AutoUtility currently tracks 3 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2015 Nissan Z. Air Bags & Restraints issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 1 complaint (33.3% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash, 1 reports one or more injuries.
- • Total NHTSA Complaints: 3 reports
- • #1 Reported Problem Area: Air Bags & Restraints (1 reports • 33.3% of submitted complaints)
- • Secondary Problem Areas: Exterior Lighting (1), Powertrain & Transmission (1)
- • Crash-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
- • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
- • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 1 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Most Reported Problems for 2015 Nissan Z
Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records
Air Bags & Restraints
Exterior Lighting
Powertrain & Transmission
Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2015 Nissan Z
Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
"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..."
"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..."
"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..."
Complaint History for Nissan Z
Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)
| Model Year | NHTSA Complaints | Crash Reports | Safety Recalls | Detailed Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Nissan Z Current Page | 3 | 1 | 0 | Current |
| 2016 Nissan Z | 3 | 0 | 0 | View 2016 Problems → |
| 2017 Nissan Z | 5 | 1 | 0 | View 2017 Problems → |
| 2018 Nissan Z | 2 | 1 | 1 | View 2018 Problems → |
| 2019 Nissan Z | 1 | 0 | 0 | View 2019 Problems → |
| 2020 Nissan Z | 0 | 0 | 0 | View 2020 Problems → |
| 2021 Nissan Z | 0 | 0 | 0 | View 2021 Problems → |
| 2023 Nissan Z | 2 | 0 | 2 | View 2023 Problems → |
| 2024 Nissan Z | 2 | 0 | 2 | View 2024 Problems → |
| 2025 Nissan Z | 0 | 0 | 0 | View 2025 Problems → |
| 2026 Nissan Z | 0 | 0 | 0 | View 2026 Problems → |
Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2015 Nissan Z
Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 3 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications
| Vehicle Component / System | Total Complaints | Crash Reports | Fire Reports | Reported Injury Entries | Reported Fatality Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.
Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.