2015 Nissan Rogue: headlights failing or too dim

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 Oct 3, 2020 · Lights · 63,560 miles · CT

On the evening of sept. 23, 2020, I was on a city street in mystic and had extreme difficulty seeing, to the point where I hit a curb. My passenger asked me if I had my headlights on and I assured her I had, but it did not appear that we could see clearly at all. She thought I probably had plastic headlight covers that had discolored took car to nissan dealership and established that was the problem but they could not just remove "glaze" from outside since glaze was inside the headlight. Quoted $1,000 to repair. Called nissan headquarters and they agreed to adjust cost to approximately $500; I will have repair done since I need to drive at night on occasion; however, this is a totally unsafe situation if left unaddressed. I do believe this was a serious safety hazard and probably should be a "recall issue"

Filed Mar 28, 2019 · Lights · 34,000 miles · KS

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan rogue. The contact stated that the passenger side headlight retained water. The vehicle was taken to hatchett hyundai east (316‑977‑7800, located at 11200 e central ave, wichita, ks) where it was stated that the warranty expired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 34,000.

Filed Jan 25, 2019 · Lights · 40,954 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 nissan rogue. The contact stated that the headlights were dim and produced inadequate lighting. The contact could barely see a vehicle length in front of him or any other surrounding vehicles. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to carbone nissan (4967 commercial dr, yorkville, ny 13495, (315) 624-0402) where the mechanic stated that there was no failure with the headlights and the range of the projection was fine. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,954.

Filed Oct 31, 2017 · 30,000 miles · CT

This is not a failure at this time but more of a safety concern. The windshield of our rogue 'concave' is the area around the rearview mirror (this can be seen in the attached photo - note the distortion of the reflected image of the trees within blue circle). When you press on the inside of the glass that distorted area slight 'flexes' - suggest a weak point in the glass. I have video can email but too large to attached herein. Dealer / nissan says this is normal - I say its a 'failure waiting to happen'. I have look at other similar rogues and do not find the same issue as noted here. Thanks for your attention and look forward to your response. I would also like to note: the dashboard of this car illuminates along with day time driving lights when engine is started. Here is the problem with this - in the evening the lite dash gives the driver the impression 'all lights are on' - and yes the day time lights are bright enough to drive at nite - but all the tail lights / main head lights are off. To prove this as a potential problem - so far I have seen 3 rogues driving on the highway with no tail / head lights !

Filed May 16, 2016 · Lights, Suspension · NY

Transmission was replaced within 6 months of having the car. They also adjust idle speed within a month of having the car and also had issues with power sockets. Car makes rattle noise when accelerating and make less gas milage than average . They had reprogrammed the TCM already. They also changed the shifter . They had adjust both front brake backing plates. I won't recognize the smart key sometimes. They replaced one headlight already. It has several recalls.