Audited US model-year file

1987 NISSAN Pathfinder

Exact make, model and year evidence from official US sources. Recall campaigns, ODI investigations, complaint allegations and EPA estimates remain separate.

Model-year evidence is not a VIN check.

A campaign may cover only certain production dates, plants or equipment. A zero result here is not safety clearance. Use NHTSA’s official VIN tool for the individual vehicle.

Official VIN lookup ↗

01 · Safety actions first

2 NHTSA recall campaigns

Exact model-level NHTSA results for 1987 NISSAN Pathfinder. Campaign records are official safety actions; applicability to a particular car still requires its VIN.

01
NHTSA Recalls · US · received 1990-04-17

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

Campaign 90V072000
Summary

INCORRECT TIRE INFLATION PRESSURES WERE PRINTED ON CERTIFICATION LABELS.

Consequence

INCORRECT TIRE INFLATION COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.

Remedy

INSTALL CORRECTED TIRE INFORMATION LABEL ON DOORPOST CERTIFICATION LABEL.

02
NHTSA Recalls · US · received 1987-09-04

SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

Campaign 87V137000
Summary

MISMATCH OF MALE AND FEMALE REAR SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES.

Consequence

THE SEAT BELTS CAN NOT BE BUCKLED AND PASSENGERS AREUNABLE TO USE THE RESTRAINT SYSTEM.

Remedy

INSPECT AND REPLACE ALL MISMATCHED BELT ASSEMBLIES.

02 · Owner allegations

28 NHTSA complaints

Counts are not adjusted for sales, vehicle age, mileage, publicity or reporting behavior. They are allegations, not defect findings or a reliability score.

Crash mentions
0
Fire mentions
1
Injuries reported
0
Most-reported component labels
SEAT BELTS8
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING5
VISIBILITY4
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL3
POWER TRAIN2
SEATS2
Complaints across nearby Nissan Pathfinder model years

Totals for the same nameplate, scaled against its highest year here. They are not adjusted for how many were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received — an older or better-selling year will usually carry more reports. This shows where the reporting sits, not which year is better.

  1. 281987
  2. 171988
  3. 151989
  4. 381990
  5. 391991
  6. 301992

A dash means NHTSA holds no complaint record for that exact year, make and model. See all Pathfinder years with specs and fuel economy →

03 · Agency review

1 NHTSA ODI investigation

An investigation means ODI reviewed a possible safety issue for this exact model-year identity. Opening one is not a defect finding; closing one does not by itself clear a vehicle.

EA95007
Closed 1995-08-02 · opened 1995-03-10

TAKATA SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE

NHTSA source ↗

SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY · Associated recall campaign 95V103002.

04 · EPA configurations

Fuel economy & specifications

FuelEconomy.gov records are summarized as ranges where this model name has multiple engines, drivetrains or trims.

EPA configurations
3
Combined economy
14–16 mpg/MPGe
City / highway
13–15 / 15–18 mpg/MPGe
Engine displacement
2.4–3 L
Cylinders
4–6
Fuel type
Regular
Drive
4-Wheel or All-Wheel Drive
Vehicle class
Special Purpose Vehicles
Annual fuel-cost estimate
$4050–4650

05 · Evidence strength

Exact identity. Explicit limits.

No opaque score. Evidence strength is expressed through source availability, exact match method, jurisdiction and honest empty states.

exact match

Recall campaigns

2 exact US model-year records in this bounded view.

exact match

Complaints

28 exact US model-year allegations; narratives and VIN fragments are omitted.

exact match

ODI investigations

1 exact US model-year action numbers in the approved import snapshot.

canonical only

Model aliases

Only the exact NHTSA vPIC model name is published; unverified aliases are not merged.

not published

Manufacturer ownership

No rights-reviewed official ownership record is joined to this exact model-year.

PUBLIC EVIDENCE PASSPORT

Identity, freshness and provenance.

The canonical URL is this file’s permanent public identifier. Source IDs and timestamps show exactly what was matched and when; they do not turn the evidence into a verdict.

Permanent public ID
https://modelyearfacts.com/vehicle/1987/nissan/pathfinder
NHTSA make ID
478
NHTSA model ID
1911
Match key
1987 · NISSAN · Pathfinder · US
Live evidence requested
EPA publication catalogue
Complaint matrix snapshot
Imported safety snapshot
nhtsa-investigations · exact match

NHTSA ODI investigations

Action number, component, subject and open/close dates from the approved bulk import; long summaries omitted.

Open official source ↗
US-market boundary

Only NHTSA vPIC, NHTSA ODI complaints and investigations, NHTSA recalls and FuelEconomy.gov contribute to this vehicle claim. CPSC equipment notices are searched separately and never joined to vehicle fitment. UK MOT, Canadian, New Zealand and European records are not merged into this US claim.

06 · Research paths

Diagnose first. Confirm fitment.

These are transparent searches, not diagnoses or endorsed parts. Recall remedies come before purchases; exact part fitment requires VIN, trim, powertrain, production date and OE number.

Offers status: held

Awin US and R2 affiliate inventory are not published until a US programme, merchant and exact-fitment projection are approved. No offer currently has both merchant approval and exact vehicle fitment, so commercial links never count as evidence.