NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Nissan Altima Recalls
The 2016 Nissan Altima has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 28, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 554
- Crashes reported
- 28
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 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 2013–2015, 2017–2018 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 2015, 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 2015, 2017 Altima
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 2013–2015 Altima, 14 other models
2016 Nissan Altima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 554 owner complaints about the 2016 Nissan Altima, the newest on October 13, 2026. Of these, 28 describe a crash (5%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 32 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2016 Nissan Altima, the component group named most often is the power train (42%), followed by the engine (16%) and the air bags (13%).
1 of the 2016 Nissan Altima's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2016 Nissan Altima owners gave the mileage (295 complaints), the median was 58,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train235
- Engine86
- Unknown Or Other81
- Air Bags71
- Vehicle Speed Control65
- Electrical System42
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 25 | |
| 2018 | 55 | |
| 2019 | 115 | |
| 2020 | 80 | |
| 2021 | 57 | |
| 2022 | 67 | |
| 2023 | 53 | |
| 2024 | 34 | |
| 2025 | 36 | |
| 2026 | 18 |
Complaints about the 2016 Nissan Altima peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 115. 38% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Nissan Altima drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Nissan Altima year in the same window: 8th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 554 complaints about the 2016 Nissan Altima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Altima by model year
Other 2016 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted