What Owners Report NHTSA ODI · 2,175,102 complaints · MY1998–2026

2018 Nissan Rogue Sport

Typical pattern

3.7% of complaints about the 2018 Nissan Rogue Sport came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2018 vehicle — around the middle of the 182 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 4.9 yr in service. The most-reported system is other (27 complaints), typically at 5.7 yr or about 40,059 miles.

Complaints
136
Median age at failure
4.9 yr
Median mileage
38,465 n=64
Crash / fire / tow
14.7% of reports
Safety recalls
2

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System
0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y
Other
27 reports · 40,059 mi
5.7 yr
0%
Electrical system
18 reports · 38,465 mi
3.3 yr
11.1%
Service brakes
17 reports · 38,000 mi
3.3 yr
17.6%
Engine
17 reports · 69,507 mi
6.8 yr
5.9%

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

23V093000 2023-02-16
Electrical system:ignition:anti-theft:immobilizer/proximity:key/sender

Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2014-2020 Rogue and 2017-2022 Rogue Sport vehicles equipped with a jackknife style ignition key. The jackknife key may collapse into a folded position while driving.

Driver contact with a key in the collapsed position could inadvertently shut off the vehicle while driving, increasing the risk of a crash. Additionally, if the vehicle shuts off while driving, the air bags may not deploy in a crash as intended, increasing the risk of injury.

19V654000 2019-09-12
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera

Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Nissan Altima, Armada, Frontier, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, NV, NV200, Pathfinder, Rogue, Rogue Sport, Sentra, Titan, Titan Diesel, Versa Note and Versa Sedan vehicles, as well as Infiniti Q50, Q60, QX30 and QX80 vehicles. Additionally included are 2019 Nissan GT-R and Taxi and Infiniti QX50, QX60, Q70, Q70L vehicles. The back-up camera and display settings can be adjusted such that the rear view image is no longer visible and the system will retain that setting the next time the vehicle is placed in reverse. As such, thes

The lack of an image in the back-up camera display increases the risk of a crash.

In owners’ own words

Electrical system 30,000 mi 7 mo in service
DRIVING FORWARD ON BURKE ROAD GOING AROUND A BEND THE BRAKING SYSTEM JUST LOCKED UP CAUSING THE ROUGE SPORT TO GO OFF THE ROAD CAUSING DAMAGE TO CAR. AFTER THAT THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT CAME ON. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED AND HAVE DROVE IN THE UNIT SINCE 2018 NEVER HAD ANYTHING LET THAT HAPPEN. SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY CAN'T RUN A COMPUTER DIAGNOSE.
Electrical system 20,000 mi 2.7 yr in service
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP IN THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE SENSOR SYSTEM DETECTED SOMETHING IN FRONT OF ME WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING IN FRONT OF ME. I WAIS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 30 MPH. *TR
Electrical system 38,465 mi 2.9 yr in service
ON FOUR OCCASIONS MY CAR HAS RANDOMLY STARTED FLASHING A LIGHT ON MY DASH AND THAN GRABBING THE BRAKES AS IF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING WAS IN FRONT OF ME, ON ALL FOUR OCCASIONS THERE HAS BEEN NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THERE HAS BEEN PEOPLE BEHIND ME THAT HAVE HAD TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY. THE VEHICLE IS BRAND NEW WITH LESS THAN 40K MILES AND IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS FOR MY CHILDREN AND I.
Other 6,000 mi 1.0 yr in service
EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM TRIGGERS ITSELF RANDOMLY. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT HOURS WITH NO ROAD HAZARDS, OR OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WITH ME, AND SUDDENLY THE WARNING EMERGENCY LIGHT COMES ON, AND MY CAR STOPS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN THE 8 MONTHS I'VE HAD THE CAR.

Other Rogue Sport model years

2020201920182017

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