2018 Nissan Altima problems
NHTSA has received 325 complaints about the 2018 Nissan Altima, and 15% of them involve brakes. After that come air bags (11%) and electrical system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 325 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 16 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 36,000 miles 168 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 | 53 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 38 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 57 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 168 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 36,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 33,000 miles (40 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 16 complaints mention a crash; 6 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 82% 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 2018 ranks 15th most-complained-about out of 32 model years of the Nissan Altima with enough data (269 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
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.
A truck turned quickly in front of my wife which made her hit him in the side of his truck while she was traveling at approx. 55MPH. The truck was traveling southbound on highway and she was traveling northbound on a foggy day.she hit her brakes slid about 30 ft before striking the side of his f150 tearing his rear axles out and damaging her 2018 altima in the front end badly. The problem is none of the impact devices deployed: air bags nor seat belts or anything deployed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 nissan altima. The contact stated that his vehicle was rear ended when he was stopped at a stop sign. The contact was transported to the hospital by ambulance for back pains and facial injuries. The contact was unaware of injures to the other vehicle occupants. A police report was filed. They welded the frame back together even though they should have totaled the vehicle. They repaired the vehicle with used parts and the contact noticed the subpar work when he got his vehicle back.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 nissan altima. The contact stated that while travailing at 40 MPH, the vehicle abruptly ceased which caused the contact to hit his head on the steering wheel. The contact suffered injuries to his neck and back but he did not seek medical attention. After the failure occurred, the flip indicator and the ABS warning lights both illuminated on the instrument panel.
My 2018 nissan altima randomly throws out a message to the dash saying, "front radar unavailable due to obstruction" and this is accompanied by a warning beep, which causes a moment of panic. This occurs even on an open road with no other cars or obstructions present. This is an obvious safety concern since the braking system is disabled when this occurs. We went to the local dealer and they want $165 to diagnose problem and $1000 to fix it because we are out of warranty.
Ntermittent front radar. Warning message will appear stating "front radar unavailble due to obstruction" when there is not an obstruction. This also happens when it rains intermittantly. After a few minutes, the "obstruction" is cleared and the system resumes functionality.