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Nissan · NHTSA safety record

2024 Nissan Pathfinder

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

73

Complaints

1

Crashes

0

Fires

3

Injuries

0

Deaths

Owners of the 2024 Nissan Pathfinder have filed 73 safety complaints with NHTSA between November 2023 and July 2026. The most complained-about system is the brakes, named in 19 of them (26%). The typical failure was reported at 13,500 miles, the median across the 6 complaints that gave an odometer reading.

NHTSA has issued 2 recalls covering this vehicle.

Recalls (2)

SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER

24V176000 · March 5, 2024

The defect
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2024 Pathfinder and Infiniti QX60 vehicles. The lap belt pretensioner in the left-side front seat belt assembly may be improperly secured, due to a missing rivet. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 208 "Occupant Crash Protection," 209 "Seat Belt Assemblies," and 210 "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."
The risk
An unsecured lap belt pretensioner will not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the left-side front lap seat belt pretensioner assemblies as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 18, 2024. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Owners may contact Infiniti customer service at 1-800-662-6200. Nissan's numbers for this recall are PD106 and PD107.

Nissan North America, Inc. · up to 12,019 vehicles across all model years covered

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

24V154000 · February 27, 2024

The defect
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2024 Titan, Frontier, Infiniti QX60, Pathfinder, 2023-2024 Sentra, Versa, Kicks, Infiniti QX50, and 2023 Rogue vehicles. Due to a manufacturing issue, the driver's air bag inflator may absorb moisture, and cause the air bag to deploy improperly.
The risk
An air bag that deploys improperly may not protect the driver as intended during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the front driver's air bag assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 10, 2024. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's numbers for this recall are PD103, PD104, and PMA34.

Nissan North America, Inc. · up to 351 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 73.

SERVICE BRAKES 19 26%
ENGINE 17 23%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 15 21%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 14 19%
POWER TRAIN 8 11%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 7 10%
VISIBILITY/WIPER 7 10%
STRUCTURE 6 8%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 6 8%
WHEELS 4 5%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 3 4%
STEERING 2 3%

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2026 at 41.

2023 2026
2023 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

3 injured · crash · towed

The car was involved in a collision into a jersey barrier on the left side of the vehicle at high speed that is 60 mph first the none of the airbags deployed and including the front airbags driver knee airbags or the curtain side airbags. Next, the driver‘s Apple Watch confirmed that we were in a collision and was able to call 911 where the safety features within the vehicle did not make any notification that we were in a collision, nor is it reflected within the Nissan app that there was a collision after the fact. Additional safety features for an accident are supposed to include four ways being automatically turned on in the car, unlocking the passengers had to engage the 4-way lights

NHTSA complaint 11649268, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STRUCTURE:BODY
Sunroof exploded while driving.

NHTSA complaint 11753458. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The alternator gave out, and yes it was confirmed by concord Nissan, I have 4 kids in the car this was dangerous as to the car stopped on the freeway in a merging lane therefore the car kept shaking as we were waiting for help, we missed our flight to the airport. We could have gotten hit by a moving vehicle mean while we were waiting for the police to arrive. There were no warning signals prior to the incident

NHTSA complaint 11752129. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SERVICE BRAKES
I have had to replace my rear brake pads and machine rotors at 15k and 28k miles. I’ve never had to replace my front brakes- the issue is not my driving. I was told not to use my lane assist b/c it wears brakes and have t ever used. In addition the seatbelt warning dings while driving with no person nor anything on the seat. I have to pull off the freeway, turn the car off and restart it to stop the dinging.

NHTSA complaint 11751656. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The defect involves the outside side mirrors and the reverse-tilt function. When the vehicle is shifted into Reverse, a mirror normally tilts downward as designed. However, after shifting back into Drive or Park, the mirror intermittently fails to return to its previously stored driving position. Sometimes it returns correctly, sometimes it returns only partway, and sometimes it does not return at all. When the failure occurs, the mirror remains pointed downward and significantly reduces rearward and adjacent-lane visibility until I manually readjust it. This creates a safety risk because the mirror may appear to have returned to its normal position when it has not, leaving the driver with

NHTSA complaint 11750878, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SERVICE BRAKES
25400 miles- went in for a oil change and nissan informed us that we needed new rear breaks and rotors... took it for a second opinion and they informed us that not only did the breaks and rotors need to be replaced the calipers were also leaking.

NHTSA complaint 11749477. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

8,000 miles

The contact owns a 2024 Nissan Pathfinder. While the vehicle was parked, the contact became aware that coolant was on the garage floor. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed with a coolant line leak with coolant going back to the third-row seat, and the leak was near the passenger’s side rear tire. The contact was informed that the coolant lines needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure reoccurred 15 months later. The contact stated that during the failure, the vehicle was being driven at an undisclosed speed, and the A/C unit failed to operate as intended. The vehicle was taken to the same dealer where it was diagnosed, and determined that the

NHTSA complaint 11747627, quoted in part. 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
2023 101 1
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

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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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