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2024 Nissan Altima — Problems & Complaints

NHTSA has 41 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.

Complaints

filed with NHTSA

Involved a Crash

owner-reported

Involved Fire

owner-reported

Injuries

across all reports

Years to Avoid

Nissan Altima — Complaints by Model Year

Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.

2017 Nissan Altima AVOID

391 complaints

2018 Nissan Altima

226 complaints

2019 Nissan Altima

232 complaints

2020 Nissan Altima

179 complaints

2021 Nissan Altima

70 complaints

2022 Nissan Altima

20 complaints

2023 Nissan Altima

29 complaints

2024 Nissan Altima

41 complaints

2025 Nissan Altima

7 complaints

2026 Nissan Altima

0 complaints

Problem Areas

What Owners Complain About Most

Unknown Or Other 8 reports

Structure 5 reports

Forward Collision Avoidance 5 reports

Service Brakes 5 reports

Engine 5 reports

Steering 5 reports

Seats 4 reports

Power Train 4 reports

In Their Own Words

Recent Owner Reports

Steering ODI 11632195 12/23/2024

Steering becomes tight and “feels to lock up” with no control. Happened 2 times previously, 3rd time resulted in a crash.

Tires ODI 11629796 12/09/2024

Small hair leak from side wall of back passenger tire

Service Brakes ODI 11559220 12/08/2023

I went to stop at a stop sign and the breaks didn’t not work causing a collision, prior to I heard a loud clinking noise and my car smelled like burning rubber. Blind spot didn’t not light up accurately or notify me correctly.

Power Train ODI 11703430 12/06/2025

Problems with the engine and transmission.

Service Brakes ODI 11702955 12/04/2025

This incident happened twice in one week first with 2023 Nissan Sentra then replaced with a 2024 Nissan Altima both rented from Enterprise. I was traveling down the street from my house, a two-lane, steep hillside road, which I’ve traveled up and down for 30 years. I stopped behind a parked car on the right side of the road to let another car come up the hill and pass by befor…

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Questions

FAQ

Is the 2024 Nissan Altima reliable?

Owners have filed 41 safety complaints with NHTSA for the 2024 Nissan Altima, most often about unknown or other. Compare the complaint counts across model years above — a year with far more complaints than the model's average is the strongest 'avoid' signal in public data.

Which Nissan Altima years should I avoid?

The rule of thumb used by analysts: a model year whose complaint count is well above the model's own average (we flag 2× or more) usually had a real manufacturing or design problem — not just noisy reporting. Use the year-by-year strip on this page.

Where do these complaints come from?

Directly from NHTSA, the US government road-safety agency. Any owner can file a Vehicle Owner Questionnaire; NHTSA publishes them as public domain data. We cache each lookup for up to 7 days.

Do complaints mean a recall is coming?

Sometimes. NHTSA opens defect investigations when complaint patterns emerge, and investigations can end in recalls. Check the recalls page for this vehicle to see what has already been recalled.