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2009 Nissan Altima Hybrid electrical system problems

21 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2009 Nissan Altima Hybrid, which is 26% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
21 26% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
68,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2009 Nissan Altima Hybrid Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 68,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 68,000 miles
Based on 20 complaints that include mileage. 35% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 20 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 68,000 miles, and 35% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the electrical system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

On a sunny cold afternoon in avon ct, doing 35 MPH, the ABS and brake lights suddenly came on my dash of 2009 nissan altima hybrid with 10897 miles. An audible continuous alarm was on in the car. The brakes were totally inoperable. It was a total catastrophic failure. The car was towed to the nearest dealer and nissan claims it was a faulty ABS actuator that needs replacement.

Reported at 10,897 miles, January 2010

Car operated normally in the morning, able to start and drove perfectly fine to the office. When I went to start my car to go get lunch, the car would not start and the intelligent key light flashed. I called the local dealership and was told the fob must have somehow un-synced. Aaa towed to dealership, was then told that my steering control lock had failed and needed to be replaced. Due to high demand from the part (indicating a significant current failure rate) the part would not be available for almost a week.

Reported at 68,000 miles, February 2013

Other problems reported for the 2009 Nissan Altima Hybrid

Electrical system problems in other years

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Electrical system problems across all Nissan models