NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Nissan Pathfinder Recalls
The 2011 Nissan Pathfinder has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 10, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Nissan Pathfinder. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 45
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2011 Nissan Pathfinder, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2011 Nissan Pathfinder
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 23V067000
- Reported
- February 10, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 404,690
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2010 Pathfinder, 5 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 11V592000
- Reported
- December 19, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 14,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012 Pathfinder, 2 other models
2011 Nissan Pathfinder complaints by year
NHTSA has received 45 owner complaints about the 2011 Nissan Pathfinder, the newest on June 11, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2011 Nissan Pathfinder, the component group named most often is the air bags (27%), followed by the engine (22%) and the power train (16%).
1 of the 2011 Nissan Pathfinder's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2011 Nissan Pathfinder owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 46,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags12
- Engine10
- Power Train7
- Suspension6
- Service Brakes5
- Electrical System4
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2011 Nissan Pathfinder peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 7. 36% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Nissan Pathfinder drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Nissan Pathfinder year in the same window: 18th highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2011 one of the three best-measured Nissan Pathfinder years.
The 45 complaints about the 2011 Nissan Pathfinder are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Pathfinder by model year
Other 2011 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: June 11, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted