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2013 Nissan Rogue

Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations

Similar to other model years

Owner complaints for the 2013 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

438 reports with mileage · 171 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 314 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Engine. Review the 104 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Vehicle Speed Control. Review the 90 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →

NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

14 crash reports16 fire reports7 injury reports

Fuel/propulsion System complaints

32 reports
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86,000 miles · Jul 2, 2020
Fuel/propulsion SystemVehicle Speed Control

AS I AM DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL ON, IT WILL ALL OF THE SUDDEN DROP ACCELERATION AND SHUTS OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL. I CAN PUSH THE GAS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND IT WON'T DO ANYTHING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I PULL OFF THE ROAD AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON BUT IT STILL WILL …

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AS I AM DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL ON, IT WILL ALL OF THE SUDDEN DROP ACCELERATION AND SHUTS OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL. I CAN PUSH THE GAS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND IT WON'T DO ANYTHING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I PULL OFF THE ROAD AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON BUT IT STILL WILL BARLEY GO OR SOMETIMES IT WILL GET TO A MAX OF ABOUT 60 MPH BUT THE RPM WILL REV TO 5000. USUALLY WHEN I GET TO WHERE I'M GOING (TO WORK, VERY LATE) AND MY CAR SITS ALL DAY THEN IT SEEMS FINE ON THE WAY HOME. *TR

NHTSA ODI #11337273

171,000 miles · Dec 29, 2019
Fuel/propulsion System

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN EVEN THOUGH I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS. THIS HAPPENED A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR INTO DRIVING. I PULLED OFF AND AFTER A LITTLE WHILE STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ON A SECOND OCCASION AFTER DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR AGAIN I PULLED OFF …

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WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN EVEN THOUGH I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS. THIS HAPPENED A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR INTO DRIVING. I PULLED OFF AND AFTER A LITTLE WHILE STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ON A SECOND OCCASION AFTER DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR AGAIN I PULLED OFF TO GET GAS AND STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I PRESS MY FOOT ON THE GAS AND THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. PICKED MY FOOT UP AND PRESS DOWN AGAIN WITH NO MOVEMENT AT FIRST BUT THEN THE CAR STARTED ROLLING VERY VERY SLOWLY. IT FINALLY PICKED UP ENOUGH SPEED TO GET ME OUT OF THE INTERSECTION AND TO THE GAS STATION. MY DESTIINATION WAS ABOUT 45 MINUTES AWAY AND I DID MAKE IT THERE WITHOUT ANY OTHER INCIDENTS. MY HUSBAND WAS ALSO DRIVING THE CAR ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THIS AND AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, HE PRESSED ON THE GAS BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE AT FIRST. MOVED VERY SLOWLY INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND LUCKILY HE WAS ABLE TO BACK IT UP BEFORE BEING HIT. WHEN THIS OCCURS, NO WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. WE JUST HAVE TOTAL LOSS OF ACCELERATION.

NHTSA ODI #11291903

83,000 miles · Oct 24, 2019
EngineFuel/propulsion SystemPower Train

VEHICLE LOSES POWER ON OCCASION AFTER BEING DRIVEN FOR MORE THAN A HALF AN HOUR

NHTSA ODI #11270828

122,000 miles · Sep 19, 2019
EngineFuel/propulsion SystemPower Train

VEHICLE STARTS RUNNING HOT AFTER ON INTERSTATE FOR APPROX. 30 MIN, TEMP WILL RETURN TO NORMAL IF HEATER IS BEING RAN ON HIGH. DIAGNOSIS WAS THERMOSTAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE RUNS HOT AFTER THERMOSTAT WAS CHANGED. WHILE ON INTERSTATE FOR APPROX. AN HOUR VEHICLE STILL RUNNING WARM. TEMP RETURNS TO NORMAL WHILE HEATER IS ON…

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VEHICLE STARTS RUNNING HOT AFTER ON INTERSTATE FOR APPROX. 30 MIN, TEMP WILL RETURN TO NORMAL IF HEATER IS BEING RAN ON HIGH. DIAGNOSIS WAS THERMOSTAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE RUNS HOT AFTER THERMOSTAT WAS CHANGED. WHILE ON INTERSTATE FOR APPROX. AN HOUR VEHICLE STILL RUNNING WARM. TEMP RETURNS TO NORMAL WHILE HEATER IS ON HIGH. WHILE ON CRUISE CONTROL RPMS INCREASED SUDDENLY TO 4500 WITH A SPEED OF 70. SLOWED DOWN TO 60 AND RMPS CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO 4500 UNTIL I PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH SOLENOID FAILING. TEMP FIX, SPRAYED CONNECTION CLEANER ON TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH SOLENOID, RPMS ARE STILL SLIGHTLY ELEVATED FROM NORMAL, BUT MANAGEABLE FOR NOW.

NHTSA ODI #11256679

116,000 miles · Sep 19, 2019
Fuel/propulsion SystemVehicle Speed Control

A MONTH AGO I WAS HAVING ACCELERATION ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE. I WAS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND COULD NOT MAKE THE LEFT TURN BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL MY VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED. I BROUGHT IT TO NISSAN AND PAID ALMOST $5K FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. (2ND TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT…

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A MONTH AGO I WAS HAVING ACCELERATION ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE. I WAS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND COULD NOT MAKE THE LEFT TURN BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL MY VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED. I BROUGHT IT TO NISSAN AND PAID ALMOST $5K FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. (2ND TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT IN THE LAST 3 YEARS). A MONTH LATER HAVING SAME ACCELERATION ISSUE, NISSAN A WEEK LATER SAID I NEEDED A FUEL PUMP. DROVE HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP AFTER PAYING ANOTHER $915 AND MY VEHICLE IS GIVING OFF A BURNING SMELL, MAKING HORRIBLE NOISE WHICH WASN'T PRESENT PREVIOUSLY AND STRUGGLING TO DRIVE.

NHTSA ODI #11256593

74,000 miles · Aug 30, 2019
Fuel/propulsion SystemPower Train

WHEN DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS WITH NO INDICATORS. IT STARTS TO LOSE SPEED AND REV VERY HIGH WHILE THE VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY DROPS IN SPEED. THE DIAGNOSTIC CAME BACK THAT IT WAS A DEFAULT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR ALSO JERKS, REVS, AND IS VERY LOUD.

NHTSA ODI #11252462

60,000 miles · Aug 15, 2019
Fuel/propulsion SystemPower TrainUnknown Or Other

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. THE CAR LOSSES POWER ON THE HIGHWAY AND STREETS. LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND OR POWER. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS IS.

NHTSA ODI #11244098

156 miles · Jul 2, 2019
Air BagsFuel/propulsion System

MY CAR IS A 2013 NISAN ROUGE AND I'VE PAID DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE AIRBAGS AND THE AIRBAGS WENT BAD AGAIN WHICH ISN'T SAFE AND I BELIEVE SHOULD NEVER GO BAD. I'VE ALSO REPLACED THE WHOLE EXHAUST SYSTEM CATALYTIC CONVERT TWO YEARS AGO WITH SAME DEALER AND NEED ANOTHER. THEY CONSTANTLY KEEP TELLING ME MAJOR THINGS HAVE BEEN WRONG …

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MY CAR IS A 2013 NISAN ROUGE AND I'VE PAID DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE AIRBAGS AND THE AIRBAGS WENT BAD AGAIN WHICH ISN'T SAFE AND I BELIEVE SHOULD NEVER GO BAD. I'VE ALSO REPLACED THE WHOLE EXHAUST SYSTEM CATALYTIC CONVERT TWO YEARS AGO WITH SAME DEALER AND NEED ANOTHER. THEY CONSTANTLY KEEP TELLING ME MAJOR THINGS HAVE BEEN WRONG TRANSMISSION REPLACED AS WELL AC SYSTEM ETC. IVE PAID THERE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ALMOST 8000.00 FOR ENGINE AND THEY. THE OTHER DAY I HAD OIL CHANGED AND THE MECHANIC LEFT OIL CAP OFF AND MY ENGINE ALMOST CAUGHT FIRE. THEY SAID ALL WAS OK.. PLEASE HELP ME ! I BELIEVE THEY ARE TRULY TAKING MY MONEY WHEN A LOT THESE ISSUES COULD'VE BEEN NOT NEEDED CAUSE I'M ALWAYS KEEPING UP WITH MAINTENANCE AND HAVE ALL RECEIPTS.. PLEASE HELP !!

NHTSA ODI #11229099

92,000 miles · May 29, 2019
Electrical SystemElectronic Stability Control (esc)Fuel/propulsion System

I WAS ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY TODAY, AND MY ACCELERATION CUT OUT IN MY VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND COASTED TO IDLE SPEED. I WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO MOVE OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AT IDLE SPEED, BUT I MAY HAVE NOT BEEN SO LUCKY IN ANOTHER SCENARIO. I ALSO NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON SOMETIMES W…

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I WAS ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY TODAY, AND MY ACCELERATION CUT OUT IN MY VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND COASTED TO IDLE SPEED. I WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO MOVE OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AT IDLE SPEED, BUT I MAY HAVE NOT BEEN SO LUCKY IN ANOTHER SCENARIO. I ALSO NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON SOMETIMES WHEN THE CAR IS OFF OR THE PEDAL IS NOT PRESSED. THE CAR SEEMS TO THINK THE BRAKES ARE ENGAGED AND WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ACCELERATION. I FOUND THIS TSB FOR MY VEHICLE THAT DESCRIBES THE EXACT ISSUE I AM FACING. HOWEVER, THE TSB IS INACCURATE. IT STATES THERE IS "LOW POWER" WHEN ACCELERATING. THERE IS ACTUALLY "NO POWER." THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL WHEN THIS ISSUE IS ENCOUNTERED BUT WILL COAST TO IDLE SPEED. THIS ISSUE PUTS THE DRIVER'S LIFE AT RISK, AS WELL AS OTHERS ON THE ROAD, AND SHOULD RESULT IN A FULL RECALL BEFORE PEOPLE DIE. THIS COMPLAINT IS IN REGARDS TO THE CLASSIFICATION AND INACCURACY OF THE FOLLOWING TSB, WHICH SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS RECALL AND CORRECTED TO REFLECT THE VEHICLE LOSING ALL ACCELERATION. NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10075096 MANUFACTURER COMMUNICATION NUMBER: NTB15-113

NHTSA ODI #11210744

134,000 miles · May 11, 2019
Fuel/propulsion System

DRIVING UPHILL IN INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHILE I WAS ACCELERATING 1 MILE OUTSIDE COLUMBIA SC. I WAS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO BEING RUN OFF HIGHWAY. FORTUNATELY I WAS IN RIGHT LANE AND ABLE TO ACCESS EMERGENCY SHOULDER OF ROAD.

NHTSA ODI #11206998

Official recalls

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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.

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

1

PE15001 · Improper Frontal Air Bag Deployment

Opened Jan 12, 2015 · Closed Oct 29, 2016

Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Air Bags; Air Bags:frontal; Air Bags:frontal:driver Side:inflator Module

The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's design, test and field data on the model year 2013 Nissan Rogue vehicles (subject vehicles) and other model year Rogue vehicles.ODI also reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's field data on several other Nissan and Infiniti models that use the same driver air bag inflator design used in the subject vehicles.In addition, NHTSA conducted testing and analysis of a sample of driver air bag inflator units taken out of the subject vehicles and reviewed a NHTSA crash database and crash test results on the Rogue vehicles.A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.Accordingly, this investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that no safety-related defect exists.The agency will monitor the issue and reserves the right to take future action if warranted by the circumstances.See attached report for additional information.The ODI complaints cited above can be viewed at www.safercar.gov under the following ODI identification numbers:10566667, 10644946 and 10862615.

Additional source detail variants (3)

Air Bags:frontal:driver Side:inflator Module

The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's design, test and field data on the model year 2013 Nissan Rogue vehicles (subject vehicles) and other model year Rogue vehicles.ODI also reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's field data on several other Nissan and Infiniti models that use the same driver air bag inflator design used in the subject vehicles.In addition, NHTSA conducted testing and analysis of a sample of driver air bag inflator units taken out of the subject vehicles and reviewed a NHTSA crash database and crash test results on the Rogue vehicles.A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.Accordingly, this investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that no safety-related defect exists.The agency will monitor the issue and reserves the right to take future action if warranted by the circumstances.See attached report for additional information.The ODI complaints cited above can be viewed at www.safercar.gov under the following ODI identification numbers:10566667, 10644946 and 10862615.

Air Bags:frontal

The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's design, test and field data on the model year 2013 Nissan Rogue vehicles (subject vehicles) and other model year Rogue vehicles.ODI also reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's field data on several other Nissan and Infiniti models that use the same driver air bag inflator design used in the subject vehicles.In addition, NHTSA conducted testing and analysis of a sample of driver air bag inflator units taken out of the subject vehicles and reviewed a NHTSA crash database and crash test results on the Rogue vehicles.A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.Accordingly, this investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that no safety-related defect exists.The agency will monitor the issue and reserves the right to take future action if warranted by the circumstances.See attached report for additional information.The ODI complaints cited above can be viewed at www.safercar.gov under the following ODI identification numbers:10566667, 10644946 and 10862615.

Air Bags

The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's design, test and field data on the model year 2013 Nissan Rogue vehicles (subject vehicles) and other model year Rogue vehicles.ODI also reviewed its complaint data and Nissan's field data on several other Nissan and Infiniti models that use the same driver air bag inflator design used in the subject vehicles.In addition, NHTSA conducted testing and analysis of a sample of driver air bag inflator units taken out of the subject vehicles and reviewed a NHTSA crash database and crash test results on the Rogue vehicles.A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.Accordingly, this investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that no safety-related defect exists.The agency will monitor the issue and reserves the right to take future action if warranted by the circumstances.See attached report for additional information.The ODI complaints cited above can be viewed at www.safercar.gov under the following ODI identification numbers:10566667, 10644946 and 10862615.

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