Owner-reported complaints naming the visibility system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2019 Nissan Altima submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
1st. I would like to report defective windshields, I've replaced it once and the one I replaced got a crack now also. I don't speed I don't tailgate I drive proper and my insurance records my driving. My car has less that 33k and I've owned it for 4 years. 2nd. I would to report crappy transmission, the car struggles to accelerate in times you need it most.
I’m driving on expressway going southbound with no traffic & out of no where the hood jumps open, the result of that resulted in the windshield being cracked also the sunroof. The glass from sunroof came Shattered & hit me & my daughter forehead leaving glass inside the car. These was a traumatic experience, and actually my very first Nissan.
When the rearview mirror was adjusted, the mirror fell off of the windshield entirely and took a chunk of glass out with the rearview mirror.
The contact owns a 2019 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH the vehicle sunroof shattered without impact. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact had small cuts to his right shoulder from glass but had not needed medical attention. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 66,081.
Upper left side wind shield. I went to kill a mosquito and pushed it up against the windshield with my hand and the windshield cracked. It was very little pressure.
The windshield was randomly cracked without having any impact marks. The car was parked with no cracks on a sunny day and i came to my car within any hour to a cracked windshield. The issue is well know with these vehicles. I have plenty of pictures for evidence as well. Below are pictures of people with similar problems
I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT NISSANS WINDSHIELDS ARE VERY BRITTLE. I WENT TO SMUSH A BUG AND IT SHATTERED IT. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM IN OUR 6TH GEN NISSAN ALTIMA GROUP AND WE WANT IT TO GET FIXED. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN, AND NOT ONLY TO MENTION HOW EXPENSIVE THE WINDSHIELDS ARE.
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD THAT IS EXTREMELY DISTRACTING. THIS OCCURS IN SUNNY WEATHER. I HAVE PICTURES OF THIS, AT ONE POINT IT ALMOST BLOCKED OUT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE GLARE--AND I AM TALKING ABOUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF COURSE, COMES FROM A COMBINATION OF THE HUMP AND FINISH ON THE PART OF THE DASHBOARD NEAREST THE WINDSHIELD. NO SATISFACTION FROM NISSAN.
WINDSHIELD WASHER PRESSURE IS NOT ADEQUATE ENOUGH TOP CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD
WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN SPRAYING WATER ON THE WINDSHIELD FROM THE WINDSHIELD WASHER SPRAYERS, IT ONLY SPRAYS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD AND DOES NOT COVER THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD. YOU HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY SPRAY WATER SO THE WIPERS CAN SPREAD THE WATER ON THE WINDSHIELD. BUT DOING THIS DOES NOT ALWAYS MAKE THE WINDSHIELD CLEAN. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. THE WATER SPRAYS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOOD AND THEN ONTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE DEALER HAS NOT YET BEEN ADVISED OF THIS ISSUE. THE WAY THE WASHER SPRAYERS ARE MOUNTED, I DOUBT THAT THE PROBLEM CAN BE EASILY FIXED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REARVIEW MIRROR DID NOT ADJUST HIGH ENOUGH FOR PROPER VISIBILITY. THE CONTACT LOWERED THE SEAT MORE THAN NECESSARY IN ORDER TO SEE THE ROAD. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100.
WHEN USING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID IT BARELY SHOOTS OUT. IT ONLY COVER 1/4 OF THE WHOLE WINDSHIELD. THIS BECAME VERY DANGEROUS WHEN I WAS DRIVING BACK HOME IN THE HIGHWAY WHEN LOVEBUGS COVERED MY WINDSHIELD.
WHILE DRIVING ALONG A HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE LANE, MY FIANC HEARD A LOUD NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A LOUD BANG. HE THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD FALLEN ON TOP OF THE SUNROOF BUT FOUND IT STRANGE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO TREES AROUND FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. WHEN HE STOPPED AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR, HE FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD HAD SHATTERED INTO LITTLE PIECES. LUCKILY HE WAS NOT INJURED AND NO GLASS CAME THROUGH THE CAR BECAUSE THE SHIELD WAS CLOSED. THERE WERE NO DENT OR IMPACT MARKS ON THE SUNROOF OR ANY PART OF THE CAR. WHEN WE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT, HE TOLD US THAT THE BREAK BAND FROM THE INSIDE AND WAS ALMOST 'PUSHED UP' IN A WAY. NISSAN HAD DENIED OUR CLAIM, AND PAYING THE DEDUCTIBLE AND GETTING IT FIXED, I STILL HEAR A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM ABOVE.
I BECAME AWARE OF THE AUTOMATIC WINDSHIELD WASHER PROBLEM WHEN I TRIED TO CLEAR OFF DUST AND GRIME FROM OUR NEW 2019 NISSAN ALTIMA WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I ACTIVATED THE WASHERS TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD, THE WASHER FLUID BARELY SPLASHED ONTO THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. I HAD TO REPEATEDLY ACTIVATE THE SYSTEM TO EVEN GET THE WINDSHIELD PARTLY CLEAN. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED. TO MY CHAGRIN, I WAS TOLD NO ONE ELSE HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THAT THE WASHERS OPERATE AS THEY WERE DESIGNED TO DO. BUT I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE PLACEMENT OF THE WINDSHIELD WASHER NOZZLES UNDER THE HOOD RESULTS IN THE FLUID STREAM HITTING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOOD FIRST AND THEN IT ONLY PARTLY HITS THE WINDSHIELD ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY UP ON THE WINDSHIELD. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND AN INEPT DESIGN FLAW BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY CANNOT ADJUST THE FLUID STREAM TO SHOOT UP ON THE WINDSHIELD THE WAY EVERY OTHER CAR IN THE WORLD DOES. I HAVE TO LIVE WITH A BARELY CLEANABLE WINDSHIELD BECAUSE SOME DESIGNER NEVER TRIED OUT THE WASHERS IN THE REAL WORLD. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS SAFETY PROBLEM.
DEFECTIVE REARVIEW 'ANTI-GLARE' MIRROR HARDLY REDUCES ANY LIGHT AT NIGHT FROM VEHICLES BEHIND THE CAR. ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT DISTRACTION OR BLINDING LIGHT. THIS IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING AND SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH A DESIGN THAT REDUCES LIGHT AT NIGHT. AS IS, THIS IS A DANGEROUS DESIGN, WHICH CAN CAUSE A COLLISION DUE TO THE BLINDING LIGHT THAT IS NEARLY UNCONTROLLABLE. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS THE MIRROR IS FUNCTIONING BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY A TERRIBLE DESIGN THAT ALMOST DOESN'T REDUCE LIGHT AT ALL.
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