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2011 Nissan Rogue electrical system problems

The 2011 Nissan Rogue has 64 electrical system complaints filed with NHTSA — 13% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

64

Electrical System complaints

13%

Share of year

1

Crash-involved

1

Related recalls

Electrical System complaints by year

Rogue electrical system complaints by model year127 complaints2007: 1 complaints2008: 49 complaints2009: 30 complaints2010: 35 complaints2011: 64 complaints2012: 47 complaints2013: 67 complaints2014: 73 complaints2015: 89 complaints2016: 127 complaints2017: 84 complaints2018: 116 complaints2019: 69 complaints2020: 30 complaints2021: 60 complaints2022: 18 complaints2023: 47 complaints2024: 17 complaints2025: 6 complaints2026: 5 complaints
Rogue electrical system complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

Related recalls

15V032000Electrical SystemJanuary 26, 2015 · 468,815 units

Defect

Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2008-2013 Nissan Rogue vehicles manufactured March 7, 2007, to November 26, 2013, and 2014 Nissan Rogue Select vehicles manufactured September 23, 2013, to July 2, 2014. The affected vehicles may experience an electrical short in the harness connector due to a mixture of snow/water and salt seeping through the carpet on the driver side floor near the harness connector.

Consequence

An electrical short can cause a vehicle fire.

Remedy

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the kick panel wiring harness connector and will if necessary install a new harness connector and waterproof seal, free of charge. The recall began on February 26, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.

What owners report

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 NISSAN ROGUE. THE HORN SOUNDED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FULL OF BLACK SMOKE AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Electrical System · February 8, 2015 · fire

Common questions

How many electrical system complaints does the 2011 Nissan Rogue have?

NHTSA has 64 complaints about the 2011 Nissan Rogue electrical system — 13% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Are there recalls for the 2011 Nissan Rogue electrical system?

Yes — 1 NHTSA recall campaign for this model year is tied to the electrical system: 15V032000.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.