Nissan Altima Complaints (2009)

1,601 consumer complaints on file.

#10948106January 28, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
WATER LEAKS INSIDE THE CAR EVERY TIME IT RAINS, WHEN IT'S STATIONARY. WATER IS ALL OVER THE FRONT FLOOR MATS AND BACK FLOOR MATS. FROM THE MOMENT I BOUGHT THE CAR, WATER GOT TRAPPED IN THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR. I HAD TO MANUALLY DRAIN THE WATER BY LIFTING THE RUBBER ON THE EDGES OF THE DOOR. CURRENTLY, THE WATER HAS MOVED INSIDE THE CAR. AS SAID ABOVE, ALL OVER THE CAR FLOOR. I TOOK THE CAR TO NISSAN AND THEY DISCOVER THE THE BODY DRAINING HOSE CAME OFF, $500 LATER. THIS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, HOW CAN A DRAINAGE HOSE JUST COME OFF. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WATER CAN CREATE ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THE CAR AND PRESENT UNSAFE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948135January 28, 2017
POWER TRAIN
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEM: THE ALTIMA'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWN SHIFT AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR AN EXTENDED TIME (>1.5 HOURS). THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME MULTIPLE TIMES DRIVING ON THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY ON LONG ROAD TRIPS. THE ALTIMA IS IN OVERDRIVE, TRAVELING AT 65 MPH. THEN ONCE I AM DRIVING UP A FAIRLY STEEP HILL THE CAR WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INCLINE. THE CAR SLOWS DOWN FROM 65 MPH TO LOW SPEEDS (E.G. 40 MPH) AND THE ENGINE WILL NOT GO ABOVE 2000 RPM. THE CAR DOES NOT COME OUT OF OVERDRIVE (6TH GEAR). ATTEMPTS AT PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY DOWN OR MANUALLY SHIFTING TO A LOWER GEAR HAS NO EFFECT. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE CAR TO SHIFT NORMALLY AGAIN ONCE THIS HAPPENS IS TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT. THIS PROBABLY INDICATES A REBOOT ON THE TRANSMISSION'S COMPUTER IS NEEDED. NISSAN HAS LOOKED AT THE CAR A FEW TIMES AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AS IT CAN LEAD TO A REAR END ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948136January 28, 2017
STEERING
NISSAN ALTIMA STEERING LOCK MECHANISM. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CAR WILL NOT START. NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS PART FOR SOME OF ITS VEHICLES. THE PART IS DEFECTIVE AND THE RECALL SHOULD BE CONTINUED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948142January 28, 2017
STEERING
VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND I WAS STRANDED. MY CELL PHONE BATTERY WAS DYING AND COULD NOT RECHARGE BECAUSE THE STEERING LOCK PART MALFUNCTIONED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW CAR TO START. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF AND THEY WILL NOT RECALL OR REPLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DISABLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947911January 27, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, STEERING
CAME OUT TO GET IN THE CAR WHICH WAS PARKED, USED THE FOB TO UNLOCK THE DOOR GOT INTO THE CAR AND NOTHING. THE BRAKE WAS HARD TO PRESS, THE STEERING WAS LOCKED, COULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR, THE CAR COULD NOT BE JUMPED WITH CABLES. I HAD 2 INDICATOR LIGHTS ON. I NEEDED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A NISSAN DEALER. THE DIAGNOSIS IS THE STEERING ACTUATOR. I AM BEING CHARGED ROUGHLY $1100. I DON'T YET HAVE MY DOCUMENTATION AS THE CAR IS WITH THE DEALERSHIP. THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE RECENTLY WITH SEVERAL 2009 NISSAN ALTIMAS. NISSAN MAY WANT TO RETHINK MAKING THIS A RECALL. I WAS LUCKY TO BE IN A PUBLIC PLACE IN THE DAYTIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947920January 27, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE VISITING A LOCAL PARK I CAME BACK TO MY CAR TO FIND IT UNABLE TO BE STARTED. IT IS AN AUTOMATIC START AND THE KEY FOB BATTERY HAD BEEN REPLACED BUT IT WAS A FAULTY PART WITHIN THE CAR, THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK, THAT PREVENTED ME FROM BEING ABLE TO START MY CAR. I WAS LEFT STRANDED IN THIS PARK WHILE IT WAS GETTING DARK AND I WAS BY MYSELF FOR 4 HOURS BEFORE A TRUCK COULD GET TO ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947801January 26, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2009 NISSAN ALTIMA CAR WOULD NOT START. LEFT STRANDED AT WORK. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO HOME AND THEN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. COST OF ELECTRONIC BOX IN STEERING 1100.00. THIS IS WRONG SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947498January 25, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
AS I WAS LEAVING WORK ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT ABOUT 11:35PM WHEN I GOT TO MY CAR, I FOUND MYSELF STUCK IN A PARKING LOT TRYING TO TURN ON MY IGNITION. THE CAR DIDN'T GIVE ME NO WARNING AS THE DASHBOARD GAVE ME A SYMBOL OF THE WORD "KEY" DISPLAY WITH A KEY BELOW IT. I WOULD PUSH THE BRAKE AND THE START BUTTON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MAKE A SOUND. I HAD TO GET MY CAR TOWED TO MY HOUSE IN ORDER TO REMOVE IT FROM THE PARKING LOT. AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE MANUAL I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THE STEERING IGNITION LOCK THAT WAS CAUSING THIS ISSUE WITH THE IGNITION. I'M A 24 YEAR OLD PREGNANT WOMAN AND THIS IS REALLY UNSAFE. I WAS READING ONLINE AND IT SAID THAT NISSAN GAVE A 6 YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS ISSUE BUT I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM THE DEALER WHILE I WAS PAYING IT OFF AND NOW THAT THE ISSUE HAS POPPED OUT BEING 2017 THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THAT THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED IN 2015 AND IT WILL COST ME $1,200 TO FIX THE ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947515January 25, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,122....UPDATED 05/19/17 *BF *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947612January 25, 2017
STEERING
MY DAUGHTER DROVE THE CAR TO HER HOSPITAL IN NJ AND WHEN SHE RETURNED A FEW HOURS LATER TO DRIVE BACK TO HER HOME ON LI THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE REMOTE OPENED THE DOORS BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD AND CAR WOULD NOT START WHEN SHE PUSHED THE START BUTTON. I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM IS A FAULTY ESCL. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2009 ALTIMA'S. I CALLED NISSAN AND WAS ASSIGNED A CASE NUMBER. DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL HELP. DEALER QUOTED ALMOST $700 JUST FOR THE PART, SAID THE PROBLEM IS SO COMMON HE KEEPS THE PART IN STOCK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947453January 24, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INTELLIGENT KEY WARNING LIGHT CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP AND NEED TOW TO NISSAN DEALER FOR REPAIR. THERE IS NO WARNING FOR THIS MALFUNCTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947490January 24, 2017
STEERING
I WAS READY TO LEFT ANOTHER LABOR DAY AFTER 10HRS WORK,REALLY BAD DAY I MEAN RAINING ALL DAY. BY THE TIME I WAS READY TO LEAVE AND START MY ALTIMA09 I GET THIS TERRIFIC NOTICE THAT MY CAR WON'T START,IMMEDIATELY IN MEDIA CONTACT DEALER ON LAS VEGAS NEVADA WERE I LIVE AND THEY TOLD ME MY VEHICLE NEED TO GET REPAIR IMMEDIATELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10946924January 23, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR WOULD NOT START WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE KEY FOB. ELECTRICAL STEERING CONTROL LOCK FAILED. LEFT DAUGHTER STRANDED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947230January 23, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
MY NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S COUPE WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY WITH NO ISSUES WHATSOEVER UNTIL 3 MORNINGS AGO WHEN I WAS AT HOME AND LEAVING FOR WORK. I OPENED MY CAR DOOR WITH THE PUSH-BUTTON KEY AND TURNED ON THE HEADLIGHTS WITHOUT ISSUES. WHEN I PUSHED THE START/IGNITION BUTTON NEXT TO THE STEERING WHEEL ON MY PARKED CAR, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE DID NOT TURNOVER OR MAKE ANY NOISE SUGGESTING IT WAS ATTEMPTING TO. I HAD DRIVEN THIS CAR 8 HOURS PRIOR AND SAW NO LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD OR ABNORMAL NOISES INDICATING THAT THERE WAS AN IMPENDING ISSUE. AFTER DOING MY OWN RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM AND HAVING THE CAR EVALUATED AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP, I DISCOVERED THAT I WAS NOT ALONE IN HAVING THIS OCCUR, AS THERE HAD BEEN OTHER NISSANS AND INFINITIS FROM THAT YEAR THAT HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE ESCL (ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK) UNIT. NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME SITUATION AS ME AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY/NIGHT AND LOCATIONS. THIS POSES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY RISK TO PEOPLE WHO OPERATE THIS CAR. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE STEERING COLUMN AND CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME, AND IN ANY WEATHER. LUCKILY I WAS IN A SAFE AREA AT THE TIME WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME, BUT I FEAR FOR ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS THIS OCCUR IN AN UNSAFE LOCATION OR IN UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS. I BELIEVE THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEMATIC CAR PART, REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED, THAT HAS OBVIOUSLY GIVEN SEVERAL PEOPLE ISSUES AND CAN LEAVE PEOPLE STRANDED SOMEWHERE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10946899January 21, 2017
STEERING
I HAD STEERING WHEEL LOCK FAILURE IN AN AREA THAT WAS UNSAFE AND I COULD NOT START MY CAR AGAIN TO DRIVE AWAY. I HAD TO CALL EMERGENCY ROAD SIDE SERVICE TO TOW MY CAR TO THE DEALER WHO REPAIRED MY CAR FOR A $900 FEE. AFTER DOING FURTHER RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THIS CAR HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE. NISSAN IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND YET HAVE FAILED TO DUE RECALLS ON THE CAR TO REPAIR THE ISSUE ONCE AND FOR ALL. I HAVE HAD 2 RECALLS ALREADY ON THIS CAR AND THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A NECESSARY RECALL AS WELL. PEOPLE COULD BE IN AREA THAT ARE NOT SAFE AND ARE UNABLE TO MOVE THEIR VEHICLE OR COULD BE IN FREEZING OR HOT WEATHER AND ARE UNABLE TO MOVE THEIR VEHICLE. THIS IS DANGEROUS. YOUR CAR BECOMES COMPLETELY DISABLED AND THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THEIR CUSTOMERS. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THIS DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL I REACHED OVER 100,000 MILES, BUT OTHER PEOPLE HAD THIS OCCUR AT A SCHOOL LOW AS 33,000. THIS REPAIR RANGES ANYWHERE FROM $900 TO $1200 TO REPAIR. NISSAN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING THIS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS AS THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE FOR THE 2009 AND 2010 MODELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10946818January 20, 2017
STEERING
TAKATA RECALL THE STEERING LOCK COLUMN ON THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA, AS IT IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT CAN EFFECT ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN YOUR BRAND ENOUGH TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10946821January 20, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. KEYLIGHT FLASHED. CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED IN HEAVY RAIN FROM MY WORK IN AN UNSAFE AREA AND TOWED TO MY HOUSE AND DEALERSHIP. CAR HAS FAULTY ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK. NISSAN WILL NOT HONOR EXTENDED WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE TO NISSAN. I WAS TOLD BY NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS NEVER ADVERTISED TO CONSUMERS AND WAS NOT A RECALL BUT THE EXTENDED REPAIR WARRANTY WAS AVAILABLE UNTIL APRIL 25 2016. I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE AND I'M UNSAFE ALSO PUTTING MY FAMILY AT RISK. NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS HAVE ASSIGNED A CASE NUMBER TO ME. CASE NUMBER IS [XXX]. PLEASE HELP ME. THANK YOU. * INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10946570January 20, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAME OUT OF THE STORE COULDN'T START VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHEEL WOULDN'T TURN, BRAKES WERE HARD TO STEP ON, "KEY" LIGHT ON! DOORS ABLE TO UNLOCK AND LOCK AND TRUNK. TOWED 3X NOBODY COULD FIX IT SAID NEEDS TO GO BACK TO NISSAN NOBODY COULD EVEN GET A DIAGNOSTIC OUTPUT ON IT..SITTING AT NISSAN NOW WAITING FOR THEM TO TELL ME COST WHICH I CAN'T AFFORD A DIME, MISSED WORK SINGLE M W DISABLED VERY SICK SON..LUCKILY HE WASN'T WITH ME! I EVEN CHANGED BATTERY IN KEY FOB MADE NO DIFFERENCE.I GOOGLED MY CAR AND SEEN ALL THE SAME EXACT COMPLAINTS AS MINE!,VERY SAD AND UPSET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10946279January 19, 2017
STEERING
MY CAR WOULDN'T START, WITH NO WARMING OR INDICATOR. THANKFULLY, FOR MY SAFETY, IT WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE OVERNIGHT, HOWEVER, THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS SITUATION. I LOOKED THROUGH THE MANUAL AND FOUND OUT THAT THE CAR HAS A DEFECTIVE STEERING WHEEL LOCK THAT WILL COST AROUND $1,000. THIS IS A COMMON AND KNOWN PROBLEM WHICH NISSAN IS APPARENTLY AWARE OF, SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THEM RECALL THIS PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10946286January 19, 2017
STEERING
MY DAUGHTER 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA WHICH SHE BROUGHT FROM TURNERSVILLE NISSAN IN TURNERSVILLE NJ FEB LAST YEAR 2016 HER CAR WOULD NOT START COME FIND OUT IT WAS STEERING WHEEL LOCK DEFECT WHICH WAS RECALL FOR THAT THEY TELLING HER RECALL DATE ENDED THEY KNOW GOING CHARGE HER 900 DOLLARS FIX IT IF KNEW RECALL SHE SHOULD NOT BE CHARGED IT AT NISSAN PLACE AS OF 1 DAY AGO FOR RECALL PROBLEM AND IF NISSAN KNEW OF RECALLS WITH STEERING THEY SHOULD LET PERSON KNOW WHEN PURCHASE CAR OF ANY RECALLS SHE SHOULD NOT BE CHARGED FOR THIS AN IF SHE WAS DRIVING THAT DAY SHE COULD GOTTEN HURT WHEN CAR JUST DID NOT START AND SHOULD NOT BE A TIME FRAME ON RECALLS THEY TOLD HER SHE MISSED IT THAT WHY SHE HAVE PAY I DISAGREE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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