Federal complaint record · Nissan Pathfinder · model year 2002

2002 Nissan Pathfinder

Owners submitted 156 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 17th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2000 to 2004 midsize suv cohort. The largest reported component group is suspension. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Suspension · 22% · group n = 45Engine · 21% · group n = 43Structure · 9% · group n = 19Steering · 8% · group n = 17Powertrain · 5% · group n = 11
156
Complaint records on file
100,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 108 complaints reported mileage
22%
Of classified component reports name suspension · group n = 45
17th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 27 model years

Suspension · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Suspension22%

Suspension reports

Nissan Pathfinder · model year 2002

Reports in this group45
Share of classified reports22%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2001
0.2complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
230 matched incidents
This car
2002
0.2complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
156 matched incidents
2003
0.2complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
110 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 17 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32002 Nissan Pathfinder
Stalling or shutdown · 14 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32002 Nissan Pathfinder
Steering effort · 11 reports

Reports describe steering effort or control concerns

Cluster 3 of 32002 Nissan Pathfinder

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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