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.
I tried to release the hood by way of pulling the interior latch, it did not open. I called the dealership they told me to bring it in the next day. I got out of the car and pressed on it (to be sure it was closed) and drove away from the gas station. I was driving 30 miles per hour when the hood let go and hyperextended and flew up in front of me and I was unable to see anything.
On November 8th my daughter was driving my 2015 Nissan Altima and the RPM starting going up and as she was pressing the gas the car wouldn't move and the check engine light came on. I took the car to the Nissan dealership and they told me the transmission is going bad in my car and that it would cost me $4500 to get fixed. After talking to several people I was informed that there is a recall on the 2015 Nissan Altima with a 4 cylinder engine. If there is a recall then why is my local dealership trying to get me to pay. I wen to the NHTSA.gov website and typed in my VIN number and it showed that my vehicle is recalled. Do I take my vehicle to another Nissan dealership and file a complaint with the BBB on that dealership? I don't have $4500 to fix my transmission especially when there is a recall on it.
Headlight low beams are dangerously dim. Can barely see the road. When there is a car behind, lights are so dim that a shadow is cast in fromt of the car. Attempted new halogen and led bulbs with no success.
I was driving on the highway this morning and stopped at the light to make the left turn (about 5 minutes into my drive). Once the light turned green, I stepped on the gas but the car would not move. I had to turn the car off and turn it back on. Pushing on the gas, the car would not accelerate to the more than 40 mph. I turned the car around to go home (about 1 mile away) as I didn't feel it was safe to drive and had to stop at a red light to make the right turn. Once stopped, the car would not move. It was still on and no warning lights were illuminated on the dashboard. I turned the car off and back on and was able to slowly accelerate, again no more than 40 mph. This was scary and dangerous. This could have caused a serious accident.
- North Brunswick, NJ, USA
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I believe my airbags may have spontaneously deployed while driving on a straight at around 45 - 50 mph, shocking and blinding me, causing me to veer off the side of the road and crashing into a ditch, totaling my car. All I remember was one second, I was driving and the next, I couldn't see anything and was braking & screaming, on a wild, bumpy ride, not knowing where to steer because I couldn't see past the airbags and dust/chemicals/smoke.
My car started this issue around 84,000 miles. Once a month it looses power usually after I'm stopped. I try to take off it sometimes hesitates for a few seconds and takes off slowly a lack of about 75% power. I had a couple close calls in the city. I get out there and then it acts up while I'm trying to pull out in traffic. It's seems to not shift gears also the engine will just scream. I also learned by shutting car off problem goes away like other peoples cars.
Takata recall while driving car stalls first then turns off completely which could cause major accident on highway it's a push start vehicle car was in motion has happened on city street and while exiting highway
The gear shifter in my automatic car will not release. In order to drive. I must stick an object in the release hole to shift my car into reverse, neutral, or drive. This is a common issue with many Nissan.
I just called Nissan. On June 8 18 I took my car to chandler Nissan for pre purchase inspection. They said it had a recall for the transmission, checked it and said everything looked fine. I received a quote on the extended warranty while there. I later called and emailed to extend my warranty but kept getting the run around. Fast forward to this weekend, getting on the freeway no acceleration at all. RPM just through the roof. Its done that a few times now, since the day I bought it (after inspection) it would lag to accelerate just not totally like it did now. I'm a girl and thought that was normal it just didn't pick up and go and whined a little. Todays miles = 61850. Called Nissan, they will look into it and get back to me... the car had 57468 miles at the time of inspection and was under warranty. The other issue was about a month ago, before I hit 60K the side airbag alert went off. After restarting the car it disappeared. Took it to midway Nissan and they said could be a faulty sensor or could be a defect in the airbag but its not covered under warranty. They quoted $1400 to fix that. I forgot to tell the Nissan rep that when I called but I will do so when they call me back. Hoping they will be helpful. I will update as I get more info.
The dunlop tires which came with the new 2015 Nissan Altima I bought in January of 2015 were manufactured in 2013. Since I bought the car, I was loosing air in all four (4) tires. I complained to the dealer twice and they could not find any problem. So I went and I bought an air pump which I used almost every week to fill in the air I was losing. Recently, while I was driving with my grandchildren, one of the tires lost 15 points pressure within one mile on the road. It was a zipline fracture according to the mechanic who replaced the tires for me. I contacted both dunlop and Nissan and both kept on throwing the problem on each other. Dunlop offered to give me a replacement credit to be used for dunlop/Goodyear tires which I do not trust. Nissan refused to hear my complaint because they do not warrant tires even though I bought the dunlop tires with the new vehicles. I do not trust either of the two companies because they do not stand behind their product. Thank god that we did not sustain any injury or death but the 2013 tires were really defective since I bought the car.
My Nissan Altima cvt transmission is going up again. This is the third time and Nissan had my car for almost three weeks and I had to call and see a status and if I didn't I still wouldn't of got a call about it. They told me they did a software update on the control module of the transmission and there is a note in my account that I can bring it up as many times as I need to with no charge to me. Are you kidding me red flag, and lets not forget this is the third time they had my vehicle on the same problem and this is a red flag for not knowing how many more times this will happen in the future but it will happen. The cvt transmission is a vehicle with no reliability with it, costs you an arm and leg, and the car is crap. They all need to be recalled. The vehicle makes a whiney nose going down or up hills, the RPM's get stuck in 2nd gear and don't let you go above 20mph unless you take your foot off and then stomp it to the floor to kick it out of gear, and the car tries to overdue your driving to do its own. The transmission is crap and needs to be recalled after all the reviews out there saying the same thing from 2008 to at least 2015 or 2016.
'takata recall' my engine mounts are broken at only 40,000 miles and was told it's a common issue with the Nissan Altima I had different type of cars with way more miles and never had that problem and find it strange it happens with the Nissan Altima with low mileage
Issues with the hood latch not wanting to properly latch and setting off alarm and signal inside the car dash also this vehicle keeps saying that there is no one in the passenger seat when they're indeed is someone in the passenger seat and the airbag will not deploy if in a car crash I don't know why my car wasn't included in this recall that was for both of these issues but it has both of these issues coming through a carmax dealership
Rollaway accident in parking lot on small incline. $ 4500 in damage. No injuries. Thank god. At softball game. Exited car and did not hear any warning. Walked beside and then behind car and did not notice any movement. About 20 seconds later it crashed into a highboy trailer.
I am having problems with lack of acceleration when in traffic, car will not move when the accelerator is pushed no response other than a turtle crawl. Became very random in beginning roughly 2-4 months ago progressing into daily to and from work, initially it seemed to be more frequent when car was hot or at normal operating temperatures and now is still sporadic but happens sometimes within 5 minutes of operation. The next issue is the horn will not sound unless it is hit in a very specific way, I am very concerned about this due to safety issues and the inability to remember how to hit the sweet spot in emergency situations. Later today I will be making videos of this default and then taking to dealer for the second time to have repaired or replaced.
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- Freemansburg, PA, USA