Nissan Quest

Which Nissan Quest years should you avoid?

Going by 2,121 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Nissan Quest years to avoid are 2004, 2000, 1997, 2007 and 1995.

• 2004445 complaints, 5.0× a typical Quest year, most often about the engine.
• 20003.4× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (3 fires, 11 crashes, 2 deaths).
• 19972.9× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (4 fires, 10 crashes, 2 deaths).
• 2007228 complaints, 2.6× a typical Quest year, most often about the fuel and propulsion system.
• 19952.1× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (3 fires, 9 crashes, 4 deaths).

Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2011 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →