2013 Nissan Rogue

Typical pattern

1.9% of complaints about the 2013 Nissan Rogue came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2013 vehicle — around the middle of the 210 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 6.7 yr in service. The most-reported system is power train (314 complaints), typically at 6.4 yr or about 79,700 miles.

Complaints: 855
Median age at failure: 6.7 yr
Median mileage: 75,000 n=595
Crash / fire / tow: 7.6% of reports
Safety recalls: 1

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y

Power train

314 reports · 79,700 mi

6.4 yr

3.8%

Engine

103 reports · 75,000 mi

5.9 yr

7.8%

Speed control

90 reports · 81,000 mi

6.7 yr

1.1%

Air bags

89 reports · 70,000 mi

7.2 yr

14.6%

Electrical system

65 reports · 67,987 mi

6.9 yr

18.5%

Other

60 reports · 85,000 mi

6.9 yr

3.3%

Fuel / propulsion

32 reports · 77,000 mi

6.8 yr

Structure

30 reports · 40,000 mi

5.8 yr

20%

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

15V032000 2015-01-26

Electrical system

Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2008-2013 Nissan Rogue vehicles manufactured March 7, 2007, to November 26, 2013, and 2014 Nissan Rogue Select vehicles manufactured September 23, 2013, to July 2, 2014. The affected vehicles may experience an electrical short in the harness connector due to a mixture of snow/water and salt seeping through the carpet on the driver side floor near the harness connector.

An electrical short can cause a vehicle fire.

In owners’ own words

Air bags 240 mi 9 mo in service

WHILE I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE SHOP FOR AN AIRBAG ISSUE I AM HAVING. THE LOANER CAR WHICH IS THE 2013 NISSAN ROGUE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING WITH AN ADULT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SWITCH TURNS OFF. I HAVE VIDEO EVIDENCE OF THIS FOR THIS VEHICLE. 2 VIDEOS OF 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. AND 4 VIDEOS OF MY 2013 ALTIMAS DOING THE SAME THING. EVEN WITH ME SITTING IN THE SEAT AT 180LBS THE LIGHT SWITCH WOULD TURN OFF. THIS IS A VERY BIG SAFETY ISSUE AND NISSAN NEEDS TO HAVE IT FIXED! *TR

Air bags 9,000 mi 1.3 yr in service

DURING COLD WEATHER (BELOW 20 DEG F.), THE CAR SOMETIMES CAN NOT DETECT IF AN ADULT IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND IT DISENGAGES THE AIR BAG. DURING REALLY COLD DAYS (BELOW 0 DEG F.) IT SENSES A NON-ADULT SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT BUT, THE SEAT IS EMPTY. *TR

Air bags 6,000 mi 1.3 yr in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000. UPDATED 06/27/14*LJ UPDATED 07/1/2014 *JS

Power train 500 mi 10 mo in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1500.

Other Rogue model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.