2023 Nissan Pathfinder
This year drew an ordinary 101 complaints for a Nissan Pathfinder — the model's median is 107. What they were about is the unusual part: 16.8% of them mention must, against 5.5% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 3 of the Nissan Pathfinder, which began in 2022. 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 | 101 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 107 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 22.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- must — 16.8% of this year's complaints, against 5.5% across the other years of this generation (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: must, higher, starts, malfunctioning.
- need — 12.9% of this year's complaints, against 4.3% across the other years of this generation (3×). Owners wrote it as: need, entering, spilled.
- moving — 10.9% of this year's complaints, against 4.1% across the other years of this generation (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: moving, attempts, nearly, photo.
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
Blind Spot Warning system is malfunctioning. Can provide inspection upon request. The absence of Blind Spot Warning poses lane changing/highway driving a danger to vehicle operator and others while the vehicle must be at speeds of 20MPH or higher to be active.…
Mold & Mildew smell is coming from air vents every time vehicle starts. Bommarito Nissan of hazelwood first said they smelled something when we brought it in. But they said we must’ve spilled a drink and suggested we clean our carpets. We knew that wasn’t true…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V268000 SEATS 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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