FaultScore

Worst years for a Nissan Titan

Owners have filed 4,163 complaints about the Nissan Titan with NHTSA across model years 2004 to 2024. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Avoid

2004 Nissan Titan

1,295 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.

Cleanest on record

2024 Nissan Titan

20 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Nissan Titan year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2024 A 20 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2023 C 26 5 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2022 A 21 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2021 C 69 7 4 14,900 Transmission & Drivetrain
2020 C 33 3 1 5,400 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 C 68 7 4 10,000 Engine & Cooling
2018 C 125 5 2 7,118 Engine & Cooling
2017 D 253 9 11 17,900 Engine & Cooling
2015 C 18 2 0 34,000 Airbags
2014 C 12 3 0 49,000 Brakes
2013 C 19 1 0 34,326 Engine & Cooling
2012 B 28 6 0 64,000 Airbags
2011 B 31 1 1 32,500 Engine & Cooling
2010 B 61 6 0 45,000 Brakes
2009 C 66 10 2 56,873 Airbags
2008 C 174 9 1 63,297 Engine & Cooling
2007 C 195 6 4 65,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2006 D 545 18 15 65,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2005 D 1,104 15 7 67,800 Transmission & Drivetrain
2004 D 1,295 44 19 60,000 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Nissan Titan

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2005

Engine & Cooling 592 14.2%

Worst in 2004

Brakes 565 13.6%

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Suspension 209 5.0%

Worst in 2005

Airbags 155 3.7%

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Steering 66 1.6%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2017

Tires 51 1.2%

Worst in 2005

Seat Belts 49 1.2%

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2004

Exactly what failed on a Nissan Titan

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Driveline 332 32.0%
Differential Unit 183 17.6%
Seal 104 10.0%
Rotor 102 9.8%
Rear 71 6.8%
Exhaust System 60 5.8%
Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe 52 5.0%
Automatic Transmission 51 4.9%
Axle Assembly 45 4.3%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 37 3.6%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Nissan Titan, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 2004 peak 69 Aug 2026

Nissan Titan problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Nissan Titan

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.