NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Nissan Altima Recalls
The 2010 Nissan Altima has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 10, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Nissan Altima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 381
- Crashes reported
- 25
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Nissan Altima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2010 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 2008–2009 Altima, 5 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 10V193000
- Reported
- May 7, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 113
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2010 Nissan Altima
Suspension
- Campaign
- 09V358000
- Reported
- September 16, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,398
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Altima, 1 other model
2010 Nissan Altima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 381 owner complaints about the 2010 Nissan Altima, the newest on September 29, 2026. Of these, 25 describe a crash (7%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 37 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Nissan Altima, the component group named most often is the electrical system (19%), followed by the power train (19%) and the air bags (16%).
None of the 2010 Nissan Altima's 3 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2010 Nissan Altima owners gave the mileage (271 complaints), the median was 53,128 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System74
- Power Train73
- Unknown Or Other70
- Air Bags61
- Engine50
- Suspension31
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 21 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 56 | |
| 2015 | 33 | |
| 2016 | 43 | |
| 2017 | 26 | |
| 2018 | 37 | |
| 2019 | 33 | |
| 2020 | 14 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2010 Nissan Altima peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 56. 21% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Nissan Altima drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Nissan Altima year in the same window: 16th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 381 complaints about the 2010 Nissan Altima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Altima by model year
Other 2010 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: September 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted