Nissan Altima Complaints (2009)

1,601 consumer complaints on file.

#10950446February 9, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITH NO WARNING AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10953693February 9, 2017
STEERING
THE STEERING LOCK MODULE NEEDS REPLACED AND THE CAR WILL NOT START. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN TO LOCATION WITHOUT ANY ISSUE AND PARKED. ONCE I RETURNED TO THE CAR IT WOULD NOT START, WAS UNABLE TO JUMP START THE CAR. CAR WAS TOWED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10953696February 9, 2017
POWER TRAIN, STEERING
THE STEERING COLUMN RECALL WAS REPAIRED, BUT WARRANTY WAS OFF. HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STOPPED AND RECALL ON IT WAS OFF. AUTOMOBILE WAS IN MOTION WHEN IT SLOWED TO A CRAWL ON THE HIGHWAY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10953764February 9, 2017
STEERING
I WAS UNABLE TO START MY CAR AND WAS LEFT STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT AT WORK FOR OVER 3 HOURS WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK. ONCE I GOT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ISSUE IS WITH MY STEERING LOCK AND IT WOULD COST $1,300. I CAME IN 4 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS EVENT DUE TO AN INDICATOR LIGHT COMING ON WHICH I FOUND OUT WAS A WARNING ABOUT THE PROGRAMING OF MY KEY AND WAS TURNED AWAY BY THE DEALER AND TOLD THAT THE LIGHT REALLY ISN'T A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE I AM ABLE TO START THE CAR. HOWEVER, 4 DAYS LATER MY CAR WON'T START AT ALL AND NOW I AM UNABLE TO GET TO AND FROM WORK AND I AM ALSO A STUDENT. I CALLED CORPORATE AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED AFTER 2015 AND THE RECALL HAD EXPIRED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10950352February 8, 2017
STEERING
MY CAR WAS STATIONARY AT A GAS PUMP WHEN IT FAILED TO START. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO DEALER TO REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) UNIT WHICH HAD FAILED AND PREVENTED THE ENGINE TO START. NISSAN HAD ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, 72 MONTHS/UNLIMITED MILEAGE DUE TO KNOWN MANUFACTURING IRREGULARITIES OF THE ESCL. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, THE MALFUNCTION OCCURRED AFTER THE WARRANTY TIME HAD EXPIRED BUT I FEEL THE ISSUE IS ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FOR ALL OWNERS OF VEHICLES WITH POSSIBLE FAULTY ESCL UNITS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10950105February 7, 2017
STEERING
MY NISSAN ALTIMA WOULD NOT START DUE TO THE STEERING LOCK. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH NO CELL SERVICE. IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SO I WAITED IN MY CAR UNTIL MORNING. I THEN WALKED 5 MILES TO THE NEAREST CONVENIENCE STORE TO CALL AAA. ONCE I GOT MY CAR TOWED HOME, I CALLED NISSAN & DESPITE ALL OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS AS MINE, NISSAN WOULD NOT COVER THE PART EVEN THOUGH I COULD HAVE DIED THAT NIGHT. THE PART IS OVER 500 DOLLARS & I CANNOT AFFORD THAT. PLEASE HELP ME!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10950150February 7, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
MY VEHICLE WOULDN'T START AFTER FUELING AT A GAS PUMP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949718February 6, 2017
STEERING
VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND VEHICLE WAS IN A VERY RISKY AREA. WE WERE AFRAID FOR OUR SAFETY AND AFRAID THAT OUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE DAMAGED BY VANDALS IN THAT AREA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949749February 6, 2017
STEERING
STEERING LOCK REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949878February 6, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, STEERING
I STARTED MY CAR AS USUAL TO RUN SOME ERRANDS. IT STARTED FINE. I STOPPED AT THE GAS STATION AND SHUT OFF THE CAR. IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. IT WAS FREEZING COLD. MY CAR WAS BLOCKING THE GAS PUMP AND IT COULD NOT BE MOVED. I RULED OUT THE KEY FOB BECAUSE IT STILL UNLOCKED THE DOORS. I INSERTED THE KEY FOB IN THE EMERGENCY SOCKET THAT IS SUPPOSED TO START THE CAR IN CASE THE BATTERY IN THE KEY FOB DIES. STILL NOTHING. I HAD MY BROTHER BRING ME A NEW BATTERY FOR THE KEY FOB. STILL NOTHING. HE TOOK ME HOME. I HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR THERE. AFTER SOME INTERNET RESEARCH, MANY MANY OTHERS WITH NISSANS WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. THE CULPRIT IS THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK MODULE. IT LOCKS THE STEERING WHEEL AND YOU CANNOT START THE CAR WHEN IT IS LOCKED. I WENT BACK TO THE CAR TORE THE PANEL APART AND LOCATED THE STEERING LOCK. THE RESEARCH I DID SAID THAT SOMETIMES YOU COULD GET IT TO RELEASE THE LOCK PIN IF YOU TAP ON IT WITH HAMMER. SO I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE WHILE HOLDING IN THE START BUTTON AND TAPPING ON THE STEERING LOCK MODULE. AFTER 20 MINUTES OF BANGING ON THE MODULE IT DISENGAGED ENOUGH TO START THE CAR. I DROVE IT HOME AND SHUT IT OFF. IT WON'T START AGAIN. NISSAN SAYS THE WARRANTY RAN OUT JAN. 1ST, 2016. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. THE DEALERSHIP QUOTED ME A PRICE OF $679.51 JUST FOR THE PART NOT INCLUDING LABOR. THAT IS RIDICULOUS! WHAT IF I WERE SOMEWHERE REMOTE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START? I COULD HAVE FROZE TO DEATH. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AS IT SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPENED TO 1000S OF PEOPLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949671February 5, 2017
STEERING
CAR WAS PARKED ON BUSY CITY ROAD AND WOULD NOT START. STEERING WHEEL LOCK DID NOT WORK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949537February 4, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
MY STEERING INTERLOCK IN MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA WENT OUT ON ME. I GOT STRANDED FOR 3 HOURS IN 20 DEGREES WEATHER WITH MY 4 YEAR OLD SON UNTIL MY TOW TRUCK FINALLY GOT THERE. CAR WOULD START SO I COULDN'T EVEN TURN HEAT ON TO KEEP MY SON WARM. NISSAN IS STILL HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THESE AND WON'T COVER THE EXSPENSES IT SHOULD BE A RECAL IT'S A SAFETY HAZZARD I
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949542February 4, 2017
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2017 APPROXIMATELY 5:45 PM, I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF ON KIRKWOOD HIGHWAY IN NEWARK, DE WHICH IS 3 LANES. THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND HESITATE TO TAKE OFF. WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD MY 3 YEAR OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT AT THE TIME. AN PASSERBY FINALLY PULLED UP BEHIND ME AND HELPED ME PUSH MY CAR OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY TO THE LEFT TURN LANE SO THAT I WASN'T BLOCKING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS, A TOW TRUCK FINALLY CAME AND TOWED THE CAR TO BENCHMARK TRANSMISSION IN NEWARK, DE. THE MECHANIC NAMED DANTE ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD DIED. HE ALSO NOTIFIED ME THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN RECALL ISSUED BY NISSAN SEVERAL YEARS BACK WHICH MY TRANSMISSION WAS NOW OUT OF RECALL DUE TO THE MILEAGE. MY CAR WAS IN THE NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN NOVEMBER 2012 TO FIX THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK THAT ALSO TURNED INTO A RECALL. AT THAT TIME NISSAN HAD MY UPDATED ADDRESS AS WELL AS IT HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED WITH THE DELAWARE DMV AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANY RECALL. THERE WAS ALSO NO INDICATION THAT ANY ISSUE WAS OCCURRING WITH THE TRANSMISSION (NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT) PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. I WANT NISSAN TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS INCIDENT. THE COST OF REPAIR WILL BE IN UPWARDS OF $4,000.00
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949563February 4, 2017
STEERING
THE STEERING LOCK FAILED WITHOUT WARNING,LEAVING ME STRANDED.THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT WAS TO HAVE THE CAR TOED TO A DEALER. THE PRICE OF THE PART WAS VERY HIGH AND THE LABOR WAS VERY HIGH ALSO.NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND DID NOT SEND A NOTIFICATION TO ME ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THIS LEFT ME STRANDED AND ALSO LEFT ME WITH THE BILL. NISSAN REPLACED THE PART FOR FREE FOR AWHILE BUT STOPPED BEFORE MY CAR BROKE. I WORRY IF THERE ARE OTHER PROBLEMS THEY DID NOT NOTIFY ME ABOUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949203February 3, 2017
ENGINE
STEERING LOCK FAIL. MANUFACTURE DEFECTIVE PART. CAR WON'T START AND NISSA WON'T PAY FOR IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949167February 2, 2017
STEERING
WHEN LEAVING WORK CAR WOULD NOT START USING THE PUSH START. AFTER CONTACTING NISSAN THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK AND IT WAS ONLY COVERED FOR AN EXTENDED 6 YEARS AFTER ORIGINAL PURCHASE. I FEEL THAT IF THEY KNEW THAT THIS PART WAS FAULTY THEY SHOULD HAVE OFFERED A RECALL. A $1000 DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY TO PAY OR REPAIRS ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY KNOW THIS PART WILL LEAVE YOU STRANDED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948832February 1, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
THIS IS BY FAR THE WORST VEHICLE I HAVE EVER PURCHASED. I HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION ONCE....IT STILL DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND SHIFTS SO HARD MY PASSENGERS THINK I'M SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES. AND NOW THE STEERING LOCK MODULE HAS FAILED. AFTER READING 100S OF COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE, I AM APPALLED TO FIND THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN NOR WILL ANYONE THAT KNOWS ME AS THEY'VE WITNESSED ALL ISSUES OCCUR WITH ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY ON NISSAN'S ACCOUNT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948637January 31, 2017
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
OUT OF NOWHERE, I PARKED MY CAR AND WHEN I WENT TO START IT, THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND THE KEY LIGHT WAS ON. I THOUGHT MY KEY BATTERY DIED AND AFTER TRYING DIFFERENT KEYS, ETC, DETERMINED THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE. AFTER RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THAT IT IS A WELL-KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE STEERING LOCK. AFTER TAPPING THE UNIT BELOW THE STEERING WHEEL, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO LOCK AND START THE CAR. THEN, 2 DAYS LATER, IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO TAP IT TO GET IT TO WORK AGAIN BUT THIS COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME IN ANY PLACE LEAVING YOU STRANDED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948664January 31, 2017
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND DID NOT START AGAIN. THE CONTACT THOUGHT THE BATTERY DIED AND WENT TO GET JUMPER CABLES. WHEN HE RETURNED, THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE PRESENT AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948347January 29, 2017
STEERING
STEERING LOCK UNIT FAILURE, CAR WOULDN'T START AND LEFT ME STRANDED AND HAD TO BE TOWED. I UNDERSTAND THIS PART HAS HAD THOUSANDS OF FAILURES FROM ONLINE RESEARCH FOR THIS VEHICLE BUT HASN'T BEEN RECALLED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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