2010 Nissan Altima Engine Problems
- 39
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
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 39 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 3 indicate fire
What owners report
- failure failure · 7 records
- failure mileage · 7 records
- control module · 6 records
- catalytic converter · 5 records
- lost power · 4 records
- without warning · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 12 |
| 60–100k mi | 9 |
| 100–150k mi | 7 |
| 1–30k mi | 6 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 nissan altima. The contact stated while driving 50 mph, the contact became aware that the floorboard under the front driver seat was heating up. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked in order to cool down. The contact stated that while attempting start the vehicle, the vehicle began to stall. The vehicle was taken to independent mechanic, where the contact was informed the…
ODI 11299951
Engine · Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 nissan altima. While driving 35 mph, the vehicle started to jerk and lost power without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the oil consumption fractured and was leaking into the engine. Also, the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer and dealer were not made aware of the failure. The failure…
ODI 11278860
Engine · Unknown Or Other
The catalytic converter is clogged causing car to not have any power.it happened coming off the fwy .
ODI 11289521
Engine · Power Train · Suspension
My struts beginning to sound horrible. I was traveling and as i would speed up the rpms would go higher making a whistling noise. Service engine light came on. I went had it put on a computer and it's said transmission and torque converter clutch solenoid.
ODI 11221861
Engine
Tl* the contact owned a 2010 nissan altima. The contact stated that while driving on the highway at 70 mph, the vehicle caught on fire. The contact was able to pull to the shoulder and exit the vehicle while the vehicle burned to the ground. The flames came from directly underneath the hood. Smoke first showed and the vehicle lost all power before the flames quickly appeared. It was unknown if a report was filed.…
Fire reported · 2 injuries
ODI 11217451
Engine · Steering
Steering lock indicator light comes on and engine will not start. This has happened 3 times now in the last 2 mos, always on cold temp mornings. Later the light will go out and the engine will start...except this time, later the engine started with the steering lock light will not go out even when running.
ODI 11172050
Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
2010 nissan altima has an extremely dangerous safety defect that many other consumers are also experiencing, not just me. (see nhtsa id # 10899578). I have almost been rear-ended several times, sometimes with my small children in the car, because of this problem. The extremely dangerous safety defect is the car turns off completely while coming to stop, when stopped, and/or when accelerating from stop. All systems…
ODI 11119878
Engine
My vehicle slows severely down when i drive in steep hills..
ODI 11119343
Engine
My engine is making a knocking sound when accelarating and it has excessive blowby with check engine light on saying catalytic converter ,excessive amount of oil getting past my pvc system it only has 129880 miles on it
ODI 11191102
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 nissan altima. While the contact's wife was driving 40 mph, there was a strong burning odor inside the vehicle. The failure occurred without warning. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road, lifted the hood, and noticed flames. The fire department extinguished the fire. The vehicle was not towed nor taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The…
Fire reported
ODI 11055243
Electrical System · Engine · Unknown Or Other
On 9/10/17 about noon while driving on the highway, the brake light on the dash board came on, pulled to the side of the road. While looking for service phone number, smelled something burning, exited the car, and almost immediately the engine compartment and then the car was engulfed in flames.
Fire reported
ODI 11040789
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine
I have had three separate occasions where when driving the vehicle and attempting to turn into a corner the car completely shuts off and loses all power and ability to steer. The first two occasions occurred where i could simply place the car in park and restart as if nothing happened. The last occurrence 2/9/17 happened as described above was turning into an alley going less than 20mph when car just shut off. I…
ODI 10953914
Engine · Suspension
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 nissan altima. Every time the vehicle was driven over a bump, a rattling noise was heard. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the failing motor mount and one strut needed replacement. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vin was invalid. The approximate failure mileage was 73,000.
ODI 10899578
Engine
Transmission is failing at 140,000. Car is losing power on highway putting me and my kids in danger. Car losing power going down to zero on busy highway.
ODI 10884554
Engine · Power Train
My car was only 30,000 km when this started to happen. As my car warms up my acceleration will decrease. Nissan has known about this issue for a few years and has been avoiding to put a recall in place and instead started off with only a extended warranty due to an excessive amount of complaints regarding to their cvt problems on the altima coupe. I have known a few senior mechanics at the nissan dealership and been…
ODI 10862348
Engine
There is currently a emission recall campaign for the 2010 nissian altima (csc-10[redacted])(ntb12-040d safety recall campaign) - unfortunately it apparently doesn't include my vin # although my vehicle demonstrates the identical issues that the recall covers. Catalytic converter defective due to improperly calibrated engine control module (ecm) that may incorrectly detect engine valve closure as engine knock. The…
ODI 10778770
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 nissan altima. The contact stated that there was a burning odor under the hood of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was determined that the seals on the rear of the engine failed and started leaking oil. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 76,000.
ODI 10722957
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
Traveling east on i-20 in arlingtjon texas our car began losing power and coasted to a stop. We were powerless to move and could not get off the freeway. We were hit from behind and as reported our car went airborne. The truck that hit us also hit another vehicle and flipped onto its top. In all 4 people went to hospital including my self and my wife. In researching the reason the car stopped, i found a number of…
Crash reported · 4 injuries
ODI 10715581
Engine
Engine oil is leaking on the ground causing possible fire and or environmental issues. I took the car to a nissan dealership and i indicated that the rear engine oil seal should not prematurely leak engine oil on the ground with a 4 year old car that has approximately 75,000 miles should not leak oil. I contacted nissan consumer affairs and they will not repair my vehicle. I also indicated that nissan extended…
ODI 10722745
Engine
My check engine light came on, so i took the car to the mechanic, they told me that i had an error p0402 catalytic converter malfunction. They told me that this is a known issue with the nissan altima and that nissan knows about it and does not care to anything about it; he told me to google it and see the number of complaints online from nissan altima owners. I did just that and was amazed at how many complaints…
ODI 10671562
Engine · Power Train
I was owner 2010 altima .the under excellent maintain.when i buy this .we worry about cvt transmission weak and buy 100k mile warranty. The car only over 125 mile of 100 k the transmission fail. And towing to dealer .the dealer diagnose cvt fail but nissan refuse dealer replace transmission and request dealer replace tcm(transmission control module) first.that waste my time .10 days in dealer shop still not any…
ODI 10662711
Engine
Go into my car after work drove to the highway which was less than a mile away. Merged into traffic the car was stuck at 40 mph and began to lose speed til eventually the car just stopped. Luckily i was about to get on to shoulder and away from traffic. *tr
ODI 10638638
Engine · Power Train
My wife just phoned to tell me the cvt transmission failed-again- leaving her stranded in a parking lot in a bad part of houston (sw). This has happened many times and has been taken to nissan dealer in angleton, texas for this problem. In december of 2014 they installed a transmission cooler,thinking it's an overheating problem. My wife stated shes glad it didn't happen on the freeway as it might had caused a…
ODI 10629452
Engine
Tl * the contact owns a 2010 nissan altima. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to power on however the instrument panel illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the diagnosis was undetermined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 52,000. The vin was not available.
ODI 10617230
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 nissan altima. The contact stated that while driving 80 mph, the vehicle shook violently and all of the warning lamps illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the body control module was defective and needed to be replaced. The remedy failed to repair the problem. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was…
ODI 10585982