10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 5
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
6,891 miles

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« Read the previous 20 complaints

problem #7

May 072022

Altima

  • miles
First, the chip has started to malfunction around 13k miles. Secondly, there is a lurch when the car first starts and an aggressive RPM jump and then drop, it begins to run fine upon warming up alittle. Now, at 20k miles the car is having issues with the wipers not spraying the windows well and the rear passenger door has to be locked manually from the interior.

- San Diego, CA, USA

problem #6

Mar 022022

Altima

  • 17,930 miles
The contact owns a 2020 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that after parking the vehicle and turning off the engine white smoke was suddenly present inside the cabin of the vehicle. After exiting the vehicle flames and smoke could be seen coming from under the steering wheel. The fire department was called to the scene and extinguished the flames. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. A fire report was taken at the scene. The failure mileage was 17,930.

- Los Fresnos, TX, USA

problem #5

Nov 182021

Altima

  • miles
The back up camera froze and it kept glitching. This has been happening since May. Everything else seems to be fine while it-??s happening but now it-??s stuck like that when I try to back up. This is extremely dangerous as cars are now made with backup cameras as a safety feature. If that feature is broken it-??s going to be very bad. Most drivers now a day most every driver relies on this feature. This has happened 5 times now, but this time it seems permanent.

- Johnston, IA, USA

problem #4

Apr 172021

Altima

  • 14,500 miles
Parked the car for roughly 10 minutes. Came back and started car with all lights on dash illuminated. Hard to drive, hard to steer and could not tell how fast vehicle was moving as speedometer didn't work. This has happened before, had it taken to Nissan dealer. Advised that they couldn't duplicate the lights issues after it sat for 3 days before "resetting" itself.

- Rocky Mount, NC, USA

problem #3

Feb 242021

Altima

  • 18,125 miles
Car slamming on brakes when no other vehicle is around gas guage start to read wrong

- Baton Rouge, LA, USA

problem #2

Mar 262020

Altima

  • 500 miles
Blind side warning not working - radar not available due to side obstruction. Several times the instrument panel has malfunction - Nissan claims car must be spotless or it won't function properly. I have never had such issues with other makes. The ebs warning lights come on most of the time when temperature drops below freezing. I thought this car provided safety, instead it does the opposite. Nissan claims when there's snow on the ground safety features won't work. Why have them then? make a point of this before I purchase. I washed the car and it blind side detector still won't work. It would be safer to produce a car without such features so I don't get distracted by flashes on the instrument panel. Sometimes the ebs warning goes off when stopped sometimes when driving. All of this started occurring in late November 2019 with only 500 miles on the car. If the temperature is above freezing the ebs warning stays off but the blind spot warning has not worked in 4 months. I was at the dealer today (3/26/2020) and have to return tomorrow.

- Rexford, NY, USA

problem #1

Dec 012019

Altima

  • 3,000 miles
The contact owns a 2020 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving in reverse the automatic electronic braking activated although no objects were present behind the vehicle. Additionally, while switching to the reverse the message indicating an object was behind the vehicle was displayed. While driving the vehicle hesitated and vibrated while the accelerator pedal was depressed. The blind spot monitoring system also experienced intermittent failures. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (metro Nissan of montclair (9440 aotpex St. Montclair, ca) who indicated the crash avoidance system needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 3,000. The VIN was not available.

- Diamond Bar, CA, USA