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Nissan Frontier towing capacity

Nissan's midsize pickup. King Cab and Crew Cab maxima are different, which is why a single Frontier number is not specific enough.

The nameplate began in 1998. Pages here start at 2000. Earlier charts are not transcribed yet.

Cited years

0k2k4k6k8k2000: no cited conventional rating20002001: no cited conventional rating2002: no cited conventional rating2003: no cited conventional rating2004: no cited conventional rating2005: no cited conventional rating20052006: 6,500 lb conventional2007: no cited conventional rating2008: no cited conventional rating2009: 6,500 lb conventional2010: 6,500 lb conventional20102011: 6,500 lb conventional2012: 6,500 lb conventional2013: 6,500 lb conventional2014: 6,500 lb conventional2015: 6,500 lb conventional20152016: 6,500 lb conventional2017: 6,710 lb conventional+0.2k2018: 6,710 lb conventional2019: 6,720 lb conventional2020: 6,720 lb conventional20202021: 6,720 lb conventional2022: 6,720 lb conventional2023: 6,720 lb conventional2024: 6,640 lb conventional−0.1k2025: 7,150 lb conventional+0.5k20252026: 7,150 lb conventional2026
Highest cited conventional rating per model year, in thousands of pounds. Labels mark the largest changes from the year before, counted only where both years are cited. A dashed tick is a year with no cited rating; it is not zero and is not estimated.
YearHitchCited maximumVersus prior cited yearSource
2006Conventional6,500 lbFirst cited year for this hitchNissan
2009Conventional6,500 lbUnchanged from 2006Nissan
2010Conventional6,500 lbUnchanged from 2009Nissan
2011Conventional6,500 lbUnchanged from 2010Nissan
2012Conventional6,500 lbUnchanged from 2011Nissan
2013Conventional6,500 lbUnchanged from 2012Nissan
2014Conventional6,500 lbUnchanged from 2013Nissan
2015Conventional6,500 lbUnchanged from 2014Nissan
2016Conventional6,500 lbUnchanged from 2015Nissan
2017Conventional6,710 lb+210 lb vs 2016Nissan
2018Conventional6,710 lbUnchanged from 2017Nissan
2019Conventional6,720 lb+10 lb vs 2018Nissan
2020Conventional6,720 lbUnchanged from 2019Nissan
2021Conventional6,720 lbUnchanged from 2020Nissan
2022Conventional6,720 lbUnchanged from 2021Nissan
2023Conventional6,720 lbUnchanged from 2022Nissan
2024Conventional6,640 lb-80 lb vs 2023Nissan
2025Conventional7,150 lb+510 lb vs 2024Nissan
2026Conventional7,150 lbUnchanged from 2025Nissan

Every model year

A filled mark means that year has a cited rating. An empty mark is still a real page: generation, what changed, and an explicit gap instead of a guessed number.

  1. 20267,150 lb cited
  2. 20257,150 lb cited
  3. 20246,640 lb cited
  4. 20236,720 lb cited
  5. 20226,720 lb cited
  6. 20216,720 lb cited
  7. 20206,720 lb cited
  8. 20196,720 lb cited
  9. 20186,710 lb cited
  10. 20176,710 lb cited
  11. 20166,500 lb cited
  12. 20156,500 lb cited
  13. 20146,500 lb cited
  14. 20136,500 lb cited
  15. 20126,500 lb cited
  16. 20116,500 lb cited
  17. 20106,500 lb cited
  18. 20096,500 lb cited
  19. 2008Second generation
  20. 2007Second generation
  21. 20066,500 lb cited
  22. 2005Second generation
  23. 2004First generation
  24. 2003First generation
  25. 2002First generation
  26. 2001First generation
  27. 2000First generation

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