2023 Nissan Frontier problems
Owners have filed 116 complaints about the 2023 Nissan Frontier with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 24.1% of them — the clear leader, ahead of service brakes at 12.9%.
Complaints116
Crashes8
Fires2
Injuries4
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 24.1% · 28
Service brakes 12.9% · 15
Forward collision avoidance 12.1% · 14
Engine 11.2% · 13
Power train 10.3% · 12
Vehicle speed control 6.9% · 8
Unknown or other 6.9% · 8
Steering 5.2% · 6
Severity
Of those complaints, 8 describe a crash, 2 describe a fire and 4 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 11 model years of the Nissan Frontier in this data, 2023 draws comparatively few complaints; 2006 is the outlier year.
Filings are rising — 85 in the last three years against 31 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 11,250 miles.
In owners' own words
Vehicle door locks causing driver and passengers to exit the vehicle. Have already had front passenger door and driver side back passenger door fixed. Now driver door will lock and once driver inside, is unable to exit vehicle. In the event of emergency, anyone in vehicle could parish because they would not be able to exit the vehicle. Electrical system
Door locks don't work. Had it serviced twice to try fixing the problem and the locks still don't work. I have to crawl in and out of the windows several times a day as this is my work truck. This is a very dangerous safety hazard should I get trapped inside. Electrical system
Theres a metallic click like something loose in the power steering and rack & Pinion. Im not the only one with this issue and nissan is not doing anything. Theres Reddit threads and facebook groups about. Some people have gotten their entire Steering Rack replace and others like myself, not. Link to reddit: [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) Steering
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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