NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Nissan Pathfinder Recalls
The 2016 Nissan Pathfinder has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 13, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 105
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 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 2013–2015 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 2013–2015 Pathfinder, 14 other models
2016 Nissan Pathfinder complaints by year
NHTSA has received 105 owner complaints about the 2016 Nissan Pathfinder, the newest on August 10, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (10%); owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Nissan Pathfinder, the component group named most often is the engine (26%), followed by the air bags (17%) and the electrical system (10%).
1 of the 2016 Nissan Pathfinder's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2016 Nissan Pathfinder owners gave the mileage (65 complaints), the median was 49,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine27
- Unknown Or Other21
- Air Bags18
- Electrical System11
- Service Brakes11
- Power Train7
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 17 | |
| 2019 | 26 | |
| 2020 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2016 Nissan Pathfinder peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 26. 51% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Nissan Pathfinder drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Nissan Pathfinder year in the same window: 9th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 105 complaints about the 2016 Nissan Pathfinder are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Pathfinder by model year
Other 2016 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: August 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted