NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Nissan Xterra Recalls
The 2002 Nissan Xterra has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 11, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Nissan Xterra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 157
- Crashes reported
- 21
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Nissan Xterra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2002 Nissan Xterra
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 10V554000
- Reported
- November 11, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 500,552
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Xterra, 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 Xterra, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 03V061000
- Reported
- February 27, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 64,562
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 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 Xterra, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Xterra, 42 other models
2002 Nissan Xterra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 157 owner complaints about the 2002 Nissan Xterra, the newest on July 8, 2025. Of these, 21 describe a crash (13%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 28 injuries and 17 deaths.
In complaints about the 2002 Nissan Xterra, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (15%), followed by the steering (14%) and the air bags (12%).
1 of the 2002 Nissan Xterra's 6 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2002 Nissan Xterra owners gave the mileage (97 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling24
- Steering22
- Air Bags19
- Electrical System13
- Suspension13
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic12
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 19 | |
| 2003 | 31 | |
| 2004 | 12 | |
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Nissan Xterra peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 31. 52% 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 Xterra drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Nissan Xterra year in the same window: 5th highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 157 complaints about the 2002 Nissan Xterra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Xterra by model year
Other 2002 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: July 8, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted