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Nissan seat belts problems

Across all Nissan models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,144 complaints involve seat belts. The Altima accounts for the largest share (16%). The single worst model year is the 2013 Altima with 29 seat belts complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
1,144 about seat belts, all Nissan models
Most affected
Altima 16% of these complaints
Typical mileage
55,000 miles 497 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
221 and 10

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Nissan models

ModelComplaintsShare
Altima18116%
Sentra17215%
Rogue13212%
Pathfinder948%
Maxima807%
Quest747%
Murano625%
Frontier615%
Versa535%
Titan494%

Worst model years for seat belts

  1. 2013 Nissan Altima29 complaints
  2. 1994 Nissan Sentra29 complaints
  3. 2015 Nissan Rogue28 complaints
  4. 2004 Nissan Titan22 complaints
  5. 1993 Nissan Altima20 complaints

Seat belts complaints by model year

Nissan seat belts complaints by model year 0 45 90 1990: 47 '90 1991: 56 1992: 33 1993: 50 '93 1994: 48 1995: 42 1996: 22 '96 1997: 26 1998: 18 1999: 15 '99 2000: 25 2001: 28 2002: 21 '02 2003: 16 2004: 59 2005: 44 '05 2006: 47 2007: 36 2008: 31 '08 2009: 19 2010: 17 2011: 28 '11 2012: 26 2013: 90 2014: 40 '14 2015: 62 2016: 38 2017: 41 '17 2018: 26 2019: 27 2020: 14 '20 2021: 13 2022: 7 2023: 8 '23 2024: 12 2025: 10 2026: 2 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199047
199156
199233
199350
199448
199542
199622
199726
199818
199915
200025
200128
200221
200316
200459
200544
200647
200736
200831
200919
201017
201128
201226
201390
201440
201562
201638
201741
201826
201927
202014
202113
20227
20238
202412
202510
20262

Among the 497 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 55,000 miles.

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