AutoUtility currently tracks 19 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2023 Nissan Leaf. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 10 complaints (52.6% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 6 filings cite a crash.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 19 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (10 reports • 52.6% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (3), Visibility, Wipers & Glass (3)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 6 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 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
19
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
6
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
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 2023 Nissan Leaf

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

#1 Problem Area 52.6% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

10 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 5 crash reports
#2 Problem Area 15.8% of complaints

Electrical System

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#3 Problem Area 15.8% of complaints

Visibility, Wipers & Glass

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 10.5% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 1 crash report
#5 Problem Area 5.3% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

1 owner complaint 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 2023 Nissan Leaf

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

Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11744473
Filed: 06/16/2026

"The image displayed on the dashboard when backing up is, occasionally, blank. This only happens sporadically. When it does happen, it is annoying and dangerous."

Incident Date: 05/21/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11743717
Filed: 06/12/2026

"The vehicle has experienced approximately ten+ incidents while driving at freeway speeds on dry roads where the traction-control indicator illuminated and the vehicle unexpectedly lost power. During these events, the vehicle would not accelerate normally despite accelerator input, and vehicle speed..."

Incident Date: 06/10/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11729340
Filed: 04/06/2026

"Backup camera image intermittently goes out and just shows a mostly black image. It appears to match a previous recall that does not yet cover our model year (2023): 24V071000. The image can sometimes be restored by slamming the hatchback shut, but it is not a permanent fix."

Incident Date: 04/06/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER
Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11700046
Filed: 11/18/2025

"Heat from HVAC system stops working at temperatures below 20 degrees F. It starts blowing cold air and cannot keep up with the cold, to the point that it becomes dangerously cold in the car, especially for my young children."

Incident Date: 01/03/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11648495
Filed: 03/15/2025

"Rear camera sometimes does not work when backing up. When the problem occurs, the screen inside the car that is supposed to show an image of the area in back of the vehicle is completely black. The problem does not occur often. It is not easily reproducible. The vehicle can be made available for..."

Incident Date: 03/14/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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 Leaf

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Nissan Leaf 109 8 4 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Nissan Leaf 36 1 4 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Nissan Leaf 0 0 2 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Nissan Leaf 66 9 4 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Nissan Leaf 253 4 5 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Nissan Leaf 162 1 6 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Nissan Leaf 53 2 4 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Nissan Leaf 90 7 4 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Nissan Leaf Current Page 19 6 3 Current
2024 Nissan Leaf 5 0 0 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Nissan Leaf 7 0 0 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Nissan Leaf 0 0 2 View 2026 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 2023 Nissan Leaf

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 12 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 4 1 0 0 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 4 3 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 2 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 1 1 0 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 1 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 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 (19). 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.