There are 15 owner-reported engine complaints for the 2010 Nissan Roguein NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING AND SLOWED DOWN. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SHOULDER AS THE FUEL LEVEL DECREASED BY OVER A QUARTER OF A TANK. NISSAN OF LITHIA SPRINGS (811 THORNTON RD, LITHIA SPRINGS, GA 30122, (770) 674-6080) DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER, BUT THE REPAIRS HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.
THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSING TO RUN OFF THE ROAD.
VEHICLE WAS AT 109500 MILES, OIL CHANGE 6 MONTHS PRIOR AND DUE FOR OIL CHANGE AT 110000 MILES. NO IRREGULAR NOISES AND NO WARNING LIGHTS. WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND ON HIGHWAY FOR FIVE MORE MINUTES. NOTICED BURNING SMELL IN CITY BUT WAS BEHIND A TRUCK AND DISMISSED IT AS THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF PROBLEMS IN MY CAR. ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER, ON I-90 EB IN MT BAKER TUNNEL, NOTICED FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE FRONT LEFT HOOD. PULLED OVER AND CALLED 911. WSDOT RESPONDED TO INCIDENT, AND GEICO DEEMED CAR A TOTAL LOSS. NISSAN SENT INSPECTOR WHO SAID THEY DID NOT FIND MANUFACTURER DEFECT. GEICO INSPECTOR SAID THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE DUE TO EXTENT OF DAMAGE.
I OWN A 2010 NISSAN ROGUE, WHICH WILL, WITHOUT NOTICE, AFTER RUNNING A FEW MILES IN A HIGHWAY, IT HESITATES AND LOOSE ALL ACCELERATIONS.. HAVE HAD NEAR REAR END COLLISIONS. MECHANIC SAYS ITS THE NISSAN ROQUE'S CVT TRANSMISSION. I HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEMS. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE A NATIONAL SAFETY RECALL ON THIS. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. VIOLET OF SCARSDALE, NEW YORK
WHEN DRIVING IT SUDDENLY STOPPED WITHOUT A WARNING. WHEN I WENT TO CHECK ALL THE COOLANT WAS SPILLED. IT SCAPE THROUGH A TINY WHOLE MADE FROM INSIDE OUT IN THE TRANSMISSION THERMOSTAT IN THE TUBING CONNECTED TO THE TRANSMISSION. I THINK NISSAN IS USING POOR QUALITY MATERIALS FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM TUBE CONNECTORS. Y HAVE A 20 YEARS OLD HYUNDAI AND ITS COOLING SYSTEM HAS NEVER FAILED. I ALSO HAVE A 15 YEARS TOYOTA COROLLA AND ITS COOLING SYSTEM HAS NEVER FAILED. THE CONCERN THERMOSTAT PERFORATED THROUGH ITS WALL FROM INSIDE OUT.
LOSS OF POWER GOING UP HILLS. *TR
AFTER DRIVING 45 MINUTES ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, I EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND PULLED INTO A STATE HIGHWAY TO CONTINUE MY TRIP. AFTER PROCEEDING FROM THE STOP SIGN AT THE OFF RAMP, I WAS NEARLY IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. I PLACED THE ACCELERATION PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER TO CLEAR THE INTERSECTION. ONCOMING TRAFFIC HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES I. ORDER TO AVOID A COLLISION. IT IS NOT SAFE TO HAVE A VEHICLE DOING THAT. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANGING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR CONDITIONING FAILED. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TENSIONER FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE SERPENTINE BELT TO DISENGAGE. THE TENSIONER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.
I PURCHASED A CAR FROM GWINNETT PLACE NISSAN IN NOVEMBER 2013. IN MAY OF 2014 WHILE DRIVING MY CHILDREN TO DISNEY THE CAR STARTED TO DECREASE IN SPEED. I WAS DRIVING AT 75 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR STARTED DECREASING IN SPEED. MY CAR WENT FROM 75 TO 40 IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. ALTHOUGH I HAD THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, IT WOULDN'T PICK UP ANY SPEED. THANK GOD THERE WASN'T ANY ACCIDENT. I'VE SPOKEN TO NISSAN ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE HANDLING THIS PROBLEM. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR NISSAN TO RECOGNIZE AND FIX THIS ISSUE. A FATAL ACCIDENT? *TR
TWO MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CAR AT CORAL SPRINGS NISSAN, FL. I WAS DRIVING TO MIAMI WHEN THE CAR LOOSE POWER FROM 70 MPH WENT TO 40 MPH THE CAR COULD NOT ACCELERATE ANYMORE IT WAS VERY SCARY. THIS PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU DRIVE FOR MORE THAN 1 HOUR. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY ONLY DID A TEST DRIVE FOR MAYBE 30 MINUTES. ONE YEAR AFTER THE INITIAL PROBLEM THE CAR LOOSE POWER QUITE OFTEN I ONLY NEED TO DRIVE LESS THAN 30 MINUTES, AND THE CAR CANNOT ACCELERATE IS LIKE IT GOES TO NEUTRAL WHEN I AM AT THE STOP SIGN, MAKING AN U-TURN, A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN. I AM AFRAID TO HAVE A CAR ACCIDENT. I AM VERY SURPRISE AFTER READING OTHERS COMPLAINTS THAT NISSAN HAS NOT TAKE ANY ACTION TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR
MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING HOME. I HAVE A LONG COMMUTE TO AND FROM WORK. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WAS NOT HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. MY COMMUTE IS A LONG DRIVE ON CONGESTED HIGHWAYS. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE FOR A WHILE. I RECENTLY HAD SOME WORK DONE TO THE CAR AND BOUGHT NISSAN PARTS, I BOUGHT 4 SPARK PLUGS AND ALL 4 WERE BROKEN/DEFECTIVE. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 2 YEARS AND HAVE MAJOR ISSUES WITH IT IN THAT SHORT SPAN OF TIME. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THEY REFUSED TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE MILEAGE BEING OVER 80,000. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MINUTES LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY WAS NOT PROPERLY CONNECTED AND MADE REPAIRS. THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER ELEVEN DAYS LATER. THE DEALER WAS THEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT HER AT A LATER DATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,500 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,000.
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 85 FROM GREENSBORO NC TO THOMASVILLE NC - MY CAR HAD NO ACCELERATION POWER WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE LANES. THIS HAD BEEN AN INCREASING PROBLEM AND I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP ON 12/1/10 AND THEY REPLACED THE CVT. SAME PROBLEMS OCCURRED, ESPECIALLY WHEN I DROVE MY CAR ON 3 HOUR TRIPS OR LONGER (EXAMPLE: ON A TRIP FROM GREENSBORO NC TO BRISTOL TN - TRAVELING UP/DOWN THE MOUNTAIN ON 77 & 81 - NO ACCELERATION). TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AGAIN BY CROWN NISSAN OF GREENSBORO (UNDER WARRANTY) ON 5/17/2012 AND 3/21/2014. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY CAR! *TR
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