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2012 Nissan Rogue engine problems

Owners reported engine problems in 45 complaints for the 2012 Nissan Rogue, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
45 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
80,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 2
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2012 Nissan Rogue Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 80,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 4 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 80,000 miles
Based on 25 complaints that include mileage. 36% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles4
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 25 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 fires, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Frontal impact caused airbags to deploy except the passenger front (no passenger) and the passenger rear side (passenger present) . Nissan claims no deployment of side airbag is because no direct "t-bone" impact on passenger side of vehicle was sensed. Nissan also claims that the driver side airbag did properly because it sensed a potential rollover situation. Nissan was moving on city street and hit (t-boned) a truck pulling a heavy loaded trailer that ran a red light.

Reported at 64,000 miles, June 2018 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 nissan rogue. Upon parking the vehicle, the contact noticed smoke under the hood of the vehicle followed by flames shortly after. A fire report was filed. The fire department extinguished the fire. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The investigator stated that the vehicle caught fire because of the wiring harness. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 15v032000 (electrical system).

Reported at 85,000 miles, January 2016 Fire

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