1. Nissan Altima
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  3. Seat Belts

Nissan Altima Seat Belts Problems

84
Owner complaint records in our dataset
17
Years with records
2001–2018
Stored years

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 84 stored complaint records:

  • 29 indicate a crash
  • 29 indicate injury
  • 1 indicate fire
  • 1 indicate a death

Complaints by year

What appears in the records

  • seat belt · 62 records
  • seat belts · 15 records
  • passenger seat · 14 records
  • front passenger · 14 records
  • passenger side · 12 records
  • warning light · 11 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi22
60–100k mi16
30–60k mi12
100–150k mi11
150–400k mi1

Complaint evidence

Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.

  • November 9, 2019 · 135,000 miles

    Seat Belts

    Vehicle was involved in a minor accident involving the driver side front wheel. While driving on a city street. During the impact the passenger seatbelt unbuckled without any intervention by the occupant

    Crash reported

    ODI 11280233

    2008 records in this system

  • October 19, 2019

    Exterior Lighting · Seat Belts

    Low beam lights very dim. Cannot see well at night at all, it's like i have no lights. Changing them did not help. I'm only 40 and have no vision problems. The seatbelt light comes on and off while driving and my seatbelt is on. Nissian cannot pull a code on why.

    ODI 11277394

    2015 records in this system

  • October 14, 2019 · 30,000 miles

    Seat Belts

    A truck turned quickly in front of my wife which made her hit him in the side of his truck while she was traveling at approx. 55mph. The truck was traveling southbound on highway and she was traveling northbound on a foggy day.she hit her brakes slid about 30 ft before striking the side of his f150 tearing his rear axles out and damaging her 2018 altima in the front end badly. The problem is none of the impact…

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 11269125

    2018 records in this system

  • September 20, 2019 · 70,000 miles

    Air Bags · Seat Belts · Unknown Or Other

    I have had the following issues with the nissan altima: air bag sensor issues sometimes sensor malfunctions (looked at 3 x, not fixed), rear view camera sometimes does not work (looked at 3 x, not fixed), transmission cvt issues sometimes jumps into gear (looked at 3 x, not fixed), seat belt sometimes locks up (looked at 1 x, not fixed). Issues happen while in motion or starting.

    ODI 11257874

    2013 records in this system

  • September 1, 2019

    Seat Belts

    No matter wat side i out my daughter car seat the car seat seems to always turn sideways with the seatbelt strap to it and it's very unsafe for my daughter to sit in the seat. *dt *tr

    ODI 11254437

    2012 records in this system

  • July 4, 2019 · 39,500 miles

    Body · Seat Belts

    Rear driver's door cannot open from the inside. It make fly open while car is in motion. While driving on expressway, i had to slam on my brakes because a car jump in my lane without warning; both passenger and driver seat belts did not snatch back.

    ODI 11230303

    2015 records in this system

  • July 1, 2019

    Air Bags · Engine · Seat Belts

    Passenger light airbag is never detected. (been on going for a couple of years) engine light stays on (for about 3 months) seatbelt airbag (3 months) will not go out. There is never a recall and a problem is never found by mechanic. Can get the engine light off for a little while, but comes back on usually within a week.

    ODI 11257892

    2013 records in this system

  • May 16, 2019 · 89,000 miles

    Seat Belts

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 nissan altima. The contact stated that there was no seat belt for the rear passenger seat. The contact had two small children and could only strap in one child. The vehicle was taken to rockaway nissan ([redacted], inwood, ny 11096, [redacted]) where the contact was informed to contact the manufacturer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the…

    ODI 11242355

    2016 records in this system