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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

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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

Unknown Or Other complaints

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103,000 miles · Feb 22, 2021
EnginePower TrainUnknown Or Other

I HAVE HAD ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER AND THIS STARTED RIGHT AFTER PURCHASE. A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT FIRST, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, COST $600 TO FIX. AFTER THAT, THE BLOWER MOTOR BURNED UP WHILE WARMING UP ONE MORNING. I STARTED SMELLING BURNED PLASTIC, $300 REPAIR. 6 MONTHS LATER, I AM SPENDING $4000 TO REPLACE THE BURNED UP TR…

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I HAVE HAD ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER AND THIS STARTED RIGHT AFTER PURCHASE. A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT FIRST, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, COST $600 TO FIX. AFTER THAT, THE BLOWER MOTOR BURNED UP WHILE WARMING UP ONE MORNING. I STARTED SMELLING BURNED PLASTIC, $300 REPAIR. 6 MONTHS LATER, I AM SPENDING $4000 TO REPLACE THE BURNED UP TRANSMISSION. I WENT INTO FAIL-SAFE MODE WHILE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN AGAINST TRAFFIC. THEN I COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNED AFTER DRIVING.NOW I HAVE JUST SPENT ANOTHER $500 ON A NEW BATTERY AND CABLES AND NEW ALTERNATOR, ONLY TO HEAR MY VEHICLE STILL NOT STARTING. AS I WRITE THIS, I'M WAITING FOR A CALL FROM FIRESTONE TO NOW TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY CAR AND HOW MUCH THIS WILL COST! IT IS ONLY FEBRUARY, AND I HAVE ALREADY USED MY 2 WEEKS VACATION BECAUSE MY CAR IS UNDRIVEABLE. MEANWHILE, I STILL HAVE 2 YRS LEFT ON MY AUTO LOAN AGREEMENT. PLEASE HELP US 2013 NISSAN ROGUE VICTIMS

NHTSA ODI #11397422

80,000 miles · Dec 30, 2020
Unknown Or Other

CAR LOCKING MECHANISM FREEZES IN COLD WEATHER, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN DOOR DESPITE 'UNLOCKING' CAR. HAD THE ISSUE FIXED 2 YEARS AGO AND HAD TO HAVE IT FIXED AGAIN.

NHTSA ODI #11385576

83,000 miles · Sep 3, 2020
Air BagsFuel/propulsion SystemUnknown Or Other

WHEN I ACCELERATE I HEAR A WIRING SHORTAGE OF SORTS. THE HORN BLOWS AND THERE'S A HESITATION IN ACCELERATING.

NHTSA ODI #11353060

96,882 miles · Jun 3, 2020
Unknown Or OtherVehicle Speed Control

WHEN ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE IT WILL STALL EVEN WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE AND I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH THAT STATED THIS ISSUE IS COMMON TO MOST MAKE AND MODELS- *TR

NHTSA ODI #11327131

Mileage unknown · Feb 17, 2020
Electrical SystemUnknown Or Other

I WAS MADE AWARE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED BACK ON FEBRUARY 25, 2015. RECALL ID: 228072 CAMPAIN #: 15V032000. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL CONCERNING MY VEHICLE. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I'VE NOTICED MOISTURE ON THE FLOOR BOARDS IN THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2015.

NHTSA ODI #11309646

121,000 miles · Dec 19, 2019
Unknown Or Other

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, WHEN I TRIED TO START IT THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT LOCKED.

NHTSA ODI #11290130

103,000 miles · Oct 17, 2019
Unknown Or Other

DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR LOCKED BY IT SELF WE CAN NOT OPEN IT, ALL OTHER DOOR WORKING NORMAL RIGHT NOW, MECHANIC CAN NOT FIX IT BECAUSE WE CAN NOT OPEN THE DOOR

NHTSA ODI #11269249

80,000 miles · Oct 16, 2019
StructureUnknown Or Other

MYSELF WITH MY 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WERE DRIVING FROM NEW HAVEN, CT TO FITCHBURG, MA. ABOUT 1 HOUR INTO THE DRIVE, MY 2013 NISSAN ROGUE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 40MPH!!! WE WERE IN STEADY FAST MOVING TRAFFIC ON A HOT JULY 20TH, 2018 AFTERNOON, HEATWAVE WEATHER! IT WAS TERRIFYING!!! I PUT ON MY BLINKERS AND SLOWLY VEERED TO THE…

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MYSELF WITH MY 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WERE DRIVING FROM NEW HAVEN, CT TO FITCHBURG, MA. ABOUT 1 HOUR INTO THE DRIVE, MY 2013 NISSAN ROGUE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 40MPH!!! WE WERE IN STEADY FAST MOVING TRAFFIC ON A HOT JULY 20TH, 2018 AFTERNOON, HEATWAVE WEATHER! IT WAS TERRIFYING!!! I PUT ON MY BLINKERS AND SLOWLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT LANE! I HAD TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AND MAKE IT TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION. AFTER SEVERAL FRANTIC CALLS TO FAMILY MEMBERS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO, I DECIDED TO ADD ENGINE OIL, ANTI-FREEZE, GAS AND WATER HOPING SOMETHING WOULD HELP. AFTER SITTING FOR AN HOUR, I DROVE ON THE LOCAL ROADS TO TRY OUT THE CAR AGAIN BUT REALIZED I HAD TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND TRY TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 60MPH AGAIN!!!! WE MADE IT TO OUR 3 HOUR TRIP DESTINATION. THE NEXT DAY ON THE WAY BACK, THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AND THIS TIME AFTER STOPPING FOR A WHILE MY CAR STILL WOULD NOT ACCELERATE UNTIL WE SAT WITH THE CAR OFF FOR AN HOUR IN THE HEAT IN A TOWN THAT I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH! WE HAD TO USE ALL LOCAL ROADS TO GET BACK HOME AND THAT TOOK DOUBLE THE TIME BECAUSE I HAD TO KEEP PULLING OVER SO THE CAR COULD COOL OFF SOME!!!! SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE TO FIX RIGHT NOW!!! I'M SO DISGUSTED WITH THIS CAR AND CANNOT WAIT TO GET RID OF IT!!!! IF A LOCATION TAKES OVER AN HOUR TO GET TO, I CAN'T DRIVE THIS CAR!!! MY CAR IS A PEARL WHITE COLOR. THE PAINT PEELING ON THE HOOD AND SIDES OF THE DOOR IS A WHOLE OTHER FRUSTRATING PROBLEM THAT GETS WORSE AND WORSE!!!

NHTSA ODI #11269024

100,000 miles · Sep 2, 2019
Electrical SystemEngineUnknown Or Other

I DID A RESEARCH ON THE 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. 2YRS AGO ON THE SAME TRUCK.WELL ANYWAY I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK UNTIL NOW. THE TRANSMISSION HAS NOW FAILED IN MY TRUCK. ITS HAS STALLED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND HIGHWAY WHICH IS A DANGER TO ME AND OTHER CARS ON THE STREET. THE ELECTRICAL IN THE…

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I DID A RESEARCH ON THE 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. 2YRS AGO ON THE SAME TRUCK.WELL ANYWAY I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK UNTIL NOW. THE TRANSMISSION HAS NOW FAILED IN MY TRUCK. ITS HAS STALLED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND HIGHWAY WHICH IS A DANGER TO ME AND OTHER CARS ON THE STREET. THE ELECTRICAL IN THE TRUCK WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT OR NOT THE TRUCK WILL START TO OVERHEAT AND SHUT DOWN ON ME IN THE STREET. THEN I WOULD HAVE TO SEAT AND WAIT AROUND AN HALF HOUR TO AN HOUR. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS FOR AWHILE BUT DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO GET THIS BAD.

NHTSA ODI #11252728

92,000 miles · Aug 26, 2019
Unknown Or Other

DRIVING ON I4 IN FLORIDA MY CAR WENT FROM 70MPH TO 30 IN LESS THAN 1MIN WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SD IT WAS A CRACKED FILTER AND FIXED IT 4MOS LATER I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY GOT OFF THE EXIT AND STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN LIGHT CHANGED HIT GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE I PUMP IT AND THEN IT STARTED GOING BUT…

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DRIVING ON I4 IN FLORIDA MY CAR WENT FROM 70MPH TO 30 IN LESS THAN 1MIN WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SD IT WAS A CRACKED FILTER AND FIXED IT 4MOS LATER I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY GOT OFF THE EXIT AND STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN LIGHT CHANGED HIT GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE I PUMP IT AND THEN IT STARTED GOING BUT VERY SLUGGISH TIL IT PICKED UP SPEED .THIS PAST FRIDAY THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I'M VERY GOOD ON KEEPING MY CAR TUNED UP TAKING CARE OF MAINTENANCE ON THE CAR AT THE TIME IT CORRESPONDS SO I'M BAFFLE AS TO WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. I DON'T ABUSE MY CAR . NO LIGHTS COME UP IN THE PANEL INDICATING A PROBLEM. A FEW DIFFERENT MECHANICS HAVE CHECKED THE CAR AND CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. YET I'M A WRECK ANY TIME I'M DRIVING THINKING SOMEBODY IS GOING TO RAN INTO THE BACK OF MY CAR.PLEASE HELP ME .

NHTSA ODI #11246357

Official recalls

1

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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