the bolt may break at the oil filter attachment point and can cause an engine oil leak.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If there is an engine oil leak, the engine oil pressure would drop and the engine could seize, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the connector bolts free of charge. The safety recall began on january 30, 2012. Owners may contact nissan at 1-800-647-7261.

    Report filed by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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

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

Complaints by component

23 complaints, 35 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

2012 Nissan Pathfinder: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Engine5
Unknown or Other5
Suspension5
Air Bags4
Electrical System3
Power Train2
Steering2
Service Brakes2
Structure2
Visibility1

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 14.

Complaints that report a crash
2
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
1
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
20 Nov 2025

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 2012 Nissan Pathfinder, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2015, with 4 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other 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. 20200
  36. 20225
  37. 20231
  38. 20242
  39. 20251
  40. 20260

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2012 Nissan Pathfinder: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/nissan/pathfinder/2012/. 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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Nissan North America, Inc.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2012 Nissan Pathfinder?
17,135 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Nissan Pathfinder have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 49 recall campaigns for the Nissan Pathfinder, model years 1986 to 2026. 2 of them name the 2012 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2012 Nissan Pathfinder name most often?
Engine: 5 of 35 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2012 Nissan Pathfinder open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.