Engine complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2016 Nissan Altima has 19 NHTSA engine complaints and 0 engine-related recalls.
19
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 11, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2024 | ENGINE | Vehicle starts fine once the entire engine heats up is when problems start the loss of engine power ... |
| Oct 18, 2023 | ENGINE | Failure in active grill shutter. National issue. |
| Aug 15, 2022 | ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | The vehicle will randomly stop accelerating while driving. Also will have a delayed acceleration ran... |
| Jul 6, 2022 | ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Car will not accelerate when depressing gas pedal. Will hesitate from 1 to 5 seconds. Example, dri... |
| Jul 1, 2022 | ENGINE | The contact owns a 2016 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds and a... |
| Sep 5, 2021 | ENGINE | The contact owns a 2016 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving 73 MPH, the RPM began to rai... |
| Mar 1, 2021 | ENGINE | After some driving specially in hot temperature or after long distances, the engine becomes nonrespo... |
| Jul 3, 2020 | ENGINE | 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA-MY PROBLEM IS THIS: IT RUNS GREAT WHEN I CAN GET IT TO RUN.THEN AFTER SITTING FOR... |
| May 25, 2020 | ENGINE | VEHICLE IS STALLING OUT WHILE DRIVING. STOPPING AT A LIGHT AND TAKING OFF THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND... |
| Feb 10, 2020 | ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | DELAYED ACCELERATION AFTER COMING TO A STOP CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE FOR S FEW SECONDS. THERE NEEDS T... |
| Jan 31, 2020 | ENGINE | MY VEHICLE IS NOT ACCELERATING IT IS TAKING A HALF A SECOND TO A SECOND TO ACCELERATE IT'S JERKING A... |
| Oct 1, 2019 | ENGINE | I WAS STOPPED AT A CORNER, AND WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKES TO ACCELERATE IT DIED. I ROLLDE... |
| Aug 9, 2019 | ENGINE | I JUST PURCHASED A 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA FROM HERTZ CAR SALES IN APRIL 2019. I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO CHAN... |
| Jul 7, 2019 | ENGINE | CAR HESITATES AND RPMS REVS UP ACTS LIKE IT'S GOING TO STALL AND DIE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 55-80M... |
| Jun 4, 2019 | ENGINE | WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON LOCAL HIGHWAYS DURING AFTERNOON RUSH HOURS. MY VEHICLE STARTS TO STRAIN ... |
| Mar 30, 2019 | ENGINE | WHILE I WAS DIVING ON THE 495 HIGHWAY IN VIRGINIA, WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WAS STI... |
| May 4, 2018 | ENGINE | ENGINE USES POWER WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY,HAVE TO PULL OVER AND WAIT TWO OR THREE MINUTES THEN IT STARTS... |
| May 4, 2018 | ENGINE | ENGINE LOSES POWER WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY,HAVE TO PULL OVER AND WAIT TWO OR THREE MINUTES THEN IT START... |
| Nov 22, 2017 | ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | I HAVE BEEN HAVING CHRONIC ISSUES WITH ENGINE ON MY 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA. INITIALLY (11/2016), THE CAR... |