NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Nissan Altima Recalls
The 2018 Nissan Altima has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 28, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Nissan Altima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 226
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Nissan Altima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2018 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 2013–2017 Altima
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 19V654000
- Reported
- September 12, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,228,830
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Altima, 22 other models
2018 Nissan Altima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 226 owner complaints about the 2018 Nissan Altima, the newest on October 4, 2026. Of these, 11 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Nissan Altima, the component group named most often is the service brakes (21%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the air bags (16%).
None of the 2018 Nissan Altima's 2 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2018 Nissan Altima owners gave the mileage (110 complaints), the median was 36,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other60
- Service Brakes48
- Electrical System37
- Air Bags36
- Power Train24
- Forward Collision Avoidance15
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 57 | |
| 2020 | 47 | |
| 2021 | 34 | |
| 2022 | 18 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 19 | |
| 2025 | 18 | |
| 2026 | 13 |
Complaints about the 2018 Nissan Altima peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 57. 64% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Nissan Altima drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Nissan Altima year in the same window: 11th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 226 complaints about the 2018 Nissan Altima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Altima by model year
Other 2018 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 4, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted