IllustrationTHE WINDSHIELD SPONTANEOUSLY CRACKED ABOUT 18 INCHES FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE TOWARD THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH NOTHING HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. APPARENTLY IT IS A STRESS FRACTURE IN THE GLASS THAT HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED AND SHOULD BE CLAIMED AS A DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE CRACK OCCURRED.
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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Owner complaints by model year
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What owners reported most
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
560–25K
5425–50K
11050–75K
11275–100K
98100–150K
8150K+
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
Visibility/wiper complaints
6 reportsWINDSHIELD CRACKED PASSENGER SIDE WITHOUT AN OUTSIDE OBJECT COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE VECHICLE. *TR
WINDSHIELD CRACKED WITH OUT BEING HIT BY AN OBJECT OUT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR
THIS IS NOT AN INCIDENT REPORT, BUT RATHER A GENERAL INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE HAVE BEEN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF CRACKED WINDSHIELDS REPORTED BY OTHER NISSAN OWNERS OR REPAIRMEN. THE NEW NISSAN I PURCHASED APPEARS TO HAVE A WINDSHIELD DESIGN THAT LENDS ITSELF TO STRESS CRACKS EASILY! THIS VEHICLE IS NOT YET 7 MON…
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THIS IS NOT AN INCIDENT REPORT, BUT RATHER A GENERAL INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE HAVE BEEN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF CRACKED WINDSHIELDS REPORTED BY OTHER NISSAN OWNERS OR REPAIRMEN. THE NEW NISSAN I PURCHASED APPEARS TO HAVE A WINDSHIELD DESIGN THAT LENDS ITSELF TO STRESS CRACKS EASILY! THIS VEHICLE IS NOT YET 7 MONTHS OLD AND YET THE WINDSHIELD WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT HAS CRACKS THAT RADIATED OUTWARD FROM TINY PECKS THAT APPARENTLY WERE CAUSED BY PEBBLES FLUNG FROM THE ROAD SURFACE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE OWNED A VEHICLE THAT CANNOT SUSTAIN A "BULLS EYE" OR "STAR CRACK" AND THE CRACK IS CONTAINED UNTIL I CAN GET IT TO A WINDSHIELD PLACE TO HAVE THE DENT FILLED. COULD THIS BE BECAUSE NISSAN HAS LOWERED THE STRESS FACTOR OR SOMETHING ON THE PRODUCTION OF THIS SAFETY GLASS? IS THE WINDSHIELD UNDER A LOT OF STRESS BECAUSE OF THE CURVATURE OR DESIGN ON THIS MODEL? WILL THIS LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE?? *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THIRD ROW REAR WINDOW DESIGN WAS DEFECTIVE. THE WINDOW WAS TOO HIGH AND CREATED A BLIND SPOT FOR THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SEE PEDESTRIANS OR VEHICLES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMAT…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THIRD ROW REAR WINDOW DESIGN WAS DEFECTIVE. THE WINDOW WAS TOO HIGH AND CREATED A BLIND SPOT FOR THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SEE PEDESTRIANS OR VEHICLES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 92,000. UPDATED 06/30/14 MA THE CONSUMER STATED SHAPE OF THE VEHICLE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE A CAR IN THE BLIND SPOT AND THE BACK WINDOW AND THE PORTALS IN THE SIDE CARGO AREA ARE POSITIONED TOO HIGH. UPDATED 07/2/2014 *JS
WHILE DRIVING IN TEMPERATURES UNDER 40 DEGREES THE INTERIOR WINDOWS FOG WITHIN MINUTES OF BEING IN THE CAR WHEN THE HEAT IS ON. TURNING ON DEFROST AND OPENING THE WINDOWS DOES NOT HELP. I'VE HAD TO PULL OVER NUMEROUS TIMES TO PREVENT A CAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE VISIBILITY IS SO BAD. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WORSE AT NIGHT, BUT DOE…
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WHILE DRIVING IN TEMPERATURES UNDER 40 DEGREES THE INTERIOR WINDOWS FOG WITHIN MINUTES OF BEING IN THE CAR WHEN THE HEAT IS ON. TURNING ON DEFROST AND OPENING THE WINDOWS DOES NOT HELP. I'VE HAD TO PULL OVER NUMEROUS TIMES TO PREVENT A CAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE VISIBILITY IS SO BAD. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WORSE AT NIGHT, BUT DOES HAPPEN DURING THE DAY TOO. WHEN THE WINDOWS APPEAR TO BE CLEAR AND THE CAR IS LEFT OUTSIDE FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES, WHATEVER MOISTURE IS LEFT IN THE CAR FREEZES TO THE INSIDE OF ALL THE WINDOWS CREATING A LAYER OF ICE. IT HAS TAKEN WELL OVER 30 MINUTES AND EVEN CLOSE TO AN HOUR TO GET IT TO CLEAR ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE. BUT ONCE YOU BEGIN DRIVING AGAIN THE FOG ALMOST IMMEDIATELY RETURNS. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN UNEXPLAINABLE MOISTURE IN THE CARPETS AS WELL AS IN THE SPARE TIRE COMPARTMENT. DURING A 3 HOUR CAR TRIP THERE WAS A LAYER OF ICE ON ALL THE WINDOWS THAT NEVER CLEARED THE ENTIRE TIME, DESPITE THE CAR BEING WARM, DEFROST ON, AND IT BEING SUNNY WEATHER. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN SIX TIMES TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. *TR
Official recalls
115V032000 · 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
1PE15001 · 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.