2018 Nissan Pathfinder
This year drew an ordinary 77 complaints for a Nissan Pathfinder — the model's median is 107. What they were about is the unusual part: 27.3% of them mention control, against 5% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the Nissan Pathfinder, which began in 2013 and ran to 2020. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 77 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 107 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- control — 27.3% of this year's complaints, against 5% across the other years of this generation (5.4×).
- cruise — 35.1% of this year's complaints, against 11.7% across the other years of this generation (3×). Owners wrote it as: cruise, cruise control, radar, front radar.
- camera — 23.4% of this year's complaints, against 4.3% across the other years of this generation (5.5×). Owners wrote it as: camera, screen, displayed, display.
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
FRONT RADAR MODULAR INTERMITTENTLY UNAVAILABLE. ARTICLE FOUND STATING NISSAN WAS WORKING ON A FIX, IS IT AVAILABLE YET? 2 DEALERSHIP SERVICE [VIN] AND AN AGENT AT NISSAN USA KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT. WHILE DRIVING WITH THE INTELLIGENT CRUISE CONTROL ON, SUDDENLY…
while reversing, the back over prevention camera screen display malfunctioned, and there was a black image displayed, creating a hazard for the driver. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. Additionally, while operating the vehicle, the infotai…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V807000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 18V601000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 19V654000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Pathfinder 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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