AutoUtility currently tracks 73 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport. Powertrain & Transmission issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 23 complaints (31.5% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 3 filings cite a crash, 2 cite a fire, 1 reports one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 73 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Powertrain & Transmission (23 reports • 31.5% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Engine & Cooling (20), Electrical System (13)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 3 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 2 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 1 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
73
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
3
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
2
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
1
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport

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

#1 Problem Area 31.5% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

23 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report 🩹 2 injury report entries
#2 Problem Area 27.4% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

20 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report 🔥 1 fire report 🩹 2 injury report entries
#3 Problem Area 17.8% of complaints

Electrical System

13 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 fire report
#4 Problem Area 11% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

8 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 3 crash reports 🩹 2 injury report entries
#5 Problem Area 8.2% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

6 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 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport

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

Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11758417
Filed: 08/21/2026

"The front passenger seat Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensor failed. When the passenger seat is completely empty and vacant, the dashboard airbag warning light illuminates and stays on. However, when an adult sits in the passenger seat, the warning light turns off and the system functions..."

Incident Date: 08/06/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11721516
Filed: 03/02/2026

"I am getting P0101 and P0102 error code related to mass or volumn air flow sensor"

Incident Date: 07/01/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11708917
Filed: 01/05/2026

"Vehicle shut down a few times at low speed."

Incident Date: 01/04/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11708066
Filed: 12/31/2025

"Vehicle has plume of blue smoke each time it turns on, burning oil. Was informed by mechanic that it is a bad piston ring, which is common with this vehicle’s engine. It will eat through a full engine of oil in two months. 4K-10k fix. Car has 71k miles on it; under 10k miles put on it a year. Gets..."

Incident Date: 12/31/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11697405
Filed: 11/04/2025

"The contact owns a 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport. The contact stated that upon entering and closing the door, the message "Door Ajar" was displayed. The dome lights failed to turn off. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was taken to an independent..."

Incident Date: 10/21/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,INTERIOR LIGHTING
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 Rogue Sport

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2017–2022)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2017 Nissan Rogue Sport Current Page 73 3 1 Current
2018 Nissan Rogue Sport 93 8 2 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Nissan Rogue Sport 99 2 2 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Nissan Rogue Sport 57 6 1 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Nissan Rogue Sport 35 7 3 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Nissan Rogue Sport 12 2 1 View 2022 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 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 26 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 15 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 13 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 8 0 1 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 7 0 0 0 0
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 5 0 0 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 2 0 1 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 1 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,INTERIOR LIGHTING 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 1 1 0 2 0
POWER TRAIN,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 0 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 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 (73). 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.