"How reliable is the 2022 Nissan Pathfinder?"

"Based on 181 NHTSA complaints, the 2022 Nissan Pathfinder has a median complaint mileage of 11500 miles. The most common issue is Service Brakes."

"What are common problems with the 2022 Nissan Pathfinder?"

"The most frequently reported component in NHTSA complaints for the 2022 Nissan Pathfinder is Service Brakes, accounting for a significant portion of the 181 total complaints filed."

2022 Nissan Pathfinder: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 181 complaints

181

Total Complaints

11,500mi

Median Mileage

Service Brakes

Top Issue

Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

4,050 25th Percentile

11,500 Median Mileage

38,600 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

Service Brakes

Unknown Or Other

Engine

Power Train

Seats

Electrical System

Vehicle Speed Control

Automatic Emergency Braking

Wheels

Visibility/Wiper

Severity Assessment

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"The passenger seat is extremely low and passenger can't see out over dashboard. I believe this to be a danger with the airbags. There is no way to adjust the height and it is a power seat. The driver side adjusts height but barely high enough for short drivers..Lots of complaints online. Please have..."

"When putting the car in drive or reaching 20 mph, all the doors autolock. There is no way to unlock the doors. If you press the unlock button, the autolock system just relocks all the doors. The doors will not unlock until the car is placed in park. There is also no option to opt out of this autoloc..."

"The contact owns a 2022 Nissan Pathfinder. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the transmission would inadvertently shift from automatic to manual mode. The failure occurred on numerous occasions intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on two separate occasions howev..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

When Does Each Component Fail?

Median mileage at complaint for top components.

Service Brakes 29 complaints

25th: 9,750 mi Median: 21,258 mi 75th: 32,537 mi

Power Train 17 complaints

Median: 15,686 mi

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

TX: 22 FL: 19 CA: 17 MA: 13 VA: 12 NC: 12 NY: 12 OH: 6 AZ: 5 MD: 5

Nissan Pathfinder — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

Year	Complaints	Median Mileage	Top Issue	Crashes
1990	44	-	Automatic Transmission	1
1991	49	-	Automatic Transmission	3
1992	38	-	Automatic Transmission	2
1993	67	141,500	Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe	2
1994	108	127,500	Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe	9
1995	218	127,000	Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe	13
1996	214	120,500	Suspension	24
1997	293	118,000	Suspension	20
1998	194	114,000	Suspension	31
1999	144	130,000	Front	29
2000	166	130,000	Suspension	13
2001	299	100,000	Suspension	21
2002	206	96,540	Suspension	19
2003	147	107,000	Exhaust System	16
2004	86	76,684	Air Bags	3
2005	1560	93,000	Power Train	21
2006	1224	96,000	Power Train	16
2007	843	101,000	Power Train	16
2008	458	107,310	Power Train	10
2009	51	90,000	Air Bags	2
2010	61	115,000	Air Bags	3
2011	59	45,500	Air Bags	0
2012	35	111,000	Unknown Or Other	2
2013	1202	14,000	Power Train	26
2014	737	47,000	Power Train	33
2015	424	42,500	Unknown Or Other	19
2016	125	49,000	Engine	14
2017	253	44,000	Engine	13
2018	120	17,500	Service Brakes	5
2019	116	34,000	Unknown Or Other	6
2020	67	46,569	Engine	2
2023	139	14,700	Unknown Or Other	7
2024	86	-	Engine	3
2025	61	5,000	Unknown Or Other	3

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28