NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Nissan Altima Recalls
The 2000 Nissan Altima has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 23, 2001.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Nissan Altima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 160
- Crashes reported
- 25
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Nissan Altima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2000 Nissan Altima
2000 Nissan Altima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 160 owner complaints about the 2000 Nissan Altima, the newest on September 1, 2016. Of these, 25 describe a crash (16%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Nissan Altima, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (31%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the vehicle speed control (13%).
None of the 2000 Nissan Altima's 2 recalls concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2000 Nissan Altima owners gave the mileage (84 complaints), the median was 83,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling49
- Electrical System25
- Vehicle Speed Control21
- Tires19
- Air Bags14
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic11
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 28 | |
| 2002 | 15 | |
| 2003 | 12 | |
| 2004 | 16 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 16 | |
| 2009 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2000 Nissan Altima peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 28. 43% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Nissan Altima drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Nissan Altima year in the same window: 21st highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the three best-measured Nissan Altima years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 160 complaints about the 2000 Nissan Altima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Altima by model year
Other 2000 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: September 1, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted