NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Nissan Leaf Recalls
The 2018 Nissan Leaf has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 2, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 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
- 67
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2018 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 2018 Nissan Leaf
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 24V071000
- Reported
- February 2, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 57,914
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2021 Leaf
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 23V494000
- Reported
- July 17, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 66,159
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2021 Leaf
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 23V048000
- Reported
- February 2, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 64,732
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 103, windshield defrosting and defogging
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2021 Leaf
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 19V654000
- Reported
- September 12, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,228,830
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Leaf, 22 other models
2018 Nissan Leaf complaints by year
NHTSA has received 67 owner complaints about the 2018 Nissan Leaf, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (13%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Nissan Leaf, the component group named most often is the electrical system (28%), followed by the service brakes (28%) and the forward collision avoidance (19%).
None of the 2018 Nissan Leaf's 4 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2018 Nissan Leaf owners gave the mileage (24 complaints), the median was 7,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System19
- Service Brakes19
- Forward Collision Avoidance13
- Fuel/Propulsion System13
- Vehicle Speed Control12
- Engine7
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 11 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2018 Nissan Leaf peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 11. 33% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Nissan Leaf drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Nissan Leaf year in the same window: 8th highest of the 11 ranked years.
The 67 complaints about the 2018 Nissan Leaf are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Leaf by model year
Other 2018 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted