NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Nissan Xterra Recalls
The 2009 Nissan Xterra has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 10, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 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
- 19
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 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 2009 Nissan Xterra
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 23V067000
- Reported
- February 10, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 404,690
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2008, 2010–2011 Xterra, 5 other models
Equipment: electrical: navigational system(global positioning system)
- Campaign
- 10V401000
- Reported
- September 10, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,948
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2008, 2010 Xterra, 5 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 2005–2008 Xterra, 1 other model
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 10E019000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2008, 2010 Xterra, 4 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 10E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Xterra, 10 other models
2009 Nissan Xterra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 19 owner complaints about the 2009 Nissan Xterra, the newest on March 6, 2026.
In complaints about the 2009 Nissan Xterra, the component group named most often is the air bags (32%), followed by the power train (32%) and the electrical system (16%).
2 of the 2009 Nissan Xterra's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2009 Nissan Xterra owners gave the mileage (16 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags6
- Power Train6
- Electrical System3
- Engine3
- Service Brakes2
- Structure2
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Nissan Xterra peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 3. 26% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 19 complaints about the 2009 Nissan Xterra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Xterra by model year
Other 2009 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: March 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted