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2012 Nissan Altima body & structure problems

33 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2012 Nissan Altima, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
33 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
50,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2012 Nissan Altima Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 50,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 50,000 miles
Based on 20 complaints that include mileage. 60% 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 miles6
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 20 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles, and 60% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I was involved in a 4 car pile up on the highway. My airbag did not go off on impact and was about 30-40 sec. Delayed. Airbag deployed when I was unbuckling my seatbelt and getting out of the car. Most of my injuries were caused by the airbag. Car was totaled I'm making this report in case someone purchases car at auction and only replaces driver airbag hopefully they will check curtain airbags for defects as well so someone else doesn't get hurt.

Reported at 80,304 miles, November 2015 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 nissan altima. While in park, the contact noticed water inside the door panels of the front driver and passenger side doors of the vehicle. The contact had to shake the doors in order to get the water out. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that the seals to the door needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired due to the part not being available. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 15,000.

Reported at 15,000 miles, March 2014

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