2008 Nissan Rogue problems
The 2008 Nissan Rogue has 615 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns drivetrain & axles. Next are air bags (21%) and cruise control (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 615 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Drivetrain & axles 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 17 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 85,000 miles 503 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 | 67 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 29 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 49 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 83 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 91 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 78 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 53 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 25 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 20 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 7 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 503 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 85,000 miles. For drivetrain & axles specifically, the median reported mileage is about 94,000 miles (119 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 17 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 89% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2008 ranks 15th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Nissan Rogue with enough data (216 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 nissan rogue. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 10 MPH, another vehicle rear ended the contact's vehicle causing him to crash into a second vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was 105,000. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 nissan rouge. The contact stated that while the wife was driving approximately 5 MPH a second vehicle crash into the passenger side of the vehicle. During the crash the passenger side air bag erroneously deployed and damaged the front passenger side seat. No occupant or items were seated in the passenger seat during the incident. The driver side air bag did not deploy. The driver sustained back and lumbar injuries which required medical treatment.
Door lock actuator on both front doors froze after freezing rain/ ice storm. In the morning I opened the door and started the car (did not close the door) and went inside the house while it warmed-up. When I returned the drivers side door would not open from the outside or the inside handles. The passenger door had stopped working from the outside handle about 6 weeks earlier after a similar storm, though I was not aware of the relationship of the problem to the weather at the time.
When putting on my driver seat belt, I attempted to put the latch into the buckle and the entire buckle arm became detached from the car, the screw came completely off or something. I called the nissan dealer 8/26/15 and got an appointment 8/27/15 to get this part fixed. The dealer sent me home without a working seat belt and said they had to order the part and a week has gone by and still no part.
Driving in summer our 2008 nissan rogue list power going up hills. We lost power and car slowed down. Stalked our once. We were doing highway driving