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Nissan latches & locks problems

Across all Nissan models in NHTSA's complaint database, 909 complaints involve latches & locks. The Altima accounts for the largest share (26%). The single worst model year is the 2005 Murano with 119 latches & locks complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
909 about latches & locks, all Nissan models
Most affected
Altima 27% of these complaints
Typical mileage
58,000 miles 605 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
11 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Nissan models

ModelComplaintsShare
Altima24127%
Murano23226%
Quest13515%
Pathfinder485%
Maxima475%
Rogue445%
Titan435%
Sentra273%
Frontier202%
Versa172%

Worst model years for latches & locks

  1. 2005 Nissan Murano119 complaints
  2. 2004 Nissan Quest64 complaints
  3. 2013 Nissan Altima61 complaints
  4. 2004 Nissan Murano48 complaints
  5. 2015 Nissan Altima44 complaints

Latches & locks complaints by model year

Nissan latches & locks complaints by model year 0 100 200 1990: 6 '90 1991: 2 1992: 5 1993: 6 '93 1994: 14 1995: 15 1996: 30 '96 1997: 15 1998: 8 1999: 7 '99 2000: 3 2001: 7 2002: 12 '02 2003: 31 2004: 148 2005: 178 '05 2006: 21 2007: 19 2008: 22 '08 2009: 41 2010: 16 2011: 7 '11 2012: 9 2013: 70 2014: 47 '14 2015: 61 2016: 33 2017: 18 '17 2018: 25 2019: 8 2020: 11 '20 2021: 7 2022: 4 2023: 2 '23 2024: 1
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19906
19912
19925
19936
199414
199515
199630
199715
19988
19997
20003
20017
200212
200331
2004148
2005178
200621
200719
200822
200941
201016
20117
20129
201370
201447
201561
201633
201718
201825
20198
202011
20217
20224
20232
20241

Among the 605 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 58,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.