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 have been receiving recalls for my car regarding the transmission the extended the warranty, the primary hood latch disengaged which could obscure the drivers vision increasing the risk of a crash.
While driving on a city street the hood of the car flew open damaging both fenders. Hood was closed but the latch did not secure causing it to fly open causing damage to the body of the vehicle.
I have two ongoing issues that seems to be a very common issue with Nissan Altima. 1st issue is periodically I have no acceleration on gas pedal. This is very sporadic and only seems to happen when the vehicle is warmed up. Almost had crash on a couple of occasions while going thru intersection. Second problem is periodically the cruise control will not engage. These problems are getting worse. Car only has 80K miles on it. 1st appeared around 50K miles on it.
I was driving home from the gym when my car had a funky smell, so I stopped at a friends house, I opened the hood and it turned out it was something with my tires, but the smell went away, as soon as I got back into my vehicle a D I drove maybe a quarter mile away I was making a left hand turn when my hood suddenly popped open, even though I made sure it was closed, that has never happened to me and ever since then I been afraid of opening the hood to even check on anything.
I was driving on a highway at the speed of 50 mph and my hood flew open. I had to slam on my brakes in the middle of the highway and try and pullover with no view out my front windshield. There is damage to my hood and surrounding area due to this mishap. I am afraid to ever open my hood in case it does not shut properly again. I had just bought this car in November of 2019. I had my son in the car with me at the time.
- La Crescent, MN, USA
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The interior lights don't work I have a push start and I have to use my key to unlock/lock the doors. The beeper doesn't work and the battery has been replaced several times. My car also drives as if it's in neutral and won't pick up speed. I have to turn the car off and start it back up for it to stop but it will do it constantly. I have took it to the dealership numerous of times and they always tell me they can't find an issue. This has been going on for a year now.
Driving on street and hood flew up blocking all visability. Luckily no traffic was nearby and I was able to pull on shoulder of road. I was able to put hood down and secured it with duct tape. The top of the panels on both sides are now bent from the hood coming all the way up and they are chipping paint as well.
I never received my recall so I can get my car fixed. While driving with a passenger in the front seat my air bag light says off not recognizing the passenger which can result in injury. Also the hood latch has a recall that needs fixing.
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.
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
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- Montebello, CA, USA