2022 Nissan Frontier
This year drew an ordinary 110 complaints for a Nissan Frontier — the model's median is 46. What they were about is the unusual part: 41.8% of them mention warning lights, against 13.3% across the model's other years.
First year of a new generation. The Nissan Frontier was redesigned for 2022. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 110 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 46 |
| Involving a crash | 11 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 19.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- warning lights — 41.8% of this year's complaints, against 13.3% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: warning lights, might, time happened, illuminated contact.
- control — 29.1% of this year's complaints, against 5.1% across the model's other years (5.7×).
- forward — 31.8% of this year's complaints, against 10.3% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: forward, collision, traction control, forward collision.
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
While driving the Automatic Braking System (ABS), Traction Control, forward collision, rear collision and system fault triangle alerts displayed resulting in systems being disabled. Pulled code, C1116, while waiting for dealer service availability. Dealer conf…
“System fault” see owners manual. Forward emergency brake assist not working , reverse emergency brake assist not working. As well as the traction control was not working. Forward/Reverse Safety is a concern because if a vehicle cuts me off or person jumps in…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V958000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V917000 TRAILER HITCHES Fixed free of charge.
- 22V457000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 22V527000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 22V671000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 22V772000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
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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