Other engine problem on the 2013 Nissan Rogue
1 crash 4 fires 1 injury 6 of the 58 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other engine problem gets reported
Owners of the 2013 Nissan Rogue report other engine problem at a median of 55,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 37,500 miles and a quarter after 80,000 miles, from 40 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 4th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 5,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 102,500 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 98,805 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
23% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,900 miles | 36,800 miles | 55,350 miles | 80,500 miles | 102,705 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a crash, 4 a fire and 1 an injury are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $300–$4,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 19 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2019, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 2008 at 85,000 miles.
By volume the 2023 carries the most reports, with 137; the 2013 has 58. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
I purchased a new 2013 nissan rogue in april of 2013. We assumed that the rogue would have the same 2.5 liter engine as the 2009 altima we own and like. As soon as we drove rogue on our first trip into the mountains of nc we discovered a problem. When driving up a gentle slope the RPM will go from 2000 to 3000 without any appreciative increase in speed, when more speed is required to keep up with traffic or to pass, and the accelerator is pressed to 5000rpm no increase in speed is available. I feel exactly like something is slipping. It is very dangerous to pass any car because I don't know if I have any power reserve available. At the high RPM the engine is also using a lot of fuel. My wife and I are afraid to drive the car. I have brought this to the attention of the dealership on several occasions, but they are refusing to acknowledge that there is a problem. I have seen some forums on the internet with other people having the same problem. What can I do? Thanks for your reply. Ps. We have repeated the drive several times with the same results. *js
This vehicle model year 2013 is missing the hood insulator that is present in every previous model year. Nissan was contacted to provide an explanation as to why this safety feature has been removed from the 2013 year models. The only explanation offered was that it is discontinued but fail to provide the reasons why a safety feature has been removed. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan rogue. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH, she attempted to merge onto the highway and the vehicle decelerated without warning. The engine rpms increased and after repeated pressure to the accelerate pedal, the vehicle was able to increase speed. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer four times. The technician was unable to duplicate the problem. On a separate occasion, a roaring noise emitted outside of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the intake manifold was adjusted and the motor mount replaced. The failure continued to occur. In addition, a specialist performed an investigation and there was no resolution. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 4,822.
Also reported on the 2013 Nissan Rogue
Other powertrain problem
CVT failure
Complete transmission failure
Other speed control problem
Other electrical problem
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 58 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other engine problem happen on the 2013 Nissan Rogue?
Across 40 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 55,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 37,500 miles and a quarter after 80,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other engine problem on the 2013 Nissan Rogue?
58 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.9 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed