Nissan Frontier problems by year
| Year | Common issues | Recalls |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
Top NHTSA complaint areas (2010–2025)
| Component | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Power Train | 141 |
| Electrical System | 130 |
| Air Bags | 124 |
| Unknown Or Other | 94 |
| Service Brakes | 85 |
| Engine | 73 |
| Forward Collision Avoidance | 50 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 50 |
Source: NHTSA complaints API, per model year (linked on each year’s issue pages).
Nissan Frontier problems by system (all years)
Systems with sourced problem pages in two or more model years. Pages list NHTSA owner complaints and CarComplaints.com reports for that year.
Transmission (14 model years)
- 2024: Power Train complaints (6 NHTSA reports)
- 2023: Power Train complaints (13 NHTSA reports)
- 2022: Error code C1A15
- 2022: Error lights come on truck will not accelerate after stop
- 2021: Power Train complaints (5 NHTSA reports)
- 2020: Lunging and hesitating shifting gears since day one
- 2020: Power Train complaints (12 NHTSA reports)
- 2019: Power Train complaints (7 NHTSA reports)
- 2017: Power Train complaints (6 NHTSA reports)
- 2016: Not shifting properly
- 2015: Power Train complaints (5 NHTSA reports)
- 2014: Transmission slipping
- 2013: Power Train complaints (6 NHTSA reports)
- 2013: Premature clutch failure
- 2012: Power Train complaints (20 NHTSA reports)
- 2011: Cracked radiator transmission failure
- 2011: Engine coolant leaked into transmission
- 2011: Power Train complaints (9 NHTSA reports)
- 2010: Radiator coolant leaked into transmission fluid
Electrical (8 model years)
- 2025: Battery completely dead
- 2024: Dead battery
- 2023: Electrical System complaints (30 NHTSA reports)
- 2021: Electrical System complaints (6 NHTSA reports)
- 2019: Electrical System complaints (5 NHTSA reports)
- 2018: Accessories and radio left on
- 2018: Electrical System complaints (5 NHTSA reports)
- 2017: Electrical System complaints (6 NHTSA reports)
- 2013: Electrical System complaints (8 NHTSA reports)
Air bags / seat belts (7 model years)
- 2019: Air Bags complaints (5 NHTSA reports)
- 2016: Air Bags complaints (10 NHTSA reports)
- 2015: Air Bags complaints (10 NHTSA reports)
- 2014: Air Bags complaints (11 NHTSA reports)
- 2013: Air Bags complaints (15 NHTSA reports)
- 2012: Air Bags complaints (23 NHTSA reports)
- 2011: Air Bags complaints (16 NHTSA reports)
Engine (6 model years)
- 2023: Engine complaints (13 NHTSA reports)
- 2022: Engine misfiring in cold weather
- 2021: Excessive vibration in passenger area, steering wheel
- 2021: While in gear at idle, rattle near passenger foot well
- 2020: Engine complaints (5 NHTSA reports)
- 2017: Engine mounts fail
- 2016: Engine complaints (8 NHTSA reports)
- 2016: Not accelerating properly
Drivetrain (5 model years)
- 2025: Clunk thud from drivetrain starting off from a stop
- 2020: Shifter damage
- 2019: Hard vibration at 50-60 mph
- 2013: Rear differential whine
- 2010: Humming noise from rear differential
A/C / heater (4 model years)
- 2019: My A/C clutch is very loud
- 2015: Poor design yields poor heat constantly air bound
- 2014: Heater not working
- 2012: A/C stopped working
Fuel system (3 model years)
- 2021: Gas door needs a new spring to keep it closed
- 2017: Can't fill tank without it spewing out of fill pipe
- 2015: Fuel sensor sending unit faulty
- 2015: Poor MPG
Brakes (2 model years)
- 2023: Service Brakes complaints (15 NHTSA reports)
- 2011: Service Brakes complaints (13 NHTSA reports)
Fuel/Propulsion System (2 model years)
- 2017: Fuel/Propulsion System complaints (10 NHTSA reports)
- 2016: Fuel/Propulsion System complaints (8 NHTSA reports)
Suspension (2 model years)
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