1999 Nissan Altima problems
NHTSA has received 110 complaints about the 1999 Nissan Altima, and 17% of them involve brakes. After that come air bags (12%) and tires (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 110 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 29 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 23 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 89,000 miles 40 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 12 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 40 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 88,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 29 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 23 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 95% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 28th most-complained-about out of 32 model years of the Nissan Altima with enough data (63 complaints in that window).
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.
(1) I turned left into a parking from sitting still in a turn lane. Approx. 3 car lengths into this parking lot both of the front air bags deployed in my automobile. There was no impact. The police were notified and their response was that because there was no vehicle damage etc. There wasn't anything for them to do. They then referred me to this site to fill out a complaint. (2) all three occupants had to be seen in the er.
I entered the freeway, and a car tried to come into my lane so I moved to the right then my car began to swerve from left to right then I began to spin and I ended up facing the opposite direction of the traffic. Both the front and back axles broke and the tires are bent .
When we were taught how to drive we were told to place our hands at the 10 and 2 o'clock position on the steering wheel. If that is where your hands are at the deployment of an airbag it throws your left arm against the windshield and it's frame which results in broken arms and wrists. I think there should be a warning for this.
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 nissan altima. The contact took his vehicle to the dealer to be repaired according to NHTSA campaign id number 07v435000 (fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly:filler pipe and cap). A technician stated that it would only take several hours for the repair. The following day he called the dealer and was informed that the vehicle was not repaired. The contact is still waiting to receive possession of the vehicle. The failure and current mileages were 116,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 nissan altima. While driving 35 MPH, the contact heard a banging sound from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the rear subframe rusted. The vehicle had not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were approximately 160,000.