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Nissan Kicks Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 8 recall campaigns for the Nissan Kicks, across 6 model years from 2018 to 2025. The 2025 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2024 (1).

No Nissan Kicks model year reaches 2 times the median: the highest, 2021, is at 1.0×.

Model years
6

2018–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
8
Most recalls
2025

4 recalls

Owner complaints
525

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 525 complaints with NHTSA about the Nissan Kicks across 9 model years; the most, 134, concern the 2019.

Owners marked a crash on 26 of the Nissan Kicks complaints (5%) and a fire on 1.

Across all Nissan Kicks model years, owners name the forward collision avoidance most often (at least 126 complaints), then the electrical system (116).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Nissan Kicks in 2026: 130, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Nissan Kicks is back over prevention: sensing system: camera, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest Nissan Kicks recall, 26V331000, was reported on May 21, 2026 and concerns the electrical system: instrument cluster/panel.

NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2020 and 2022 Nissan Kicks, model years owners have filed complaints about.

Nissan Kicks years to avoid

The best-measured Nissan Kicks years are 2022 (0.3×), 2018 (0.8×) and 2019 (1.0×).

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Nissan Kicks, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202609—not ranked
2025442—not ranked
2024138—not ranked
2023118—not ranked
202202319
0.3×
202127848
1.0×
202009741
1.0×
2019113449
1.0×
201818638
0.8×

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Nissan Kicks years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Nissan Kicks

  • BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA2
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE2
  • STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM2
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL1
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE1
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM1

Nissan Kicks model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Nissan Kicks recall campaign (8)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Nissan Kicks, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V331000May 21, 2026electrical system: instrument cluster/panel2025crash51,598
25V324000June 4, 2025back over prevention: software2025crash79,755
25V188000April 17, 2025equipment: other: labels2025crash37,003
24V969000December 23, 2024electrical system: body control module/bcm2025crash89
24V154000February 27, 2024air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module2023–2024crash and injury351
23V496000July 18, 2023steering: electric power assist system2021crash11,824
22V693000September 15, 2022steering: electric power assist system2021crash20,040
19V654000September 12, 2019back over prevention: sensing system: camera2018–2019crash1,228,830

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Nissan Kicks. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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