Nissan Frontier vs Toyota Tacoma

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Nissan Frontier	Toyota Tacoma
Complaints on file	4,485	10,741
Model years covered	1998–2026	1995–2026
Worst model year	2022	2007
Best model year	2024	2026
Crashes reported	219	927
Fires reported	62	133
Injuries reported	128	444
Deaths reported	10	23
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Body & Structure
Share of complaints involving harm	9.3%	14.2%

Nissan Frontier by year

146 106 224 155 152 92 89 750 836 699 187 44 76 84 98 65 50 48 56 45 29 39 34 25 194 116 30 9 7

98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 997 22.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 828 18.5%

Engine & Cooling 675 15.1%

Electrical System 307 6.8%

Airbags 300 6.7%

Brakes 225 5.0%

Other & Unspecified 175 3.9%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 125 2.8%

Toyota Tacoma by year

214 321 148 358 303 274 504 443 479 545 871 977 676 558 613 347 231 406 169 134 143 417 319 281 304 126 116 79 73 191 110 11

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Body & Structure 2,215 20.6%

Suspension 1,579 14.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 950 8.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 781 7.3%

Other & Unspecified 719 6.7%

Brakes 673 6.3%

Engine & Cooling 603 5.6%

Airbags 562 5.2%