2010 NISSAN ROGUE — Complaint #1537207
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NHTSA Complaint about STEERING:RACK AND PINION:PINION SHAFT filed February 6, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1537207 (ODI reference 11174676) concerns a 2010 NISSAN ROGUE and was filed on February 6, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 28, 2019. The vehicle had 120,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as steering:rack and pinion:pinion shaft, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same NISSAN ROGUE cohort independently describe similar steering:rack and pinion:pinion shaft failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2010 NISSAN ROGUE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PINION NUT BECAME LOOSE AND THE DRIVESHAFT DETACHED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH. THE CONTACT COULD NOT STEER AND HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO STRAUB NISSAN (205 STRAUB DR, TRIADELPHIA, WV 26059, (304) 233-2222). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE PINION NUT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE WARRANTY DEPARTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1537207 |
| ODI Number | 11174676 |
| Date Filed | February 6, 2019 |
| Failure Date | January 28, 2019 |
| VIN | JN8AS5MV2AW |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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