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2013 Nissan Rogue electrical system problems

The 2013 Nissan Rogue has 67 electrical system complaints filed with NHTSA — 8% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

67

Electrical System complaints

8%

Share of year

0

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

“2013 NISSAN ROGUE CAUGHT ON FIRE LESS THAN 10 MINUTES AFTER IT WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, AFTER A SHORT TRIP RUNNING ERRANDS. VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING WHEN FIRE BEGAN. INITIALLY, SMOKE BEGAN TO ESCAPE FROM UNDER HOOD THEN QUICKLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. ENTIRE FRONT END OF VEHICLE BURNED BEFORE FIRE WAS…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Electrical System · April 10, 2016 · fire

Common questions

How many electrical system complaints does the 2013 Nissan Rogue have?

NHTSA has 67 complaints about the 2013 Nissan Rogue electrical system — 8% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Are there recalls for the 2013 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.