The launch-year recall stack is gone and one recall remains — but the rear brakes wear out even earlier than on the 2022, and the cameras fail.

The 2023's signature electrical failure, and a distinct problem from either of the backup-camera recalls that affected earlier Pathfinders. The Around View Monitor — the module that stitches the car's several cameras into a 360-degree overhead view — has its control unit fail, and owners consistently report that when it goes, none of the cameras work, not just the reversing one. One owner's system stopped functioning completely with the dealership confirming a failed control unit; another lost the backup camera image specifically because of the failed monitor module; a third had the backup camera module go at 64,000 miles and notes the same thing happened to a 2019 they previously owned. Others report the screen giving a black image in reverse, or the front parking sensors activating constantly with no fault stored. There is no recall covering this, so it is an owner-paid module replacement. On a vehicle this size with the blind spots one owner rightly points out, test every camera view — not just reverse — before you commit.

Carried over from the 2022 and still present on the 2023. Owners describe the vehicle putting itself into Neutral without any driver input — at around 25 mph with a warning light appearing, several times on the interstate, and while stopping at a red light, after which the car would not pull away. The recovery is the same each time: shift fully into Park and back into Drive. One owner separately reports the vehicle failing to accelerate from a stop at a red light with the engine not revving at all. There is no recall covering this. On the 2022 an owner reported paying a dealer diagnostic fee and being told the fault was tied to a service bulletin, so there is a documented path to a fix — but it is not a campaign and it is not automatic. Ask directly whether the car has ever done this, and if it has, get the bulletin work confirmed in writing.

The year's only recall, and a straightforward one. Recall 23V268 covers certain 2023 Rogue, Pathfinder and Infiniti QX60 vehicles in which the driver's powered seat may not be fully secured to the seat frame, causing the seat frame welds to detach from the rear inboard seat bracket. An unsecured seat with broken welds may not properly restrain an occupant in a crash. Dealers inspect the driver's seat rail clearance and replace the seat cushion frame where necessary, free of charge; owner notification letters were expected to be mailed in June 2023 and Nissan's codes are PC966 and PC967. It is worth pairing with a physical check — one 2023 owner separately reports a passenger-side captain's chair frame with enough play to shake and rattle with someone sitting in it, which was replaced.

A smaller cluster than the brakes but a more serious one. One owner reports three separate fuel pump failures in under a year, each requiring a replacement by an authorised Nissan dealer. Others describe the engine stalling — one blocking a lane approaching an ATM and stalling again after restarting fifteen minutes later, another going into limp mode on the interstate with the family aboard and having to pull over. A separate filing describes the idle-stop feature shutting the engine off at a red light and then failing to restart when the light changed. There is no recall covering fuel delivery on this year. A car with a documented fuel pump replacement is not automatically a bad sign, but a car on its second or third one is.

The water-leak half of the fifth generation's panoramic roof problem persists into 2023. One owner reports a recurring defect in the sunroof drain system causing repeated water intrusion; another describes water pouring into the cabin from the A-pillars, headliner, sun visor lights, vanity mirror and dome light after heavy rain; a third reports a mould and mildew smell from the air vents at every start, with the dealer initially acknowledging the smell and then not resolving it. Separately, one owner reports the rear window shattering completely simply from shutting a door. None of this is covered by a recall. Water damage is slow, expensive and easy to hide before a sale, so check the headliner, the pillar trim, the third-row footwells and the spare-wheel well for staining, and run the fan on recirculate for a minute with your nose near a vent.

Several 2023 owners report driver-assistance faults with no free remedy behind them. One had a forward-collision warning light that would not go out and a module replaced at a cost of $2,500 — which did not fix it. Another reports the blind-spot warning system malfunctioning outright. Another reports the front parking-assist sensors activating excessively even at a standstill despite calibration showing no faults, and another reports the steering-wheel control buttons malfunctioning. Nissan publishes a bulletin covering intelligent cruise control going inoperative with an emergency-braking warning light or a 'front radar obstruction' message on 2017 and later Pathfinders, so there is a diagnostic path, but there is no campaign paying for it. Exercise every driver-assistance system on the test drive and treat a persistent warning light as a four-figure question rather than a nuisance.