MODELYEARINDEX

Nissan Pathfinder

2,422 complaints across 11 scored model years and 33 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Nissan Pathfinder Full report
F
Grade 2010–2020
2013 vs model median 9.2×
Model median3× median
Drivetrain 268
Airbags & Restraints 163
Engine 81
Avoid

2013 · 2014

Best

2012 · 2020

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.14× 12 B
2011
0.22× 21 A
2012
0.15× 11 A
2013
9.25× 782 F
2014
4.32× 360 F
2015
2.97× 252 F
2016
1.00× 80 C
2017
2.22× 169 F
2018
0.88× 73 C
2019
1.00× 75 C
2020
0.39× 35 A
2022 P
2.24× 195 F
2023 P
2.15× 156 D
2024 P
1.41× 123 C
2025 P
1.04× 78 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG23
City / Highway20.5 / 27
Engine3.5L, 6 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,650

Recalls

33 campaigns on record, 2 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V244000 AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION 2013–2016 3,296,947
19V654000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2018, 2019 1,228,830
14V138000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE 2013, 2014 989,701
23V067000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL 2010, 2011 404,690
19V807000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP 2017–2019 391,479
22V420000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH 2013–2016 322,671
21V020000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH 2013–2015 264,431
18V601000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP 2017, 2018 215,124

+ 25 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2013 Pathfinder
Complaints in window
782
Severity-weighted
1,054
Model median (weighted)
114
vs model median
9.25×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
11
Open investigations
0
Score 10 F