NHTSA Complaint #11057739 — 2017 NISSAN ROGUE

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP, NISSAN OF VACAVILLE, ON 9-16-2017. ON 10-26-2017 WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE VEHICLE'S FORWARD EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM (FEB) SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACTIVATED, BRING THE CAR TO A FULL AND COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE BRAKING SYSTEM DISENGAGED WITHIN A FEW SECONDS AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONDITIONS, OBSTRUCTIONS, OR VEHICLES WITHIN A DANGEROUS DISTANCE TO HAVE CAUSED THE ACTIVATION. THE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS DISPLAYED THE ALERT MESSAGE "WARNING" "MALFUNCTION." THE VEHICLE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TOWED TO AUTOCOM NISSAN OF CONCORD FOR SERVICE AND DIAGNOSIS. I WAS TOLD CODES U1002, C1B5D, AND C1A16-97 WERE STORED IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. C1A16-97 RELATES TO AN OBSTRUCTION OR BLOCKED RADAR SENSOR, BUT THAT ALL THE STORED CODES WERE IN THE PAST. C1A16-97 WAS STORED AT 1983 MILES - I EXPERIENCED NO ACTIVATION OF THE SYSTEM AT THAT TIME. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP THERE WERE NO STORED CODES RELATED TO TODAY'S INCIDENT. NISSAN TECH LINE MADE A REMOTE DIAGNOSIS AND CONCLUDED A LOOSE LICENSE PLATE FRAME LIKELY HAD CAUSED AND OBSTRUCTION, ACTIVATING THE SYSTEM. THIS IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE OWNERS MANUAL'S EXPLANATION OF FEB SHUT DOWN IN THE EVENT OF AN OBSTRUCTION. ON 12-19-2017 I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR. AFTER FOUR DAYS OF DIAGNOSTIC AND ROAD TESTING I WAS TOLD THAT, ACCORDING TO NISSAN TECH LINE, SINCE THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE MALFUNCTION DURING THE TEST DRIVE, THEN THE CAR IS CONSIDERED OPERATIONAL AND SAFE AND COULD BE RETURNED TO THE CUSTOMER. AND ALTHOUGH FINDING MULTIPLE PAST CODES STORED ECM-UL00L, ASB-UL002, BCM UL000-00, UL000-01, CLB40-49, CLB30-49, UL000-00, ICC /ADAS-C1B53-04, CLB54-00, UL000-01 ALL INDICATION MALFUNCTION. NONE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RESOLVED OR REPAIRED. ## VIN PASSED ## NISSAN ROUGE S FWD 2017.5 ##