CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2016 Nissan Altima shows multiple problem trends, continuing the poor reputation of the 2013-2015 Altima, prompting us to give it our "Beware of the Clunker" badge.
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Drivers side rear door opened when rear window was down. This happened while in motion on route 80 in Pennsylvania as I was merging onto the highway from the milesburg on ramp. Doors were locked and this still happened. My dog was laying down in the back seat. No injuries occurred.
2016 Nissan Altima I was sitting in my driveway & opened the rear window & now the rear door is permanently locked. I've tried 3 different ways to unlock the door & none of them worked.
At random times while driving, sensor triggers front end collision dash light and notification alarm. Weather and speed has not been a factor in causing this, it has been sunny out and driving at 30 mph when this has happened.
After driving for few miles, a rubber burning smell starts to come from under the hood. Took to the dealer and they told me they found a plastic sheet under the car but I drive in clean neighbourhood. I do not believe them as I checked under the hood and under the car a day earlier to see if I could find anything but found nothing. The rubber burning smell is strong and can be felt just standing by the car and in the cabin when heating is turned on. I park this car in driveway now instead in the garage because I suspect my car can start a fire from whatever is burning somewhere under the hood.
On 5 separate occasions the battery is dead. Car was jump started by aaa one occasion the dealer sent a truck to tow it to their shop. Service dept. Can not find any reason the battery is being drained. Each time this car was parked in my driveway.
- San Mateo, CA, USA
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Takata recall my airbag did notdeflate when I hit a hi curce of ice and damage my bumper the bag did not come out also my hood latch is defective my hood flew up on me when is was driving on the city street when it was supposed to be locked down it damage some parts around my hood and windsheld also a eletric problem with my right bottom park light it will not come on!
The contact owns a 2016 Nissan Altima. When opening the trunk of the vehicle, the trunk failed to stay up and failed to lock when closed. The contact took the vehicle to empire Nissan located in Ontario, ca who was unable to identify the cause of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and sent the contact to fontana Nissan located in fontana, ca where the immobilizer, battery, remote, av master control unit, rearview camera, rearview camera assembly, door handles on the driver side, trunk lid gate lock assembly, and the trunk lock were all replaced. The failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and opened case number: 26294642. The approximate failure mileage was 3,000.
As we were pulling up to stop light car died, would not start back up. Smoke started coming out from under the hood and immediately flames. Total loss of car burned the complete motor all the way back to the dash. We were on a city street intersection. We had just been to Nissan having car serviced, oil change.
The contact owns a 2016 Nissan Altima. When the contact attempted to lower the rear passenger side window, it went down less than half way and an RPM light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 8,000.
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- State College, PA, USA