NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Nissan Leaf Recalls
The 2013 Nissan Leaf has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 26, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Nissan Leaf. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 81
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Nissan Leaf, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2013 Nissan Leaf
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 23V296000
- Reported
- April 26, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 94,343
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 103, windshield defrosting and defogging
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2016 Leaf
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 16V244000
- Reported
- April 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,296,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2016 Leaf, 14 other models
Service brakes
- Campaign
- 16V119000
- Reported
- February 29, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 46,859
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Leaf
Electrical system: software
- Campaign
- 14V138000
- Reported
- March 25, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 989,701
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Leaf, 6 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 13V069000
- Reported
- March 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 82,038
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
2013 Nissan Leaf complaints by year
NHTSA has received 81 owner complaints about the 2013 Nissan Leaf, the newest on January 13, 2025. Of these, 11 describe a crash (14%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Nissan Leaf, the component group named most often is the service brakes (40%), followed by the electrical system (22%) and the air bags (21%).
1 of the 2013 Nissan Leaf's 5 recalls also concerns the service brakes.
Where 2013 Nissan Leaf owners gave the mileage (60 complaints), the median was 24,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes32
- Electrical System18
- Air Bags17
- Unknown Or Other10
- Vehicle Speed Control5
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 14 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2013 Nissan Leaf peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 14. 47% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Nissan Leaf drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Nissan Leaf year in the same window: 4th highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 81 complaints about the 2013 Nissan Leaf are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Leaf by model year
Other 2013 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: January 13, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted