NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Nissan Frontier Recalls
The 2000 Nissan Frontier has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 24, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Nissan Frontier. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 189
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Nissan Frontier, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2000 Nissan Frontier
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 04V230000
- Reported
- May 24, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 586,196
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Frontier, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 00V288000
- Reported
- October 2, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 76,652
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 102, transmission shift position and starter interlock
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting: tail lights
- Campaign
- 99V347002
- Reported
- December 20, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 67,000
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Nissan Frontier
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Frontier, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Frontier, 46 other models
2000 Nissan Frontier complaints by year
NHTSA has received 189 owner complaints about the 2000 Nissan Frontier, the newest on February 23, 2026. Of these, 17 describe a crash (9%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Nissan Frontier, the component group named most often is the tires (16%), followed by the power train (14%) and the suspension (12%).
1 of the 2000 Nissan Frontier's 6 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2000 Nissan Frontier owners gave the mileage (84 complaints), the median was 86,250 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Tires30
- Power Train26
- Suspension22
- Fuel System, Gasoline19
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic17
- Electrical System14
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39 | |
| 2001 | 28 | |
| 2002 | 22 | |
| 2003 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 11 | |
| 2006 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Nissan Frontier peaked in 2000, when NHTSA received 39. 53% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Nissan Frontier drew 3.2× the complaints of the median Nissan Frontier year in the same window: 4th highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Nissan Frontier years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 4/5
The 189 complaints about the 2000 Nissan Frontier are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Frontier by model year
Other 2000 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: February 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted