2022 Nissan Pathfinder Rock Creek | Review & Road Test

Aug 3, 2023

2022 Nissan Pathfinder Rock Creek | Review & Road Test

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Nissan goes off-road with the Pathfinder Rock Creek Edition in 2022. If you’re looking for a little more capability when leaving the pavement is the Rock Creek Edition Pathfinder the right 3-row SUV for you? Check out the review and find out.

00:00 2022 Nissan Pathfinder
0:55 Exterior
1:09 Engine
1:27 Driving Impressions
1:58 Interior
6:50 Competitors

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Content

1.079 -> foreign

5.7 -> a lot of the times off-road packages on

8.76 -> crossovers are strictly for appearance

10.5 -> only I had a great opportunity to see if

13.679 -> the Rock Creek Edition on the Nissan

15.36 -> Pathfinder is actually off-road capable

19.5 -> [Music]

24.48 -> if you're driving over 1500 miles over

26.22 -> some of Nevada and California's most

28.199 -> beautiful and rough Terrain in an

30.24 -> off-road rally called The Rebel isn't

32.34 -> something you'd want to do in your car

33.899 -> but Nissan decided with me that it was a

36.54 -> good idea so let's see how it went

39.12 -> some basics of the Pathfinder first

41.1 -> there was a time when the Pathfinder was

43.379 -> a formidable body on frame truck that

45.48 -> was genuinely capable but when it went

47.879 -> the way of most SUVs meaning unibody it

51.239 -> lost Direction a little bit this

53.1 -> redesign however is a massive

54.78 -> improvement over the previous generation

56.52 -> it looks great from the outside

58.399 -> certainly it has more presence and

60.6 -> doesn't look as generic as the outgoing

62.34 -> model did and maybe Nissan gave it a

65.58 -> little bit more of its guts back it does

67.619 -> get V6 power from a 3.5 liter engine yes

71.1 -> the Rock Creek does get a bump up even

73.2 -> from the highest Platinum trim level in

75.479 -> the horsepower department and that

77.52 -> definitely makes a difference when

78.84 -> you're Wheeling instead of Nissan's

81 -> go-to CVT they've put in their 9-speed

83.58 -> automatic transmission in here

87.119 -> the transmission in my opinion is pretty

89.7 -> crucial because when you are off-roading

92.46 -> you do need to be able to downshift to

94.979 -> get a little bit more extra power to get

96.659 -> you over stuff

98.34 -> um the good thing is with The Rock Creek

99.96 -> it does come with paddle shifters so

101.52 -> you're able to control that yourself

103.2 -> pretty easily under normal circumstances

106.32 -> I'll say that this transmission shifts

108.479 -> fairly well it finds gears pretty

111.42 -> quickly but suffice to say I did use

114.6 -> these paddles quite a bit in the rally

117.659 -> when it comes to the interior you're

119.7 -> definitely getting more for your money

121.079 -> with a nine inch touchscreen that's easy

123.299 -> to see and fairly easy to navigate once

125.399 -> you set up I'd love there to be a

127.2 -> quicker toggle between carplay and music

129 -> but if you set up your presets you

130.92 -> likely won't care about that

133.02 -> The Rock Creek gets trim specific seats

135.9 -> in leatherette with cloth inserts they

138.42 -> also get this really nice stitching and

140.819 -> this stitched logo here now these are

144 -> Nissan's zero gravity seats and they are

147.3 -> really super comfortable even if you're

148.92 -> driving over rough terrain for long

150.599 -> periods of time now the truck that I

153.3 -> actually drove was pretty dirty with all

156.06 -> of our camping gear and all of the Dust

157.92 -> inside so I decided to do you guys a

160.86 -> favor and show you this one instead

163.98 -> for the record these seats won't exactly

166.019 -> help you off-road but if you get the car

168.06 -> dirty they're easy to clean and durable

169.98 -> same goes for these all-weather mats in

172.739 -> both the rear cargo space and the

175.08 -> footwells

176.4 -> I really appreciated all of the storage

178.379 -> room that we had we also had these

180.42 -> all-weather mats that really stood up to

183.66 -> disgusting terrain and dirt and dust we

187.739 -> had these rear seats taken out we had a

190.019 -> fridge in here for all of our food and

192.48 -> in the center console up front there was

195.54 -> plenty of room too for that most

198.239 -> important snack

200.64 -> a box of Cheez-Its

204.659 -> when it comes to other stores you'll get

206.64 -> lots of cargo space we didn't always

208.8 -> travel light a week out in the desert

210.48 -> with nothing but a map and Compass we'll

212.099 -> do that to you

213.239 -> while we're back here the Rock Creek can

215.04 -> also tow 6000 pounds and gets an

217.86 -> additional tow drive mode very handy if

220.319 -> you're bringing along some toys we

222.36 -> didn't do any Towing so I'm not sure how

224.04 -> it drives with load

226.98 -> but do you get anything else that will

228.84 -> actually help you out on the trail yes

232.14 -> on the stock Rock Creek you'll get Toyo

234.72 -> Open Country AT3 tires that add some

237.54 -> extra grip these are a great all-purpose

240.36 -> off-road tire that will get you some

242.22 -> extra traction they're mounted on 18

244.5 -> inch beadlock style wheels yes not

247.319 -> really bead locks so don't air down too

249.12 -> much I only went down to about 14 PSI

251.939 -> when we hit the sand dunes at the

253.56 -> California Mexico border

255.48 -> the good thing is you'll get a little

256.859 -> more ground clearance a little over half

258.72 -> an inch it's not a ton but every bit

261.359 -> counts out here

263.4 -> you don't get a ton of extra road noise

265.5 -> from these tires a little bit more than

267.66 -> if you were just to run a regular

268.86 -> all-season tire for the competition I

271.68 -> did run BFG Goodrich ko2s they had a

274.979 -> little bit more sidewall a little bit

277.139 -> more aggressive when it came to tread

279.06 -> that was something I definitely needed

280.919 -> so if you are looking to do something

283.44 -> maybe a little bit more aggressive I

285.66 -> would perhaps trade up on the tire but

288 -> honestly for what you're getting

290.58 -> pretty good

291.96 -> Nissan's also tuned to suspension for

294.12 -> off-road and that made things a little

295.919 -> bit more comfortable when we were

297.18 -> knocking over washboard and rocks

299.82 -> The Rock Creek only comes as all-wheel

302.22 -> drive you do get seven extra modes which

305.82 -> come in really handy like sand mud and

308.1 -> ruts and that toe mode

310.38 -> most of the time I had it in mud rut

312.54 -> mode which gave me power where I needed

314.4 -> it there was definitely initial slip on

316.68 -> some rocks but overall the system

318.12 -> responds quickly and gets you moving

321 -> there was one really steep incline that

323.4 -> I went up that was just covered in

325.44 -> Slippery Shaley rocks and I got up about

328.919 -> three quarters of the way and I just I

332.699 -> just couldn't get enough power to keep

334.5 -> going so I did have to back down and

337.08 -> find another way around but other than

339.24 -> that the Pathfinder did everything else

342.6 -> and that I promise you is no small feat

346.32 -> on Sand well I had it in sand mode and

349.5 -> overall I was impressed it performed as

352.199 -> well if not better than the Ford Bronco

354.479 -> sport which to me is a juggernaut of

356.639 -> off-road capable crossovers

359.28 -> something that made driving in the sand

360.72 -> a little bit more complicated you cannot

363.06 -> completely turn traction control off and

366.12 -> occasionally it did kind of kick in when

368.039 -> it really thought oh she needs it here

369.78 -> and I really did not the second thing is

372.419 -> is the transmission when I would

374.1 -> downshift if I was looking for like oh

376.199 -> that little extra bit of power just to

378.419 -> get me going would not downshift into

381.24 -> first gear even though I was nowhere

383.16 -> near Redline

384.539 -> it was frustrating at first but after a

386.639 -> while when I got the rhythm of the

388.08 -> engine in my head and could anticipate

389.759 -> when the transmission would downshift

391.44 -> for me it made it much easier to manage

393.539 -> and I got us into and more importantly

395.52 -> out of some sand dunes that I'm guessing

397.5 -> no Pathfinder has gone before fun

401.1 -> clearly this is way more than any

403.44 -> Pathfinder is technically going to have

405.36 -> to do but it's good to know that if you

408.419 -> want to you totally can

410.759 -> if you're looking for something else in

412.62 -> the category that's got off-road chops

414.72 -> look at the Honda Pilot Trail sport

416.58 -> Subaru Outback Wilderness or even the

419.52 -> Kia Sportage X pro those all have actual

422.819 -> added off-road capability trims even

425.4 -> though the last two are a bit smaller

427.139 -> and not three rows Nissan's Suite of

429.9 -> safety features comes standard with

431.639 -> safety Shield 360.

433.8 -> you'll get features including automatic

436.139 -> emergency braking blind spot warning

438.24 -> rear cross traffic alerts and Lane

440.099 -> departure warning you can upgrade to Pro

442.44 -> pilot 360 that gets you adaptive cruise

444.599 -> control and steering assist using

447.18 -> forward and rear-facing cameras and

448.979 -> sensors that's standard on the Rock

450.72 -> Creek

452.22 -> I can't tell you how the navigation

453.78 -> system worked because well the Rock

455.58 -> Creek doesn't have it which was actually

457.199 -> fine for me because well I was doing a

459.78 -> map and Compass navigation rally so I

462.18 -> didn't really use it but the good thing

463.919 -> is is you can connect your Apple carplay

465.599 -> and Android auto and those systems sync

468.539 -> up just great there's one thing that I

471.9 -> did actually realize with the net with

474.78 -> the Pathfinder that you know like an old

477.599 -> ex-boyfriend of mine it really had a

479.46 -> tendency to over communicate if I put on

481.74 -> the windshield wipers it tells you your

483.36 -> windshield wipers are on instead of me

484.979 -> just being able to sort of see that my

486.539 -> windshield wipers are on

488.22 -> you know I would think that after a

490.44 -> couple of weeks of car ownership you

492.599 -> would sort of get the feel of what your

494.639 -> car is doing and I think that all of

497.28 -> those sort of warnings of hey it's doing

499.08 -> this and it's doing that and you have a

500.52 -> thing in the back I kind of think that

502.56 -> all that stuff is a little bit of

503.879 -> Overkill just ask my navigator Sedona I

507.06 -> like knowing what's up but too much

508.68 -> information is just over sharing and

510.539 -> distracting

512.099 -> if you're looking to swap your old

514.38 -> Nissan for something like this you can

516.899 -> head to the link at KBB and find out

519.899 -> your car's value

522.18 -> so how did the Rock Creek Pathfinder do

524.399 -> well how does two stage wins and a

526.68 -> second place overall on the podium sound

528.36 -> I have to tell you it felt really

531.72 -> freaking good

533.55 -> [Music]

535.38 -> yes Nissan has put out a crossover that

537.72 -> is legitimately off-road capable and of

540.18 -> course I say that with the caveat that

542.519 -> you always have to be careful when

544.019 -> driving over mean stuff with low

546.3 -> clearance but the Pathfinder does once

549.779 -> again actually live up to its name

553.26 -> foreign

555.53 -> [Music]

562.86 -> [Music]

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