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Nissan stability control problems

Across all Nissan models in NHTSA's complaint database, 779 complaints involve stability control. The Altima accounts for the largest share (24%). The single worst model year is the 2013 Altima with 31 stability control complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
779 about stability control, all Nissan models
Most affected
Altima 24% of these complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 640 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
49 and 19

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Nissan models

ModelComplaintsShare
Altima18824%
Sentra10313%
Rogue9713%
Maxima638%
Pathfinder557%
Murano537%
Versa436%
Armada365%
Xterra284%
Titan253%

Worst model years for stability control

  1. 2013 Nissan Altima31 complaints
  2. 2009 Nissan Altima26 complaints
  3. 2018 Nissan Rogue22 complaints
  4. 2006 Nissan Altima21 complaints
  5. 2005 Nissan Altima18 complaints

Stability control complaints by model year

Nissan stability control complaints by model year 0 38 75 1992: 1 '92 1996: 4 1997: 2 '97 1999: 1 2000: 5 '00 2001: 2 2002: 18 '02 2003: 16 2004: 45 '04 2005: 58 2006: 59 '06 2007: 35 2008: 37 '08 2009: 49 2010: 34 '10 2011: 48 2012: 28 '12 2013: 68 2014: 44 '14 2015: 52 2016: 28 '16 2017: 40 2018: 74 '18 2019: 28 2020: 3 '20
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
19921
19964
19972
19991
20005
20012
200218
200316
200445
200558
200659
200735
200837
200949
201034
201148
201228
201368
201444
201552
201628
201740
201874
201928
20203

Among the 640 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles.

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