2015 Nissan Leaf brakes problems
Owners reported brakes problems in 86 complaints for the 2015 Nissan Leaf, 59% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 86 59% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 33,000 miles 54 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When brakes problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 17 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 21 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 13 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 54 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 33,000 miles, and 94% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 7 crashes, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
Purchased a brand new 2015 nissan leaf on september 12th, 2015 3 weeks later on oct 5th, 2015 brakes failed on this brand new car while driving in traffic on the freeway. As a result I ended up hitting a truck in the rear end at 55 MPH. Inuries sustained in the accident and 2015 nissan leaf was totaled. I called this into nissan and was told there was a service notice for this car for brake failure.
Upon startup, one of two things has occured. The first is that the car creeps forward even tho I have my foot on the break. Pressing harder did not seem to stop the motion. This happened in d (forward) and r (reverse) motion on 2 separate occasions. The second thing, related, was that upon vehicle startup, even with my foot on the break, the car did not recognize that I had my foot on the break and would not go into drive.
Other problems reported for the 2015 Nissan Leaf
- Electrical system 18 complaints