2010 Nissan Altima
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Electrical system is the leading concern among 381 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 14th highest complaint count among 26 Altima model years with reports.
Of the 2010 reports, 25 involved a crash and 9 involved a fire. 37 people were injured.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
Equipment, electrical, navigational system(global positioning system)Sep 10, 2010
NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN VEHICLES THAT WERE EQUIPPED WITH A GARMIN NUVI MODEL 750 NAVIGATION SYSTEM. THE BATTERIES CONTAINED IN THE AFFECTED GPS UNITS CAN OVERHEAT.
OVERHEATED BATTERIES COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND THE REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY GARMIN TECHNICIANS BY REPLACING THE BATTERY AND INSERTING A SPACER ON TOP OF THE BATTERY FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT GARMIN DIRECTLY AT 1-866-957-1981 OR NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Campaign 10V401000 on NHTSA.gov
StructureMay 7, 2010
NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 ALTIMA VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 7, 2010 THROUGH APRIL 13, 2010. SOME OF THE FRONT SIDE MEMBER ASSEMBLY COMPONENTS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WELDED TO SPECIFICATION DUE TO A TOOL MAINTENANCE ERROR.
IF SEVERAL STRUCTURAL WELDS ARE OUT OF SPECIFICATION ON A SINGLE VEHICLE, IT MAY HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE VEHICLE CRASH PERFORMANCE.
DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND IF NECESSARY REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 13, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Campaign 10V193000 on NHTSA.gov
SuspensionSep 16, 2009
NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 ALTIMA AND MAXIMA PASSENGER CARS. THE UPPER FRONT STRUT INSULATORS MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED OUT OF SPECIFICATION RESULTING IN A POTENTIAL FOR THE STRUT INSULATOR TO CRACK.
IF THE STRUT INSULATOR IS CRACKED, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THE STRUT ROD TO COME OUT OF ITS MOUNTING POSITION, WHICH COULD AFFECT VEHICLE STABILITY AND INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE FRONT STRUT INSULATORS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN OCTOBER 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-NISSAN1 (1-800-647-7261).
Campaign 09V358000 on NHTSA.gov
Representative owner complaints: air bags
61 reports, newest first. Show all
Suspension, Air bags, Other or unspecified, Nov 24, 2024
Around 12:30 pm Sysco driver [XXX] illegally parked on the San Diego California street blocking off traffic. I made a note of the drivers identification because of the awkward closeness to my vehicle. I went to an appointment about an hour away and upon my return I immediately noticed tension and pulling with my suspension that was not there before. I contact Sysco corporate office to report the incident and they said they will take care of it and to make a police report. I call immediately and am put on hold for nearly 90 minutes then am disconnected. I go to make an in person report and the police department is closed on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I notify the department of transportation and the California attorney general of my situation and how my car is not working like before. This should be investigated. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Air bags, Feb 2, 2024
The contact owns a 2010 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that seat air bag warning light remained illuminated after starting the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed there was no recall on the VIN for the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 191,000.
Power train, Air bags, Other or unspecified, Jun 26, 2023
My name is [XXX] and I can be reached at [XXX]...The dashboard has many cracks on it and it looks like it's melting too by the sun rays. It's very sticky when you touch it too. Vehicle tends to slow down a lot when I am driving as if I am about to get transmission problems soon. I see many people who already complained this transmission issue. My car has about 130,646 miles on it. The passenger air bag is consistently on and I hope it won't deploy on its own. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Air bags, Jun 14, 2023
My air bag light is on red
Air bags, Feb 8, 2023
Sensor in the front passenger seat is out making the airbag light blink in the cluster panel. I was told by the Nissan dealership that I would need a whole new seat and that would cost over $1000.
Air bags, Apr 5, 2022
The airbag lights came on and when I took it to Nissan, I was told that it will not deploy if a person was to get in an accident
Air bags, Seat belts, Engine, Mar 21, 2021
AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THE VERY NEXT DAY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AN IT STARTED HAVING ELECTRIC PROBLEMS
Air bags, Feb 6, 2021
THE AIRBAG PASSENGER NOTIFICATION LIGHT KEEPS BLINKING ON IN THE DASH. IT CAN BE RESET, BUT AS SOON AS A PASSENGER SITS IN THE CHAIR THE LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN. ACCORDING TO THE ADVISOR THE SENSOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ACCORDING TO THE NISSAN ADVISOR NONE OF THE AIRBAGS WILL DEPLOY IF THE LIGHT IS ON. THIS SEEMS TO ME A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
Power train, Air bags, Seats, Mar 14, 2020
SEAT SLID OFF THE BRACKET .. PASSENGER AIR BAG NEVER WAS ON AND THE TRANS SOMETIME WOULD NOT SHIFED WHEN IT SHOULD ..
Air bags, Nov 18, 2019
AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHES WHEN CAR IS ON WHETHER STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. WAS TOLD ITS THE SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT CUSHION AND THE WHOLE CUSHION HAS TO BE REPLACED. AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF NOT FIXED ASAP. VERY FRUSTRATING...AT A COST OVER $1000.00.
Air bags, Dec 4, 2018
I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE 2011. MY 2010 NISSAN ALTIMA COUPE PASSENGER OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (OCS) READS OFF WHEN A PASSENGER IS SEATED. I AM A 6FT 4IN 230 POUND INDIVIDUAL AND THE OCS SYSTEM FAILS TO RECOGNIZE ME WHEN I AM SEATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, STOPED, AND DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I MADE MY NISSAN DEALER AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BEFORE THE FIRST RECALL IN 2013 OF THE OCS SYSTEM AND THEY FAILED TO FIX THIS SAFETY ISSUE. MY NISSAN DEALER (PETRO NISSAN HATTIESBURG, MS 39402) LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN FIXED AND TOLD ME TO IGNORE THE OCS OFF LIGHT ON MY DASH. AFTER FOUR NISSAN ALTIMA OCS RECALLS (03/01/2013, 10/20/2015, 04/26/2016, 12/19/2016) I HAVE GROWN MORE CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF MY PASSENGERS AND MYSELF. AS OF 12/04/2018 AT 5:52 P.M. I HAVE DIRECTLY CONTACTED NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE. A REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT NISSAN IS NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY DEFECT IN THEIR VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD AS OF MARCH 2018. I CONTINUED TO PRESS NISSAN'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY DEFECT AND AFTER SEVERAL BACK-AND-FORTHS THE REPRESENTATIVE SCHEDULED A 'SPECIALIST' TO CONTACT ME TOMORROW 12/05/2018.
Air bags, Nov 30, 2018
MY AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING INTERMITTENTLY WHEN CAR IS ON.
Air bags, Oct 17, 2018
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE DEALER (CORAL SPRINGS NISSAN, 9350 W ATLANTIC BLVD, CORAL SPRINGS, FL 33071, 954 755-5600 EXT 3101) WERE NOTIFIED AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V521000 (AIR BAGS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE THE SAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM A RECALL AND OUT OF WARRANTY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,388. *TT*JB
Air bags, Sep 24, 2018
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT STRUCK A POTHOLE AND THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED IMMEDIATELY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT "AIR BAG OFF" WAS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PRIORITY NISSAN RICHMOND (16301 PRIORITY WAY, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VIRGINIA 23834, (804) 414-0550) WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 210,000.
Steering, Exterior lighting, Air bags, Aug 21, 2018
MY CAR HAD BEEN RECALLED 4 TIMES FOR VARIOUS DEFECTS AS WELL AS THE NISSAN ALTIMA 2005 THAT I HAD.
Air bags, Jun 28, 2018, crash
THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT UPON MAKING A RIGHT TURN, SUBSEQUENTLY, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WITH AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO AND RAN OVER A CURB CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.
Air bags, Seat belts, Jun 21, 2018, crash
HEAD ON COLLISION AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, BRAKED, DIRECT IMPACT ABOUT 25 MPH, AIRBAGS DID NOT ENGAGE. DRIVER SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK ON BRAKE OR IMPACT. *JS *DT CONSUMER STATED TRUCKING COMPANY HAS TAKEN STEPS FOR REPAIRS BUT DEALERSHIP MISSED SOME REPAIRS AND TRUCKING COMPANY REFUSING TO PAY OUTSTANDING REPAIRS.*JB
Air bags, Mar 17, 2018, crash
ON MY WAY TO WORK ON A RAINY DAY, I WAS MAKING A TURN AT A INTERSECTION. I LOSS CONTROL OF MY CAR & HIT A TREE. THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOYED WHEN MY CAR HIT A TREE. I WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER TRAUMA ER. I SUSTAINED A FRACTURED STERNUM & BRUISED RIBS. *TT *JS
Air bags, Feb 17, 2018
TAKATA INFLATORS: ONE OF MY VEHICLES (THE OTHER IS A 2013 FORD FUSION VIN [XXX]), WAS ISSUED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE TAKATA INFLATORS. I WAS INFORMED REPEATEDLY THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND I WOULD BE INFORMED WHEN THEY WERE IN STOCK. I DO NOT HAVE THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THIS RECALL AND CANNOT RECALL WHICH OF MY VEHICLES WAS PINPOINTED, THE INFLATORS HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED ON EITHER OF MY VEHICLES, BUT MYSTERIOUSLY, NEITHER SHOWS UP ON THE TAKATA RECALL LIST. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW OR WHY THIS SHOULD BE THE CASE? I FEEL THAT SOMETHING HAS "SLIPPED THRU THE CRACKS". INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Air bags, Service brakes, Feb 9, 2018
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED THE WEEK OF 02/08/18 MY WIFE NOTICED SOME LIGHT VDC SLIP ABS LIGHTS ALL CAME ON THEM WHILE ON HIGHWAY ALL OF THE BRAKES LOCKED AND SHE COULD NOT ACCELERATE CAR.
Air bags, Feb 5, 2018
THE AIRBAG DASH LITE KEEPS ON BLINKING AFTER STARTING VEHICLE. CONTINUES BLINKING WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS 59,100 MILES ON IT.
Air bags, Nov 11, 2017
MY CAR AIRBAG LIGHT ON MY DASH BOARD IS FLASHING. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL AND THEY HAVE SAID NO. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING THE CAR IN TO BE EVALUATED. HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD THAT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT.
Air bags, Oct 3, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ALTIMA. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF" INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED LIT EVEN WHEN THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KAMAAINA NISSAN (471 KALANIANAOLE AVE, HILO, HI 96720) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER SEAT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD OPEN A CASE AND CALL THE CONTACT BACK. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Air bags, Aug 10, 2017
AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON
Air bags, Mar 10, 2017, crash, fire
TL* THE CONTACT WAS A PASSENGER IN A 2010 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS SEATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE OCCUPYING THE CONTACT. A THIRD VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE OCCUPYING THE CONTACT ALSO. THE CONTACT'S DRIVER SUSTAINED BURNS TO THE FACE AND CHEST AND SUFFERED MENTAL ANXIETY. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG EXPLODED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES AND BURNS TO THE CHEST, ARM, AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE BODY. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT INJURED HER NECK AND BACK. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS IN THE OTHER VEHICLES WERE UNKNOWN. SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.