Safety Score
89
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2021 Nissan Altima.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that after stopping at a traffic light, the accelerator pedal… |
| 2026-02-17 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Back up camera display distorted |
| 2026-02-02 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING | No | 0 | The system malfunctioning is the front sensor braking. My safety and others were put at risk with this because multiple… |
| 2026-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Passenger back locks stopped working first. Then driver side back locks. Now both driver and passenger front locks will… |
| 2025-11-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Hi this is in reference to my 2021 Nissan altima. The fob key entry and electrical door control doesn't work. The auto… |
| 2025-09-02 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING | No | 0 | The Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system in my 2021 Nissan Altima SR frequently malfunctions. The forward radar sen… |
| 2025-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Rear Crash warning comes on when stopped at light , or when car is put in reverse and nothings there . also wiper refil… |
| 2025-06-10 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abno… |
| 2025-04-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | About a month ago I noticed my backup camera had gotten dark. I didn’t worry much about it until it started glitching a… |
| 2025-04-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Stating that something is malfunctioning and see owners manual |
| 2025-02-12 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | The backseat driver seatbelt does not click locked. The driver seat squeaks and moves. The driver door locks while tryi… |
| 2025-01-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I was driving with my child in the car and the volume on the radio spiked to an extremely high level. This has happene… |
| 2025-01-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Due to the Pasadena wildfires the car has been highly affected due to the extreme heat and the ashes |
| 2024-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact rented a 2021 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed, and th… |
| 2024-11-28 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING | No | 0 | [XXX] slams on brakes going in reverse for no reason, I wish there was a way to disconnect this to me it's more of a sa… |
| 2024-11-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION HAD FRONT SEAL LEAKING.CAR HAS LESS THAN 51,OOO MILES. |
| 2024-11-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The passenger side door won’t unlock at all. By remote nor manually. |
| 2024-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Passenger door won’t unlock at all |
| 2024-10-23 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the brakes independently activated, and… |
| 2024-10-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Vehicle Breaking on Its Own While Driving I am writing to file a formal safety complaint and to demand immediate corpor… |
| 2024-09-28 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Every time I drive under an over pass my vehicle will come to a stop. Placing me in DANGER with traffic. |
| 2024-09-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I Serviced my vehicle with a Nissan Dealership, and was told brake pads were good. Within a couple of weeks there was a… |
| 2024-07-18 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I am writing to formally lodge a complaint regarding a recurring transmission issue with my 2021 Nissan Altima. The car… |
| 2024-06-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The car rear impact warning comes on when driving this has happened at least 5 times Also the windshield washer fluid … |
| 2024-06-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Purchased the car in June of 2024 with around 33,000 miles. I thought the doors were locked and someone was able to jus… |
| 2024-05-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2021 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while attempting to register the ve… |
| 2024-04-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds on several occasions, th… |
| 2024-02-12 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | Windshield Repair Issue I have a cracked windshield that I attempted to have repaired through my insurance company. Th… |
| 2024-02-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Based on comments from various post online, it is a common issue that the doors’ lock on altimas with no warning or rea… |
| 2024-01-12 | BACK OVER PREVENTION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while in reverse, the back over prevention camera malfun… |
| 2023-12-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | When it rains I cannot see using the backup camera at all. Car also gives false alerts when backing up when raining or … |
| 2023-11-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 3out of 4 door lock actuators went out .three of the doors can’t be locked from driver side and don’t automatically loc… |
| 2023-10-26 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | On 10/26/23 at 5:00 pm I was involved in an accident I was hit on the front passenger side and none of the airbags depl… |
| 2023-09-29 | STEERING | No | 0 | My car has a detached tie rod ball joint and is causing a loss of steering control, and increasing the risk of a crash.… |
| 2023-09-26 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS | No | 0 | When traveling in a rental from SFO to Concord CA, on the Bay Bridge at 9 am on the 26 of September 2023, just as I ent… |
| 2023-08-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | 1. The automatic emergency braking activated while approaching a railway crossing. And yes, it is available for inspect… |
| 2023-07-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | On two separate occasions, during intermittent weather changes, my vehicle has giving me notice of forward warning coll… |
| 2023-07-01 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING | No | 0 | On two separate occasions my vehicle stopped on its own. Once while doing roughly 35mph the brakes applied on their own… |
| 2023-05-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | I was driving on the interstate in a construction zone and begin reducing speed from about 62 mph after noticing brake … |
| 2023-05-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | Driving down the street a truck in front of the lady in front of me. It was a green light he decided to stop. She stopp… |
| 2023-04-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | While driving, most times at higher speeds, the light with the car and lines behind it (VDC light?) will turn on, and t… |
| 2023-03-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | My car completely malfunctioned, the first time my car only had 2,000 miles on it. I was sitting at a red light on a bu… |
| 2023-02-10 | SEATS | No | 0 | The drive seat warmer heats up even when the warmer button is off. Also the driver seat seems to be not bolted down cor… |
| 2022-11-07 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING | No | 0 | front impact radar malfunction. The light on the console would come on intermittently. I took the car to the dealer a… |
| 2022-11-01 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING | No | 0 | I purchased my car from Sheehy Nissan of Waldorf on November 1, 2022. At the time of purchase the vehicle had 38,709 mi… |
| 2022-08-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 MPH in a rainstorm, the a… |
| 2022-06-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | This has been an ongoing issue for over 2 years where I go somewhere, park and come back out and my car won’t start. I … |
| 2022-05-31 | TIRES | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Nissan Altima equipped with Continental Tires, Tire Line: ProContact, Tire Size: 215/55/R17, DO… |
| 2022-04-04 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2021 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, a rock hit the fr… |
| 2022-01-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | The contact rented a 2021 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the driver's side door was locked and failed to open w… |