1991 Nissan D21 problems
Owners have filed 35 complaints with NHTSA about the 1991 Nissan D21. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 29% of complaints. After that come drivetrain & axles (9%) and engine (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 35 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 29% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 8 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Nissan D21 with enough data (11 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
When truck was rear ended at a stop sign by a half ton pickup, the seat slipped out of place on the passenger's side and collapsed. The seat has been replaced by the dealership.
Upon impact, during frontal crash at approx. 25MPH, driver's seat belt buckle unlatched when hit telephone pole, police checked buckle 4 times. Tt
In an accident due to the intergrated head rest which is not adjustable, the driver received severe whiplash, and still cannot recover.
This is a design flaw in the air induction system, filter fills up with water, causing the air induction system to rust out, and the fuel pressure regulator to rust shut, flooding the engine, fix is replace fuel pressure regulator, rebuild/replace air induction controls, and the filter and canister, and drill a small drain hole in the canister so that the condensation can drain out, until nissan makes a better replacement canister for the filter.
This truck has 18300 orig miles the frame is rotted so bad that it is ready to break in half. I googled this and found many other pickups and pathfinders that use the same frame assy also rotted badly . This seems to be the same as toyota. Can someone please contact me on this. [xxx]