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2010 Nissan Altima engine problems

54 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2010 Nissan Altima, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
54 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
59,000 miles 44 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 5
Injuries and deaths
7 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2010 Nissan Altima Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 59,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 8 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 59,000 miles
Based on 44 complaints that include mileage. 50% 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 miles8
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 44 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 59,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 5 fires, 7 injuries.

What owners wrote

Traveling east on I-20 in arlingtjon texas our car began losing power and coasted to a stop. We were powerless to move and could not get off the freeway. We were hit from behind and as reported our car went airborne. The truck that hit us also hit another vehicle and flipped onto its top. In all 4 people went to hospital including my self and my wife. In researching the reason the car stopped, I found a number of other cases over several years of people online that lost power in this type vehicle.

Reported at 90,000 miles, April 2015 CrashInjury

My check engine light came on, so I took the car to the mechanic, they told me that I had an error p0402 catalytic converter malfunction. They told me that this is a known issue with the nissan altima and that nissan knows about it and does not care to anything about it; he told me to google it and see the number of complaints online from nissan altima owners. I did just that and was amazed at how many complaints there were.

Reported at 93,000 miles, January 2015

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