2023 Nissan Rogue
This year drew an ordinary 681 complaints for a Nissan Rogue — the model's median is 320. What they were about is the unusual part: 19.4% of them mention oil, against 7.7% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 3 of the Nissan Rogue, which began in 2021. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 681 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 320 |
| Involving a crash | 22 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 31.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- oil — 19.4% of this year's complaints, against 7.7% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: oil, change, pan, oil pan.
- engine failure — 10% of this year's complaints, against 3.9% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: engine failure, complete engine, immediate, catastrophic.
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
The contact had taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic for a routine oil change and was informed that the oil pan drain plug was made of metal; however, the oil pan threads were made of plastic. As a result, oil was leaking from the oil pan due to the th…
The oil pan plug is attached to plastic, it straps everything out. Leaving the car not drivable. Yes oil tech has mentioned it occurs to vehicles with plastic oil pans. (Nissan rogue 2020 and newer) Just the oil techs. No prior warning. Just a standard oil cha…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V268000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V374000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 24V154000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 24V156000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 25V437000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 26V080000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
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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