NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Nissan Xterra Recalls
The 2006 Nissan Xterra 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 Xterra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 780
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Nissan Xterra, 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 Xterra
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 10V517000
- Reported
- October 28, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 747,480
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Xterra, 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 Xterra, 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 Xterra, 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 07E046000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Xterra, 4 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 10E019000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007–2010 Xterra, 4 other models
2006 Nissan Xterra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 780 owner complaints about the 2006 Nissan Xterra, the newest on February 19, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (2%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2006 Nissan Xterra, the component group named most often is the power train (34%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (30%) and the engine and engine cooling (14%).
1 of the 2006 Nissan Xterra's 5 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2006 Nissan Xterra owners gave the mileage (717 complaints), the median was 81,921 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train268
- Fuel System, Gasoline237
- Engine And Engine Cooling106
- Engine104
- Fuel/Propulsion System94
- Electrical System41
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 35 | |
| 2009 | 86 | |
| 2010 | 152 | |
| 2011 | 39 | |
| 2012 | 48 | |
| 2013 | 96 | |
| 2014 | 86 | |
| 2015 | 64 | |
| 2016 | 57 | |
| 2017 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 30 | |
| 2019 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Nissan Xterra peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 152. 18% 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 Xterra drew 2.5× the complaints of the median Nissan Xterra year in the same window: 1st highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the Nissan Xterra years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 780 complaints about the 2006 Nissan Xterra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Xterra by model year
Other 2006 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: February 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted