2023 Nissan Altima Safety and Reliability

The Nissan Altima's safety ratings are excellent and the NHTSA gave it a five-star overall rating, with only the frontal impact getting four stars. It fared even better at the IIHS, where it received the best score of Good for all the crash-test criteria and a 2022 Top Safety Pick+ award. It must be noted that, when the Altima was retested by the IIHS according to its stricter new side-impact test, it received a Poor rating for it.

In terms of safety, the Nissan Altima is much improved for the 2023 model year, gaining a full suite of driver assists, even on the base trim, courtesy of Safety Shield 360. These include a forward-collision warning, pedestrian detection, automatic forward and reverse braking, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, rear parking sensors, hill-start assist, automatic high beams, and a driver-alertness monitor. No additional driver assists can be opted onto the S except for one - lane-departure warning. The SR gets lane tracing, while the SL and SR VC-Turbo add ProPILOT Assist adaptive cruise control with stop & go, following-distance control, lane-keep assist, and automatic steering on gentle curves, in addition to lane intervention, auto brake hold, traffic-sign recognition, and a surround-view camera system. Most of these features can be optionally added to the SV and up, but availability varies by trim. For example, the surround-view camera is not offered optionally on any trim except for the ones that already have it as standard.

Of course, all the traditional safety features are fitted as well; there are ten airbags in total, including knee airbags in front and side airbags in the rear, in addition to the usual ABS, stability control, and backup camera.

日产Altima的可靠性是of its strong suits, and JD Power gives it 82 out of 100 overall and a very good 84 for quality and reliability. This is borne out by the recall data; at the time of writing, the 2023 Altima has not been recalled, and the 2022 model was recall-free as well. The last time the Altima was recalled was in 2021, and that was only once, for a tie-rod ball joint that may not have been fastened properly.

The limited warranty on the Nissan Altima gives basic coverage for three years/36,000 miles, the powertrain warranty runs for five years/60,000 miles, and the corrosion-perforation warranty for five years/unlimited mileage.