AutoUtility currently tracks 28 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2016 Nissan Juke. Powertrain & Transmission issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 9 complaints (32.1% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 3 filings cite a crash, 1 cites a fire.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 28 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Powertrain & Transmission (9 reports • 32.1% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Engine & Cooling (8), Electrical System (6)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 3 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
28
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
3
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2016 Nissan Juke

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 32.1% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

9 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 28.6% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

8 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
🔥 1 fire report
#3 Problem Area 21.4% of complaints

Electrical System

6 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Steering System

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#5 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Suspension

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2016 Nissan Juke

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11648114
Filed: 03/13/2025

"The contact owns a 2016 Nissan Juke. The contact stated while driving 30-35 MPH, the steering wheel jerked to the left unintendedly, and the vehicle accelerated unintendedly. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that upon depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle responded as..."

Incident Date: 03/01/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Steering System NHTSA ODI ID: #11626853
Filed: 11/22/2024

"I’ve had 3 sets of oem control arms fail repeatedly all have been replaced by dealer anytime you go over w bump it bends the control arms"

Incident Date: 11/02/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: STEERING,SUSPENSION
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11613857
Filed: 09/10/2024

"For 8 years Since 20161st The struts, censor, Control panel, Window, 3 transmissions, Electronic multi-way control valve, EGR system, Radiator. All of these troubles since 2016 every year a problem."

Incident Date: 09/10/2016 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE
Brakes & Traction Control NHTSA ODI ID: #11588221
Crash Cited Filed: 05/11/2024

"The brakes in my car failed to work, leaving me swirling around on the highway. Yes it is available for inspection. I was a car accident that left me with a concussion and minor injuries. No the car is now totaled. The vehicle did receive an appraisal inspection. No they were absolutely no warnings..."

Incident Date: 03/02/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: STEERING,WHEELS,SERVICE BRAKES
Steering System NHTSA ODI ID: #11516793
Filed: 04/12/2023

"I'm the only owner of this vehicle. In Dec 2021 (@ 61000 miles) I had problems with steering my vehicle. I went to break and could not break on the expressway. I was on a 55 miles expressway during rush hour traffic. I came to a stop on the side of the road and when I try to engage the accelerator..."

Incident Date: 04/10/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: STEERING,SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Nissan Juke

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2017)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Nissan Juke 34 2 1 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Nissan Juke Current Page 28 3 1 Current
2017 Nissan Juke 14 3 1 View 2017 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2016 Nissan Juke

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 20 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 4 0 0 0 0
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 3 2 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 3 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 1 0 1 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,WHEELS,SERVICE BRAKES 1 1 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,WHEELS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
TIRES,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (28). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.