NHTSA Safety Recalls
2007 Nissan Xterra Recalls
The 2007 Nissan Xterra has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 29, 2008.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Nissan Xterra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 557
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2007 Nissan Xterra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2007 Nissan Xterra
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 08V690000
- Reported
- December 29, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 242,720
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006, 2008–2009 Xterra, 1 other model
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 10E019000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006, 2008–2010 Xterra, 4 other models
2007 Nissan Xterra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 557 owner complaints about the 2007 Nissan Xterra, the newest on October 6, 2025. Of these, 3 describe a crash (1%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2007 Nissan Xterra, the component group named most often is the power train (41%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (24%) and the engine (15%).
None of the 2007 Nissan Xterra's 2 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2007 Nissan Xterra owners gave the mileage (498 complaints), the median was 89,533 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train231
- Fuel System, Gasoline136
- Engine85
- Engine And Engine Cooling75
- Fuel/Propulsion System63
- Fuel System, Other32
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 32 | |
| 2010 | 97 | |
| 2011 | 32 | |
| 2012 | 36 | |
| 2013 | 62 | |
| 2014 | 61 | |
| 2015 | 69 | |
| 2016 | 60 | |
| 2017 | 31 | |
| 2018 | 22 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2007 Nissan Xterra peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 97. 25% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Nissan Xterra drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Nissan Xterra year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2007 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 557 complaints about the 2007 Nissan Xterra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Xterra by model year
Other 2007 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted