Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2022 Nissan Frontier has 24 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 2 powertrain-related recalls.
24
Complaints
2
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 10, 2026
22V457000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Frontier and Titan vehicles. The transmission parking pawl may not engage when the...
22V671000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2020-2023 Titan, 2020-2022 Frontier, and 2023 Z vehicles. The transmission parking pawl may ...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | See attached document for complaint. |
| Jan 19, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | The light turned green. The truck got up to fourth gear and slipped all the lights on the dash lit u... |
| Sep 9, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,WHEELS | When driving, the collision sign randomly comes on. It causes the the vehicle to rev and there's a l... |
| Jun 19, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES | I took my 2022 Nissan Frontier SV 4x4 in for an oil change and a state inspection. The shop discover... |
| Jun 9, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2022 Nissan Frontier. The contact stated that while driving uphill, the vehicle v... |
| Oct 23, 2023 | POWER TRAIN,SEATS | I was out hunting, and positioned the truck on a down hill slope to look down onto a unit I wanted t... |
| Aug 29, 2023 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | On 8/26/23, I came upon a red light and stopped. Vehicle immediately would not go into gear, all da... |
| Jul 18, 2023 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | The vehicle has significant lag when trying trying to accelerate quickly. It also surges wildly on o... |
| Jul 13, 2023 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | The truck's computer control system suffered a catastrophic failure after intermittent warning for A... |
| May 25, 2023 | POWER TRAIN | I was on a gravel road that was nearly level to very slightly up hill. Upon passing some branches t... |
| Oct 31, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2022 Nissan Frontier. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number:... |
| Sep 28, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | This issue has occurred once and vehicle has 8k miles. I was sitting in stop and go rush hour traff... |
| Sep 11, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Went on vacation 9-11-22, at the cabin neighbor call said the truck had rolled back into garage caus... |
| Aug 26, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2022 Nissan Frontier. The contact stated while driving approximately 38-40 MPH an... |
| Jul 23, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | Rear end or transmission has started to howl when deceleration occurs. Truck is quite during acceler... |
| Jul 20, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2022 Nissan Frontier. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number:... |
| Jul 11, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2022 Nissan Frontier. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, she e... |
| Jul 10, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | While descending my steep (20% grade) driveway with the transmission in the manual mode and selected... |
| Jul 1, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2022 Nissan Frontier. The contact received notification of the NHTSA Campaign Num... |
| Jul 1, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | The contact called on behalf of her husband who owns a 2022 Nissan Frontier. The contact stated whil... |