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Nissan Frontier problems by year

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA and recall campaigns for every Nissan Frontier model year from 2019 to 2025.

Nissan Frontier pickup truck
Nissan Frontier (D41) Pro-4X Automesse Ludwigsburg 2022 1X7A5942 · Photo by Alexander Migl, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative only — it may not show the exact model year on this page.

Complaints by model year

2025
7 complaints · 3 recalls
2024
19 complaints · 3 recalls
2023
64 complaints · 1 recalls
2022
110 complaints · 6 recalls
2021
17 complaints · 2 recalls
2020
23 complaints · 2 recalls
2019
28 complaints · 1 recalls

Newer model years look better than they eventually will — complaints accumulate for years after a truck goes on sale. Complaint counts reflect how many of these trucks are on the road as much as how reliable they are. A best-selling truck collects more complaints than a rare one at the same defect rate, so these figures compare a model against its own other years far better than against a different model.

Most-reported system by year

YearComplaintsRecallsMost reported
202573Service Brakes (28.6%)
2024193Power Train (31.6%)
2023641Electrical System (43.8%)
20221106Forward Collision Avoidance (30%)
2021172Electrical System (23.5%)
2020232Power Train (52.2%)
2019281Power Train (25%)

Common questions

Which Nissan Frontier year has the most complaints?

Across 2019-2025, the 2022 Nissan Frontier has the most NHTSA complaints at 110, and the 2025 the fewest at 7. Recent model years always look better than they will eventually: complaints accumulate for years after a truck goes on sale, so a two-year-old truck has not had time to collect them.

What year Nissan Frontier should I avoid?

Complaint totals are a starting point, not a verdict — complaint counts reflect how many of these trucks are on the road as much as how reliable they are. A best-selling truck collects more complaints than a rare one at the same defect rate, so these figures compare a model against its own other years far better than against a different model. Open each year below to see which systems the complaints actually concern; a year with many complaints about one fixed-by-recall component is a different proposition from one with problems spread across the powertrain.

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