2022 Nissan Kicks: owner complaints and recalls

The 2022 Nissan Kicks has no recall campaigns on file, but owners have still filed 22 complaints, most often about forward collision avoidance.

22
Complaints
0
Recalls
2
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
2
Injuries
109.1
Severity index

Severity index 109.1 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 109.1p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2022 Nissan Kicks sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 5 complaints (22.7%)5 23%SteeringSteering: 5 complaints (22.7%)5 23%EngineEngine: 4 complaints (18.2%)4 18%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 3 complaints (13.6%)3 14%SuspensionSuspension: 3 complaints (13.6%)3 14%StructureStructure: 2 complaints (9.1%)2 9%Power TrainPower Train: 2 complaints (9.1%)2 9%WheelsWheels: 2 complaints (9.1%)2 9%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE522.7%
STEERING522.7%
ENGINE418.2%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER313.6%
SUSPENSION313.6%
STRUCTURE29.1%
POWER TRAIN29.1%
WHEELS29.1%

Complaints filed per year

0252022: 52023: 52024: 42025: 52026: 3 (partial year)22523242526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20225
20235
20244
20255
2026 (year to date)3
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 2.8x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.