Open safety recalls, the components owners report failing most often, crash-test results and running costs for the 2012 Nissan NV3500, assembled from NHTSA and EPA records.
Everything on this page applies to the model as a whole. Run its VIN to decode that exact car, its engine, trim, assembly plant and factory equipment, alongside these records.
Open a VIN recordRecalls and complaints are filed against a specific model year, so figures differ from one year to the next even within a single generation. See every Nissan NV3500 year.
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Rated configuration: 2012 Nissan NV3500 VAN RWD
The parts named most often across 7 owner complaints filed with NHTSA for this make, model and year.
1 crash
Complaints are self-reported and skew toward problems people find alarming, so read this as where to look rather than as a defect rate.
AIR BAG SENSOR WILL NOT ALLOW AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY NISSAN CLAIMS THIS IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL FOR NHSTA: 20V-188 AIR BAG LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON AND DISABLES THE AIR BAGS. -98820-1PD9B O SPO SENSOR-SID
FAN MOTOR WHICH BLOWS THE FAN WHEN THE AC IS TURNED ON, KEEPS TRIPPING THE FUSE. 3 FUSES, THEY LAST FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS BEFORE BLOWING, AND THE FAN NO LONGER WORKS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 (NA) NISSAN NV3500. WHEN THE PASSENGER DOOR WAS CLOSED, THE PASSENGER DOOR AND SEAT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ISSUED AN INVESTIGATION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN NV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V095000 (POWER TRAIN) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND DID NOT HAVE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR PART AVAILABILITY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR A YEAR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
ON 5/23 AT THE 30000 MI SERVICE FOR MY 2012 NISSAN NV 2500 VAN, THE JIM CLICK NISSAN ROTATED THE TIRES BUT FAILED TO ADJUST THE TIRE PRESSURE (50 PSI FRONT AND 80 PSI REAR) AND FAILED TO RESET THE TPMS. AS A RESULT I WAS 30 PSI UNDER INFLATED IN THE REAR TIRES ON A HEAVILY LOADED VAN AND THE TPMS WAS UNABLE TO DETECT THIS. EVEN THOUGH I THOUGHT THE TIRES LOOKED LOW, AND I CHECKED THE TPMS WHILE DRIVING (ONLY WAY IT WORKS) AND SAW 77/78 PSI AND THOUGHT THE PRESSURE WAS FINE, NOT REALIZING THE TPMS WAS GIVING ME THE FRONT TIRE PRESSURE, 30 PSI OVER INFLATED. I CHECKED THE TPMS AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULT. FINALLY, I CHECKED THE PRESSURE MANUALLY AND CORRECTED THE PRESSURE BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESET THE TPMS. HAD THE DEALER NOT ADJUSTED THE PRESSURE OR NOT RESET THE TPMS, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN DETECTED. FAILING TO DO BOTH PUT ME AT RISK OF A BLOW OUT AND SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR
2012 NISSAN NV 2500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNSATISFACTORY CUSTOMER SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP REGARDING RECALL REPAIR. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED IN ORDER TO GET TO THE DEALER, IT WAS A 100 MILE DRIVE, AS HIS LOCAL DEALER DOESN'T WORK ON HIS MODEL. THE CONSUMER INFORMED THE DEALER HE WANTED TO WAIT FOR THE VEHICLE, BUT THE DEALER STATED THEY COULD NOT GIVE HIM A TIME FRAME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE READY. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE RECALL NOTICE, THE REPAIR WOULD ONLY TAKE LESS THAN AN HOUR TO PERFORM.
TRANSMISSION SHOWS THAT THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK BUT KICKS BACK INTO REVERSE AND ROLL BACK DAMAGING DRIVERS DOOR. *TR
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