Nissan Frontier problems reported in California
564 of the 4,485 complaints filed about the Nissan Frontier came from California, most often about the transmission & drivetrain.
Bigger states file more complaints simply for having more drivers. What is worth reading here is the mix — a part that fails in heat, cold or road salt shows up in some states long before others.
564
Complaints from California
28
Crashes
10
Fires
2006
Worst model year
What failed
Transmission & Drivetrain
118
20.9%
Fuel & Propulsion
100
17.7%
Engine & Cooling
85
15.1%
Airbags
41
7.3%
Brakes
34
6.0%
Electrical System
31
5.5%
Suspension
22
3.9%
Acceleration & Cruise Control
19
3.4%
Other & Unspecified
17
3.0%
Tires
13
2.3%
Steering
13
2.3%
Body & Structure
12
2.1%
By model year
1998 Frontier
29
5.1%
1999 Frontier
31
5.5%
2000 Frontier
33
5.9%
2001 Frontier
25
4.4%
2002 Frontier
24
4.3%
2003 Frontier
13
2.3%
2004 Frontier
11
2.0%
2005 Frontier
70
12.4%
2006 Frontier
124
22.0%
2007 Frontier
89
15.8%
2008 Frontier
29
5.1%
2009 Frontier
1
0.2%
2010 Frontier
5
0.9%
2011 Frontier
14
2.5%
2012 Frontier
9
1.6%
2013 Frontier
3
0.5%
2014 Frontier
6
1.1%
2016 Frontier
2
0.4%
2017 Frontier
3
0.5%
2018 Frontier
4
0.7%
2019 Frontier
3
0.5%
2020 Frontier
7
1.2%
2021 Frontier
1
0.2%
2022 Frontier
16
2.8%
2023 Frontier
11
2.0%
2024 Frontier
1
0.2%
Cities reporting most
SAN Diego
33
22.3%
LOS Angeles
19
12.8%
Sacramento
16
10.8%
Fresno
15
10.1%
Salinas
11
7.4%
Lake Elsinore
8
5.4%
Fairfield
8
5.4%
Carlsbad
8
5.4%
Whittier
8
5.4%
SAN Jose
8
5.4%
Felton
7
4.7%
SAN Marcos
7
4.7%