NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Nissan Frontier Recalls
The 2018 Nissan Frontier has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 12, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Nissan Frontier. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 25
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2018 Nissan Frontier, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2018 Nissan Frontier
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 19V654000
- Reported
- September 12, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,228,830
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Frontier, 22 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 18V551000
- Reported
- August 21, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,047
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Frontier, 4 other models
2018 Nissan Frontier complaints by year
NHTSA has received 25 owner complaints about the 2018 Nissan Frontier, the newest on September 2, 2025.
In complaints about the 2018 Nissan Frontier, the component group named most often is the electrical system (20%), followed by the service brakes (12%) and the suspension (12%).
1 of the 2018 Nissan Frontier's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2018 Nissan Frontier owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 9,745 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System5
- Unknown Or Other4
- Service Brakes3
- Suspension3
- Vehicle Speed Control3
- Air Bags2
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2018 Nissan Frontier peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 6. 56% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Nissan Frontier drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Nissan Frontier year in the same window: 21st highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the three best-measured Nissan Frontier years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 25 complaints about the 2018 Nissan Frontier are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Frontier by model year
Other 2018 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: September 2, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted