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2015 Nissan 3 Series problems

Owners filed 3 complaints about the 2015 Nissan 3 Series with NHTSA between Nov 2016 and Nov 2023. The most-cited component is air bags (1).

Complaints
3
Filed with NHTSA
Crashes
1
Reported by owners
Fires
0
Reported by owners
Injuries
2
People reported injured
Deaths
0
Reported to NHTSA
01 —By component

Complaints by component

One complaint can cite several components
  1. Air bags1
  2. Exterior lighting1
  3. Power train1

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.

Data from NHTSA Complaints API · synced Oct 30, 2026NHTSA vehicle page
02 —Trend

When complaints were filed

Does it get worse with age? Complaints per calendar year filed
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Model yearComplaints filed per calendar year
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Mileage at failure isn’t a structured field in NHTSA complaint data, so we don’t chart it. Some owners mention it in their reports below.

03 —Owner reports

Top problems in owners’ words

Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first

Air bags

1 report1 crash
“On 9/4/2023, both airbags in my daughter’s 2015 Nissan 370-Z violently exploded open erroneously at a stop-sign, when my daughter had, unknowingly, slowly rolled into the protruding hitch of the truck in front of her; the imperceptible impact of which my (driver) daughter and (passenger) son didn’t feel, nor even known had happened (until after they escaped the traumatizing horror). None of the nearby witnesses could noticed the car bump either. From each of the witnesses’ perspectives, they heard a loud explosion come from the 2nd car stopped at a stop sign. Everyone in the vicinity…and patrons & workers who’d run out of the corner store… watched in horror, as “smoke” filled the vehicle immediately. As people began rushing toward the car, my 13 y.o. son DOVE out of the passenger door & rolled several feet…hands clasped to his ears, violently screaming . A gentleman ran toward my daughter’s door, fully prepared to pull her from (what was believed to be) the burning car. Although she was hysterically crying & burned from the chin to the stomach, she was otherwise able to be helped out of the car & walk with assistance to her brother…who had lost all hearing in…”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Nov 10, 2023Air bagsCrash reportedODI 11554542

Exterior lighting

1 report
“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 NISSAN 370Z. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PREMIER NISSAN IN PARIS, TENNESSEE WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO WATER CONDENSATION BUILD-UP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 30419417. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Mar 30, 2018Exterior lightingODI 11082164

Power train

1 report
“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 NISSAN 370Z. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLUTCH PEDAL WAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER AND THE GTI FLUID WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO MONTHS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AGAIN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SWITCH GEARS WITH THE CLUTCH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO GET A SECOND OPINION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000. UPDATED 01/11/2017*CT UPDATED 7/5/18*JB”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Nov 10, 2016Power trainODI 10925298
Data from NHTSA Complaints API (owner reports, unverified) · synced Oct 30, 2026

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.