10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
4 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 0
Average Mileage:
59,650 miles

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problem #4

Nov 232010

Altima

  • 43,000 miles
Head on collision with another vehicle. I was traveling 15mph and the other vehicle was traveling 30mph! the air bags never deployed...

- Springfield, VA, USA

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problem #3

Apr 302010

Altima 4-cyl

  • 80,000 miles
On my 2004 Nissan Altima 2.5, due to some one crashing into me, the passenger airbag deployed then caught on fire.

- Corona, CA, USA

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problem #2

Oct 062009

Altima

  • 107,000 miles
Air bags didn't deploy. Another vehicle did a illegal U-turn in front of me causing me to T-bone her. Approx mph 30-35.

- Lawton, OK, USA

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problem #1

Jul 012004

Altima 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 8,600 miles
During a recent accident where my 2004 Nissan Altima hit the back of a 2002 Chevy Blazer, my passenger side airbag deployed but my driver side airbag did not deploy. There was not a passenger in the passenger seat. There was more damage on the driver side than the passenger side.

- Delta, PA, USA

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