In-car Electronics
CD or DVD players, radio, speakers, GPS, communication system (e.g., OnStar), display screen freezes or goes blank, phone pairing (e.g. Bluetooth), voice control commands, steering wheel controls, portable music device interface (e.g., iPod/MP3 player), backup or other camera/sensors.
What Owners Say
"The side-of-car sensors (blind spot) frequently false trigger"
David G., PA (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Side sensors for cars next to you shows a failure warning"
Anonymous, WA (2014 Nissan Altima SV 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Back up camera-Screen went black during use once. No picture. Shifted Transmisson out of Reverse, put it back and picture returned, but had static lines and fluctuation picture"
John T., NC (2014 Nissan Altima SV 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"We've had the car in several times for issues related to entertainment unit/backup camera. In one instance (multiple dealer visits) the camera would not work at all. Other times, the screen flickers in/out"
Chris W., NE (2014 Nissan Altima SL 3.5-L V6)"The backup camera would hang up when shifting gears. It was repaired finely after sending a picture of it to the main office. It would not do it when I took it in for repair"
Donald A., OH (2014 Nissan Altima S 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"When the nav system, radio becomes inoperative, the camera is also"
Anthony C., NJ (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Goes blank"
Anonymous, VA (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Same comments as the last question, the two issues are related. Also, it would appear S/W is also an issue, since Nissan now FEDEX's thumb drives with the exact S/W build for exact cars, so they can track what works and what doesn't. Customers are S/W beta testers!"
Anonymous, CA (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Non functioning screen"
William B., NJ (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"screen went blank so all features were unavailable and had to take to dealer to get it rebooted"
Anonymous, TX (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Issue began with display and all other nav/radio controls freezing up when I tried to program the nav. The whole system and backup camera were replaced. Months later, the system randomly rebooted and screen buttons are finicky. Firmware update done"
Teressa C., NH (2014 Nissan Altima SL 3.5-L V6)"The display would freeze up. You'd hit buttons and nothing would happen. Then it would either shut off or unfreeze and go through all the buttons you hit while it was frozen"
Anonymous, KY (2014 Nissan Altima SL 3.5-L V6)"Recurring failure of audio system. Would suddenly go silent and screen blank. Took to dealer and their solution was to update the software. This happened twice. Dealer claimed it was ‘planned’ to fail and require update. I’m skeptical."
Beth R., TX (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"i cant complain sun roof left oped in rain it got wet now the touch screan wont work"
Anonymous, GA (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Not only did the screen go blank, it stayed blank until the next day. I had it freeze several times as well. Nissan finally replaced it, under warranty, the service tech said it cost $4000. While it no longer freezes, I've had random radio station changes after phone calls, display saying one radio station while playing another, etc"
Anonymous, CA (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"It goes blank, radio will turn on SOMETIMES when I start vehicle"
David L., OH (2014 Nissan Altima 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"everything in the radio console would go completely blank. No lights on anything. Intermittent issue but dealer fixed under warranty"
Anonymous, MO (2014 Nissan Altima SV 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Unit at times goes completely dead for up to a day or more"
Anonymous, NM (2014 Nissan Altima SV 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The system shuts down, no radio,CD,etc. Sometime for a short period of time, sometimes for a day or two"
Anonymous, MO (2014 Nissan Altima SL 3.5-L V6)"Virtually nothing works, sometimes cannot unlock door w/o key"
Anonymous, CA (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"When starting vehicle, navigation screen crashed"
Anonymous, NY (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Display went blank, couldn't see anything including backup camera, lasted for a day then started working again. Went to dealer and they performed a software update and it hasn't happened again"
Anonymous, CA (2014 Nissan Altima SV 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The screen went black several times took it back they reprogrammed it"
Anonymous, PA (2014 Nissan Altima SV 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Whenever the car sat in the sun for any length of time, the screen would not work. It took four trips to the dealer to fix it"
Anonymous, FL (2014 Nissan Altima SV 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The screen would go blank and reset every once in a while. It seemed to happen more often when it was cold out. Usually within a few minutes of starting up the vehicle"
Anonymous, KY (2014 Nissan Altima SL 3.5-L V6)"When radio is on (factory installed SiriusXM). It randomly causes the screen to go blank and shut off. It resets itself and comes back on."
Anonymous, MA (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"screen goes blank. it resets itself after a few minutes. sometimes I have to stop the car and shut it off. Then I restart the engine and the guidance systems reboots itself."
Anonymous, MA (2014 Nissan Altima 3.5-L V6)"System goes blank for no apparent reason. Usually returns later the same day. Irritating but does not cause car to be inoperable."
Anonymous, VA (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"When I plug in my smartphone to charge I have great difficulty getting the music on my phone to play!"
Anonymous, PA (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Navigation and radio cut out.Spent three days at dealership to change system and reset sensors"
Anonymous, AZ (2014 Nissan Altima SV 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The navigation system does not work. The Nissan dealership admitted to problems with it; but did not have an answer as to how to fix it. The Nissan dealership installed an aftermarket product to fix it; but it still does not work"
Anonymous, FL (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Bad hard drive from factory affected all other areas. One issue caused multiple problems"
Anonymous, AB (2014 Nissan Altima SL 3.5-L V6)"The entire system, nav, back-up cam, am/fm/sat radio, all become inoperative several times while motoring down the road and the system reloads. Navigation system not up to date. Subscription required to maintain it"
Anthony C., NJ (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The GPS gave up, the dealer had to reprogram the GPS"
Pierre V., QC (2014 Nissan Altima SV 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The GPS worked until approximately 4 months ago. It just simply stopped working. I could not enter addresses or retrieve addresses that were in the system. Touchscreen does not work for that. I haven't had it checked or repaired; just use the GPS on my phone."
Lynnette C., GA (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"When using the Bluetooth speakerphone, the phone connection is cut off every time I make a left turn"
Joseph M., NY (2014 Nissan Altima S 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Won't stay paired"
Anonymous, MT (2014 Nissan Altima SV 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Bluetooth did not work. Fixed by dealer when I returned to complain about the problem by replacing an item"
Judy M., VA (2014 Nissan Altima 3.5-L V6)"Samsung Galaxy 4s stopped working with bluetooth and I cannot re connect it"
Anonymous, NY (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Not compatible with iPhone"
Sheri C., FL (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"occasionally the head unit freezes up and needs to be reset"
David G., PA (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The sound goes out even though the display shows the stations. The sound goes out for AM/FM, XM and Navigation. This has happened 3 times since purchasing in 6/14. Restarting car doesn't help. Next day it's ok. Dealer ran tests with no results"
Anonymous, CA (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Entertainment system required replacement. No problems since"
Kevin S., MI (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"display of info of channel and what was on went out. Stopped at Nissan dealer in Clermont Fl last October that reprogrammed and updated system. No trouble since"
Ronald E., PA (2014 Nissan Altima S 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Radio unit would intermittently stop working. Had it replaced. Replacement unit was MUCH louder, to the point of distortion. Then had the amplifier replaced, which fixed volume"
Chris W., NE (2014 Nissan Altima SL 3.5-L V6)"my front left speaker started to sound distorted. Problem replaced by dealer under warranty"
Larry P., TX (2014 Nissan Altima S 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The toggle switch on the steering wheel that is suppose to reverse or take you back to the last informaton display screen has been non-functional since day one"
Joseph M., NY (2014 Nissan Altima S 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"They do not work - an aftermarket microphone was installed by the dealer but that did not fix the problem and it made it very difficult for people to understand me when i used my blue tooth"
Anonymous, FL (2014 Nissan Altima SL 2.5-L 4 Cyl)
"Would lose colour occasionally"
Anonymous, NB (2014 Nissan Altima S 2.5-L 4 Cyl)