NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Nissan Altima Recalls
The 2009 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 2009 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
- 1,547
- Crashes reported
- 36
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 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 2009 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 2008, 2010 Altima, 5 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 09V358000
- Reported
- September 16, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,398
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Altima, 1 other model
Structure: body: door
- Campaign
- 09V006000
- Reported
- January 9, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 225
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 214, side impact protection
- Same campaign
- only the 2009 Nissan Altima
Wheels
- Campaign
- 08V464000
- Reported
- September 15, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,403
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2009 Nissan Altima
2009 Nissan Altima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,547 owner complaints about the 2009 Nissan Altima, the newest on January 16, 2026. Of these, 36 describe a crash (2%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2009 Nissan Altima, the component group named most often is the steering (56%), followed by the electrical system (30%) and the engine (7%).
None of the 2009 Nissan Altima's 4 recalls concerns the steering.
Where 2009 Nissan Altima owners gave the mileage (1,238 complaints), the median was 79,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering859
- Electrical System466
- Unknown Or Other146
- Engine107
- Power Train95
- Air Bags91
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 29 | |
| 2011 | 26 | |
| 2012 | 68 | |
| 2013 | 212 | |
| 2014 | 128 | |
| 2015 | 261 | |
| 2016 | 406 | |
| 2017 | 157 | |
| 2018 | 66 | |
| 2019 | 60 | |
| 2020 | 43 | |
| 2021 | 30 | |
| 2022 | 21 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Nissan Altima peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 406. 9% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Nissan Altima drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Nissan Altima year in the same window: 5th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 1,547 complaints about the 2009 Nissan Altima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Altima by model year
Other 2009 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: January 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted