These help you judge whether this one is worth its price.
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What about the price? Check the asking price on two listing sites. Buying from a dealer? Run its offer through the offer X ray.
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The full record
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What owners complain about
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Seller kit
Questions for the seller, test drive checks and price points
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Questions to ask the seller of a 2025 Nissan Frontier, built from this year's owner complaints and recalls. What to feel, hear and look at on the test drive, with boxes to tick at the car. Honest points to raise on price, from the records and never from guesses. Copy the questions to your phone in one tap.
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Send the seller a fair offer
Type the asking price and your own offer for the 2025 Nissan Frontier, tick what you found, and get a polite message ready to text or email. Its reasons come from this year's owner complaints, recalls and crash ratings, and never from made up repair prices.
NHTSA's stars out of five, for each version it tested. Front crash stars only compare cars of about the same size and weight.
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Fuel economy
The EPA's estimates for each engine and transmission, and its own yearly fuel cost. Yours depends on how you drive and the shape the car is in.
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True cost to own
The loan, fuel, insurance and upkeep, a month and over 5 years
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What it really costs to own
What the 2025 Nissan Frontier costs a month and over 5 years: the loan and its interest, fuel worked out from the EPA's figures for the version you pick, and your own insurance, registration and upkeep. A cost a mile, a link that reopens your numbers, and the breakdown copied to your phone in one tap.
Owner complaints for each model year, this one outlined. Tap a year to open it. The newest 2 are not judged yet. Bars are totals, so older years stand taller; the verdict compares every year at the same age.
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Before you buy this one
Built from this year's numbers. Whatever the data says, the car in front of you is the one that counts.
More owner complaints than a typical year, not enough to mark it down. Still get it inspected.
Confidence: Low
Only 10 complaints in its first 2 years and 10 months, which can mean a strong year or very few cars sold.
How the dial was counted
Year verdict: Typical year: 8 complaints, the median of 6 nearby years, leaving out 2022 and 2023, which were high themselves. Each counted over its first 2 years and 10 months from January 2024; this one had 10.
Unverified reports, not adjusted for sales. One complaint can name several parts, so shares add up past 100%. Filed Apr 8, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026. 20% name a part that is usually costly to fix.
Brakes2 · 20%
Driver assist and cameras2 · 20%
Other or unknown2 · 20%
What one owner wrote about the brakes
At around 9000 miles, the dealership had to replace the front rotors and brakes due to rotors cracking and warping. Now at 22,000 miles I’m having the same issue and I only do normal driving. There is obviously something wrong with the breaking system in the front of this vehicle. when I press the brakes, the steering wheel shakes.
Filed Mar 25, 2026NHTSA complaint 117269681 of 12 owner quotes
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5 more parts, and 12 owner quotes
Every part owners name for the 2025 Nissan Frontier, with their own words about what went wrong. Usually costly to fix among them: Transmission and drivetrain.
Not every car needs every fix. Run the VIN at NHTSA to see which are still open. Repairs are usually free at a dealer for the brand; ask before any work.
Doors, locks and latches
Jan 21, 2026 · Recall 26V023000
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2025 Altima, Sentra, 2025-2026 Frontier, and 2026 Kicks vehicles. The door strikers may have been improperly welded and break, allowing the door to open while moving. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 206, "Door Locks and Door Retention Components."
What can happen
A door that opens unexpectedly while the vehicle is in motion increases the risk of injury or a crash.
The fix
Dealers will replace the door strikers, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 17, 2026. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 800-647-7261. Nissan's numbers for this recall are PD185 and PMA61. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning January 28, 2026.
Lights
Aug 8, 2025 · Recall 25V508000
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2025 Nissan Frontier vehicles. Due to a software logic error, the daytime running lights may dim unexpectedly when the idle start-stop feature cycles the engine from off to on. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
What can happen
Daytime running lights that dim unexpectedly may cause confusion to other vehicles or pedestrians, increasing the risk of a crash.
The fix
Dealers will update the engine control module software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 17, 2025. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 800-647-7261. Nissan's number for this recall is R25C3.
Driver assist and cameras
Jun 4, 2025 · Recall 25V324000
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2025 Frontier and Kicks vehicles. The center information display unit may display a blank screen when shifted into reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rear Visibility."
What can happen
A rearview image that does not display can reduce the driver's view of what is behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
The fix
Dealers will update the software on the vehicle’s center information display, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 10, 2025. The manufacturer numbers for this recall are PD152 and PMA48.
Our take: worth a look.Owners filed more complaints than in a typical year of this model, not enough to mark it down.
Run the VIN at NHTSA to confirm every recall was fixed.
This year has 3 recalls on file. Recall repairs are usually free at a dealer for the brand. Ask the dealer to confirm before any work is done. Look up a VIN at NHTSA.
Ask the seller for the service records.
Look closely for any work on the brakes. It is one of the parts owners complain about most for this year.
Have a mechanic you trust inspect it before you pay.
Ask them to look at the brakes first.
Look at a vehicle history report.
It can show reported crashes, flood or salvage titles, and mileage that does not add up.
On the test drive, pay attention to the brakes.
Brake firmly somewhere safe. Feel for pulling, grinding or a soft pedal.
