NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Nissan Pathfinder Recalls
The 2002 Nissan Pathfinder has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 9, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Nissan Pathfinder. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 156
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Nissan Pathfinder, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2002 Nissan Pathfinder
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V008000
- Reported
- January 9, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 307,962
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Pathfinder, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V068000
- Reported
- February 2, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 46
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags
- Campaign
- 15V287000
- Reported
- May 15, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,090,569
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Pathfinder, 7 other models
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 11V244000
- Reported
- April 20, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 195,991
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Pathfinder, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 10V312000
- Reported
- July 6, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 46
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Pathfinder, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Pathfinder, 23 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Pathfinder, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Pathfinder, 46 other models
2002 Nissan Pathfinder complaints by year
NHTSA has received 156 owner complaints about the 2002 Nissan Pathfinder, the newest on March 16, 2024. Of these, 15 describe a crash (10%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Nissan Pathfinder, the component group named most often is the suspension (28%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (22%) and the structure (12%).
None of the 2002 Nissan Pathfinder's 9 recalls concerns the suspension.
Where 2002 Nissan Pathfinder owners gave the mileage (108 complaints), the median was 100,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension43
- Engine And Engine Cooling35
- Structure18
- Steering17
- Vehicle Speed Control11
- Power Train10
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 10 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 14 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Nissan Pathfinder peaked in 2008, when NHTSA received 14. 24% 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 Pathfinder drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Nissan Pathfinder year in the same window: 14th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 156 complaints about the 2002 Nissan Pathfinder are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Pathfinder by model year
Other 2002 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: March 16, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted