NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Nissan Leaf Recalls
The 2015 Nissan Leaf has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 26, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Nissan Leaf. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 110
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Nissan Leaf, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2015 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 2013–2014, 2016 Leaf
Air bags
- Campaign
- 17V253000
- Reported
- April 13, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30,038
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Leaf, 1 other model
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 2013–2014, 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 2013–2014 Leaf
2015 Nissan Leaf complaints by year
NHTSA has received 110 owner complaints about the 2015 Nissan Leaf, the newest on September 1, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (7%); owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Nissan Leaf, the component group named most often is the service brakes (76%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the air bags (7%).
1 of the 2015 Nissan Leaf's 4 recalls also concerns the service brakes.
Where 2015 Nissan Leaf owners gave the mileage (68 complaints), the median was 25,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes84
- Electrical System18
- Unknown Or Other9
- Air Bags8
- Vehicle Speed Control8
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)3
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2015 Nissan Leaf peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 16. 41% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Nissan Leaf drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Nissan Leaf year in the same window: 1st highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 110 complaints about the 2015 Nissan Leaf are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Leaf by model year
Other 2015 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: September 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted