Reliability & cost of ownership
Nissan Frontier Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Nissan Frontier? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for a full reliability and repair-cost forecast.
Nissan Frontier problems by model year
65 recall entries and 3323 owner complaints on file across 29 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
Most-complained-about components
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Nissan Frontier, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.
- power train979 complaints
- fuel system571 complaints
- gasoline505 complaints
- engine347 complaints
- engine and engine cooling325 complaints
- electrical system300 complaints
- air bags296 complaints
- fuel/propulsion system242 complaints