2013 Model Year

Nissan Frontier

NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data

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Complaints
47
Recalls
0
Crashes
5
Severe
8

Recent Complaints

Latest owner reports

Electrical System
Oct 2025

Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2013 Nissan Frontier. The vehicle was purchased in a private sale. It was discovered that there was a mileage...

Air Bags
Oct 2024

Air bag light will not go off. Afraid will deploy. Dealer no problem just censor. Did not have part to fix.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS
Dec 2023

In Summer 2023 driving on uneven country road in Upstate New York hit a pothole and my airbag warning light came on. Then started to flash. Truck is...

STEERING,AIR BAGS
Aug 2023

I felt like I was loosing control of my steering it was so scary I took my car to the closest service place which was Meineke which was 3 months ago w...

Engine
Jun 2023

This is an intermittent problem sometimes this problem will happen as far apart as a month, Then for two days then go away. When accelerating the tr...

POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jan 2023

My daughter backed out of our driveway, put the truck in reverse. She was then unable to put the truck into drive. It got stuck in the middle of the s...

Air Bags Crash
Oct 2022

On a dark road going 40MPH I hit a large deer on Oct 7. The front end of my truck was damaged. Air bag went off but never inflated, and I smelled s...

WHEELS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Dec 2021

PURCHASED 4 NEW GENERAL GRABBER HTS TIRES SIZE 25/75R15 LESS THAN 4 MONTHS AGO. TIRES WERE INSTALLED AT A REPUTABLE DEALERSHIP. I NOW HAVE 2,600 MILES...

Seat Belts
Aug 2020

ONE MORNING I ARRIVED AT WORK AND MY SEAT BELT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AFTER STRUGGLING WITH IT FOR 10 MINUTES I HAD TO CUT IT TO GET OUT I HAD NO PRIOR P...

Electrical System
Jun 2020

THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WENT OUT ON MY VEHICLE AFTER ONLY 60,000 MILES. I TRIED EVERY POSSIBLE SOLUTION SUCH AS REPLACING SENSORS, REPLACED SPA...

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Data updated: March 4, 2026

Summary

The 2013 Nissan Frontier has 47 complaints and 0 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is Air Bags. 5 crash-related incidents have been reported.

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