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Nissan Altima 2017

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.25 per 1,000

0.8 times this nameplate’s own median · from 70 complaints filed in the first three years, of 392 ever. 95% lower bound 0.19.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.43	117
2009	0.32	76
2010	0.30	64
2011	0.16	40
2012	0.24	70
2013	1.78	556
2014	0.76	249
2015	0.60	202
2016	0.29	94
2017	0.25	70
2018	0.47	110
2019	0.36	76
2020	0.29	51
2021	0.18	22
2022	0.10	12
2023	0.16	21

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 133 complaints

cvt	33	25%
cvt transmission	19	15%
rpm	17	13%
seconds	16	12%
jerking	14	11%
delay	10	8%

Air Bags 73 complaints

light	57	78%
airbag warning	12	17%

When it breaks

26% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 55,000 miles, from 165 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

3 investigations covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Rear Suspension Control Arm Failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10990948 · 10965508 · 11022564 · 11024585 · 11032050 · 11044832

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is verified against a published figure.