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Nissan Pathfinder 2008

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.60 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 20 complaints filed in the first three years, of 328 ever. 95% lower bound 0.34.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.60	20
2009	0.19	5
2010	0.25	5
2011	0.42	10
2013	4.83	428
2014	2.17	182
2015	0.94	76
2016	0.37	30
2017	0.81	66
2018	0.50	37
2019	0.32	21
2020	0.23	13
2022	1.83	91
2023	1.28	83

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 155 complaints

radiator	119	77%
radiator fluid	22	14%
radiator transmission	22	14%
leaked transmission	19	12%
coolant transmission	14	9%
fluid leaked	13	9%

Engine 61 complaints

radiator	46	75%
radiator fluid	11	19%
radiator transmission	10	17%

Fuel/Propulsion System 51 complaints

gauge	40	78%
fuel gauge	36	70%
empty	25	49%
reading	18	36%

When it breaks

5% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 106,534 miles, from 277 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Transmission Failures

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

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Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.