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Nissan Frontier · 2020

2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V671000·2022-09-07

    Nissan Titan vehicles recalled for transmission parking pawl failure risk

    Nissan is recalling 2020-2023 Titan vehicles and certain other models because the transmission parking pawl may fail to engage in park, risking vehicle rollaway and crash.

    Product
    NISSAN — NISSAN TITAN, FRONTIER
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V457000·2022-06-24

    2021 Nissan Frontier transmission parking pawl failure may cause vehicle rollaway

    Certain 2020-2022 Nissan Frontier and Titan vehicles have a defective transmission parking pawl that may not engage when shifted to park, creating a rollaway risk. Dealers will replace the component at no cost.

    Product
    NISSAN — NISSAN TITAN, FRONTIER
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations — 1 open

  • DP26003 Defect Petition · open · engine and engine cooling
  • EA19002 Engineering Analysis · suspension:rear
  • EA15003 Engineering Analysis · service brakes, hydraulic
  • PE14014 Preliminary Evaluation · service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder
  • DP12004 Defect Petition · power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
  • PE08037 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:wiring:front underhood

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2022 · electrical 26 complaints
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2022 · powertrain 24 complaints
  • 2012 · airbags 22 complaints, median 50,000 mi
  • 2012 · powertrain 20 complaints, median 34,214 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,164 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.9/5
  • 2025: 4.7/5
  • 2024: 4.7/5
  • 2023: 4.9/5
  • 2022: 3.3/5 · 110 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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