The defect
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Frontier and Titan vehicles. The transmission parking pawl may not engage when the vehicle is shifted into park, which can result in a vehicle rollaway.
The risk
A vehicle rollaway increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Owners are advised to apply the parking brake every time they park their vehicle. Dealers will replace the transmission parking pawl pin, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 2022. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's number for this recall is R22A2 R22A3.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Nissan Frontier | 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Nissan Titan | 2020, 2021, 2022 |
Components: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nissan Frontier | 2020 | 23 | 2 |
| Nissan Frontier | 2021 | 20 | 2 |
| Nissan Frontier | 2022 | 112 | 6 |
| Nissan Titan | 2020 | 23 | 5 |
| Nissan Titan | 2021 | 58 | 5 |
| Nissan Titan | 2022 | 13 | 4 |
Other power train recalls in 2022
47 of the 933 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2022 concerned the power train; Nissan North America, Inc. filed 226 campaigns in all.
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| 22V792000 20 Oct 2022 | Ford Motor Company |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2022