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.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
3 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
40,697 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
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The dashboard in my car is slowly breaking down. The composition of the materials has degraded, over time, so bad that it has lost its surface texture in areas and is now smooth and highly shiny/reflective. The sun is now reflected on to my window shield and I am completely blinded and unable to see the road, pedestrians and cars in front of me.
Dashboard is melting due to heat and sun in Texas. Melting glue is creating a severe glare on the windshield, causing dangerous driving conditions as it's hard to see how the windshield. Visibility is extremely limited. Dashboard is sticky and cannot be cleaned or wiped off.
I can drive the car for several hours then after several hours the car shuts down slows down and then cuts completely off tries to restart the car it completely dies have to get a jump start. Couldn't get a reading on the car no codes would show up it's been doing this for several months now. It's very dangerous to drive not knowing when it will just shut off on me and my daughter.
My dashboard is is falling apart the glare on it is high..I did some research and in Florida Nissan lost or gave in to a class action lawsuit for this issue..Toyota assisted its customers with a recall why is Nissan not doing the same ?
1) clear coat and black paint fading to primer (year 2017-2018) 2) 124,000 miles - transmission whining as vehicle speeds up on streets and highways (March 22,2018) 3) black dash has melted, cant see out windshield while driving facing the sun (2017-2018)
Daily driven 2008 Nissan Altima in South Florida. Vehicle dash has melted causing the dash to be sticky and reflecting a massive glare on windshield making it very difficult to drive. Entire dash has started to crack and pieces falling off due to poor quality of dash. Defogger for windshield has been affected do to the structure of the dash changing and becoming stick. Extremely dangerous when driving and do not see any current recalls for the car or dash.
While driving home after work my sunroof on my 2008 Nissan Altima exploded it was not hot or cold temp was approximately 75 degrees no other vehicles were around me at the time. Speed was 50 mph on a city street I never use the sunroof it's always on the close position no prior cracks or scrapes on the sunroof date of incident 2/02/2018. I did report incident to Nissan as of 2/9/2018 no response
2008 Nissan Altima dashboard is melting and cracked. The dashboard produces a glare making it difficult to see when it is sunny. Material for dashboard is defective.
My driver's side door is not locking with the key fob. This allows anyone to open my door, but it does set off my alarm. My car has been broken into twice while parked in a secured access garage because they are able to open the door, snatch and grab. I read online that this is a safety issue because drivers should be able to lock their doors.
Dashboard is melting which is causing severe visibility issues. I am having to lean out of the way in order to see out of the windshield, and I try to avoid being in my car as I am severely concerned for my safety as it is progressively becoming worse
Currently, I live in Florida and am an owner of 2008 Nissan Altima. This car is usually in the garage and rarely is impacted by the sun. I have noticed in the last week 3 cracks appearing on the dashboard of the vehicle. I called Nissan and they stated to me that there was nothing that they could do because I was out of warranty. I then looked on line and noticed that there was a lawsuit for this same problem with Altima's in the years of 2008 and 2009. Nissan know S that there dashboards were made with a defective material that was not able to withstand the humidity of Florida. The lawsuit had come and past. I was 6 months from the deadline of April 29th 2017. The issue though with this dashboard is a visability while driving. The dashboard is melting and shines from the glare of the sun which impedes driving.
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- Garland, TX, USA