2017 Nissan Rogue · symptom sheet
Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking)
- 63owner reports
- 25,000median miles
- 8involved a crash
Newest report Jul 14, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
195 of the 597 complaints on this car are about the brakes. 63 of those describe phantom braking.
Tick what matches of 63 reports
Phantom braking on other Rogue years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Phantom braking is a car that brakes hard on its own, often at highway speed, with nothing in the road ahead. About one owner in five mentions a near miss with the car behind.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the radar or camera sensor (15 reports) and the software (3 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the brakes covers the 2017 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
NHTSA investigations into the brakes on the Rogue
False automatic emergency braking. Open.
False automatic emergency braking. Closed sep 16, 2019.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 5,000 and 56,000 miles, from the 43 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 4 service bulletins or notices for the 2017 Nissan Rogue that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING WARNING LIGHT BLINKING APPLIED SYSTEMS: Vehicles equipped with a lane camera (see Figure 1) SERVICE INFORMATION If the Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) warning light or is blinking (but not illuminated steadily) or the customer states it is blinking, and there are no related DTCs, inspect the ...
FALSE ACTIVATION OF AEB, FEB, OR FCW IF YOU CONFIRM The following system(s) falsely activated or the customer reports false activation of: AEB (Automatic Emergency Braking); FEB (Forward Emergency Braking); FCW (Forward Collision Warning) ACTION 1.
AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING WARNING LIGHT BLINKING
2017-2018 Rogue and Rogue Sport Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) Update Notification Letter REVISED August 27, 2019 Please discard earlier versions of this bulletin. This bulletin has been superseded by campaign ID P9327.
What owners wrote
“On 3 different occasions, emergency braking has been initiated with no object in front that can be struck. Vehicle has locked and unlocked while in transit with no explanation, dashboard quickly shows error then stops.”
Filed Nov 15, 2022
“Pulling away from a traffic light and the car stopped by itself and the red e - brake light on dashboard came on”
Filed Mar 27, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 8 of 63 reports involved a crash and 3 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found
Other problems on this car
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 114 reports
- Airbag warning light or recall 71 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 53 reports
- Seat belt or seat problems 38 reports
- Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 35 reports