Stalling while driving on the 2006 Nissan Altima
When stalling while driving gets reported
Owners of the 2006 Nissan Altima report stalling while driving at a median of 95,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 70,000 miles and a quarter after 115,000 miles, from 21 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 75,000 miles. It is the 11th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 65,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 140,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 78,595 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
10% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63,000 miles | 72,000 miles | 92,994 miles | 116,000 miles | 141,595 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $300–$2,500 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
This mode is classified as critical, which means a failure can leave the car unable to stop, steer, or stay out of the way of traffic. It is weighted accordingly in the risk score.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 13 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2015, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 2011 at 170,000 miles.
By volume the 2003 carries the most reports, with 47; the 2006 has 21. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 nissan altima. The contact stated that the engine stalled at low speeds and at a traffic light. The service engine light was also illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed of recall 07v527000 (engine and engine cooling) and she was told that her vehicle was not included. The sensor was repaired at the owners expense. The manufacturer offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000. The current mileage was approximately 26,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 nissan altima. The contact stated that the vehicle would stall, hesitate and fail to start intermittently. The vehicle stalled while driving various speeds. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that there was a related recall. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who informed the contact that his vehicle was not included in the recall 07v527000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was not repaired when the complaint was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 86,000. Updated 11/04/10*jb
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan altima. The contact was driving approximately 40-45 MPH when the engine stalled and then restarted independently. The vehicle exhibited no prior warning and was taken to an independent mechanic where the contact was informed that the cam and crank position sensors would need to be replaced. The failure occurred twice. The contact was able to locate a recall relative to the failure (NHTSA campaign id number 06v223000- engine and engine cooling) but was unable to confirm if his VIN was included. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000.
Also reported on the 2006 Nissan Altima
Other body or interior problem
Other engine problem
Excessive oil consumption
Rust or structural corrosion
Other powertrain problem
Other electrical problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 21 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does stalling while driving happen on the 2006 Nissan Altima?
Across 21 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 95,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 70,000 miles and a quarter after 115,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is stalling while driving on the 2006 Nissan Altima?
21 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed