NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Nissan Xterra Recalls
The 2004 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 2004 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
- 84
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 Nissan Xterra
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 10V554000
- Reported
- November 11, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 500,552
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Xterra, 1 other model
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 04V581000
- Reported
- December 15, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 131
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2004 Nissan Xterra
Equipment
- Campaign
- 07E046000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 Xterra, 4 other models
2004 Nissan Xterra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 84 owner complaints about the 2004 Nissan Xterra, the newest on August 9, 2025. Of these, 10 describe a crash (12%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Nissan Xterra, the component group named most often is the steering (24%), followed by the electrical system (13%) and the suspension (13%).
1 of the 2004 Nissan Xterra's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2004 Nissan Xterra owners gave the mileage (66 complaints), the median was 58,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering20
- Electrical System11
- Suspension11
- Engine8
- Engine And Engine Cooling6
- Fuel System, Gasoline6
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 10 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2004 Nissan Xterra peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 10. 24% 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 Xterra drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Nissan Xterra year in the same window: 9th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Nissan Xterra years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 84 complaints about the 2004 Nissan Xterra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Xterra by model year
Other 2004 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: August 9, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted