2021 Nissan Rogue
This year drew an ordinary 276 complaints for a Nissan Rogue — the model's median is 331. What they were about is the unusual part: 6.5% of them mention doors, against 1.4% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Nissan Rogue was redesigned for 2021. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 276 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 331 |
| Involving a crash | 20 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 10 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 31 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- doors — 6.5% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the other years of this generation (4.6×). Owners wrote it as: doors, unlock, manually, door lock.
- reverse — 6.9% of this year's complaints, against 1.9% across the other years of this generation (3.7×). Owners wrote it as: reverse, shifter.
- further — 7.6% of this year's complaints, against 2.8% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: further, investigation.
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
All four door locks are now inoperable. Doors do not respond to normal locking and unlocking features. Doors lock and unlock randomly making this a safety concern for those in the vehicle. NIssan is well aware of this ongoing problem and have issued several Te…
Car was driving fine went into a store came out a couple hours later car wouldn’t start. After jump starting it check engine light is on and AWD system failure reads across the dashboard. The 2 back doors no longer lock/unlock unless you do it manually. Drove…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V957000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 21V286000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 21V186000 WHEELS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V068000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 21V474000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 22V527000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 22V666000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 22V772000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 10. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Rogue 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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