2014 NISSAN ALTIMA — Complaint #1853653
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:BULBS filed November 14, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1853653 (ODI reference 11493498) concerns a 2014 NISSAN ALTIMA and was filed on November 14, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 16, 2021. The vehicle had 147,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Arkansas 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 while driving approximately 30 MPH or various speeds at night, the headlights were extremely dim. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the headlight bulbs needed to be replaced, however the parts were on a national back order. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 147,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1853653 |
| ODI Number | 11493498 |
| Date Filed | November 14, 2022 |
| Failure Date | April 16, 2021 |
| VIN | 1N4AL3AP5EN |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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