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Nissan seats problems

Across all Nissan models in NHTSA's complaint database, 2,161 complaints involve seats. The Murano accounts for the largest share (61%). The single worst model year is the 2005 Murano with 457 seats complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
2,161 about seats, all Nissan models
Most affected
Murano 61% of these complaints
Typical mileage
64,000 miles 1,613 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
87 and 34

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Nissan models

ModelComplaintsShare
Murano1,32661%
Altima1899%
Rogue1748%
Maxima1326%
Pathfinder764%
Sentra502%
Quest442%
Frontier382%
Versa201%
Armada181%

Worst model years for seats

  1. 2005 Nissan Murano457 complaints
  2. 2006 Nissan Murano402 complaints
  3. 2007 Nissan Murano221 complaints
  4. 2003 Nissan Murano111 complaints
  5. 2004 Nissan Murano94 complaints

Seats complaints by model year

Nissan seats complaints by model year 0 250 500 1990: 12 '90 1991: 16 1992: 10 1993: 5 '93 1994: 9 1995: 28 1996: 7 '96 1997: 7 1998: 7 1999: 10 '99 2000: 6 2001: 18 2002: 14 '02 2003: 126 2004: 153 2005: 489 '05 2006: 415 2007: 237 2008: 53 '08 2009: 61 2010: 30 2011: 36 '11 2012: 34 2013: 65 2014: 46 '14 2015: 39 2016: 50 2017: 51 '17 2018: 28 2019: 19 2020: 15 '20 2021: 8 2022: 29 2023: 13 '23 2024: 6 2025: 7 2026: 2 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199012
199116
199210
19935
19949
199528
19967
19977
19987
199910
20006
200118
200214
2003126
2004153
2005489
2006415
2007237
200853
200961
201030
201136
201234
201365
201446
201539
201650
201751
201828
201919
202015
20218
202229
202313
20246
20257
20262

Among the 1,613 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 64,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.