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2015 Nissan Altima engine problems

66 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2015 Nissan Altima, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
66 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
55,000 miles 39 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 2
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2015 Nissan Altima Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 55,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 10 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 8 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 55,000 miles
Based on 39 complaints that include mileage. 56% 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 miles5
20k to 40k miles10
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles8
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 39 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 55,000 miles, and 56% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 fires.

What owners wrote

My car caught fire and was totaled. I had been smelling something the day before it caught on fire. I was driving on the city street and I smelled the smell I had been smelling stronger and I looked at the hood and it was smoking. I pulled over and more smoking started pouring out from my car. Then the dashboard went off. I got out and called 911 and by the time they got there the front of my car was on fire. After it was put out the fire had burned through just about everything under the hood.

Reported at 80,000 miles, November 2017 Fire

I was driving on the highway this morning and stopped at the light to make the left turn (about 5 minutes into my drive). Once the light turned green, I stepped on the gas but the car would not move. I had to turn the car off and turn it back on. Pushing on the gas, the car would not accelerate to the more than 40 MPH. I turned the car around to go home (about 1 mile away) as I didn't feel it was safe to drive and had to stop at a red light to make the right turn. Once stopped, the car would not move.

Reported at 68,000 miles, September 2019

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