NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
Federal complaint record · Nissan Altima · model year 1998
1998 Nissan Altima
Owners submitted 123 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 37th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1996 to 2000 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is fuel system. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.
Fuel system · 15% · group n = 21Airbags · 11% · group n = 15Electrical · 11% · group n = 15Brakes · 10% · group n = 14Engine · 10% · group n = 14
123
Complaint records on file
94,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 29 complaints reported mileage
15%
Of classified component reports name fuel system · group n = 21
37th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 34 model years
Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns
Cluster 2 of 31998 Nissan Altima
Fire or smoke · 7 reports
Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire
Cluster 3 of 31998 Nissan Altima
Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.
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NHTSA consumer complaint records can reveal recurring patterns across published model years. MotorCensus summarizes those records as one complaint-signal index, with a 95% interval and sample size, updated with each data snapshot.