2018 Nissan Rogue Brakes

CAR BRAKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THERE WAS NO CAR IN FRONT OR BACK OF ME AND MY VEHICLE JUST SUDDENLY BRAKED. HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY IN BROOKLYN, NY ON THE BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY. DATE OF OCCURANCE IS JULY 4TH 2019.

AS I WAS DRIVING BACK TO HOME IN ORANGE COUNTY, CA, ON 6/27/2019 AT AROUND 8 P.M., I OPENED THE GARAGE DOOR A COUPLE OF GARAGE-DOORS DOWN AND AS I WAS SLOWING THE CAR DOWN TO TURN AND ENTER THE GARAGE, THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK, AND THE CAR SPED UP INSTEAD. I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT TO BRAKE THE SPEED OF THE CAR AND TO AVOID A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH THE GARAGE'S FRONT WALL. THE AIR BAGS GOT DEPLOYED AND I GOT BADLY BRUISED. MY RIGHT FOOT'S RIGHT ANKLE ALSO HIT A METAL ON THE RIGHT (MOST PROBABLY GAS PEDAL AS IT WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY FOOT) AS I TURNED THE CAR TO THE RIGHT. AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING (AEB) IS STANDARD ON ROGUE/ROGUE SPORT MODEL YEAR 2018, AMONG OTHER NISSAN MODELS. HOWEVER, NOT ONLY THE BRAKES OF THE VEHICLE FAILED ON ME BUT ALSO AEB SYSTEM DID NOT KICK IN TO AVOID THE COLLISION. IT WAS ENTERPRISE RENTAL CAR. THEY NEXT MORNING IT WAS TOWED TO THEIR LOCATION IN LAKE FOREST, OC. THEY ARE WORKING WITH ME TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MATTER. MY HOPE IS THEY WILL TAKE THE RIGHT AND CONSCIENTIOUS APPROACH TO THE MATTER TO AVOID MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND GRAVER CONSEQUENCES IN THE FUTURE. I WILL UPDATE AS I WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO SHARE.

MY 2018 NISSAN ROGUE ACTIVATES THE AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING ( AEB) ON IT'S OWN. IT HAS OCCURRED FIVE OR SIX TIMES, TWICE WHILE CROSSING RR TRACKS. ONE OF THESE INSTANCES HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND THE DODGE TRUCK BEHIND US VERY NEAR REAR ENDED US. THE OTHER AEB ACTIVATIONS WERE ON LEVEL ROAD AT NORMAL DRIVING SPEEDS. THE BRAKES JUST ACTIVATE AND BRING THE VEHICLE TO A NEAR STOP. HOPEFULLY THIS CAN BE RESOLVED.

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM ENGAGED. THERE WAS NO APPARENT OBSTRUCTION WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE AEB SYSTEM TO ENGAGE. I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR EXACTLY 1 WEEK AND THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. BOTH TIMES, THE SYSTEM ENGAGED FOR APPROX 2-3 SECONDS AND THEN MY CAR RETURNED TO NORMAL DRIVING. WHILE IT DID NOT BRING ME TO A FULL STOP, IT DID SLOW ME DOWN AND CREATED FEAR, DISTRACTION AND A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE ALL WHILE ACTIVELY DRIVING WITH MY TODDLER IN THE VEHICLE.

VEHICLE IS AUTOMATICALLY BRAKING EVEN WHEN THERE ARE NO OTHER VEHICLES OR OBSTACLES NEAR BY. TWO TIMES SINCE BUYING MY NISSAN IN APRIL MY CAR HAS BRAKED TO A HARD STOP WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT SPEED OF 35MPH OR MORE (ONCE ON CITY ROADS AND ONCE ON HIGHWAY) FOR NO REASON. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT HAD OTHER CARS BEEN BEHIND ME. I HAD EVEN DISABLED THE AUTO BRAKING FEATURE AFTER THE FIRST TIME HOPING TO AVOID THE ISSUE REOCCURRING. UNFORTUNATELY THAT DID NOT WORK .

THE AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM ENGAGED ON JULY 6 2108. THERE WAS NOT AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE ROAD ON THIS CITY STREET. WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD, THE CAR MADE A NOISE, THE DASHBOARD FLASHED, THE CAR SHUDDERED AND CAME TO A VERY QUICK, ALMOST IMMEDIATE STOP. THE VEHICLE RESUMED WORKING AS NORMAL WHEN I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL AFTER THE STOP. THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD AT THE TIME. THE ROAD HAD SOME LARGE PATCHES ON THE ASPHALT. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ~25 MPH WHEN THIS OCCURRED.

I EXPERIENCED UNWARRANTED BRAKE ASSIST WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO VEHICLES AROUND ME AND IT WAS QUITE FRANKLY VERY DISTURBING. THIS ISSUE HAS NOT HAPPENED A SINGLE TIME DURING OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLW

AUTOMATIC FRONT BRAKING (AFB) SYSTEM CONTINUES TO INAPPROPRIATELY ENGAGE EVEN AFTER RECALL UPDATES WERE COMPLETED AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. WHEN DRIVING THE CAR WILL, WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION (IE THERE ARE NO OBSTICALS IN FRONT OF CAR) AUTOMATICALLY APPLY THE BREAKS. AFTER THE UPDATE IT HAPPENED TO ME WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, MY TODDLER WAS IN THE CAR, LUCKILY I DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND NISSAN HAS FAILED TO CORRECT IT. NISSAN SAID AFB CANNOT BE PERMANENTLY DISABLED AND SAID IT IS NOW DRIVER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MANUALLY TURN IT OFF EACH TIME THE CAR IS STARTED.

AEB RANDOMLY ENGAGES WHEN THERE IS NO REASON TO. NO OTHER VEHICLES IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS HAD THIS OCCUR AS SLOW AS 25MPH ON LOCAL ROADWAYS AND ON FREEWAYS GOING 45MPH. NO CLEAR/OBVIOUS TRIGGER FOR WHEN IT ENGAGES IMPROPERLY. AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN TIMES SINCE OWNERSHIP BEGAN SEPT 2018. RECENTLY 3 TIMES WITHIN LAST MONTH. RECEIVED MAILING FROM NISSAN IN FEBRUARY 2019. DEALERSHIP KEPT MAILING WHEN BROUGHT IN VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY. DIDN'T HAVE SENSOR TO REPLACE ON VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THE CONTACT NOTICED A RED LINE ACROSS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ALL THE INDICATORS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY STOPPED AND WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE MINUTES LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT BUMPER BRAKE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED AND THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT TO VISIT A NISSAN DEALER. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,798.

HAVE HAD THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE CAR BREAKED WITH NO APPARENT OBSTRUCTION WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ON CITY STREET:

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2018 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING LESS THAN 25 MPH AND EXITING A HIGHWAY, THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED TO RELEASE PROPERLY AND WAS HARD TO DEPRESS. THE FAILURE RESULTED IN THE DRIVER CRASHING INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY DURING HIGH TRAFFIC. THE DRIVER MANEUVERED THE BRAKE PEDAL HOWEVER, IT FAILED TO RESPOND AND LOCKED. THE DRIVERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES, THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED WHIP LASH AND NECK PAINS WHICH REQUIRED FURTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE DEALER VALLEJO NISSAN, :3287 SONOMA BLVD, VALLEJO, CA 94590, (707) 656-4041 FOR FURTHER TESTING AND DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE WITHOUT RETAINING THE VEHICLE TO PROVIDE THE OPTION OF A LOANER VEHICLE. AN ENGINEER WAS TO BE SENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOR A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM WITHIN 4 TO 6 WEEKS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER AND WAS TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE DEALER AND THE OWNER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,500.

THE AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATED WITHOUT CAUSE. IT HAS DONE THIS TWICE ON THE SAME SECTION OF ROAD SEVERAL MONTHS APART. BOTH TIMES IT PUT ON THE BRAKES, GAVE A RED WARNING BANNER ON THE DASH, AND THEN SHORTLY LATER STOPPED BRAKING. AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY INSTALLED A SOFTWARE UPGRADE. BOTH TIMES WE WERE DRIVING ON A NEWLY PAVED ROAD WELL BEHIND THE VEHICLE AHEAD AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE SECOND TIME WE THINK WE NOTICED A SHUDDERING FEELING WHILE THE CAR WAS BRAKING.

THE EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM IS ENGAGING, CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY. I HEAR THREE BEEPS, THEN A DROP DOWN MENU APPEARS ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN WITH A TRIANGLE WITH AN EXCLAMATION MARK INSIDE OF IT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER, I HEAR A GRINDING NOISE AND THE CAR SLOWS DOWN. I DO NOT FEEL THE BRAKE PEDAL PHYSICALLY DEPRESS, BUT IT SHAKES. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST 4 WEEKS, AND SEEMS TO BE GETTING MORE FREQUENT. I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER ONCE A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND I HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT ON MONDAY.

WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED WITHOUT ME BRAKING. IT JUST AUTOMATICALLY STOPPED. A WARNING SYMBOL FLASHED QUICKLY ON MY DASH THEN THE CA CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT. THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, ALTHOUGH I WAS ONLY GOING. 20 MPH.

I WAS DRIVING AND THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO STOP YOU IF GOING TO CRASH DECIDED TO GO KICK INT WITH NOTHING IN FRONT OF ME WHILE DRIVING ON A NORMAL ROAD NO CARS AND NO OBSTRUCTIONS, WE WERE ALMOST HIT FROM THE BACK BUT THE CAR WAS ABLE TO SWERVE AND DIDN'T HIT US. THIS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES. I TOOK IT IN AND THE DEALERSHIP KNEW OF THE PROBLEM AND SAID THEY COULD FIX IT. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL IT WAS VERY SCARY AND UNAVOIDABLE.

AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKE (AEB) ENGAGED SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE DRIVING AND NO APPARENT OBSTRUCTION WAS NEARBY.

THE SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE AEB SYSTEM PROVIDED BY NISSAN DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM OF THE AEB ENGAGING AT RANDOM.

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING A RANDOM AND REPETITIVE ENGAGEMENT OF THE AEB SYSTEM WITH NO APPARENT REASON FOR ACTIVATION. IN SOME INSTANCES, IT IS MERELY A WARNING AND OTHERS A FULL HARD BRAKING. THE PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED DURING INITIAL DAY OF OWNERSHIP ON MARCH 13, 2018. DEALER STATED THAT NISSAN WAS AWARE OF SOME ISSUES AND WAS WORKING ON A SOLUTION. PROBLEM CONTINUED TO REOCCUR AND A SOFTWARE UPDATE (NTB 18-041A) WAS COMPLETED ON MARCH 1, 2019. THE UPDATE DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ON AUGUST 20, 2019 VEHICLE WAS AGAIN BROUGHT IN AND DOCUMENTED THAT THE SYSTEM HAD FAILED SHOWING 'RADAR STAIN CODE C1A16'. A FORWARD EMERGENCY BRAKING SENSOR WAS TO BE ORDERED AS SOON AS THE NISSAN COMPUTER NETWORK WAS RESTORED TO SERVICE. DEALER CONTACTED ME WHEN PART CAME IN AND AN INSTALLATION APPOINTMENT WAS SET FOR AUGUST 27. WHEN I ARRIVED FOR THE INSTALL, SERVICE ADVISOR INFORMED ME THAT A 'SERVICE BULLETIN' HAD COME ON THAT MORNING RELATING TO THE AEB ISSUE AND REFUSED TO INSTALL THE MALFUNCTIONING PART. THE REASON GIVEN WAS THAT THE FIELD SERVICE ACTION (P9327 ROGUE AEB NTB19-064) REQUIRED A CURRENT STAIN CODE AND NONE HAD OCCURRED SINCE THE DIAGNOSIS A WEEK EARLIER. A COMPLAINT WAS MADE TO NISSAN (CASE # 36911652) ON THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 27. I RECEIVED A CALL FROM NISSAN THE FOLLOWING DAY STATING THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE PART UNLESS ANOTHER FAILURE OCCURS. IN AN EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND THEIR RESPONSE I ASKED THEM ONE SIMPLE QUESTION: 'IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, I HAVE TO EXPERIENCE ANOTHER INSTANCE THAT COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY BEFORE THE SENSOR CAN BE INSTALLED?' NISSAN'S RESPONSE WAS SIMPLY YES.

WHILE DRIVING YESTERDAY, MY VEHICLE CAME TO A SCREECHING STOP WITH ANY WARNING. THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD NEAR ME, NO DEBRIS, NOTHING WHICH SHOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS. I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY GET TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE AND BREATHE WHILE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT JUST HAPPENED. MY 2 CHILDREN AND I SAT THERE STUNNED AND SCARED. THANKFULLY BECAUSE NO OTHER CARS WERE AROUND WE AVOIDED A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THE SUDDEN STOP. I PULLED OUT MY CAR MANUAL AND DISCOVERED IT WAS A "SAFETY FEATURE" AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BREAKING. I DONT THINK IT'S A SAFETY FEATURE IF IT ALMOST CAUSES AN ACCIDENT.

AEB MALFUNCTIONING BRAKES APPLY INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING WITH NO OBSTRUCTION IN FRONT OF THE CAR. VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON A 40MPH SPEED LIMIT ROAD THE BRAKES APPLIED AND SHE JUST MISSED BEING REAR ENDED.

DRIVING LOCAL IN CITY STREET HEADING STRAIGHT APROX. 25 MILES AN HOUR. BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGED IN A LOCK UP CAUSING A GRINDING AN HAULT. HAPPENS FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS & THEN RELEASED BACK TO NORMAL. ALMOST CAUSING TO BE REAR ENDED. THIS IS NOT THE 1ST. TIME OF THIS OCCURRENCE TAKEN PLACE.

THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. WHILE DRIVING AT AROUND 35 MPH THE BREAKING SYSTEM ENGAGES FOR NO APPARENT REASON CAUSING THE CAR TO RAPIDLY SLOW TO ALMOST A STOP. IN BOTH CASES THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO CAUSE THIS. VEHICLE LOSES SPEED AT A RAPID PACE CAUSING THE OCCUPANTS TO BE THROWN FORWARD INTO THE SEATBELTS. ONCE AT VERY SLOW SPEED THE BREAKS RELEASE AND THE VEHICLE OPERATORS NORMAL. BOTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET WITH THE CAR IN DRIVE.

AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BREAKS ENGAGE AT RANDOM TIMES. THERE IS NEVER ANYTHING IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE OR IN ITS PATH, BUT THE CAR BEEPS, SHAKES, AND THE BREAKS ENGAGE AT RANDOM MOMENTS.

DURING NORMAL DRIVING , DRY ROADS, IN BOTH DAYLIGHT AND NIGHT DRIVING EMERGENCY BRAKING ACTIVATED AND THERE WAS NO OBJECT IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND EVENTS ALSO OCCURRED AFTER VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER FOR A "SOFTWARE UPDATE."