2009 Nissan Rogue problems
The 2009 Nissan Rogue has 433 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (23%) concerns air bags. Next are drivetrain & axles (23%) and engine (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 433 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 335 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 | 38 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 22 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 33 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 69 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 71 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 36 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 32 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 13 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 15 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 5 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 335 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 80,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 82,000 miles (68 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 2 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 86% 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 2009 ranks 18th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Nissan Rogue with enough data (158 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
My car was in garage running in park. Stepped out of vehicle , was standing outside door. Car shot backward out of garage, onto driveway. Never saw anything like it. Make a sharp turn with back end coming out of the driveway and facing to the right of my garage. (my two legs run over by the vehicle as it turned around). Car proceeded to turn forward down hill over front of my yard and stopping in my neighbors empty lot next to their house. Coming to a stop after hitting a tree.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan rogue. Approximately ten minutes after the contact's daughter came back with the vehicle, the alarm sounded and the vehicle burst into flames. There was no warning indicator. The fire department extinguished the fire and filed a report. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but did not return the contact's phone call. Two months after the fire, the contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v032000 (electrical system).
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan rogue. The contact stated that after driving for an extended period of time which exceeded one hour, the vehicle would stall as the service engine warning light illuminated. The contact also stated that while driving uphill, the vehicle would decelerate independently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 92,000.
My airbag passenger side light on the dash and on the right hand side of the vehicle came on at 100,000. This made me research recalls. I can not believe all the recalls for this problem except for 2009. Even though the car was built in 2008. I guess we are going to wait until people die until this will be done. We are to pay for it when this was a known problem. I really like my nissan but I can not put my family at risk of being hurt or even killed. I will not repurchase a nissan again.