NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Nissan Frontier Recalls
The 2012 Nissan Frontier has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 12, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Nissan Frontier. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 80
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2012 Nissan Frontier, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2012 Nissan Frontier
Electrical system: wiring: fuses and circuit breakers
- Campaign
- 14V052000
- Reported
- February 12, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 13,535
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Frontier
Suspension: front: hub
- Campaign
- 12V462000
- Reported
- September 20, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,417
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 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 2 other models
2012 Nissan Frontier complaints by year
NHTSA has received 80 owner complaints about the 2012 Nissan Frontier, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Nissan Frontier, the component group named most often is the air bags (29%), followed by the power train (25%) and the engine (16%).
None of the 2012 Nissan Frontier's 3 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2012 Nissan Frontier owners gave the mileage (65 complaints), the median was 43,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags23
- Power Train20
- Engine13
- Unknown Or Other9
- Electrical System7
- Structure7
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Nissan Frontier peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 16. 44% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Nissan Frontier drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Nissan Frontier year in the same window: 8th highest of the 23 ranked years.
The 80 complaints about the 2012 Nissan Frontier are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Frontier by model year
Other 2012 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted