Safety Score
75
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04-25 | 03V150000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | 190,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Yes | 0 | Vehicles throttle was stuck open which caused a vehicle to collide into homeowners trailer. |
| 2019-09-28 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, RELEASED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND DEPR… |
| 2017-12-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE… |
| 2015-07-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT WAS AB… |
| 2010-10-20 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND WON,T GO OFF! *TR |
| 2010-04-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY CAR IS A 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA 4 DOOR WITH 107,000, AND NO PREVIOUS MECHANICAL ISSUES EVER. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF NISS… |
| 2010-01-10 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | No | 0 | 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA FUEL INJECTOR CONTAMINATION, REPLACE FUEL INJECTOR THREE TIMES BEFORE IT FINALLY PUSHED THE FUEL IN… |
| 2009-09-05 | TIRES | No | 0 | AT BOTH SPEEDS OF 65 AND 35MPH, ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WE EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC TIRE BELTING AND TREAD SEPARAT… |
| 2008-10-15 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | I OWN A 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA. IN DECEMBER 2006, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUNVISOR MALFUNCTIONED AND DROPPED DOWN BLOCKING THE D… |
| 2008-05-20 | TIRES | No | 0 | LOUD NOISE FROM DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE, FOUND APPROX. FOUR INCH OVAL BUBBLE APPROX. ONE AND ONE HALF INCH PROTRUSION F… |
| 2006-06-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 1. MY AND EVERY OTHER MID 90'S ALTIMA HAS GOT FOGGED HEADLIGHTS THAT BARELY ILLUMINATE ANY LIGHT THROUGH. HAS ANYONE … |
| 2006-03-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | OIL LEAK FRONT RUBBER O-RING AT THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE. HAD THIS REPAIRED ONCE AT THE NISSAN DEALER 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO. … |
| 2006-01-09 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND APPROACHING US HIGH WAY 1 AND 9. MY WIFE REPORTED TO ME THAT OUR 94 NISSAN ALT. ALL OF… |
| 2006-01-02 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 1 | VEHICLE: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA GXE. PROBLEM: SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT OPERATE, RETRACT, OR EVEN LOCK UP. IN ORDER TO… |
| 2005-01-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | DURING COLD WEATHER INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE DISTRIBUTOR FIVE TIMES, BUT THE… |
| 2004-12-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED THAT THE RADIATOR SUPPORT BEAMS RUSTED. THIS BEAM GOES UNDER THE VEHICLE THAT ATTACHES TO THE ENGINE C… |
| 2004-05-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG HAS MALFUNCTIONED. A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER STATES THE "BOX WAS MISS … |
| 2004-04-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | MY 94 NISSAN ALTIMA SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WAS SOMETIME IN APRI… |
| 2004-02-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | ON 2/12/2004 CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TURNED THE VEHICLE … |
| 2003-12-07 | WHEELS:HUB | No | 0 | LOSS OF HUB CAP ON 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA. I HAVE DONE AN INFORMAL SURVEY AND 60% OFTHESE 1994 NISSAN ALTIMAS IN THE DALLA… |
| 2003-11-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE DEALER WILL NOT DO RECALL REPAIRS FOR AIR BAGS UNLESS THE CONSUMER PAYS CASH. DEALER WAS INFORMED OF THE RECALL, … |
| 2003-10-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. THE PROBLEM COUL… |
| 2003-07-17 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | No | 0 | I HAD RECALL REPAIRS DONE FOR MY 1994 NISSAN, ALTIMA. THE RECALL WAS FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. AFTER THE AIR BA… |
| 2003-05-15 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 2003-03-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE DOOR STUCK! IT CAN'T BE OPENED ANYMORE. *JB |
| 2003-01-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | FOR THE PAST 15 MONTHS MY CAR HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE, IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF SHOPS AND NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT THE PROBL… |
| 2002-12-14 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | FOIA REQUEST CYS OF ALL DOCUMENTATION, RECALL LTRS PERTAINING TO THE DEFECTIVE NATURE OF THE AIRBAGS IN THE 1994 NISSAN… |
| 2002-11-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. AND DISTRACTED HER WHILE SHE… |
| 2002-09-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | CONSUMER WAS A PASSENGER AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DITCH AND PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOY, INJURED EYE AND FACE. DEALE… |
| 2002-06-29 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, CONSUMER HIT A CAR FROM BEHIND AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING INJURIES.*JB |
| 2002-03-30 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE STOPPING VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED AND COLLIDED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON INPACT, PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED, AN… |
| 2002-03-19 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK |
| 2001-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | THIS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND ITS A VERY BAD LEAK. *AK |
| 2001-07-06 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AFTER OIL CHANGE THE AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED BLINKING/FLASHING. HAD NOT DONE SO PRIOR. DOES THIS MEAN I NEED TO PAY OUT… |
| 2001-03-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE VEHICLE HAD FRONTAL CRASH, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED VIOLENTLY CAUSING EYE INJURY (RETINA DETACHMENT). |
| 2001-02-15 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | I WAS TRAVELING AT 50MPH WHEN I HIT THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND HAD TO REPLACE MY HOOD, FRONT BUMPER, HEADLIGHT MOUNTS, A/C… |
| 2001-02-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | BAD DISTRIBUTOR, PART NOT AVAILABLE IN AN AREA POPULATION OF OVER 5 MILLION, VEHICLE OUT OF SERVICE 14 DAYS AWAITING PA… |
| 2001-02-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING SUDDEN ACCELERATION.*JB |
| 2001-02-05 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | THIS IS A "COIL SPRING BREAKAGE RECALL SITUATION" FOR 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE I WAS DRIVING HEADED TO THE FREEWAY I … |
| 2001-01-28 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | Yes | 1 | EA01-015(PE01-008) WHILE SITTING AT A INTERSECTION WAITING FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT VEHICLE IN FRONT MADE A SUDDEN STOP AN… |
| 2001-01-25 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IN STEADY, CONSTANT-SPEED FREEWAY TRAFFIC, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MOUNTING FRAME COLLAPSED. DEALER INSPEC… |
| 2001-01-04 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 1 | CONSUMER WAS STOPPED AT GAS STATION TO REFUEL HER VEHICLE, THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AS THE CONSUMER PROCEDED TO REMO… |
| 2000-12-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MECHANIC FOUND OIL LEAK ON ENGINE, O RINGS AND MAIN SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK |
| 2000-12-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TIMING COVER GASKET LEAKING AS WELL AS MANIFOLD LEAKING. CAR SERVICED AT MERCHANT'S TIRE AND REPAIR CENTER 1/31/01 AND … |
| 2000-11-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES | No | 0 | THROTTLE CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF THE GUIDE CAUSING RAPID DECELERATION. FORTUNATELY MY SON WAS DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT STRETC… |
| 2000-11-11 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | Yes | 1 | ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN STOP LIGHT, HIT MY WIFE HEAD ON. MY WIFE SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER FACE AND MOUTH WHEN SHE HIT THE … |
| 2000-10-18 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35-40 MPH HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A TELEPHONE POLE IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND… |
| 2000-10-13 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | Yes | 3 | PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED IN LOW SPEED COLLISION, CAUSING LOSS OF VISION.*AK CONSUMER HAS NOT LOST ALL SIGHT, H… |
| 2000-09-21 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | WAS PARKING VEHICLE AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES. PRIOR TO AIR BAGS DEPLOYING, A… |
| 2000-08-31 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | I CRASHED INTO 3 CARS AND A TRUCK BECAUSE MY CAR ENGINE REVVEDAND EVEN WITH MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE JUST WENT. THR… |