2020 Nissan Rogue Sport Owner Complaints

The contact owns a 2020 Nissan Rogue Sport. The contact stated that while driving 30–40 MPH uphill, the vehicle decelerated unexpectedly, and failed to accelerate while depressing the accelerator pedal, and the vehicle rolled backwards. The contact activated the hazard lights and repeatedly depressed the brake pedal, but the vehicle failed to stop, causing the rear of the vehicle to crash into the front of a trailing vehicle. The vehicle then completely shut off and became inoperable. No warning light was illuminated before or after the crash. No injuries were reported. A Police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The vehicle was later towed to a dealer, where it was diagnosed that the mass airflow sensor and speed sensor needed to be replaced, along with a system calibration. The contact requested that the dealer place the repair on hold due to the severity of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 66,000.

NHTSA ID

11755061

Incident

Aug 5, 2026

Mileage

66,000 mi

While in rush hour traffic with over 100ft of clear road no cars, the car made its beeping noise and applied the ebrakes. This could've ended in a loss of life on the high way

NHTSA ID

11750412

Incident

Jul 14, 2026

I have a 2020 Nissan roque sport with under 70K miles. Started experiencing loud shaking and rattle when turning off car, seems to be the radiator cooling fan. There is a current class action lawsuit but no official recall. If i turn off A/C 2 minutes before getting to park and turn off car it does not rattle when i turn off i believe it does shake and rattle but with engine running do not feel it. No warnings or engine lights come on, the temparature of car does not rise past 1/2 point.

NHTSA ID

11750378

Incident

Jul 2, 2026

There is oil leaking into the engine. Whole engine needs to be replaced

NHTSA ID

11747490

Incident

Jun 30, 2026

Seat sensor is not sensing passenger sitting. Airbag off light is off on dash.

NHTSA ID

11744493

Incident

Jun 16, 2026

The radiator fans in the Nissan Rogues are faulty. The AC stops working and then the car overheats causing loss of fluid and white smoke coming out from underneath the hood. The engine light didn't even come on to warn us that the car was overheating.

NHTSA ID

11732505

Incident

Apr 15, 2026

Fan Assembly - Nissan (21481-6MA0B) failed at 68,000 miles. Can can overheat and car will fail. This fan helps cool the AC and radiator.

NHTSA ID

11702560

Incident

Oct 8, 2025

The fuel gauge has failed. The ac unit has been finicky since I purchased the vehicle and has already received one repair. Fuel gauge has been reading incorrectly for 2 weeks now. Read that it is a common issue for the nissan rogue sports. A few days ago my forward collision warning came on and said system error. There were no objects in front of me or stuck to the vehicle.

NHTSA ID

11691827

Incident

Sep 24, 2025

I had to replace my cooling system (fan, radiator, hoses, coolant) on this car after driving it only 30K miles. This led to over heating the car engine and stopped working because of that.. I was told by Nissan dealer it stopped working and they are seeing many of those issues related to the same car that I have. It costs me $1500 to replace it.

NHTSA ID

11681214

Incident

Jun 25, 2025

The engine overheated due to cooling fan malfunctioning.

NHTSA ID

11679201

Incident

Aug 7, 2025

Radiator fan issue. Dealership told me it is a common problem with this car. Cost is crazy expensive to fix . And if I fix it with Nissan part will this happen again because they are making bad parts.

NHTSA ID

11678925

Incident

Aug 6, 2025

The cooling fan stopped working causing engine to overheat. I looked it up and this is common problem with this car.

NHTSA ID

11672719

Incident

Jul 8, 2025

The electric fan motor on the radiator failed. This caused the vehicle to overheat. The cap on the coolant reservoir did not actuate and the coolant reservoir exploded. The mechanical failure of the fan lead to a catastrophic failure of the coolant reservoir. If someone, a service tech or customer was under the hood when this happened they would most likely have died due to the extreme force and heated liquid coming out of the exploded reservior tank.

NHTSA ID

11672029

Incident

Jun 28, 2025

Driver side door handle broken. Spring came loose when opening door. Dash has permanent alert showing door open when closed.

NHTSA ID

11671322

Incident

Feb 1, 2025

The cooling fan is defective and is causing the vehicle to overheat major safety concern for my family .

NHTSA ID

11671321

Incident

Jun 29, 2025

Radiator Fan stopped working.

NHTSA ID

11670731

Incident

Jun 1, 2025

Cooling fan is defective

NHTSA ID

11670395

Incident

Jun 29, 2025

My acceleration hasn’t been working properly. I had my car inspected by a third-party and they said my transmission is slipping. The mechanic said this is a defect he is seeing in my type of car. He said bring it to Nissan so I did. Because there is no light or code popping up yet in my car, they refuse to do anything. They told me to keep driving my car unless a warning light comes on, despite me informing that I almost crashed several times due to the lack of acceleration.

NHTSA ID

11669173

Incident

Jun 23, 2025

Engine shut off while waiting at a red light when pressing the gas pedal, everything else working find gear shit moving but car like disconnected,then 1 week later shuts off again at a drive through while pressing the brakes , remote start has never worked in the vehicle which is equipped with one, sometimes the screens shuts off while driving having to turn on and off the car multiple times until it works

NHTSA ID

11662247

Incident

May 12, 2025

The cooling fan isn't coming on

NHTSA ID

11661017

Incident

May 9, 2025

I was driving home when I heard a bump sound and the malfunction came up on the control panel, the steering wheel would not stay straight and I had to put it a little to the left to drive straight . I proceeded to go forward through the stop sign and turned left to get to the house and when I went to turn l=right to get in the driveway it felt like I had a flat tire all of a sudden. I put it in park and got out and the front right tire on the passenger side was facing out away from the car! I immediately called aaa to bring it to the dealership.

NHTSA ID

11628399

Incident

Dec 2, 2024

My car just made 50k miles and the cooling fan has gone out. A google search for a more reasonable replacement option (I was quoted almost $1100 for parts and labor) led me to a message board of other owners with the same issue and a class action lawsuit against Nissan. If this is indeed a widespread and known issue, Nissan needs to own up to it and make it right.

NHTSA ID

11612156

Incident

Sep 1, 2024

On Saturday [XXX] while driving on [XXX] while in cruise control mode and set approx. 71 mph I know that my right knee made minimal contact with keyfob and the engine seemed to shut down and the vehicle decelerated immediately, I had no desire to brake due to my seeing my speed was near 30 mph. Traffic was not directly behind and all I was trying to locate was the 4 way hazard to engage which having only recently purchasing [XXX] and I had driven maybe 60 miles I located but with seeing a couple of vehicles approaching and being in the #2 lane my steering was stiff with little chance to get over safely to the #1 lane or to the further left HOV lane, I reached down w/ right hand and made very minimal contact with ignition/ keyfob area and the vehicle had power and was able to regain speed. I absolutely did not attempt to turn the key that was still fully in place. I can not say that other than making contact with no aggressive action or intent was I to believe the vehicle would again be running as it had prior and I proceeded the remainder of my trip (approx. 15-18 miles) with no further issues and without a clue other than I had been made aware of the recall prior to purchase and told it was not anything to be concerned with that the jackknife keyfob seemed to lock in the open position fine, and to just leave it in that position, which I did not agree with that opinion as I read about this safety issue and have brought up on at least 4 occasions prior to and after the sale. We were actually informed by the finance mgr. upon signing there were NO RECALLS on this vehicle, which we made him aware of and he commented that it would be nice if somebody would let him know that! And I informed sales person on two separate occasions as well asking that it receive the final Nissan remedy yet never being taken very seriously and now unhappy with this event when I that my knee making such slight contact is disturbing! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID

11608101

Incident

Aug 10, 2024

Coolant fans went out.

NHTSA ID

11601589

Incident

Jul 10, 2024

My car stopped in the middle of AN EXTREMELY busy road with no warning lights or signs that my engine was over heating due to a faulty fan Giving more research into it there are thousands of people with Nissan rogue’s experiencing the same exact issue and Nissan has not tried to fix the problem They are installing faulty cooling fans in peoples cars and putting them in dangerous situations when their cars overheat in heavy traffic They are going to cause the death of someone when their car stalls on a busy street with no warning or sign I was almost hit by several other cars

NHTSA ID

11600161

Incident

Jul 3, 2024