2018 Nissan Rogue Sport Electrical Problems

The CVT transmission in my 2018 Nissan Rogue Sport is malfunctioning and poses a serious safety hazard. The vehicle hesitates, loses power during acceleration, and displays warning lights while driving. This failure creates extremely dangerous situations, especially when merging into traffic, accelerating from a stop, or crossing intersections. Despite the widespread CVT issues in Nissan vehicles and identical symptoms reported in other Rogue models, Nissan refused to repair my CVT because they claim the Rogue Sport is not included in the extended CVT warranty. I also requested Goodwill Assistance due to the clear safety risk, but this was denied as well. The dealer quoted me around $1,500 just to diagnose the CVT problem, with repair costs likely much higher. It is unreasonable for a critical safety component to fail at this mileage and for Nissan to reject all support. This issue continues to occur unpredictably, and the vehicle can suddenly lose power during normal driving, putting me and others at serious risk. Nissan has refused responsibility despite this being a well-documented, safety-related CVT defect. I am filing this complaint because the malfunction poses a risk of crashes and injuries, and Nissan has declined to address a known safety problem.

NHTSA ID

11703320

Incident

Nov 14, 2025

The car would not start after it rained all day.I had it towed from my job at Walmart to Firestone and they said it was an electrical problem and that I need to have it towed to the Dealership .So I had it towed to the Dealership and they called me the next day and said it was an engine Harness.They also told me that this car was bought in March the 12th by the previous owner for the same problem.I brought this car from DriveTime on July the eleventh and they did not let me know that this car needed major work. Now they refuse to help me solve the problem.

NHTSA ID

11696481

Incident

Oct 27, 2025

The contact owns a 2018 Nissan Rogue Sport. The contact stated that while reversing, the back over protection camera displayed a solid gray screen and failed to display an image. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. Additionally, the vehicle would not immediately start while pressing the ignition switch. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The contact was informed that the VIN was not included in the NHTSA Campaign Number: [XXX] (Electrical System) nor [XXX] (Back Over Prevention). The contact stated that the vehicle had experienced the failure listed in the recall campaigns. The failure mileage was 42,000. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID

11578246

Incident

Mar 19, 2023

Mileage

42,000 mi

The contact owns a 2018 Nissan Rogue Sport. The contact stated that since she had taken ownership of the vehicle from the dealer, the ignition key was loose and required to be pressed and turned several times forcefully inside the ignition switch to start the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact later received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V093000 (Electrical System), which she related to the failure. The local dealer was contacted and replaced the ignition key with a non-folding key. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the non-folding key she had received from the dealer was a temporary repair. The contact stated that she was unsatisfied with the interim repair. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The failure mileage was approximately 47,000.

NHTSA ID

11517916

Incident

Apr 19, 2019

Mileage

47,000 mi

The contact owns a 2018 Nissan Rogue Sport. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V093000 (Electrical System) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was not contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

NHTSA ID

11517002

Incident

Apr 13, 2023

The contact owns a 2018 Nissan Roque Sport. The contact received recall notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V093000 (Electrical System), however, the parts to do the recall repair were not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

NHTSA ID

11513966

Incident

Mar 27, 2023

The contact owns a 2018 Nissan Rogue Sport. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact pulled to the side of the road. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and continued driving. The contact stated that the failure reoccurred several times while driving. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V093000 (Electrical System). The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

NHTSA ID

11509691

Incident

Jun 1, 2022

Mileage

130,000 mi

The clock sprint is bad, causing the horn not to work at all.

NHTSA ID

11488025

Incident

Sep 30, 2022

The contact owns a 2018 Nissan Rogue Sport. The contact stated while driving the air conditioner was distributing cool air however while at a stop there was hot blowing out. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where diagnosed the cooling fans were not registering. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified however no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 54,000.

NHTSA ID

11428008

Incident

Jul 19, 2021

Mileage

54,000 mi

WHEN APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS UNABLE TO BE USED, LOCKED UP. WITH NO BRAKES, THE RESULT WAS A COLLISION. THE FRONT COLLISION DETECTION THAT CONSTANTLY WARNED FALSELY ON THE DASH. THIS FAILED TO WORK PRIOR TO THE COLLISION AT THIS TIME. AUTOMATIC BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE EITHER RESULTING IN A SERIOUS CRASH. NISSAN DEALERSHIP IS INSPECTING THE BRAKE BOOSTER, AND BRAKE SYSTEM.

NHTSA ID

11390979

Incident

Jan 23, 2021

Mileage

50,000 mi

LAST NIGHT HOT AIR WAS COMING OUT OF MY A/C AND I SHUT OFF THE CAR AND IT WOULD TURN BACK ON AGAIN. IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES UNTIL THE 4TH TIME IT SHUT OFF. WHEN I WENT TO START THE CAR, IT WOULD NOT START. I WAITED ONE HOUR UNTIL THE MECHANIC SHOWED UP. HE REVISED THE CAR AND COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. WE TRIED TO START THE CAR AND AT THE 4TH ATTEMP IT STARTED AND I WENT HOME WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT ON. I WENT TO HAVE IT CHECK WITH A COMPUTER AND I HAVE A DIAGNOSIS OF: CODE-P1217 ENGINE OVER-TEMPERATURE CONDITION, CODE-P0090 FUEL PRESSURE REGUALTOR CONTROL CIRCUIT, CODE-P0507 IDLE AIR CONTROL SYSTEM RPM HIGHER THATN EXPECTED, CODE-P0087 FUEL RAIL/SYSTEM PRESSURE - TOO LOW.

NHTSA ID

11390237

Incident

Jan 25, 2021

I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING TO SHEBOYGAN , WI FROM CHICAGO, IL. I HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL ON. I WAS GOING 80 IN THE FAST LANE. MY CAR OUT OF NOWHERE SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN ABRUPTLY ALMOST CAUSING A 4 CAR COLLISION. I QUICKLY TURNED ON TO THE SHOULDER AND ONCE MY CAR CAME TO A STOP THE CAR DIED. I TRIED TO TURN IT BACK ON AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I HAD NO SENSORS OR WARNING LIGHTS TO GIVE ME SOME TYPE OF CLUE AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS MY CAR ABRUPTLY SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES ON ITS OWN AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE TRACKS. I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF N THEN BACK ON TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE OFF THE TRACKS.

NHTSA ID

11385122

Incident

Dec 23, 2020

Mileage

38,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 60 MPH AND ALL WARNING LIGHTS SOUNDS AND THE BREAKS CAME ON AND STOPPED ME WITHOUT ME TOUCHING THEM

NHTSA ID

11351817

Incident

Aug 22, 2020

Mileage

17,500 mi

ON FOUR OCCASIONS MY CAR HAS RANDOMLY STARTED FLASHING A LIGHT ON MY DASH AND THAN GRABBING THE BRAKES AS IF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING WAS IN FRONT OF ME, ON ALL FOUR OCCASIONS THERE HAS BEEN NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THERE HAS BEEN PEOPLE BEHIND ME THAT HAVE HAD TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY. THE VEHICLE IS BRAND NEW WITH LESS THAN 40K MILES AND IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS FOR MY CHILDREN AND I.

NHTSA ID

11344255

Incident

Aug 9, 2020

Mileage

38,465 mi

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP IN THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE SENSOR SYSTEM DETECTED SOMETHING IN FRONT OF ME WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING IN FRONT OF ME. I WAIS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 30 MPH. *TR

NHTSA ID

11325361

Incident

May 20, 2020

Mileage

20,000 mi

DRIVING FORWARD ON BURKE ROAD GOING AROUND A BEND THE BRAKING SYSTEM JUST LOCKED UP CAUSING THE ROUGE SPORT TO GO OFF THE ROAD CAUSING DAMAGE TO CAR. AFTER THAT THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT CAME ON. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED AND HAVE DROVE IN THE UNIT SINCE 2018 NEVER HAD ANYTHING LET THAT HAPPEN. SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY CAN'T RUN A COMPUTER DIAGNOSE.

NHTSA ID

11322900

Incident

Apr 15, 2018

Mileage

30,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 NISSAN ROGUE SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLES ABS DID NOT ACTIVATE THEREFORE THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FRONT END PREVENTION AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED TO ENGAGE. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE 4-5 UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE CRASH. THE CONTACT WAS INQUIRED ABOUT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AND CONFIRMED THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED FACIAL INJURIES BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE OTHER DRIVER EXPERIENCED UNKNOWN INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER (INFINITI OF LAS VEGAS LOCATED AT 5555 W SAHARA AVE, LAS VEGAS, NV 89146) BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE WAS 15,000.

NHTSA ID

11299268

Incident

Jan 11, 2020

Mileage

15,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING MY 2018 NISSAN ROGUE SPORT S AWD AND OUT OF THE BLUE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL POP UP'S CHASSIS CONTROL SYSTEM ERROR AND AND ALL OF THE LITTLE INSTRUMENT DIAGRAMS STARTED FLASHING ON AND OFF THE RADIO AND CLOCK TURN OFF THE CAR WAS MAKING A BUZZING SOUND. SO I PULLED OVER OFF THE ROAD TOOK OUT THE MANUAL IT SAY TAKE TO A NISSAN DEALER FOR COMPLETE SCAN OF ALL THE SYSTEMS. WHICH I WILL BE DOING ON WEDNESDAY 1/8/2020, WHICH IS THE EARLIEST THAT THEY COULD SEE ME. BUT MY QUESTION IS IS THEIR AND ISSUES WITH THIS CAR BECAUSE I'VE BEEN CHECKING ONLINE AND ALOT OF PEOPLE OR REPORTING THEY HAVE ISSUSES WITH THIS SYSTEM AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO GET AND ANSWER ON WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. AND IF THIS ISSUSES HAS BE GOING ON SINCE ABOUT 2016 THAT I'VE FOUND WHY HASN'T NISSAN DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT,

NHTSA ID

11297105

Incident

Jan 3, 2020

Mileage

28,000 mi