Nissan Juke

Owners filed 478 complaints across 7 model years of the Nissan Juke. The 2011 drew the most (153).

Model years7
Complaints478
Recalls14
Fires13
Deaths0

Which Nissan Juke years should you avoid?

Going by 478 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Nissan Juke years to avoid are 2011.

  • 2011153 complaints, 2.1× a typical Juke year, most often about the engine.

Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2015 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Nissan Juke model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
201714
123EngineRoutine
201628
113Power TrainRoutine
201534
1—2EngineRoutine
201459
237EngineRoutine
2013103
254EngineRoutine
201287
4—4EngineRoutine
2011Avoid153
324EngineRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.