CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2008 Altima has a defect trend of CVT transmission failure showing up around the 100,000 mile mark.

It's an expensive repair at nearly $4,000 average repair cost. For more information see Nissan Altima CVT defect info on NissanProblems.com.

2.9

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
48,732 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.

2008 Nissan Altima electrical problems

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2008 Nissan Altima Owner Comments

problem #2

Dec 142012

Altima 4-cyl

  • 76,465 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The "passenger airbag not on" light has been intermittently flashing. It now remains lit (passenger airbag off) when the seat is unoccupied and when a full grown adult sits in the passenger seat. In November of 2012, the airbag light began to flash on the dashboard panel. I took my car into a Nissan dealership for repair after reading about campaign 08V521000. After diagnostics were ran by the technician, it was found that the SRS system was off, the occupant sensory unit failed (dtc code B1018), and a new seat cushion assembly is needed to repair the malfunction. Nissan was contacted about the malfunction and denied covering the repair under the recall since my VIN didn't fall under the recall, even though the conditions for repair fit the description. The vehicle was not repaired. I want Nissan to repair this malfunction so that I, and my passengers, can feel safe in my car.

- Plant City, FL, USA

problem #1

Feb 082009

Altima 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 21,000 miles
The contact owns a 2008 Nissan Altima. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign id number 08V521000 and immediately called the dealer for repairs. The vehicle was repaired according to the recall because the front passenger side air bag continued to illuminate on the instrument panel. In the event of a crash, the air bag may not function properly. He called the manufacturer and was referred back to the dealer, but they could not remedy the failure. The failure still persists. The failure and current mileages were 21,000. Updated 06/27/09 updated 06/23/09.

- Apollo Beach, FL, USA

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