2020 Nissan Rogue Brakes Problems

Today when we attempted to back out of our driveway, the ABS came on unexpectedly and stopped the vehicle for no reason (spilling my hot coffee in my lap). I set the parking brake and got out of the car and walked around the back but there was no obstacle in the way or under the vehicle. I got back in, tried again and it locked up again. I then backed up the rest of the way, shifted to drive and drove it for a few minutes without incident. About 1/2 hour later, my wife experienced the exact same thing backing out of the driveway. Recently, the vehicle was struck in the rear corner (passenger side) and was repaired with no apparant issues by a professional body repair shop. I can see this is a common problem (many internet posts), and I want to report it since no recalls are in place. This is DANGEROUS and has also happed to drivers when driving at highway speeds. This MUST BE ADDRESSED or you guys (NTSB) have no purpose to exist anymore. Please make it happen.

THE VEHICLE HAS ACTIVATED A FALSE AEB ON SEVERAL OCASSIONS SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT BACK TO NISSAN AND THEY STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO HAVE NO ISSUES. I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 5 YEARS AND IT CONTINUES TO OCCUR, NEARLY CAUSING A TRAFFIC COLLISION.

The contact owns a 2020 Nissan Rogue. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the emergency brake system would inadvertently apply with no warning light illuminated. The contact was able to pull the vehicle over to the side of the road. The vehicle was able to restart. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact was informed by the dealer that the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000.

I was traveling down a busy road just before lunch when I heard a beep then my Rogue braked hard. Thankfully nobody was in front of me or behind me at the time. It was scary.

I was driving at around 20 mph when the AEB warning light came on, a MALFUNCTION light came on, and the vehicle brakes locked up. I put the vehicle into neutral and shut it off. I then started it back up. The MALFUNCTION light was still on, the AEB warning light was still on. I was able to put it in drive and move it. I'm terrified if this happens again especially if I am on the highway when it happens. I took the vehicle to the dealer and they said they don't know why it happened and can't explain the warning lights.

While backing out of the driveway or driving forward, the automatic brake engages without warning and without cause. Because of this, I was practically rear ended when driving forward. When backing out of the driveway, the suddenness and the shock of the incident was particularly alarming to my wife who was a passenger in the car , who has a history of having suffered 2 heart attacks. On the first report of the incident, the dealership replaced the sensors on the car. I recently took the car back to the dealership and they are saying they can't reproduce the problem. The warnings, a beeping noise, come at the same time as the engine shuts off.

Driving during morning hours on 2 lane road approx. 30 mph and breaks fully engaged without warning or being physically applied. A warning light displayed on the dash but then went away after approx 15-30 seconds. No other vehicles were around and no road obstruction. No system updates or outstanding repairs exist for this vehicle. A Nissan service appointment is pending for investigation of sensors.

In October of 2022, While I was driving my 2020 Rogue on a country road to a school event for my granddaughter, the car made a soft bell sound then it immediately slammed on the brakes for no reason that I can understand. I immediately pulled the car off the road. It showed a triangle with an exclamation point within it in the dash display. I shut the car off and when I restarted it the triangle was gone and it drove ok. I later read online that this could be an AEB issue. It was a clear day with no rain and no cars close in front and, luckily, behind me. It scared the hell out of my wife and I. I no longer feel safe in the car if it can do this for no reason! I brought the car into a Nissan Dealer to have it checked on 10/20/22. They did not find any problems with it. They also did not see any fault codes that something happened within the vehicle's memory. I find it unbelievable that the car did not record the fault. To me this means that Nissan has deliberately disabled this function for this fault. I have done a lot of research and apparently this is a well known issue with Nissan vehicles, not just the rogues. I have also read that there are 2 class action suits against Nissan for this. I brought the vehicle in again in Jan 2023 to get the car checked again for the False Activation of AEB, FEB, or FCW. This time I asked to have it checked per NTB18-041D and reprogrammed to the latest software and/or any required hardware to fix this well known issue. They said this NTB was not for my rogue and did not fix it. I have read that this is normal for this defect shown in the NTB. I am still afraid to drive this car and have only driven it about 400 miles since it was looked at. And now I only drive it with the AEB disabled as I was instructed by a tech in the service dept. I would really like to be able to use the AEB safety feature without fear of it falsely locking up the brakes while I'm driving. This Rogue only has 6835 miles on it.

While driving at 70mph on an empty highway, the car engages the AEB system and violently hits the brakes while no other vehicles or objects are present. Same thing happened on an empty city street a few weeks prior.

Traveling between 35-40mph AEB comes on out of no where. There was no vehicle or obstructions in front of me in my lane at all. There was no warning lights or tones just instant loud braking. I have had it come on twice while backing down my drive but assumed it was picking up the curb or light post or cars in the driveway. This could have been a catastrophic incident had I been traveling at a higher rate of speed or there had been someone immediately behind me. I have contacted the dealership and we are working on what to do next.

MY EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM ENGAGED AS I WAS DRIVING. I WAS GOING APPROX. 35 MILES PER HOUR ON A CITY STREET WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT MADE A LOUD GRINDING SOUND AS IT JERKED MY VEHICLE TO AN IMMEDIATE STOP IN TRAFFIC, CAUSING ALL THE SEAT BELTS TO JERK TIGHT AS WE WERE THROWN AGAINST THEM. IT ONLY LASTED FOR A SPLIT SECOND AND I WAS ABLE TO RESUME DRIVING.

SEVERAL OCASIONS MY 2020 NISSAN ROGUE WILL UNEXPECTEDLY BREAK WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DEALER FOR SERVICE. THEY TOLD ME THEY HOOKED IT UP TO A DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER AND NO ISSUES WERE FOUND. I LEFT IN THE CAR WITH NO REPAIR DONE. OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THE VEHICLE HAD SEVERAL UNEXPECTED BREAKING OCCURRENCES. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. HE TOLD ME HE NEEDED THE VEHICLE FOR TWO DAYS AND WHEN COULD I BRING IT IN. WE AGREED ON A DATE AND THE VEHICLE WAS DROPPED OFF. DURING THE TIME BETWEEN CONTACT AND THE APPOITMENT I FOUND NISSAN TECHNICAL BULLETIN TSB NTB18-041C WHICH IS A TSB ABOUT FALSE ACTIVATION OF THE AEB SYSTEM. I BROUGHT THIS TO THE SERVICE MANAGER ATTENTION AND HE SAID HE WOULD LOOK INTO IT. I DROPPED THE VEHICLE OFF AND HE HAD HIS MASTER TECHNICIAN LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DROVE THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NO ISSUES. THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER SHOWED NO ERROR CODES. WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE TSB I WAS TOLD THAT IT DID NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD TO KEEP A LOG OF WHEN AND WHERE THE FALSE ACTIVATION EVENTS HAPPENED AND THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. I HAVE ATTACHED THE TSB TO THIS COMPLAINT. WITH NO RESOLUTION TO THIS SAFETY ISSUE FROM THE DEALER AND NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN FOR HELP I AM NOW VERY HESITANT TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE MAY STOP AT ANY TIME AND COULD CAUSE A CRASH.

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH ON A PUBLIC ROAD WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND ABRUPTLY BRAKED ON ITS OWN. THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF OR BEHIND ME WHEN IT HAPPENED.

WHILE DRIVING IN MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN APPROX. 30-40MPH, AEB (AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BREAKING) KICKED IN MULTIPLE TIMES DURING NORMAL OPERATION AND ACCELERATION AND ABRUPTLY SLOWED THE CAR DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF OBSTRUCTION FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHERE CARS BEHIND HAD TO AVOID THE ABRUPT STOP. THE BREAK PEDAL WAS NOT USER ENGAGED DURING THESE BREAKING INCIDENTS.

FORWARD EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM, APPLIED HARD BREAKS AT 40MPH, BRING US TO AN ABRUPT REDUCTION IN SPEED TO 15MPH. THIS HAPPENED DRIVING OVER A RAIL ROAD TRACK THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THE TAR, NO TRAFFIC IN FRONT FOR 1/4 MILE, 9AM FULL SUNLIGHT. I ALSO NOTICE THE FORWARD EMERGENCY BRAKING WARNING LIGHT COMES ON ERRATICALLY FLASHING FOR DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME, THIS HAS BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY AND CITY ROADS, IT HAPPENS WITH NO VEHICLES OR ANY OBSTRUCTION IN FRONT OR SIDE OF MY VEHICLE, IT HAPPENS ON OVERCAST DAY OR FULL SUN. A SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 50MPH ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS PASSING ON MY RIGHT SIDE, WHEN THE CAB WAS JUST PAST MY HEADLIGHTS, MY NISSAN ROGUE HIT THE BREAKS HARD ENOUGH THAT IT LURCHED US UNSUSPECTINGLY FORWARD, THIS HAPPENED WHILE I HAD MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATION PEDDLE. LASTLY I HAVE NOTICED WHILE USING THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE IS GOING DOWNHILL, EASING THE ACCELERATOR EVER SO SLIGHTLY THAT THE FORWARD EMERGENCY BREAKING WARNING LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE, BUT NOT EVERY TIME. I WOULD NOTE I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND WHEN I SAID DOWNHILL, I ONLY MEAN A SLIGHT DECLINE, WE ARE AT SEA LEVEL, FLAT LAND.

ON TODAY FEBRUARY 27TH AT APPROXIMATELY 12:56PM I WAS DRIVING MY 2 WEEK OLD 2020 NISSAN ROGUE SPORT ON 31ST HEADING SOUTH TO STATE STREET IN CHICAGO ILLINOIS SUDDENLY APPLIED TO BRAKE WITH FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS AND SIRENS, WITH NO OBSTRUCTION IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THERE WAS A VAN BEHIND ME WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS MY FAULT. I THEN PARKED MY VEHICLE AND CONTACTED THE DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THAT IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A INSPECTION BECAUSE ONCE THE IGNITION IS OFF THE DIAGNOSTIC WOULDN'T READ. PLEASE HELP THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE