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2019 Nissan Pathfinder Brakes Problems

Complaints
14about this part
Share
18%of 76 total for the year
Median mileage
70,000miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 14 complaints about the brakes of the 2019 Nissan Pathfinder, 18% of the 76 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 70,000 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“5-13-2019 (5 am) I was in an accident. The aeb (automatic emergency braking system) was active. The car was in motion until impacting a mercedes. I was on the maze I-880 (freeway) and chp arrived at 5:25 am and a field report file was file and I will contest it. See attachment. There is a prepare document explaining. I saw no warning lights on the dash during motion or crash time. Driving ultimately a dash red indicator came on. At the time I did not know what that to think. Upon returning home it said the car might suddenly stop. Researching I found a way to turn off this feature. …”

NHTSA complaint #11218443, filed 2019-06, 2,300 miles

“Aeb (automatic emergency braking) light randomly comes which means aeb function has been turned off. This action disables intelligent cruise control which relies on aeb to automatically slow the car if it encounters a slower vehicle ahead. Only had the car a week or so, bought used with 40,000 miles on it from enterprise car rental. Reading the web indicates this could be an issue if you are driving with cruise control enabled and then cruise control is randomly turned off due to faulty (bosch?) radar sensor. …”

NHTSA complaint #11386498, filed 2021-01, 40,000 miles

“I am driving the car in the highway when I tray to exit ,I see the RED light semaforo in the end of the exit. Well I tray to stop the car and the brakes does' not work, and the air bag coming out before I hit the other car.My car in the front not have any damage. the other car don't have any , big damage only litere rash in the bumper. I don't now way the brakes does 'not work and the air bag coming up before the hithing.”

NHTSA complaint #11716590, filed 2026-02

“On three separate incidents my brakes have totally failed. I went to apply the brakes and the pedal went to the floor with no braking action at all. The most recent occurrence we were exiting a freeway and coming to a traffic signal. Our speed was approximately 45 MPH and upon applying the brakes they completely failed. The pedal went to the floor. Thankfully we were able to cross the intersection without a collision and slow down on an uphill on ramp..”

NHTSA complaint #11702999, filed 2025-12

“The ICC gives false crash warnings and automatically brakes your vehicle while driving at highway speeds, which is a dangerous situation. I believe it to be a bad Bosch Radar Sensor which is faulty. Other owners have told me of their same problem.”

NHTSA complaint #11455506, filed 2022-03

Related recalls

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Brakes: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026320%
20251119%
20242630%
20232221%
20223526%
2020815%
20191418%
20182127%
2017116%
20161413%
2015268%
2014427%
2013678%
201229%
2011613%
201025%
2009514%
200893%
200751%
200691%
2005182%
20041522%
20031312%
200274%
2001115%
20001110%
199966%
19981510%
1997157%
1996159%
1995116%
199455%
199336%
199213%
199113%
199013%
198917%

Other parts of the 2019 Nissan Pathfinder

Other or unknown
20 complaints
Engine
15 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
11 complaints
Electrical system
10 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
9 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
7 complaints
Body and structure
6 complaints
Vehicle speed control
5 complaints
Air bags
4 complaints
Fuel system
4 complaints
Exterior lighting
3 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
3 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2019 Nissan Pathfinder

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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