The Lemon Index$4,400 middle bill · most between $1,400 and $5,600
Higher than the $1,300 middle bill owners of all 90 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 103,000 miles (32 reports).
Nissan Frontier owners reported paying a median of $4,400 for a radiator replacement, with the middle half of bills between $1,400 and $5,600. That's from 36 owner reports (34 complaints to NHTSA and 2 YouTube videos). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50017%
- $500–$1,0003%
- $1,000–$2,50017%
- $2,500–$5,00022%
- $5,000 and up42%
Share of the 36 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2005 Nissan Frontier10$3,000 middle bill
- 2006 Nissan Frontier10$4,300 middle bill
- 2007 Nissan Frontier11$6,000 middle bill
- 2008 Nissan Frontier2too few for a middle
- 2016 Nissan Frontier1too few for a middle
- 2005–2021 Nissan Frontier (YouTube)2too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Nissan Frontier reliability by year
- Radiator replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Nissan Frontier owners reported
Transmission replacement (30) · Timing chain replacement (10)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11349599, 11268170, 11161486, 11098101, 11089759, 11034685, 10896261, 10860780, 10823017, 10817470, 10808614, 10788472 and more.
Quick answers
How much does radiator replacement cost on a Nissan Frontier?
Nissan Frontier owners reported a median of $4,400, and the middle half paid $1,400 to $5,600, from 36 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Nissan Frontier radiator replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Nissan Frontier middle bill of $4,400 is higher than the $1,300 owners of all 90 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Nissan Frontier repair costs come from?
From 34 complaints to NHTSA and 2 YouTube videos: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.