2002 Nissan Crew Cab

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components › disc › caliper. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Vehicle Speed Control1
000
Structure › Body › Bumpers1
000
Structure1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper1
000
Seat Belts1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Jan 5, 2012131,000 milesFL

GAS THROTTLE WAS STUCK AND THE RPM WAS RACING VERY HIGH. I HAD TO USE BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES TO KEEP THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL BEFORE PUTTING IT INTO NEUTRAL. THE CASE OCCURRED WHEN I WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT. ACCORDING TO MAROONE NISSAN IN MIAMI, IT IS THE THROTTLE CABLE WHICH IS DAMAGED. MY TRUCK HAD THE LAST TWO MAJOR SERVICE DONE AT THE SAME LOCATION. MY MINOR SERVICES LIKE OIL CHANGES IS NEVER USUALLY DONE THERE AND I CAN WATCH WHEN THEY ARE WORKING ON THE VEHICLE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS BECOMES A SERIOUS ISSUE, IT IS ON RECORD. *TR

Seat Belts
Filed Jun 10, 201195,211 milesPR

I CAN'T PUT ON MY SEAT BELT BECAUSE IS STUCK AN DON'T WORK. *TR

Structure
Filed Aug 26, 200328,000 milesKS

FRONT BRACKET FOR DRIVER'S SIDE RUNNING BOARD HAS BROKEN TWICE, THIS PART SUFFERED A FATIGUE FRACTURE AT THE WELD OF THE 2 PARTS THAT MAKE UP THE BRACKET, STARTING WHERE THE WELD UNDERCUT THE BASE METAL. HAD THIS PART FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEED IT WOULD HAVE ACTED AS A SPEAR WHEN IT CAME LOOSE. *NLM

Structure › Body › Bumpers
Filed Aug 2, 20036,900 milesTX

WHILE TOWING A 600 LB TRAILER (APROXIMATE INSIDE CARGO WAS 100 LBS)WITH MY NISSAN FRONTIER(WEIGHT RECOMMENDATION OF 2000 LBS OR LESS AS STATED IN OWNER'S MANUAL), THE REAR BUMPER BROKE ALSO CAUSING MY TRAILER TO RAM INTO THE BROKEN BUMPER.NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT NISSAN ISN'T BACKING THIER PRODUCT WITH MY WARRANTY. THEY ARE SAYING THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TOWING, IF SO WHY WOULD THE OWNER'S MANUAL HAVE SPEC'S ON HOW MUCH WEIGHT YOU CAN TOW AND BESIDES WHO EVER HEARD OF A TRUCK THAT YOU CAN'T USE FOR TOWING?*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Apr 10, 200310 milesCA

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED, THERE WAS A SEVERE VIBRATION, DUE TO AN INOPERATIVE CALIPER. *JB

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2002 — this page5000Routine
20013000Routine
20005000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.