2021 Nissan Kicks
This year drew an ordinary 73 complaints for a Nissan Kicks — the model's median is 33. What they were about is the unusual part: 32.9% of them mention unit, against 1.2% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 73 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 33 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 33 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- unit — 32.9% of this year's complaints, against 1.2% across the model's other years (27.6×).
- windshield — 32.9% of this year's complaints, against 1.2% across the model's other years (27.6×). Owners wrote it as: windshield, present.
- some — 32.9% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the model's other years (13.8×). Owners wrote it as: some, paint, chipping, -fleet.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
2021Nissan Kicks[XXX]Paint Chipping -Fleet Unit - Paint chipping above upper crease of windshield of vehicle, some rusting present. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
TUCL1082021Nissan Kicks[XXX]Paint Chipping -Fleet Unit - Paint chipping above upper crease of windshield of vehicle, some rusting present. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V693000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V496000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Kicks was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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