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Nissan Altima 2016

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.29 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 94 complaints filed in the first three years, of 554 ever. 95% lower bound 0.23.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.43	117
2009	0.32	76
2010	0.30	64
2011	0.16	40
2012	0.24	70
2013	1.78	556
2014	0.76	249
2015	0.60	202
2016	0.29	94
2017	0.25	70
2018	0.47	110
2019	0.36	76
2020	0.29	51
2021	0.18	22
2022	0.10	12
2023	0.16	21

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 235 complaints

cvt	55	24%
rpm	34	15%
seconds	30	13%
cvt transmission	27	12%
rpms	26	11%
gas pedal	21	9%

Engine 86 complaints

seconds	18	21%
rpm	14	17%
rpms	10	12%

Unknown Or Other 81 complaints

transmission	27	34%
accelerate	12	15%
cvt	10	13%

When it breaks

19% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 58,000 miles, from 295 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

3 investigations covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Rear Suspension Control Arm Failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10862497 · 10875255 · 10883477 · 10893672 · 10903801 · 10905180

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is verified against a published figure.