2018 Nissan Rogue Sport problems and recalls

Owners have filed 93 complaints on the 2018 Nissan Rogue Sport, and NHTSA has issued 2 recalls. The most cited component is the Unknown Or Other (27 complaints).

93
Complaints
2
Recalls
8
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
14
Injuries
106.2
Severity index

Severity index 106.2 High. The index weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints. How it is calculated.

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 106.2p25 46p75 80cleanestworst
Severity index against the quartile range for all tracked vehicles.

Ranked 9 of 122 by severity index among 2018 vehicles with at least 40 complaints, highest first. 93% of those vehicles scored lower. Full 2018 ranking.

Components cited in complaints

Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 27 complaints (29.0%)27 29%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 19 complaints (20.4%)19 20%Service BrakesService Brakes: 18 complaints (19.4%)18 19%EngineEngine: 17 complaints (18.3%)17 18%Power TrainPower Train: 12 complaints (12.9%)12 13%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 8 complaints (8.6%)8 9%Air BagsAir Bags: 7 complaints (7.5%)7 8%Vehicle Speed ControlVehicle Speed Control: 4 complaints (4.3%)4 4%
A single complaint can cite more than one component, so shares total over 100%.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
UNKNOWN OR OTHER2729.0%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1920.4%
SERVICE BRAKES1819.4%
ENGINE1718.3%
POWER TRAIN1212.9%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE88.6%
AIR BAGS77.5%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL44.3%

Complaints filed per year

010192020: 192021: 112022: 112023: 192024: 102025: 112026: 12 (partial year)2019212223242526
Complaints by the calendar year they were filed. The hatched bar is the current year to date.
YearComplaints
202019
202111
202211
202319
202410
202511
2026 (year to date)12
Filings in 2023 to 2025 were close to 2020 to 2022 (40 against 41).

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
19V65400012/09/2019BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERANissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Nissan Altima, Armada, Frontier, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, NV, NV200, Pathfinder, Rogue, Rogue Sport, Sentra, Titan, Titan Diesel, Versa Note and Versa Sedan vehicles, as well as Infiniti Q50, Q60, QX30 and QX8
23V09300016/02/2023ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:IMMOBILIZER/PROXIMITY:KEY/SENDERNissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2014-2020 Rogue and 2017-2022 Rogue Sport vehicles equipped with a jackknife style ignition key. The jackknife key may collapse into a folded position while driving.

Other Nissan Rogue Sport model years

Severity index for every other model year on file. Compare all 6 years side by side.

Source. NHTSA public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-08-26. Complaints are unverified consumer reports. Totals vary with units sold and years on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.