Nissan Altima Complaints (2008)

1,047 consumer complaints on file.

#10864065May 9, 2016
AIR BAGS
HAVE A 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE STAYS ON WHETHER THERE IS AN OCCUPANT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OR NOT. THIS COULD RESULT IN THE PASSENGER AIR BAG NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY IN A CRASH. PROBLEM IS DUE TO FAULTY SENSOR SYSTEM. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM FOR NISSAN THAT HAS RESULTED IN PREVIOUS RECALLS AND SEVERAL CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS. NISSAN NOW HAS A RECALL OF 3.53 MILLION VEHICLES MODEL YEARS 2013-2017 REGARDING THIS VERY SAME ISSUE. NHTSA PLEASE INVESTIGATE THAT THIS RECALL SHOULD EXPAND FURTHER TO VEHICLES PRIOR TO 2013. IN 2008 THIS PROBLEM WAS DETECTED AND RECALLED. THE US NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION UPGRADED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT ISSUE AFTER REVIEWING COMPLAINTS WHETHER PRIOR NISSAN RECALLS ADEQUATLEY ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS VERY WEBSITE REGARDING THIS SAME AIR BAG ISSUES/SENSOR SYSTEM PROBLEM WITH EARLIER MODEL YEAR NISSAN VEHICLES. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW NISSAN CAN ONLY RECALL 2013-2017 MODEL YEARS WHEN EARLIER MODELS VEHICLES ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUES. NISSAN IS TURNING THEIR BACKS ON SAFETY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863813May 8, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DASHBOARD MELTING RESULTING IN STICKY GOO TO THE TOUCH THUS RESULTING IN VISIBILITY ISSUES. TERRIBLE GLARE ON WINDSHIELD CAUSING SEVERE VISIBILITY ISSUES - UNABLE TO SEE THRU THE GLARED WINDSHIELD TO DRIVE SAFELY. ATTACHED PHOTO SHOWS THE SEVERITY OF THE GLARE AS LIGHT SHINES THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863437May 5, 2016
POWER TRAIN
MY 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA CVT TRANSMISSION QUITE ON ME AND MY FAMILY AND LEFT US STRANDED AND WE HAD TO PAY FOR A TAXI TO TAKE ME MY WIFE AND KIDS HOME AND WE WERE GROCERIE SHOPPING 30 MILES FROM HOME AND WE WERE STRANDED ON A COUNTY RD ##
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863471May 5, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2008 ULTIMA HAS MELTED INTO A SHINY RUBBER CAUSING SERIOUS VISIBILITY ISSUES WHILE DRIVING DURING SUNNY BRIGHT DAYS. I RESORTED TO PUTTING A PLASTIC RECTANGLE TO COVER THE REFLECTION ON MY MORNING COMMUTE, BUT NOW THAT PLASTIC IS STUCK AND SEMI-PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO THE DASHBOARD FROM THE STICKINESS. THE ATTACHED PICTURES WERE TAKEN ON MY DRIVEWAY. NOTICE THE REFLECTION OF THE ROCK WALL AND WHITE GARAGE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD. DURING MORNING OR AFTERNOON SUNNY CONDITIONS, THE GLARE BECOMES UNBEARABLE. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE VERY PREVALENT SPECIFICALLY WITH A 2008 MODEL YEAR ALTIMA. NOT 2007 AND NOT 2009 SO CLEARLY IT'S A DEFECT AND A HAZARDOUS ONE TOO VISUALLY. ALSO THERE ARE UNKNOWN CONSEQUENCES OF THE FOWEL TAR LIKE ORDER WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR MOST PROMINENTLY PRESENT AFTE THE CAR SITS CLOSED FOR A WHILE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10862785May 3, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASHBOARD OF MY CAR HAS MELTED, PRESUMABLY FROM THE HOT SUN. IT HAS BECOME STICKY AND MESS. HOWEVER, IT HAS ALSO BECOME VERY SHINY. THE SHINE REFECTS DANGEROUSLY INTO THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING, OBSCURING OBJECTS, INCLUDING CARS AND PEDESTRIANS, ON THE ROAD. THE PROBLEM FIRST BEGAN ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO BUT HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE ATTACHED PHOTO, TAKEN TODAY, SHOWS HOW THE DRIVER CANNOT SEE A LARGE SUV RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD CAUSED BY THE MELTED DASHBOARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10862900May 3, 2016
AIR BAGS
THE SYSTEM IMPROPERLY CLASSIFIES AN ADULT FRONT SEAT PASSENGER AS A CHILD OR AS AN EMPTY SEAT, ILLUMINATING THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS OFF ON THE DASH. THE DEALERSHIP HAS STATED THAT WHEN THIS IS ILLUMINATED THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH. THEY HAVE FAILED TO DIAGNOSE THIS CONCERN STATING THAT THERE WOULD NEED TO BE AN ERROR SHOWING UP ON THE DRIVER DASH IN ORDER FOR TESTING TO BE DONE. I HAVE NOTICED THAT NISSAN HAS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM WITH VEHICLES IN THE MODEL YEARS OF 2013-2017. I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROBLEM EXTENDS WELL BEYOND THE YEARS STATED IN THE RECALL AND SHOULD BE EXAMINED FURTHER. NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS CONCERN WITHOUT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FROM A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861725April 27, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
UPON MY DAUGHTER ARRIVING AFTER A 300 MILE DRIVE, I SEE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CHEMICAL/GLUE?? SEEPING FROM HER FRONT DASHBOARD. ITS AS IF DASHBOARD IS MELTING. IN TURN THE MELTED DASHBOARD REFLECT A HUGE AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT UP TO WINDSHIELD WHICH IN TURN CAUSES LIGHT BLINDNESS WHILE DRIVING NOT TO MENTION POSSIBLE TOXICITY ISSUES. VERY UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION AND ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL. NISSAN CORP. SHOULD BE MADE TO REMEDY THIS FOR LIFE AND HEALTH ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861618April 26, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA COUPE HAS STARTED MELTING. THE GLARE FROM THE SUN ON THE INSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE ON A SUNNY DAY IN LATE AFTERNOON. I KNOW THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR THIS IN FLORIDA, BUT I LIVE IN TENNESSEE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861135April 24, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASHBOARD IS MELTING AND A STICKY SUBSTANCE IS CAUSING A SERIOUS GLARE THAT OBSCURES THE VISIBILITY THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. THE MELTING DASHBOARD IS SPREADING DUE TO SUN SLIGHT EXPOSURE AND HEAT. THE DEFECTIVE DASH BOARDS HAS BEEN REPORTED WIDELY BY MANY AUTO OWNERS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR REPLACEMENT DUE TO FAULTY ENGINEERING AND RESULTING IS VISIBILITY GLARE/OBSTRUCTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861066April 23, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I BOUGHT A 2008 NISSAN ALTMAN COUPE , IN OCTOBER 2014. MY DASHBOARD HAS STARTED TO MELT IN SEVERAL AREAS. NOT ONLY IS THERE A GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD CAUSED BY THE DASHBOARD, BUT MY CAR HAS STARTED TO SMELL LIKE BURNING RUBBER WHEN I TRY AND USE MY DE FROST. MY CAR IS KEPT IN THE GARAGE, AND I LIVE IN ILLINOIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861032April 22, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH MELTING AND SPLITTING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860227April 19, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
5 YRS AGO THE SOUND OF MY ENGINE CHANGED AND UPON INSPECTION THE WELDING ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. I WAS INFORMED BY PEMBROKE PINES NISSAN THAT SINCE CAR IS AT 38,500 MILES AND OUT OF WARRANTY DESPITE IT BEING A MANUFACTURE FAILURE IT WOULD SET ME BACK $975. I DIDN'T HAVE THE REPAIR DONE. FOR THE PAST 3 YRS, MY PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT WILL TURN OFF AND ON EVEN IRREGARDLESS IF SOMEONE IS IN THE SEAT OR NOT. FURTHERMORE, THE RADIO WILL GO BLANK OR HAVE ILLEGIBLE CHARACTERS ON IT. I TOO HAVE THE MELTING DASH ISSUE AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF TIMES I SLIPPED AND MY FINGER NAIL HAS GOUGED OUT PIECES OF DASH BOARD. IT'S AMAZING THAT LEXUS HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON THEIR MELTING DASH BOARD ON THE IS250 & IS350 ISSUES BUT NISSAN COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ITS BRAND OR REPUTATION; I GUESS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE COMPANY ISN'T WHOLE JAPANESE OWNED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10859871April 16, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASH IN THE CAR IS MELTING AND CREATING A VERY BAD GLARE WHEN DRIVING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND VERY DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10854908April 11, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
MY DASHBOARD IS STICKY AND CRACKING IN MANY PLACES. IT ALSO GETS SO HOT IN THE SUMMER THAT I WAS REMOVING SOMETHING FROM IT AND MY FINGERNAIL TOOK A PIECE OF THE DASH. MY CAR IS GARAGE KEPT AND WHEN PARKED IN THE SUN, SUN SHIELDS ARE USED. I NOTICED THIS ISSUE IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. NISSAN DEALER SAID WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER IT AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10854930April 11, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE VEHICLE DASHBOARD HAS 'MELTED,' BECOMING STICKY AND VERY SHINY. IT CREATES SIGNIFICANT REFLECTION IN THE WINDSHIELD, REDUCING VISIBILITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852660April 4, 2016
STRUCTURE
2008 NISSAN ALTIMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DASHBOARD MELTING/ STICKY CREATING VISIBILITY ISSUES FROM SUN REFLECTION WHILE DRIVING. *SMD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853035April 2, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
MY ALTIMA FRONT DASH BOARD ARE STARTING TO MELT UNDER THE SUN, IT BECOMES REALLY STICKY AND IT SMELLS REALLY BAD. SOMETIMES ITS REALLY HARD TO SEE BECAUSE THE GLARE FROM THE MELTING DASH BOARD. ITS BOTH A SAFE AND HEALTH ISSUE, THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE IT CAUSE A PERMANENT DAMAGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853124April 2, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
DASH BOARD IS MELTING. BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2012 AND NOTICED TACKINESS IN PLACES AND ASKED DEALERSHIP ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T A PROBLEM. WELL LESS THAN A YEAR LATER THE DASH WAS NOTICEABLE MELTING AND CRACKING IN MANY PLACES. I HAVE A CHILD THAT RIDES IN THE CAR WITH ME. I GET NERVOUS WHEN DRIVING TOWARDS THE SUN. THESE CARS SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND NISSAN FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS IN A FATAL ACCIDENT BECAUSE THEY COULD T SEE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852987April 1, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MELTING DASHBOARD THAT CAUSES GLARE IN THE WINDSHIELD AND MAKES IT UNSAFE TO SEE AND DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851812March 27, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, AND SUDDENLY THE ABS VDC AND SLIP ILLUMINATED. THEN I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED. THAT GUY TOLD ME THAT MY BRAKING LIGHT IS NOT WORKING. LUCKILY I WAS INSIDE MILITARY BASE AND PEOPLE WERE ALERT. IT HAPPENED ON THE STREET WHILE I WAS DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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