Nissan Altima Owners Afraid To Drive at Night Due To Dim Headlights, Claims Class Action Lawsuit

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A Nissan Altima owners claim that 2013 through 2018 models of the popular vehicle come with defective low-beam headlights that are so dim they cannot safety drive during the nighttime.  

Lead plaintiffs, Rafeal Suarez, Daisy Gonzalez, and Richard Byrd, filed the class action lawsuit in Tennessee federal court on behalf of those who owned or leased a model year 2013 through 2018 Nissan Altima. They say that the vehicles contain a defect in the headlamp that causes them to become dull, limiting light output, resulting in dim headlights.  

The plaintiffs each say they have limited their nighttime driving due to the alleged vehicle safety defect and they would not have purchased or paid as much for their Nissan Altimas had they known of the problem.  

The class action lawsuit also points to complaints by other Nissan Altima owners who say they have been pulled over by police officers at night due to their dim headlights.  

Nissan has been aware of the dim headlight problem in Altima vehicles since 2013, claim the plaintiffs, but the automaker refuses to do anything about the issue.  

“Nissan has refused to provide free replacement headlamps to Class Members,” alleges the class action lawsuit. “Class Vehicle owners and lessees who take their Altimas to Nissan dealerships are usually charged for costly replacements because remedying the Defect requires replacement of the entire headlamp assembly.” 

Headlights in the Nissan Altima begin dimming within just a few years of purchase, say the plaintiffs. The problem cannot be fixed by removing haze or replacing the reflector cup. Instead, the entire headlamp assembly must be replaced, claims the class action lawsuit.  

Repairing the defectively dim headlights is costly, claim the plaintiffs who say repairs can total as much as $1,200 for a single pair of lights. Further, the headlights can still experience dimming after repair.  

Thousands of other Nissan Altima owners and lessees have complained of the defectively dim headlights, says the class action, which points to a number of reports made to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  

The class action lawsuit accuses Nissan of failing to address the defectively dim headlights in its 2013 through 2018 Altima vehicles. The plaintiffs are seeking to represent a nationwide Class of Altima owners and lessees, as well as California, Florida, and Ohio subclasses, and want to assess damages, as well as attorney and court fees against Nissan.  

Do you own a Nissan Altima with dim headlights? We want to hear from you! Tell us about your experience in the comment section below.  

The lead plaintiff is represented by John Spragens of Spragens Law PLC, and Timothy N. Mathews, Alex M. Kashurba, Samantha E. Holbrook, and Zachary P. Beatty of Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP. 

The Nissan Altima Dim Headlights Class Action Lawsuit is Suares, et al. v. Nissan North America, Inc., Case No. 3:21-cv-00393 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.  

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