2009 Nissan Altima Hybrid problems
The 2009 Nissan Altima Hybrid has 81 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (32%) concerns steering. After that come electrical system (26%) and engine (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 81 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 77 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 | 8 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 15 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 18 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 13 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 77 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 65,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 66,000 miles (24 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 91% of model years in our database.
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.
Nissan altima hybrid suddenly acceleration. I was going slow pulling into a parking stall when my car "jumped" and suddenly went forward crashing into the railing. There was a witness that saw me pulling into the parking stall slowly when my car "jumped" crashing through the railing.
While pulling into a parking space at the park, as I took my foot off the brake, the car surged forward as if I had pushed the gas pedal. My foot never touched the gas pedal. The car ran over the parking stopper and the sidewalk onto the soccer field fence. Luckily, no one was hurt.
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.
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.
Other model years of the Altima Hybrid
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007