1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2016 Nissan Frontier. Owners have filed 43 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Nissan dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2016 Nissan Frontier. Check your Frontier by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 43 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Nissan Frontier, reporting 3 crashes, 1 fires, 3 injuries. Nissan has issued at least 119 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Nissan Frontier owner complaints and bulletins, every year
Owners have filed 43 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Nissan Frontier. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“Airbags didn't deployed when the incident of the the truck crashed at the time. (April 05,2023)”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11519626
“IN MOTION, PULLING INTO PARKING STALL, WHEN SOMETHING STARTED TO SMELL LIKE IT WAS ON FIRE, STARTED TO SEE FLAMES COMING FROM MOTOR. CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. POLICE CASE #19-0773”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11170646
“WE PURCHASED OUR 2016 NISSAN FRONTIER IN OCTOBER 2016. UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THREE MAJOR CAR ACCIDENTS AND TWO OUT OF THE THREE TIMES THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11080268
“LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE APPROVED A BODY SHOP TO REPAIR MY TRUCK FROM AN ACCIDENT (I WAS NOT AT FAULT) BY REMOVING ALL PARTS OF MY TRUCK FROM IT'S ORIGINAL FRAME AND PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER ON ANOTHER FRAME. I WAS SITTING STILL, WHEN I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND PUSHED INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 10947100
“OUR 2016 NISSAN FRONTER HAS A SLOW AIR LEAK ON THE TIRES AFTER HAVEING THEM CHECKED BY A TIRE DEALER IT WAS FOUND THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR (TPS) WAS LEAKING AT THE CORE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE CORE OR THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE TPS ON THE WHEEL. GALVONIC REACTION HAD WELDED ALL IN PLACE .”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11753328
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2016 Nissan Frontier is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Nissan dealer.