2021 Nissan Leaf: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 64 complaints
64
Total Complaints
30,000mi
Median Mileage
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Top Issue
6
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

25,000 25th Percentile
30,000 Median Mileage
40,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
25
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
10
VISIBILITY/WIPER
6
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
5
ENGINE
4
AIR BAGS
2
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
2
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
2
POWER TRAIN
2
WHEELS
1

Severity Assessment

6
Crashes
5
Fires
3
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"On June 20, 2021, the electric car front hood section area to charge the vehicle flew open while driving the vehicle on the highway. There was no indication that there was a problem with the charging hood at any time."
"Our FEB system lights came on and then went off 3 times on our way home tonight. Will call Nissan on Monday to have it checked out. February 5 2022."
"This vehicle failed to have airbags deployed in this accident on 3.23.2022, as photographs that are larger than 10MB will upload, but the Estimate did upload. BUT the car was spun nearly if not fully 360 after hit by a truck in a lane change of a blind spot that spun the car and into concrete barri..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28