Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of Nissan Altima

Nissan Altima owners have reported 141 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 6 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (80 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's warnings (47 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Nissan Altima


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of Nissan Altima

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

I was leaving for work, backing out of the driveway, and the brakes just locked up out of no where. I’ve done this multiple times and the brakes have never done this. I tried pulling up and trying again, turning the car off and back on, and backing a different way out of the driveway.   Read details...

The Warnings problem

Every time I put the breaks on or go over any kind of speed bump, it bounces and sounds like warn out bed springs. Out of nowhere the volume on my radio will turn up extremely loud. Its happened more than a handful of times while driving and it scared me to the point of having to pull over to   Read details...

The Forward Collision Avoidance problem

The car stalls and began to jerk then shuts down the crash symbols comes on and goes off.   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Icc stopped working   Read details...

The Crash Imminent Braking problem

The contact owns a 2016 Nissan Altima. While driving various speeds, the forward emergency braking warning indicator illuminated and caused the vehicle to slow down and then stop. The contact took the vehicle to a dealer, but there was no resolution for the issue with the emergency brake.   Read details...




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