NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Nissan Frontier Recalls
The 2004 Nissan Frontier has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 11, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Nissan Frontier. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 66
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Nissan Frontier, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2004 Nissan Frontier
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 10V554000
- Reported
- November 11, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 500,552
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Frontier, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Frontier, 17 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Frontier, 19 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 07E046000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
2004 Nissan Frontier complaints by year
NHTSA has received 66 owner complaints about the 2004 Nissan Frontier, the newest on March 13, 2023. Of these, 8 describe a crash (12%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Nissan Frontier, the component group named most often is the power train (20%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (11%) and the steering (11%).
1 of the 2004 Nissan Frontier's 4 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2004 Nissan Frontier owners gave the mileage (47 complaints), the median was 61,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train13
- Fuel System, Gasoline7
- Steering7
- Structure7
- Air Bags6
- Engine6
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2004 Nissan Frontier peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 8. 30% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Nissan Frontier drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Nissan Frontier year in the same window: 16th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 66 complaints about the 2004 Nissan Frontier are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Frontier by model year
Other 2004 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: March 13, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted