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Nissan cruise control problems

Across all Nissan models in NHTSA's complaint database, 3,384 complaints involve cruise control. The Altima accounts for the largest share (20%). The single worst model year is the 2013 Rogue with 90 cruise control complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
3,384 about cruise control, all Nissan models
Most affected
Altima 20% of these complaints
Typical mileage
65,000 miles 2,113 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
376 and 15

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Nissan models

ModelComplaintsShare
Altima68120%
Rogue60818%
Sentra42413%
Pathfinder33210%
Maxima2578%
Murano2347%
Versa1845%
Frontier1274%
Quest1244%
Xterra682%

Worst model years for cruise control

  1. 2013 Nissan Rogue90 complaints
  2. 2010 Nissan Rogue66 complaints
  3. 2016 Nissan Altima65 complaints
  4. 2011 Nissan Rogue62 complaints
  5. 2003 Nissan Murano58 complaints

Cruise control complaints by model year

Nissan cruise control complaints by model year 0 150 300 1990: 7 '90 1991: 8 1992: 7 1993: 52 '93 1994: 33 1995: 43 1996: 31 '96 1997: 42 1998: 37 1999: 65 '99 2000: 93 2001: 52 2002: 100 '02 2003: 115 2004: 127 2005: 167 '05 2006: 150 2007: 107 2008: 129 '08 2009: 120 2010: 123 2011: 112 '11 2012: 174 2013: 284 2014: 182 '14 2015: 207 2016: 160 2017: 165 '17 2018: 135 2019: 89 2020: 39 '20 2021: 31 2022: 54 2023: 83 '23 2024: 43 2025: 14 2026: 4 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19907
19918
19927
199352
199433
199543
199631
199742
199837
199965
200093
200152
2002100
2003115
2004127
2005167
2006150
2007107
2008129
2009120
2010123
2011112
2012174
2013284
2014182
2015207
2016160
2017165
2018135
201989
202039
202131
202254
202383
202443
202514
20264

Among the 2,113 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.