Wiper Problems of Nissan Rogue - part 1

Owner of 2025 Nissan Rogue rock creek. On 11/03/2025 3pm temperature 45-47 degrees. Car was parked and all of a sudden rear window exploded. I called the dealer and told them they said they had nothing on recalls of defect. I did make a claim with my insurance geico and did report it to Nissan also case# 55966563. Upon online research there is multiples of incidents with the sale exploding issue on various years but all same model: Rogue.

On Sunday, Nov. 2nd, 2025, about 3:50pm est, I was driving east on hwy 25, 5 miles west of near knox central high school, heading towards barbourville, ky. I was coming from kingsport, TN heading to corbin, ky to take my mother to her cancer doctors in lexington on Monday, the 3rd. I was driving 55 mph, in the left lane, the weather was foggy, gray, temp 45 degrees. It was 62 when I left home. I had just turned on both my defrosters because the windows were fogging up. At this time my rear window made an extremely loud pop and exploded! the glass went into the back area of my car. Shards were all around the opening. I was terrified and pulled off the road to the right. I got out and was shocked to see the damage! I took photos and a video. Called my husband, my mom and the ky state police to ask what to do. They said to drive on to my mom's house, back it into her open garage, cover it with plastic, and then drive her to the dr early Monday in her car, so I did. Sunday I looked up online what to do and found varying answers, but mainly it said to make detailed notes of the incident (I did), contact the manufacturer (found zero way to contact Nissan!), and report it to the ntfsa online (they are closed due to the government shutdown). Another place said to call my dealer if still under warranty, call my car insurance if it's not. It was too late by then, went to bed to try Monday. Monday: mom and I were busy with her tests and dr appts until 5:30, got some food, headed home. Got back, looked up how can a car rear window shatter while driving. It gave a few reasons, and then a list of about 5 known cars this happens to, and my Rogue is one of them! that's why I'm supposed to report it, I suppose. It is certainly dangerous, scary and shocking when it happens! started filling out this report, here we are. Tuesday: 1st I will call my car dealer. It is still under warranty. Thank god! I was completely shaken up for a good hour b4 I could drive.

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Back windshield busted out completed, chase is unknown.

On October 20, 2025, at approximately 10:30 a. M. , my 2025 Nissan Rogue was parked in a public parking lot for several hours. When I started the engine, I heard a sudden loud pop, and the rear windshield immediately imploded, scattering glass both inside and outside the vehicle. There were no signs of impact, vandalism, or prior damage, and no hazards in the surrounding area. The vehicle’s climate control was set to “auto” at 70°f, and the rear defroster was not on. This appears to have been a spontaneous glass failure, similar to other reports from Rogue owners. The incident created a serious safety concern due to the sudden explosion of tempered glass, which could easily cause driver or passenger injury, distraction while operating the vehicle, or potential loss of visibility if it had occurred while driving. The rear hatch now lacks structural integrity and requires full replacement. I am filing this report to document the defect and ensure this issue is investigated further for potential manufacturing or thermal-stress flaws in the rear glass assembly.

My back window shattered for no reason. I had been driving for about 20 minutes. The ac was on my feet and not for the rear defrost. My [xxx] was in her booster seat in the back seat. We heard an explosion. I looked back to see a softball sized hole in my back window. I called lumberton Nissan and the general manager was very rude and was "mansplaining" how he is just a supplier and not responsible for windows exploding. There was no lawn or road work happening. There are no bullet holes in my vehicle. No rocks were found. The location I bought my vehicle from told me to make a claim with my insurance. I ended up just calling a mobile windshield vendor that my employer uses for their vehicles. I work for a Dodge dealership. While the repair is fixed, this has left my daughter scared to ride in my vehicle. I have joined a few facebook groups who have posted their horror stories of their back windshields exploding. This needs to be fixed! now that the window has been fixed. When you open and close my hatchback or even take a turn. You can hear glass inside of the door rolling around. The vendor was not able to take apart the door to vacuum the glass up. This will become extremely annoying and make me scared that another window broke, hearing the glass rattle around in my hatchback door. What can be done to help the consumer? as the gm at lumberton Nissan talks down to women and felt the need to explain how he is only a supplier of vehicles and does not make them, himself. Well, duh! you are a dealership, not the factory. But the idea of a recall needs to be discussed on your end. This is not safe! my front windshield is perfectly fine and no issues. Same as the four door windows. But my back window should not be exploding on a 66 degree morning when my vehicle is only set at the lowest blowing setting of 72 degrees for more than 20 minutes, on my feet. Again, the rear defrost was no longer turned on. I live in fayetteville, north carolina. I have a bunch of pics. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of info.

The car had been garaged since Thursday evening and all day Friday. Used it Saturday morning to drive 5 miles, went into my location and when I came out 2 hours later, the rear window on the liftgate was crumbled. Nothing impacted it to cause this. Just shattered on it's own. Temperature was 62 f.

While parked my rear window imploded and shattered. There was no impact, or previous damage. I opened my driver door to get in and then it crumbled.

Enterprise rental: back window shattered spontaneously. Car was not in motion, it was parked.

Got into car shut the door and the rear window spontaneously shattered.

On a cool morning (~53°f), I drove approximately 6. 4 miles each way (about 12–13 miles total) to and from school with the rear defroster on to clear condensation. After returning home and parking, I heard a loud pop and saw that the entire rear hatch window was shattered. I called my husband outside, and we documented the damage with photos and video. When I closed the door, the shattered glass collapsed inward into the cargo area, with shards also scattered across the driveway. There was no external strike point, debris, or prior damage to the glass. The breakage was spontaneous and created a safety hazard by leaving sharp tempered fragments inside the vehicle and an open rear hatch. Other 2025 Rogue owners have reported the same failure, suggesting a recurring defect.

Was sitting in my car at the dunkin’ donuts when my rear window shattered. Nothing hit the window, no one hit me the window just shattered. Dunkin donuts is looking at cameras to see what happened.

My back rear window basically shattered while it was just sitting. There was nothing that hit it. I had just driven it to. Work and had the rear defrost on while I was driving. A little while after I arrived at work the window just sounded like it exploded.

After my car being parked for 5 hours I opened my car door and before even shutting my door and starting my car my rear view windshield shattered to pieces, no forced trauma , literal shatter .

The front, movable section of my panoramic sunroof unexpectedly exploded/shattered while driving. There were no other vehicles in front of me and it was a clear sunny day with nothing overhead. The sunroof and cover were closed. If the cover had been opened, glass shards would've hit the occupants inside the cabin. The sound was an extremely loud bang similar to a shotgun. The sound caused me to brake and slightly swerve. Fortunately, there were no other vehicles nearby and I was able to pullover safely. There was a large chunk of glass missing and quite a bit of small shards on top of the cover. Glass shards continued to fall off while driving home.

The vehicle had been parked for 10 hours while I was at work. I got in the vehicle and shut the door and the back glass shattered. I had security pull up the camera footage of the area my vehicle was parked and no one tampered with it.

The rear window shattered spontaneously with explosive force and sound while I was driving and parking it in the subsurface garage of my condominium complex, with my wife as a passenger. I can only surmise that substandard safety glass, combined with unusually high outside temperatures and extremely effective interior air conditioning was involved in the physics of the explosion. The incident was unprecedented in my 67 years of driving. The incident was preceded by intermittent and inexplicable hissing sounds for several miles before I entered my parking garage and parked the vehicle. No external projectile or impact was involved.

Rear tailgate window exploded for no reason. I work for a fleet company and we have had this happen on at least 8 Nissan Rogues some in winter some in summer. Glass being blown out is extremely frightening while driving and could increase the risk of a crash. Its also a safety issue with glass entering the passenger compartment. This has been reproduced 100s of times. There's plenty of online forums where other Rogue owners have experienced the same issue.

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My interior rear view mirror keeps falling off. I took it back to Honda and they said they fixed it but it still falls off . My rear windshield wiper fell off. My console has a light that is always on and they said it was fixed. My fob got locked in my car. I was forced to buy a car clear shield but it isn’t on. I was forced to buy car security system I didn’t want.

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Went to leave the house and noticed the rear windshield was shattered. Holes on either side of the windshield. With glass on the outside of the vehicle, as if the windshield had exploded outward.

Rear drivers side window spontaneously exploded while driving approx 50 mph. Very loud noise, no injuries to report. Vehicle is available for inspection, and is scheduled for repair on 6/16/2025.

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I entered the 2023 Nissan Rogue around [xxx] on st. Simons island GA, on [xxx] with my granddaughter. Upon shutting the doors, the rear hatchback window exploded into pieces and blew out. I had not left the parking place or cranked the car. The glass pieces were all over the road and on the inside of my car. The police were called and a report was filed. How was my safety put at risk? besides being shocked and traumatized at what sounded like a gunshot, I am now concerned about driving this car again with a new rear window because I fear it could happen again at any time. I am also suffering from a form of ptsd with super loud noise. (I jumped off my yoga mat when someone dropped a metal cup that made a very loud noise during our practice. ) I asked the dealership why it happened and I called the Nissan customer service center and have yet to find out why this has happened. My own research has indicated that this problem has occurred in many 2023 Nissan Rogues. The car was inspected by the police and they saw no foul play. The dealership currently has the car and is currently waiting on a new rear hatch window and it will be replaced at no cost after I strongly urged that this car was under warranty and this appears to be a defect (although the dealership doesn't agree). No -- the problem has not been reproduced at the dealership since it does not involve a mechanical part. I contacted the georgia attorney general's consumer protection division (cpd) to try to make a lemon law report and the advisor I spoke to indicated that the problem had to occur more than once. Therefore I was unsuccessful in filing that report on April 2, 2025. Since the car had not been turned on, there were no warning lamps, messages or other symptoms that the rear window was about to blow out. Again, this happened all on [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

There was no incident, just routine occurrences of the following that could lead to one: 1) the wipers do not clear the upper right (passenger) side of the windshield, creating a blind spot, which is especially dangerous when turning. Photo attached, though note this is a mild instance and visibility can be much worse. 2) the rearview camera has been blacking out while the car is in reverse. The black screen lasts about a second and is becoming more common, maybe once a day. 3) the power steering goes out occasionally, which I am strong enough to deal with, but would be difficult for my children (who also drive the car) to deal with.

Rear window shattered without previous damage or impact of any object. Vehicle was parked in the middle of a garage, temperature was 32f and driver was present during event. Heard loud noise followed by rear glass shattering and fragments flying all the way to back seat passengers. Nobody was hurt, but glass shards had to be removed from their hair/ clothing. Problem has not been reproduced in dealership, but multiple reports for same vehicle have been filed online. Vehicle has not been inspected by insurance, as they will not cover it. There were no warning signs, or evidence of malfunction. Glass was inspected that same day before driving, had no cracks or breaks. Rear wiper was off when this happened.

There is standing water on the driver’s side floorboard and a sloshing noise can be heard while driving. This appears to match conditions described in a technical service bulletin (reference: ntb14-105a). The issue is especially bad in rainy conditions and the accumulation of moisture causes condensation on the inside of the windshield and windows making it difficult to clear off to see while driving. Additionally due to the large amount of water, mold is starting to grow on the interior upholstery. The vehicle has been inspected by the dealer who confirmed the issue although they declined to cover the cost of the repair as there are currently no active recalls related to this issue. They further claim that ntb14-105a does not apply to this vehicle.

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Rear window shield busted randomly in cold. Car was parked and when I returned to parked car the rear window was shattered.

The rear window of the vehicle exploded with no impact. After backing out of my driveway I was pulling forward down the street and my rear window exploded. There was a pop and crackle sound. There was no evidence on the vehicle that something struck the window nor was there anything seen in the cameras around my home. When I got out of the vehicle and shut my door the glass fell into the trunk of the car and a piece went into the door handle which shorted it out and it needed to be replaced after the glass was replaced.

Back window exploded. On interstate 55 mile marker 265. No other vehicles were close. No debris on the road. This is happening to Nissan vehicles.

The heater and thus defroster no longer work, only cold air comes out. A Nissan service center diagnosed the issue as a stripped out part of the blend door actuator. The whole heater box would need to be replaced to resolve the issue. In winter driving, the lack of defroster impairs visibility and turns off the automatic forward braking system. The fault light for the forward braking system comes on when there is windshield frost/fog. The first signs of this issue appeared as intermittent failures of the heater failing to turn on, but resolved on the next drive. Eventually, the heater/defroster permanently failed. From searching the internet, this blend door actuator issue appears to be prevalent among other Rogues.

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Rear window of car spontaneously exploded inward and completely shattered. Vehicle was parked/stationary when this happened in a covered garage. No sudden temperature changes, no external or internal damage to the window before the window exploded.

The screen for the rear view camera is turning off for couple of seconds during the reversing of the car. During that time there is no visibility in the rear of the car and can cause an colossion.

Back windshield shattered.

Back window shattered.

On Wednesday [xxx], I brought my car to autonation Nissan in pembroke pines florida due to non-functional windshield wipers. By Wednesday, August 21st, I was informed that not only were the windshield wiper motors inoperable, but a part called the engine harness was also required for repairs, and this part was not available. . I also reached out to my extended warranty program and spoke with siena at Nissan corporate, who provided me with case number [xxx]. The part number needed is assy-24012-6 MA oc. Despite my repeated follow-ups every three days with sienna, I have been informed each time that the part remains on backorder with no estimated arrival date and that a loaner vehicle cannot be provided. Consequently, I am now forced to drive my car without windshield wipers, which is unsafe. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

The contact owns a 2021 Nissan Rogue sport. The contact stated while opening the trunk, the windshield wiper detached. The front windshield wipers failed to spray or wipe the screen properly, creating a distorted screen while driving. The contact also stated that the door trims on all 4 doors were detaching. The vehicle had been taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the wipers needed to be replaced. The dealer sent the contact to pep boys to replace the front wipers. There were no other repairs made. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 63,840.

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Ecu go out and cause vehicle to accelerate when brakes is mashed.

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