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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2013 Nissan Frontier Recalls

The 2013 Nissan Frontier has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on February 12, 2014.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Nissan Frontier. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
48

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
5

1 fires

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2013 Nissan Frontier, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2013 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 2012, 2014 Frontier

14V052000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2013 Nissan Frontier complaints by year

NHTSA has received 48 owner complaints about the 2013 Nissan Frontier, the newest on March 16, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (10%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.

In complaints about the 2013 Nissan Frontier, the component group named most often is the air bags (31%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the power train (13%).

The 2013 Nissan Frontier's only recall also concerns the electrical system.

Where 2013 Nissan Frontier owners gave the mileage (37 complaints), the median was 27,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags15
  • Electrical System8
  • Power Train6
  • Unknown Or Other6
  • Seat Belts5
  • Engine4

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2013 Nissan Frontier received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20132
20149
20159
20164
20173
20183
20196
20203
20211
20221
20234
20241
20251
20261

Complaints about the 2013 Nissan Frontier peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 9. 50% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Nissan Frontier drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Nissan Frontier year in the same window: 13th highest of the 23 ranked years.

Nissan Frontier years to avoid →

The 48 complaints about the 2013 Nissan Frontier are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Nissan Frontier by model year

Other 2013 Nissan models

Newest record on this page: March 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted