Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2018 Nissan altima has 19 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 0 powertrain-related recalls.
19
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | It seems to be the transmission intermittently. I'd stop, push down on the accelerator and would go... |
| Aug 16, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | I want formally lodge a complaint regarding a serious issue with a 2018 Nissan Altima that I purchas... |
| May 3, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | Car started acting strangely on the way to work one morning, rpms would jump all over, it started to... |
| Dec 14, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | With a little under 68,000 miles on my 2018 Nissan Altima the transmission started shuttering and sl... |
| Sep 26, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | The transmission would shift into neutral while driving down the road, loosing power to the drive tr... |
| Jul 25, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | The CVT transmission failed at the light in mid drive. The car started to roll backwards down a high... |
| Jul 15, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | My 2018 Nissan Altima just now reached 100,000 miles on it. I was heading home from work on the inte... |
| Mar 23, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | 2018 Nissan Altima and Sentra cars have faulty continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) that cause... |
| Jan 30, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | On several occasions my vehicle fails to accelerate putting passengers and myself in grave danger. N... |
| Dec 17, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | The car doesn't move and the car shakes above 55 miles and I can smell smoke under the hood. |
| Sep 3, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2018 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 MPH, t... |
| Aug 15, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | CVT transmission failure while in transport. It put my family at risk being stranded on busy highway... |
| Jun 11, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | According to Nissan dealership My 2018 Nissan Altima CVT failed. They were able to determined the fa... |
| Mar 14, 2021 | POWER TRAIN,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | I bought my car in February 2021 and me not knowing anything about vehicles I first heard the poppin... |
| Mar 28, 2020 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | AIR COOLING SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK. IT WILL NOT BLOW ANY COLD AIR. ATTEMPTED TO PUT FREON ONLY FOR IT ... |
| Jan 8, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND ... |
| Nov 10, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE | WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, DURING THE MORNING, MY CAR ACTIVATED THE BRAKES ON ITS OWN, THIS IS TH... |
| May 1, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STAND STILL ... |
| May 1, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE SLOWED DOWN FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO ACCELERATE, ... |