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Nissan Frontier years to avoid
Years to avoid: 2022, 2023 and 2024.
The 2022, 2023 and 2024 Nissan Frontier draw the most owner complaints for their age: 2022 has 112 complaints (22 for each year on the road), 2023 has 66 complaints (16 for each year on the road) and 2024 has 22 complaints (7 for each year on the road), against a median of 4 a year across the 11 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2022 is brake wear (19 reports).
- 112complaints
- 6recall campaigns
- 1model years with a page
Newest report Sep 29, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Pick your model year
Owner complaints on file for each year.
Years to avoid
2022
Most reported: brake wear (19 reports) and driver assist (14 reports).
2023
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
2024
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
Best years
- No year since 2016 is clearly better than the rest.
Complaints for each year on the road
Each model year's NHTSA complaints divided by the calendar years it has been on sale, counting this one (a 2018 model has had 9). Older cars have had longer to collect complaints, so raw totals flatter the new ones. Blue bars are the years to avoid.
Within one model, sales change less from year to year than they do between models, so a jump here is mostly a jump in problems. The call: the years to avoid are the (up to three) highest at 1.5 times the model's median rate or more, and the best are the (up to three) lowest at two thirds of it or less, from 2016 on.
Guide How much should a years-to-avoid list decide? What these lists get wrong
At a glance
- Where the complaints sit
- The 2022 has the most complaints of any Nissan Frontier year here: 112 of 112 (100%).
- Problem across the years
- Brake wear is the top problem in every model year with a page, 19 reports in all.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 12% of Nissan Frontier complaints report a crash, a fire or an injury, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
- Recalls on the top problem
- None of the 1 model years where owners report brake wear has a recall on the same system.
- When owners filed
- Filings peaked in 2022 at 42 and have dropped every year since, to 14 in 2025. So far in 2026, 10 more have come in.
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Model years with too few complaints for a page of their own: 2014 (38), 2015 (33), 2016 (43), 2017 (38), 2018 (25), 2019 (28), 2020 (23), 2021 (19), 2023 (66), 2024 (22).
Year by year
2022 Nissan Frontier avoid
112 owner complaints, 22 for each year on the road (6.4 times the model median). Most reported: brake wear (19 reports), driver assist (14 reports) and false collision warning (13 reports). 11 reports involved a crash and 3 people were hurt. 6 recalls, including 22V-772 on the backup camera and 22V-671 on the transmission and drivetrain.
Questions
What Nissan Frontier years should you avoid?
The 2022, 2023 and 2024 Nissan Frontier draw the most owner complaints for their age: 2022 has 112 complaints (22 for each year on the road), 2023 has 66 complaints (16 for each year on the road) and 2024 has 22 complaints (7 for each year on the road), against a median of 4 a year across the 11 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2022 is brake wear (19 reports).
What are the best years for the Nissan Frontier?
No Nissan Frontier model year since 2016 draws clearly fewer complaints for its age than the rest. Model years before 2016 aren't called best, because complaints filed before 2015 aren't in the files this site reads and their counts run short.
What is the most common problem on the Nissan Frontier?
Brake wear, with 19 reports across the 1 model years that have a page here. It's the single most reported problem on the 2022.
How many recalls does the Nissan Frontier have?
6 recall campaigns cover the Nissan Frontier model years 2022 on this site.
How many Nissan Frontier complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
12% of them, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
Is there a recall for brake wear on the Nissan Frontier?
No. None of the 1 model years where owners report it has one on the same system.