NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Nissan Altima Recalls
The 2008 Nissan Altima has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 10, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Nissan Altima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 1,030
- Crashes reported
- 54
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Nissan Altima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2008 Nissan Altima
Equipment: electrical: navigational system(global positioning system)
- Campaign
- 10V401000
- Reported
- September 10, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,948
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Altima, 5 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 08V521000
- Reported
- October 7, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 204,361
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Altima, 7 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 08V363000
- Reported
- July 31, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,018
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2008 Nissan Altima
Electrical system: ignition: module
- Campaign
- 07V599000
- Reported
- December 28, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 114
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Altima
2008 Nissan Altima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,030 owner complaints about the 2008 Nissan Altima, the newest on October 5, 2026. Of these, 54 describe a crash (5%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 34 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2008 Nissan Altima, the component group named most often is the structure (30%), followed by the visibility/wiper (16%) and the air bags (14%).
1 of the 2008 Nissan Altima's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2008 Nissan Altima owners gave the mileage (685 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure312
- Unknown Or Other199
- Visibility/Wiper168
- Air Bags142
- Electrical System90
- Power Train80
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 33 | |
| 2009 | 30 | |
| 2010 | 47 | |
| 2011 | 55 | |
| 2012 | 32 | |
| 2013 | 83 | |
| 2014 | 200 | |
| 2015 | 160 | |
| 2016 | 107 | |
| 2017 | 72 | |
| 2018 | 59 | |
| 2019 | 41 | |
| 2020 | 42 | |
| 2021 | 19 | |
| 2022 | 18 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2008 Nissan Altima peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 200. 16% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Nissan Altima drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Nissan Altima year in the same window: 9th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 1,030 complaints about the 2008 Nissan Altima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Altima by model year
Other 2008 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted