2012 Nissan Altima Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 49about this part
- Share
- 12%of 426 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 93,000miles
- Trend
- FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 49 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2012 Nissan Altima, 12% of the 426 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 93,000 miles. 3 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I had driven about 350 miles using the cruise control I would accelerate or cancel and then accelerate with traffic this worked throughout my trip until I reached between 350 to 400 miles then it stopped working for acceleration at 75 miles an hour would not go any faster with the steering column controls or the gas pedal”
NHTSA complaint #11350825, filed 2020-08, 103,000 miles“As I was starting to slow down in preparation of taking a turn off the frontage road my car completely shut off, my brakes and steering locked and luckily I was able to complete my turn into a gas station where I immediately put it in park and restarted via push start., 2 days later this occurred again on a fairly busy street where I repeated the steps to start it again. …”
NHTSA complaint #11228596, filed 2019-07, 161,000 miles“While driving on the interstate I had my cruise on for around 35-40 mins, got off my exit and noticed even if I mashed my gas my car would not pick up speed, I pulled over while coasting, shut it off for around 10 minutes, took off again and it done fine. This has became a weekly thing . I've called with questions and no one can help me!!!!”
NHTSA complaint #11102436, filed 2018-06, 114,540 miles“My Nissan Altima 2012 has significant reduction in speed while taking trips less than 40 miles. Driving on fast lane on highway about 70 miles then all of a sudden it reduces all by itself to 35-40 MPH and I almost got into in accident because I did to know what was going on but had to get off the onto the side of the highway.”
NHTSA complaint #11071885, filed 2018-02, 35 miles“We were driving up hill in a canyon going 80 MPH when we suddenly lost all power. We had only been on the road for 30 minutes before this occurred. We had to pull over and let the car sit for a minute before attempting to drive it home. It happened two more times on the way to taking it back home.”
NHTSA complaint #11243685, filed 2019-08, 95,300 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10109129Oct 13, 20162011-2012 ALTIMA; REDUCED PERFORMANCE DUE TO CVT FLUID TEMPERATURE PROTECTION LOGIC IF YOU CONFIRM The vehicle speed is, or was, reduced by the CVT fail-safe (reduced vehicle…
- 10051768Apr 4, 2013Nissan: cruise control will not set and dtc p0605 is stored.
- 10192155Apr 3, 2013SERVICE INFORMATION The "Lock / Unlock request buttons" that are located on the outside door handles of vehicles with Intelligent Key can be disabled (or enabled) through either…
Vehicle speed control: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 3% |
| 2020 | 6 | 3% |
| 2019 | 9 | 4% |
| 2018 | 11 | 5% |
| 2017 | 41 | 10% |
| 2016 | 65 | 12% |
| 2015 | 38 | 4% |
| 2014 | 27 | 2% |
| 2013 | 48 | 2% |
| 2012 | 49 | 12% |
| 2011 | 9 | 4% |
| 2010 | 20 | 5% |
| 2009 | 49 | 3% |
| 2008 | 35 | 3% |
| 2007 | 17 | 4% |
| 2006 | 38 | 5% |
| 2005 | 42 | 4% |
| 2004 | 3 | 1% |
| 2003 | 33 | 4% |
| 2002 | 20 | 2% |
| 2001 | 11 | 7% |
| 2000 | 21 | 13% |
| 1999 | 7 | 8% |
| 1998 | 4 | 3% |
| 1997 | 5 | 5% |
| 1996 | 6 | 7% |
| 1995 | 19 | 11% |
| 1994 | 11 | 10% |
| 1993 | 34 | 28% |
Other parts of the 2012 Nissan Altima
149 complaintsEngine
68 complaintsOther or unknown
58 complaintsAir bags
57 complaintsElectrical system
44 complaintsBody and structure
33 complaintsBrakes
20 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
18 complaintsSteering
17 complaintsSuspension
17 complaintsFuel system
13 complaintsSeats
7 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2012 Nissan Altima
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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