2000 Nissan Quest: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2000 Nissan Quest. The newest campaign is 00V292002. NHTSA received the report on 2 Oct 2000. The NHTSA record gives the component Steering / Rack and Pinion. NHTSA has 78 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names 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, 00V292002, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will inspect the vehicles and, if the bolts are missing, will replace the steering gear mounting bolts. All bolts will be tightened to the specified torque.

NHTSA VIN lookup

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 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 29 Mar 2018. Recall file through 30 Sep 2026.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 80,657 units in total.

00V292002Received 2 Oct 2000. 70,000 units.
Steering / Rack and Pinion
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: mini vans. One or more of the five bolts that mount the rack and pinion steering gear to the vehicle may have been incorrectly tightened.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
There could be a looseness in the steering, which may be accompanied by noise or vibration.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the vehicles and, if the bolts are missing, will replace the steering gear mounting bolts. All bolts will be tightened to the specified torque.
Report filed by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 13 Nov 2000.
00V228005Received 7 Sep 2000. 10,657 units.
Seat Belts
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with trw seat belt buckle assemblies. The buckle base of these seat belt assemblies were not properly heat treated and therefore do not pass the load bearing requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, "seat belt assemblies."
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the date code on certain seat belt buckles of your vehicle and replace all seat belt buckles that fall within the suspect date code range.
Report filed by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 20 Nov 2000.

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Complaints by component

78 complaints, 106 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.

2000 Nissan Quest
All 2000 vehicles

2000 Nissan Quest: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	2000 Quest	All 2000 vehicles	Quest, all years	Mentions
Exterior Lighting	169.8	33	31.6	18
Vehicle Speed Control	160.4	43.6	45	17
Structure	84.9	56.3	93.7	9
Air Bags	66	53.7	56.7	7
Engine and Engine Cooling	66	128.9	125.3	7
Electrical System	66	95.2	71.2	7
Power Train	47.2	87.5	53	5
Tires	47.2	53.2	41.2	5
Unknown or Other	47.2	15.9	27.8	5
Seat Belts	37.7	17.9	34.3	4

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 17.

Complaints that report a crash: 9
Complaints that report a fire: 1
Injuries in the complaints: 12
Deaths in the complaints: 2
Date of the newest complaint: 6 Jul 2010

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 2000 Nissan Quest, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2003, with 16 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 2000 Nissan Quest
Number	Type	Subject	Component	Opened	Closed	Campaign
PE04020	Preliminary evaluation	FAILING HEADLIGHTS	Exterior Lighting / Headlights	26 Feb 2004	24 Jun 2004

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.

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

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
NHTSA page of the 2000 Nissan QuestThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2000 Nissan Quest: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/nissan/quest/2000/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file: 1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2000 Nissan Quest?: 80,657 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 Quest have for all model years?: NHTSA lists 24 recall campaigns for the Nissan Quest, model years 1991 to 2012. 2 of them name the 2000 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2000 Nissan Quest name most often?: Exterior Lighting: 18 of 106 component mentions, or 169.8 per 1,000. For all 2000 vehicles the figure is 33 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2000 Nissan Quest open?: No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.