Model year 2005 · D40 (2005–2021)

2005 Nissan Frontier specs

The 2005 Nissan Frontier tows 3,500–6,500 lb, carries 994–1,552 lb of payload, weighs 3,675–4,502 lb at the curb and measures 205.5 in long, by configuration, per Nissan’s own documents.

We hold 19 configurations of the 2005 Frontier, and Nissan gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations: 19
Documents: 3

2005 NISMO King Cab 4x4 4.0L V6 6MT, drawn to scale from its published dimensions.

01 / Configurations

Every 2005 Frontier configuration

19 retail configurations sold in 2005, each with the figures Nissan publishes for it. A number a factory package raises shows under the configuration’s own. Nissan gives figures for weights, dimensions, towing and clearance and angles.

200519 configurations

2005 Nissan Frontier D40: every configuration with its numbers
Configuration	Approach	Breakover	Departure	Max towing	Max payload	Curb weight	Tires
XE King Cab 4x2 2.5L I4 5MT	27.8°	18.0°	21.0°	3,500 lb	1,001 lb	3,675 lb	P235/75R15
XE King Cab 4x2 2.5L I4 5AT	27.8°	18.0°	21.0°	3,500 lb	994 lb	3,693 lb	P235/75R15
SE King Cab 4x2 4.0L V6 6MT	30.5°	19.8°	22.1°	6,500 lb	1,552 lb	4,139 lb	P265/70R16
SE King Cab 4x2 4.0L V6 5AT	30.5°	19.8°	22.1°	6,500 lb	1,435 lb	4,154 lb	P265/70R16
SE King Cab 4x4 4.0L V6 6MT	31.5°	20.6°	22.6°	6,300 lb	1,383 lb	4,307 lb	P265/70R16
SE King Cab 4x4 4.0L V6 5AT	31.5°	20.6°	22.6°	6,300 lb	1,367 lb	4,323 lb	P265/70R16
SE Crew Cab 4x2 4.0L V6 6MT	30.5°	19.8°	22.1°	6,300 lb	1,464 lb	4,226 lb	P265/70R16
SE Crew Cab 4x2 4.0L V6 5AT	30.5°	19.8°	22.1°	6,300 lb	1,482 lb	4,242 lb	P265/70R16
SE Crew Cab 4x4 4.0L V6 6MT	31.5°	20.6°	22.6°	6,100 lb	1,246 lb	4,419 lb	P265/70R16
SE Crew Cab 4x4 4.0L V6 5AT	31.5°	20.6°	22.6°	6,100 lb	1,381 lb	4,435 lb	P265/70R16
LE King Cab 4x2 4.0L V6 5AT	30.5°	19.8°	22.1°	6,500 lb	1,413 lb	4,176 lb	P265/65R17
LE King Cab 4x4 4.0L V6 5AT	31.5°	20.6°	22.6°	6,300 lb	1,345 lb	4,345 lb	P265/65R17
LE Crew Cab 4x2 4.0L V6 5AT	30.5°	19.8°	22.1°	6,300 lb	1,459 lb	4,257 lb	P265/65R17
LE Crew Cab 4x4 4.0L V6 5AT	31.5°	20.6°	22.6°	6,100 lb	1,365 lb	4,451 lb	P265/65R17
NISMO King Cab 4x2 4.0L V6 5AT	31.5°	19.5°	22.6°	6,500 lb	1,433 lb	4,167 lb	P265/75R16
NISMO King Cab 4x4 4.0L V6 6MT	32.6°	20.5°	23.3°	6,300 lb	1,276 lb	4,323 lb	P265/75R16
NISMO King Cab 4x4 4.0L V6 5AT	32.6°	20.5°	23.3°	6,300 lb	1,261 lb	4,339 lb	P265/75R16
NISMO Crew Cab 4x2 4.0L V6 5AT	31.5°	19.5°	22.6°	6,300 lb	1,293 lb	4,306 lb	P265/75R16
NISMO Crew Cab 4x4 4.0L V6 5AT	32.6°	20.5°	23.3°	6,100 lb	1,098 lb	4,502 lb	P265/75R16

MakerSource: 2005 Nissan Frontier Specifications (NissanNews)

A dash means the maker’s documents we have don’t give that number for that configuration, and a column with no number for any configuration of the year isn’t shown. “Door label” means the maker prints it only on each vehicle’s certification label, and “not published” that the maker doesn’t print it, or points elsewhere. “Up to” is a ceiling the maker prints over several configurations; a range is the maker’s own, printed across the grades of that configuration.

02 / What changed

New for 2005

The 2005 is the earliest Frontier model year we hold, so there is nothing before it to compare.

03 / Tires

2005 Frontier stock tire sizes

The tire sizes Nissan fits at the factory in 2005, the standard ones first.

2005 Nissan Frontier stock tire sizes, with the configurations they are fitted to
Tire size	Wheel	Diameternominal
P235/75R15Standard: XE	15 in	28.9 in
P265/70R16Standard: SE	16 in	30.6 in
P265/75R16Standard: NISMO	16 in	31.6 in
P265/65R17Standard: LE	17 in	30.6 in

Frontier tire sizes, with wheel specs and what bigger tires change

04 / Sources

The 2005 documents

3 documents behind the 2005 Frontier’s figures. The maker’s own come first; a third-party page fills in only a number the maker doesn’t publish, and wears its own mark.

Documents last checked Oct 9, 2026. How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

These are Nissan’s published figures for the models it describes, not a weighbridge or a tape measure; your own vehicle’s options change them. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.