40 complaints reported

1994 Nissan Altima Air Bags

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
40
Crashes
27
Fires
0
Injuries
21

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Jan 2011

THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND WON,T GO OFF! *TR

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2010
Apr 2004

FOIA REQUEST CYS OF ALL DOCUMENTATION, RECALL LTRS PERTAINING TO THE DEFECTIVE NATURE OF THE AIRBAGS IN THE 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA (SEARCH ATTACHED), ATT REPRESENT FERNANDO RAMOS SANTOS. (NAR) *PH *CB *JB

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Dec 2002
Mar 2004

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG HAS MALFUNCTIONED. A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER STATES THE "BOX WAS MISS MARKED" AND REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: May 2004
Jan 2004

THE DEALER WILL NOT DO RECALL REPAIRS FOR AIR BAGS UNLESS THE CONSUMER PAYS CASH. DEALER WAS INFORMED OF THE RECALL, MADE AN APPOINTMENT, AND SPOKE TO THE CONSUMER ABOUT THE RECALL BEFORE HAND. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Nov 2003
Oct 2003

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 03V150000 CONCERNING THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BY APPOINTMENT AND THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIRS.*AK THE CONSUMER WAS VERY UNSATISFIED WITH NISSAN QUALITY OF SERVICE AFTER HAVING TRAVELED 2 HOURS. *CB *JB

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Jun 2003 Crash

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: May 2003
Nov 2002 Crash Injury

CONSUMER WAS A PASSENGER AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DITCH AND PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOY, INJURED EYE AND FACE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.. TS

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2002
Sep 2002 Crash Injury

WHILE STOPPING VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED AND COLLIDED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON INPACT, PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED, AND CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES TO PASSENGER'S RIGHT EYE. BROKEN NOSE/ SHATTERED BONE UNDER EYE, AND LOST SIGHT IN RIGHT EYE.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Mar 2002
Aug 2002 Crash Injury

EA01-015(PE01-008) WHILE SITTING AT A INTERSECTION WAITING FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT VEHICLE IN FRONT MADE A SUDDEN STOP AND DRIVER PULLED OVER INTO TO THE RIGHT OF THE LANE AND HIT OTHER VEHICLE. PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED INTOHER FACE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO EYES. ALSO, FACE WAS COMPLETELY NUMB AND NOISE WAS BROKEN. BE ADVISED THAT RIGHT EYE HAD TO BREREPLACED. LEGAL REPRESENTATION HAS BEEN APPLIED. *AK.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2001
Jul 2002 Crash Injury

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, CONSUMER HIT A CAR FROM BEHIND AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING INJURIES.*JB

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Jun 2002
May 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. AND DISTRACTED HER WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Feb 2002
Mar 2002 Crash Injury

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Mar 2002
Dec 2001

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD, AND CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER DETERMINED THAT CAUSE OF PROBLEM WAS CONTROL UNIT THAT NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Sep 2001 Crash Injury

WHILE VEHICLE HAD FRONTAL CRASH, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED VIOLENTLY CAUSING EYE INJURY (RETINA DETACHMENT).

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2001
Jul 2001

AFTER OIL CHANGE THE AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED BLINKING/FLASHING. HAD NOT DONE SO PRIOR. DOES THIS MEAN I NEED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR IT TO BE TESTED AND THEN REPAIRED EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING? MY PREVIOUS NAME WAS WILLA JANINE ADAMS, NOW IT'S KOHL.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Jun 2001
Jun 2001 Injury

WAS PARKING VEHICLE AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES. PRIOR TO AIR BAGS DEPLOYING, AIR BAG LIGHT HAD CAME ON AND STAYED. HAD BEEN TO DEALER AND HAD REPAIRS DONE. *SLC

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Sep 2000
Mar 2001 Crash Injury

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, IN WHICH THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, BUT WITH DELAYED EXCESSIVE FORCE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIED WHILE TRYING TO FREE HERSELF FROM THE SEAT BELT IS WHEN THE INJURIES OCCURED FROM THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG.*JB

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Nov 1999
Feb 2001 Crash Injury

I WAS TRAVELING AT 50MPH WHEN I HIT THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND HAD TO REPLACE MY HOOD, FRONT BUMPER, HEADLIGHT MOUNTS, A/C CONDENSOR, GRILL, AND OTHER PARTS. MY AIRBAGS ON BOTH SIDES DID NOT COME OUT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Feb 2001
Jan 2001 Crash Injury

PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED IN LOW SPEED COLLISION, CAUSING LOSS OF VISION.*AK CONSUMER HAS NOT LOST ALL SIGHT, HOWEVER CAN NOT SEE LIKE HE COULD PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE POLICE REPORT SHOWS THAT THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED. *SLC

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2000
Nov 2000 Crash Injury

ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN STOP LIGHT, HIT MY WIFE HEAD ON. MY WIFE SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER FACE AND MOUTH WHEN SHE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. POLICE ESTIMATE THAT OTHER VEHICLE WAS GOING OVER 50 MPH, MY WIFE WAS STOPPED. NEITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. AIRBAGS IN THE OTHER VEHICLE DEPLOYED (ALSO A NISSAN). I WISH TO FORMALLY REPORT THE FAILURE OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM IN MY VEHICLE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Nov 2000
Oct 2000 Crash

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35-40 MPH HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A TELEPHONE POLE IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2000
Oct 2000

AIR BAG LIGHT IS BLINKING.*ET

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 1995
Feb 2000 Crash

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET TRAVELLING ABOUT 20MPH, PULLED INTO THE LEFT HAND TURNING LANE AS PROCEEDING TO MAKE THE TURN, A VEHICLE IN THE FAST LANE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND TOTALLED IT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. AIRBAG DEPLOYED LATER AFTER THE CRASH AS DRIVER UNBUCKLED SEATBELT, RESULTED IN INJURY. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK *ML

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Incident: Nov 1999
Aug 1999 Crash

VEHICLE HIT A ROCK ON SIDE OF A HILL AT ABOUT 40MPH WHILE SPINNING, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN ALTIMA, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Apr 1999

CANNOT FIND ANYONE TO INSTALL ON/OFF SWITCH FOR AIR BAG!. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 NISSAN NISSAN, Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.

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Quick Summary

The 1994 Nissan Altima has 40 Air Bags complaints on file. 27 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.