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.
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The contact owned a 2016 Nissan Altima. While driving 55 mph, the contact struck a deer. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The contact's spouse sustained bruises and the contact's daughter, seated in the rear passenger seat, sustained burns from the seat belt. Medical attention was not required. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 41,357.
My rear door will not lock and when you lower the it opens the door I have 47,000 mi on my car and all my rotor have to be replaced. I am concerned that the current air bag recall did not include my car.
Air bag light suddenly started to flash. Dealer indicates the sensor inside the seat is defective. $1500+ to replace. Until it is fixed the airbag will not deploy in an accident for any passenger regardless of weight. I checked online and several others have reported this issue.
I was involved in an accident where I was driving my 2016 Nissan Altima when I rear ended the car in front of me that was stationary at the traffic light. I was traveling approx 30mph, but when I tried to slow down by gently applying my brakes but my Nissan Altima car did not slow down at all. I then slammed the brakes down firmly, still nothing, the ABS did not engage at all. I swerved to my right to try and avoid hitting the car in front of me head on. I caught it's right hand back fender, both front air bags deployed, the impact of hitting the Mercedes stopped my car- both airbags inflated. My 90lb, 18 yearold son was sitting in the passenger seat. I brought it up to Nissan on two separate occasions was on and off when my son sat in the front seat. On the first occasion Nissan just reset the passenger airbag sensor. It did not solve the issue, the second complaint, Nissan said it would only go off if my son weighed over 110lbs. In this accident the air bag did go off, considering this car was going to be the car he drove- he has his permit right now, so if the driver weighs less than 110lbs it would not deploy. It does not make sense. Secondly, I believe the Nissan Altima brakes failed in the accident. When the tow truck driver picked up the car on its flatbed, he said that it appeared there was something funky with the foot brake, it was rock hard when compressed. The ABS completely failed, I never felt it engage after pushing firmly hard on the brakes. There were no skid marks on the road. I noted the road where the accident occurred had two types of fluid on it, one oily one like coolant. The car was recently serviced, by Nissan van nuys, they replaced the transmission. The car drove incredibly well for a week, but the last few days I noted the sluggishness again returned. My tires and brakes which were all fine. They did replace the brake fluid.
Purchased 4/2017 brand new. July 1st, notice the airbag sensor light is on on the instrument panel, take it in; they replace a sensor, didn't fix, replace another sensor, light goes off. In August, the vehicle again has the light on, take it back to dealer; they replace the first sensor (the one that wan't bad) and the light goes off. However I am told that the tech thought it may be a wiring harness issue; "lets see if this corrects it"; since the airbag won't deploy if the sensor is bad!! December 19th; driving in a snowstorm, the light comes on again. Since it's a safety issue to drive it as without the sensor; the airbag will not deploy. So here we are third time to go out; and it seems like wiring shoudl have been looked at first.
- Lakeview, OR, 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!
A deer was struck by my 2016 Nissan Altima at a relatively high rate of speed (45 mph) on a city street straightaway with front end impact that resulted in approximately $11,000 worth of damage. The driver sustained brusing of the chest and shoulder from the pressure of the seatbelt restraint. The airbag failed to fire as I would have expected it to..updated 11/08/17 updated 8/21/18
Husband was in an accident in June. Stopped at a redlight on the city street going North, when he was hit from behind. The rear end ended up in the middle of the car. I do not know if airbags are suppose to deploy when he was stopped at the red light. His did not. He sustained minor injuries brusing to his neck shoulders and hands
Driver side airbags did not deploy at time of accident. Neither steering wheel nor side airbags. Driver, myself, was going with flow of traffic (40-44 mph) on city street on the 2nd lane at 5:30 pm at time of accident. Driver has sustained injuries due to no protection to neck, back, shoulder, arm, wrist, and ankle. No other parties were in vehicle at time of accident.
My transmission is constantly kicking back at me, this morning 2017-09-27 my transmission completely gave out. Reving is to 5-6 RPM not being able to exceed 10 mph. The drivers side curtain airbag keeps tripping my airbags to deactivate. Have to had the code reset several times. The back up camera looks like it is loosing signal even though it is hard wired, the lane sensor warnings fail, failing to inform of a vehicle in your blind spot. The key fob continuously says key invailed dashboard.
I took my vehicle in for the first airbag recall and they fixed the issue. The airbag issue reoccurred again when someone would sit in the passenger seat, the vehicle still showed the passenger airbag disabled. I had people of various weights sitting there ranging from 70 pounds to 140 pounds. This happened over several weeks and when I took my car in, they fixed it again. Now it's happening for a third time.
2016 Nissan Altima sr: The front passenger airbag is off when an adult is in the seat. This is an internment problem. Nissan customer service and dealer stated there is nothing they can do and the airbag is not issue. Lithia Nissan of fresno, dealer explanation was the passenger was not sitting correctly. Looking to see if anyone else is having this issue. This issue has been since I purchased the vehicle. The vehicle was in new condition.
The front passenger air bag off light continues to come on with passengers in the seat at various speeds. Nissan has attempted to correct this issue at least four times without success. There is also an noticeable vibration in or near the drive train when ever engine is operating at or near 1750 RPM that also has not been eliminated.
Recall 16V244000 airbag light stays on with my wife in pass seat ~ 50% of time. Brought to dealer three times but not fixed. Nissan cs no assistance to fix. Works ok in other vehicles when she is in pass seat.
Airbag sensor is according to the Nissan dealer only activating the airbag if the passenger is over 120lbs. My wife is under this weight and the airbag off light is on every time we drive somewhere. Nissan has tried to play it off saying it's actually safer for an adult under 120lbs to have the airbag off. This is completely unacceptable and I do not have this problem in my VW or my Mazda.
The contact owns a 2016 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator for the passenger side air bag illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was confirmed that there was a recall for the air bags and that the air bag module software would have to be updated to repair the sensor issue. The vehicle was repaired, however the failure recurred. The contact had not received notification of a recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 898.
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- Port St. Lucie, FL, USA