MODELYEARINDEX

Nissan Quest

146 complaints across 4 scored model years and 1 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Nissan Quest Full report
D
Grade 2011–2016
2012 vs model median 2.2×
Model median3× median
Fuel System 10
Electrical 10
Tires & Wheels 9
Avoid

2011 · 2012

Best

2014 · 2016

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
2011
1.70× 44 D
2012
2.17× 63 D
2014
0.30× 13 A
2016
0.20× 11 A

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG22
City / Highway20 / 27
Engine3.5L, 6 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,800

Recalls

1 campaign on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
12V076000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE 2011, 2012 23,531

Others in Minivans

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
Chrysler Pacifica
20172018
C
Chrysler Pacifica Plug-IN
2018
C
Chrysler Town and Country
none flagged
C
Dodge Grand Caravan
20102016
C
Honda Odyssey
20182019
C
Kia Sedona
20162017
C
Mazda Mazda5
none flagged
B
Toyota Sienna
20112015
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 2012 Quest
Complaints in window
63
Severity-weighted
117
Model median (weighted)
54
vs model median
2.17×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
1
Open investigations
0
Score 43.3 D