Model year report

2017 Nissan Rogue: what breaks, and at what mileage

What breaks on the 2017 Nissan Rogue

On the 2017 Nissan Rogue, the failure owners report most often is other brake problem, and the reports cluster around 27,500 miles. The earliest to appear is other engine problem, reported by a median of 15,000 miles. Overall it scores 77 out of 100, severe risk for a 2017.

Severe risk for a 2017 — 76th riskiest of the 263 2017 vehicles we can rate. 879 owner reports; fleet size estimated from this year's own recall paperwork.

The failures owners actually file about

Owners have reported 70 named failure modes on the 2017 Nissan Rogue, and the three most-reported carry 25% of everything filed, which is an unusually even spread for one model year.

Other brake problem leads with 84 reports, about 0.7 per 1,000 vehicles and with the middle half of reports between 14k to 45,000 miles.

Other powertrain problem follows with 68 reports, usually reported between 6k to 67,500 miles.

Other driver assistance problem follows with 68 reports, usually reported between 6k to 45,000 miles.

By system, the reports fall mostly into transmission (146), brakes (122) and adas (109).

The mileage the reports cluster at

439 of the reports on the 2017 Nissan Rogue came with an odometer reading, and half of those were filed before 26,000 miles.

Cumulatively, 73% by 50,000 miles, 92% by 100,000 miles and 99% by 150,000 miles of the dated reports had been filed.

The busiest stretch is between 0 and 10,000 miles, which alone holds 25% of the dated reports.

60% of the dated reports were filed below 36,000 miles, which is early enough that a fair number of these cars were still under a factory warranty when the owner complained.

In the order they tend to show up: other engine problem around 14k, airbag failed to deploy in a crash around 16k, other driver assistance problem around 23k and other speed control problem around 24k.

Median

Other brake problem

27k
Other powertrain problem

37k
Other driver assistance problem

23k
Other engine problem

14k
CVT failure

70k
Other electrical problem

30k
Other body or interior problem

25k
Complete transmission failure

79k
Other speed control problem

24k
Sunroof failure or glass breakage

37k
Parking brake failure

26k
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault

33k

Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens

Showing the 12 most-reported failure modes of 70. The full list is in the table below.

How reports accumulate

Share of reports filed by each mileage

half by 26k

Every report with an odometer reading, cumulative, from 0 to 200,000 miles. A curve that climbs early is a car with early problems, whatever its total.

Line share of reports filed by that mileage
Dashed the median reported mileage

How bad it is when it goes

Across the named modes, 72 mention a crash, 7 a fire and 45 an injury. Those are the words owners used in their own complaints, and NHTSA does not verify them, but they are the closest thing in this data to a measure of what a failure actually did.

The average severity weight across every report on this year is 4.97, where a stalled engine or a failed airbag weighs many times more than a rattling trim panel, and a figure this high means the reports are dominated by failures with safety consequences rather than annoyances. The weighting is set out in full on the methodology page.

What the top failures cost to put right, as editorial estimates for an independent US shop rather than figures from NHTSA: other brake problem at $300–$1,800, other powertrain problem at $400–$4,500, other driver assistance problem at $250–$1,800 and other engine problem at $300–$4,000. Dealer labour, a seized bolt or a part that is no longer made can push any of these past the top of its range.

26% of the reports on this year sit in the engine, transmission, drivetrain or cooling systems — the four where a repair bill is usually four figures.

Every reported failure mode

Mileage figures are percentiles of owner-reported readings. Click a column to sort.
Failure mode	System	Reports	With reading	25th	Median	75th	Per 1,000	Typical repair	Severity
Other brake problem	brakes	84	60	14k	27k	45k	0.7	$300–$1,800	High
Other powertrain problem	transmission	68	33	6k	37k	67k	0.5	$400–$4,500	High
Other driver assistance problem	adas	68	29	6k	23k	44k	0.5	$250–$1,800	High
Other engine problem	engine	50	25	5k	14k	37k	0.4	$300–$4,000	High
CVT failure	transmission	45	10	61k	70k	78k	0.4	$3,000–$8,500	Critical
Other electrical problem	electrical	36	25	6k	30k	84k	0.3	$250–$2,000	Moderate
Other body or interior problem	body	32	15	15k	25k	49k	0.3	$200–$2,000	Moderate
Complete transmission failure	transmission	31	6	—	79k	—	0.2	$2,800–$8,000	Critical
Other speed control problem	adas	29	9	10k	24k	47k	0.2	$250–$2,000	Critical
Sunroof failure or glass breakage	body	25	14	11k	37k	39k	0.2	$700–$4,500	High
Parking brake failure	brakes	19	13	9k	26k	56k	0.2	$250–$1,300	Moderate
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault	airbag	18	6	—	33k	—	0.1	$300–$1,600	High
Airbag failed to deploy in a crash	airbag	17	15	13k	16k	23k	0.1	$1,000–$5,000	Critical
Other steering problem	steering	17	11	4k	29k	78k	0.1	$350–$2,400	High
Seat belt or retractor failure	airbag	15	10	48k	62k	79k	0.1	$200–$900	High
ABS module or sensor failure	brakes	14	6	—	3k	—	0.1	$500–$2,400	High
Other fuel system problem	fuel	14	5	—	26k	—	0.1	$300–$2,200	High
Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure	electrical	9	3	—	28k	—	0.1	$700–$3,000	High
Airbag inflator rupture	airbag	9	5	—	5k	—	0.1	$0–$0	Critical
Liftgate, tailgate or trunk failure	body	9	3	—	50k	—	0.1	$250–$1,500	Moderate
Other visibility problem	glass	9	6	—	86k	—	0.1	$150–$1,400	Moderate
Alternator or charging system failure	electrical	7	7	—	21k	—	0.1	$450–$1,600	High
Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure	electrical	6	1	—	63k	—	0.0	$250–$1,500	High
Strut, shock or spring failure	suspension	6	4	—	8k	—	0.0	$500–$2,000	Moderate
Other suspension problem	suspension	6	2	—	7k	—	0.0	$350–$2,000	Moderate
Other lighting problem	lighting	6	4	—	45k	—	0.0	$120–$1,200	Moderate
Radiator or coolant leak	cooling	5	2	—	3k	—	0.0	$350–$1,900	High
Cruise control failure	adas	5	5	—	24k	—	0.0	$200–$1,400	High
Software fault or failed update	software	5	4	—	48k	—	0.0	$0–$600	Moderate
Stalling while driving	engine	4	0	—	—	—	0.0	$300–$2,500	Critical
Misfire or rough idle	engine	4	3	—	13	—	0.0	$250–$1,600	Moderate
Overheating	cooling	4	2	—	4k	—	0.0	$400–$3,500	High
Cooling fan failure	cooling	4	3	—	7k	—	0.0	$350–$1,300	Moderate
Differential or transfer case failure	drivetrain	4	1	—	67k	—	0.0	$900–$4,200	High
Wiring harness or short circuit	electrical	4	3	—	58k	—	0.0	$400–$3,500	High
Loss of braking	brakes	4	3	—	8k	—	0.0	$400–$3,000	Critical
Lane keep or steering assist fault	adas	4	1	—	44k	—	0.0	$200–$1,600	High
Other wheel or tire problem	wheels	4	1	—	47k	—	0.0	$200–$1,500	High
Fuel leak or fuel odor	fuel	3	1	—	46k	—	0.0	$300–$2,500	Critical
Parasitic battery drain	electrical	3	0	—	—	—	0.0	$200–$1,200	Moderate
Engine sensor failure	electrical	3	2	—	60k	—	0.0	$180–$900	Moderate
Automatic braking for no reason	adas	3	3	—	4k	—	0.0	$0–$1,500	Critical
Steering column or shaft failure	steering	3	3	—	32k	—	0.0	$600–$2,500	Critical
Control arm, ball joint or bushing failure	suspension	3	1	—	55k	—	0.0	$400–$2,200	High
Tire blowout or tread separation	wheels	3	3	—	35k	—	0.0	$200–$1,500	Critical
Rust or structural corrosion	body	3	2	—	23k	—	0.0	$500–$6,000	High
Blower motor or climate control failure	hvac	3	0	—	—	—	0.0	$250–$1,200	Moderate
Wiper or washer failure	glass	3	0	—	—	—	0.0	$120–$800	Moderate
Head gasket failure	engine	2	1	—	150k	—	0.0	$1,400–$4,000	Critical
No-start or intermittent start failure	engine	2	2	—	18k	—	0.0	$200–$1,800	Moderate
Engine knock or bearing noise	engine	2	0	—	—	—	0.0	$2,500–$9,000	High
Fuel pump failure	fuel	2	1	—	57k	—	0.0	$600–$2,600	High
Fuel injector failure	fuel	2	2	—	50k	—	0.0	$450–$2,800	Moderate
Backup camera failure	infotainment	2	0	—	—	—	0.0	$250–$1,200	Moderate
Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure	steering	2	1	—	63k	—	0.0	$700–$2,600	High
Air conditioning failure	hvac	2	1	—	24k	—	0.0	$400–$2,800	Moderate
Tail light, brake light or signal failure	lighting	2	0	—	—	—	0.0	$100–$900	Moderate
Engine bay fire	engine	1	1	—	92k	—	0.0	$4,000–$20,000	Critical
Complete engine failure or seizure	engine	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$4,500–$12,000	Critical
Oil leak	engine	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$250–$2,200	Moderate
Thermostat failure	cooling	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$250–$900	Moderate
Transmission slipping	transmission	1	1	—	85k	—	0.0	$1,200–$5,500	High
Transmission will not engage a gear	transmission	1	1	—	15k	—	0.0	$1,500–$6,000	Critical
Wheel bearing or hub failure	drivetrain	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$350–$1,200	Moderate
Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure	fuel	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$250–$1,800	Moderate
Audio or connectivity failure	infotainment	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$150–$900	Low
Brake line, hose or caliper failure	brakes	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$250–$1,600	Critical
Seat, track or recliner failure	body	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$300–$2,200	High
Headlight failure or clouding	lighting	1	0	—	—	—	0.0	$150–$1,800	Moderate
Other seat belt problem	airbag	1	1	—	67k	—	0.0	$200–$900	High
Unclassified problem	other	118	57	7k	18k	42k	0.9	—	Moderate

Rate per 1,000 uses a fleet-size estimate derived from recall paperwork for this exact model year. It is a lower bound. Repair costs are typical independent-shop ranges for the failure, not figures from these reports.

How often, against how many were built

Scaled by an estimate of how many of these cars exist, the 2017 Nissan Rogue draws about 7.0 per 1,000 vehicles, which puts it in the 86th percentile of complaint rates among 2017 vehicles we can rate.

That denominator is the weakest number on the page and it is fair to say so plainly. Rate per 1,000 uses a fleet-size estimate derived from recall paperwork for this exact model year. It is a lower bound.

The working figure is 125,215 vehicles. If the true number is twice that, every rate on this page is half what it says; the ranking against other 2017 vehicles, which is what the risk score uses, is far more robust than the rate itself.

What owners wrote

Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The odometer reading is the one the owner gave.

Recalls on the 2017 model year

NHTSA has issued 5 recall campaigns covering the 2017 Nissan Rogue, affecting an estimated 246,634 vehicles. A recall is a different kind of evidence from a complaint: it is the regulator and the manufacturer agreeing that something has to be fixed, and the fix is free for as long as the car exists.

The campaigns cover electrical system:ignition:anti-theft:immobilizer/proximity:, electrical system:wiring, engine and engine cooling:engine:engine control module (ecu/ and seat belts. Whether the work was actually done on the car in front of you is a question only the VIN can answer, and the manufacturer or NHTSA will answer it free.

Recalls also distort complaint counts. Publicity about a campaign reminds owners that complaining is possible, so reports for a recalled component often spike after the recall rather than before it.

23V093000

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:IMMOBILIZER/PROXIMITY:KEY/SENDER

712,458 vehicles 2023-02-16

Defect: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2014-2020 Rogue and 2017-2022 Rogue Sport vehicles equipped with a jackknife style ignition key. The jackknife key may collapse into a folded position while driving.
Consequence: Driver contact with a key in the collapsed position could inadvertently shut off the vehicle while driving, increasing the risk of a crash. Additionally, if the vehicle shuts off while driving, the air bags may not deploy in a crash as intended, increasing the risk of injury.
Remedy: Dealers will insert a spacer into the key slot of the jackknife key, free of charge. Interim notification letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed March 29, 2023. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 30, 2023. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's number for this recall is R22C5.

22V875000

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

125,215 vehicles 2022-11-23

Defect: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2017 Rogue vehicles. Water may leak into and corrode the dash side harness connector.
Consequence: A corroded dash side harness connector increases the risk of a fire.
Remedy: Dealers will apply grease and repair any corroded connector as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed January 20, 2023. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's number for this recall is PC934.

21V839000

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM)

5,905 vehicles 2021-10-26

Defect: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Rogue Hybrid vehicles. Contact with the Electronic Control Module (ECM) bracket may damage the engine harness, causing a blown fuse.
Consequence: A blown fuse may cause an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Dealers will install a harness protector cover, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 16, 2021. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's number for this recall is R21B6.

17V663000

SEAT BELTS

4,883 vehicles 2017-10-18

Defect: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Nissan Rogue vehicles. The recliner joints on the lower seat frame for the rear seats may have improper welds. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) number 207, "Seating Systems," and 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."
Consequence: The insufficient welds can increase the risk of injury to the occupants in the event of a crash.
Remedy: Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the seat frames and replace any defective lower seat frames, free of charge. The recall began December 6, 2017. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.

16V244000

AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION

3,296,947 vehicles 2016-04-26

Defect: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF, Sentra, and Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60, QX60 Hybrid, and Q50 Hybrid, 2014-2017 Nissan Rogue and Infiniti Q50, 2015-2016 Nissan Murano, Murano Hybrid, and Chevrolet City Express, 2014-2015 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid, and 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles. In these vehicles, the front seat passenger Occupant Classification System (OCS) may incorrectly classify an adult passenger as a child or classify the seat as empty…
Consequence: If the passenger frontal air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury.
Remedy: Nissan will notify their owners. Chevrolet City Express owners will be notified by General Motors. Dealers will reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in Altima, Maxima, Murano, Rogue, and Sentra vehicles, and replace the OCS ECU in LEAF, NV200, NV200 Taxi, Pathfinder, Infiniti Q50, JX35, and QX60 and Chevrolet City Express vehicles, free of charge. Interim notices were sent to owners on May 31, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669…

Recall work is free at a franchised dealer regardless of the car's age. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls before assuming it was done.

How it ranks in the 2017 field

The score at the top of the page, placed among its peers. The zones are the same thresholds the scorer applies, read out of the scorer itself, so the picture and the band word cannot disagree.

Risk score against the rest of the 2017 field

Scores are ranked within the model year, never across years, because an older car has had longer to accumulate reports.

Left fewer and less serious reports
Right more, or worse
Marker this vehicle

Where 2017 sits in the model line

Severe risk for a 2017 — 76th riskiest of the 263 2017 vehicles we can rate. The comparison is always within the same model year, so an older car is never penalised for having had longer to break.

Across the 19 model years of this car that carry enough reports to score, 2025 comes out best at 64 and 2018 worst at 80, with 2017 itself at 77.

If the model year is negotiable, 2025, 2022, 2009, 2008, 2024, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2011, 2014, 2013, 2026, 2015 and 2020 score lower than 2017 by a margin worth acting on. Same body, same engines, different luck — usually a supplier change or a mid-cycle fix, which the complaint data can show but never explain.

Within the 2014–2020 generation specifically, 2016 is the strongest year at 72 and 2018 the weakest at 80.

Scores compare each year against other cars of the same model year, so a low number on an older car is a real result and not an artefact of age.

Risk score by model year, out of 100

Shorter is better. Years with too few reports to score are shown without a bar rather than as a zero, because no data is not good news.

Within the 2014-2020 generation, 2016 Nissan Rogue scores best at 72 and 2018 Nissan Rogue worst at 80.

Where to spend the inspection money

The mileages below are where the first quarter of reports for each mode had already been filed, which makes them the point at which a fault is worth looking for rather than the point at which it happens: other steering problem from about 4k, other engine problem from about 5k, other powertrain problem from about 6k and other electrical problem from about 6k.

On a 2017 Nissan Rogue with more miles than that on it, the useful question to put to a seller or a mechanic is whether other steering problem has been dealt with, and if so with what parts and at whose expense. A car that has already had the repair is in a different position from one that has not.

None of this is a diagnosis. It is a list of what other owners of the same model year reported, ordered by when they reported it, which is a good place to point an inspection and a poor place to stop.

The limits of complaint data

879 owner reports; fleet size estimated from this year's own recall paperwork. Every count on this page is therefore a floor: it is the number of owners who went to the trouble of filing with a federal agency, which is a small and self-selected fraction of the owners who had the fault.

Of those 879 reports, 439 carried an odometer reading, so the mileages here describe 50% of the sample rather than all of it. Owners also round: readings pile up on multiples of ten thousand, which is why this site publishes "about 90,000 miles" and not "91,438".

Named failure modes come from matching phrases in the complaint text, so a badly worded complaint can land in the wrong bucket. The effect washes out across hundreds of reports and does not wash out across five.

And nothing here predicts what one car will do. These are other people's complaints, filed years apart, on cars maintained by strangers. Read the page as a map of where this model year has previously gone wrong, then have the specific car in front of you inspected.

Questions this page answers

What are the most common problems with the 2017 Nissan Rogue?

The most-reported failures are other brake problem (84 reports, median 27,500 miles), other powertrain problem (68 reports, median 37,500 miles) and other driver assistance problem (68 reports, median 22,500 miles). Counts come from owner complaints filed with NHTSA, which are voluntary, so they show what owners bothered to report rather than every fault that occurred.

At what mileage do 2017 Nissan Rogue problems start?

Other engine problem is the earliest failure mode to show up, with a median reported mileage of 15,000 miles and a quarter of reports before 5,000 miles. Across all failure modes on this year, the median report sits at 26,000 miles.

Is the 2017 Nissan Rogue reliable?

It scores 77 out of 100 on our risk index, which is severe — 76th riskiest of the 263 2017 vehicles we can rate. The score is a comparison against other 2017 vehicles, not a prediction about any individual car, and it is built from complaint rates, severity and how early failures appear.

Which year of the Nissan Rogue is best?

Within the 2014–2020 generation, 2016 scores best at 72 out of 100 and 2018 worst at 80. Same body, same engines, different luck.

Where this comes from. Every figure above is computed from NHTSA owner complaints and recall records for this exact make, model and year. Complaints are voluntary and self-selected, so treat counts as a floor. The methodology page writes out each formula, and the same numbers are available as JSON.

What breaks at my mileage Compare with another car

Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt 30 August 2026 Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed