1985 Nissan Stanza Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 1985 Nissan Stanza. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 7 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the exterior lighting. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
1
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
1
1fires
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
1
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
1
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
1
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
1
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
1
Total complaints7

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“Wife taken daughter to school, smelled strong odor of gas, daughter out of vehicle, wife still in vehicle when it burst into flames. Wife out of vehicle safely. Fire dept arrived & put flames out. Vehicle towed home. *ak”

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE · reported 1996-09-16

“Fuel injectors broke, leaking fuel onto the exhaust manifold. *sd”

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS · reported 1996-02-02

“Front passenger's seat belt buckle broke off in several pieces, preventing buckle from fastening.”

SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY · reported 1995-04-11

“Rear passenger's seat belt retractor failed, preventing belt from pulling out and buckling. *skd”

SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR · reported 1995-04-11

“Fracture in firewall, caused clutch cable to fail. *skd”

STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS · reported 1994-11-01

“Fungus growing on the reflecter headlight unit causing dimming. Can not dive at night. Please describbe further. Tt”

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS · reported 1994-10-04

“Consumer complains that seat belt loops around seat latch, causing the seat to unexpectedly collapse.”

SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER

Defect investigations

Investigation DP88001 Opened 1987-09-29 · closed 1988-02-19

FIREWALL SEAM SPLIT

FIREWALL SEAM SPLIT

Investigation PE88025 Opened 1988-02-09 · closed 1988-05-11

STEERING MALFUNCTION

There is no summary currently available

Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1985 Nissan Stanza as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.