Nissan Rogue SUVs’ automatic braking should be investigated, US government told
- The concern group Centre for Auto Safety filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- It said that the cars brake when they are not supposed to, and wants around 675,000 Rogues from 2017 and 2018 recalled
A US auto safety group wants the government to investigate automatic emergency braking on some Nissan Rogue SUVs, claiming the safety feature makes the vehicles brake even when there’s no emergency.
The concern group Centre for Auto Safety filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration seeking the probe. The group says about 675,000 Rogues from the 2017 and 2018 model years should be recalled.
Nissan says it has told all customers of a software update that improves performance of the automated braking system. But the Centre for Auto Safety says the campaigns do not acknowledge the seriousness of the safety problem and give owners little incentive to get the SUVs fixed.
In a letter posted on Friday by the government, Centre executive director Jason Levine said the group found 87 complaints about unintended braking in the safety administration’s database.
“Many complaints indicate that braking is abrupt or forceful, endangering both the Rogue occupants as well as people in the vehicles nearby who are forced to avoid a collision with a suddenly stopped vehicle,” the letter says.