2024 Nissan Altima Reliability Report

Rear seat belt sensors give false unbuckled warnings and beep repeatedly even when the back seat is empty. The constant alert distracts the driver and may point to a faulty occupant detection system. The other complaint in this category is really about water getting in. A new car arrived with a mold odor in the cabin and water in the trunk, which the owner blames on defective weatherstripping or sealing. The car went back to the dealer more than once.

Sudden failures across many systems at once are the pattern here. The dash fills with warnings for brakes, emissions, and other systems, and the car either stalls or slows and cannot go faster than 20 mph. The gas pedal stops responding and the brake pedal becomes very hard to push, which nearly led to rear-end collisions. One stall happened in snow at about 13,000 miles.

Brakes that fail to stop the car lead to a collision in both reports. Both are crash-related, with 1 injury. One describes a loud clinking noise and a burning rubber smell before the brakes stopped working at a stop sign. The other describes the car accelerating down a steep hill with no brake response until it hit a hillside and set off the airbags. That second case involved a rental car.

The backup camera image goes blank, turns pink or orange, or shows a white foggy haze. The haze gets worse at night and in garages, so objects behind the car are hard to identify. A dealer mechanic reportedly said the haze affects all 2024 models and that Nissan offers no repair or replacement. Because the screen sometimes goes blank, drivers say they cannot rely on the camera when reversing.

Bubbles on the sidewall and slow leaks are the reported tire problems. The bubbles show up while the tread still looks new, and owners describe them as air getting between the layers of the tire. In one case the first tire bubbled at 20000 miles and the other 3 followed soon after. The other complaint describes a small leak from the sidewall of a rear tire.

Water leaks into the cabin and drains out of the driver's door when it is opened. One dealer traced a leak to the driver's rear seat area, through the seat belt and possibly the door weld, and replaced the carpet and trim, but the leak came back. The other complaint describes a visible gap in the trim at the rear upper corner where the back windshield meets the roof. The dealer agreed it was a manufacturing defect but did not fix it.

Both complaints here say the airbags did not deploy in severe collisions. Each describes another vehicle traveling around 80 mph striking the car hard enough to total it, yet neither the front nor the side curtain airbags went off. Both are crash-related, with 2 injuries to front occupants who needed medical treatment. No warning lights were reported beforehand, and the cause was not determined. One failure occurred at 3,200 miles.