NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Nissan Leaf Recalls
The 2021 Nissan Leaf has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 30, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 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
- 57
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 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 2021 Nissan Leaf
Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery
- Campaign
- 25V655000
- Reported
- September 30, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,077
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 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 2018–2020 Leaf
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 23V494000
- Reported
- July 17, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 66,159
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2020 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 2018–2020 Leaf
2021 Nissan Leaf complaints by year
NHTSA has received 57 owner complaints about the 2021 Nissan Leaf, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2021 Nissan Leaf, the component group named most often is the electrical system (56%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (18%) and the engine (11%).
1 of the 2021 Nissan Leaf's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System32
- Unknown Or Other13
- Fuel/Propulsion System10
- Engine6
- Visibility/Wiper6
- Forward Collision Avoidance4
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 14 | |
| 2026 | 25 |
Complaints about the 2021 Nissan Leaf peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 25. 32% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Nissan Leaf drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Nissan Leaf year in the same window: 9th highest of the 11 ranked years.
That makes 2021 one of the three best-measured Nissan Leaf years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 57 complaints about the 2021 Nissan Leaf are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Leaf by model year
Other 2021 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted