2019 Nissan Rogue Reliability Report

This catch-all group mixes several problems. False emergency braking and front or rear sensor malfunction warnings keep coming up, including at highway speed. The power tailgate can close by itself after opening, and one report lists 4 injuries from it striking people's heads. Other filings cover a driver door lock actuator failing near 38,000 miles and a folding key that can shut the engine off while driving, which is covered by a recall. Owners also report transmission failure, a sunroof that shattered on the interstate, and water leaking onto the passenger-side floor.

The CVT transmission fails. Symptoms include jerking, hesitation from a stop, a delay before the car moves in Drive, and loss of power on hills or at highway speed. Failures cluster between about 45,000 and 88,000 miles, often with little warning. Dealers quote around $6,000 to $6,500 to replace the transmission. Diagnoses include overheating and metal filings in the fluid. Some owners report the rear differential breaking apart with a bang and smoke. Two crash reports describe the car rolling away unattended after it was left running in Park.

Cooling fans quit, and the motor overheats at idle or in traffic, sometimes with smoke and leaking coolant. Owners report fan failures from 43,819 to 78,000 miles, some more than once. Repair bills run from $554.95 to over $1,200. Other reports describe stalling or losing power in traffic. Sometimes the car restarts on its own, and sometimes it will not restart. In one crash, a stalled car was hit while stopped in a travel lane. A single report describes carbon monoxide found in the cabin.

The car slows sharply or stops with no traffic ahead. Some cases come from false automatic braking, and others from ProPilot Assist cutting highway speed on its own. One crash report says ProPilot did not stop for a braking car ahead. Other owners report a sudden loss of acceleration, where the car crawls even with the pedal floored. Others report stalling at highway speed in nearly new cars. Camera obstruction warnings appear within hours or days of purchase. A separate crash report says the engine revved and the car surged forward while the brake was pressed.

Whining, grinding, squeaking, or popping comes from the front end when the wheel turns, and the wheel can feel stiff. Noise reports start around 25,000 miles, and the stiffness gets worse in cold weather. Dealer fixes such as greasing the boot or ball joint often do not last. More serious reports describe the wheel locking up while the car is moving, or the car veering right without warning. In one case, the car hit parked vehicles. ProPilot lane centering can weave from side to side within the lane.

Front bags stay folded in frontal and head-on crashes, including crashes severe enough to total the car. Five of the 7 complaints involve a crash. One report describes the opposite problem: passenger-side airbags fired on the highway after a tire went flat, injuring a passenger. In another, the front airbag did not deploy but the seat airbag did, and it injured the driver. A separate complaint describes an SRS warning light that will not go off.

Reminder chimes draw the most complaints. The warning icon appears, but the chime stays silent or sounds only briefly at startup, and dealers call this normal. There are hardware problems too: a front passenger buckle that sticks, rear belts that will not pull out or retract, and a rear buckle that stopped latching after a crash. These reports are few, and most do not describe a belt failing while driving.