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2008 Nissan Pathfinder electrical system problems

21 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2008 Nissan Pathfinder, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
21 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
61,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2008 Nissan Pathfinder Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 61,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 61,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 43% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 43% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the electrical system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 nissan pathfinder. The contact stated that fifty percent of the time when she occupies the passenger side front seat, the air bag sensor control module indicated that the air bag was deactivated. She weighs 120 lbs and is approximately 5 feet tall. The dealer stated that the seat was not defective and advised her to file a complaint with the manufacturer. When she resets the trip odometer on the instrument panel, it does not match the odometer located on the navigation computer.

Reported at 500 miles, October 2005

Bought the truck used at 123,000 was running great till 6 months later at 138860 miles all of a sudden truck did not want to start. No crank nothing. Had been serviced one month before and come to find out radiator fluid leaked into transmission. Bad radiator by nissan and transmission needs to be replaced/rebuilt

Reported at 138,800 miles, December 2018

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