NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Nissan Altima Recalls
The 2017 Nissan Altima has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 28, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 393
- Crashes reported
- 24
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 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 2013–2016, 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 2015–2016 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 2015–2016 Altima
2017 Nissan Altima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 393 owner complaints about the 2017 Nissan Altima, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 24 describe a crash (6%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 23 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Nissan Altima, the component group named most often is the power train (34%), followed by the air bags (19%) and the vehicle speed control (10%).
None of the 2017 Nissan Altima's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2017 Nissan Altima owners gave the mileage (166 complaints), the median was 55,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train133
- Air Bags74
- Unknown Or Other62
- Vehicle Speed Control41
- Engine39
- Electrical System27
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 23 | |
| 2019 | 38 | |
| 2020 | 78 | |
| 2021 | 46 | |
| 2022 | 45 | |
| 2023 | 50 | |
| 2024 | 44 | |
| 2025 | 38 | |
| 2026 | 22 |
Complaints about the 2017 Nissan Altima peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 78. 38% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Nissan Altima drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Nissan Altima year in the same window: 12th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 393 complaints about the 2017 Nissan Altima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Altima by model year
Other 2017 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted