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2023 Nissan Kicks: raw data

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vehicle2023 / nissan / kicks
known issues6 clusters (reviewed 2026-08-20)
complaints34 on file (2022-12-14 → 2026-09-10)
recalls1
investigations0
fars4 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Automatic emergency braking activation without obstructionFORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING10 complaints2023-08 → 2026-05kicks-2023-aeb-phantom-braking
  • 11554577 The AEB system activated without cause (phantom braking incident). While driving on a neighborhood street (25-30 mph), the car seized up, came to a near complete stop, and a red (outline) and white (background) triangle containing a bold red exclamation mark appeared on the dash
  • 11674299 The emergency braking systems will randomly brake without anything in front of the car. When backing into a parking spot, if the car senses a parking block it will emergency brake. When driving, there has been a person walking on a sidewalk, not in the road or crossing the road…
  • 11636756 I was driving 55 mph where my car applied the automatic emergency feature and suddenly started breaking without reason. I was not able to accelerate due to the malfunction of the car breaking on its own and when the car reached about 30 mph that’s when i was able to accelerate…
Engine stall at stop lights and loss of accelerationELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER7 complaints2023-07 → 2026-03kicks-2023-engine-stall-stop
  • 11572787 I was sitting at a light during rush hour with my kids. The light turned green, but nothing happened when I pushed the car accelerator. I put my flashers on and tried not to panic. I put the car in park, turned it off, then turned it back on. The car worked properly and I was…
  • 11543318 While driving at about 25mph, the engine suddenly shut off without any warning. After the engine shut off the collision warning, battery and oil light indicators came on. The car remained in drive and started to roll backwards. When pressing the engine start button, nothing…
  • 11555057 Stalled problem on traffic light. It's hapen 2 times. First time 2 weeks ago, do not remember date. Second time its hapen 11.10.2023. On red light my car is stalled. Than I turn my flashers, alredy was green light. People start go around my car. Restart my car and drive my car…
Rear window spontaneous shatteringVISIBILITY/WIPER3 complaints2026-01 → 2026-03kicks-2023-rear-glass-shattering
  • 11725483 Back window shattered spontaneously without notice
  • 11713289 WHILE COMING FROM THE GROCERY STORE TO MY APARTMENT I HEARD A LOUD POP AND I SAW THRU MY MIRROR THAT MY REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. I. STOP ON THE NEXT BLOCK AND PARK TO SEE IF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING HIT MY WINDOW BUT NOTHING... I NOTICED ON THE SIDE OF THE SORROUNDI WINDOW THE…
  • 11713664 Back glass was shattered with no visible impact. Back glass was replaced by Safelite
CVT transmission failure and loss of motive powerPOWER TRAIN2 complaints2025-08 → 2026-06kicks-2023-cvt-power-loss
  • 11743307 The contact stated that while stopped at light, the vehicle did not accelerate and lost power. The vehicle was towed to a friend's residence. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the CVT transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified…
  • 11680327 While driving uphill and attempting to accelerate, the vehicle decelerated and lost motive power. The failure became a persistent failure. The contact stated that on one occasion, while driving at an undisclosed speed, while the transmission was shifting from 1st to 2nd gear, a…
Driver-side blind spot camera signal lossLANE DEPARTURE: WARNING, LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION, BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS2 complaints2025-08 → 2026-06kicks-2023-side-camera-failure
  • 11743070 The driver side (left) camera seems to be partially out (gets a faint signal in sunlight, fully out at night) and it is unclear how well the saftey features work as a result
  • 11682783 there is now a second instance of one of the side cameras going out. The first one happened at roughly ~20k miles, and now the other side at ~36k miles. This is dangerous since these cameras feed into the lane keeping and blind spot systems, as well as the parking system
Intermittent no-start and electrical system failureELECTRICAL SYSTEM2 complaints2023-11 → 2025-12kicks-2023-electrical-no-start
  • 11704047 The contact stated that while attempting to start the vehicle, the engine failed to turn over. The contact had to wait for 20 minutes to an hour before being able to start the vehicle. The failure was intermittent. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken…
  • 11582132 I was driving and the battery light came on again, after 5 minutes the acceleration stopped working as I turned into the subdivision. The vehicle was going 5mph, I was able to make to a relatives house. Once I pull in the driveway, all of the indicator lights came on and a…

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

countearliest_datelatest_datecrash_flaggedfire_flaggedtop_components
342022-12-142026-09-1020FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE:11; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:8; ENGINE:8; UNKNOWN OR OTHER:6; POWER TRAIN:4

Recalls all years →

campaign_numberreport_received_datecomponentsummaryconsequenceremedy
24V15400027/02/2024AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULENissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2024 Titan, Frontier, Infiniti QX60, Pathfinder, 2023-2024 Sentra, Versa, Kicks, Infiniti QX50, and 2023 Rogue vehicles. Due to a manufacturing issue, the driver's air bag inflator may absorb moisture, and cause the air bag to deploy improperly.An air bag that deploys improperly may not protect the driver as intended during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.Dealers will replace the front driver's air bag assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 10, 2024. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's numbers for this recall are PD103, PD104, and PMA34.

Investigations all years →

none listed

FARS occupant deaths all years →

crash_yearsoccupant_deathsmatch_typevpic_recovered
2010-20244legacy-code0

FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.

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Wrench.Pro (2026). 2023 Nissan Kicks vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2023/nissan/kicks
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  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2023 Nissan Kicks},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2023/nissan/kicks}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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