Nissan Altima / 2021
2021 Nissan Altima problems
Owners have filed 120 complaints about the 2021 Nissan Altima with NHTSA. Forward collision avoidance accounts for 21.7% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 17.5%.
Complaints120
Crashes17
Fires3
Injuries11
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Forward collision avoidance 21.7% · 26
Electrical system 17.5% · 21
Service brakes 15.0% · 18
Unknown or other 10.0% · 12
Steering 5.8% · 7
Engine 5.0% · 6
Suspension 4.2% · 5
Back over prevention 3.3% · 4
Severity
Of those complaints, 17 describe a crash, 3 describe a fire and 11 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 29 model years of the Nissan Altima in this data, 2021 draws comparatively few complaints; 2013 is the outlier year.
Filings are rising — 75 in the last three years against 45 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 41,000 miles.
In owners' own words
My car is supposed to have an automatic braking system/collision detection. Two cars in front of me slammed on their brakes and the car in front of me slammed on his brake, and I didn't have enough time to react. I totalled my car, but my car is supposed to have a safety feature that automatically brakes. The faulty automatic braking didn't engage as it should have. Forward collision avoidance
On two separate occasions my vehicle stopped on its own. Once while doing roughly 35mph the brakes applied on their own and the car stopped immediately. The second time I was at a.traffic light that had just turned green as I began to accelerate the brakes locked up and the car stopped immediately. What are my options regarding this issue.that I am having? Forward collision avoidance
[XXX] slams on brakes going in reverse for no reason, I wish there was a way to disconnect this to me it's more of a safety issue. Problem is there trying to dumb [XXX] down for all the idiots out there that don't know how to drive.. I don't have that problem. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) Forward collision avoidance
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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