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Model years to avoid

Nissan Titan

What it says about you

Opinion

The full-size truck nobody cross-shops, which meant a good deal for whoever noticed. You noticed.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

20 model years on record, 2,851 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2017 (engine), 2016 (crankshaft), 2006 (rear axle), 2005 (differential). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • engine 2016, 2018, 2019 peak 51% of that year's complaints
  • stop 2009, 2023 peak 48.1% of that year's complaints
  • down 2017, 2023 peak 48.1% of that year's complaints
  • axle 2005, 2006, 2007 peak 33.8% of that year's complaints
  • transmission 2020, 2021 peak 33.3% of that year's complaints
  • crankshaft 2016, 2017 peak 27.6% of that year's complaints
  • differential 2005, 2006 peak 25.8% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2024 2 recalls 28 complaints
  2. 2023 2 recalls 52 complaints
  3. 2022 4 recalls 26 complaints
  4. 2021 5 recalls 108 complaints
  5. 2020 5 recalls 42 complaints
  6. 2019 4 recalls 81 complaints
  7. 2018 4 recalls 165 complaints
  8. 2017 engine 344 complaints
  9. 2016 crankshaft 196 complaints
  10. 2015 1 recall 10 complaints
  11. 2014 2 recalls 10 complaints
  12. 2013 3 recalls 11 complaints
  13. 2012 2 recalls 22 complaints
  14. 2011 1 recall 26 complaints
  15. 2010 4 recalls 90 complaints
  16. 2009 4 recalls 47 complaints
  17. 2008 6 recalls 133 complaints
  18. 2007 2 recalls 139 complaints
  19. 2006 rear axle 430 complaints
  20. 2005 differential 891 complaints

What does a Nissan Titan say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.