NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Nissan Pathfinder Recalls
The 2000 Nissan Pathfinder has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 20, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Nissan Pathfinder. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 112
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Nissan Pathfinder, 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 Pathfinder
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 11V244000
- Reported
- April 20, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 195,991
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Pathfinder, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: filler pipe and cap
- Campaign
- 07V435000
- Reported
- September 18, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 372,250
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Pathfinder, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Pathfinder, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Pathfinder, 23 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Pathfinder, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Pathfinder, 46 other models
2000 Nissan Pathfinder complaints by year
NHTSA has received 112 owner complaints about the 2000 Nissan Pathfinder, the newest on June 18, 2025. Of these, 9 describe a crash (8%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2000 Nissan Pathfinder, the component group named most often is the suspension (37%), followed by the structure (26%) and the steering (24%).
1 of the 2000 Nissan Pathfinder's 6 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2000 Nissan Pathfinder owners gave the mileage (70 complaints), the median was 124,394 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension41
- Structure29
- Steering27
- Fuel System, Gasoline10
- Vehicle Speed Control9
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic8
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 9 | |
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 10 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Nissan Pathfinder peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 20. 17% 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 Pathfinder drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Nissan Pathfinder year in the same window: 19th highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the three best-measured Nissan Pathfinder years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 112 complaints about the 2000 Nissan Pathfinder are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Pathfinder by model year
Other 2000 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: June 18, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted