2011 Nissan Altima Air Bags Problems
- 17
- 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 17 stored complaint records:
- 4 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- passenger seat · 6 records
- passenger side · 5 records
- passenger airbag · 5 records
- airbag sensor · 4 records
- airbag light · 4 records
- airbag deploy · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 6 |
| 30–60k mi | 3 |
| 100–150k mi | 3 |
| 60–100k mi | 3 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Air Bags
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 nissan altima. The contact received a tk holdings recall letter. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator had been illuminating since june. The vehicle was to taken to an unknown dealer, but the cause of the failure could not be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 110,000.
ODI 11048276
Air Bags
Airbag sensor in passengers side is stating that airbags are off even when there is a passenger riding in front. Vehicle was stationary when first noticed. Never changed when in motion or restarting vehicle.
ODI 10992949
Air Bags · Engine · Traction Control System
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 nissan altima. The contact stated that the passenger side air bag indicator was flashing and the traction indicator illuminated. Also, while driving, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was 170,000.
ODI 10984455
Air Bags · Seat Belts · Service Brakes
Takata recalls. I am experiencing problems with my seals around my windows. When it rains my car gets water in the doors.stationary
ODI 11102967
Air Bags · Seats
The passenger side airbag warning light is flashing and showing as turned off even when the seat is occupied. I searched for recalls dealing with this safety issued and find recalls for this issue on the 2007 to 2008 altima (recall 08v521000) and a new recall is just read about on the 2013 to 2016 altima,but none on my year. I opened a case (#23576396) and took it to my nissan dealer as instructed by the person i…
ODI 10895553
Air Bags · Seats
Passenger airbag off light intermittently illuminates when passenger seat is occupied by adults weighing between 120 and 200 pounds, indicating the airbag is deactivated, though it should be turned on. Problem happens both while driving and parked, and has occurred frequently for the life of the car. Dealer could not replicate, so issue has not been resolved, and faulty sensor has not been replaced. Newer models…
ODI 10864867
Air Bags
There is a fault in the sensor for the front passenger-side seat airbag. It fails to properly sense that an adult is occupying the seat. The airbag-off indicator light often is lit when an adult who weighs approximately 102-105 pounds, is sitting in the front passenger seat. I brought this to the attention of our dealer, clay nissan of newton, mass. In december 2015. The dealer charged me $99.99 but failed to fix…
ODI 10862919
Air Bags
While driving vehicle with adult passenger in front right seat "passenger airbag off " light was on. When operating with no passengers light is off indicating the airbag is working. I immediately brought vehicle to my mechanic who scanned system and could ot find any codes. After reading several complaints on nhtsa regarding this issue i feel nissan needs toimplement a service recall. As i and i am sure others do…
ODI 10794814
Air Bags · Body · Steering · Tires
I was traveling with 2 small children on a straight way on hwy and the front tire blew in the sidewall of my michelin tire. I was pulled across the other lane into a ditch striking a stone culvert after going airborne. I had purchased a set of michelin tires and they were a 70,000 mile tire and had 23,000 miles on them when this occurred. After investigation it was determined a blowout as there was no damage to…
Crash reported
ODI 10701733
Air Bags · Body · Engine
I was in a bumper to bumper accident and the front end of my car was smooched in. My chest hit the steering wheel (my seat belt was buckled) knocking the air out of me, but my airbags did not deploy. We have taken our car into the dealership several times to complain about the passenger airbag sensor. Every time we get it back we get the same answer "we don't see anything wrong with the sensor". We recently took our…
Crash reported
ODI 10654579
Air Bags
I was involved in a collision with a 2014 dodge ram and it was a front impact collision. My car was totalled ( the impact even crumbled the rear quarter panel) but the airbag on the driver's side did not deploy. The repair company was confused with the amount of damage to my vehicle and the airbag did not deploy. Ii sustained injuries to my neck, back and left side. I still have back pain but i'm getting better.…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10703828
Air Bags
I had noticed that regardless of occupancy, the passenger side airbag indicator never lit up after initial testing on start-up. In late jan 2014, i was t-boned on passenger side by mercedes whose speed was such that his airbag did not deploy. Even though i had no one with me occupying my passenger seat, the side curtain and seat bag deployed, adding many hundreds of dollars to repair. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10584404
Air Bags
Driving on the freeway on my 2011 nissan altima 2.5s at above 65 mph, the passenger air bag light came on showing it was off/ disabled and stayed off for the whole trip duration - about 45 minutes. Air bag light location is in the center of dashboard and should light up when is disabled or no person is sitting on passenger seat. This is clearly a malfunction and should be corrected by the manufacturer to protect…
ODI 10523571
Air Bags
Passenger airbag sensor indicating not on while adult sitting in seat. Took car back to dealer several time would not duplicate. 2 times they said thy fix it. Cars should be on recall. Dealer said thy could not help. *tr
ODI 10607599
Air Bags
Passenger seat airbag sensor does not work properly ...no matter the weight of the passenger up to 240 the airbag light remains disabled....concerned with the safety of my passengers considering airbag will not deploy. *tr
ODI 10519882
Air Bags
When passenger (approx 150 lbs) sitting in passenger seat, air bag light off. This occurred january 2012, noticed again 5/2012, both times took to dealer. Contacted nissan directly 8/2013. Want this issue documented as it's not consistent; therefore, when you take to dealer they cannot duplicate this and do nothing.
ODI 10763276
Air Bags
Vehicle was backed into at approximately 0-5mph at 2,100 miles while legally parked. Since then, neither south point nissan of austin tx or town north nissan of austin tx have been able to explain why my srs airbag light comes on. 12+ repair attempts, almost 3 months in service (two days from now it'll have been in for a whole month this time alone) insurance carrier blames nissan for veh. Defect, nissan blames…
ODI 10409091