Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
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1 of the 1 complaints (100%) are about the brakes.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes · brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 (NA) NISSAN LEAF. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHOOK AND VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. AFTER RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ERRONEOUSLY ACCELLERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS FAULTY. THE FAILURE WAS NOT IMMEDIETLY REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,500.
All 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2023 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 96 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2021 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 167 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 260 | 5 | 2 | 0 | Above average |
| 2018 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 110 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.