2015 Nissan Rogue: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Apr 30, 2026 · Electrical · MA · fire

2015 Nissan Rogue was off and parked for 20 minutes when it went up in flames. There was a recall of 2014-2016 Rogues for electrical issues that could lead to fire, but my car was NOT recalled.

Filed Sep 30, 2024 · TX · fire

While driving the vehicle a burning smell became present. I pulled over into the nearest parking lot. Smoke started to come out of the engine compartment and increased over a short period of time. Fire flames came through the hood of the car. I called 911 and the fire department had to put out the flames. The car got towed and is sitting in a tow yard pending an insurance inspection. My safety was at risk because the car was engulfed in flames. Not sure if this problem has been reproduced, but I have seen reports of similar Nissan vehicles catching on fire in a similar manner. There were no warning signs that there was an issue with the car and I kept the maintenance of the car up to date. Dashcam installed in car captured me pulling over, the car begin to smoke and flames coming up from the hood.

Filed Nov 10, 2023 · FL · fire

Unknown, car not available for inspection. The car spontaneously caught fire and exploded while it was being driven in a public parking lot. Unknown. There were no warning lamps or indicators the entire duration of the car catching on fire and exploding.

Filed Jun 5, 2023 · Electrical, Engine · NC · fire

I was driving at approximately 25mph in a subdivision and my car turned off. I pulled over immediately to try to crank it but it would not crank. I noticed smoke coming from the engine so I exited the vehicle with my child. The smoke got way worse within a few minutes and then the front engine was engulfed in flames.

Filed Mar 9, 2022 · Electrical · MD · fire

On February 27, 2022, my car, 2015 Nissan Rogue, caught fire. My son had been driving it for work when he smelled faint smoke. Within minutes, he reached his place of employ, Papa Johns and parked with the smoke increasing. He went inside for a minute and came back out. At that point the car was on fire on the right side of car by the headlamp. The fire started within 5 minutes of the smoke. People brought out fire extinguishers and were able to extinguish the fire which had gotten very intense. 2-3 extinguishers were needed to put out the fire. The fire department showed up and assessed the car and said it was a electrical fire. There were no personal injuries and no other property damage (beside the car). Two possibly related incidents: 1) February 24, 2022 - the right front tire had to be replaced due to a heat ring on the the right front tire (the tires were only a year old), 2) February 24, 2022 at night - the right front headlamp burned out and was replaced on 2/27/22. The GEICO Claims adjuster believes that whatever caused the heat ring and the burned out bulb also caused the fire as everything happened in the same area. The Nissan Rogue had undergone a 100,000 mile maintenance inspection on January 31, 2022 with no electrical issues cited (but all other issues noted during the maintenance repaired by me to a cost of $1286.40). Caranddriver.com reports that a recall notice is to be issued by Nissan the first week of March 2022 on electrical issues leading to fire on the driver’s side. GEICO totaled the car and took title. The car is now in an insurance lot. My son could have been killed in this car had the car started smoking on the highway and caught fire and my son been unable to pull over and exit the vehicle quickly. The fire could have ruptured the gas tank and caused massive property damage to other vehicles and buildings. The car could have caused my house to catch fire had the car stated smoking in the garage and caught fire.

Filed Nov 20, 2021 · Transmission · MA

CVT Transmission failure. Loss of vehicle propulsion and burning smell on highway. Warning light came on after symptoms of failure. Owner has only driven 24k miles since purchase and goes for routine vehicle service at Nissan regularly. Further research show identical safety related issues for models with CVT from 2012-2016. There are no recalls despite pending lawsuits for this issue.

Filed Sep 11, 2021 · Electrical, Lights · PA · fire

All out of no wear car was seating and caught on fire on the inside of car. They said it was a electrical fire started in the dome light.

Filed Oct 18, 2020 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 11,000 miles · VI · fire

Electrical harness wiring back of the engine caught fire while climbing a hilly terrain during rain conditions on the island mountain road of st.thomas vi (charlotte amalie usvi).

Filed Mar 19, 2018 · 30,046 miles · VA · fire

The car had been parked 6:30 p.m. In private driveway. At 2:20 a.m. I was alerted by my neighbor . He had seen through the woods a fire, called the fire dept. He thought our house was on fire and ran over to see if we were ok. It was not our house but our 2015 nissan rogue.when he woke us the car was totally engulfed in flames. The fire dept arrived minutes later and it took awhile to put the fire totally out. Nothing remains of the car except the framing. I had purchased this car six months earlier with 20,000 miles. It had just turned 30,000 miles. There was no sign anything was amiss, no warning lights, odd sounds, nothing. We live in a rural area, wooded miles off the main road so I do not suspect this was done by human hands. I can only image this was some sort of electrical short that was slowly simmering for hours. The car had only been driven home (20 mile trip) and parked. The fire occurred 8 hours later. There was nothing flammable around the car. I fully believe the car self ignited during the eve. I called nissan to report this before I even called my insurance agent. I asked for an investigation. If this car had been parked in the garage I could have also lost my home and my family. I doubt this is an isolated incident, and I fear others my not be so fortunate as to loose only the car and no other damages. The car has been taken away and is to be investigated march 23,2018.