Federal complaint record · Nissan Altima · model year 2020

2020 Nissan Altima

Owners submitted 174 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 59th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2018 to 2022 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is driver assistance. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Driver assistance · 16% · group n = 46Electrical · 15% · group n = 43Engine · 14% · group n = 39Other · 12% · group n = 35Steering · 7% · group n = 20
174
Complaint records on file
34,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 47 complaints reported mileage
16%
Of classified component reports name driver assistance · group n = 46
59th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 43 model years

Driver assistance · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Driver assistance16%

Driver assistance reports

Nissan Altima · model year 2020

Reports in this group46
Share of classified reports16%
Component groups on file6
Open the failure files

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 17 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32020 Nissan Altima
Warning indicators · 12 reports

Reports describe warning lights before service

Cluster 2 of 32020 Nissan Altima
Fire or smoke · 10 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 3 of 32020 Nissan Altima

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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