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Nissan Altima 2018

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

0.47 per 1,000

1.6 times this nameplate’s own median · from 110 complaints filed in the first three years, of 225 ever. 95% lower bound 0.39.

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.

Unknown Or Other 60 complaints

radar	17	29%
obstruction	15	25%
unavailable	13	22%
braking	12	20%
front radar	11	19%

When it breaks

40% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 36,000 miles, from 110 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

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

Hertz/Vehicles Rented with Open Recalls

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:

11129430 · 11144892 · 11154867 · 11157050 · 11161087 · 11161700

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.