1. Nissan Altima
  2. Problems
  3. 2017
  4. Engine

2017 Nissan Altima Engine Problems

8
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 8 stored complaint records:

  • 0 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 2 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi4
30–60k mi2
60–100k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • November 12, 2019 · 67,500 miles

    Engine · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control

    Tuesday, nov 12th, approximately 7 pm, while in the middle of evening traffic on a busy thoroughfare, vehicle lost complete power and coasted to a stop on side of road. Prior to this, vehicle lost power temporary about 20 minutes prior on another very busy stretch of road but was able to restart. Throughout the day, the car would sputter while in motion. By the evening the sputtering became more intense and was more…

    ODI 11280382

  • October 20, 2019 · 57,000 miles

    Engine

    My car always quit off while i am driving for whatever reason. I was dropping my kids off at school one day in traffic and it cut off on me and it also cut off on me on the railroad tracks, there wasn't a train insight thank god.... This is very dangerous and something needs to be done about this...

    ODI 11279333

  • June 21, 2019 · 7,201 miles

    Electrical System · Engine · Power Train

    I have less that 8000 miles on vehicle. I'm a disabled veteran with a service related disability. I've had the car maybe two years. I was on the i-12 and the car begin to decelerate off and on and then stalled on me in the middle of the off ramp. I could have been killed or injured. Car still isnt paid off. I've read other year modles with same issues and no fixes either help or solve the problem. What or my rights…

    ODI 11221868

  • March 14, 2019

    Engine

    Tl* the contact owns a 2017 nissan altima. While attempting to park the vehicle, it caught fire under the hood in the engine compartment without warning. The parking attendant attempted to start the vehicle and it exploded. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The fire was extinguished by the fire department. The vehicle was towed by the insurance company to an impound lot. The vehicle not taken to…

    Fire reported

    ODI 11186864

  • February 8, 2019 · 45,000 miles

    Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train

    Car slows down while driving or accelerates gas pedals get stuck

    ODI 11197312

  • July 6, 2018 · 5 miles

    Electrical System · Engine · Steering

    First day of major heat wave. Fire on side of traveled road as traffic starts to move the 2017 altima 3.5 engine car with anout 9500 miles on it suddenly without any warning looses power and gas peddle has no response. Car felt heavy rolls backwards towards edge as it seemed it had shut down automatically. Try to restart and won't start until 4th try. Still heavy with loss of power. Managed to drive pass the danger…

    ODI 11109956

  • May 26, 2018 · 10,000 miles

    Engine

    Tl* the contact owned a 2017 nissan altima. While driving 35 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. While the vehicle was being manually pushed out of the roadway, it caught on fire. The contact stated that the fire started under the hood on the passenger side of the vehicle. The fire department was called and was able to extinguish the fire. A fire report was filed. There were no injuries sustained. The vehicle…

    Fire reported

    ODI 11101116

  • January 4, 2018 · 7,800 miles

    Electrical System · Engine · Power Train

    The insulation that wraps the electrical cabling to engine and other working parts to car are wrapped with a corn and soil product and rats ate the inside of my car to the point that the car would not work. It is 5 months old with 7,000 miles.

    ODI 11061148