1998 Nissan Pathfinder problems
The 1998 Nissan Pathfinder has 194 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (25%) concerns suspension. Next are brakes (9%) and cruise control (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 194 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Suspension 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 31 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 41 and 4
- Typical mileage
- 114,000 miles 89 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 | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 14 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 11 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 10 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 8 |
| 200k+ miles | 8 |
What the data shows
Of the 89 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 114,000 miles. For suspension specifically, the median reported mileage is about 134,000 miles (26 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 31 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 41 injuries reported; 4 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 89% 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 1998 ranks 20th most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Nissan Pathfinder with enough data (68 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.
Firestone wilderness at tires p235 75 r15 failed, accident due to loss of control, several people injured and two fatalities due to accident. *slc
On april 7, 2004, my son and I were invlolved in an accident where the vehicle rolled front to back and side to side landing in the upright position and the air bags never deployed.
Tl*the contact owns a 1998 nissan pathfinder. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the accelerator pedal stuck and continued to accelerate the vehicle. The brakes did not function when applied and the steering wheel was stiff.the contact had to jump from the vehicle in order to escape from the vehicle. The vehicle crashed through the bypass and down another street into oncoming traffic but did not crash into any other vehicle. The contact did not sustain injuries.
Tl* the contact owns a 1998 nissan pathfinder. When the vehicle was taken in for inspection, the front driver's side strut assembly was fractured and separated from the uni-body. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was determined that it was unable to be repaired. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 176,000.