10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
7 / 2
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 1
Average Mileage:
53,584 miles

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problem #93

Mar 012018

Altima

  • 49,000 miles
Takata recall I was driving home from work I stopped at at red light my car began to shake and cut off, it did that a few times before I was able to pull off. Shop couldn't detect anything it did the same thing again 3 days later shop found nothing again.

- Roswell, GA, USA

problem #92

Feb 052018

Altima

  • miles
2013 Nissan Altima with only 52K miles I first noticed the problem when I was backing out of my drive way; first it stalled, shaky when I accelerate slightly it was fine. When I went to change to park mode; experience the same thing stalked&shake if I stopped at a light, stop sign, or change speed I experienced the same problem this will happen in busy traffic, highways in fact my 17 year old daughter (1st time driven herself home from work) experience it, at a very busy intersection she couldn't get the car going. We had to turn the engine off for about 15-30minutes and pressed/ pulsed the gas to finally get it to move... this all happened for 3 days and I took it to Nissan dealership (payed $140 to diagnose the problem) mechanic said just from driving the car into the shop, 9/10 it may be the transmission. To pinpoint the problem they will have to remove the cover body ($546) and if it's the transmission, repairs will cost $4600!!!! even though mileage is within the warranty range of <60K it's not covered because they claimed the car was in an accident and was salvaged. I really don't understand why that will impact it given the car had only 13K when I purchased it. It seem this is common problem reported by many with this particular car. From what I have read, complains dating back to identical to issues with 2008-2011 models, multiple recalls... this sort of problems could course accidents and loss if life. These are human problems...I believe Nissan should be held accountable and to much higher standards in this space- vehicle manufacturing, dealership, parts, sales, repairs etc. If nothing is done to address these issues, I will never purchase a Nissan!!!

- Haymarket, VA, USA

problem #91

Feb 142018

Altima

  • 75,000 miles
Driving down the highway at about 70 mph the closed sunroof exploded. Thankfully there were no other cars around and the visor was closed so I was uninjured by the shattered glass. It sounded like a gun shot.

- Charlotte, NC, USA

problem #90

Feb 122018

Altima

  • 80,000 miles
1. break switch needed replacing and now the issue is happening again as far occasionally loses power causing some potential safety issues in pulling out into traffic. 2. both passenger and driver interior door handles do not open door which is a major issue as the only way to open doors is to roll window down. In an emergency this could cause serious threat to safety if windows can not be rolled down.

- Milford, NH, USA

problem #89

Jan 082018

Altima

  • 65,500 miles
The gear shifter will not move out of park into any other gears.

- Slidell, LA, USA

problem #88

Jan 262018

Altima

  • 67,000 miles
Takata recall I recently went to try and get an oil change at my regular place that I usually go to receive one and they were not able to open my hood because somehow the latch on the inside of the car would not work when you pull it so that caused my hood to be jammed and I was unable to open it.

- College Station, TX, USA

problem #87

Jan 222018

Altima

  • 69,600 miles
While driving down an open highway, the sunroof glass exploded and fell into the car. At the same time (related somehow?) the back windshield shattered, but remained intact (at least for a while, it later completely collapsed). I had not driven under any overpasses and there were no vehicles close enough to have thrown a rock.

- Mission, KS, USA

problem #86

Oct 152017

Altima

  • 45,000 miles
Takata recall, my driver side airbag warning light is showing on from last 15 days when I just started driving. Plus my shift lock sensor is not working. I put the gear on park on a gass station but when I tried to start it wont let me change the gear unless I opened the shift lock cap and tuck something in and try to change the gear to drive the car. Since then I have ti tuck something to change the gear from parking to anything else.

- Elk Grove, CA, USA

problem #85

Dec 292017

Altima

  • 68,000 miles
Was driving my 2013 Altima sl and without any warning the transmission started slipping, stopped vehicle, and everytime I attempted to put car in drive or reverse, the motor died, and I restarted the motor due to the bitter cold weather conditions, called Nissan North America talked to colleen agent # 731913 with my concerns on 12/29/2017, after hanging up with colleen and continuing to try to get the vehicle to, called Nissan North America again and spoke to erik case # 29343050, who adviced me to call Nissan the next day 01/01/2018. I called and it was a holiday and not opened., finally got the vehicle in drive and attempted to drive it home with transmission slipping and motor dying in heavy bumper to bumper holiday traffic. On 01/02/2018 contacted Nissan North America, was advised to take vehicle to nearest Nissan dealership, and they would pay $100 towards the record bill. I paid this wrecker bill out of my pocket with receipts. The vehicle was delivered to walter's Nissan 30 walter's lane pikeville, ky. 41501 on 01/03/2018 were it was evaulated and determined to be complete cvt transmission failure, and would be replaced. I have the Nissan security plus gold preferred vehicle service contract 60 months/75,000 miles, service contract # 0 7236319. This car has 68,000 miles on it, and the contract expired on 01/04/2018. It was in the dealership on 01/03/2018 and determine with the cvt transmission failure. I called walter's Nissan on 01/05/218 and was told they had ordered a new cvt transmission under warranty. Today I was advised by walter's Nissan dealership they was in a dispute with Nissan America regional specialist, due to the warranty expiring on 01/04/2018, today 01/08/2018 and would not honor the warranty or a request for a rental car. The cvt transmission has had many failures similiar to mine, yet Nissan America still markets this vehicle

- David, KY, USA

problem #84

Dec 202017

Altima

  • 31,500 miles
Inside door handle is made of plastic. This cheap plastic hook's on the end of the cable that causes the door latch to open the door. When this hook brakes the entire door handle assembly must be replaced. This must be an engineered to fail handle that is made to break quit easily. If you look on ebay, hundreds have been sold. I can imagine how much extra revenue and how often dealers get to replace this simple piece of hardware. The problem is easily solved by making the hook out of metal.

- Valley Village, CA, USA

problem #83

Oct 102017

Altima

  • 46,000 miles
I was in my car leaving a restaurant in holland stopped, got out immediately, and the tire was in huge shredded pieces. It could not be driven and I had to call a wrecker to have it hauled to a tire shop for $99 and buy a new tire. I bought this 2013 Nissan used from an authorized Nissan dealer and they refused to make any reimbursement. These were the tires they had on it. I was moving when this happened--in a parking lot and turning

- Holland, MI, USA

problem #82

Dec 082017

Altima

  • 90,000 miles
"takata recall" washed my car on Thursday evening parked it in garage for the night. The next morning I was able to pull it out of garage and back in hours later. Roughly 6 hrs later went to start it and nothing!!! when I hold brake down and push button it will turn over but wont spark. I have been researching online and seems I am not the only one this has affected.

- Blooming Prairie, MN, USA

problem #81

Jun 042017

Altima

  • 60,000 miles
Inside door handles my driver side doors, both front and back, had the handle inside broken. I can no longer open the door from the inside of the car. The car was stationary at the time the door was attempting to be opened. The driver side front broke as I put the car in park, the automatic locks unlocked, and when I used the handle, it broke and will not open. The driver side rear broke as the car was in park for at least 1 minute and the door was attempting to be opened.

- Whites Creek, TN, USA

problem #80

Jan 012016

Altima

  • miles
Shift lock is not working.

- Santa Teresa, NM, USA

problem #79

Oct 272017

Altima

  • 99,910 miles
We have a customer who is leasing this vehicle from us. There was a hood latch recall that was performed in May 2017. The hood latch still will not open. The customer cannot drive it. I went to orr Nissan in hot springs, ar and they said this recall is not warrantied. We have tried to diagnose opening the hood latch, but are having no such luck to assist this customer. The customer does not want to spend any additional money at this point. Is there anything that you can do to help to honor and warranty this recall that was already performed?

- Hot Springs, AR, USA

problem #78

Nov 052017

Altima

  • 27,000 miles
Takata recall - received notice of recall on airbags. Will be taking in vehicle to have fixed

- Grayslake, IL, USA

problem #77

Sep 062017

Altima

  • 85,000 miles
The gear shifter is stuck in park. In starting up the car and trying to move the gear shifter out of park, it would not move out of park.

- Hyattsville, MD, USA

problem #76

Feb 012017

Altima

  • miles
Changing gear shifter is getting lock after putting the gear in park. It started with every once in a while getting stuck. Now it never changes without having to stick a screwdriver to release the lock.

- Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

problem #75

Oct 042017

Altima

  • 83,000 miles
After leasing the car for about 4 months, the car developed an issue at 83,000 mile mark. When attempting to turn left or right from standstill the car stalls. I would press down the gas pedal all the way down and the car would not move or accelerate until 6 seconds or so later. Sometimes the car doesn't move at all until I move the steering wheel back and forth. From this I can infer it has to do with the power steering or something electrical. It only happens when the steering wheel is turned halfway or more at a stop. Kinda like a power outage at that since all the lights dim and sometimes even the HVAC fan speed goes down while while the car is unable to move. This is extremely dangerous as I was trying to make a left turn while there was a pause in opposite traffic and the car just rolled a little and stopped since I depressed the brake pedal while accelerator pedal did absolutely nothing until I straightened the steering wheel. After my car rolled out into oncoming traffic I could of easily gotten in a crash if the oncoming cars didn't slow down for me. This happens pretty randomly but only when trying to turn from a stop. I can't any longer trust the car as its pretty dangerous especially when trying to merge with fast moving traffic.

- Chicago, IL, USA

problem #74

Sep 302017

Altima

  • 144,000 miles
2013 Nissan Altima 2.5S shuts off electrical while driving key dont work (1 out of 2 keys dont work) door handles are broken both driver and passenger A/C compressor doesnt work

- Las Vegas, NV, USA

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