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Nissan Altima Electrical Problems

3,778 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 26 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2013. Best year: 2025.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Electrical · 2007 5

The driver side door airbag did not deploy after major side impact by a box truck that never engaged the braking system. The Altima under went a safety inspection approximately 30 days prior to the accident. There were no warning lights ...

Electrical · 2016 5

TL* THE CONTACT WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CHILD DEATH REVIEW FOR LA COUNTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OWNER OF A 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, EXITED THE VEHICLE WITH THE HEATER ACTIVATED AND LEFT HER 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN A CAR SEAT LOCATED IN...

Electrical · 2014 5

CAR WAS GOING 34MPH AT THE POINT OF IMPACT, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED...THIS WAS BEFORE THE RECALL OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS: HOWEVER SEVERE DAMAGE DONE TO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE CAR AS WELL AND NO DEPLOYMENT OF ANY AIRBAG. ...UPDATED ...

Electrical · 2003 5

THERE WAS AN INITIAL RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR IMPACT, AND FRONT BUMPER IMPACT BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER. FOLLOWED BY A CEMENT BARRIER IMPACT ON THE DRIVERS DOOR AND FRONT LEFT BUMPER. THE FINAL IMPACT WAS VIA A PALM TREE PLACED AT 20 FEET BY...

Electrical · 2008 5

VEHICLE CRASHED WITH ONLY SIDE CURTAINS DEPLOYING, NO FRONT AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AT ALL. RESULTING IN OCCUPANT'S DEATH ..UPDATED 08-28-14 *BF..UPDATED 10/28/14 *BF UPDATED 11/6/2014 *JS UPDATED 08/24/2017*CT *TR

Electrical · 2009 5

SON WAS HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND FRONT END AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY ON THE STEERING COLUMN HE WAS KILLED. *TR. UPDATED 11/03/14 *BF UPDATED 7/9/2015*JS ...UPDATED08/20/15 *BF UPDATED 08/23/2017*CT UPDATED 09/30/15 *JS U...

Electrical · 2007 5

MY DAUGHTER WAS JUST RECENTLY KILLED ON 10/25/2007 DUE TO THE AIRBAG NOT DEPLOYING ON HER BRAND NEW 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. SHE WAS HIT ON THE HIGHWAY, HIT THE MEDIAN HARD AND LOST BUMPER AND THEN T-BONED IN THE OPPOSITE LANES. HER AIRBAGS N...

Electrical · 2021 4

I purchased this car in April 2023 and in December 2023. I had to get a new battery when I purchased a car. They told me that there was no worries or mishaps with the vehicle they said just only normal wear and tear for is a used vehicle...

Electrical · 2010 4

Vehicle caught on fire my be a electrical problem

Electrical · 2017 4

I was hit by a school bus on the interstate and my air bags didn't deploy. My car is throwing a code that all 4 did.

Electrical · 2013 4

The contact's brother owned a 2013 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while her brother was driving at an undisclosed speed from a stop sign, another vehicle in the left lane crashed into the contact's brother's front driver's side. ...

Electrical · 2019 4

A truck was turning without signaling and we were passing on right side assuming he was turning left- and he suddenly jerked right causing major impact and sent us into ditch where we were stopped by impacting a solid fence.

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