Makes NissanFrontier

Nissan Frontier MPG

Its best-rated version reaches 22 MPG combined in 1998 and 2004, the Frontier 2WD. Its weakest year peaked at 20 MPG (2020–2022).

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714.3 gal

a year at 15,000 miles for the best 2026 version, the Frontier 2WD. Put it next to its 1998 predecessor, at your own mileage.

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The Nissan Frontier has EPA ratings for 29 model years, 1998–2026, most often among standard pickup trucks. Its best version had the highest combined rating among standard pickup trucks in 1998–1999, and it placed in its class top five in 10 model years. In 1998 the Ford Ranger and the Mazda B Pickup came next among 16 standard pickup trucks. In 2023 the most efficient version of the Frontier still placed second from the bottom of 10 standard pickup trucks, where the Nissan Titan rated lowest.

That run of rated years is the fifth longest among 87 pickup nameplates on this site. Averaged over 2019–2023, its best version placed third from the bottom of 10 among standard pickup trucks rated at least three years in that span, and it was in the bottom five in one other five-year span.

Among 12 standard pickup trucks, 2026

The Frontier placed eighth (tied). The class leader was the Chevrolet Silverado at 25 MPG. The next higher rating, 22 MPG, is shared by two nameplates.

The Frontier, five years at a time

Average rating of its best version per span, placed among standard pickup trucks.

1999–03fourth of 14

2004–08fourth of 19

2019–23eighth of 10

2024–26eighth of 10

Where the engine list turned over

2005
New: 2.5-liter 4-cylinder, 4.0-liter 6-cylinder. Best rating 22 → 21 MPG.
2020
New: 3.8-liter 6-cylinder. Best rating 21 → 20 MPG.

Powertrains under the name

Gasoline
Rated in 1998–2026.
Flex-fuel
Rated in 2017–2019.

Other names on this page

The Suzuki Equator (2009–2012) carried the same EPA ratings in the years they overlap, so it is covered by this page.

All 29 model years, best and lowest version

Model years	Best version	Combined	City / hwy	Lowest version	Versions
2025–2026	Frontier 2WD	21	19 / 24	18	3
2024	Frontier 2WD	21	18 / 24	19	3
2023	Frontier 2WD	21	18 / 24	18	6
2020–2022	Frontier 2WD	20	18 / 24	19	2
2017–2019	Frontier 2WD	21	19 / 23	17	8
2013–2016	Frontier 2WD	21	19 / 23	17	6
2005–2012	Frontier 2WD	21	19 / 23	16	6
2004	Frontier 2WD	22	20 / 24	15	10
2003	Frontier 2WD	21	20 / 23	14	10
2002	Frontier 2WD	21	20 / 23	15	10
2001	Frontier 2WD	21	20 / 24	15	10
2000	Frontier 2WD	21	20 / 24	15	7
1999	Frontier 2WD	21	20 / 24	15	5
1998	Frontier 2WD	22	20 / 24	17	3

Version names in the EPA list: Frontier 2WD, Frontier 2WD FFV, Frontier 4WD, Frontier 4WD FFV, Frontier 4WD PRO4X, Frontier V6 2WD, Frontier V6 4WD.

Same class, 2026

Chevrolet Silverado25 MPG Honda Ridgeline21 MPG GMC Canyon20 MPG Jeep Gladiator19 MPG