NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Nissan Pathfinder Recalls
The 2015 Nissan Pathfinder has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 13, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 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
- 321
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 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 2015 Nissan Pathfinder
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 22V420000
- Reported
- June 13, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 322,671
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016 Pathfinder
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 21V020000
- Reported
- January 20, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 264,431
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Pathfinder
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 16V244000
- Reported
- April 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,296,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016 Pathfinder, 14 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V681000
- Reported
- October 20, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 919
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Pathfinder, 4 other models
Service brakes
- Campaign
- 15V012000
- Reported
- January 14, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 893
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Pathfinder, 2 other models
2015 Nissan Pathfinder complaints by year
NHTSA has received 321 owner complaints about the 2015 Nissan Pathfinder, the newest on October 6, 2026. Of these, 11 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Nissan Pathfinder, the component group named most often is the power train (24%), followed by the engine (23%) and the air bags (17%).
2 of the 2015 Nissan Pathfinder's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2015 Nissan Pathfinder owners gave the mileage (221 complaints), the median was 45,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other79
- Power Train77
- Engine74
- Air Bags55
- Electrical System27
- Vehicle Speed Control27
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 41 | |
| 2017 | 20 | |
| 2018 | 53 | |
| 2019 | 73 | |
| 2020 | 33 | |
| 2021 | 15 | |
| 2022 | 19 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 15 | |
| 2025 | 15 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2015 Nissan Pathfinder peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 73. 40% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Nissan Pathfinder drew 2.9× the complaints of the median Nissan Pathfinder year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2015 one of the Nissan Pathfinder years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 321 complaints about the 2015 Nissan Pathfinder are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Pathfinder by model year
Other 2015 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted