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2013 Nissan Rogue

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Owner complaints for the 2013 Nissan Rogue do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 320.

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When problems were reported

Mileage at the reported incident

438 reports with mileage · 171 unknown

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  • Power Train. Review the 314 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
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  • 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

Power Train complaints

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70,045 miles · Jun 8, 2019
Power Train

TAKATA RECALL; WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE CAR WILL DECELERATE RAPIDLY AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE EVEN IF YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. THE CVT TRANSMISSION DOESN'T HAVE AN EXTERNAL COOLER. IF YOU RUN THE AIR CONDITIONING WHILE GOING FASTER THAN 45 MPH THE CAR LOOSES SPEED AND POWER. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER C…

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TAKATA RECALL; WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE CAR WILL DECELERATE RAPIDLY AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE EVEN IF YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. THE CVT TRANSMISSION DOESN'T HAVE AN EXTERNAL COOLER. IF YOU RUN THE AIR CONDITIONING WHILE GOING FASTER THAN 45 MPH THE CAR LOOSES SPEED AND POWER. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON: HTTP://M.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/NISSAN/ROGUE/2013/TRANSMISSION/LOSS_OF_ACCELERATION.SHTML

NHTSA ODI #11218683

48,000 miles · Apr 23, 2019
EnginePower Train

MY 2013 NISSAN ROGUE AWD LOSES ACCELERATION ON THE HIGHWAY. I LIVE IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA AND IT APPEARS TO HAPPEN WHEN ACCELERATING UP HILL. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME AT BETWEEN 65-75 MPH. I WILL BE ACCELERATING UP A HILL AT 70 MPH AND IT WILL DROP DOWN TO SOMETIMES 50 MPH EVEN WHEN PRESSING I'M THE ACCELERATOR COMPLETELY. IT'S VERY…

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MY 2013 NISSAN ROGUE AWD LOSES ACCELERATION ON THE HIGHWAY. I LIVE IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA AND IT APPEARS TO HAPPEN WHEN ACCELERATING UP HILL. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME AT BETWEEN 65-75 MPH. I WILL BE ACCELERATING UP A HILL AT 70 MPH AND IT WILL DROP DOWN TO SOMETIMES 50 MPH EVEN WHEN PRESSING I'M THE ACCELERATOR COMPLETELY. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS WHEN SEMI TRUCKS ARE PASSING YOU IN THE MOUNTAINS GOING 10 UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE AND NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THEM IMMEDIATELY. I'VE HEARD OF MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ACROSS THE GLOBE WITH THIS MODEL. MY ROGUE IS ONLY NOW AT 57,000 MILES. I NOTICED THE ISSUE AT 50,000 MILES. I AM AN EXCELLENT DRIVER AND I DO NOT SPEED.

NHTSA ODI #11203241

119,900 miles · Apr 5, 2019
Power Train

I OWN A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE WITH THE CVT (CONTINUOUS VARIABLE TRANSMISSION). WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY THE CAR LOOSES THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE BEGINS TO WHINE AND THE RPM SHOOT WAY UP HIGH. FOR EXAMPLE: WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CARD STOPS ACCELERATING AND AS IF YOU HAVE TAKEN Y…

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I OWN A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE WITH THE CVT (CONTINUOUS VARIABLE TRANSMISSION). WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY THE CAR LOOSES THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE BEGINS TO WHINE AND THE RPM SHOOT WAY UP HIGH. FOR EXAMPLE: WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CARD STOPS ACCELERATING AND AS IF YOU HAVE TAKEN YOU FOOT COMPLETELY OFF THE GAS PEDAL YOU ARE NOW DOING 60 MPH, BUT IN REALITY YOU GAS PEDAL IF PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. NISSAN IS SELLING DEFECTIVE VEHICLES IN SUCH A WAY THAT MAKES THEM PRONE TO FAILURE WHILE THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN. AS A RESULT, PEOPLE ARE BEING INJURED AND ARE AFRAID FOR THEIR LIVES. SOME ARE LOOSING THEIR ONLY SOURCE OF TRAVELING, WHICH IN TURNS COSTS THEM THEIR JOB. THE CAR DOES NOT OVERHEAT BUT WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARMER, THE PROBLEM IS MORE COMMON. IF I AM UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY...THE TRANSMISSION FLUID MUST COOL DOWN IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY. MY 2013 ROGUE ORIGINALLY HAD THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROBLEM IN 2016 AND NISSAN COVERED THE REPAIR OF THE PROBLEM. YESTERDAY, 4/5/2019, MARKS THE INITIAL REOCCURRENCE OF THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CAR SUDDENLY NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY. BECAUSE MY CAR HAS JUST UNDER 120,000 MILES ON IT, THE DEALERSHIP IS CLAIMING THAT IT IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT ONLY DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM (FOR A FEE) BUT ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ODI #11194125

80,000 miles · Mar 25, 2019
Power Train

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AFTER DRIVING OVER FORTY MINUTES. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BILL RAY NISSAN (2724 US-17, LONGWOOD, FL 32750, (407) 831-1318) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISS…

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AFTER DRIVING OVER FORTY MINUTES. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BILL RAY NISSAN (2724 US-17, LONGWOOD, FL 32750, (407) 831-1318) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 35050224. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

NHTSA ODI #11191269

48,000 miles · Mar 16, 2019
Power Train

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE CAR SUDDENLY LOSES POWER. MY DAUGHTER IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER IS THE VEHICLE AND HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES. NOW THE DEALER SAYS THE TRANSMISSION IS FINE BUT I'D CHARGING $1400 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER.

NHTSA ODI #11187254

45,146 miles · Feb 28, 2019
Power Train

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 92 IN SAN MATEO,CA ON A RAINY DARK NIGHT THE CAR LOST ALL POWER,NO LIGHTS,NO POWER, NADA ,THE CAR CAME TO A STAND STILL.LUCKY FOR DRIVER,A STATE POLICE CAME TO THE RESCUE..CAR STARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND MANAGE TO LIMP HOME,

NHTSA ODI #11183054

123,000 miles · Feb 25, 2019
Power Train

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WALT MASSEY NISSAN (LOCATED AT 600 WESTERN BYPASS, ANDALUSIA, AL 36420, (334) 731-4430) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH TRANSM…

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WALT MASSEY NISSAN (LOCATED AT 600 WESTERN BYPASS, ANDALUSIA, AL 36420, (334) 731-4430) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS DRAINED TO THE CORRECT LEVEL; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

NHTSA ODI #11182317

Mileage unknown · Feb 14, 2019
Power Train

THE TRANSMISSION OR POWER TRAIN FAILS AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR A FEW HOURS AND LONG DISTANCES. MY NISSAN ROGUE FAILS TO PUSH AT NORMAL DESIRE SPEED AND THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN CROSSING INTERSECTIONS ON BUSY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE BECOMES SLUGGISH AND IT BECOMES A DANGER TO MYSELF AND TRAFFIC. I HAVE SPOKEN…

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THE TRANSMISSION OR POWER TRAIN FAILS AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR A FEW HOURS AND LONG DISTANCES. MY NISSAN ROGUE FAILS TO PUSH AT NORMAL DESIRE SPEED AND THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN CROSSING INTERSECTIONS ON BUSY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE BECOMES SLUGGISH AND IT BECOMES A DANGER TO MYSELF AND TRAFFIC. I HAVE SPOKEN TO NISSAN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY DO NOT WANT TO HELP BECAUSE MY CAR HAS NO MORE WARRANTY AND IT HAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. I NOTICED PROBLEM SINCE THE FIRST DAY I BOUGHT IT AND I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GET IT INSPECTED BUT THEY SAID THAT THEIR WAS NOT A PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR AGAIN AND I SPOKE TO NISSAN AND THEY SAID THAT BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS 62,000 MILES THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING SINCE THE WARRANTY IS ONLY GOOD FOR 60,000 MILES. THE CAR SEEMS NORMAL BUT IT GETS VERY SLUGGISH AFTER DRIVING IT FOR A FEW HOURS AND THAT IS DANGEROUS WHEN YOU CROSS TRAFFIC.

NHTSA ODI #11180181

84,000 miles · Feb 12, 2019
Power Train

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND TOWED HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

NHTSA ODI #11176501

96,300 miles · Feb 2, 2019
Power Train

WHILE IN MOTION THE VEHICLE LOST POWER TO MOVE. THERE WERENT ANY DASHBOARD LIGHTS PRESENT. VEHICLE HAS PAUSE IN A FAST FOOD DRIVE THRU AND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS ON ACCELERATING THERE WASN'T ANY MOVEMENT.

NHTSA ODI #11173742

Official recalls

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15V032000 · 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

1

PE15001 · 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.

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