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2011 Nissan Rogue

Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations

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Owner complaints for the 2011 Nissan Rogue do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 320.

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When problems were reported

Mileage at the reported incident

290 reports with mileage · 72 unknown

NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.

What to inspect

Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.

  • Power Train. Review the 189 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Vehicle Speed Control. Review the 62 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Electrical System. Review the 52 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →

NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

10 crash reports13 fire reports4 injury reports

What owners actually said

362 reports
124,000 miles · May 14, 2018
Power Train

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED DURING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JACK INGRAM NISSAN (227 EASTERN BLVD, MONTGOMERY, AL 36117) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILE…

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED DURING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JACK INGRAM NISSAN (227 EASTERN BLVD, MONTGOMERY, AL 36117) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

NHTSA ODI #11093664

70,228 miles · Apr 30, 2018
Engine

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,228.

NHTSA ODI #11090999

33,100 miles · Apr 17, 2018
Power Train

THE CVT TRANSMISSION HAS GONE INTO FAIL/SAFE MODE 4 DIFFERENT TIMES WHICH RESTRICTS THE VEHICLES ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND LIMITS THE SPEED. 1ST PROBLEM OCCURRED IN OCT 2015 WITH 33,100 MILES. WHEN DRIVEN ON THE INTERSTATE,1 1/2 INTO DRIVE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC. I CONTACTED 2 DEALERSHIPS …

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THE CVT TRANSMISSION HAS GONE INTO FAIL/SAFE MODE 4 DIFFERENT TIMES WHICH RESTRICTS THE VEHICLES ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND LIMITS THE SPEED. 1ST PROBLEM OCCURRED IN OCT 2015 WITH 33,100 MILES. WHEN DRIVEN ON THE INTERSTATE,1 1/2 INTO DRIVE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC. I CONTACTED 2 DEALERSHIPS LOKEY & COURTESY THAT HAD NO EXPLANATION, BECAUSE NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON THAT MEANT THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM. THE 2ND PROBLEM I4 AGAIN. VERY FRIGHTENING AGAIN, ASKED NISSAN DEALER. AGAIN, NO WARNING LIGHT NO ISSUE. APRIL 2018. I WAS ON I75 S WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO LOSE SPEED. I KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND PULLED OVER. A WARNING LIGHT DID ELIMINATE. I WAS NOT ABLE TO SUSTAIN 45 MPH AND STOPPED. I LOOKED AT THE MANUAL, IT LOOKED LIKE A MISFIRE OR EMISSION ISSUE. NO BIG DEAL, OKAY TO KEEP DRIVING PER MANUAL. IF CONTINUE, SEE DEALER. I DID NOT KNOW NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE SINCE 2008. I DROVE MY CAR HOME BACK TO TAMPA AT 9 PM. HAD I BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THIS ISSUE WAS NOT NORMAL I WOULD HAVE HAD IT TOWED HOME. 10;30PM I WAS ON I75 N NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN 45 MPH. I WAS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I WAS GOING 45 IN A 70!! I HAD 1 IDIOT TAIL ME FOR 1.7 MILES. I WAS PUT IN THAT SITUATION BY NISSAN. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BECAUSE THE SALESMAN FOOLED ME INTO THINKING I WAS BUYING A SAFE CAR. IT IS THE OPPOSITE. WHY IS THIS ACCEPTABLE. NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR 2008-2010 BUT NOT 2011??? 2011 CLEARLY HAS THE SAME ISSUE. MY CAR SHOWED ISSUES AT 33,100 UNDER WARRANTTY BUT THE DEALER PURPOSEFULLY DID NOT DISCLOSE THE DANGER. I JUST PAID $4589.00 TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT. ONLY TO HAVE IT BREAK DOWN WITHIN AN HOUR OF PICKING IT UP. DEFECTIVE BEARING. MY CAR HAS BEEN OUT OF USE FOR 1 WEEK AND COUNTING. NISSAN FAILS TO HELP ME NOR TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION. NISSAN RIPPING US OFF. STOP NOW!!

NHTSA ODI #11088763

Mileage unknown · Mar 8, 2018
Fuel/propulsion System

FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTIONING; STOP READING

NHTSA ODI #11078208

Mileage unknown · Mar 5, 2018
Air Bags

THE AIRBAGS BLINKS WHILE DRIVING

NHTSA ODI #11076377

97,000 miles · Mar 3, 2018
Power Train

DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON CITY STREET AND TRANSMISSION BROKE HAD 97000 MILES ON IT MY WIFE BOUGHT CAR BRAND NEW. CAR HAS NEVER BEEN TREAT ROUGH JUST NORMAL DRIVING. NISSAN DOES NOT WANT TO OWN UP TO THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BAD DESIGN INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. ASKED FOR HELP ON GETTING TRANSMISSION REPLACED GOT TOL…

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DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON CITY STREET AND TRANSMISSION BROKE HAD 97000 MILES ON IT MY WIFE BOUGHT CAR BRAND NEW. CAR HAS NEVER BEEN TREAT ROUGH JUST NORMAL DRIVING. NISSAN DOES NOT WANT TO OWN UP TO THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BAD DESIGN INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. ASKED FOR HELP ON GETTING TRANSMISSION REPLACED GOT TOLD NISSAN DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

NHTSA ODI #11076057

103,000 miles · Feb 21, 2018
Power Train

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WENT INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND SHIFT INTO THE DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WOULD FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TO…

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WENT INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND SHIFT INTO THE DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WOULD FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (CROWLEY NISSAN, 1451 FARMINGTON AVE, BRISTOL, CT 06010) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE ISSUES WITH PREVIOUS VEHICLES OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL BUT DUE TO THE YEAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE, IT DID NOT QUALIFY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

NHTSA ODI #11074122

45,682 miles · Feb 7, 2018
Unknown Or Other

2011 NISSAN ROGUE CVT TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE. FOR NISSAN IT IS A KNOW ISSUE AND NISSAN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND DOUBLED THE WARRANTY PERIOD FOR THE CVT TRANSMISSION FOR 2008-2010 NISSAN ROGUE MODELS AND POWERTRAIN WARRANTY COVERAGE OF 5 YEARS/60,000 MILES WAS EXTENDED AT NO COST, FOR CVT REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS OR RELATED TOWI…

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2011 NISSAN ROGUE CVT TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE. FOR NISSAN IT IS A KNOW ISSUE AND NISSAN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND DOUBLED THE WARRANTY PERIOD FOR THE CVT TRANSMISSION FOR 2008-2010 NISSAN ROGUE MODELS AND POWERTRAIN WARRANTY COVERAGE OF 5 YEARS/60,000 MILES WAS EXTENDED AT NO COST, FOR CVT REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS OR RELATED TOWING, UP TO 10 YEARS/120,000 MILES (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST). MY 2011 NISSAN ROGUE CVT TRANSMISSION IS ALSO DEFECTIVE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS ONLY 46682 AND NISSAN HAS TO EXTEND AND COVER THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. I PAID DIAGNOSTIC CHARGES AT NISSAN DEALER AT HORSHEADS, NY AND DEALER GAVE ESTIMATE OF $4000 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. I OPENED A CASE WITH NISAN, CASE #29665859 AND TOWED MY VEHICLE TO PRIORITY NISSAN DEALER AT CHANTILLY, VA NEAR MY HOME BASED ON CONVERSATION WITH CASE MANAGER. NOW THEY ARE ASKING TO PAY AGAIN DIAGNOSTIC CHARGES, I BELIEVE ALL TECHNICIANS ARE TRAINED BY NISSAN BECAUSE BOTH ARE NISSAN DEALERS AND THIS IS TOTALLY UNFAIR ASKING CUSTOMER TO PAY AGAIN FOR THE SAME DIAGNOSTIC TWICE. I ALSO SENT DIAGNOSTIC PAPERS TO CASE MANAGER AND PRIORITY NISSAN, CHANTILLY DEALER. BOTH CASE MANAGER AND CHANTILLY NISSAN DEALER SAYING WITHOUT PAYING DIAGNOSTIC CHARGES THEY ARE TO GOING TO TAKE ANY ACTION. APPARENTLY THE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE ON 2011 MODELS ALSO AND NISSAN IS NOW INDICATING TO ME THAT ALTHOUGH THE OLDER MODEL YEAR CARS WERE GIVEN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE FAULTY CVT TRANSMISSION BUT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED AND CASE MANAGE IS THEY NEED DIAGNOSTIC REPORT AGAIN FROM THIS CHANTILLY DEALER TO REVIEW MY CASE BUT ASKING TO PAY AGAIN THE CHARGES AND THIS IS TOTALLY NOT FAIR.

NHTSA ODI #11071629

108,000 miles · Feb 7, 2018
Air Bags

I AM CURRENTLY DRIVING A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE. SEVERAL DAYS AGO MY AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. MIDDLETOWN NISSAN SAID THIS VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF A RECALL. I WAS ALSO TOLD THERE WERE NOT ANY NISSAN AIRBAG RECALLS. ACCORDING TO WHAT IRESEARCHED, THIS IS NOT TRUE. MY CONCERNS ARE MY SAFETY AND THE IDEA OF PAYING FOR A REPAIR THA…

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I AM CURRENTLY DRIVING A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE. SEVERAL DAYS AGO MY AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. MIDDLETOWN NISSAN SAID THIS VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF A RECALL. I WAS ALSO TOLD THERE WERE NOT ANY NISSAN AIRBAG RECALLS. ACCORDING TO WHAT IRESEARCHED, THIS IS NOT TRUE. MY CONCERNS ARE MY SAFETY AND THE IDEA OF PAYING FOR A REPAIR THAT MAY BE PART OF A RECALL PLEASE ADVISE ME. THIS IS THE SIXTH NISSAN VEHICLE I HAVE DRIVEN:A VERY LOYAL CUSTOMER

NHTSA ODI #11071551

100,000 miles · Feb 2, 2018
Power Train

PURCHASED A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED 2011 NISSAN ROGUE IN 2013. EVER SINCE I OWNED THE VEHICLE IT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY POP OUT OF GEAR AND WOULD THEN REENGAGE INTO GEAR AND ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY AND CITY ROADWAYS. WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE FROM 20MPH TO HIGHER SPEEDS THE CAR WOULD JUMP AS IF THE BRAKES WERE STUCK. APPARENTLY THE CV…

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PURCHASED A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED 2011 NISSAN ROGUE IN 2013. EVER SINCE I OWNED THE VEHICLE IT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY POP OUT OF GEAR AND WOULD THEN REENGAGE INTO GEAR AND ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY AND CITY ROADWAYS. WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE FROM 20MPH TO HIGHER SPEEDS THE CAR WOULD JUMP AS IF THE BRAKES WERE STUCK. APPARENTLY THE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NISSAN IS NOW INDICATING TO ME THAT ALTHOUGH THE LATER MODEL YEAR CARS WERE GIVEN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE FAULTY CVT TRANSMISSION MY CAR IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM TO FILE COMPLAINTS, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. THERE ARE AN OUTSTANDING NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THEIR CVT TRANSMISSIONS, BUT THEY DO NOT WANT TO COVER THE 2011'S. NOW I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $4,000.00. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO CAR WITH APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES THAT HAS BEEN SERVICED AND CARE FOR REGULARLY. THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED ACCELERATING ON ME ON A ONE LANE ROAD WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 45 MPH THAT HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC. I HAD TO COAST TO A STOP ON A HALF SHOULDER AND WAIT THERE UNTIL HELP COULD ARRIVE.

NHTSA ODI #11066674

Official recalls

2

15V032000 · Electrical System

Jan 26, 2015

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.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: An electrical short can cause a vehicle fire.

Remedy: Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the kick panel wiring harness connector and will if necessary install a new harness connector and waterproof seal, free of charge. The recall began on February 26, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.

11V565000 · Steering:electric Power Assist System

Nov 23, 2011

NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 ROGUE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 17, 2010, THROUGH OCTOBER 30, 2010. THE CIRCUIT BOARD MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN THE CORRECT POSITION ON CERTAIN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS) ASSIST CONTROL UNITS. THIS MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THE SOLDER OF THE TERMINAL TO THE CIRCUIT BOARD RESULTING IN THE SOLDER CRACKING AND SEPARATING COMPLETELY FROM THE CIRCUIT BOARD.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: AS THE CIRCUIT BOARD FAILS, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FEATURE WILL STOP FUNCTIONING, INCREASING THE FORCE NEEDED TO STEER THE VEHICLE AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy: NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE EPS CONTROL UNIT IF NECESSARY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING DECEMBER 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.

Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗

NHTSA investigations

0

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