2009 Nissan Frontier
This year drew an ordinary 74 complaints for a Nissan Frontier — the model's median is 46. What they were about is the unusual part: 8.1% of them mention each, against 0% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 1 of the Nissan Frontier, which began in 2005 and ran to 2021. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 74 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 46 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 17.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- each — 8.1% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (40.5×).
- heavy — 8.1% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (40.5×).
- level — 8.1% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (40.5×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO AN ALREADY FILED CLAIM. COMPLAINT # 11331805 CLAIM # [XXX]. DEALERSHIP NEVER INFORMED ME THAT THE WAY TO FIX THE AIRBAG ON MY 2009 NISSAN FRONTIER PRO 4X WAS TO REPLACE EACH PART UNTIL THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. NISSAN HAS A VERY INTERESTING…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 10E019000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 10E043000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 08V690000 AIR BAGS
- 10V401000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 23V067000 AIR BAGS
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Frontier was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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