10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
28 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
34 / 0
Average Mileage:
23,958 miles

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problem #9

Jan 022013

Altima

  • 97 miles
The passenger side air bag does not engage when individuals sit in the passenger seat. The airbag sensor shows the airbag non-operational even when individuals of appropriate size and weight are sitting in the passenger seat. Nissan has no known fixes for the situation and state that its a "break in" period. This is a brand new car purchased one week ago. Serious injury could result from an non-operational airbag and I am not willing to wait for the break in period.

- Lees Summit, MO, USA

problem #8

Sep 192012

Altima

  • 5,000 miles
Passanger air back indicator(light) sometime come up even though adult sitting on passenger sheet.

- Riverview, MI, USA

problem #7

Jul 152012

Altima

  • 5 miles
The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. While parked, the contact noticed that the air bag warning light was illuminated on the instrument panel. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing five times. The technician recalibrated the air bag sensor and replaced the seat cushion but the failure continued. The vehicle was not further repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 5.

- Vero Beach, FL, USA

problem #6

Nov 122012

Altima 4-cyl

  • 957 miles
2013 Nissan Altima 2.5 sl. On multiple occasions with a person in the passenger the passenger side air bag was indicated as being off. This is happening with full grown adults all of whom have been over 150 pounds. I believe this to he a faulty sensor in the cars seat cushion. Once driving for 10-15 minutes the light goes off indicating airbag is now on. This usually occurs if the car is already running and a passenger enters the vehicle.

- Melville, NY, USA

problem #5

Nov 302012

Altima 4-cyl

  • 76 miles
Passenger airbag off light is on when adult passenger is sitting in the seat. Light goes on and off after driving for several minutes.

- Edison, NJ, USA

problem #4

Oct 162012

Altima 4-cyl

  • 300 miles
Intermittently, "passenger airbag off" warning light remains on even though passenger (130 lbs) is in the front passenger, it occurred several times, had to turn off and restart the car to clear the light.

- Clemmons, NC, USA

problem #3

Sep 062012

Altima

  • miles
Passenger airbag "off" light stays on even when someone is sitting in the passenger seat. Intermittent problem - ongoing since new.

- Springfield, OH, USA

problem #2

Aug 312012

Altima 4-cyl

  • 500 miles
The passenger air bag off light remained illuminated even though there was a passenger sitting in the seat that was over 100 pounds. I took the vehicle to the local dealership and they said that nothing could be done since there was no error code in the system. I had to shut off and restart the vehicle in order for the passenger air bag to function properly. Since the initial incident, this problem has occurred one other time.

- Troy, AL, USA

problem #1

Aug 052012

Altima

  • 50 miles
Intermittently, "passenger airbag off" warning light remains on even though passenger (130 lbs) is in the front passenger (cloth) seat.

- San Diego, CA, USA