Nissan Xterra
The Nissan Xterra appears on NHTSA's register for model years 2000 to 2015: 21 recall campaigns (40 model-year entries) and 2,903 consumer complaints.
The component named most often in complaints is power train (253.8 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by fuel system, gasoline (187.8).
The 2005 model year has the most complaints (822). Recall campaigns peaked in 2010 with 6; complaints were received in the largest number in 2010 (442). Within Nissan, this line ranks 6 of 46 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints | vs line average | Units in campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Nissan Xterra | 3 | 207 | 114% | 694,548 |
| 2001 Nissan Xterra | 3 | 147 | 81% | 773,196 |
| 2002 Nissan Xterra | 5 | 147 | 81% | 1,299,310 |
| 2003 Nissan Xterra | 3 | 69 | 38% | 1,229,748 |
| 2004 Nissan Xterra | 2 | 72 | 40% | 500,683 |
| 2005 Nissan Xterra | 3 | 822 | 453% | 1,002,700 |
| 2006 Nissan Xterra | 3 | 738 | 407% | 1,070,889 |
| 2007 Nissan Xterra | 1 | 521 | 287% | 242,720 |
| 2008 Nissan Xterra | 6 | 102 | 56% | 742,685 |
| 2009 Nissan Xterra | 3 | 15 | 8% | 655,358 |
| 2010 Nissan Xterra | 4 | 24 | 13% | 458,325 |
| 2011 Nissan Xterra | 2 | 14 | 8% | 419,408 |
| 2012 Nissan Xterra | 2 | 8 | 4% | 17,135 |
| 2013 Nissan Xterra NHTSA record | 0 | 3 | 2% | — |
| 2014 Nissan Xterra NHTSA record | 0 | 8 | 4% | — |
| 2015 Nissan Xterra NHTSA record | 0 | 6 | 3% | — |
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Nissan Xterra complaints (3,904 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Nissan model lines
- Altima 99 recalls · 10,960 complaints
- Maxima 51 recalls · 6,396 complaints
- Pathfinder 102 recalls · 5,713 complaints
- Murano 51 recalls · 4,730 complaints
- Sentra 118 recalls · 3,794 complaints
- Xterra 40 recalls · 2,903 complaints
- Frontier 69 recalls · 2,698 complaints
- Titan 64 recalls · 2,681 complaints
- Versa 62 recalls · 2,473 complaints
- Rogue 79 recalls · 2,385 complaints
- Quest 37 recalls · 1,990 complaints
- Armada 43 recalls · 1,368 complaints
- 350Z 5 recalls · 633 complaints
- D21 12 recalls · 391 complaints
- 370Z 2 recalls · 320 complaints
- Juke 14 recalls · 299 complaints
- 300ZX 7 recalls · 293 complaints
- Leaf 49 recalls · 260 complaints
- 240SX 4 recalls · 181 complaints
- Cube 7 recalls · 176 complaints
- Stanza 8 recalls · 169 complaints
- 200SX 8 recalls · 165 complaints
- Versa Note 11 recalls · 125 complaints
- Altima Hybrid 2 recalls · 110 complaints
- Crew 1 recalls · 87 complaints
- Titan XD 6 recalls · 51 complaints
- Redundant NV200 9 recalls · 41 complaints
- NV 15 recalls · 32 complaints
- Pulsar 5 recalls · 19 complaints
- Van 17 recalls · 13 complaints
- Pathfinder Hybrid 5 recalls · 11 complaints
- Kicks 13 recalls · 9 complaints
- 720 7 recalls · 9 complaints
- 280Z 14 recalls · 6 complaints
- NV200 Taxi 10 recalls · 1 complaints
- 510 15 recalls · 0 complaints
- Rogue Sport 8 recalls · 0 complaints
- 810 7 recalls · 0 complaints
- Murano Hybrid 6 recalls · 0 complaints
- Redundant Rogue 5 recalls · 0 complaints
- 240Z 4 recalls · 0 complaints
- Z 4 recalls · 0 complaints
- 310 3 recalls · 0 complaints
- Ariya 3 recalls · 0 complaints
- Redundant Rogue Sport 2 recalls · 0 complaints
- SRL311 2 recalls · 0 complaints
Questions and answers
Which Nissan Xterra model years have the most recalls?
2008 (6), 2002 (5), 2010 (4). Across model years 2000–2015 there are 21 distinct campaigns.
Which Nissan Xterra model year has the most complaints?
2005, with 822 of the line's 2,903 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.
What do owners of the Nissan Xterra complain about?
power train (253.8 per 1,000 mentions), fuel system, gasoline (187.8 per 1,000 mentions), engine and engine cooling (113.7 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.