Nissan Xterra owners have reported a total of 4,012 problems for their cars built in the 16 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Nissan Xterra. The 2005 Nissan Xterra cars have the most problems reported (1,117 problems).
| Model Year | Number of Problems |
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| 2015 Xterra | |
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The following chart shows the 30 most common problems for Nissan Xterra cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (955 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's fuel system, gasoline (699 problems).
It would not be fair to compare the Nissan Xterra of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across Xterra model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.
PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,
where P = total problems reported during the life of a Nissan Xterra model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).
The results are shown in Table 3.
| Xterra Model Year | Problems | Sales [1] | Vehicle Age |
PPMY Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15 | 13,007 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 14 | 12,525 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 13,036 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 16 | 23,500 | 14 | |
| 2011 | 27 | 22,053 | 15 | |
| 2010 | 55 | 23,502 | 16 | |
| 2009 | 26 | 13,130 | 17 | |
| 2008 | 168 | 37,664 | 18 | |
| 2007 | 719 | 46,776 | 19 | |
| 2006 | 983 | 60,223 | 20 | |
| 2005 | 1,117 | 55,680 | 21 | |
| 2004 | 109 | 85,742 | 22 | |
| 2003 | 95 | 75,349 | 23 | |
| 2002 | 207 | 99,904 | 24 | |
| 2001 | 198 | 92,326 | 25 | |
| 2000 | 257 | 105,955 | 26 |
Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Nissan Xterra is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.
| Model Year | Problems Reported |
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| ☘ Xterra Service Bulletins |
| ⚑ Xterra Safety Recalls |
| ☤ Xterra Defect Investigations |
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