Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jul 14, 2022
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Mar 11, 2015
What this page shows
Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2014 Nissan Cube. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Complaints, most recent first
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BrakesDriver assistanceExterior lighting
Filed Jul 14, 2022
ABS light came on, I checked on the internet to see what the problem might be and came up with a number of reasons, the last being have it checked ASAP. Took the car to my repair shop to have it checked. Found code C1116 stop lamp circuit was the problem, which I had fixed.When I picked up the car, I was told that getting the part wasn't difficult because it was a common problem. They also told me that my brake lights wouldn't work because of the circuit problem. In my opinion, this is a safety concern; if your brake lights aren't working how can anyone behind you know your intention to slow down or stop . What's more, how am I to know that my rear brake lights are not working? I'm in the cabin driving and unless I am alerted by another driver behind me, what am I to do?
NHTSA ID
11473944
Incident
Jul 11, 2022
Electrical
Filed Sep 9, 2019
MY WIFE DROVE CAR TO THE STORE WHEN SHE GOT BACK IN THE CAR WOULD NOT START ,THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS AFTER20 MIN SHE TRIED AGAIN AND THE CAR STARTED . WHEN I GOT HOME I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START ,I WENT TO YOU TUBE AND FOUND A VIDEO WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE VIDEO SAID TO GIGGLE THE WIRES UNDER THE DASH I DID THAT AND IT WOULD NOT START I TRIED 4 DAYS LATER AND IT STARTED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY
NHTSA ID
11254087
Incident
Aug 9, 2019
Mileage
100,110 mi
Powertrain (other)
Filed Mar 23, 2019
AFTER COMING TO A STOP (OR NEAR STOP) FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MY 2014 NISSAN CUBE DOES NOT RESPOND TO DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. I WOULD PRESS THE GAS TO THE FLOOR AND IT BARELY MOVED. IT WAS EXTREMELY SLOW, LIKE THE ENGINE WOULD NOT GO ABOVE IDLE. AFTER 5-20 SECONDS IT WOULD FINALLY ACCELERATE. A COUPLE OF TIMES I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A LIMITED ACCESS RURAL HIGHWAY. THE LIGHT AHEAD HAD TURNED RED AND I DECELERATED TO AN ALMOST STOP BEFORE THE LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN. OF COURSE, I IMMEDIATELY LET OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. THE CAR DIDN'T RESPOND AND THE TRAFFIC FROM BEHIND WAS CLOSING AT NEAR HIGHWAY SPEED. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO SWERVE OFF OF THE ROAD ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE OVERTAKING TRAFFIC BARRELLED PAST ME. ONE PARTICULARLY SCARY TIME I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE WITH GUARD RAIL ON THE LEFT AS WE WERE APPROACHING A BRIDGE; THE NO RESPONSE EVENT REPEATED ITSELF, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO EXIT THE ROADWAY TO THE LEFT. I KEPT THE PEDAL DOWN AND PRAYED NO ONE WOULD HIT ME. KARMA WAS WATCHING OVER ME AS THE CARS COMING FROM BEHIND REALIZED JUST IN TIME THAT I WAS BARELY MOVING AND SWERVED TO MISS ME. A COUPLE OF THE CARS NARROWLY MISSED HITTING ME; THERE WAS A LOT OF SQUEALING TIRES AND BLARING HORNS. LUCKILY FOR ME, I WAS WEARING DARK-COLORED UNDERWEAR'.. IT APPEARS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN AS THE CAR ACCUMULATES MILEAGE. I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN, SO NOW I TRY TO BE IN THE RIGHT LANE FOR UPCOMING STOPS, BUT SOMETIMES YOU ARE CAUGHT OFF GUARD FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGE. THIS IS VERY SCARY. CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED.
NHTSA ID
11191035
Incident
Mar 22, 2019
Mileage
82,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Mar 13, 2019
SEATBELT ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WILL NOT AUTO-RETRACT AND HAS TO BE HAND FEED THEN TUGGED A BIT IN ORDER TO SECURE CAR SEAT. *TR
NHTSA ID
11186657
Incident
Sep 1, 2018
Mileage
60,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Jan 22, 2019
Crash reported1 death reported
MY MOTHER WAS IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH VS A TREE WHILE NEGOTIATING A CURVE. THE SEAT BELT TENSIONER DID NOT LOCK AND RESTRAIN MY MOTHER CAUSING HER TO SLIDE DOWN THE SHOULDER HARNESS CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO CUT INTO HER CHEST CAVITY INTO HER LUNG. NISSAN WAS CONTACTED AND SENT AN ATTORNEY AND AN ENGINEER TO INVESTIGATE. *DT*JB
NHTSA ID
11171471
Incident
Apr 18, 2017
Body & structureElectrical
Filed Jul 30, 2015
Fire reported
THE ORIGIN AND CAUSE OF A VEHICLE FIRE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 17, 2015, APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES EAST OF WIDENER JUNCTION ON HIGHWAY 70 NEAR MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. IT STARTED BY A FIRE THAT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING MY 2014 NISSAN CUBE WITH VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN) [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR UPDATED 9/15/15 *LN *CN
NHTSA ID
10744848
Incident
Jan 17, 2015
Mileage
1,500 mi
Powertrain (other)
Filed Mar 11, 2015
VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE YET RPM'S WOULD RISE. *TR
NHTSA ID
10693706
Incident
Mar 10, 2015
Mileage
31,000 mi
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.