NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Nissan Altima Recalls
The 2005 Nissan Altima has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 14, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 1,091
- Crashes reported
- 48
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
18 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 Nissan Altima
2005 Nissan Altima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,091 owner complaints about the 2005 Nissan Altima, the newest on April 28, 2026. Of these, 48 describe a crash (4%) and 18 a fire; owners reported 62 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Nissan Altima, the component group named most often is the structure (32%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (24%) and the engine (13%).
1 of the 2005 Nissan Altima's 2 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2005 Nissan Altima owners gave the mileage (906 complaints), the median was 86,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure351
- Engine And Engine Cooling259
- Engine141
- Power Train115
- Electrical System97
- Unknown Or Other60
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 44 | |
| 2006 | 38 | |
| 2007 | 36 | |
| 2008 | 86 | |
| 2009 | 82 | |
| 2010 | 97 | |
| 2011 | 65 | |
| 2012 | 102 | |
| 2013 | 79 | |
| 2014 | 106 | |
| 2015 | 159 | |
| 2016 | 63 | |
| 2017 | 40 | |
| 2018 | 26 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2005 Nissan Altima peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 159. 20% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Nissan Altima drew 1.9× the complaints of the median Nissan Altima year in the same window: 4th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 1,091 complaints about the 2005 Nissan Altima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Altima by model year
Other 2005 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: April 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted