NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Nissan Leaf Recalls
The 2014 Nissan Leaf has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 26, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 Nissan Leaf. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 34
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 Nissan Leaf, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2014 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 2013, 2015–2016 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 2013, 2015–2016 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 2013, 2015 Leaf
Hybrid propulsion system: inverter
- Campaign
- 14V263000
- Reported
- May 16, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 196
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2014 Nissan Leaf
Structure
- Campaign
- 14V192000
- Reported
- April 16, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 211
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- only the 2014 Nissan 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 2013 Leaf, 6 other models
2014 Nissan Leaf complaints by year
NHTSA has received 34 owner complaints about the 2014 Nissan Leaf, the newest on July 9, 2024. Of these, 3 describe a crash (9%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Nissan Leaf, the component group named most often is the service brakes (53%), followed by the electrical system (18%) and the air bags (12%).
1 of the 2014 Nissan Leaf's 6 recalls also concerns the service brakes.
Where 2014 Nissan Leaf owners gave the mileage (26 complaints), the median was 16,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes18
- Electrical System6
- Air Bags4
- Unknown Or Other3
- Seats2
- Steering2
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2014 Nissan Leaf peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 6. 47% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2014 vehicles, the 2014 Nissan Leaf drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Nissan Leaf year in the same window: 11th highest of the 11 ranked years.
That makes 2014 one of the three best-measured Nissan Leaf years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 34 complaints about the 2014 Nissan Leaf are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Leaf by model year
Other 2014 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: July 9, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted