The front end collision warning goes off less than a mile after I begin driving. It was repaired after an accident (unrelated) & was fine until my state had snowfall that covered the road, that's when it began again! My cruise control suddenly stopped working & the metal piece that props up the hood snapped off when checking the oil, luckily I seen it snap and was able to jump back! Gear shift sticks in park & sometimes even with my foot on the bake it wont start!
2018 Nissan Altima: adaptive cruise control problems
8 of the 226 complaints about the 2018 Nissan Altima describe adaptive cruise control problems.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- typical mileage
- 37,000
- recalls
- 1
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall and 1 service bulletin for this area of the car. See below
Adaptive cruise control problems by model year
What owners say
Every time I am driving, the automatic emergency braking light illuminates at around 55mph and it stays lit constantly. The system automatically brakes when nothing is in front of my vehicle almost causing the person behind me to hit me. The cruise control will not allow me to set it after turning it on either.
Foward emergency braking (feb) system malfunctioning or inoperable/unavailable while the vehicle was in motion on a highway. When this occurs, an orange symbol light in the dash illuminates and I am unable to use the cruise control or the climate control system. The feb seems to return to normal when I stop the vehicle and restart the engine.
After 10 min of operation and at a regular speed in a frw 55 MPH the collusion sensor comes up stating that there is no warning if a car is too close to the front of vehicle. Cruise control doesn't work and appears that works with the collusion sensor.
2018 nissan altima - front radar unavailable. This vehicle will have the intelligent brake assist unexpectedly be disengaged. A warning light and sound will be activated indicating that the the brake assist has been rendered useless as well as the cruise control function. This is an every drive occurrence.
Vehicle in motion, the flaw is in the front radar/distance sensor unit allows the sensor to frequently deactivate itself, disabling cruise control and emergency braking. When the sensor turn itself off, drivers are seeing a warning in the dash that says, 'front radar unavailable due to obstruction.'
This is an issue that has been continuously happening since I purchased the vehicle with about 2500 miles on it, it currently has about 6500 miles on it. The emergency braking system continues to turn on and off at various times but has continued to get worse over the few months that I have owned it. The worst situation I have had was recently on a 300 mile round trip when the emergency braking would activate and deactivate every few minutes, in which it would flash on the dash saying the system was obstructed, and the warning light showing it deactivated would turn on, the cruise control would shut off and a keeping sound would turn on. This was happening with no apparent particular incident. The trip took some back roads, a lot of highway (2 lane and 4 lane) and a moderate in city driving. The weather was clear, the sun was out with partial clouding, it was around 40 degrees outside, the roads were dry, some were rough some smooth, other than in the city there was little stop and go traffic. The worst incident was during the return trip, we were on a 2 lane highway that was pretty smooth. There was no one in front of us we were doing approximately 70mph with traffic behind us, we had the cruise control on and were just going along a straight flat stretch of road when the system once again deactivated, beeped then reactivated and beeped and then slammed on the brakes on us. It was only an instant and created no situation of danger based on our position, and as it was instant I was able to step on the gas again and we only dropped from 70 to about 50mph in the period. This was the worst situation I have run into with the issue so I looked it up on the internet and found it is stated as an issue on the sentra. This unexpected deceleration on a freeway could have been a devastating accident.
Purchased nissan altima s 2018 , the aeb "automatic emergency breaking " does not function at any time, the computer will not establish a code for it not working either. It's either a faulty computer not establishing a code or the the aeb is faulty. Will not attempt to stop for a pedestrian crossing in the cross walks, will not apply more breaking pressure if I'm not applying enough. Have talked dealership in shelby, nc. Have talked to nissan corporate , both denie that anything is wrong,simply because the computer will not throw a code. The fact of the matter is "it will not operate" code or no code. This is a safety feature I wanted ,reason for picking the car out. Has people age their reflexes get slower on some individuals, and some people take their eyes off the road to make an adjustment to some other features as mirror adj. Cruise controls etc. Will not give me a car that the fearture works on. Exchanged cars on me after I took a test drive that the feature did work . Demanded it be fixed or first payment will not be made ,to come and get it if nissan will not fix car or replace car.
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- What is wrong
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Nissan Altima, Armada, Frontier, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, NV, NV200, Pathfinder, Rogue, Rogue Sport, Sentra, Titan, Titan Diesel, Versa Note and Versa Sedan vehicles, as well as Infiniti Q50, Q60, QX30 and QX80 vehicles. Additionally included are 2019 Nissan GT-R and Taxi and Infiniti QX50, QX60, Q70, Q70L vehicles. The back-up camera and display settings can be adjusted such that the rear view image is no longer visible and the system will retain that setting the next time the vehicle is placed in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rear Visibility."
- Risk
- The lack of an image in the back-up camera display increases the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Nissan will notify owners in phases, having dealers update the back-up camera settings software, free of charge. The recall began November 11, 2019 and all affected VINs should be activated. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1‑800‑867‑7669 or INFINITI customer service at 1‑800‑662‑6200.
Recall number 19V654000 · Recall details
Questions about the 2018 Nissan Altima adaptive cruise
Is adaptive cruise control problems a common problem on the 2018 Nissan Altima?
8 of 226 owner complaints about the 2018 Nissan Altima (4%) mention adaptive cruise control problems. The model year with the most reports is 2006.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2018 Nissan Altima?
There is 1 recall and 1 service bulletin for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2018 Nissan Altima
Airbag light 23CVT failure 12Won't start 12Backup camera 10Headlights 8Jerking 7Check engine light 6Transmission failure 6Hesitation 5
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