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What 28 owners told NHTSA about the 2019 Nissan Frontier King Cab

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (28)Crash / fire / injury (1)Transmission & drivetrain (7)Airbags (5)Electrical system (5)Brakes (3)Backup camera & sensors (2)Body & structure (2)Engine (2)Seat belts (2)Steering (2)Suspension (1)

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Apr 26, 2020Transmission & drivetrain

AFTER 9/19 PURCHASE, FOUND THAT USING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR FROM PARK INTO DRIVE INTERMITTENTLY REFLECTED '4' ON THE DASHBOARD AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO THE SELECTED GEAR. I FOUND THAT I HAD TO EITHER RETURN THE SHIFTER TO THE 'P' POSITION AND/OR RETURN TO THE 'P' POSITION FOLLOWED BY TURNING THE ENGINE OFF BEFORE REATTEMPTING. OVERALL, SOUNDS EMANATING FROM THE TRANSMISSION DURING TRANSITIONING TO/FROM A SELECTED GEAR AFTER STOPPING PRODUCES CLEARLY UNNERVING 'CLUNKING' SOUNDS.

NHTSA ODI 11322259

Mar 5, 2020

TROUBLE WITH THE REAR VIEW CAMERA GIVING FALSE READINGS

NHTSA ODI 11316429

Jun 15, 2019Transmission & drivetrain

TRANSMISSION MAKES CLUNKING NOISE WHILE CLUTCH PUSHED IN GOING OVER A BUMP AT SLOWER SPEEDS

NHTSA ODI 11220327

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Working with the data? Download all 28 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 14, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2019 Nissan Frontier King Cab verdict →