Vehicle report
2012 NISSAN LEAF
This model year
What the record shows
The 2012 Nissan Leaf is a midsize car, and the 3rd model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 2010 to 2026.
The EPA rated one configuration: front-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic (A1) and running on electricity.
Combined fuel economy is 99 mpg.
NHTSA's best overall crash rating for this model year is 5 out of five stars.
The federal record holds 57 owner complaints, 2 investigations and 127 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.