Other body or interior problem on the 2014 Nissan Pathfinder
1 crash 1 fire 2 of the 52 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other body or interior problem gets reported
Owners of the 2014 Nissan Pathfinder report other body or interior problem at a median of 60,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 15,000 miles and a quarter after 87,500 miles, from 41 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 4th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 2,500 miles at the tenth percentile to 120,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 117,000 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
29% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,000 miles | 14,000 miles | 60,000 miles | 87,000 miles | 120,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a crash and 1 a fire are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $200–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 21 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2024, at a median of 2,000 miles, and latest on the 2003 at 150,000 miles.
By volume the 2013 carries the most reports, with 58; the 2014 has 52. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
The hood of the 2014 nissan pathfinder shakes/vibrates when driving at high speeds 60 m/h. Took it to dealership and they told me thats the way it is supposed to be. I am afraid that the hood will come open in the middle of the hwy causing an accident. *tr
I have a serious vibration problem with the hood on my 2014 pathfinder - the problem occurs at about 55 MPH - the front side of the hood shakes during normal driving and becomes violent when a semi is coming towards me on a 2 lane rd - nissan has had 2 engineers look at this car and they have also installed larger weatherstrips on the frt side of the hood - these strips have tamed the vibration down however the vibration is enough to cause cups in the cup holder to rattle. Being an insurance adjuster for over 20 years I understand the reasons manufacturers use aluminum hoods however safety should not be reduced for fuel economy - per glen nakagawa with nissan they have designed a new hood for 2015 to hopefully correct the problem for most owners - my problem is not just with vibration on the front side of the hood but with the hood lifting above the fenders at the hinges when a semi approaches me - the stress that is being placed on steel hinges attached to an aluminum hood is incredible and I feel that it is a matter of time until one or the other fails potentially causing a fatal accident - I should not be in fear while driving…
2014 nissan pathfinder all four wheel hubs began rusting soon after purchase. Car is now 6 months old with hubs completely rusted...this should be recalled as it is a serious problem. I have two nissan pathfinders, one 2012 and one 2014..both maintained to same standards. I have no rust on my 2012 but 2014 is looking terrible. This is a dangerous problem. *tr
Also reported on the 2014 Nissan Pathfinder
Other powertrain problem
CVT failure
Other visibility problem
Complete transmission failure
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault
Other engine problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 52 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other body or interior problem happen on the 2014 Nissan Pathfinder?
Across 41 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 60,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 15,000 miles and a quarter after 87,500 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other body or interior problem on the 2014 Nissan Pathfinder?
52 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.6 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed