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2025 Nissan Altima

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

Owners have filed 6 safety complaints about the 2025 Nissan Altima with the US government. Of those, 1 describes a crash, 3 people were injured and no death is recorded. 2 recall campaigns are open against it, covering the air bags and the latches, locks and linkages.

The most complained-about system is the air bags, named in 1 complaint, 17% of the total.

Compiled from NHTSA's complaint, recall and investigation files · Covers February 2025 to May 2026 · How this is counted

What is on file

6 complaints on file

6

Complaints

1

Describe a crash

0

Mention fire

3

People injured

0

Deaths

A complaint is an unverified account by the person who filed it, not a finding of fault. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.

A recall is the manufacturer conceding a defect, and the repair is free. Whether one covers your particular car is a question only its VIN can answer, because a campaign covers a production range rather than a model year.

Which system owners named

Complaints naming each system
AIR BAGS 1 · 17%
BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 · 17%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 · 17%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 · 17%
POWER TRAIN 1 · 17%
SEATS 1 · 17%
STRUCTURE 1 · 17%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 · 17%
VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 · 17%
WHEELS 1 · 17%
0 4 8

Red marks a system with a recall campaign against it. One complaint can name several systems, so these add up to more than 6.

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2025 at 4.

8 6 4 2
25 26

This is the year the complaint was filed, not the year the failure happened. The range runs from 2025 to 2026 , the last of them a part year, which is why its column is drawn faint.

Crash test ratings

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program

NHTSA crashes a car into a barrier and a pole and measures what happens to the dummies inside. This is what it awarded the 2025 Nissan ALTIMA, and it is a separate question from what owners report going wrong later.

Test 4 DR AWD 4 DR FWD
Overall
Frontal crash
Frontal, driver
Frontal, passenger
Side crash
Side barrier
Side pole
Rollover
Chance of rollover 9.2% 9.2%
Stability control standard Forward collision warning standard Lane departure warning standard

A rating belongs to a tested body style and drivetrain, not to the model as a whole, which is why more than one is listed. A dash means NHTSA did not rate that test for this vehicle.

Recall campaigns

2 on file

AIR BAGS:CRITICAL FASTENERS

26V526000 · August 13, 2026

The defect
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2025 Altima vehicles. The front passenger air bag and front passenger knee air bag may have been installed with incorrect mounting fasteners, which can cause the air bags not to deploy as intended.
The risk
Air bags that do not deploy as intended increase the risk of injury in a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the air bag mounting fasteners, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 25, 2026. Owners may contact Nissan’s customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's number for this recall is PD202. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning August 17, 2026.

Nissan North America, Inc. · up to 149 vehicles across all model years covered

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

26V023000 · January 21, 2026

The defect
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2025 Altima, Sentra, 2025-2026 Frontier, and 2026 Kicks vehicles. The door strikers may have been improperly welded and break, allowing the door to open while moving. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 206, "Door Locks and Door Retention Components."
The risk
A door that opens unexpectedly while the vehicle is in motion increases the risk of injury or a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the door strikers, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 17, 2026. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 800-647-7261. Nissan's numbers for this recall are PD185 and PMA61. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning January 28, 2026.

Nissan North America, Inc. · up to 26,432 vehicles across all model years covered

Compare

Other years of the Nissan Altima

Model year Complaints Recalls Deaths
2024 41 1 —
2022 30 0 —
2021 69 2 —
2020 158 6 1
2019 229 7 —
2018 225 2 —
2017 390 3 —
2016 552 4 1
2015 947 10 —
2014 1,113 8 1
2013 2,309 12 1
2012 425 4 —
2011 241 1 —
2010 380 3 —

Other 2025 Nissan models

Rogue 176 Pathfinder 49 Kicks 35 Sentra 28 Murano 21 Armada 20 Frontier 7

Complaints on file, same model year.

Every Nissan on this site — 205 vehicles, 320 recall campaigns and 4 open investigation s.

If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. How many repair attempts it takes, and how long you have to file, is set by the state you bought in and by nothing on this page.

Where these numbers come from

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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