NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Nissan Altima Recalls
The 2015 Nissan Altima has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 28, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Nissan Altima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 955
- Crashes reported
- 46
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Nissan Altima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2015 Nissan Altima
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 20V315000
- Reported
- May 28, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,831,818
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016–2018 Altima
Structure: emergency: escape/egress/exit
- Campaign
- 18V915000
- Reported
- December 19, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 341,003
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2017 Altima
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 17V040000
- Reported
- January 18, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 341,005
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2017 Altima
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 16V911000
- Reported
- December 19, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 757
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Altima, 2 other models
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 16V244000
- Reported
- April 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,296,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016 Altima, 14 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 16V029000
- Reported
- January 22, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 846,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Altima
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 15V733000
- Reported
- November 5, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 119
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V681000
- Reported
- October 20, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 919
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Altima, 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 15V486000
- Reported
- August 4, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 46,846
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Altima, 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 15V116000
- Reported
- February 27, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 625,400
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Altima
2015 Nissan Altima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 955 owner complaints about the 2015 Nissan Altima, the newest on October 12, 2026. Of these, 46 describe a crash (5%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 27 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Nissan Altima, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (28%), followed by the air bags (19%) and the power train (17%).
3 of the 2015 Nissan Altima's 10 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2015 Nissan Altima owners gave the mileage (545 complaints), the median was 57,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting270
- Air Bags177
- Power Train161
- Unknown Or Other93
- Engine66
- Suspension64
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 40 | |
| 2016 | 88 | |
| 2017 | 71 | |
| 2018 | 82 | |
| 2019 | 138 | |
| 2020 | 130 | |
| 2021 | 113 | |
| 2022 | 106 | |
| 2023 | 61 | |
| 2024 | 51 | |
| 2025 | 35 | |
| 2026 | 37 |
Complaints about the 2015 Nissan Altima peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 138. 30% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Nissan Altima drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Nissan Altima year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2015 one of the Nissan Altima years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 955 complaints about the 2015 Nissan Altima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Altima by model year
Other 2015 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted