2012 Nissan Juke problems
Owners have filed 109 complaints with NHTSA about the 2012 Nissan Juke. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 28% of complaints. Next are fuel system (18%) and electrical system (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 109 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 63,000 miles 75 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 9 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 18 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 16 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 75 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 63,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 75,000 miles (23 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 5 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2012 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Nissan Juke with enough data (48 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Safety issue. Car failed to brake causing collision. Car was stopped at yield, proceeded to move forward in line, and when tried to stop brake pedal did not respond. Pedal bottomed out without resistance, completely soft.
Ms. Adas was driving her juke in the left lane when a rv in the center lane to her right attempted a u-turn and caused her to strike the rv. The vehicle was totaled and she sustained serious injuries but the airbags did not deploy.
Tl* the contact owned a 2012 nissan juke. While the contact's daughter was driving 45 MPH, she clipped a stopped vehicle on the rear drive side. As a result, the contact's daughter's vehicle rolled over. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact's daughter stated that there were no warning indicators illuminated. The daughter sustained multiple skull fractures and right skull damage, which required surgery to release pressure on the brain.
Problems with constant battery drainage. Even though the car is just parked and nothing on battery drains randomly and out of nowhere. I have replaced battery 7 times in the last 2 years. I am always scared to be stranded and en up calling aaa to rescue me. I have called aaa at least 12 times in the last 3 years just to get my car going. I have taken the car for service and diagnosis to various nissan dealershipd to have checked and they always say they don't know what the source of the problem is.
Im driving home from work and I stopped at a light while waiting the car jerks and service engine light comes on so I check oil which it did need a oil change so after getti h the oil change I notice my acceleration was slow and the car started making like a you car sound so I take my foot off the gas and press again and it started to pick up speed out still slowly