NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Nissan Frontier Recalls
The 2002 Nissan Frontier has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 11, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Nissan Frontier. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 124
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Nissan Frontier, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2002 Nissan Frontier
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 10V554000
- Reported
- November 11, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 500,552
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Frontier, 1 other model
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 2000–2001, 2003 Frontier, 1 other model
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 02V298000
- Reported
- November 12, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 02V299000
- Reported
- November 12, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 143,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003 Frontier, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003–2004 Frontier, 17 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003–2004 Frontier, 19 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Frontier, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Frontier, 46 other models
2002 Nissan Frontier complaints by year
NHTSA has received 124 owner complaints about the 2002 Nissan Frontier, the newest on December 18, 2024. Of these, 12 describe a crash (10%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Nissan Frontier, the component group named most often is the electrical system (10%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (10%) and the steering (10%).
1 of the 2002 Nissan Frontier's 8 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2002 Nissan Frontier owners gave the mileage (72 complaints), the median was 69,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System13
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic13
- Steering13
- Vehicle Speed Control13
- Fuel System, Gasoline12
- Engine And Engine Cooling11
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 16 | |
| 2003 | 24 | |
| 2004 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Nissan Frontier peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 24. 43% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Nissan Frontier drew 1.9× the complaints of the median Nissan Frontier year in the same window: 7th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 124 complaints about the 2002 Nissan Frontier are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Frontier by model year
Other 2002 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: December 18, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted