NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Nissan Quest Recalls
The 2012 Nissan Quest has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on February 29, 2012.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Nissan Quest. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 93
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2012 Nissan Quest, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2012 Nissan Quest
Electrical system: software
- Campaign
- 12V076000
- Reported
- February 29, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 23,531
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Quest
2012 Nissan Quest complaints by year
NHTSA has received 93 owner complaints about the 2012 Nissan Quest, the newest on November 22, 2025. Of these, 5 describe a crash (5%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Nissan Quest, the component group named most often is the power train (30%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the fuel/propulsion system (17%).
The 2012 Nissan Quest's only recall also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2012 Nissan Quest owners gave the mileage (70 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train28
- Electrical System18
- Fuel/Propulsion System16
- Engine13
- Unknown Or Other12
- Structure9
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Nissan Quest peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 13. 32% 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 Quest drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Nissan Quest year in the same window: 6th highest of the 9 ranked years.
The 93 complaints about the 2012 Nissan Quest are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Quest by model year
Other 2012 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: November 22, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted