Nissan Altima - Problems, Statistics, and Analysis

Nissan Altima owners have reported a total of 19,624 problems for their cars built in the 31 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Nissan Altima. The 2013 Nissan Altima cars have the most problems reported (2,952 problems).

🔍 Common problems of Nissan Altima

The following chart shows the 33 most common problems for Nissan Altima cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine and engine cooling (3,358 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (2,124 problems).

📉 Compare Reliability Across Model Years Using PPMY Index

It would not be fair to compare the Nissan Altima of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across Altima model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.

    PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,

where P = total problems reported during the life of a Nissan Altima model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).

The results are shown in Table 3.

📊 Number of Problems Reported During the First Year

Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Nissan Altima is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.

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