1996 Nissan 200SX problems
NHTSA has received 44 complaints about the 1996 Nissan 200SX, and 27% of them involve air bags. After that come wipers, windshield & visibility (20%) and tires (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 44 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 104,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 12 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 104,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 4 injuries reported.
It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Dual airbags did not deploy upon frontal impact, vehicle rearended another vehicle pulling out of where parked with no lights on.
Rearend collision with 2000 dodge p/u. Injuries include concussion, facial and chest bruises, three broken bones on right foot. Air bags did not deploy.
Vehicle was parked for 4 or 5 hours. Owner heard a loud pop but ignored it because he resided close to the interstate. Minutes later, the owner heard another pop sound and went to investigate. Owner found the vehicle engulfed in flames . The fire department said that the fire started under the driver's side underneath the hood.
Driver side windshield wiper arm ball joint failed resulting in the inoperability of the driver side windshield wiper. According to the NHTSA website, there is a recall for this specific problem. Nissan says this problem is VIN number specific and my VIN number is not included in the recall. My car has this very specific problem and we believe that it should be covered under the recall. The recall covers several years (1995 to 1998) of the manufacture of the car and mine is a 1996.
Dt: the contact stated driver's side windshield wiper does not work. The passenger side windshield wiper will work intermittently. There was no forewarning prior to the wipers not working. There was recall 98v093000. He contacted the dealer, they stated it was too old of a recall in their database.