Vehicle report
2012 NISSAN ALTIMA
This model year
What the record shows
The 2012 Nissan Altima is a midsize car, and the 21st model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1992 to 2026.
The EPA rated two configurations: engines from 2.5-litre four-cylinder to 3.5-litre six-cylinder, front-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic (AV-S6) and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 22 to 26 mpg depending on which one you have.
NHTSA's best overall crash rating for this model year is 4 out of five stars.
The federal record holds 425 owner complaints, 4 safety recalls and 117 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.