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2005 Nissan Altima body & structure problems

354 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2005 Nissan Altima, which is 26% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
354 26% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
103,000 miles 299 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
10 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2005 Nissan Altima Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 103,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 19 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 42 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 64 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 53 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 49 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 36 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 12 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 8 complaints 200k+ miles: 4 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 103,000 miles
Based on 299 complaints that include mileage. 10% 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 miles9
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles19
60k to 80k miles42
80k to 100k miles64
100k to 120k miles53
120k to 140k miles49
140k to 160k miles36
160k to 180k miles12
180k to 200k miles8
200k+ miles4

What the data shows

Of the 299 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 103,000 miles, and 10% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 10 injuries.

What owners wrote

My 17 year old daughter was involved in an accident with my 2005 nissan altima on may 21, 2014. She was hit by another vehicle in which she received back, leg and knee injuries. My vehicle was hit hard on the front passenger side in which the airbag did not deploy when clearly it should have by the impact of the accident and the speed of the other driver. To add, my daughter was wearing her seat belt and thank god there were no fatalities.

Reported at 90,000 miles, May 2014 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan altima. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for an unrelated issue where it was informed that the driver's side floor pan was completely rusted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 54,000.

Reported at 54,000 miles, September 2014

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