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: service brakes
32 reports, newest first. Show all
Service brakes, Nov 18, 2013
I NOTICED WARNING LIGHTS ON DASH WERE GOING ON FOR BRAKES BUT BRAKES WERE WORKING.BROUGHT TO NISSAN DEALER FOR CHECK. I WAS TOLD MASTER CYLINDER WAS LEAKING INTO BOOSTER AND THAT IT HAD TO BE CHANGED .COST $483...AT 49000 MILES THIS SEEMED TO BE TOO SOON FOR THAT KIND OF PROBLEM. DEALER KNEW ABOUT IT AT WRITEUP IN SERVICE DRIVE THROUGH., BUT SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR
Electrical system, Service brakes, Engine, Oct 29, 2013
IF I HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO GET THE CAR STARTED, WILL I SOON HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO STOP?????? VEHICLE NOT RECOGNIZE THE KEY. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO 6/15/2013. JUST THOUGHT THE KEY NEEDED TO BE CHARGED. BUT ON THIS DATE I PULL UP AT A HOTEL, CHECKED IN AND WENT TO MOVE THE CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. SAT FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. REPLACED BATTERY A FEW WEEKS PRIOR SO IT WASN'T THAT. HAD TO BE TOWED TO A PEPBOYS. TOO LATE FOR A DEALERSHIP, A SATURDAY EVENING, AND I WAS OVER 5 HOURS FROM HOME. THE CAR WAS DROPPED OFF ACROSS FROM THE BAYS THEREFORE THEY WERE UNABLE TO CONNECT THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. AFTER SETTING FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS IT FINALLY CRANK. THEY SAID IT WAS THE STARTER, AS OF TODAY I HAVE NOT REPLACED THE STARTER. IN AUGUST IT DID IT AGAIN TWICE WHILE MY 16 YR WAS DRIVING IT TO SCHOOL. A COUPLE OF TIMES IN SEPTEMBER. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ON 10/14/2013, THEIR DIAGNOSIS WERE: REPLACE BRAKE SW, SUB HARNESS, AND TIE STRAPS. AND NOW ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS WANT START WITHOUT PUMPING THE BRAKES. I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT DRIVES THE CAR NOW BECAUSE I'M AFRAID OF THE BRAKES EVENTUALLY GIVING OUT. *TR
Service brakes, Dec 20, 2012
ON SUNDAY, 12/16/12 EVENING AROUND 11:15PM, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM OUT OF TOWN AND HAD TO PULL OVER FOR GAS ABOUT 45 MILES AWAY FROM THE HOUSE. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND FILLED UP THE GAS AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START ONCE WE WERE READY TO LEAVE. THE ABS AND FLIP LIGHTS WOULD BLINK AND THE BATTERY WOULD POWER UP BUT THE CAR ON THE PUSH BUTTON IGNITION WOULD NOT RESPOND WHICH WOULD START THE CAR, I CALLED THE TOWING COMPANY AND I WAS CHARGED $173 FOR TOWING TO THE DEALER AS THE MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE EITHER. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALER STATING THE BRAKE PEDAL SWITCH WHICH WHEN PRESSED WITH THE KEY FOB IN THE VEHICLE ALLOWS THE CAR TO BE STARTED WHEN PRESSING THE PUSH BUTTON IGNITION SWITCH; THAT SWITCH ATTACHED TO THE BRAKE HARNESS HAD GONE BAD AND I WAS GIVEN A COST OF $232.64 TO REPLACE THIS SWITCH. THE DEALER STATED THAT HE WAS SHOWING IN HIS SYSTEM THAT THIS SWITCH WAS REDESIGNED RECENTLY AND THE NEW REDESIGNED SWITCH WHICH WOULD INCLUDE REPLACING THE BRAKE PEDAL HARNESS ALSO WOULD COST ME A TOTAL OF $531.17 AND HE STATED THAT HE RECOMMENDS THE NEW REDESIGNED SWITCH OVER THE LESSER EXPENSIVE SAME TYPE OF SWITCH THAT WENT BAD WHICH WOULD BE AT RISK OF GOING BAD AGAIN SOON. I ESCALATED THE ISSUE TO NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AT 1-800-NISSAN-1, CASE #10255931. I REQUESTED THEM TO COVER THE EXPENSE AS I HAD EXCEEDED THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY ONLY BY 3000 MILES AND HAD BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW IN MAY, 2010. THEY RESEARCHED THE MATTER AND DECLINED TO COVER THE EXPENSE DUE TO A PREVIOUS BRAKE ROTOR ISSUE I HAD ESCALATED TO THEM 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS A SEPARATE ISSUE. I HOPE NO ONE ELSE IS STRANDED AS WE WERE WITH MY WIFE, MY TWIN 3 YEAR OLD BOYS, AND MYSELF AT 11:30PM AT NIGHT FAR AWAY DUE TO A BLOWN OUT SWITCH WHICH HAS NOW BEEN REDESIGNED, I AM ASKING THAT A RECALL ON THIS BE OPENED UP. *TR
Power train, Service brakes, Jul 24, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKES AND TRANSMISSION FAILED. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE BRAKES SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE SLID AND EXPERIENCED AN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONCE THAT HAPPENED, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY DID NOT RESPOND. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Service brakes, Hydraulic, Fuel system, Gasoline, Air bags, Vehicle speed control, May 9, 2012, crash
IN OCT 2011 CAR SURGED AT STOPPED SIGN CALLED DEALER HE SAID IF HAPPEN AGAIN BRING IT IN NOV 2011 CAR SURGED AGAIN TOOK IT TO DEALER HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG IN JAN 2012 CAR SURGED AGAIN BUT THIS TIME THERE WAS A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE NISSAN WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGE IN THE FRONT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT OPEN UP. I TRADED THE CAR IN ON A NEW AND DIFFERENT COMPANY CAR. I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS ANY MORE. GAS PEDAL ## VIN FAILED ## 2010 NISSAN ALTIMA ## *TR
Steering, Suspension, Service brakes, Hydraulic, Nov 14, 2011, crash
I WAS DRIVING NORMAL SPEED LIMIT 60 MPH ON THE FWY WHEN WE HEARD A NOISE LIKE A BIG POP SOUND. RIGHT AWAY WHEN I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN TO GET OVER ( WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE) THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING SO BAD THAT I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE WHEEL. IT FELT AS IF THE BRAKES WEREN'T WORKING. THE CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED IN THE CARPOOL DIVIDER. THIS WAS A BRAND NEW NISSAN ALTIMA 2010 COUPE WITH 60K MILES ON THE CAR. WE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING AT THE TIME OR EVEN BEFORE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, ALL PARTS ON THE CAR WAS BRAND NEW. I REMEMBERED THAT THE MORE THAT I TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL SHOCK HARDER AND HARDER TO WHERE I WAS UNABLE TO EVEN CONTROL IT. *TR
Service brakes, Hydraulic, Vehicle speed control, Nov 14, 2010
LAST WEEK I RENTED A NISSAN ALTIMA FROM HERTZ. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD DRIVEN THIS CAR. THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE LOCATION OF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SPACING BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR. I WEAR A SIZE 10 SHOE AND THE EDGE OF MY SHOE KEPT GETTING CAUGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN I MOVED MY FOOT TO APPLY THE BRAKE. I NARROWLY ESCAPED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT OF THIS. THERE IS NO SPACE BETWEEN THESE 2 PEDALS! *TR