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Nissan Kicks · 2021

2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V693000·2022-09-15

    2021 Nissan Versa and Kicks power steering sensor defect

    Nissan is recalling 2021 Versa and Kicks vehicles because an intermittent electrical connection in the power steering torque sensor can disable power steering assist, increasing steering effort and crash risk.

    Product
    NISSAN — NISSAN KICKS, VERSA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·23V496000·2023-07-18

    2021 Nissan Kicks vehicles recalled for power steering defect

    Nissan is recalling 2021 Kicks vehicles due to an intermittent electrical connection in the power steering system that can disable power steering assist. Loss of power steering increases steering effort and crash risk.

    Product
    NISSAN — NISSAN KICKS, VERSA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • EA19002 Engineering Analysis · suspension:rear
  • EA15003 Engineering Analysis · service brakes, hydraulic
  • PE14014 Preliminary Evaluation · service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder
  • DP12004 Defect Petition · power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
  • PE08037 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:wiring:front underhood
  • PE08004 Preliminary Evaluation · air bags:side/window

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2019 · electrical 38 complaints
  • 2020 · electrical 24 complaints
  • 2021 · body 23 complaints

Technical service bulletins

304 manufacturer service bulletins across 7 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2024: 4.0/5 · 37 complaints · most complained-of: visibility
  • 2023: 4.1/5 · 31 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2022: 4.3/5 · 22 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2021: 3.8/5 · 76 complaints · most complained-of: body
  • 2020: 3.9/5 · 93 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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