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2023 Nissan Pathfinder

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

101

Complaints

4

Crashes

0

Fires

1

Injuries

0

Deaths

Owners of the 2023 Nissan Pathfinder have filed 101 safety complaints with NHTSA between October 2022 and August 2026. The most complained-about system is the electrical system, named in 23 of them (23%). The typical failure was reported at 14,700 miles, the median across the 5 complaints that gave an odometer reading.

NHTSA has issued 1 recall covering this vehicle.

Recalls (1)

SEATS:CRITICAL FASTENERS

23V268000 · April 13, 2023

The defect
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2023 Rogue, Pathfinder, and Infiniti QX60 vehicles. The driver's powered seat may not be fully secured to the seat frame, causing the seat frame welds to detach from the rear inboard seat bracket.
The risk
An unsecured seat with broken welds may not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect the driver's seat rail clearance, and if necessary, replace the driver's seat cushion frame, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed June 10, 2023. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's number for this recall is PC966, PC967.

Nissan North America, Inc. · up to 12,400 vehicles across all model years covered

What owners report

Complaints naming each system. One complaint can name several, so these add up to more than 101.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER 27 27%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 23 23%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 21 21%
SERVICE BRAKES 19 19%
ENGINE 15 15%
POWER TRAIN 12 12%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 8 8%
BACK OVER PREVENTION 6 6%
VISIBILITY/WIPER 6 6%
LANE DEPARTURE 3 3%
SEATS 3 3%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 3 3%

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2023 at 29.

2022 2023 2026
2022 to 2026, the last of them a part year

In owners' own words

Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.

AIR BAGS

1 injured · crash · towed · 10,080 miles

The contact owned a 2023 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that while driving at 17 MPH at night, he failed to see a trailer ahead on the road and rear-ended the trailer. The air bag warning light was illuminated before the collision. The contact stated that the trailer’s brake lights were not illuminated. The Forward Collision Avoidance feature failed to alert the driver that there was a vehicle ahead on the road. The front driver’s side air bag deployed, injuring the contact’s right wrist and arm. The contact stated that there were rips along the sides of the front driver’s side air bags. Medical attention was received for the injuries. The police arrived on the scene, but no police

NHTSA complaint 11653672, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

crash

Brand new 2023 pathfinder shuts off while driving. Car will turn off completely on the highway, while getting close to a light or trying to park. Once car is restarted it turns on again fine. One time the car did go crazy on the panel and it was fuzzy. The dealer has checked the car 3 times and keeps saying there’s no issue.

NHTSA complaint 11511060. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

crash

I engage the Parking Botton on shifter, & the vehicle still rolled away from me after I got out of Vehicle

NHTSA complaint 11614012. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SEATS

crash

Passenger side captain seat frame has too much play causing shaking and noise in the seat when passenger is in seat. Frame was replaced 05/2024 and same issue has occurred less than a year later. After accident on 10/17/2025, sound has gotten worse in seat and inspection shows frame to be critical. At time of accident passenger was in seat. Accident involved a deer on front passenger side bumper and side panel. Insurance did not cover seat claiming accident could not cause seat malfunction.

NHTSA complaint 11697450. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Rear camera and camera functionality just stopped working. The OVM is functioning with everything else just not the camera! Yet, diagnostics state that it is an OVM issue and cost $2,500.00 to fix. Safety concerns of no camera and unable to view pedestrians.

NHTSA complaint 11755308. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
On July 20, 2026, my 2023 Nissan Pathfinder failed to accelerate after stopping at a red light. The engine did not rev, and the vehicle barely moved despite accelerator input. After 40 seconds the car start moving normally. I got the car towed to the dealership. The dealer could not reproduce the condition and reprogrammed the ECM under TSB NTB25-012. They mentioned they performed a software update and they said the issue should not returned. On July 22, 2026, the same failure occurred again at a red light. The vehicle had almost no acceleration for approximately 30–40 seconds, then suddenly accelerated and nearly struck the vehicle ahead. No collision or injury occurred. The vehicle was

NHTSA complaint 11752173, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SERVICE BRAKES
PREMATURE WEAR ON REAR BRAKES

NHTSA complaint 11749689. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON 6/10/2026 THE AVM/BACK UP CAMERA SYSTEM SUDENLY STOPPED WORKING.

NHTSA complaint 11749691. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

POWER TRAIN
While driving the vehicle at approximately 25 miles per hour, on its own, the vehicle put itself into neutral and a warning light to exit the vehicle appeared. Thankfully we safely pulled the car over to the side of the road. Upon restarting the vehicle, it operated normally. Had this incident occurred at a higher rate of speed or on a busy road, there could have been very different consequences.

NHTSA complaint 11748180. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The vehicle's around view camera control unit has failed. None of the vehicle's cameras are working. The Nissan dealership has confirmed the issue and has suggested replacement of the part. The vehicle is just out of the original warranty period.

NHTSA complaint 11746928. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

Compare

Other years of the Nissan Pathfinder

Model year Complaints Recalls Deaths
2025 47 1 —
2024 73 2 —
2022 133 5 —
2020 47 0 —
2019 75 2 —
2018 77 3 —
2017 185 2 —
2016 105 2 —
2015 319 5 —
2014 574 11 —
2013 890 11 —
2012 23 2 —
2011 45 2 —
2010 40 4 —

Other 2023 Nissan models

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Every Nissan on this site — 200 vehicles, 319 recall campaigns and 5 open investigation s.

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Where these numbers come from

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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