2014 NISSAN ALTIMA — Complaint #1806420
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:BULBS filed April 8, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1806420 (ODI reference 11460156) concerns a 2014 NISSAN ALTIMA and was filed on April 8, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 15, 2020. The vehicle had 100,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Tennessee based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:headlights:bulbs, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same NISSAN ALTIMA cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:headlights:bulbs failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 NISSAN ALTIMA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that when headlights were activated, the illumination was very dim. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer to diagnosed; however, the mechanic was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1806420 |
| ODI Number | 11460156 |
| Date Filed | April 8, 2022 |
| Failure Date | October 15, 2020 |
| VIN | 1N4AL3AP1EC |
Similar EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:BULBS Complaints for 2014 NISSAN ALTIMA
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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