The Nissan Pathfinder is the company’s three-row crossover, sitting below the Armada and above the Rogue in the company’s lineup. It’s a rival to the Hyundai Palisade, Kia Telluride, Toyota Highlander, and Honda Pilot. Check out the Nissan’s most compelling features by scrolling down.
Every Pathfinder comes loaded with safety technology.
The Nissan Safety Shield 360 suite of safety and driver assist technology comes standard on the Rogue. It includes automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, blind spot warning, rear cross-traffic alert, land departure warning, high beam assist, and rear automatic braking.
Additionally, the company’s Intelligent Driver Alertness and Rear Door Alert technologies are standard.
ProPilot Assist takes the wheel.
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Nissan’s ProPilot Assist technology doesn’t allow for hands-free driving and it’s not self-driving, but it does fuse together many functionalities that make daily drive functions easier, especially when your children are doing their best to distract you.
ProPILOT Assist combines steering assist and Intelligent Cruise Control to help control acceleration. It can be used in heavy traffic and on open highways.
For 2021, ProPilot Assist has been enhanced. It has next-generation radar and camera technology that is designed to allow for smoother braking, better steering assist, and improved detection performance when vehicles cut into the lane.
There’s a removable second-row center console.
Between the second-row captain’s chairs in the seven-passenger Pathfinder, there’s a thin center console (enough storage space for two cupholders and some small items) that is removable without using any tools. Removing this console allows for easier access in/out of the third-row for small children and adults. With the console in place, the seats can still be tipped and moved forward for quick ingress/egress to/from the third row.
The second row is spacious.
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Sitting in the second-row captain’s chairs is very much like sitting in those that you’d find in a full-size SUV. Adults will find that hip-room is plenty big enough while children will relish the opportunity to feel like they’re being treated to upscale accommodations.
Three people fit across the back seat.
Second-row captain’s chairs are being offered for the first time on Pathfinder with this new model. Nissan has added rear seating flexibility with the ability to fit three across the back seat. While three adults are a tight fit in the third row, children, tweens, and some teens that don’t have long legs won’t likely have a problem with it.
Pathfinder’s drive modes are designed to inspire confidence.
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Nissan has made the Rogue available with all-wheel drive. Those models also get five drive modes: Off-road, Snow, Standard, Eco, and Sport. The modes are engaged using the drive-mode selector mounted on the center console. The all-wheel drive system uses new technology that is designed to respond quicker when slippage is detected.
It has a 6,000-pound towing capability.
Nissan boasts that the 2022 Pathfinder has best-in-lass available 6,000-pound maximum towing capacity. That’s enough to allow boats, ATVs, camp tents, or trailers to be connected out back. Trailer Sway Control is standard on the Pathfinder and allows for more towing confidence, especially when winds pick up.
Moving the second-row seat is as easy as the push of one button.
Nissan has equipped the second-row bench seat in the Pathfinder with EZ-Flex one-touch mechanics. It takes just one press of a button to activate fold and slide functionalities for the second-row seats. The button can be reached from both the driver and passenger sides of the vehicle for ease.
The cargo area is plenty spacious.
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Behind the SUV’s third-row seats Pathfinder can fit a 120-quart cooler or four golf bags – all with the third row full of occupants. The interior can also accommodate 4×8-foot plywood sheets.
The ride is sublimely quiet.
Nissan has equipped the Pathfinder with acoustic laminated front glass, thicker second-row glass, increased door and floor isolation, and a 60-percent increase in engine noise absorption materials. The result is a vehicle that provides a quieter ride, meaning less likelihood parents will have to should to be heard by third-row passengers.
