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Nissan Pathfinder 2013

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

4.83 per 1,000

8.1 times this nameplate’s own median · from 428 complaints filed in the first three years, of 890 ever. 95% lower bound 4.37.

Against its own model years

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

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.6020
20090.195
20100.255
20110.4210
20134.83428
20142.17182
20150.9476
20160.3730
20170.8166
20180.5037
20190.3221
20200.2313
20221.8391
20231.2883

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 370 complaints

cvt6417%
shudder6117%
shuddering4111%
shudders3510%
cvt transmission318%
duplicate288%

Air Bags 177 complaints

adult3922%
lbs2414%
ocs159%
sitting seat148%
sitting front138%
sitting passenger127%

Unknown Or Other 110 complaints

visor2927%
sun visor1716%
door handle1514%
visors1312%
sun visors1211%
interior door109%

When it breaks

60% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 15,000 miles, from 681 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

4 investigations covering this model year, 3 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 131 complaints about this component over roughly 30 months before an investigation opened.

Occupant Classification System Failure

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:

10489001 · 10490959 · 10493691 · 10493701 · 10493759 · 10494526

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.