Model year 2021 · D40 (2005–2021)

2021 Nissan Frontier specs

The 2021 Nissan Frontier tows 6,250–6,720 lb, carries 1,020–1,460 lb of payload, weighs 4,145–4,696 lb at the curb and measures 205.5–219.4 in long, by configuration, per Nissan’s own documents.

We hold 11 configurations of the 2021 Frontier, and Nissan gives a figure for every one.

Every figure and configuration of the 2021 Frontier is the 2020’s: the 2020 page has the same table.

Retail configurations: 11
Documents: 2

2021 PRO-4X Crew Cab 4x4 3.8L V6 9AT, drawn to scale from its published dimensions.

01 / Configurations

Every 2021 Frontier configuration

11 retail configurations sold in 2021, 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.

202111 configurations

2021 Nissan Frontier D40: every configuration with its numbers
Configuration	Front diff	Rear diff	Approach	Breakover	Departure	Max towing	Max payload	Curb weight	Tires
S King Cab 4x2 3.8L V6 9AT	n/a	9.8 in	30.5°	19.8°	22.1°	6,620 lb	1,460 lb	4,180 lb	265/70R16
S King Cab 4x4 3.8L V6 9AT	8.9 in	10.1 in	31.5°	20.6°	22.6°	6,370 lb	1,340 lb	4,403 lb	265/70R16
S Crew Cab 4x2 3.8L V6 9AT	n/a	9.8 in	30.5°	19.8°	22.1°	6,620 lb	1,460 lb	4,320 lb	265/70R16
S Crew Cab 4x4 3.8L V6 9AT	8.9 in	10.1 in	31.5°	20.6°	22.6°	6,370 lb	1,340 lb	4,543 lb	265/70R16
SV King Cab 4x2 3.8L V6 9AT	n/a	9.8 in	30.5°	19.8°	22.1°	6,720 lb	1,430 lb	4,145 lb	265/70R16
SV King Cab 4x4 3.8L V6 9AT	8.9 in	10.1 in	31.5°	20.6°	22.6°	6,510 lb	1,360 lb	4,368 lb	265/70R16
SV Crew Cab 4x2 3.8L V6 9AT	n/a	9.8 in	30.5°	19.8°	22.1°	6,640 lb	1,460 lb	4,264 lb	265/70R16
SV Crew Cab Long Bed 4x2 3.8L V6 9AT	n/a	9.8 in	30.5°	19.8°	22.1°	6,500 lb	1,360 lb	4,525 lb	265/70R16
SV Crew Cab 4x4 3.8L V6 9AT	8.9 in	10.1 in	31.5°	20.6°	22.6°	6,380 lb	1,360 lb	4,507 lb	265/70R16
SV Crew Cab Long Bed 4x4 3.8L V6 9AT	8.9 in	10.1 in	31.5°	20.6°	22.6°	6,250 lb	1,220 lb	4,639 lb	265/70R16
PRO-4X Crew Cab 4x4 3.8L V6 9AT	8.9 in	10.1 in	32.6°	20.5°	23.3°	6,290 lb	1,020 lb	4,696 lb	265/75R16

MakerSource: 2021 Nissan Frontier Press Kit (pricing and specifications)

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 2021

The 2021 Frontier against the 2020, the previous model year we hold. Only what Nissan’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

No retail configuration added or dropped: the 11 sold in the 2020 are all here.
Same range as the 2020: towing, payload, curb weight and length.

03 / Tires

2021 Frontier stock tire sizes

The tire sizes Nissan fits at the factory in 2021, the standard ones first.

2021 Nissan Frontier stock tire sizes, with the configurations they are fitted to
Tire size	Wheel	Diameternominal
265/70R16Standard: S, SV	16 in	30.6 in
265/75R16Standard: PRO-4X	16 in	31.6 in

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

04 / Sources

The 2021 documents

2 documents behind the 2021 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.