2016 NISSAN ROGUE Electrical System Problems

BAD AC/HEATER CONTROL. KNOWN ISSUE, NISSAN SERVICE BULLETIN #NTB15-045E I LIVE IN MN, AND JUST PURCHASED A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED NISSAN ROGUE. IT IS NOW WINTER AND THE HEATER HAS FAILED, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS ISSUE FOR THAT YEAR AND MODEL. MY HEATER FAILING, AND NOT ABLE TO DEFROST/DEFOG MY WINDSHIELD MEANS THAT I CAN'T SEE, AND EVEN THOUGH NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT IT, THEY HAVE NO MADE A RECALL ON IT.

THE IPDM (INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE) WAS FOUND INOPERABLE. THIS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE NOT BEING ABLE TO BE STARTED. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE GARAGE PREVIOUS TO THE EVENT AND WAS UNABLE TO BE MOVED FROM THE GARAGE UNDER ITS OWN POWER FOLLOWING THE EVENT. NO DETERMINATION WAS MADE ON WHAT LED TO THE IPDM BEING RENDERED INOPERABLE.

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF LIGHT TURNS ON WHEN PASSENGER IS SEATED AND THE LIGHT TURNS OFF WHEN SEAT IS EMPTY. THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY BIG SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE AIRBAG WILL NOT GO ACTIVATE WHEN SOMEONE IS SEATED.

FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS I'VE NOTICED MY TRUCK WILL HAVE PROBLEMS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW HARD I PUSH ON THE PEDAL IT JUST SITS THERE THEN JUMPS INTO ACTION. IT MAKES DRIVING IN STOP AND GO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC HORRIBLE. YOU WANT TO MOVE WITH TRAFFIC NOT RUN INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. AND TO TOP OFF THE WEEK THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT COME BACK UP AFTER BEING ROLLED DOWN. IT TAKES AT LEAST A MIN OR TWO BEFORE IT STARTS TO COME UP. BUT IT DOESN'T ROLL ALL THE WAY UP WITH OUT YOU HOLDING THE BUTTON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, SUCH AS THE RADIO AND INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS REMAINED ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LARRY H. MILLER NISSAN HIGHLANDS RANCH (1320 PLUM VALLEY LN, HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO 80129, (720) 907-0718) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

OUR 2016 NISSAN ROGUE RANDOMLY BLOWS ICE COLD AIR WHEN THE HEATER CONTROL IS SET FOR HEAT. LOOKING ONLINE I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM.

CAR DOES NOT GO INTO GEAR. SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN DRIVING. WILL NOT ACCELERATE AFTER STOPPING. IT REVS UP AND THEN ACCELERATES QUICKLY ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME.

WITHOUT WARNING, THE ENGINE IN MY CAR INTERMITTENTLY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THE CAR LOSES POWER TO THE STEERING WHEEL AND BREAKS. BECAUSE THE CAR IS IN MOTION WHEN THIS OCCURS, I CANNOT PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART IT. I HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND TURN THE KEY TO RESTART IT. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN DRIVING THE CAR FOR LONGER DISTANCES, ALTHOUGH NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. USE OF THE AIR CONDITIONER OR HEAT SEEM TO MAKE THE ISSUE WORSE. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASH ONCE PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. THE BATTERY IS STILL ON, SO THE RADIO IS STILL OPERATIONAL, AS ARE ALL OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS. I OFTEN DON'T KNOW THAT THE ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF UNTIL I TRY TO ACCELERATE OR BREAK AND AM UNABLE TO DO SO. IT IS...

THE EVAPORATOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR IS DEFECTED. IN 90 DEGREE HEAT AFTER DRIVING 2.5 MILES IN THE HEAT AIRCONDITIONER STOPS WORKING. TO FIX IT PART NUMBER IS 2773-4BUOA. NISSAN REFUSES TO REPLACE PART CAUSE COMPUTER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.

THE CONTROL PANEL DISPLAY LOOKS TO BE OUT. IT IS VERY HARD TO READ. IT ONLY DIMS OR BRIGHTENS BUT IS NOT CLEAR ENOUGH TO READ. THIS HAPPENED FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT 2 YEARS OLD YET AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THIS WAS NOT DUE TO AN ACCIDENT IT APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM SEEMS MORE LIKELY, CAUSE BY A FAULTY ELECTRONIC COMPONENT

FRONT COLLISION SENSOR GOES OFF AT RANDOM SPEEDS WHILE TRAVELING FORWARD WITH NO ONE ON THE ROAD AHEAD. THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY APPLIES THE BRAKE IN SOME INSTANCES. THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM ALSO RESETS ITSELF PERIODICALLY. PRIOR SERVICE HAS HAD THE ENTIRE BODY CONTROL MODULE REPLACED, BUT ELECTRICAL ISSUES PERSIST. MULTIPLE DEALERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH ISSUES ARE STILL PRESENT. SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD BY VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY APPLYING BRAKE RANDOMLY AND NISSAN STILL DOES NOTHING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THESE INSTANCE HAPPEN ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT CUT OFF AND A GOT A MESSAGE STATING TO CHECK THE CHASSIS CONTROL SYSTEM ERROR. IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALER ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 29, INITIALLY THEY SAID AFTER RUNNING NUMEROUS TEST THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG SO THEY GAVE ME THE KEYS AND AS SOON AS I DROVE OFF IT DID AGAIN, I IMMEDIATELY WENT BACK AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THE MESSAGE . THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE AND CALLED ME TO INFORM ME THAT THEY WOULD BE PUTTING A NEW CONTROLLER IN THE VEHICLE. ON TUESDAY JAN 2 I WAS TOLD MY CAR WAS READY, I PICKED IT UP DROVE HOME WITH NO PROBLEM. ON JAN 3 I DROVE TO AND FROM WORK WITH NO PROBLEM. AT APPROXIMATELY 700 AS I WAS GETTING READY TO GO TO CHURCH I TURNED THE CAR ON THEN ALL OF SUDDEN THE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND IT WOULDN'T...

CAR FEELS LIKE SOMEONE IS PUSHING GAS PEDAL AN LETTING GO DURING SLOW 30 MPH. DEALER SAID NORMAL. HEATER WOLD WORK ON HEAT AFTER MOTOR WAS HEATED APPROX AFTER TEN MINUTES DRVING TIME AN COULD HEAR IT KICK IN AFTERWARDS. DEALER REPLACED PARTS. STILL SAME ISSUES.DEALER TECH SAID NORMAL. I HAVE OLD CAR SITTING OUTSIDE HEATS WITHIN SECONDS. TAKES THIS ONE TEN MINUTES OR MORE DRIVE TIME TO HEAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S GARAGE KEPT..HOOD CONSTANTLY BOUNCES FOR NEW CAR. DEALER MADE ADJUSTMENTS TWICE. STILL SAME ISSUE. JUNKIEST CHEAP CAR I EVER OWNED AN WISH HADN'T PURCHASED IT!

A/C LINE INSTALLED DIRECTLY ABOVE ALTERNATOR. ON EXTENDED DRIVING TRIPS WITH A/C OPERATING AT MAXIMUM, CONDENSATION/MOISTURE ATTACHED TO LINE DRIPS FROM LINE ONTO ALTERNATOR CAUSING BATTERY LIGHT ON DASHBOARD TO FLICKER MOMENTARY. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS PERIODICALLY AND THE DEALER/NISSAN IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THE MALFUNCTION BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE WHEN TECHNICIAN RUNS A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. I INSTALLED INSULATION BOUGHT AT LOWE'S AND THE PROBLEM CEASED TO OCCUR. I THEN REMOVED THE INSULATION AND THE MALFUNCTION OCCURRED AGAIN (REPEATEDLY). I REINSTALLED INSULATION AND MALFUNCTION CEASED. TAKING THAT ACTION AND THE RESULT IS EVIDENCE THAT THE PROBLEM IS A DESIGN FLAW. I REQUESTED THAT NISSAN INSTALL PREFABRICATED INSULATION AS SEEN ON THE 2006 HONDA CRV WHICH HAS THE SAME A/C LINE CONFIGURATION, INSTALLED ABOVE THE ALTERNATOR. THAT IS TO PREVENT ALTERNATOR BEING RENDERED INOPERATIVE FROM CONSTANT MOISTURE INFUSION.

NISSAN'S INTELLIGENT KEY SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS THE CAR WHEN A DOOR IS SHUT, EVEN THOUGH THE KEY IS INSIDE. WE HAVE HAD THIS HAPPENS TWO TIMES THIS WEEK. MAYBE THE LATEST VERSION OF THEIR CAR SOFTWARE? WE JUST GOT THAT UPDATED. MY WIFE UNLOCKS ALL DOORS, OPENS PASSENGER CAR DOOR, PUTS PURSE WITH SMART KEY IN PASSENGER SEAT, SHUTS DOOR, OPENS REAR PASSENGER SEAT DOOR, PUTS SON IN CAR SEAT, SHUT DOOR AND BOOM, CAR LOCKS ITSELF. TWO TIMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO COME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO USE THE A/C UNIT, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS FIBER GLASS PARTICLES COMING THROUGH VENTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF FIBER GLASS ON THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS, THE REAR SEATS, AND ALSO HER ARTICLE OF CLOTHING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WOODY FOLSOM NISSAN OF VIDALIA, 1609 E. 1ST STREET, VIDALIA, GA 30474 TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CLEANED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS HOWEVER, THE ISSUE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES THAT COULD ARISE FROM BREATHING IN THE FIBER PARTICLES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT THERE WAS NO ASSISTANCE OFFERED IN HAVING THE ISSUE RESOLVED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 NISSAN ROGUE. WHEN IT RAINED OR WHEN THERE WAS MORNING CONDENSATION, THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK AUTOMATICALLY. ALSO, THE DOME LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND THE RED AND YELLOW PASSENGER DOOR AJAR WARNING SENSOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD ESCALATE THE ISSUE AND GET BACK WITH THE CONTACT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,900.