227 owner complaints filed with the United States safety regulator · top issue: Electrical System · verdict AVOID 25/100
“The contact owns a 2019 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the driver's side front door failed to open. The contact entered the vehicle through the rear door. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the failure was due to the door lock actuator, and the part was replaced under warranty; however, the failure reoccurred. The local deale”NHTSA complaint, 2019 Nissan Altima owner
“Cracked Engine Head- The vehicle is around 165,000 miles and the engine has cracked. No collisions or crashes or any fault of owner. At around 100,000 miles ALL four doors had the actuators stop working within 1 week. All doors now must be manually locked and unlocked.”NHTSA complaint, 2019 Nissan Altima owner
“All 4 door actuators failed over the course of a few months. Now none of the locks work, and the cost to fix them is prohibitive.”NHTSA complaint, 2019 Nissan Altima owner
| Reported | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 11/03/2021 | Tires | Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Altima and 2018-2021 Titan vehicles equipped with Continental tires. On the affected vehicles, it is possible that one or more tires were cured for too |
| 18/04/2019 | Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump SAFETY | Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2019 Altima vehicles equipped with front wheel drive (FWD) and 2.5 liter engines. The fuel pump lock ring may not be fully engaged, possibly causing fuel to leak. |
| 20/12/2018 | Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump SAFETY | Nissan North America, Inc (Nissan) is recalling certain 2019 Altima vehicles. The retainer clip connecting the low pressure fuel tube to the high pressure fuel pump may not have been locked into position. |
| 25/03/2019 | Exterior Lighting:Brake Lights:Switch SAFETY | Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2019 Nissan Altima vehicles. The brake switch bracket may be in the incorrect location, which may cause the brake switch to remain on. |
| 12/09/2019 | Back Over Prevention: Sensing System: Camera | Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Nissan Altima, Armada, Frontier, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, NV, NV200, Pathfinder, Rogue, Rogue Sport, Sentra, Titan, Titan Diesel, Versa Note and Vers |
| 08/09/2023 | Back Over Prevention: Sensing System: Camera | Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2019-2021 Altima and 2020-2021 Sentra vehicles. Damage to the camera harness can cause distortion or loss of the rearview camera display image. As such, these ve |
| 27/06/2025 | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Hard Parts Internal/Mechanical | Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Rogue, 2019-2020 Altima, 2019-2022 Infiniti QX50, and 2022 Infiniti QX55 vehicles equipped with 3-cylinder 1.5L or 4-cylinder 2.0L variable compression t |
On the federal record it scores 25/100: 227 owner complaints (32.43 per year on the road) and 7 recall campaigns, 3 touching safety-critical systems.
The most-reported component in NHTSA complaints is Electrical System, with 58 of 237 categorised reports.
The 2019 Nissan Altima scored 25/100 on the federal record.