Federal complaint record · Nissan Pathfinder · model year 2005

2005 Nissan Pathfinder

Owners submitted 1,050 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 81th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2003 to 2007 midsize suv cohort. The largest reported component group is powertrain. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Powertrain · 38% · group n = 591Engine · 28% · group n = 438Fuel system · 18% · group n = 283Electrical · 4% · group n = 66Other · 3% · group n = 51
1,050
Complaint records on file
90,024
Median mileage at the reported problem · 954 complaints reported mileage
38%
Of classified component reports name powertrain · group n = 591
81th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 35 model years

Powertrain · 4 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Powertrain38%

Powertrain reports

Nissan Pathfinder · model year 2005

Reports in this group591
Share of classified reports38%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2004
0.1complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
67 matched incidents
This car
2005
1.0complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,050 matched incidents
2006
0.7complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
837 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
Transmission behavior · 530 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 1 of 32005 Nissan Pathfinder
Stalling or shutdown · 112 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32005 Nissan Pathfinder
Warning indicators · 65 reports

Reports describe warning lights before service

Cluster 3 of 32005 Nissan Pathfinder

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

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