2017 Nissan LEAF

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Coverage held for this vehicle

  • OFFICIAL ACTION 2 US Recalls
  • MANUFACTURER COMMUNICATION 76 Manufacturer Bulletins
  • INVESTIGATION 1 Investigations
  • CONSUMER REPORT 17 Consumer Complaints
  • CANADIAN RECALL 3 Canada Recalls

These are counts of distinct official records held locally. They are not combined into any score, and a record count is not a failure rate. A zero means no record is held here, not that none exists.

US Recalls

NHTSA Recall US

  • 23V296000 2023-04-26

    Recall 23V296000

    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2013-2017 LEAF vehicles. The Owner's Manual instructions for defroster operation are incorrect and may result in reduced defroster performance under specific conditions. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 103, "Windshield Defrosting and Defogging Systems."

    Recorded model years: 2017

  • 17V253000 2017-04-13

    Recall 17V253000

    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2015-2017 LEAF and 2014, 2016 and 2017 Sentra vehicles. Due to a manufacturing error within the air bag inflators, the passenger frontal air bag may not properly deploy in the event of a crash.

    Recorded model years: 2017

A further 20 records exist for the Nissan LEAF where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

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Manufacturer Bulletins

NHTSA Manufacturer Communication US

  • 11031704 2026-04-13

    NTB09-131C

    CERTIFICATION LABEL AND VIN PLATE REPLACEMENT SERVICE INFORMATION Because of collision damage or other vehicle repair, a replacement “Certification Label” or “VIN Plate/Label” may be needed. HINT: Certification Label = FMVSS (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards) label. These items may be available from Nissan by request if certain criteria are met. This bulletin lists the criteria and provides an application…

    Recorded model years: 2017

  • 11031705 2026-04-13

    NTB09-131C

    CERTIFICATION LABEL AND VIN PLATE REPLACEMENT SERVICE INFORMATION Because of collision damage or other vehicle repair, a replacement “Certification Label” or “VIN Plate/Label” may be needed. HINT: Certification Label = FMVSS (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards) label. These items may be available from Nissan by request if certain criteria are met. This bulletin lists the criteria and provides an application…

    Recorded model years: 2017

  • 11009068 2024-09-19

    NTB19-071D

    DTC B00A0-00 STORED This bulletin has been amended. See AMENDMENT HISTORY on the last page. Please discard previous versions of this bulletin. IF YOU CONFIRM DTC B00A0-00 (OCCUPANT DETECTION SENSOR UNIT) is stored, AND OCS zero point reset cannot be performed, (continued on the next page)

    Recorded model years: 2017

Showing 3 of 76 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

A further 317 records exist for the Nissan LEAF where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

A manufacturer communication is service guidance issued to dealers. It is not a safety recall, and its existence does not mean this vehicle has the described condition.

Investigations

NHTSA Investigation US

  • DP22005 2023-01-27

    Pedestrian alert sounds

    NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid…

    Recorded model years: 2017

A further 5 records exist for the Nissan LEAF where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

An investigation records that a regulator reviewed a suspected defect. It is not itself a finding of defect and not a recall.

Canada Recalls

Transport Canada Recall CA

  • 2023225 2023-04-03

    Transport Canada recall 2023225

    Issue: When the temperature is below -10° C, the defroster may not work properly if you follow the instructions in the owner's manual and use the maximum fan speed. As a result, you may not be able to defrost the windshield. Note: This is an expansion of Transport Canada recall 2023-045. Safety Risk: A windshield that cannot be defogged or…

    Recorded model years: 2017

  • 2019044 2019-02-01

    Transport Canada recall 2019044

    Issue: When the car is parked in very cold temperatures for a long time, a relay in the brake system may freeze. If this happens, multiple brake warnings will stay on in the instrument cluster after the car is started. The driver may also notice a hard brake pedal. If the car is driven, this could cause an increase in…

    Recorded model years: 2017

  • 2017215 2017-04-18

    Transport Canada recall 2017215

    On certain vehicles, the passenger's frontal airbag may not deploy correctly due to an issue in manufacturing. As a result of long-term storage, there could be insufficient compression strength of the coolant within the inflator housing of the passenger's frontal airbag, which may cause the airbag to fail to deploy properly in the event of a crash (where deployment is…

    Recorded model years: 2017

A further 17 records exist for the Nissan LEAF where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

Canadian campaigns are recorded separately from US campaigns and do not imply one another.

Consumer Complaints

NHTSA Complaint US

17 complaint records in the dataset for this vehicle and year.

Outcomes stated in those reports

  • reports mentioning a crash 2
  • reported injuries 1

Outcomes as stated by the person who filed the report. They are not verified, not adjudicated, and carry no exposure denominator, so they cannot be turned into a rate.

By system

  • Air bags (restraint system)4 (14.8%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 2013–2017.
  • Electrical system4 (14.8%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2013–2016.
  • Fuel system3 (11.1%)
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)3 (11.1%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2018–2023.
  • Brakes2 (7.4%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2013–2023.
  • Body & structure2 (7.4%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2014.
  • Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)2 (7.4%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2018–2022.
  • Driver-assistance systems1 (3.7%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2018–2022.

Other / uncategorized: 3 classifications (11.1%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

A single report can name several systems, so these figures overlap and must not be added together — their sum is larger than the report total above.

A further 1,092 complaint records exist for this vehicle where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

These are owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects. Counts are record counts in the dataset. No exposure denominator exists, so no failure rate or reliability score can be derived from them.

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