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Nissan Frontier Electrical problems

1.29 vs. all vehicles Within ±30% year on year

64 of the 316 complaints about the Nissan Frontier (20.3%) concern Electrical, making it the model's second-largest problem area. That share is 1.3× the Electrical share across all tracked vehicles.

64Complaints · Electrical
20.3%Share of complaints
1.29×vs. all vehicles
15Last 12 months
6.2%Share involving a crash or fire
5Related recalls

Analysis

15 Electrical complaints were filed in the last 12 months versus 14 in the 12 months before — up 7%.

4 of these reports (6.2%) describe a crash or fire, with 1 injury and 0 deaths mentioned.

5 recall campaigns relate to this area, most recently campaign 25V324000 (2025-06-04, model year 2025).

By model year

2018: 6 6 2018 2019: 4 4 2019 2020: 2 2 2020 2021: 4 4 2021 2022: 28 28 2022 2023: 17 17 2023 2024: 1 1 2024 2025: 1 1 2025 2026: 1 1 2026
YearComplaintsShare of complaints
2018624.0%
2019414.3%
202028.7%
2021420.0%
20222825.0%
20231725.8%
202414.5%
2025111.1%
202619.1%

When complaints were filed

2021: 3 3 2021 2022: 8 8 2022 2023: 13 13 2023 2024: 13 13 2024 2025: 13 13 2025 2026: 14 14 2026

Last 12 months: 15 · Previous 12 months: 14

What owners report

Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.

Related recalls

BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE Campaign 25V324000 · 2025-06-04 · Model years: 2025

Summary: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2025 Frontier and Kicks vehicles. The center information display unit may display a blank screen when shifted into reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rear Visibility."

Remedy: Dealers will update the software on the vehicle’s center information display, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 10, 2025. The manufacturer numbers for this recall are PD152 and PMA48.

BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION Campaign 22V772000 · 2022-10-13 · Model years: 2022

Summary: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2022 Titan, Titan XD, Frontier, and 2021-2022 Rogue vehicles. The in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system may continuously reboot when the vehicle is restarted, which can result in an inoperative rearview display. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility."

Remedy: The IVI software will be updated by a dealer, or through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed November 18, 2022. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's numbers for this recall are R22B8, R22C1, and PC923/25.

BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA Campaign 22V527000 · 2022-07-21 · Model years: 2022

Summary: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Rogue, 2022 Frontier, Pathfinder, and Titan rental vehicles. When the Sirius XM subscription is set to "Not Subscribed," it may cause the infotainment head unit to reboot, resulting in an inoperative rearview camera. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility."

Remedy: The Infotainment system software will be updated by a dealer, or through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed July 29, 2022. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's number for this recall is R22A5 PC901 PC902.

BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA Campaign 19V654000 · 2019-09-12 · Model years: 2018, 2019

Summary: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Nissan Altima, Armada, Frontier, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, NV, NV200, Pathfinder, Rogue, Rogue Sport, Sentra, Titan, Titan Diesel, Versa Note and Versa Sedan vehicles, as well as Infiniti Q50, Q60, QX30 and QX80 vehicles. Additionally included are 2019 Nissan GT-R and Taxi and Infiniti QX50, QX60, Q70, Q70L vehicles. The back-up camera and display settings can be adjusted such that the rear view image is no longer visible and the system will retain that setting the next time the vehicle is placed in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rear Visibility."

Remedy: Nissan will notify owners in phases, having dealers update the back-up camera settings software, free of charge. The recall began November 11, 2019 and all affected VINs should be activated. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669 or INFINITI customer service at 1-800-662-6200.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION Campaign 18V551000 · 2018-08-22 · Model years: 2018

Summary: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2017 Nissan NV200, Sentra, NV3500 Van, NV3500 Bus, NV200 Taxi, NV1500, NV2500 Van, Chevrolet City Express, 2017-2018 Frontier, Versa Note, and Versa Sedan vehicles that have a mechanical (physical) key ignition system. In these models, over time, the weight on the key ring and road conditions or some other jarring event may cause the ignition switch to move out of the run position to the accessory position, turning off the engine.

Remedy: Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the production information on the ignition switch, and replace it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began October 1, 2018. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669.

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