2018 Nissan Frontier problems
The 2018 Nissan Frontier has 29 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (17%) concerns electrical system. After that come brakes (14%) and cruise control (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 29 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 7,000 miles 13 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 | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 13 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 6,000 miles.
None of these complaints report a crash, fire, injury or death. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 100% 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 2018 ranks 27th most-complained-about out of 27 model years of the Nissan Frontier with enough data (20 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
The throttle control, foot pedal, has dead spots that happen when leaving a stop sign, green lights, pulling out into traffic. Also climbing a hill when you step on the gas nothing happens until the transmission kicks down then you go to fast. This happens occasionally. It is better if you turn of the overdrive did it still happens. I have had it back to the dealer 3 times.dealer reprogrammed the transmission, reprogrammed the throttle body and then replaced the throttle body.
The rear wheels lock-up while driving at 25 MPH - 40 MPH. The o/d light flashes and vehicle stop accelerating and then will start back. Took it back to dealer for repairs. It worked fine for a week and did the same thing again. This nearly caused me to be rear ended. I took the vehicle back to dealership for repairs again. It has less than 4500 miles on it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 nissan frontier. The contact stated that the brake and accelerator pedals were too close together. While braking, the accelerator pedal would also depress and the vehicle would lunge forward. The contact also stated that the brake pedal was loose and would travel all the way down to the floorboard when depressed hard. The dealer could not duplicate the failure and referred the contact to the manufacturer. The manufacturer was notified and did not assist. The failure mileage was 500.
This truck is a 2018 nissan frontier that has ~10k miles and is driven daily. In the evenings it is kept outside. Recently, a horrible odor began coming from the ventilation system. I immediately started dismantling the passenger dash, removed the cabin air filters, and discovered a dead mother rat and 4 offspring in the compartment above the filters. If I had not been able to find the problem, the truck would have been completely unusable. How were they able to gain entry?