NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Nissan Pathfinder Recalls
The 2005 Nissan Pathfinder has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 28, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Nissan Pathfinder. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 1,050
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 10V517000
- Reported
- October 28, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 747,480
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Pathfinder, 4 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 08V690000
- Reported
- December 29, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 242,720
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2009 Pathfinder, 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 07E046000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006 Pathfinder, 4 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 10E019000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 Pathfinder, 4 other models
2005 Nissan Pathfinder complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,050 owner complaints about the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder, the newest on July 15, 2025. Of these, 14 describe a crash (1%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder, the component group named most often is the power train (56%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (28%) and the fuel system, gasoline (18%).
1 of the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder's 4 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2005 Nissan Pathfinder owners gave the mileage (955 complaints), the median was 90,048 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train585
- Engine And Engine Cooling290
- Fuel System, Gasoline186
- Engine144
- Electrical System66
- Fuel System, Other61
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 28 | |
| 2009 | 45 | |
| 2010 | 259 | |
| 2011 | 120 | |
| 2012 | 157 | |
| 2013 | 132 | |
| 2014 | 86 | |
| 2015 | 70 | |
| 2016 | 55 | |
| 2017 | 20 | |
| 2018 | 18 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 259. 6% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Nissan Pathfinder year in the same window: 8th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 1,050 complaints about the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Pathfinder by model year
Other 2005 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: July 15, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted