Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-12-29 | 08V690000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | 242,720 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I am reporting a serious safety defect with my 2005 Nissan Pathfinder (VIN: [XXX] ). My vehicle has an open recall for … |
| 2024-01-30 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle i… |
| 2023-12-07 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warnin… |
| 2023-04-11 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact received recall notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23E012000… |
| 2023-02-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The component that is malfunctioning is the emblem on the airbags. Nissan has known of this issue for a while. In the e… |
| 2022-12-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Car stalled out and won't restart. |
| 2022-12-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle s… |
| 2022-11-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Air Bag Front Impact Sensor has failed due to road salt. Not covered under recall because someone doesn't think Virgin… |
| 2021-08-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I got this vehicle from my parents which they bought brand new . So no other owners . When I got it was acting up and t… |
| 2021-05-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Transmission began to fail suddenly, resulting in a situation where the car would not accelerate in busy traffic. |
| 2021-03-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | While driving on US 95 in DC, MD and NJ, when the traffic became stop and go, my SUV could not get into 1st gear to go.… |
| 2020-11-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | OVER HEATS, COOLENT LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT |
| 2020-09-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | STARTED UP DROVE FINE THEN WHEN I STOPPED IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. TURNED OFF WENT THROUGH GEARS COUPLE TIMES AND HAD T… |
| 2020-08-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO FROM TIME TO TIME, WILL HESITATE OR REFUSE TO CRANK/START. NOTICED A RECALL IN … |
| 2020-07-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE, THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. TOTAL LOSS 7/12/2020. NOT AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE JUST CAUGHT ON FIRE WHIL… |
| 2020-02-02 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND UPON INSPECTION OF … |
| 2019-11-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP SIGN WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE… |
| 2019-11-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | TIMING CHAIN FAILED WAS AT HOME IN DRIVEWAY AND IT FAILED |
| 2019-08-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | RADIATOR INTERNALLY FAILED CAUSING FLUIDS TO MIX. COOLANT WAS RUN THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL. |
| 2019-08-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAS TO REPLACE THE 2 GASKETS ON THE OIL GALLEY GASKET IN THE TIMING COVER. IT COAT ME OVER 1000 DOLLARS AND I HAD A … |
| 2019-06-26 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | ANOTHER CAR STOPPED QUICKLY IN FRONT OF ME. I HIT THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT DIRECTLY TO THE FLOOR AND I HIT THE CA… |
| 2019-05-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE HAVING NO IDEA OF THIS ISSUE, I DIDN'T INVESTIGATE BECAUSE THIS IS OUR 7TH NISSAN AND THEY HAVE BE… |
| 2019-03-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | COMPLETE LOSS POWER AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SHOP, THE DIAGNOSE WAS A FAILED TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER INTEGRATED INTO… |
| 2019-03-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DIGITAL FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED THE INCORRECT F… |
| 2019-02-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF THE VEH… |
| 2018-10-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF AND FAIL TO IMM… |
| 2018-08-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | COOLANT DAMAGE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR LOST POWER IN MOTION |
| 2018-07-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | KNOWN TO NISSAN CORP, A DESIGN DEFECT MAKES THE ENGINE RADIATOR RUST AND LEAK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. MY CAR HAS ALWAYS … |
| 2018-06-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT ON THE WAY TO WORK. LIGHT TURNS GREEN TRIES TO ACCELERATE AND HARDLY ANYTHING HAPPENS BESIDE… |
| 2018-05-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I DRIVE THE CAR AND PARK AND THEN WHEN I GO TO START THE CAR AGAIN IT DOESN'T START SO I HAVE TO CALL A TOW COMPANY TO … |
| 2018-05-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | IN THE LAST 4 YEARS I'VE REPLACED EMISSIONS SYSTEM BRAKES ROTORS AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM EXHAUST SYSTEM RADIATOR AND TR… |
| 2018-04-23 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER STARTED STALLING WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS OFTEN HAPPENED ON BUSY STREETS AND I… |
| 2018-03-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSIO… |
| 2018-02-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE WITH 2 SMALL CHILDREN IN THE SUV. I HAD ONLY HAD THE SUV FOR 4-6 MONTHS. TRANSMISSION WAS … |
| 2018-02-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY NISSAN CRANKS BUT DON'T START, DON'T KNOW WAS WRONG. |
| 2018-02-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER (MELLOY NISSAN, 7707 LOMAS BL… |
| 2018-01-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED STATING THAT THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD COST $6… |
| 2017-12-28 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY ENGINE STOPS WHILE IN MOTION. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT A SPEED OF 60 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRUCK JUST LOO… |
| 2017-11-07 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND SPORADICALLY AS I AM DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WILL JERK AND THEN SHUT OFF, LEAVING ME WITH NO CON… |
| 2017-10-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TRAQNSMITTION OIL IN COOLANT HAD TO HAVE SHOP FLUSH OUT RAIADIATOR AND COOLANT SYSTEM AND REPLACE OIL COOLER TRANSMITI… |
| 2017-10-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE BEGAN AT 133834 MILES. WHEN DRIVING, AT TIMES IT WOULD VIBRATE OUT OF NOWHERE. AFTER A STO… |
| 2017-10-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL IM WRITTING THIS COMPLAINT IN REGARDS TO MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE. ON 10/2/2017 MY VEHICLE GAVE ME SO… |
| 2017-10-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | RADIATOR FLUID HAS LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION, COMPROMISING THE INTEGRITY OF THE TRANSMISSION. I FEEL A SHUDDER WHEN … |
| 2017-09-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD OVER THE WEEKEND AS I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY. I CONTACTED MY DEALER… |
| 2017-08-28 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE V… |
| 2017-07-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CAR HAS EXPERIENCED LEAKAGE FROM THE TRANSMISSION COOLER RADIATOR TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSI… |
| 2017-07-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE SHUT OFF ON ME WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, AFTER IT STARTED TO SMOKE LIKE BURNING PLASTIC. I TOOK TO MY … |
| 2017-05-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. AFTER THE CONTACT PLACED FUEL IN THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE … |
| 2017-04-01 | ENGINE | No | 1 | NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: OPENS NEW WINDOW TAKES AWAY FROM VIN LOOKUP SECTION> 10V-517 RECALL DATE: OCTOBER 28, 2010 … |
| 2017-03-31 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | LAST WINTER (DEC 2016) MY AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON. IN MARCH 2017 I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, WHERE I HIT A GUARDRAIL HEAD… |