NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Nissan Xterra Recalls
The 2003 Nissan Xterra has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 11, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Nissan Xterra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 72
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Nissan Xterra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2003 Nissan Xterra
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 10V554000
- Reported
- November 11, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 500,552
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 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 2000–2002 Xterra, 1 other model
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 02V299000
- Reported
- November 12, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 143,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Xterra, 1 other model
2003 Nissan Xterra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 72 owner complaints about the 2003 Nissan Xterra, the newest on September 26, 2022. Of these, 16 describe a crash (22%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Nissan Xterra, the component group named most often is the steering (17%), followed by the air bags (14%) and the fuel system, gasoline (14%).
1 of the 2003 Nissan Xterra's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2003 Nissan Xterra owners gave the mileage (53 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering12
- Air Bags10
- Fuel System, Gasoline10
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic9
- Engine And Engine Cooling7
- Structure7
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 15 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Nissan Xterra peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 15. 38% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Nissan Xterra drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Nissan Xterra year in the same window: 8th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Nissan Xterra years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 72 complaints about the 2003 Nissan Xterra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Xterra by model year
Other 2003 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: September 26, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted