5.4

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
$380
Average Mileage:
80,550 miles
Total Complaints:
7 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. replace rear sway bar at Nissan dealer not warranty (4 reports)
  2. replace sway bar (2 reports)
  3. not sure (1 reports)
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problem #7

Aug 022017

Altima 2.5L

  • CVT transmission
  • 65,244 miles

Dealer stated probably due to large pothole or speed bump - However, we are very careful drivers, and treat our vehicles with kid-gloves, only 6K per year. Also there are many web/Youtube reports that this is a common Nissan weakness - due to corrosion and cheap tubular construction of sway bar. Seems to happen around 100K km!

- Jon B., Coquitlam, BC, Canada

problem #6

Mar 012016

Altima 3.5L

  • CVT transmission
  • 86,450 miles

Very poor design from Nissan. This car is babied, freeway driven and never been abused on a track or been in a wreck. The sway bar should be a lifetime part. Factory sway bar is hollow, cheaply made and bends instead of twisting like a properly designed sway bar.

- desertrage, Salt Lake City, UT, US

problem #5

Mar 202015

Altima 2.5L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 150,000 miles

2007 Altima. rear sway bar broke for no reason. Thought a stick was hung, but turned out to be the broken sway bar. Read online. Bad design and Nissan knows about the problem. Can't believe that its not a recall item with all the complaints. Very glad it did not cause an accident.

- Phillip W., trion, GA, US

problem #4

May 012014

Altima S 2.5L

  • CVT transmission
  • 110,000 miles

I walked out on my lunch break to find what I thought was a twig hanging from under my car. Under closer inspection it was determined that it was the rear sway bar on the passenger side.

- Tamara R., Delaware Water Gap, PA, US

problem #3

Dec 212012

Altima 2.5L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 70,000 miles

The problem was reported to us that there could have been a bad result from this defect. We were lucky it was found during a routine oil change because Nissan sent no notice to us and it was found by the service department that there have been at least 200 other complaints of this same problem on the same make and model and year. We reported the problem to Nissan and showed it to their service department in Pueblo, Colorado. They say there is nothing they can do and we are out the time and money.

- Carol K., Florence, CO, US

problem #2

Nov 112011

Altima Hybrid 2.5L 4

  • CVT transmission
  • 43,496 miles

Definitely a factory defect and the dealer gives you nothing but BS ( you hit something). The part shows rust and just twisted and broke off or snap off near passenger side(Car is only 4 yo). Cheap hollow weak stabilizer sway bar. Never herd one fail before even the bushings last longer on my 97 Toyota Camry (4 Cyl) before changing them myself and No broken sway bar.Go do a search on Google and you'll see many many same complaint about it. Are Nissan Co reading this or they just don't give a sh*t even in today's very tight auto market sales.

- Sam E., Burnaby, British Columbia, canada

problem #1

May 082010

Altima SE 3.5L

  • CVT transmission
  • 38,525 miles

Just letting other Altima (2007 3.5 SE) users know that there may be a broken rear sway bar in there future. At 62,000 KL its out of basic warranty. Car is city driven and

about 10% highway. No ideas what caused rear sway bar to brake??? Dealer has ordered parts and will get them in couple days. Love the car but breaking sway bar is

a little out of sorts??? One thing I did notice when looking a break, sway bar is hollow.

- Garry R., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada