Nissan Nv2500 Reliability by Year

Based on 2M+ real complaints filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

23 NHTSA complaints (2012–2017).Complaint rate: 43.8 per 1,000 vehicles.

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Should I buy a Nissan Nv2500?

Quick answer from 23 NHTSA complaints · 2012–2017

Nissan Nv2500 shows elevated crash or fire rates — buy with caution. 21.7% of reported complaints involved a crash — above the ~4% mainstream average. Most complaints relate to transmission / drivetrain. Inspect carefully or consider a different model in the same class.

Best years to buy
Most common Nissan Nv2500 problem: Transmission / Drivetrain3 complaints (33.3% crash-involvement rate).

Keep scrolling for year-by-year complaint trends, recall campaigns, and component breakdowns — or click any year above for a full report.

Severity Score
1485.7
Complaints
23
Crash Rate
21.7%
Fire Rate
0.0%
Injuries
4
Fatalities

Which Years to Buy & Avoid

Years auto-clustered by complaint volume relative to this model's median.

Rankings based on raw NHTSA complaint counts. Sales volume data not yet available for this model.

Bottom line: Avoid the 2014 Nissan Nv2500. The 2013 models had significantly fewer reported issues. Most common issue across all years: Transmission / Drivetrain.

Avoid These Years

2014
~9/yr complaints · 3 crashes

Average

2012
~6/yr complaints
2016
~4/yr complaints

Better Years

2013
~2/yr complaints
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Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA complaint count per model year

Common Nissan Nv2500 Problems

Most reported component complaints to NHTSA. Bar length = volume; color = crash-involvement rate.

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ComponentComplaintsCrash %
Transmission / Drivetrain333.3%
Airbags366.7%
Electrical Faults20.0%
Body Structure250.0%
Wheel Issues20.0%
Data Sources & Methodology

Complaints: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation consumer complaint database (23 records for this model). Public domain data, updated monthly.

Sales data: Not yet available for this model. Complaint counts are shown as raw numbers.

Rate calculation: Complaints per 10,000 vehicles sold = (complaint count / US annual sales) x 10,000. This normalizes for sales volume so high-volume models like Civic or Camry aren't unfairly penalized.

Year classifications: AVOID = 1.5x+ the model's median complaint count. GOOD = 0.6x or below. Years less than 3 years old are marked TOO NEW (insufficient data).

See also: Nissan Nv2500accident & safety statistics from our vehicle history database.

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