Owners have filed 6,662 complaints on the Nissan Rogue, covering 2008–2026. The system named most often is Power Train (543 reports). Worst years by volume: 2023, 2018, 2017; cleanest: 2026, 2020, 2025. 303 reports describe a crash, 100 a fire, 3 a death. On average the car was 4.2 years old when the problem happened.
What breaks on Nissan Rogue
Grouped by the system owners named — percentages are shares of all 6,662 Rogue complaints. Open any row for the full reports in owners' own words.
Power Train 543 Read
Vehicle was on a slight incline. Shifted into park. Vehicle was running and I went and got into the passenger side, waiting for my daughter to come out of work and drive home. Vehicle evidently came out of the park gear and rolled approximately 100' backwards into another vehicle parked behind me on the same incline
I was shifting into reverse but the gear slipped back into drive. I didn't react in time and I drove through a wooden fence. The car was damaged but no one, including myself, was hurt
The contact owns a 2023 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that while depressing the brake pedal and shifting into park(P), the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact stated that the vehicle came to a complete stop upon engaging the parking brake and the CVT Service Soon warning light illuminated. The vehicle…
Electrical System 503 Read
May 1st, 2023 at approx. 3:30pm There were NO warning lights or messages of ANY kind received. No warning given by mail or phone call from selling agent that was issued March 12th, 2021. Was driving on interstate going south headed home after work. Approx 15 mi from home when smoke starting coming into the vehicle &…
On October 14 2022 I was driving my vehicle at about 35mph and came suddenly upon a stop sign. I hit the brakes and skidded through the intersection and collided with a pick up truck going about 15 mph. My rogue immediately caught fire from under the hood and the doors wouldn't open. The person I collided with was the…
On November 17, my 2025 Nissan Rogue caught fire after my hour commute to work. During my commute, there were no warning signs on the dash for the entire duration. Got to the office, parked the vehicle, and within a few minutes a coworker called me to let me know the car was up in flames. The fire quickly intensified…
Service Brakes 372 Read
The contact owned a 2024 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle accelerated inadvertently, and the speedometer increased to 112 MPH. The contact depressed the brake pedal, but the vehicle failed to respond. The contact swerved to avoid other vehicles, and the vehicle veered off the…
How brake failure caused the Rogue to crash. “I was coming up on a stop and was trying to slowly come to a stop. But I noticed that my car wasn’t slowing down. So, I tried to brake harder by pushing on the brake pedal, but the pedal resisted my foot pressure. I pressed harder on the pedal, but the car didn’t start to…
Vehicle could not brake. The abs brakes did not function and forward collission warning did not go on causing a collission with another car that cut in front of car. This caused collission, airbags to deploy and car is totaled. Driver and passenger were injured due to crash and air bag deployment. On the day of crash…
Engine 355 Read
The contact owned a 2026 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that after arriving at her job and safely exiting the vehicle, white smoke was noticed by her manager on duty coming from under the hood. In addition, prior to the failure, the contact stated that while stopped at a red light, the vehicle had hesitated to…
The contact owned a 2023 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that six months after purchasing the vehicle, the vehicle was vibrating abnormally while driving, accelerating, and the vehicle was hesitating. During an oil change, the contact informed the mechanic about the excessive vibration while driving. The contact was…
Vehicle rapidly accelerated on its own after I slowed down the vehicle to park in my garage. I heard an engine revving noise prior to the vehicle suddenly accelerating. It went through the back of my garage, over the deck and fiinally was stopped upon impact with a tree stump in the backyard. Side air bags deployed…
Air Bags 264 Read
I was in a head on collision going 55-60mph with no airbags deployed. Car started a dripping fire. I have seatbelt lacerations starting from collarbone/neck area cross my chest, breast and right side ribs including deep bruising on lower abdomen and pelvic area. Police would not let me in my car bc air bags could…
The contact owned a 2025 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving at 65 MPH on an interstate, the vehicle was struck by a drunk driver at a high rate of speed approximately 75-80 MPH, causing a secondary collision with a semi-trailer. The back bumper was damaged, the rear window was…
Pulling out of a dollar general store was hit by a truck causing sever vehicle damage. Air bags and collision avoidance did not work. Engine did not shut down was still running after collision, no warning lights came on. I had to shut the car off. Could not move the car frame was broken. Called nissain a couple of…
Forward Collision Avoidance 202 Read
In April 2023 we had to bring the car in because the seat belt got stuck engaged to where we couldn’t unbuckle it to get our son out of his car seat. We almost had to cut the seat belt to get him out. We barely were able to squeeze him out of it. My wife was driving the car down a highway and there was a full-size…
The contact owns a 2023 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at 50 MPH, she heard a chime and then the vehicle's forward collision brake system independently engaged. The contact stated that his oldest son did not see anything in front of the vehicle. The contact stated that his wife said…
The contact owns a 2020 nissan rogue. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 - 20 mph when suddenly the vehicle's brake assist activated causing the vehicle to come to a stop as if the brakes were intentionally stopped but they were not. The contact stated that while making a left turn at a stop sign…
Engine And Engine Cooling 165 Read
The complaint was filed on behalf of the contact's mother who owns a 2023 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that while the contact's mother was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle's speed independently increased. The contact's mother depressed the brake pedal; however, the vehicle failed to stop as intended.…
The contact owns a 2023 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 20 MPH, as he was slowing to exit a highway, he observed that a warning "low power mode" had illuminated on the instrument cluster. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled at the same time the warning illuminated. As a…
The contact owns a 2025 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abnormally strong sulfur odor inside the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who determined that the odor was caused by the exhaust system; however, no diagnostic trouble codes were retrieved.…
Steering 118 Read
I was using the snow mode because there was a little bit of snow and ice on the road. I had been driving it that morning and did not have a problem until I turned in to my street. I turned right and the steering and brakes and accelerator all locked, leaving me where my car slid across the road and the left drivers…
While making a left turn at approximately 10 mph in light snow conditions, braking became severely impaired with pedal pressure present but vehicle failing to decelerate, and steering became significantly resistant and insufficient to redirect the vehicle away from the obstacle. Vehicle continued toward a tree despite…
I was in my 2021 Nissan Rogue and just turned right down the street from my in-laws home ( out of state in Indiana) when the vehicle violently jerked to the right and I was unable to control it and sent me into a ditch. My speed was 14mph when this happened. I managed to get it up on the road and inspected it. I found…
Rogue 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Electrical System | — | 1 | |
| 2025 | Air Bags | 5 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Air Bags,back Over Prevention | 5 | 1 | |
| 2023 | Air Bags | 20 | 3 | |
| 2022 | Air Bags | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | Air Bags | 19 | 3 | |
| 2020 | Air Bags | 9 | 6 | |
| 2019 | Air Bags | 26 | 1 | |
| 2018 | Air Bags | 31 | 1 | |
| 2017 | Air Bags | 52 | 8 | |
| 2016 | Air Bags | 33 | 2 | |
| 2015 | Air Bags | 29 | 8 | |
| 2014 | Air Bags | 20 | 7 | |
| 2013 | Air Bags | 11 | 13 | |
| 2012 | Air Bags | 7 | 10 | |
| 2011 | Air Bags | 9 | 12 | |
| 2010 | Air Bags | 8 | 16 | |
| 2009 | Air Bags | 4 | 5 | |
| 2008 | Air Bags | 10 | 2 |
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 | 1,210 |
| Average complaints per series | 5.5 |
| Worst single series | 36 complaints |
| Average age at failure | 4.2 years |
A model average of 5.5 hides a worst series at 36. 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 Rogue?
By complaint volume, 2023, 2018, 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 Rogue years are the cleanest?
2026, 2020, 2025 have the fewest complaints on file. For recent years that can simply mean the cars are young.
How many complaints does the Nissan Rogue have?
6,662 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, covering 2008–2026. Of those, 303 describe a crash and 100 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.