| Issue ID | 1200033 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10734457 |
| Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | ROGUE |
| Model Year | 2015 |
| File date | 01/06/15 |
| Component | UNKNOWN OR OTHER |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | The problem is that the doors do not unlock until you press the engine stop button. Then all the doors unlock, not just the driver's door. That makes it very easy for car jackers, purse snatchers, and child abductors to wait at a gas station for you to pull up, turn off your engine so you can get out, and commit their crime when all the doors unlock. Obviously the same would be true if for some reason you were pulling into a shopping mall or grocery store parking lot. There is a method to reverse the operation so no doors unlock when you turn off the engine and this is safer, except:.. The driver's door lock and front passenger door lock are not mechanically connected the the door handle. Ie, if you disable the auto door unlock, you cannot open the driver's door in an emergency -- like a car fire, heart attack, accident -- unless you can find and release the door lock which has been "aesthetically" hidden in the door and designed so it is not easily opened -- i assume to prevent someone from using a wire to unlock the door. This is the first vehicle i have ever driven that the driver (and front seat passenger) cannot exit without manually finding and flipping the door lock. How insane is that? ... I mentioned that none of my american cars had this problem and the mechanic i was talking to said it was only a nissan thing. No other car that he knows of will not let the driver exit the car by pulling the door handle... His is extremely dangerous and you truly have very little control over your own security in this vehicle. Any person with any kind of even minor hand disability, like arthritis, would have a very hard time unlocking the car doors. The truly crazy thing is that we are talking about, maybe, 5-10 cents of clothes hanger-type wire to correct the problem and potentially save people's lives. Does this violate ada rules?..... Updated 09/22/15 *bf updated 11/27/2017*cn |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 10 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | LAKE MARY, FL |
| VIN pattern | 5N1AT2MT9FCXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 4 |
| Drive train type | FWD |
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| Vehicle speed | 0 |
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