general problems of the 2015 Nissan Rogue - part 1

To whom it may concern, I am filing a vehicle safety complaint regarding a sudden and complete failure of the body control module (bcm) in my 2015 Nissan Rogue. This failure has resulted in a complete "no-start" condition, rendering the vehicle inoperable without warning. The problem occurred on or about [date of breakdown, if known]. The vehicle would not start, despite the ignition powering on. A professional diagnosis was performed, which confirmed that the body control module had failed and was not sending the required signal to the intelligent power distribution module (ipdm) to allow the vehicle to start. The technician's notes state: "found no signal from bcm to ipdm to start vehicle. " I have since learned that this is a known manufacturer issue, documented in Nissan technical service bulletin (TSB) ntb16-024, titled "no start, mil on, dtc u1000, u1010, c110a, p1614, p1615, p1630, p1631 (reprogram bcm or replace ipdm). " the diagnosis and attempted repair on my vehicle perfectly match the procedure outlined in this TSB. Safety concern: while a"no-start" condition may not seem like a traditional safety hazard, the sudden and unpredictable nature of this failure presents a significant safety risk. A vehicle that becomes completely inoperable without warning can strand drivers and passengers in potentially dangerous situations, such · in the middle of intersections or busy roadways. · in isolated areas with no access to help. · during extreme weather conditions (extreme heat, cold, storms). · while transporting individuals with medical needs. The failure of a critical electronic component like the bcm, which is responsible for numerous vehicle functions, at only 50,000 miles indicates a serious and potentially widespread defect in materials or workmanship. I am requesting that the NHTSA investigate this failure pattern in 2014-2016 Nissan Rogue vehicles. Existence of a TSB and numerous complaints from other owners online suggest a major defect.

It has a cvt transmission and when you try to accelerate quickly, it box down it does not go every now and then when it tries to change gears it shimmy it gives a humping sensation.

I got into a car accident where the airbags didn't go off. I have the airbag light now on in the car and the diagnostics is something with the transmission.

The transmission gave out while in the middle of driving on I-4. The safety of the driver and everyone in the highway was put at risk since the car stopped running out of nowhere in a high traffic area. The vehicle has been inspected by a mechanic. A warning symbol popped up as soon as it happened. It says chassis control system error.

Car stalled and shuddering while driving on the freeway, sudden loss of power. Engine started to heat and smoke. Issue was probably the defective cvt transmission as noted in most Nissan.

My wife and I were returning from a thanksgiving trip to relatives in virginia southbound on I 95 she was driving and we both felt the car shudder as we began to lose speed. There was no acceleration even though the tachometer was in a high range. We limped into a rest area ,shut down the car and called a tow service. We were towed to deacon jones Nissan in golsboro, n. C. Where we were told we needed a new transmission. The service manager told us this cvt transmission is supposed to be serviced every 30 k miles . We were at 87734. There was never a dashboard warning light to that effect nor any notice from Nissan. Our expenses were: transmission=$6619. 34; towing=$155; 2 nights at hotel=$201. 38.

I was driving in 90°f weather for over an hour on the freeway, and it felt like my car's power cut out. This caused my vehicle to decelerate to 40mph while on a busy freeway, leading me to fear for my and others' safety. I turned the car off, waited for 15 minutes at the exit, and began moving again, only for the same issue to occur again. This time I stayed longer and decided not to push the car past 3k rpm, and made it home. The issue occurred once several months ago, and now it has happened twice on the same trip. There were no warning lamps, messages, or other symptoms before the power was cut off. I took the car to an independent service center, and they could not diagnose the problem.

I was driving at approximately 25mph in a subdivision and my car turned off. I pulled over immediately to try to crank it but it would not crank. I noticed smoke coming from the engine so I exited the vehicle with my child. The smoke got way worse within a few minutes and then the front engine was engulfed in flames.

I first started noticing this transmission acceleration problem about a year ago when my vehicle has been in stop-and-go traffic for at least 30 minutes or more, the transmission feels like it is going to stall. Pressing on the gas won’t accelerate the vehicle or it is very slow to start moving no matter how hard the gas pedal is pressed. The rpm speeds to 4-5 x1000 but the transmission gear feels stuck at 40mph max. Usually I have noticed that if I am able to pull over and stop the car for a few minutes, I can restart the car engine and didn’t’t see signs of the problem again. My husband believes it’s a transmission and gear shift problem that once the Rogue has been in stop-and-go traffic the system isn’t shifting gears correctly. It put myself and my husband at risk since we took the vehicle on a road trip, my husband finally witnessed this happening. It usually only happened to me when I’m coming home sitting in traffic. When I got off the freeway to surface streets, being stuck at stoplights or stop signs had this issue occur a couple of times. I took my vehicle to my local Nissan dealer for inspection but the tech. Said they couldn’t mimic/reproduce the problem/issue I was reporting. No other inspection has been made. And no warning lights came on during the problem the few times it has happened. The engine was really loud this most recent time because I was unable to stop and pullover right away. I am open to having my vehicle inspected further for this issue.

The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled with the check engine warning light and an unknown warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the residence. An independent mechanic diagnosed the vehicle and stated no failure was found. The vehicle was then towed to the dealer and an unknown software was reprogrammed; however, the cause of the failure was not yet determined. The contact was informed that two unknown modules might need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline to file a complaint. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Leaving walgreens & my car won’t start (I just bought a new battery a month ago). Called a friend for jump start & it took it awhile to start (5-10 minutes). While driving home my steering locked up twice & the stereo cut out a couple times. It also chugged a couple times like it was going to die. Once home and shut off - the doors won’t lock.

I own a 2015 Nissan Rogue select s. I purchased the vehicle with 35,000 miles on it in 2016, a year and 1 month after it was first manufactured. From the day I drove it off the lot, I noticed an issue, where if my car was in gear, and stopped in traffic or at a light, with the a/c running, the rpms would drop significantly and cause a judder, then the rpms would return. After a few months of this, I took it back to the dealership I purchased the vehicle from, and was advised that they could not replicate what I was talking about and there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. It's been 7 years since then. While stopped at a light at the bottom of an offramp after driving down the freeway, with my 2 very young children in their car seats, vehicle failed to accelerate with the equivalent pressure placed on the accelerator. This caused the vehicle to "roll" through the intersection and having the green light change while I was still halfway through the intersection. When the oncoming traffic got their green a few were not paying close attention and I was nearly t-boned. This happened twice in the span of maybe a month and a half. No indication of failure. No lights on the dashboard, indicating an issue. Took it to a different Nissan dealership and had a diagnostic run, was advised it needs a new transmission and the code that came up was p1740. Vehicle has less than 81,000 miles on it. Unfortunately, per Nissan consumer affairs, my vehicle is "out of warranty" even with the extension that was just granted in June of 2022, my vehicles extended warranty under the class action was extended to Jan of 2022, but I was never made aware of the class action, nor given the opportunity to opt out of said action. Vehicle is still not repaired. Myself and kids are safe, but they both have a bit of ptsd from both incidents occurring. I'm lucky I can even get them to voluntarily get back into a car. Let alone my car. I wish I never purchased it. It could have killed us more than once.

2015 Nissan Rogue. Consumer writes in regards to illuminated engine light.

My car vibrates while idling when either air conditioner or heat is on (but only when the car is idling; waiting for light to change and not when moving. When my car was under warranty I reported this to my Nissan service repair mechanic when car was under warranty and was told that was normal. I purchased a car in 2016 and now in 2022 it is still happening. Just need to make sure I’m safe and that car won’t blow up or something. Thank you .

The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that there was an abnormal odor of smoke in the vehicle. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 22v024000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. VIN tool confirms parts not available. The failure mileage was approximately 32,000.

I was driving on the highway with my one year old child and with no warning lights my transmission stopped working the rpms were going out of control and I couldn't drive the car. We were lucky to get out of that situation safely. I contacted Nissan about the transmission codes recall and asked if it would be covered they said yes. I went in with the vehicle and they told. Me the transmission would need to be replaced. The car is in perfect condition and shouldn't have these issues. Specially with no warning. Nissan has tip toed around this issue with me. I did my research and posted to social media to find out so many more have had this exact issue in older and newer models and Nissan has refused to take responsibility for there faulty cvt transmission. They are still putting them in vehicles leaving it to the consumer to fix. These transmissions need to be recalled before more families are effected by this. I have been back and forth with corporate Nissan for a week now and they are telling me in order to see if I qualify for financial assistance Nissan will need to diagnose and fix the car and it is not guaranteed they will help with costs. Instead of fixing the problem they are making me jump through hoops. They know about this issue as the complaints on the bbb are constant and consistent with my situation. Please take my incident into consideration and stop Nissan from producing death trap family vehicles.

October 2021 while driving at a 55 mph my stirring wheel felt hard to maneuver and a chasis control light/check engine light came on. I felt a resistance to steer and speed was reducing. I manage to pull over right away and turn off car it would not turn off until I continuously press my start button. After my car got towed it would not jump star no power at all a mechanics saw and diagnostic as an electrical issue possibly harness with a code u0100. I decided to take to Nissan dealer they diagnosed an ipm issue replaced for $1300. Took car drove fine for two months two months later while driving my chasis control light came up again my steering to the right was too hard so I pull to the left manage to park. Car turn off at first press on start button but it wouldn’t jump start again. Replace the ipm Nissan said harness that holds has to be replace want to do it for $5k and not sure if it will fix issue. My car had no signs of issues ever before very scare to fix and drive now since it just suddenly doesn’t let me control steering and dies right away with no warnings. Very dangerous for all road drivers. No current recall resolution till next month however I need a vehicle very inconvenient and dangerous for me.

As I was driving approximately 30 mph straight on a city street my car abruptly shut off completely while in drive. Radio stopped, no warning lights, all electrical seemed to die, power steering and power brakes seemed all to be gone. No dash lights are on. The car started up after trying 3 times without results. It happened once before in a similar situation that I wrote off as a fluke. Now I'm scared to drive it.

The Nissan Rogue 2013-2016 have a bad transmission issue on the cvt driving on the highway my car got stuck in gear and would not drive my sister also own a rouge same year 2015 her car transmission got her stuck in the middle of a city street.

Three times now the car has shut down entirely while driving in traffic. Engine stops running, all lights and power are off, power steering and power brakes are lost. It creates an incredibly dangerous scenario. Car will restart almost immediately but you have to roll to a stop with no power brakes or steering, as I said it's incredibly dangerous. Happens mid-drive, with car in motion, including an instance going 70 mph on a busy interstate. Has occurred three times over the last two months.

Driving on interstate at approx. 70 mph, and cruise control kicked off by itself at least 3 times. Then all of a sudden I lost power, it was not like a out of gas loss, it just slowed down. I had the gas pedal floored to maintain speed as I was traveling at 70mph in heavy traffic on interstate. I moved to the outside lane to avoid any chance of an accident and took the next exit to turn around and go back home. When I got onto the entrance ramp back to the interstate, it took me about 1/2 mile at least to get up to speed again. Since I got back home everything appears normal but I am afraid to travel any distance in case I should loose power again I have had the vehicle put on the computer monitor and they say nothing is showing as wrong. During this exam I was told that if the engine warning light never came on the computer check would not show anything. At no time during the power outage did the engine warning light or any warning device show up.

Yesterday I came from birmingham and I was going 70 mph my SUV is whinnying I couldn't go pass 70 I floored it still nothing speed I had to spot on the side of the road to start driving to pick up speed I'm at 113,000.

The transmission died at 110,896 miles.

Traveling to arizona over the mountain hill, all of a sudden car loss power. My rpm stays below 3 with gas pedal all the down the floor and my engine light turned on. Pulled over and sat 30 minutes. Was able to drive the car to the nearest shop and pulled the engine light code to p0744.

I purchased a 2015 Nissan Rogue about a year ago and I had no problems up until a month ago. I experienced the transmission jerking, shaking and shuddering during normal operation. I would lose acceleration upon completing a stop signal or at the change of a green light. I also noticed fluids leaking. Upon taking it to the Nissan dealership, I was told it needed a cvt body replacement. Because Nissan extended their warranty on some of their vehicles with cvt transmissions, my vehicle qualified between the year/mileage given. However, Nissan chose not to fix it, that it was not one of the vehicles specified. Then why am I having these same issues as the other vehicles? my vehicle was purchase a little over a year and has 72k miles. I've never had any problems with this vehicle other than now with it's poor performance, shaking and no power acceleration. I fear for my life every day when I drive my vehicle. I should not have to feel this way but rather safe knowing I am driving a reliable, safe vehicle.

My Nissan Rogue is 2 years old with 31,500 miles. I was accelerating onto the highway on rt 2, near exit 59 in massachusetts on Tuesday 3/20, and the engine in the car turned off while accelerating, going about 55 mph. I was able to pull over to the shoulder safely. I tried multiple times to restart the car, but the engine was completely dead. I had the car towed to marlboro Nissan, where I purchased the car. They confirmed that the car still would not start when it arrived at the dealership. The next day, it started and they could not replicate the issue. They want me to take the car home with no explanation and no fix. I feel completely unsafe getting back behind the wheel of a car where an engine just turns off for no reason. I am told by Nissan corporate consumer affairs that they will not be able to help if they can't replicate the issue a second time. This is dangerous, and I am at a loss with what to do next. Getting back in that car on a highway puts not only myself, but other drivers around me at risk for a fatal accident.

The heater does not work on the coldest days. Driver is unable to adequately defrost windshield and maintain a reasonable temperature in the cabin.

It loses the "strength" when I'm at a stoplight or have my car on (but stationary), if I want to continue driving, I need to turn it off to re-start the system. I already sent it to a computer reading but nothing has come out. I don't know what the problem is.

Tl-the contact owns a 2015 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds or upon starting the vehicle, the chassis control module warning, check engine warning, and the traction control warning lights illuminated along the message see owner's manuel was displayed on the instrumental panel. The vehicle was taken to Nissan of picayune 239 frontage rd, picayune, ms 39466 (601) 889-5454 where it was diagnosed to change the throttle body. The vehicle was repaired but three days later the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to Nissan of picayune where it was then diagnosed with needing to change the ecm. The vehicle was repaired a second time but the next day the warning lights and message reappeared. The contact stated that the vehicle went back to Nissan of picayune a third time and this time he was informed that the wiring harness between the throttle body and ecm needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired due to the fact that the dealer could to guarantee the contact that the failure would not recur. A few months later the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic whom could not diagnose a failure and referred the contact to NHTSA. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000. Aa.

The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Rogue. After applying the brakes abruptly to avoid a collision and attempting to accelerate, the vehicle lost power. In addition, the accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to accelerate and increased in rpms. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who was unable to diagnose or repair the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 7,000.

Tl-the contact owns a 2015 Nissan Rogue. While driving 70 mph the speed decreased to 30 mph the rpm increased to the red zone. The check engine indicator light was illuminated the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that there was a faulty transmission and referred contact to local dealer. The contact called rock hill Nissan 550 galleria blvd, rock hill, SC 29730 (803) 818-2713 but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted who stated that the vehicle was not covered under warranty and provided case number 36292181 but did not assist. The failure mileage was 40,000. Ap 36292181.

I was driving up hill and pressed the brakes to turn right, and the brakes didn't came up, the car came to halt and then started rolling back wards. Now I tried to put the brakes but its stucked, I pressed the accelerator it didn't responded. Soon withing 4-5 sec the car picks up speed, I changed the mode to parking, nothing happened. It rolled down and fell into a ditch. Nothing seriously damaged. But I am scared to drive that car again. When the car was pulled from the ditch the brakes were still on. I pointed that out to the police. This is a new car just 2 months old. Didn't expect that from Nissan.

Teering wheel vibrates at speeds 25-55 mph. Most of the vibration will stop if I drive in the sport mode. Have back to dealer three times, but no luck. They said other 2015 Rogue show the same problem, there is no tbs issued yet, so they basically don't know how to fix it. Two different dealers felt the vibrations. You can almost hear a like a harmonic noise when this happens. I have contacted Nissan and am waiting for a resolution or something. I asked Nissan to find a Rogue that doesn't vibrate or get out of my lease with my money back.

Steering wheel vibrates at speeds 25-55 mph. Most of the vibration will stop if I drive in the sport mode. Have back to dealer three times, but no luck. They said other 2015 Rogue show the same problem, there is no tbs issued yet, so they basically don't know how to fix it. Two different dealers felt the vibrations. You can almost hear a like a harmonic noise when this happens. I have contacted Nissan and am waiting for a resolution or something. I asked Nissan to find a Rogue that doesn't vibrate or get out of my lease with my money back.

The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated that the vehicle retained excessive water in the driver and passenger side carpet. Also, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to destination Nissan (770 central Ave, albany, NY); however, the cause of the failures could not be determined. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 15,000.