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What 23 owners told NHTSA about the 2020 Nissan Frontier Crew 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 (23)Crash / fire / injury (3)Transmission & drivetrain (12)Engine (5)Brakes (4)Electrical system (3)Backup camera & sensors (2)Airbags (1)Lights (1)Seat belts (1)Seats (1)Speed control (1)

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Apr 27, 2025Transmission & drivetrainSpeed control

The truck is jerky during low speed take offs. It also died off during acceleration and then surged all of a sudden recently. It is now in the repair shop being diagnosed for an electric transmission control warning light. It would not start.

NHTSA ODI 11657026

Working with the data? Download all 23 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 2020 Nissan Frontier Crew Cab verdict →