NHTSA Complaint #11389427 — 2014 NISSAN ROGUE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER, AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A VEHICLE THAT WAS FOLLOWING HIM ALERT HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FIRE WAS ALREADY OUT BY THE TIME HE HAD COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE UNDERNEATH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PISTON THROUGH A ROD OUTSIDE THE ENGINE CAUSE A FIRE AND THAT THERE WAS AN HOLE IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THE VEHICLE HAD LOST POWER BEFORE AND WAS TAKEN TO WOODMEN NISSAN, 6840 VINCENT DR, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80918, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND A FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.