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Nissan wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Across all Nissan models in NHTSA's complaint database, 2,886 complaints involve wipers, windshield & visibility. The Murano accounts for the largest share (25%). The single worst model year is the 2008 Altima with 188 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
2,886 about wipers, windshield & visibility, all Nissan models
Most affected
Murano 25% of these complaints
Typical mileage
50,000 miles 1,684 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
29 and 14

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Nissan models

ModelComplaintsShare
Murano71925%
Altima59321%
Rogue36013%
Pathfinder2258%
Maxima2107%
Sentra1726%
Quest1415%
Xterra823%
Versa652%
Frontier492%

Worst model years for wipers, windshield & visibility

  1. 2008 Nissan Altima188 complaints
  2. 2006 Nissan Murano179 complaints
  3. 2005 Nissan Murano143 complaints
  4. 2004 Nissan Murano133 complaints
  5. 2025 Nissan Rogue86 complaints

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year

Nissan wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year 0 125 250 1990: 23 '90 1991: 14 1992: 21 1993: 50 '93 1994: 46 1995: 52 1996: 49 '96 1997: 50 1998: 46 1999: 28 '99 2000: 40 2001: 84 2002: 43 '02 2003: 80 2004: 242 2005: 197 '05 2006: 217 2007: 126 2008: 215 '08 2009: 92 2010: 58 2011: 56 '11 2012: 74 2013: 164 2014: 147 '14 2015: 101 2016: 70 2017: 47 '17 2018: 35 2019: 45 2020: 34 '20 2021: 30 2022: 21 2023: 80 '23 2024: 80 2025: 109 2026: 20 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199023
199114
199221
199350
199446
199552
199649
199750
199846
199928
200040
200184
200243
200380
2004242
2005197
2006217
2007126
2008215
200992
201058
201156
201274
2013164
2014147
2015101
201670
201747
201835
201945
202034
202130
202221
202380
202480
2025109
202620

Among the 1,684 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles.

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