2023 Nissan Kicks: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 30 complaints about the 2023 Nissan Kicks and NHTSA has issued 1 recall campaign. The most-reported system is forward collision avoidance, named in 11 of them.

30
Complaints
1
Recalls
2
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
1
Injuries
53.3
Severity index

Severity index 53.3 - Medium. 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: 53.3p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2023 Nissan Kicks sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 11 complaints (36.7%)11 37%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 7 complaints (23.3%)7 23%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 6 complaints (20.0%)6 20%EngineEngine: 5 complaints (16.7%)5 17%Back Over PreventionBack Over Prevention: 4 complaints (13.3%)4 13%Service BrakesService Brakes: 4 complaints (13.3%)4 13%Lane DepartureLane Departure: 2 complaints (6.7%)2 7%SteeringSteering: 2 complaints (6.7%)2 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE1136.7%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM723.3%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER620.0%
ENGINE516.7%
BACK OVER PREVENTION413.3%
SERVICE BRAKES413.3%
LANE DEPARTURE26.7%
STEERING26.7%

Complaints filed per year

0492022: 22023: 72024: 52025: 72026: 9 (partial year)22232425269
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20222
20237
20245
20257
2026 (year to date)9
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 9.5x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
24V15400027/02/2024AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULENissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2024 Titan, Frontier, Infiniti QX60, Pathfinder, 2023-2024 Sentra, Versa, Kicks, Infiniti QX50, and 2023 Rogue vehicles. Due to a manufacturing issue, the driver's air bag inflator may absorb moisture, and cause the air ba
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.