IllustrationANTI-THEFT ALARM SYSTEM IS NO LONGER OPERATING PROPERLY.*AK
1995 Nissan Pathfinder
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
Similar to other model years
Owner complaints for the 1995 Nissan Pathfinder do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 97.
About this comparison →How this year compares
Owner complaints by model year
Compare all Pathfinder years →Counts vary with age, sales and reporting. They are not failure rates.
What owners reported most
All reported categories
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
30–25K
125–50K
450–75K
875–100K
23100–150K
21150K+
60 reports with mileage · 110 unknown
NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.
What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Structure. Review the 58 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Engine And Engine Cooling. Review the 52 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Power Train. Review the 20 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
11 crash reports6 fire reports4 injury reports
What owners actually said
170 reportsABS BRAKES; SOMETIMES BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE DEFOGGER FOGS UP THE WINDOWS INSTEAD OF DEFOGGING THEM AND CAUSES NO VISIBILITY FOR A WHILE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE DEFOGGER FOGS UP THE WINDOWS INSTEAD OF DEFOGGING THEM AND CAUSES NO VISIBILITY FOR A WHILE. PLEASE DESCRIBE.
SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER GIVES INACCURATE READINGS. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING. TT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, CONSUMER STATES SHE NOTICED A HUMMING AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS CHANGING GEAR, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO STOP BY PULLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, HOWEVER SHE HAD ALREADY COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, THERE WERE TWO INJURIES. *SLC
ELECTRICAL DASH FIRE TOTALLED VEHICLE. TT CONSUMER'S INSURANCE REP WROTE IN STATING THEIR EXPERT'S OPINION IS THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE WIRING HARNESS, HOWEVER NISSAN IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING. *SLC
ABS, APPLIED THE BRAKES, HAD EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED UNKNOWN. TT
PROBLEMS WITH A BLIND SPOT WHEN CHANGING LANES. TT
DESIGN OF DRIVER'S SIDE SUNVISOR BLOCKS FIELD OF VISION; CAUSED ACCIDENT. TT
Official recalls
0No recalls in this snapshot.
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NHTSA investigations
0No exact-year investigations in this snapshot.