Model-year matrix

Nissan Quest
which year?

Compare every Nissan Quest model year the EPA recorded, 1993 to 2017. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Nissan Quest year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Nissan Quest?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Nissan Quest years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2004

445 indexed complaint reports; electrical system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2004 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2007

228 indexed complaint reports; fuel/propulsion system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2007 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect1995

167 indexed complaint reports; engine and engine cooling is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1995 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Nissan Quest model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2016 Nissan Quest

NHTSA complaint allegations: 13
Combined EPA economy: 22 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 1
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,800
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelspower train 6suspension 2air bags 1

Open the 2016 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2017 Nissan Quest

NHTSA complaint allegations: 6
Combined EPA economy: 22 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 1
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,800
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelspower train 2air bags 1electrical system 1

Open the 2017 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2017 has 7 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2016.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Nissan Quest by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Nissan Quest model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2017	6	power train 2air bags 1electrical system 1	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2016	13	power train 6suspension 2air bags 1	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2015	12	electrical system 3power train 3unknown or other 3	22	1	$2,800	Dossier →
2014	18	power train 7electrical system 5structure 2	21	1	$2,950	Dossier →
2013	18	power train 9unknown or other 3structure 2	21	1	$2,950	Dossier →
2012	93	power train 28electrical system 20fuel/propulsion system 16	21	1	$2,950	Dossier →
2011	66	fuel system, gasoline 25electrical system 10power train 10	21	1	$2,950	Dossier →
2009	22	fuel/propulsion system 5structure 4electrical system 3	19	1	$4,000	Dossier →
2008	50	fuel/propulsion system 11air bags 8electrical system 8	19	1	$4,000	Dossier →
2007	228	fuel/propulsion system 78engine 39electrical system 33	19	1	$4,000	Dossier →
2006	74	power train 15electrical system 12structure 9	19	2	$3,250	Dossier →
2005	82	electrical system 15engine 15power train 14	19	2	$3,250	Dossier →
2004	445	electrical system 79power train 72structure 72	18–19	2	$3,250–3,400	Dossier →
2002	29	equipment 5tires 5electrical system 4	17	1	$3,600	Dossier →
2001	42	structure 7visibility 6service brakes, hydraulic 5	17	1	$3,600	Dossier →
2000	87	exterior lighting 20vehicle speed control 19structure 11	18	1	$3,400	Dossier →
1999	118	vehicle speed control 40service brakes, hydraulic 26visibility 12	18	1	$3,400	Dossier →
1998	41	visibility 9structure 6air bags 5	18	1	$3,400	Dossier →
1997	89	structure 16electrical system 15air bags 10	18	1	$3,400	Dossier →
1996	134	latches/locks/linkages 26air bags 18engine and engine cooling 17	18	1	$3,400	Dossier →
1995	167	engine and engine cooling 45fuel system, gasoline 32seat belts 18	18	1	$3,400	Dossier →
1994	165	engine and engine cooling 60fuel system, gasoline 24service brakes, hydraulic 18	18	1	$3,400	Dossier →
1993	118	engine and engine cooling 37visibility 25fuel system, gasoline 15	18	1	$3,400	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.