122 complaints reported

2018 Nissan Rogue Brakes

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
122
Crashes
2
Fires
0
Injuries
3

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Dec 2019

AUTOMATING BRAKING ENGAGED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON HIGHWAY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Dec 2019
Dec 2019

FAULTY AEB. WARNING FLASHES ON DASHBOARD CONSTANTLY. SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I ALSO HAD AN INSTANCE WHERE MY CAR CAME TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP. MOST TIMES, I'M DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 50-60 MPH WITH NO CARS AROUND, NO FOG. LIGHT WILL START BLINKING THEN STOP. THEN START BLINKING AGAIN.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Dec 2019
Dec 2019

SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED APPLICATION OF EMERGENCY BRAKE WHILE DRIVING THE 2018 NISSAN ROGUE. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE WITHIN LAST WEEK OR SO.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2019
Dec 2019

FOR SOME TIME, VEHICLE HAS BEEN DISPLAYING WARNING LIGHTS, BEEPING, AND BRAKING WHEN NO OBSTACLES, WHILE IN MOTION, ARE AROUND BECAUSE OF THE AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP A MONTH AGO TO HAVE THE UPDATE PERFORMED BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED IN THE MAIL. ONE MONTH LATER, AFTER THE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED, VEHICLE CONTINUES TO BEEP, FLASH WARNING, AND BRAKE WHILE I AM PRESSING THE GAS AND IN MOTION ON THE ROAD GOING 45 MPH, CAUSING A SCRAPING SOUND AND THEN GOING OFF. PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED AFTER UPDATE PERFORMED ON 6/8/19, BUT IS STILL OCCURRING.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Dec 2019
Dec 2019

WHILE DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED ON A STRAIGHT ROAD WITH CLEAR WEATHER AND NO OTHER CARS AROUND, THE AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING (AEB) SYSTEM ACTIVATED AND ABRUPTLY BROUGHT THE CAR TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE WE LEASED THE CAR IN OCTOBER 2018. THE FIRST TIME WAS WITH 300 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM SO NOW WE ARE FORCED TO DISABLE THE AEB SYSTEM EVERY TIME WE DRIVE THE CAR. IT IS DEFINITELY NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO BUT WE HAVE TO.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Feb 2018
Nov 2019

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES ENGAGED FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE SECONDS AND RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NEWTON NISSAN SOUTH (2801 US HIGHWAY 231 NORTH, SHELBYVILLE, TN 37160, (931) 536-3118) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF WHAT WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVEN ADDITIONAL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 38022881. THE MANUFACTURER OPENED AN INVESTIGATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,000.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Aug 2019
Nov 2019

ON THE STREET WE USE TO LEAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE IS ONE SECTION OF THE CEMENT THAT IS A LITTLE TALLER THAN THE ONE BEFORE IT.INTERMITTENTLY, THE AUTOMATIC BREAKING WILL BE SET OFF IN THIS SPOT FOR NO REASON. IT IS ALARMING! WE ARE ALSO WORRIED IT WILL HAPPEN ON A BUSY STREET AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Nov 2019
Nov 2019

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BRAKED WITHOUT WARNING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. ALSO, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL BEEPING AND GRINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RON MARHOFER NISSAN (247 HOWE AVE, CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH 44221, (844) 569-2753) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A SOFTWARE UPDATE COULD BE COMPLETED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 3810235, BUT DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2019
Nov 2019

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR UNDER THE TUNNEL AND RAMP. IN BETWEEN OF RAMP SUDDENLY EMERGENCY BRAKE CAME AND CAR STOPPED COMPLETELY. AND CAR SPEED WAS AROUND 45-50 MPH.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Sep 2019
Nov 2019

MY VEHICLE'S EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATES WHILE DRIVING WHEN THERE ARE NO OTHER CARS IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. THE WARNING SOUND WILL ALARM AND THEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT FULL FORCE, WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A SCREECHING HALT. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES (PART WAS REPLACED ONCE, SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPROGRAMMED TWICE), AND THE ISSUE IS STILL ONGOING.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2019
Nov 2019

VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLAMMED ON BRAKES BY ITSELF, AND THE CAR SHOOK VIOLENTLY. (I BELIEVE THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED ITSELF FOR NO APPARENT REASON). DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. DAYTIME. CLEAR WEATHER. NO TRAFFIC AROUND. NO OBSTACLES ON ROADWAY. VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS. THE ELECTRONICS ON THIS CAR, IN GENERAL, ARE HIGHLY UNRELIABLE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Nov 2019
Nov 2019

I WAS DRIVING ON A SURFACE STREET AT ROUGHLY 30 MPH WITH NO VEHICLES IN FRONT OF, OR BEHIND, ME AND NO OBSTACLES ON THE ROADWAY WHEN MY AUTOMATED BRAKING SYSTEM SLAMMED MY CAR TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Nov 2019
Nov 2019

EMERGENCY BRAKING ACTIVATED ON ITS OWN AFTER I HAD THE SOFTWARE UPGRADE AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NO WAY TO GO BACK IN THE HISTORY AND FIND OUT WHY THE EMERGENCY BRAKES ACTIVATED. I WAS TRAVELING AT 45 MPH ON A SUNNY DAY WITH NO CARS AROUND MY VEHICLE AND NOTHING IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUES AND TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THAT COULD BE DONE. THEY SHOWED ME HOW TO TURN THE FEATURE OFF. THE IS NO SWITCH SO EVERYTIME I START THE CAR I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MENU, FIND THE SETTING AND TOGGLE IT OFF.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Sep 2019
Nov 2019 Crash

2 OCCURANCES, THE AEBS SYSTEM ENGAGED/DECELLERATED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH WITH NO VEHICLES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROADWAY-WARNING ON THE DISPLAY WERE ACTIVATED. THIS OCURRED ON A CITY STREET. 2ND EVENT - OCURRED ON A CITY STREET WHILE I WAS ALREADY SLOWING FOR A VEHICLE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION MORE 4 CAR LENGTHS AHEAD. THE AEBS ENGAGED, CLEARLY SENSING THE ABS SYSTEM WAS ENGAGED, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AS IF THE ENGINE WAS OFF. TRAVELING 15 MPH WHEN THIS BEGAN. THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME WAS STRUCK, THE BRAKE PEDAL STILL UNRESPONSIVE CAUSED A SECOND CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN ABS MODE. THE BRAKES WERE NOT PUMPED DURING THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT. NO INJURIES, BUT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Jul 2019
Nov 2019

VEHICLE WAS MOVING FORWARD IN BUMPER TO BUMPER STREET TRAFFIC AT ROUGHLY 10 MPH APPROX 1 HOUR INTO TRIP. VEHICLE APPLIED BRAKES AUTOMATICALLY - FELT LIKE GOING OVER A CATTLE GUARD, FOR 1 OR 2 SECONDS. THEN WARNING LIGHT CAME ON RE: EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE ICON APPEARED ON INSTR PANEL. STAYED ON UNTIL ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. WHEN RESTARTED ICON AND WARNING GONE. ON RETURN TRIP AGAIN 1 HOUR INTO TRIP BUT ON EXPRESSWAY AT 65 MPH AGAIN CATTLE GUARD BRAKING BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SLOW CAR TOO MUCH. THEN COLLISION AVOIDANCE ICON AND THIS TIME WARNING RE: FRONT RADAR MALFUNCTION LIGHTS CAME ON. AGAIN STAYED ON TILL ENGINE SHUTOFF AND GONE UPON RESTART. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, EXPLAINED PROBLEM, AND THEY " UPDATED THE SOFTWARE FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM". HAVE NOT HAD PROBLEM SINCE BUT HAVE NOT DRIVEN CAR FOR A 1 HOUR TRIP YET. RESOLUTION NOT CONFIRMED YET. PURCHASED CAR USED (RENTAL FLEET CAR) WITH NO REGISTERED COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA WEBSITE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Jun 2019
Nov 2019

DRIVING THROUGH TOWN, USUALLY THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, MY CAR BEGINS ALARMING AND THEN DRAMATICALLY SLOWS DOWN, IF I GIVE IT GAS IT WILL GO AGAIN. IT HAPPENED TO ME 3 DIFFERENT TIMES, EACH TIME THERE WERE NOT PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME OR ANYTHING IN MY PATH. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THEY UPDATED THE SOFTWARE AND IT SHOULD BE FIXED. WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS IT DID IT AGAIN, AND THIS TIME I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 15 MPH, DUE TO CONSTRUCTION. AGAIN THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME, AND THE DASHBOARD ALARMED AND THEN IT DRAMATICALLY SLOWED AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN AND THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE THAT MY MPH LIMIT WAS SET TO 10MPH ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT, THEY SHUT IT OFF AND SAID THAT WOULD HELP. LIKE I SAID, I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 15 MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED, SO I NOT CONFIDENT THAT THIS WILL FIX IT. IT HAS ONLY BEEN 3 DAYS SINCE THEY SHUT THAT FUNCTION OFF, SO I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. THEN THIS MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK, MY COLLISION LIGHT WAS ON AND FLASHING, AND EVERY TIME I MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN, THE CAR SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS GRINDING. I HATE THIS CAR AND AM INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Mar 2019
Oct 2019

THE AUTOMATIC BRAKES ACTIVATE AT ANY GIVEN RANDOM MOMENT WHEN THERE ARE NO OTHER VEHICLES OR IMPEDIMENTS TO BRAKE ON WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2019
Oct 2019

THE AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING (AEB) SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING A SUDDEN AND ABRUPT STOP FOR NO REASON. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A PAVED SECONDARY STREET IN A LINE OF VEHICLES IN AN AREA UNDERGOING ROAD REPAIR IN THE OPPOSITE LANE. WE WERE THE FIRST VEHICLE IN LINE MOVING STRAIGHT AHEAD AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. MY WIFE AND I WERE THROWN FORWARD AGAINST THE SEAT BELT/SHOULDER HARNESSES. NO INJURIES. NO COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE BEHIND US. THE BRAKES REMAINED LOCKED FOR A FEW SECOND BEFORE WE COULD MOVE FORWARD.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2019
Oct 2019

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING ESPECALLY WHEN IN AN INTERSECTION THE SELF BRAKING SYSTEM ENGAGES AND I HAVE HAD NEAR REAR END COLLISIONS. ONE WAS WHILE GOING THROUGH A GREEN LIGHT AND TODAY IT HAPPEND WHEN GOING OVER A SET OF RAIL ROAD TRACKS AT APPROX 25 MPH. THE TRUCK BEHIND ME NEARLY HIT ME. PULLED INTO NISSAN DEALER A MILE DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE THIS HAPPENED FOR THE SOFTWARE UPDATE. THIS IS A CLEAR SAFETY ISSUE PUTTING NISSAN OWNERS AT GREAT RISK OF REAR END COLLISIONS!!!

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2019
Oct 2019

WHILE TRAVELLING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, DRIVING STRAIGHT. THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGED. I DID NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, BUT IT ACTIVATED AND IT WAS QUITE DISCONCERTING. IT WAS A RAINY AND MISTY DAY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Nov 2019
Oct 2019

I ENTERED AN INTERSECTION MOVING STRAIGHT AHEAD AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I WAS THE FIRST PERSON AT THE INTERSECTION SO NO ONE WAS AHEAD OF ME. THIS WAS AT ABOUT 5:50AM SO IT WAS DARK. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION THE SENSORS AND LIGHTS STARTING BEEPING AND GOING OFF AND THE AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BREAKING KICKED IN AND STOPPED ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. I HAD JUST HAD THE CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE WEEK BEFORE FOR A SOFTWARE UPDATE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AFTER THEY DROVE IT FOR 25 MILES. NISSAN REFUSES TO BUY THE CAR BACK.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2019
Oct 2019

NISSAN ROUGE 2018 AUTOMATIC BRAKING GETS ACTIVATED WITHOUT ANY REASON. I WOULD HAVE ENDED UP WITH AN ACCIDENT MULTIPLE TIMES BUT LUCKILY NOTHING HAPPENED. 10/19/2019 WAS WORST IT STOPPED IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY. THIS IS HUGE RISK FOR NISSAN ROUGE DRIVERS

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2019
Oct 2019

THE AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING STOPS SUDDENLY WITH NO OBJECTS OBSTRUCTING THE VEHICLE'S PATH. IT HAPPENS ON LOW AND HIGH SPEED, ALSO IN OPEN OR CLOSED SPACES. I HAVE BEEN CLOSED TO BE HIT BY THE CAR IN BACK SEVERAL TIMES. THIS WEBSITE IS ASKING ME WHEN THIS EVENT HAPPENED, BUT IT HAPPENS AT LEAST 2 OR 3 TIMES PER WEEK.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2019
Oct 2019

I AM HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH MY EMERGENCY BREAKS. MOST TIMES, IT BREAKS WHEN THERE IS NO VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME OR BEHIND. IT IS REALLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT TWICE. I AM REPORTING THIS TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY THIS CAN BE RESOLVED. THANKS

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2019
Oct 2019

WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT SPEED OF 45MPH AND WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE BRAKED ABRUPTLY ITSELF FOR A WHILE AND THEN THE AEB MALFUNCTION LIGHTS TURNED ON. AFTER THE INCIDENT, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEARBY NISSAN SERVICE AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM. THE TECHNICIAN REPORTED THAT SOME AEB SENSOR ERROR CODES HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED AND THE CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN APPLIED. SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED FOR THE THIRD TIME WITH THIS VEHICLE AFTER PERFORMING THE UPDATE FIX FOR THE AEB MALFUNCTION AT A NISSAN SERVICE CENTER TWO TIMES PRIOR TO THIS. ALL THREE REPAIR INVOICES ATTACHED.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 NISSAN ROGUE, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2019

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The 2018 Nissan Rogue has 122 Brakes complaints on file. 2 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.