NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Nissan Pathfinder Recalls
The 2010 Nissan Pathfinder has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 10, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 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
- 40
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 Nissan Pathfinder
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 23V067000
- Reported
- February 10, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 404,690
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2009, 2011 Pathfinder, 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 2008–2009 Pathfinder, 5 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 10V208000
- Reported
- May 14, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 41,649
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Steering: gear box: shaft sector
- Campaign
- 10V115000
- Reported
- March 24, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,038
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 10E019000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2009 Pathfinder, 4 other models
2010 Nissan Pathfinder complaints by year
NHTSA has received 40 owner complaints about the 2010 Nissan Pathfinder, the newest on July 3, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Nissan Pathfinder, the component group named most often is the air bags (28%), followed by the power train (28%) and the engine (15%).
1 of the 2010 Nissan Pathfinder's 5 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2010 Nissan Pathfinder owners gave the mileage (26 complaints), the median was 110,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags11
- Power Train11
- Engine6
- Steering5
- Unknown Or Other5
- Suspension4
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Nissan Pathfinder peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 7. 18% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 40 complaints about the 2010 Nissan Pathfinder are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Pathfinder by model year
Other 2010 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: July 3, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted