NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Nissan Xterra Recalls
The 2005 Nissan Xterra has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 28, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 845
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 Nissan Xterra
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 10V517000
- Reported
- October 28, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 747,480
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Xterra, 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 Xterra, 1 other model
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 05V458000
- Reported
- October 5, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,500
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Nissan Xterra
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 05E062000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Nissan Xterra
Equipment
- Campaign
- 07E046000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006 Xterra, 4 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 10E019000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 Xterra, 4 other models
2005 Nissan Xterra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 845 owner complaints about the 2005 Nissan Xterra, the newest on February 25, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (1%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Nissan Xterra, the component group named most often is the power train (49%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (29%) and the engine and engine cooling (20%).
1 of the 2005 Nissan Xterra's 6 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2005 Nissan Xterra owners gave the mileage (769 complaints), the median was 89,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train412
- Fuel System, Gasoline242
- Engine And Engine Cooling167
- Engine114
- Fuel System, Other49
- Electrical System39
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 31 | |
| 2009 | 78 | |
| 2010 | 158 | |
| 2011 | 111 | |
| 2012 | 103 | |
| 2013 | 118 | |
| 2014 | 73 | |
| 2015 | 60 | |
| 2016 | 41 | |
| 2017 | 17 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Nissan Xterra peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 158. 5% 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 Xterra drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Nissan Xterra year in the same window: 6th highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 845 complaints about the 2005 Nissan Xterra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Xterra by model year
Other 2005 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: February 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted