Nissan Kicks
Owners filed 529 complaints across 9 model years of the Nissan Kicks. The 2019 drew the most (134).
Which Nissan Kicks years should you avoid?
No Nissan Kicks year stands out. Across the 5 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 86), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
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 Kicks model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 9 | 3 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 42 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2024 | 40 | 1 | — | 2 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2023 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 | Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency Braking | Routine | |
| 2022 | 24 | 0 | — | 2 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2021 | 78 | 2 | — | 6 | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2020 | 98 | 0 | — | 7 | Forward Collision Avoidance › Warnings | Routine | |
| 2019 | 134 | 1 | — | 5 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2018 | 86 | 1 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.