42 complaints reported

2016 Nissan Altima UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
42
Crashes
2
Fires
0
Injuries
3

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Jun 2019

HAVE A 2106 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT WAS PURCHASED FROM ENTERPRISE SALES ON MAY 2018 WITH 44000 + MILES ON THE CAR. AROUND MAY 2019 CAR STARTING TO SHUTTER AND ACCELERATE AND JERK ON IT'S OWN AND SOMETIMES SEEMING AS THOUGH THE CAR LOSE POWER WHEN STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT. THE MORNING OF MAY 8, 2019 ON MY WAY TO WORK, AGAIN, THE CAR STARTED TO JERK REALLY BAD AND LOSE POWER. I DECIDED TO GO BACK HOME TO BE SAFE. SCHEDULED A APPOINTMENT WITH NISSAN THE NEXT DAY. TOOK THE VEHICLE IN AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR NEEDED A TRANSMISSION. I WAS GIVEN A LOANER UNTIL THE CAR WAS REPAIRED ON MAY 16, 2019.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Sep 2019
Jun 2019

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE CAR SPEEDS UP AND SLOWS DOWN IT'S KIND OF WEIRD TO EXPLAIN THEN IT FEELS LIKE IT WANNA SHUT OFF I TOOK IT TO GET LOOKED AT AND THEY SAID IT WAS A RECALL ON MY CAR BUT THEY COULDN'T TELL ME WHAT IT HAPPENS MORE ON THE HIGHWAY SOME TIME WHEN I START THE CAR UP IT'S A WIRED SOUND TO IT AND WHEN I PROCEED TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT SOME TIMES JUMP I DONT KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU WOULD HAVE TO SEE FOR OWN EYEZ

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Dec 2018
May 2019

WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL DOWN THE CAR DOES NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE. NO LIGHTS ARE INDICATING A POTENTIAL PROBLEM AND I'VE HAD TO THE DEALER WITH NO CODE SHOWING UP. WHEN SEARCHING THE PROBLEM SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE . PLEASE HELP! THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY DURING POINT A TO POINT B. CITY DRIVING ETC

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: May 2019
Apr 2019

2016 NISSAN ALTIMA 38,000 ML I WAS TURNING LEFT AT A BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS THE RPM WENT UP BUT THE MPH WOULDN'T MOVE. I HAD THE GAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN BUT NOTHING HAPPENED, FINALLY MY CAR STARTED TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY AND THEN TOOK OFF. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED TO ME (02/28/2019) I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY RAN TESTS BUT NO CODES COME BACK. THEY DROVE IT 30 MILES AND TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN TO BRING IT BACK RIGHT AWAY. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER TO LET THEM KNOW IT HAPPENED AGAIN THEY TOLD ME THE NEXT AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT IS IN 4 DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN SEE ME. THIS IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION I HAVE AND I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING MY FAMILY IN IT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Apr 2019
Apr 2019 Crash Injury

ON MAY 12, 2019 I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON I 95 NORTH IN BROWARD COUNTY FL. I WAS ABOUT TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY AT EXIT 19 N ( PEMBROKE RD). I DIDN'T NOTICE A CAR IN MY BLIND SPOT ON MY RIGHT, WHEN I DID NOTICE THE CAR I YANKED MY WHEEL TO MY LEFT. I YANKED IT SO HARD THAT MY VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL. IT GOT HIT ON ALL 4 SIDES, WITH THE WORST OF THE DAMAGE BEING ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE AND THE BACK DRIVERS SIDE. I RECEIVED A CARELESS DRIVING TICKET. TICKET NUMBER AB5MP1E GIVEN TO ME BY A BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICER.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Dec 2019
Mar 2019

OCCASIONALLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING CAR DO NOT MOVE FOR FEW SECONDS EVEN AFTER PRESSING ACCELERATOR FIRMLY AND AFTER FEW SECONDS CAR JUST MOVED SUDDENLY AND AT HIGH SPEED AGAIN WITHOUT ANY WARNING. IT MOSTLY HAPPEN WHEN I STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHT AND SOMETIMES WHEN I AM DRIVING SLOW. NO OTHER WARNING LIGHTS IN MY CAR AND SERVICES IS UPTODATE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Mar 2019
Mar 2019

THE KEY FOB IS NOT REGISTERING WITH THE VEHICLE. BOTH FOBS HAVE BEEN CHANGED. I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT SAYS INCORRECT KEY ID. ONCE THE CAR BATTERY WAS JUMPED IT STARTED WITH NO ISSUES. THE BATTERY WAS THEN IMMEDIATELY TESTED AS WELL AS THE ALTERNATOR. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FREQUENTLY. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW AND IVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES SINCE

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Mar 2019
Mar 2019

2016 NISSAN ALTIMA WITH 38000 AND THE A/C COMPRESSOR STOPPED WORKING. TOOK TO 4 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY NEVER SEEN A COMPRESSOR GO BAD WITH SUCH LOW MILAGE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Jun 2019
Feb 2019

CVT TRANSMISSION I PURCHASED THE CAR WITH 49,000 MILES AT NEARLY 70,000 MILES HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITH A USED TRANSMISSION WITH 35,000 MILES NOW INTO YEAR THREE I MAY NEED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION...NISSAN MUST FIX THIS PROBLEM. I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR SHUT OFF...I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND ONCE I PUT THE GEAR INTO DRIVE IT COMPLETELY CUT OFF.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Feb 2019
Feb 2019

ON NOVEMBER 16 2019 I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ON MY WAY TO WORK, WHEN I FELT MY CAR JERK WHILE I WAS DRIVING 70MPH . IT CONTINUED TO JERK ON AND OFF. I TOLD MY HUSBAND AND WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TEST RESULTS READ CVT, WHICH IS TRANSMISSION FOR ALTIMA. AFTER RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION I WENT TO THE NISSAN WEBSITE TO CHECK FOR RECALLS. I PUT IN MY VIN NUMBER AND TWO RECALLS CAME BACK. WE THEN TOOK THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND INFORMED THEM OF THE RECALLS, AND ASKED WHY WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE RECALLS. IN A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE RECALL IT STATES IF THE RECALL ON THE CVT TRANSMISSION IS NOT FIXED, CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION CAN LEAD TO ACCELERATED WEAR AND DAMAGE TO THE CVT TRANSMISSION. THIS RECALL WAS POSTED DECEMBER 2016. I PURCHASED THE CAR AUGUST 2017 AND I HAVE DROVE MY CAR EVERYDAY UNTIL NOVEMBER 25, 2019. WITH NO NOTIFICATION OF A RECALL. I AM GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN NISSAN'S DEALERSHIP AND CORPORATE TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT NO CHARGE BUT THEY ARE SAYING THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE I DIDN'T PURCHASE THE VEHICLE FROM A NISSAN DEALERSHIP.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Nov 2019
Feb 2019

THE PASSENGER DOOR LASH WON'T CLOSE PROPERLY

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2019
Oct 2018

FIRST THE ENGINE USES POWER WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY,NOW GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY DOING 70 MILES A HOUR LET OFF GAS PETAL TO SLOW SPEED DOES NOT CHANGE. THIS CAR IS A LEMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNSAFE TO DRIVE,DEALER IS NO HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Aug 2018
Sep 2018

MY DAUGHTER ROLLED DOWN BACK WINDOW ON PASSENGER SIDE AND DOOR OPENED UP. NOW THE WINDOW WON'T ROLL DOWN AS FAR AS ITS SUPPOSED TO AND ONCE WE GOT THE DOOR TO CLOSE THE DOOR NOW WON'T OPEN LUCKILY WE HAD NOT PULLED OFF YET AND THE CAR WAS STILL PARK. I ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHO SUPPOSEDLY DID THE RECALL WORK AND THEY SAID THEY DID NOT DO THE DOOR THEY DID THE TRANSMISSION BUT IT'S NOT SHOWING THAT WE HAVE ANY OPEN RECALLS BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Aug 2018
Jul 2018

ON THIS DAY, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN MY CAR JUST CUT OFF ON ME AS I WAS DRIVING .. I HAD TO TRY AND PULL IT OVER OUT OF HIGHWAY AND ONCE I GOT IT OUT OF ROAD .. I HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK AND THANKFUL IT RESTARTED .. I HAVE BEEN NOTICING JUMPING AND MY ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON.. FIRST TIME SINCE I HAVE MY CAR THAT THIS HAS HAPPEN WITH THE CAR CUTTING OFF ON ME .. BUT DON'T KNOW WHY MY ENGINE LIGHTS KEEPS COMING ON ..

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Jun 2018
Jul 2017 Crash Injury

VEHICLE WILL NOT ACELARATE OR WILL ACELARATE ON IS OWN ON 2 OCATIONS IT HAPPEN AT THE INNER SECTION OF APLM BEACH BLVD AND VERONICA SHOE MAKER AS I WAA READY TO TUR TO MY LEFT SIDE THE CAR WILL NOT ACELARATE LEAVING ME AND A COWORKER SCREAMING DUE THAT A CAR WAA COMING OUR WAY ON ANOTHER OCATION IT HAPPEN WHILE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WINKLER AVE AND FORDS ST IN FORT MYERS FL AGAIN ME AND MY KIDS GOT READY FOR A XIRECT HIT FROM ANOTHER VEHICHLE AS MY KIDS ARE SCREAMING I PRESS THE ACELARATOR TO THE FLOOR AND IT YOOK OFF ON A NOTHER OCASSION MY DAUGTHER WAS PULLING OUT OF THE NISSAN WHERE SHE HAD PI K UP THE VEHI LE BECAUSE THEY SAY IT WAS DUE TO TRANSMISSION AND THEY REBUILD IT AS SHE IS READY GO TURN BECAUSE THE VEHICHLE WAS DOING THE SAME THING ANOTHER CAR SLAM INTO HER PUSHING HER IN TO THE LANE TO TURN SHE ALSO CLAIMS IF TGE VEHICHLE WOULD HAD RESPOND WHEN SHE ACELARATED SHE MIGHT HAD BEEN ABKE TO AVOID THE PAINFULL INJURIES. I HAVE CONTACT NISSAN NORT AMERICA ON 5 O ASION PRIOR TO THE LAST INCIDENT WITH REQUESTING MY MONEY BACK FOR THIS DEFFECTED CAR AND TO TAKE THIS CAR OUT OF THE ROAD AND THEY SAY NO REFUBD NO RETURN AND ALL THEY CAN OFFET IS KEEP FIXING AT THIS TIME I HAVE SPENT 13,000 FOR A CAR THAT I AM AFRAID AND I KNOW SHOULD NOT BE IN THE ROAD RECALL IT BACK AS DEFECTED I BELIEVE THIS CAR WILL CAUSE SOME ONES LIFE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2017
Sep 2016

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET & APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, I HEARD A LOUD POP AS IF IT WAS A GUN SHOT!! I PULLED OVER & NOTICED THAT MY WINDSHIELD HAD A CRACK IN IT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Sep 2016
Jun 2016

MY 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA SR STALLS/LOSES POWER WHILE ACCELERATING, LIKE INTO TRAFFIC, OR WHILE SLOWING DOWN AND THE ACCELERATING AGAIN. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY CAN'T DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THE ISSUE AND CAN'T DUPLICATE IT ON DEMAND. THIS HAS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED IT ON FEB 29, 2016 THE DEALERSHIP INSTALLED A NEW PART PERTAINING TO THE BRAKES WHICH CAUSE IT TO NOT ACCELERATE WHILE THE BRAKE IS APPLIED BUT THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED SINCE THAT WAS INSTALLED. THE ISSUE HAS ALWAYS SEEMED TO HAPPEN AFTER THE CAR HAS SET FOR AN EXTENDED TIME (WHILE I'M AT WORK, ETC) USUALLY AFTER IT HAPPENS IT WILL DRIVE AND FUNCTION AS NORMAL FOR SOME TIME. (PROBLEM WITH DUPLICATING IT BY THE DEALERSHIP) THE DEALERSHIP HAS MY CAR AT THE PRESENT TIME BUT PLANS TO RETURN IT TO ME WITHOUT SOLVING THE PROBLEM. MY FEAR IS THAT THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IN THE FUTURE IF ITS NOT SOLVED.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2016

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Quick Summary

The 2016 Nissan Altima has 42 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. 2 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.