Nissan Altima Complaints (2015)

955 consumer complaints on file.

#11386756January 6, 2021
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE DIM HEADLIGHTS ARE EXTREMELY DIM, ALLOWING ME NOT TO DRIVE SAFELY AT NIGHT UNLESS I HAVE MY HIGH-BEAMS ON. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. I'VE REPLACED THE HEADLIGHTS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11386881January 6, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH RECALL HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING WITHOUT A REMEDY FIX FOR TO LONG. IT CAME OUT MAY OF 2020. IN 4 MONTHS IT WILL BE A YEAR. I'M NOT ABLE TO DO MY SECOND JOBS WITH THE OUTSTANDING RECALL. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP. NISSAN NEEDS TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER WITH A LOANER UNTIL SOMETHING IS DONE BECAUSE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND I DON'T WANT THE HOOD FLYING UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11386096January 2, 2021
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
LOW BEAMS HAVE DEGRADED TO AN UNSAFE SITUATION. I CANT SAFELY SEE AT NIGHT WITHOUT HIGH BEAMS. SHOULD BE RECALLED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385638December 30, 2020
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HIS SPOUSE WAS DRIVING 40 MPH, THE HOOD INADVERTENTLY OPENED, CRASHING INTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE HOOD LATCH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V315000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BACK TO HIS RESIDENCE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385422December 29, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
HELLO, I DRIVE A 2015 NISSAN ALTIMA S WITH 115,000 MILES ON IT. THE OTHER NIGHT I WAS PULLED OVER FOR NOT HAVING MY HEADLIGHTS ON. THE THING IS, MY HEADLIGHTS WERE ON. MY HEADLIGHTS ARE SO INCREDIBLY DIM (AS A RESULT OF A FACTORY DEFECT IN MY VEHICLE) THAT THE POLICE OFFICER BEHIND ME COULDN'T TELL THAT THEY WERE ON. I WAS GIVEN A WARNING AND TOLD THAT I NEED TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE TRIED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IN THE PAST. I'VE BEEN TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TWICE ABOUT THIS, BOTH TIMES I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE BESIDES CHANGING THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. EVEN IF I DO, I WAS TOLD, THIS PROBLEM WILL LIKELY HAPPEN AGAIN. THE PLASTIC THAT IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDS MY HEADLIGHT IS CHEAP, AND AS IT HEATS UP, IT PRODUCES A GAS THAT FOGS UP THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT IS COMPLETELY USELESS AND THE RIGHT ONE I HAVE AROUND 3 FEET OF VISIBILITY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE MY CAR HAD 25,000 MILES ON IT AND I AM FED UP WITH IT. IT IS TOO DANGEROUS FOR ME TO DRIVE AT NIGHT WITHOUT MY HIGH BEAMS ON. I KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING TO LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE TOO. HERE ARE SEVERAL ARTICLES I FOUND AFTER 30 SECONDS OF SEARCHING ON GOOGLE: HTTPS://WWW.NISSANCLUB.COM/THREADS/HEADLIGHTS-TOO-DIM-CANT-SEE-SOLUTION.508866/ HTTP://WWW.NISSANPROBLEMS.COM/ALTIMA-PROJECTOR-HEADLIGHTS/ HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/NISSAN/ALTIMA/2015/LIGHTS/HEADLIGHTS_ARE_TOO_DIM.SHTML HERE IS A CLASS ACTION INVESTIGATION ON THIS ISSUE: HTTPS://CHIMICLES.COM/NISSAN-ALTIMA-DIM-HEADLIGHTS-CLASS-ACTION-INVESTIGATION/ WHEN I REACHED OUT TO NISSAN, A REGIONAL MANAGER CONTACTED ME. HE TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING NISSAN WAS GOING TO DO SINCE MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THEY WILL NOT BE COVERING ANY COSTS, AND THEY WILL NOT BE ISSUING RECALLS UNLESS ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAIN TO THE NHTSA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385208December 28, 2020
WHEELS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD WHEN MY 2015 NISSAN ALTIMA STARTED SWERVING I PULLED OVER TO FIND MY REAR PASSENGER TIRE FACING INWARDS COME TO FIND OUT THE TOW TRUCK EMPLOYEE TOLD ME HAD JUST TOWED THE EXACT SAME KIND OF VEHICLE WITH THE SAME LOWER CONTROL ARM BREAK THE WEEK BEFORE. I SEE THERE IS A SERVICE CAMPION FROM NISSAN BUT AMY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED WHICH MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE I LIVE AND HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN A WINTER STATE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385268December 28, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
VEHICLE IN MOTION, HIGHWAY AND CITY STREET DRIVING. THE LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE DANGEROUSLY DIM. IF DRIVING ON A ROAD NOT OTHERWISE LIGHTED BY STREETLAMPS, NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THE ROAD AHEAD. HIGH-BEAMS ALWAYS HAVE TO BE USED. CHECKED GROUND WIRE, REPLACED BULBS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUES FOR A WELL OVER A YEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385021December 26, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS ARE SO DIM IT MAKES SEEING VERY DIFFICULT. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NISSAN. THE 3RD LANE TURNED INTO A TURN LANE ON A CITY STREET THAT I COULDNT SEE DUE TO THE POOR LIGHTING AND WE STRUCK A CURB BLOWING OUT BOTH RIGHT SIDE TIRES AND RUINING THE WHEELS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11384513December 22, 2020
AIR BAGS
MY CAR AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING BUT I DIDNT THINK MUCH ABOUT IT, I DROVE IT LIKE THAT FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, MY HUSBAND TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER TO GET CHECKED OUT, FIRST DEALER TOLD ME THE COST WAS GOING TO BE 1600.00 AND THEY QUOTED ME THE PART WAS GOING TO COST 1200.00, I REFUSED TO PAY THAT MUCH AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE PRICE LOWERED TO 900.00 BUT THEY COULDN'T FIX IT BECAUSE THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER, SO THEY RESET THE AIR BAG WHEN I LEFT THE DEALER THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS OFF, THE NEXT DAY THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON, A FEW DAYS LATER I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD SAY, FIRST DAY THEY RESET THE AIRBAG LIGHT I ASKED IF THE AIRBAG IS ACTIVATED THEY SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW, I SAID WELL ITS STILL A SAFETY ISSUE, I ASKED HOW CAN THE AIRBAG BE DEPLOYABLE THEN, HE SAID WE WILL NEED TO CHANGE OUT THE AIRBAG, SO THEY ORDERED THE AIRBAG AND EVENTUALLY REPLACED IT, I ASKED WHAT IF THE LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN HE SAID THEN WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHATS NEXT ON THE LIST OF PARTS TO REPLACE, SO IN OTHER WORDS IT JUST CHANGE OUT PARTS BY TRIAL AND ERROR, I DROVE OFF AND THE FOLLOWING DAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND UNFORTUNATELY I AM DRIVING MY CAR WITH OUT A ACTIVATED AIRBAG, I AM AFRAID TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE COST AND TRIAL BY ERROR THEM NOT KNOWING HOW TO PIN POINT THE PROBLEM, CURRENTLY THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON AND I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT MY AIR BAG IS NOT ACTIVATED WHILE THAT LIGHT IS ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11383282December 14, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MY DAILY COMMUTE TAKES ME THROUGH RURAL, RELATIVELY UNLIT AREAS AT NIGHT. THIS HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSAFE IN THE LAST YEAR AS MY HEADLIGHTS HAVE DIMMED TO THE POINT WHERE I AM UNABLE TO SEE MORE THAN 60-70 FEET IN FRONT OF ME. THIS POSES A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS DEER ARE ABUNDANT IN THE AREA I DRIVE THROUGH AND ANY AMOUNT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER FURTHER HINDERS SAFE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11383012December 11, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE HEADLIGHTS ARE EXTREMELY DIM AND DIFFICULT TO SEE IN NIGHTS. I FEEL EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHTS. NISSAN DOESN'T HAVE A WAY TO FIX. A FULL REPLACEMENT WILL COST SEVERAL 1000 DOLLARS BUT NOT REPORTED TO YIELD RESULTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11377403December 1, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME (APROX. 2 YEARS), THE HEADLIGHT LOW-BEAM OUTPUT HAS DECREASED TO UNSAFE LEVELS. AT NIGHT, IT IS HARD TO TELL IF THE HEADLIGHT ARE EVEN ON, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SEEM TO LIGHT UP THE ROAD AT ALL. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE BULBS, AND CLEANING THE LENS, BUT NEITHER HAS HELPED. I LOOKED FURTHER INTO THE ISSUE, AND IT APPEARS THE REFLECTOR MATERIAL INSIDE THE PROJECTOR HEADLIGHT HAS BURNT OFF FROM REGULAR USE IN THE 2 YEARS THAT I OWNED THE CAR (PURCHASED NEW), THERE IS ALMOST NO REFLECTIVE MATERIAL LEFT IN THE PROJECTOR HEADLIGHT. I CHECKED WITH NISSAN DEALERSHIP, AND THAT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT IS COVERED BY ANY OF THE WARRANTIES, THERE IS ALSO NO RECALL FOR THIS PART WHICH I FIND COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. EVERY SINGLE 2014+ ALTIMA THAT I SEE ON THE STREET APPEARS TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE CAR ISN'T LIT, AND I AM SURE IT IS ALSO DUE TO THE BURNED OFF REFLECTORS IN THEIR HEADLIGHTS AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11377404December 1, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MY HEAD LIGHTS ARE VERY DIM MAKING IT HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT, I ALMOST HIT A TROOPER ON A DARK ROAD AT A SCHOOL ,LIGHTS WERE VERY DIM AND HE HAD ON DARK CLOTHES.THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING DIMER EVERY NIGHT.I WAS TURNING IN TO A SCHOOL .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11376835November 28, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN GETTING DIMMER OVER TIME (SO BAD ITS HARD TO SEE!!) REPLACING THE BULBS HAS NOT HELPED! VERY UNSAFE!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11376415November 26, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHEN I DRIVE AT NIGHT WITH THE LIGHTS ON LOW BEAM THEY ARE DANGEROUSLY DIM. IT IS VERY HARD TO SEE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11375866November 23, 2020
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V315000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CONTACTED THE DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE HOOD UNLATCHED AND STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11375777November 22, 2020
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
POOR LOW LIGHTING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11375116November 17, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION
5 YEARS OLD AND HAD TO REPLACE COMPLETE SUBFRAME, NISSAN WOULD NOT COVER DUE TO LIVING BY THE OCEAN , OTHER 2 ALTIMA'S FROM 08 HAVE NO ISSUES . REPAIR COST WAS $3000 . FIGURED OUT ISSUE WHEN RIGHT FRONT BOTTOMED OUT AND A-ARM SITTING ON THE GROUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11374569November 13, 2020
AIR BAGS
MY PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING AND A PASSENGER IS IN THE SEAT AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I FINANCED MY CAR BACK IN 2015 I'M THE ONLY OWNER OF THIS CAR AND THE DEALERSHIP WON'T HELP ME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11374573November 13, 2020
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HOOD LATCH OPENED INADVERTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD TO CRACK. THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT FENDERS WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V315000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT FILED A CASE WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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