Nissan Altima Complaints

15,602 consumer complaints on file.

#10822707January 27, 2016
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG SENSOR THE LIGHT TURNS ON AND OFF WHEN A PASSENGER SIT IN THE SEAT. THE SENSOR WAS REPROGRAMMED IN 4/2104 . THE OCS SENSOR CONTINUES TO COME ON AND OFF STILL DEFECTED. I HAD IT RECHECKED WHEN THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN FOR A FRONT HOOD LATCH AT THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THE SENSOR ON THE AIRBAG WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND IT WOULD COST ME $700. I REFUSED TO PAY AND IT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF FROM NISSAN AS IT IS A DEFECTED PART NOT FROM A WEAR AND TEAR. DEALERSHIP CALLED NISSAN THEY AGREED TO PAY FOR PART BUT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LABOR. I CONTACTED CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND WAS TOLD VERY CONTRADICTING ANSWERS FROM THEM AND THE REGIONAL SPECIALIST. I WILL SAY THE PEOPLE I TALKED WITH SOUNDED VERY UNEDUCATED ABOUT THE PRODUCTS AND ISSUES WITH THEIR CARS. IT SOUNDED AS THOUGH THEY WERE READING SCRIPTS AND NEVER HEARD MY SITUATION OF ALL THAT HAD OCCURRED WITH IS OCS SENSOR. I TALKED WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM CONSUMER AFFAIRS, SO CALLED REGIONAL SPECIALIST AND CUSTOMER SERVICE OF WHICH REPRESENT NISSAN . I HAVE 4 DIFFERENT REFERENCE NUMBERS. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH NISSAN HAS NOT BEEN COOPERATIVE OR HELPFUL AT ALL. I CONTINUE TO HEAR IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY CAN NOT HELP ME. THIS COULD BE A LAWSUIT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THIS AIRBAG DOES NOT OPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822473January 27, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INTELLIGENT KEY INDICATOR ON DASH INDICATES LOW BATTERY IN KEY FOB. AT STARTUP BATTERY REPLACED TWICE AND OTHER FOB USED. STILL LIGHTS ON DASH. CAR STARTS FOR NOW BUT AFRAID IT WILL NOT. HAVE SEEN THIS COMPLIANT ON OTHER 2008 NISSAN ALTIMAS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822472January 27, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
LEAVING WORK I WENT OUT TO MY CAR TO GO HOME. WHEN I WENT TO THE START THE CAR, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. A YELLOW KEY LIGHT CAME ON. UNABLE TO START THE CAR, I LOOKED UP ONLINE POSSIBLE CAUSES AND FIGURED OUT IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED WHICH COST $30+ AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED. NISSAN ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE OF THIS PARTICULAR PART HAVING CAUSED PROBLEMS IN THE PAST. THE REPAIR COST $1092.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822527January 27, 2016
STEERING
STEERING LOCK FAILED. HAD TO REPLACE IT AT BOMMORITO NISSAN. $1180.00. IT WAS ONLY 3 MONTHS OUT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY. SINCE THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE I FEEL THE PARTS AND LABOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. I WANT TO BE PAID FOR COST .I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF PROBLEM. I'M THE SECOND OWNER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822346January 26, 2016
STEERING
ONE MORNING WHILE ON MY WAY TO WORK, MY CAR WOULD NOT START. A YELLOW KEY LIGHT CAME ON IN THE DASH THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THE STEERING WHEEL WASN'T COMPLETELY LOCKED UNTIL TRYING TO START IT SEVERAL TIMES. THE CAR STAYED IN THE LOCK POSITION AND WOULD NOT SWITCH OVER TO ACCESSORY MODE OR START AT ALL. I QUICKLY FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ONLINE WITH THE SIMILAR PROBLEM. I WAS ABLE TO PULL A VIDEO UP ON YOUTUBE THAT SHOWED ME HOW TO TEMPORARY FIX THIS ISSUE. WE REMOVED THE CASE OFF FROM UNDER THE WHEEL, USED A WRENCH OR STURDY METAL OBJECT AND LOCATED THE STEERING LOCK ITSELF AND SLOWLY TAPPED ON IT. SURE ENOUGH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET MY CAR STARTED AFTER A FEW TAPS. IT WORKED FINE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. AFTER DISCOVERING THIS PROBLEM I FOUND A WEBSITE THAT SHOWED THIS PART WAS NOT ON RECALL BUT DID HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. UNFORTUNATELY, MY STEERING LOCK WENT OUT 3 WEEKS AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. GO FIGURE.... AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS WITHOUT THE ISSUE, THE CAR LOCKED UP AGAIN ON WHILE I WENT TO HEAD HOME FROM WORK. I WAS ABLE TO DO THE SAME TAP AND GET IT STARTED TO GET MYSELF HOME AND IT WORKED A FEW WEEKS. NOW, MY CAR IS CURRENTLY STUCK AT MY WORK UNTIL I CAN AFFORD A TOW AND THE REPAIRS AT THE DEALERSHIP WHICH WILL COST ME $950-$1,200. I'VE CALLED OTHER LOCAL MECHANICS TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET ME A BETTER DEAL AND UNFORTUNATELY MOST OF THEM DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER TOOLS/EQUIPMENT TO COMPLETELY REPAIR THE PROBLEM. ONCE THEY REPLACE THE STEERING LOCK THE CAR WILL NEED TO BE REPROGRAMMED WHICH ONLY A NISSAN DEALER CAN DO SUPPOSEDLY. IT'S PRETTY AWFUL NISSAN ISN'T DOING MORE TO HELP PEOPLE OUT IN THIS SITUATION WHEN THERE IS CASE AFTER CASE WITH THE SAME STORIES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822373January 26, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TAKATA RECALL. I BOUGHT MY CAR EXACTLY 11 MONTHS AGO ON FEBRUARY 2015. I FIRST NOTICED WHEN I BOUGHT MY CAR THAT IT JERKED WHEN PUTTING IT IN DRIVE AND REVERSE, I TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SALESMAN CONVINCED ME IT IS NOTHING. IT GOT WORSE OVER TIME. I FINALLY TOOK THE CAR TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHO SAID MOTOR MOUNTS NEED REPLACING. I THEN FOUND A NISSAN THREAD ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION AND AUTOMATICALLY WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT MY CAR IS DOING 90% OF THE ISSUES LISTED. IT NOW JERKS WHEN I PUT IN DRIVE, REVERSE, WHEN I'M COMING TO A STOP, WHEN I PUSH THE BREAK, AND WHEN I EXCEED MORE THEN 60 MPH IT JERKS. AFTER READING TONS OF THREADS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IT SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON AMONGST THE NISSAN ALTIMA 05S. I AM SCARED MY TRANSMISSION WILL GO OUT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, I WAS TOLD THIS PROBLEM WAS NOTHING BUT NOW IT DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE AN ISSUE THAT NISSAN JUDGED PUSHED UNDER THE RUG AND KEPT TELLING ME WAS NOTHING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822364January 26, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAKATA RECALL MY DASHBOARD IS MELTING. IT HAS BECOME VERY STICKY AND CAUSES A SEVERE GLARE ACROSS THE SPAN OF MY WINDSHIELD. THIS IS MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT OF MY WINDSHIELD AND IT IS VERY DISTRACTING.I HAVE NOTICED THE GLARE FOR MONTHS,BUT AS TIME PASSES IT IS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE CLEARLY. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE LIMITED VISIBILITY WILL HINDER MY ABILITY TO DRIVE SAFELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822007January 25, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822015January 25, 2016
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING FORWARD. IN ADDITION, UPON INSPECTION, THERE WAS OIL IN THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822080January 25, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
60,064 MILES MY TRANSMISSION WENT. THE CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS. I HAVE LOOKED UP REVIEWS ON THIS CAR AND SEEN THIS IS A COMMEN PROBLEM FOR THIS CAR. SO WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL ON IT? MY CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED FROM THE SCENE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822096January 25, 2016
ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON WESTERN AVENUE BUSY MAIN STREET IN CHICAGO ALL THE SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED SHAKING AND VIBRATING AS I APPROACH THE LIGHTI HAD TO TURN MY CAR OFF PUT IT IN PARK FIRST TURN IT OFF AND THEN TRY TO TURN IT BACK ON TO ACCELERATE IT ONLY WORKS ONCE UNTIL I GOT TO THE SECOND MAIN LIGHT AND MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE OR ACCELERATE AND I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY MAIN STREET WITH CARS BEHIND ME BEEPING AND DRIVING PAST ME. NOT TO MENTION MY RPM'S WE'RE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I COULD NOT DRIVE PAST 20 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CAR WOULD SPEED UP AND SLOW DOWN ON ITS OWN AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS OVER WORKING ITSELF. PRIOR TO THIS IONLY A WEEK AGO THAT I HEARD A RATTLING NOISE AND TOOK IT INTO MY MECHANIC TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND THE COMPUTER TOLD HIM IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE WHICH AT THIS TIME NISSAN HAD REFUSED TO REPAIR AND REPLACE BASED ON THE WARRANTY BECAUSE I WAS OVER A THOUSAND MILES WHICH AT THAT POINT I NEVER KNEW OR WAS NOTIFIED THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE TAKEN IN THE CAR A LOT SOONER THOUSAND MILES IS ONLY TWO WEEKS MORE OF DRIVING FOR ME. ALSO MY RPM'S WERE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE I COULDN'T EVEN DRIVE PAST 20 MILES PER HOUR AND THEN THE CAR WOULD SPEED UP WITH THE RPM'S INCREASING NOT ONLY DOES THIS PRESENT A PROBLEM NEED DRIVING THE CAR BUT IT ALSO CREATED A SAFETY ISSUE I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIT FROM BEHIND WITH MY 1 YEAR OLD CHILD IN THE BACKSEAT CRYING HYSTERICALLY AND I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIT MOVING MY OWN CAR TO SAFETY BECAUSE I HAD TO GET IT OUT OF THE MAIN BUSY STREET AND NO ONE CAME OUT TO HELP ME AND I WAS PUSHING MY CAR BY MYSELF IN 20 BELOW FREEZING WEATHER IN CHICAGO.NOW IT'S GOING TO COST ME $2,000 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THAT NISSAN ALREADY KNEW WAS AN ISSUE NEVER NOTIFIED ME OF EVEN WITH THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND DID NOT WANT TO COVER IT BECAUSE I WAS OVER THE MILEAGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821951January 25, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
NOTICED WHEN VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, A LARGE RUST HOLE UNDERNEATH PASSENGER SIDE FLOORMAT. PLASTIC LINER TORN AND CARPET VISIBLE FROM UNDERNEATH CAR. AFFECTED AREA IS BETWEEN 14-20". PASSENGER FOOT COULD POTENTIALLY FALL THROUGH FLOOR OF THE CAR WHILE IN MOTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821964January 25, 2016
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PARKED MY CAR IN A STORE PARKING LOT. WHEN I RETURNED MY CAR FAILED TO START WITH A FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE MY KEY FOB. I REPLACED THE FOB BATTERY STILL WON'T START. IT WAS GETTING DARK I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR IN THE PARKING LOT. RETURNED THE NEXT DAY. NOTHING WILL START MY CAR. WHEN ONLINE TO SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. WAS TOLD THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED 03/15. I ONLY HAVE 44500 MILES ON MY CAR. NISSAN NEVER NOTIFIED ME THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. IT COST ME $964.00 TO GET IT FIXED. AND OF COURSE THIS ALL HAPPEN WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS OUT OF TOWN. WHY WAS THIS NOT A RECALL?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821972January 25, 2016
STEERING
STEERING LOCK FAILURE, CAR WILL NOT START!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821985January 25, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASH BOARD APPEARS TO BE FALLING APART. IT HAS BECOME SHINY, STICKY, AND HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS THAT CAN BE SEEN ALL OVER THE DASH AND THEY ARE GETTING WORSE WITH TIME. MY VEHICLE IS PARKED IN AN ENCLOSED GARAGE MOST OF THE TIME. THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SIMPLE WEAR AND TEAR BUT A DEFECT WITH THE MATERIAL USED TO CONSTRUCT THE DASH. THIS IS ULTIMATELY A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE GLARE INSIDE THE VEHICLE AT TIMES CAN CAUSE YOU TO BE UNABLE TO SEE OUT YOUR FRONT WINDSHIELD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821910January 23, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT FAILS TO DISENGAGE EVEN THOUGH KEY (FOB) IS PRESENT. DOORS AND TRUNK WILL UNLOCK/LOCK SO VEHICLE RECOGNIZES FOB/KEY. NISSAN HAD A WARRANTY FIX, BUT DID NOT NOTIFY OWNERS. NOW PERIOD HAS CLOSED LEAVING OWNER WIT H A $1000+ BILL SO CAR CAN BE USED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821644January 22, 2016
ENGINE
KEYLESS START MALFUNCTIONED, STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM FAILED AND RENDERED THE CAR UNABLE TO START. PART:LOCK ASSY STRG 48700-9N00B REPLACEMENT PART USED AT THE COST OF TOWING AND 899.95 AT MENTOR NISSAN OHIO. THROUGH RESEARCH FOUND THIS IS A WIDELY KNOW ISSUE, MANY CASES INVOLVED THIS. 250,000 HITS ON INTERNET. CERTAINLY THE CONSUMER SHOULD BE PROTECTED AND REIMBURSED BY NISSAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821660January 22, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR WOULDN'T START DUE TO A FAULTY STEERING WHEEL LOCK SWITCH. THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUING PROBLEM ON ALTIMAS AND OTHER MODELS. NISSAN FAILED TO REPORT PROBLEM TO ITS CUSTOMERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821704January 22, 2016
ENGINE
LOOSE POWER VALVE SCREWS - WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S BOTH ON CITY STREETS AND ON THE FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE ARBITRARILY RAN SUPER ROUGH TO THE POINT OF ALMOST COMPLETELY CUTTING OFF IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC LANES. ONE INSTANCE WAS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC LANES, AND THE ENGINE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF OPPOSING TRAFFIC LANES AND I WAS ALMOST T-BONED BY ONCOMING CARS. FINALLY THE ENGINE WOULDN'T START AT ALL ONE DAY, SO I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND THEY IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM WITH INTAKE POWER VALVE SCREWS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A SIGNIFICANT PRICE. I HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED ONCE BEFORE, AND THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A DEFECTIVE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, NOT COVERED BY ANY RECALLS, BUT OBVIOUSLY A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA OWNERS. AFTER DOING MY OWN RESEARCH, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LARGE NUMBER OF OWNERS OF THIS SAME CAR EXPERIENCING THE SAME POWER VALVE SCREW PROBLEM ALSO. I ALSO BELIEVE THERE IS A RECALL ON 2004 AND 2005 NISSAN ALTIMAS FOR THIS PROBLEM, WHICH HAVE THE SAME ENGINE AS MY CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821751January 22, 2016
AIR BAGS
WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE THAT MANY HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT INDICATING THAT IT IS OFF BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH WEIGHT IS BEING DISTRIBUTED IN THE SEAT TO REGISTER WHILE DRIVING. MY WIFE IS 140 LBS AND IT IS CONSTANTLY TURNING OFF AND ON. TWO NISSAN DEALERSHIPS TOLD MY WIFE THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BUT THAT SOME WOMEN SIT ON THE SIDE OF THE SEAT AND SO THEY ARE NOT SITTING CORRECTLY FOR IT TO REGISTER. SO... I BEGAN SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT (I'M 6'3 225 LBS) AND IT STILL DOES IT. I LOVE NISSAN CARS AND TRUCKS BUT THIS IS A LUDICROUS ANSWER!! HOW CAN YOU SIT IN A SEAT OF A CAR WRONG!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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