Model overview · 25 published model years
Nissan Altima complaints by model year
Compare published NHTSA complaint evidence across Nissan Altima model years. Each signal is benchmarked within that year's same-segment, same-era cohort, so it is not a mechanical failure rate or complete reliability score.
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Published model-year records
14,847
Matched complaint incidents
2013
Highest signal in this published set
9.3
Signal for that model year
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2020Altima2018 to 2022 midsize sedan5.9interval 4.8 to 7.1174matched incidents2019Altima2017 to 2021 midsize sedan6.4interval 4.9 to 6.4224matched incidents2018Altima2016 to 2020 midsize sedan4.1interval 3.6 to 5.3223matched incidents2017Altima2015 to 2019 midsize sedan5.2interval 5.2 to 5.6385matched incidents2016Altima2014 to 2018 midsize sedan5.7interval 5.3 to 6.3545matched incidents2015Altima2013 to 2017 midsize sedan7.5interval 6.9 to 7.9941matched incidents2014Altima2012 to 2016 midsize sedan7.9interval 7.5 to 7.91,111matched incidents2013Altima2011 to 2015 midsize sedan9.3interval 9.3 to 9.52,304matched incidents2012Altima2010 to 2014 midsize sedan4.1interval 3.9 to 4.3423matched incidents2011Altima2009 to 2013 midsize sedan2.9interval 2.7 to 2.9241matched incidents2010Altima2008 to 2012 midsize sedan4.1interval 3.7 to 4.5380matched incidents2009Altima2007 to 2011 midsize sedan9.1interval 8.7 to 9.11,547matched incidents2008Altima2006 to 2010 midsize sedan7.7interval 7.1 to 8.31,028matched incidents2007Altima2005 to 2009 midsize sedan4.8interval 4.4 to 5.2471matched incidents2006Altima2004 to 2008 midsize sedan7.0interval 7.0 to 7.0824matched incidents2005Altima2003 to 2007 midsize sedan8.8interval 8.4 to 9.51,091matched incidents2004Altima2002 to 2006 midsize sedan4.1interval 4.1 to 4.6276matched incidents2003Altima2001 to 2005 midsize sedan7.8interval 7.8 to 8.3883matched incidents2002Altima2000 to 2004 midsize sedan8.9interval 8.7 to 9.11,047matched incidents2001Altima1999 to 2003 midsize sedan2.7interval 2.2 to 3.2159matched incidents2000Altima1998 to 2002 midsize sedan3.4interval 2.8 to 3.4160matched incidents1999Altima1997 to 2001 midsize sedan1.3interval 1.0 to 2.187matched incidents1998Altima1996 to 2000 midsize sedan3.7interval 2.5 to 4.3123matched incidents1997Altima1995 to 1999 midsize sedan3.2interval 2.3 to 4.4108matched incidents1996Altima1994 to 1998 midsize sedan2.5interval 2.5 to 3.792matched incidents
How to read this: a higher complaint signal means that model year has a louder complaint record relative to its peer cohort. It does not establish overall reliability, ownership cost, or a recommendation to avoid that year.
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