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NISSAN ALTIMA

2008 NISSAN ALTIMA

1 safety recall campaign, 1 defect investigation, 1,376 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints1,376
Complaints citing a crash73
Complaints citing a fire22

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 1 of 1

10V4010002010-09-10

EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM)

OVERHEATED BATTERIES COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

What owners report most

  • 208STRUCTURE
  • 199UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 168VISIBILITY/WIPER
  • 122AIR BAGS
  • 101STRUCTURE:BODY
  • 87ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 69POWER TRAIN
  • 56SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2008 NISSAN ALTIMAs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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