CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2015 Nissan Altima shows multiple problem trends, continuing the poor reputation of the 2013 & 2014 Altima, prompting us to give it our "Beware of the Clunker" badge.
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.
Car completely powered off while traveling traveling at 10mph. The engine and battery symbol appeared, car was able to come to a rolling stop. Placed in park and was able to restart with no issues. Ten minutes later, car is traveling 60mph and car powered off, console turned black, car powered on, powered off and then powered on while maintaining same speed. Third time occurred 5min later as I was trying to safely pull over. Was traveling under 20mph and car powered off, locking breaks and coming to a complete stop while locking steering wheel.
Vehicle back up monitor will go blank when car is in reverse and backing up. This is an intermittent problem at first but is starting to become a more frequent problem.
My key fob is acting up...incorrect key id, ,keeps popping up..I dont understand why this is doing this, ,I feel that this is a safety issue because I really am nnot safe when I am stranded because my car will not start
The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the air conditioner failed to function and hot air blew out of the vents. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 129,776.
I purchased the car Nov 2016 and has been occurring since March 2017. Randomly, it will tell you that there is no key when you open the door and the key is inside. It will tell you wrong key when you attempt to turn the car on. Or low battery when you have a brand new car and wireless entry battery.
- Hialeah, FL, USA
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The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the smart key was replaced numerous times because the battery was always dying. The failure prevented the contact from locking and unlocking the doors. Round rock Nissan (3050 North I-35, round rock, tx 78681) stated that the vehicle was not included in tsb number: 16-028. The manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 67,500.
My door latch on the driver side door stopped latching to close the door when letting the window down now door stays open when driving.its not latched the lock isn't catching and door handle to open the door is loose. I was tryi G to close the door and the handle is not latching when I was coming home from the grocery store with mr children they have a recall for the back doors on this type of car but this is the front door doing the same thing as the back door in the recall it's just the front driver side door.
Vehicle was stationary. Dash panel displayed key not detected. Car wouldn't start. Replace battery in key fob with a brand new energizer battery. Worked fine two times and did the same thing. Had car battery checked and was told it was good. Car wouldn't start on me again in an unlit parking lot. Very dangerous situation. Have read on blogs that this is common with this car. Why won't they fix it?
I can not see at all with my regular headlights on (low beams)..it is a terrible safety hazard and I drive around with my 3 year old everyday andnight...it's sooo bad and I was shocked to hear that Nissan is taking zero responsibility for this...there are so many complaints about this....they should [xxx] do something cause it's very unfair that now I have to pay for [xxx] new headlights and shell out over $600 for [xxx] defected headlights....never ever buying a [xxx] Nissan ever again...if they don't eventually (sometime soon) take care of this....& do the right thing by their customers.... parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
2015 Altima has incurred two separate water leak issues within two months. First, diagnosed as clogged ac drain. This required complete replacement of carpet. This was repaired under warranty. Second, diagnosed as faulty firewall grommet on steering assembly. This allowed excessive amounts of rainwater to flood driver side carpet and under dash electrical while driving. Nissan claims is not a warranty-able failure due to "nature" being source of water which flooded through firewall. Dealer states this has been a common occurrence on 2013-2017 Altima Nissan also does not see how failure of firewall grommet (s) could lead to vehicles sinking faster in the event of a water crash.
My car caught fire and was totaled. I had been smelling something the day before it caught on fire. I was driving on the city street and I smelled the smell I had been smelling stronger and I looked at the hood and it was smoking. I pulled over and more smoking started pouring out from my car. Then the dashboard went off. I got out and called 911 and by the time they got there the front of my car was on fire. After it was put out the fire had burned through just about everything under the hood.
At very low speed (as in searching for a parking space) the car will accelerate, without warning, and then fall back to an idle. My current 2015 Altima is at the body shop now because of an accident (due to this unannounced accelerlation) where my wife ran through a wall at riteaid drugs while attempting to park. The vehicle was in the parking space and almost completely stopped when it accelerated. My wife was not badly injured, but could have been, not ot mention any pedestrians that might have walked in front of the her car. I have police report, pics, etc., but unable to load them. I complained to tenneson Nissan about this and several other issues at the 5000 mile service visit, to no avail.updated 11/08/17...updated 11/14/17 updated 11/16/2017 updated 11/17/2017
When placed on park the car still rolls forward or back and almost caused an accident. The car pulls when driving in a slow speed of 5-20 mpr and sometimes the floor on the driver side vibrate. Also, the electrical buttons located on the steering wheel are unable to be used when on parked or driving. The volume or phone or selection switch does not work again...
The contact owns a 2015 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that when attempting to drive the vehicle, the key fob failed to start the engine. In addition, the contact stated that odor of fuel and antifreeze emitted inside the interior of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to clay Nissan dealer, in norwood, MA where the technician told the contact "we do not wanted to see your face around here again.' The vehicle was not repaired and no further assistance was provided. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 27,108.
Manufacture date 10/14. Vehicle was serviced after an oil change with filter. Also the cabin air filter was replaced. The engine air filter was not replaced. 1. owner left shop and called about 20 minutes later saying that smoke was coming from under the hood. Two technicians went to the scene and front of vehicle was on fire the engine compartment was a total loss and passenger area of the front windshield was also melted away. 2. after researching for this year/ make and model there has been several other cars with mysterious fires. 3. discussed with technician and the only item that was
Push button start doesn't work due to faulty steering wheel lock system. Car will not start unless I use remote start, open and close door then hit brake.
The driver's side blind spot warning light constantly goes on & off. It has always done this & dealership cannot find anything wrong. The passenger side has done it in the past but I haven't noticed it lately. It is very annoying & now I turn the system off most of the time.
Vehicle gets 28 mph on highway for long distance travel. Vehicle is advertise to get 36 on highway. Two trips of 9 to 10 hours on highway (non-mountain)shows 28 mph. Third trip 4.5 hours shows 28 mph on highway. Vehicle gets the same 28 mph city. Extremely poor mileage on highway. I have continuously reported this problem to Nissan dealership, and was told by service manager the computer had to catch up with the car.
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- Mesquite, TX, USA