NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Nissan Frontier Recalls
The 2017 Nissan Frontier has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on August 21, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Nissan Frontier. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 38
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 Nissan Frontier
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 18V551000
- Reported
- August 21, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,047
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Frontier, 4 other models
2017 Nissan Frontier complaints by year
NHTSA has received 38 owner complaints about the 2017 Nissan Frontier, the newest on June 29, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (11%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2017 Nissan Frontier, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (26%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the power train (16%).
The 2017 Nissan Frontier's only recall also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2017 Nissan Frontier owners gave the mileage (24 complaints), the median was 10,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System10
- Electrical System6
- Power Train6
- Unknown Or Other6
- Air Bags5
- Engine4
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2017 Nissan Frontier peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 7. 55% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Nissan Frontier drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Nissan Frontier year in the same window: 17th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 38 complaints about the 2017 Nissan Frontier are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Frontier by model year
Other 2017 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: June 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted