2012 Nissan Rogue — Problems & Complaints
NHTSA has 318 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.
Nissan Rogue — Complaints by Model Year
Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.
282 complaints
363 complaints
318 complaints
610 complaints
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541 complaints
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337 complaints
What Owners Complain About Most
Recent Owner Reports
FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINS ON IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND DASH BOARD LOCATED NEAR PASSENGER SEAT. 2012 NISSAN ROUGE WAS INSPECTED BY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER TECHNICIAN AND DETERMINED THE SEAT SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE AND MUST BE REPLACED. THE DIAGNOSIS COST $130. REPAIR COST IN WRITING TOTALS $2,400 TO REPLACE SEAR CUSHION. THIS SEEMS EXCESSIVE, AS IT IS A PASSENGER SA…
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE SPEED SUDDENLY REDUCED TO 55 MPH AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE, REDUCED IN SPEED, AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE V…
I HAVE A CVT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. MY CAR SHOULD NOT NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. AAMCO IS TELLING ME I WILL NEED ONE SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT, THEY RAN CODES AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG BUT I NEEDED A OVER 1200.00 EXTERNAL COOING SYSTEM AND IT IS UNDER WARRANTY AND THEN I GET A CALL AND ITS NOT. I TOOK IT TO THERE OTHER DEALERSHIP A…
12/22/2018 MY NISSAN ROGUE CAUGHT FIRE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. WE WERE ONLY ALERTED BECAUSE THE HORN DEFAULTED BECAUSE OF THE FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH SOME DIFFICULTY. THEY ASSURED US IT WAS ELECTRICAL. INSURANCE CO. TOTALED THE CAR. UPON MY OWN RESEARCH THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. NISSAN HAS NOT ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY IN ANY …
I AM GOING TO BE ON MY THIRD COMPRESSOR REPLACEMENT FOR THIS VEHICLE WITH A LITTLE OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. THE DEFROST AND THE A/C ARE AFFECTED. IT IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN THE WINTER IN NEW ENGLAND WHEN MY DEFROST IS SUB-PAR AND IMPEDES VISIBILITY. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN THIS VEHICLE AND IT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE ON THE BUR…
Recalls & Crash Tests
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Problems Checker
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