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Model years to avoid

Nissan Altima

What it says about you

Opinion

It was there, it was affordable, it worked. You have never once had a feeling about this car and that is a legitimate relationship to have with a car.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

22 model years on record, 12,374 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2014 (night), 2013 (night), 2009 (lock), 2008 (dashboard), 2005 (floor). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • dashboard 2008, 2024 peak 43.1% of that year's complaints
  • floor 2005, 2006 peak 31.4% of that year's complaints
  • accelerate 2012, 2016, 2017 peak 24.1% of that year's complaints
  • braking 2018, 2021 peak 23.8% of that year's complaints
  • acceleration 2016, 2017 peak 15.1% of that year's complaints
  • arm 2013, 2014 peak 13% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2026 nothing on record 0 complaints
  2. 2025 1 recall 6 complaints
  3. 2024 1 recall 41 complaints
  4. 2023 0 recalls 29 complaints
  5. 2022 0 recalls 20 complaints
  6. 2021 2 recalls 69 complaints
  7. 2020 6 recalls 177 complaints
  8. 2019 7 recalls 226 complaints
  9. 2018 2 recalls 223 complaints
  10. 2017 3 recalls 390 complaints
  11. 2016 4 recalls 551 complaints
  12. 2015 10 recalls 945 complaints
  13. 2014 night 1,112 complaints
  14. 2013 night 2,307 complaints
  15. 2012 4 recalls 424 complaints
  16. 2011 1 recall 486 complaints
  17. 2010 3 recalls 380 complaints
  18. 2009 lock 1,547 complaints
  19. 2008 dashboard 1,028 complaints
  20. 2007 3 recalls 498 complaints
  21. 2006 4 recalls 824 complaints
  22. 2005 floor 1,091 complaints

What does a Nissan Altima say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.