Owners have filed 27 complaints on the Nissan GT-R, covering 2009–2017. The system named most often is Electrical System (8 reports). Worst years by volume: 2009, 2010, 2017; cleanest: 2011, 2013, 2017. 0 reports describe a crash, 2 a fire. On average the car was 6.0 years old when the problem happened.
What breaks on Nissan GT-R
Grouped by the system owners named — percentages are shares of all 27 GT-R complaints. Open any row for the full reports in owners' own words.
Electrical System 8 Read
The LED in my gtr cluster are no longer working, they are defective and are not replaceable = not being able to see the cluster driving at night time can be very dangerous. Safety is everything, nissan needs to understand the safety behind not being able to see the cluster while driving at night. The repair should be…
The lights go out for the gauge cluster routinely go out rendering drivers unable to read the gauges at night including the fuel gauge and speedometer. I noticed it when I started my car while in a dark location and was unable to see my temperature gauge, fuel gauge, and gear indicated gauge along with part of my…
The instrument cluster lighting in the car has failed rendering the gauges/speedometer/etc unreadable at night. Nissan extended the warranty on this item but mine has been replaced and now has the exact same issue. This is a safety issue - not being able to read the speedometer at night is dangerous!
Fuel/propulsion System 4 Read
During a track day my fuel evap canister caught fire. There have been other gt-r owners that do not even track the car with normal driving, that have displayed a fuel stain in the passenger fender liner that is soaked from fuel from an overwhelmed (?badly designed) canister
Fuel leaks out of the evap canister and onto rear passenger wheel fender liner under heavy driving and cornering. This leakage is also the source of very strong fuel fumes inside the cabin of the car. The evap canister is located ~6" upwind of the exhaust and has been seen to be the source of fires! I attach photos of…
Fuel leaks out of the evap canister and onto rear passenger wheel fender liner under heavy driving and cornering. This is located right next to the exhaust and has been seen to be the source of fires!
Exterior Lighting 4 Read
The contact owns a 2013 nissan gt-r. The contact stated that the front passenger side low beam headlight failed to illuminate. There was an excessive build up of condensation prior to the failure. The failure occurred constantly. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed, but the cause of the failure…
My wife and I purchased a 2011 infiniti m56x from infiniti of springfield, mo. On 4/9/10. My wife was following me to our lake home at 9pm. I noticed she kept falling behind. I waited for her at the intersection of mo265 & lake rd 12 and when I saw her coming I proceeded on to our residence. When she arrived she was…
The instrument gauge cluster on a 2009-2010 gtr has a common problem where the leds behind the fuel gauge end of burning out. Nissan is aware of the issue and offered a factory extended warranty from 3 years / 36k miles to 6 years / unlimited miles. Even so, for owners like myself with a low mileage car that have…
Power Train 3 Read
Vehicle would not accelerate no power this could be linked to transmission issues had to pull over and restart the car at which point if seemed to clear the problem. After we added fuel if the vehicle gets down to a quarter of a tank problems start to happen gauge indicated that 64 miles of gas remained in the tank…
Car woudl not go into reverse or forward gear after starting the engine. Stationary took the car to the dealer for repair and was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced at a cost of $18,000 this vehicle has less than 50,000 miles on it
Shifting from 3rd gear to 4th gear, under acceleration, transmission then let go. I was able to coast to a stop on the side of the road. I no longer had gears 2-4-6. Called a tow truck
Fuel System 2 Read
Nissan gts burns at dealer (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/25/report-nissan-gt-r-goes-up-in-flames-while-parked-in-locked-sho/) a load of nissans burned up on hwy 98 about 5 miles east of hattiesburg miss.. Are they related???? Check with miss. Hwy patrol. Also see link to autoblog.com above
The contact owns a 2009 nissan gt-r. The contact stated that fuel spilled out from the filler neck while refueling. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 9,300 and the current mileage was 10,900. Updated 02/22/12 *bf…
Engine 2 Read
As I was driving at a speed of 45mph the low oil pressure sensor light turned on and then turned off. The next day I thought it was gone but then it turned back on and this time the sensor light did not turn off. After this light was still on I decided to take it to jo tech (972) 494-2100. When I took it to jo tech I…
About a year ago, every once in a while at a stop light with the car idling, we would hear a slight rattling noise. But every time we brought it to the dealer, which is only a few miles from our house, the noise was not there or not enough to bring it into shop to be checked out so nothing was ever documented. The…
Air Bags 1 Read
Airbag light keeps blinking. After dealer diagnosed, determined faulty sensor b1018 passenger occupant sensor unit fail. I have not changed a seat or altered anything to the system. This is a safety issue and should be a recall since it involves the airbag system and many others have reported the same issue
Visibility 1 Read
The contact owns a 2009 Nissan GT-R. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was a blinding glare coming from the windshield, compromising driver visibility. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the…
GT-R years to avoid — and the clean ones
Complaints per model year. More reports usually means more cars on the road as well as more trouble, so read the crash and fire columns alongside the count.
| Model year | Complaints | Top system | Crashes | Fires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Engine | — | — | |
| 2013 | Exterior Lighting | — | — | |
| 2011 | Exterior Lighting | — | — | |
| 2010 | Air Bags,seats | — | 1 | |
| 2009 | Electrical System | — | 1 |
The same model year, different builds
Every complaint carries the first 11 characters of the VIN — plant, year, body and engine. That is a production series, and complaints are spread across them very unevenly.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Distinct production series | 19 |
| Average complaints per series | 1.4 |
| Worst single series | 4 complaints |
| Average age at failure | 6.0 years |
A model average of 1.4 hides a worst series at 4. Enter a VIN above to see the numbers for that exact build instead of the model as a whole.
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How we count
Every figure here comes from complaints owners filed with NHTSA — 1,100,006 of them, covering 1,982 models built between 1981 and 2026.
A complaint is an unverified report: someone wrote down what happened to their car. It is not a confirmed defect and not a recall. What makes the volume useful is the pattern — when thousands of owners of the same build describe the same failure, that is a signal no marketing brochure will give you.
Two things we do that the source does not. First, we compute the age of the car at the moment of failure from the incident date and the model year. Second, we group complaints by the first 11 characters of the VIN — the production series — so a bad plant run does not disappear into a model-wide average.
Frequently asked questions
What are the worst years for the GT-R?
By complaint volume, 2009, 2010, 2017 drew the most owner reports. Bear in mind that popular years put more cars on the road, so check the crash and fire columns too.
Which GT-R years are the cleanest?
2011, 2013, 2017 have the fewest complaints on file. For recent years that can simply mean the cars are young.
How many complaints does the Nissan GT-R have?
27 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, covering 2009–2017. Of those, 0 describe a crash and 2 a fire.
Are these complaints verified?
No. They are unverified reports from owners. NHTSA publishes them as filed and investigates only a fraction. The value is in the pattern, not in any single report.
Can I check complaints for one specific car?
Yes — enter its VIN above. We match the first 11 characters, which identify the plant, year, body and engine, so you get complaints on that exact production series rather than the whole model.