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2013 Nissan Rogue

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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

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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

Power Train complaints

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92,000 miles · Aug 2, 2018
Power Train

CVT TRANSMISSION WAS THE ISSUE ALL ALONG I BOUGHT MY 2013 IN DECEMBER OF 2017 HAD IT FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THE ENGINE LIGHTS COMES ON. CALL THE PLACE WHERE I GOT IT TO TELL THEM I WAS BRINGING BACK. THEN NEXT DAY IT WAS GONE OFF. FEBRUARY IT CAME BACK ON HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AT IT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. A FEW WEEKS MORE…

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CVT TRANSMISSION WAS THE ISSUE ALL ALONG I BOUGHT MY 2013 IN DECEMBER OF 2017 HAD IT FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THE ENGINE LIGHTS COMES ON. CALL THE PLACE WHERE I GOT IT TO TELL THEM I WAS BRINGING BACK. THEN NEXT DAY IT WAS GONE OFF. FEBRUARY IT CAME BACK ON HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AT IT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. A FEW WEEKS MORE I NOTICED IT WAS HESITANTING BUT IT STOPPED QUICKLY. 3 WEEKS AGO THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON MY MECHANIC SAID IT'S THE MOTOR MOUNT SENSOR I REPLACED IT. A MONTH BEFORE THIS MY CAR WOULDN'T GO INTO PARK SO I REPLACED THE SHIFT GEAR. BOTH SHIFT GEAR AND MOTOR SENSOR VALVE COSTING AROUND 800.DRIVING TO IOWA ON THE HIGHWAY MY CAR STRUGGLED GOING UP STEEP ROADS MAKING IT VERY DANGEROUS IN FRONT OF 18 WHEELER TRUCKS. NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT BACK ON WENT TO MY MECHANIC AND A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST AND THEY SAID IT'S THE CVT TRANSMISSION. I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE 6 MONTHS NISSAN YOU NEED TO DO A RECALL ON 2013 ROGUE WITH THESE CVT TRANSMISSIONS PEOPLE BUY VEHICLES TRUSTING THEY WILL HAVE FOR AWHILE . I'M PAYING A NOTE ON THIS CAR FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS AND DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NISSAN ASSIST YOUR CONSUMERS WITH THIS PROBLEM

NHTSA ODI #11115333

112,000 miles · Jul 31, 2018
Air BagsPower Train

TRANSMISSION STOP WORKING, WHEN YOU PUT IN DRIVE OR REVERSE , IT DOES NOT MOVE AT ALL! I PAID 24000.00 ( I BOUGHT NEW ONE)!

NHTSA ODI #11114978

94,300 miles · Jul 30, 2018
Power Train

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON A TRIP OUT OF TOWN WHEN MY CAR BEGAN DECELERATING AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO NISSAN WHERE THEY ADVISED I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $4200. MY CAR ONLY HAD $94,000 MILES AND I'VE NEVER MISSED A SERVICE THROUGH NISSAN. THE EXPERIENCE WAS INCREDIBLY SCARY AND HAS CAUSED …

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I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON A TRIP OUT OF TOWN WHEN MY CAR BEGAN DECELERATING AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO NISSAN WHERE THEY ADVISED I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $4200. MY CAR ONLY HAD $94,000 MILES AND I'VE NEVER MISSED A SERVICE THROUGH NISSAN. THE EXPERIENCE WAS INCREDIBLY SCARY AND HAS CAUSED ME ANXIETY.

NHTSA ODI #11114682

60,000 miles · Jul 29, 2018
Power Train

MULTIPLE CVT FAILURES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING NEAR COLLISION. CVT TOTAL FAILURES REQUIRING REPLACE OF CVT (25,000 MI) AND VALVE BODY AND MANIFOLD (~60,000). MANUFACTURING DEFECT STILL EXISTS IN NISSAN CVT BUT WARRANTY EXTENSION ONLY EXIST FOR OLDER MODELS. "2003-2010 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A CONTINUOUSLY…

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MULTIPLE CVT FAILURES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING NEAR COLLISION. CVT TOTAL FAILURES REQUIRING REPLACE OF CVT (25,000 MI) AND VALVE BODY AND MANIFOLD (~60,000). MANUFACTURING DEFECT STILL EXISTS IN NISSAN CVT BUT WARRANTY EXTENSION ONLY EXIST FOR OLDER MODELS. "2003-2010 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT) ALSO HAVE A 10-YEAR /120,000 MILE CVT LIMITED WARRANTY EXTENSION." BLATANTLY OBVIOUS THE PROBLEM REMAINS IN THE CVT CAUSING LOSS OF ACCELERATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

NHTSA ODI #11114346

55,600 miles · Jul 24, 2018
Power Train

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, MY ROGUE STARTED SLOWING DOWN WITH NO WARNING. I WAS DOING 70 MPH AND ON CRUISE CONTROL. THE RPMS WENT TO 4000 AND I TOOK IT OFF CRUISE AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT IT KEPT GETTING SLOWER. I WAS LUCKY TO WORK MY WAY TO THE RIGHT AND GET OFF THE INTERSTATE BUT HAD TO STOP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE…

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WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, MY ROGUE STARTED SLOWING DOWN WITH NO WARNING. I WAS DOING 70 MPH AND ON CRUISE CONTROL. THE RPMS WENT TO 4000 AND I TOOK IT OFF CRUISE AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT IT KEPT GETTING SLOWER. I WAS LUCKY TO WORK MY WAY TO THE RIGHT AND GET OFF THE INTERSTATE BUT HAD TO STOP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP. AS I PRESSED THE GAS TO GO , I COULD NOT MOVE AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. I HAD THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR BUT STILL IT WOULDN'T GO THEN FINALLY TOOK OFF ROUGHLY. I TURNED IT OFF AT THE GAS STATION THEN RESTARTED IT AND TRIED THE GAS. IT WAS A LITTLE HESITANT BUT IT EVENED OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. MY ROGUE HAS 56000 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT IT WITH UNDER 20000

NHTSA ODI #11113343

61,000 miles · Jul 20, 2018
Power Train

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH APPROACHING AN INCLINE, THE RPMS INCREASED BETWEEN 3,000 AND 4,000 AS THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTONATION NISSAN PEMBROKE PINES (8890 PINES BLVD, PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33024, 954-949-0421…

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH APPROACHING AN INCLINE, THE RPMS INCREASED BETWEEN 3,000 AND 4,000 AS THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTONATION NISSAN PEMBROKE PINES (8890 PINES BLVD, PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33024, 954-949-0421) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION VALVE FAILED AND THAT AN ADDITIONAL UNKNOWN COOLING SYSTEM PART NEEDED TO BE ADDED TO MAKE THE VALVE OPERATIONAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THE DEALER'S DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 61,000.

NHTSA ODI #11112757

65,870 miles · Jul 17, 2018
Power Train

TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AFTER 1 1/2 HOURS DRIVING. WENT INTO A LAG MODE. NO POWER BUT NEVER DIED. NEXT DAY CAR RAN FINE. CRUISE TURNED OFF WHEN LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED. MULTIPLE INSTANCES. WAS INTERSTATE DRIVING, HOT DAY, AC ON.

NHTSA ODI #11111870

77,000 miles · Jul 10, 2018
Power Train

I'VE OWNED THE CAR ABOUT A YEAR. IT HAS 77,000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEGUNH TO FAIL WHEN ENCOUNTERING THE SLIGHTEST OF INCLINED SLOPES ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WILL SUDDENLY DROP OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL AND LOSE ABOUT 10MPH, DROPPING TO AROUND 60 MPH. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I LEFT THE HIGHWAY, STOPPED AT A ST…

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I'VE OWNED THE CAR ABOUT A YEAR. IT HAS 77,000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEGUNH TO FAIL WHEN ENCOUNTERING THE SLIGHTEST OF INCLINED SLOPES ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WILL SUDDENLY DROP OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL AND LOSE ABOUT 10MPH, DROPPING TO AROUND 60 MPH. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I LEFT THE HIGHWAY, STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE UNTIL I CHANGED TO LOW GEAR. MY ALLISON TRANSMISSION GUY TELLS ME HE'S REPLACED A LOT OF THESE TRANSMISSIONS AND THEY HAVE THE POOREST WARRANTY OF ANY TRANSMISSION, ONLY 1 YEAR OR 12,000 MILES. HE SAID I PROBABLY WOULD NOT GET ANOTHER 77,000 MILES EVEN WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION.

NHTSA ODI #11110552

78,995 miles · Jul 9, 2018
Power Train

THIS VEHICLE HAS WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED A CVT TRANSMISSION ISSUE. IT HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED BY HUNDREDS OF DRIVERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY (ALL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM). WHILE DRIVING 80 MILES PER HOUR IN THE FAST LANE THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND WENT TO 10 MILES PER HOUR IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND WE BOTH PANIC…

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THIS VEHICLE HAS WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED A CVT TRANSMISSION ISSUE. IT HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED BY HUNDREDS OF DRIVERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY (ALL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM). WHILE DRIVING 80 MILES PER HOUR IN THE FAST LANE THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND WENT TO 10 MILES PER HOUR IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND WE BOTH PANICKED AS WE WERE ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. SHE STARTED TO MOVE TO THE SLOWER LANES, BUT HAD SEMI TRUCKS RUNNING CLOSE BEHIND US AS WELL AS OTHER VEHICLES, WE PUT ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND SLOWLY MADE IT ACROSS TO THE EMERGENCY LANE, BUT NOT BEFORE WE WERE ALMOST IN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. WE HAD TWO SEMIS THAT CAME WITHIN A MATTER OF 1-2 FEET OF HITTING US. WE WENT FROM 80 MPH TO 5 MPH IN A MATTER OF SECONDS AND THEN FINALLY LOST ALL POWER COMPLETELY. WE WAITED WITH THE CAR OFF FOR ALMOST 30 MINUTES, WE STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND GOT BACK ON THE FREEWAY, WE TRAVELED ANOTHER 50 MILES AND THE CAR DID THE SAME THING AGAIN!! THIS TIME WE STAYED IN THE RIGHT LANE! WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES SINCE, AND HAVE HAD NEAR DEATH INCIDENTS WITH THIS VEHICLE. NISSAN KNOWS OF THIS ISSUE, IT IS A CVT PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION, THEIR DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENTS KNOW WHAT TO DO. THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE IS P0744 REPLACE THE VALVE BODY ON TRANSMISSION. THEY KNOW THE ISSUE, BUT WILL NOT DO A RECALL. IT COST US $1,900. THE CAR IS A DEATH TRAP. MY WIFE AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, BUT WE CAN NOT AFFORD A NEW ONE. NISSAN WILL NOT HELP OUR CAR HAS 94,443 MILES ON IT, AND IS OUT OF THEIR WARRANTY. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THESE ISSUES REPORTED AND NISSAN TURNS THEIR HEADS WITH THIS POTENTIAL DEADLY ISSUE. WHAT WILL IT TAKE, A DEATH TO GET SOME ATTENTION TO THIS SERIOUS ISSUE? NISSAN NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. IT IS A REPETITIVE ISSUE AS WELL. (THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES)

NHTSA ODI #11110302

82,000 miles · Jul 9, 2018
Power Train

LOSS OF POWER IN TRAFFIC GOING 75 TO 80 ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. STOPPED WITH NO POWER AT A RED LIGHT MADE A TRAFFIC JAM

NHTSA ODI #11110203

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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