2001 Nissan Frontier problems
The 2001 Nissan Frontier has 155 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns fuel system. After that come engine (14%) and brakes (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 155 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 and 3
- Typical mileage
- 79,000 miles 88 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 13 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 11 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 12 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 13 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 88 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 78,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 88,000 miles (19 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 13 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 14 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 86% 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 2001 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 27 model years of the Nissan Frontier with enough data (87 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
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.
While driving 40 MPH on wet pavement consumer lost control of vehicle and hit a brick wall. Air bags deployed and caught on fire, burning consumer. Also, cut consumer on arm,and from chin to center of neck. Airbags deployed so hard they knocked consumer's head out of window. Contacted dealer and had vehicle repaired.
NHTSA letter responding to congressman ken calvert regarding consumer who wrote concerning the non-deployment of air bags during a crash involving a 2001 nissan supercharger truck, consumers husband died on the scene and believes he may have survived if the air bags would have deployed, NHTSA is requesting more information for further investigation.
Brake pedal and gas pedal are too close together. Consumer applied brake pedal and hit the gas pedal instead, almost causing an accident. *nlm.
Car with 55,000 overheats & shut down on freeway. Was towed to repair shop, 3 weeks out of warranty, and repaired at my expense. Two days after receiving it back from the repair shop, car overheats again. Cracked manifold was also discovered.