NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Nissan Pathfinder Recalls
The 2006 Nissan Pathfinder has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 28, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Nissan Pathfinder. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 837
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Nissan Pathfinder, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2006 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 2005 Pathfinder, 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: auxillary tank
- Campaign
- 10V075000
- Reported
- March 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 80,689
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008 Pathfinder, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 08V690000
- Reported
- December 29, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 242,720
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007–2009 Pathfinder, 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 07E046000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Pathfinder, 4 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 10E019000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007–2010 Pathfinder, 4 other models
2006 Nissan Pathfinder complaints by year
NHTSA has received 837 owner complaints about the 2006 Nissan Pathfinder, the newest on June 24, 2025. Of these, 10 describe a crash (1%); owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Nissan Pathfinder, the component group named most often is the power train (54%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (22%) and the engine (18%).
1 of the 2006 Nissan Pathfinder's 5 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2006 Nissan Pathfinder owners gave the mileage (741 complaints), the median was 93,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train450
- Engine And Engine Cooling185
- Engine147
- Fuel System, Gasoline135
- Fuel/Propulsion System71
- Unknown Or Other43
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 45 | |
| 2010 | 116 | |
| 2011 | 45 | |
| 2012 | 123 | |
| 2013 | 141 | |
| 2014 | 112 | |
| 2015 | 83 | |
| 2016 | 74 | |
| 2017 | 22 | |
| 2018 | 25 | |
| 2019 | 15 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Nissan Pathfinder peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 141. 8% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Nissan Pathfinder drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Nissan Pathfinder year in the same window: 7th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 837 complaints about the 2006 Nissan Pathfinder are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Pathfinder by model year
Other 2006 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: June 24, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted