NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Nissan Leaf Recalls
The 2016 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 2016 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
- 36
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 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 Leaf
Air bags
- Campaign
- 17V253000
- Reported
- April 13, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30,038
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Leaf, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V436000
- Reported
- June 15, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,355
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 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 2013–2015 Leaf, 14 other models
2016 Nissan Leaf complaints by year
NHTSA has received 36 owner complaints about the 2016 Nissan Leaf, the newest on July 28, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire.
In complaints about the 2016 Nissan Leaf, the component group named most often is the service brakes (44%), followed by the electrical system (36%) and the fuel/propulsion system (22%).
None of the 2016 Nissan Leaf's 4 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2016 Nissan Leaf owners gave the mileage (19 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes16
- Electrical System13
- Fuel/Propulsion System8
- Air Bags3
- Engine3
- Power Train3
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Nissan Leaf peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 6. 50% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Nissan Leaf drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Nissan Leaf year in the same window: 10th highest of the 11 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Nissan Leaf years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 36 complaints about the 2016 Nissan Leaf are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Leaf by model year
Other 2016 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: July 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted