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2019 Nissan Pathfinder problems

Owners have filed 122 complaints about the 2019 Nissan Pathfinder with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 12.3% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of forward collision avoidance at 10.7%. A further 16.4% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints122

Crashes6

Fires3

Injuries4

Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Unknown or other 16.4% · 20

Engine 12.3% · 15

Forward collision avoidance 10.7% · 13

Electrical system 8.2% · 10

Service brakes 7.4% · 9

Power train 7.4% · 9

Back over prevention 5.7% · 7

Structure 4.9% · 6

Severity

Of those complaints, 6 describe a crash, 3 describe a fire and 4 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 24 model years of the Nissan Pathfinder in this data, 2019 draws comparatively few complaints; 2005 is the outlier year.

Filings have fallen off, 46 in the last three years against 58 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 40,000 miles.

In owners' own words

Complete engine failure. I did regular oil changes about every 4000 miles and the last one I did early at around 3200 miles the oil was sludge and after the engine knocked and low oil pressure light came on and the engine blew all within 2 miles of the light coming on and me trying to find a safe place to pull over. These engines have a defect somewhere and I know it didn't happen from improper maintenance. Engine

While driving the car on country road at speed around 40 miles per hour the car engine shutdown and the car slowly came to a stop. The battery light came on. I put the car in park and restarted the engine. A similar action occurred about a month ago while driving in a federal park and only moving about 20 mph. Engine

Vehicle was perfectly fine, but then begin to stall out on 3/1 in motion on the street, while turning, & backing up. Then on 3/18 when attempting to back up the car it completely stopped. Car is at the shop now with reported transmission issues. Engine · reported at 43,233 miles

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

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Other Nissan Pathfinder years

2015 434 complaints · 17.5% power train 2016 130 complaints · 20.8% engine 2017 255 complaints · 32.5% engine 2018 124 complaints · 15.3% service brakes 2022 196 complaints · 16.3% service brakes 2023 156 complaints · 14.7% electrical system

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