NHTSA Complaint #11395477 — 2018 NISSAN ROGUE

DRIVING EAST ON I-94 NEAR BATTLE CREEK, MI AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN CRUISE CONTROL WITH MY WIFE AND 3 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER THE BRAKES APPLIED HARD. HAD TO STAND ON THE GAS AND WAS FIGHTING THE BRAKES BRAKES THAT WERE STILL APPLIED TO GET BACK TO 60 TO KEEP FROM BEING RUN OVER. PULLED OVER AND SHUT IT OFF. FOUND ICING ON THE FRONT SENSOR. RESTARTED CAR AND FAULT CLEARED. PROCEEDED ON HIGHWAY AND IT WORKED FOR A BIT BUT FAULT SHOWED UP AGAIN BUT WITHOUT THE HARD BRAKING. SHUT OFF THE AUTO BRAKING WHICH ALSO SHUTS OFF CRUISE CONTROL. IT WAS SNOWING SOME ON THAT TRIP. OUR RETURN TRIP THE NEXT DAY IT WAS SUNNY AND WE HAD NO PROBLEMS. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS A FUEL MILEAGE HISTORY THAT SHOWS UP WHEN YOU SHUT THE CAR OFF. IT SHOWED 10 MPG FOR THAT SHORT STINT WHEN WE HAD THE PROBLEM, OTHERWISE 26 MPG FOR ALL THE OTHER STINTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO COLE NISSAN IN KALAMAZOO, MI WHERE THEY HAD IT FOR TWO WEEKS. WE DESCRIBED HOW THE INSTRUMENT LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF SOMETIMES BEFORE THIS, BUT HAD NEVER APPLIED THE BRAKES LIKE THIS. WHEN WE WENT TO GET THE CAR WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO CODE SET AND THEY TESTED THE SENSORS AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. INTERESTINGLY, WE DIDN'T GET ANY SORT OF SERVICE REPORT OR PAPERWORK. DOES THAT MEAN THEY AREN'T REPORTING IT? THE SERVICE GUY TOLD US SOMETHING ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION BEING IN TOO LOW OF A GEAR AND THEY DIDN'T FIND A CODE THAT THE BRAKES HAD APPLIED. MAKES NO SENSE. THIS CAR SHOULD NOT REACT TO SNOW ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR BY LOCKING THE BRAKES OR "DOWNSHIFTING". THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY NISSAN.