There are 16 owner-reported body & structure complaints for the 2009 Nissan Roguein NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 32 DEGREES WHEN TRYING TO OPEN THE DRIVER DOOR HANDLE THE CABLE HAS CAME OUT OF THE HOUSING. WHICH NOW THE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE.
FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVERSIDE DOORS WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. WITH INTERMITTENT INSIDE DOOR OPENING ISSUE AS WELL. OCCURS IN COLD WEATHER FREEZING AREAS.
WE HAVE STOPPED DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT & UNTIL WE GET A SOLUTION, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS MY NISSAN ROGUE STARTED MAKING TERRIBLE NOISES UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE AREA, LIKE METAL ON METAL SOUNDS. I HAD ASSUMED MAYBE MY CV BOOT NEEDED REPLACED SO I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION TODAY THAT THE SUB BODY FRAME BUSHINGS ARE COMPLETELY GONE ON 2 SPOTS. IN MY OPINION THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN SHOULD BE A RECALL OUR WARRANTY ITEM WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
REAR BUMPER CAME UNATTACHED ON I-24, 70MPH ZONE, ON RIGHT SIDE. NISSAN AND AUTO DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR OR INVESTIGATE DUE TO EXPIRED WARRANTY. OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR ONE YEAR. NO ACCIDENTS (NONE REPORTED ON CAR FAX) BOTH ARE STATING I AM AT FAULT FOR BUMPER COMING APART. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING NOR HAS ANYONE HIT ME. ## VIN PASSED ## NISSAN ROGUE SL ##
THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE DRIVER SIDE FROZE AND WON'T OPEN THIS IS A SAFETY RECALL BUT IS ONLY COVERED ONCE AND IS A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR THE 2009 CARS . DRIVER SIDE DOOR WON'T OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE ONLY THE INSIDE ONCE IT FREEZES IT REQUIRES LABOR HOURS TO TEAR APART THE DOOR TO FIX IT.
BOTH FRONT DOORS WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN OUR DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT. DESPITE HAVING ONLY 44,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER WE WERE TOLD BY A NISSAN REP THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE CAR. IF WE WANT THE CAR FIXED WE WERE TOLD BY THE NISSAN DEALER THE COST WOULD BE ABOUT $700. BECAUSE THE DOORS WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD IN THE EVENT WE WERE INCAPACITATED INSIDE THE CAR,OR A CHILD WERE TO GET STUCK INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
DURING ICE AND SNOWY CONDITIONS THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE MECHANISM FAILS NOT ALLOWING YOU TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES ON THE DRIVERS DOOR AND ONCE ON THE PASSENGER DOOR. TO FIX THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE TO TAKE APART THE DOOR AND RE HOOK UP A CABLE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A VIN NUMBER RECALL FOR THIS BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE MY ROGUE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT FIXED AND THEY WANTED TO CHARGE 600 DOLLARS FOR THEIR FLAWED MECHANISM ON 1 SIDE!!! MAJOR PAIN TO HAVE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OR REACH OVER THE SEAT TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NISSAN SHOULD FIX WHEN THEY KNOW IT IS AN ISSUE WITH OTHER NISSAN VEHICLES. NOT HAPPY WITH NISSAN OR THEIR SERVICE. THE LAST TIME IT OCCURRED WAS 12/18/2015. BUT IT HAS HAPPENED THE LAST 3 WINTERS AND I FIXED IT .
THE RIGHT DOOR HANDLE SUDDENLY BECAME UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. *TR
MY 2009 NISSAN PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE, ALSO DRIVER DOOR IS THE SAME, HAVE TO CLIMB INTO BACK SEAT TO OPEN UP. TOOK TO FUSSILLO NISSAN IN NY. TECH SAID DOOR CABLE WAS FROZEN AND BROKE FROM HANDLE. I SEE THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH ALL LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS VEHICLE. SERVICE MANAGER ADMITTED THAT THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR EVERYONE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT COVERED AND THE JOB WAS GOING TO COST ME ALMOST $600. WHAT IS NISSAN DOING ABOUT THIS??? *TR
ON DEC.30 2013 WENT TO OPEN FRONT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND HEARD A POP AND DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN, HAD TO CRAWL THROUGH PASSENGER SIDE TO OPEN DOOR. THE NEXT DAY WENT TO OPEN PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND SAME THING HAPPENED. I TOOK OFF DOOR PANEL AND COULD SEE WHERE THE CABLES HAD COME OFF. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID ON BOTH SIDES THE CABLES HAD POPPED OUT OF THE LATCHES. THEY CHARGED ME $500.00 TO FIX BOTH DOORS. HAPPENED AGAIN IN MARCH 2014 ON PASSENGER SIDE. *TR
DEFECTIVE DOOR HANDLE/LOCKING ASSEMBLY. BOTH FRONT DOORS HANDLE ASSEMBLY FROZE UP PREVENTING ME FROM OPENING BOTH DOORS. IT COST ME $480 FOR THE REPAIRS TO BOTH DOORS. IN THE MEAN TIME MY WIFE HAD CLIMB FROM THE BACK SEAT TO PPT HE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS OUT WARRANTY AND NISSAN DID PAY FOR THE COST OF THE PARTS, I FEEL THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED AS A SAFETY RECALL. NISSAN SAYS THERE NO WAY TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN NISSAN AND MOST LIKELY WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THEM IN THE FUTURE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ROGUE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN WHEN PROMPTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN EVEN WHILE UNLOCKED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR PANEL WAS REMOVED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED WERE UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.
VEHICLE SPEED DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS SITUATION. THE HANDLE ON THE PASSENGER DOOR FREEZES OR IT SPRUNG, INSIDE THE HANDLE ITSELF. WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED 3 TIMES NOW SINCE 2013, IF YOU CHECK THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF 2009/2010 NISSAN ROGUES THAT HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE WHY? WE WERE TOLD BY A PERSON AT ONE OF THE NISSAN DEALERSHIPS THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE WEAKNESS IN THE HANDLES MECHANISM. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS SHOULD THERE BE A FIRE, ACCIDENT ETC, AND SOMEONE NEEDED TO GET A PERSON OUT OF THAT SIDE OF THE CAR. AS IT IS NOW YOU CAN NOT OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE! MY HUSBAND HAS HAD IT FIXED 3 TIMES AND WE FEEL THIS HAS GOT TO BE A RECALL ISSUE DUE TO THE RECURRENCE OF THE HANDLE BREAKING OVER AND OVER. NOT TO MENTION SO MANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. IT IS MY CONTENTION THAT IT SHOULD BE FIXED BY NISSAN AND NOT PAID FOR BY US THIS TIME. YOUR SPEED IN HANDLING THIS PROBLEM WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *TR
UNDER THE COLD WEATHER, BOTH OF THE FRONT DOORS COULDN'T OPEN FROM OUTSIDE SINCE THE LINKAGE OF THE DOOR LOCK FROZEN AND THE CABLE WAS DETACHED. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED UNDER A RECALL, HOWEVER, IT IS NOW HAPPENING AGAIN IN DEC 2014. IT IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE IF YOU HAVE TO OPEN DOORS FROM THE BACK TO GET ACCESS. *TR
BOTH FRONT DOORS GOT JAMMED? AND WOULD NOT OPEN. CAR WAS IN NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS TO FIX. *TR
I JUST RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 15V-032 FOR DRIVER SIDE WATER LEAK. MY VEHICLE HAS LEAK ON PASSENGER SIDE. CARPET IS MOLDY AND BADLY DISCOLORED. ANY WAY THE 2 ARE CONNECTED? *TR
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