Nissan Rogue Years to Avoid · Best Years · Problems · Recalls

Nissan Rogue warranty extensions

We list two Nissan warranty extensions on the Rogue model years, and each card says whether it still applies. Eligibility depends on the VIN, so ask a Nissan dealer to check the car before you buy it.

• Evaporative emission vapor vent tube Open for newer years

  15 years or 150,000 miles

  Years

  2008–2016

  Source

  NEVAP

  Nissan covers the tube only if it is found completely blocked. The 2008 cars are already past 15 years.

• Continuously variable transmission Ended by age

  7 years or 84,000 miles

  Years

  2014–2018

  Source

  Nissan notice, Jun 1, 2022

Sources: Nissan emission warranty enhancement NEVAP, August 2018. Nissan CVT warranty extension, June 1, 2022, revised August 30, 2022.

Nissan Rogue crash tests and investigations

NHTSA gives the Nissan Rogue an overall 5 of 5 for the 2023–2025 model years, an overall 4 of 5 for the 2011–2021 model years and an overall 4 or 5 of 5 depending on the version for the 2022 model year. The frontal score is 4 for the 2011–2013, 2015–2020 and 2022–2025, 3 for the 2014, and 3 or 4 depending on the version for the 2021.

NHTSA started its current 5-star test system with the 2011 model year, so older ratings are not comparable and we do not show them. Separately, NHTSA’s defect office has had 5 probes on Rogue model years, and two of them are still open. NHTSA also handled a petition about false automatic emergency braking (DP19001), closed Sep 16, 2019.

Crash test ratings

NHTSA defect investigations

Source: NHTSA safety ratings, read Oct 31, 2026, and the NHTSA defect investigations file of Oct 30, 2026

Nissan Rogue model years compared

Each score from 1 to 5 compares one Nissan Rogue model year with the other Nissan Rogue model years only. It is not a reliability rating, and it says nothing about how the Nissan Rogue compares with another car. A 5 means that year scores highest among the Nissan Rogue model years, a 1 means it scores lowest. The 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 are too new to judge and carry no score.

Best counts model years from 2011 on, so an older year can score 5 here and still not be listed in the Best years.

How the score is built: each year is compared with the typical Nissan Rogue year over its first five years on the road, using complaints (40%), serious complaints that report a crash, fire, injury or death (40%), recalls (15%) and open NHTSA probes (5%). A 4 is better than most other years and sits in a Next best tier under the Best years when fewer than five years from 2011 on score 5. A year with a recall that tells owners not to drive it scores 1.

Years under five years old get no score. Source: NHTSA owner complaints, federal file of Aug 25, 2026, and NHTSA recall campaigns, read Oct 31, 2026. The open probes come from the NHTSA defect investigations file of Oct 30, 2026. The counts in the “Model years compared” table are for those first five years. The complaint and recall totals on each year card cover all years on file, so they are larger.

Nissan Rogue recalls by year

The 2014 and 2021 Nissan Rogue tie with 10 recall campaigns each, the 2014 most often for the electrical system and the 2021 equally often for the backup camera, the fuel system and hydraulic braking, and the 2015 and 2016 follow with 9 and 7. Every other year has 1–6, most often for the electrical system (10 of the 14 other years with a recall).

By federal law a carmaker must repair a recalled car for free unless it was first bought more than 15 calendar years before the maker sent the recall notice or NHTSA ordered the recall, whichever came first. Many makers fix older cars anyway, so ask a Nissan dealer with your VIN. Your VIN shows which campaigns are still open on a car.

Look up your own car by VIN before anything else on this page.

Source: NHTSA recall campaigns by model year, read Oct 31, 2026

Nissan Rogue complaints by year

The table lists every Rogue model year in NHTSA’s file, 2008–2025, with its complaint count and the system owners named most. The 2023 leads with 687 complaints, most about the engine, and the 2018 follows with 666, most about the braking system. The verdict for each year uses the same scores as the cards at the top of the page. This table counts every complaint on file for each year, while the Model years compared table scores each year on its first five years only.

One complaint can name more than one problem, so the counts can add up to more than the year’s total. Entries NHTSA marks as unknown or other are left out.