Nissan Altima Complaints

15,602 consumer complaints on file.

#10816598December 28, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, STEERING
12-13-2015 FAILED ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK WHICH STRANDED US ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN EXPOSING PERSONAL ITEMS AND OUR PERSONAL SAFETY FOR A PART THE MANUFACTURE HAS RECOGNIZED AS FAULTY AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY UNTIL 120 DAYS BEFORE THE PART FAILS. 715 TIMES? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE IN A SNOW STORM OR GET HIT ON THE INTERSTATE BEFORE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON THIS? THE PART BY ITSELF WAS $715 FROM THE DEALER. MAKE THIS PROBLEM RIGHT BEFORE SOMEONE DIES IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816625December 28, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
PURCHASED CAR MAY OF 2013, PRE-OWNED CERTIFIED AND ONLY 21000MILES. FROM ONSET OF OWNERSHIP, BRAKES MADE NOISES, "CYCLOP BRAKE LIGHT IN REAR WINDOW WOULD BLINK CONSTANTLY, DASH LIGHTS WOULD GO FROM DIM TO BRIGHT ALL THE TIME. THE CAR WOULD HESITATE WHEN LEAVING STOP POSITION, PUSHING ELECTRONIC START BUTTON WOULD NOT WORK OFTEN. DEALERSHIP ALWAYS SAID THAT THE SITUATION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. ON DEC. 2ND, 2015 WHILE DRIVING HOME I WAS APPROACHING A STOPPED CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED TO SLOW BELOW THE 20MPH I WAS DRIVING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND ALL DASH LIGHTS WENT BLANK AND THE CAR STALLED RESULTING IN A COLLISION. THE CAR WOULD NOT START FOR OVER 2 HOURS. THE DEALERSHIP ASKED ABOUT THE KEY FOB LOCATION AND BATTERY CONDITION AND THE BATTERIES WERE GOOD AND KEY FOB WAS ON FRONT SEAT WHERE IT ALWAYS WAS. I FILED A CUSTOMER COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS ON DEC, 4TH 2015 AND CONSTANTLY GOT RUN-AROUNDS WITH NO CALL BACKS SEVERAL TIME. I WAS LEFT WITHOUT A VEHICLE AND NO HELP FROM DEALERSHIP OR NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS. WHILE READING THE MANY COMPLAINTS OF OTHER ALTIMA'S I WAS SO CONCERNED WITH MY SAFETY AND HEALTH I PURCHASED ANOTHER CAR. I BELIEVE I HAD AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE FROM THE BEGINNING AND IT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED AND IT ENDED UP WITH A COLLISION INVOLVING ANOTHER CAR.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816332December 27, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
MY DASHBOARD HAS BEEN MELTING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AND PROGRESSING AT A RAPID RATE. NOT ONLY IS IT STICKY, BUT IT IS SO WIDE SPREAD NOW THAT IT WILL CAUSE A GLARE IN THE SUN WHILE DRIVING ON ANY ROAD ON THE WINDSHIELD THAT POSES AN IMMENSE SAFETY RISK. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT REQUIRES A RECALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I CONTACTED NISSAN MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY HAVE REFUSED TO REPAIR IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816373December 27, 2015
ENGINE
VALVE COVER GASKET LEAKED OIL ON THE IGNITION COILS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO NOT CRANK. I HAD CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC SAID THE VALVE COVER GASKET LEAKED OIL ON THE IGNITION COILS. I HAD JUST REPLACED ALL 4 OF THE IGNITION COILS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF DUE TO THEM GOING BAD ONE BY ONE. WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY, AN IGNITION COIL WOULD GO BAD, CAUSING THE CAR TO SPUTTER AND SHAKE BADLY AS IF TRYING TO STALL IN TRAFFIC AND WHILE STATIONARY. THE ENGINE LIGHT ALSO WAS FLASHING. VERY SCARY FOR ME. THIS HAPPENED 3 SEPARATE TIMES AS EACH COIL WENT BAD. WHEN THE VALVE COVER GASKET ALLOWED OIL TO LEAK ON THE IGNITION COILS, AN IGNITION COIL HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816225December 26, 2015
STEERING
WHEN DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK, I STOPPED FOR A DRINK; AFTER COMING OUT OF THE STORE, MY CAR WOULD NOT START, EITHER WITH THE REMOTE FOB OR BY PLACING THE FOB IN THE KEY PORT. I HAD AAA TOW MY CAR HOME SO I COULD TRY JUMPING THE CAR, REPLACING THE BATTERY IN THE KEY FOB, THEN REPLACING THE BATTERY IN THE CAR WITH A BRAND NEW ONE. AT THAT POINT, I SAW THE "KEY IGNITION" LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD. PRESSING THE IGNITION BUTTON DOES NOTHING, BUT THE DOOR LOCKS RESPOND TO THE KEY FOB AND THE LIGHTS WORK FINE. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND MYRIAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE, THAT IT WAS RELATED TO THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MY STEERING WHEEL HAS NEVER LOCKED IN PLACE WHEN THE CARE IS TURNED OFF. CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATUS OF MY CAR, MY NEIGHBOR TOLD US THAT A FRIEND HAD HAD THE SAME SITUATION, WITH THE SAME ERROR MESSAGE, AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE PART AND LABOR SERVICED AT NO COST TO HIM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816258December 26, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
RIGHT FRONT INSIDE DOOR HANDLE INOPERABLE. REPLACED INSIDE DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY (PART NUMBER 80670-3TA0D)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816282December 26, 2015
AIR BAGS
AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE WHILE STILL STATIONARY, THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG IS DISARMED DESPITE THERE BEING A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT. THE VEHICLE MUST BE RESTARTED FREQUENTLY UNTIL THE LIGHT INDICATES THE AIRBAG IS ARMED. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS BUT BOTH TIMES THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG AND COULD ONLY RE-CALIBRATE THE SENSOR. IF SOMEONE WERE TO NOT NOTICE THE LIGHT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THE PASSENGER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816201December 25, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON 12/25/15 AFTER LEAVING GAS STATION, HOOD OF CAR CAME OPEN AND CRASHED INTO WINDSHIELD. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND THANKFULLY THEIR WERE NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME NOR THE REAR OF ME. IT DID NOT CRACK THE WINDSHIELD, BUT DAMAGE HAS BE DONE TO HINGE AND SOME BODY DAMAGE WHEN THE HOOD FLEW OPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816205December 25, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
DASHBOARD IS MELTING, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE DURING THE DAY WITH THE SUN'S GLARE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816169December 24, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
DASHBOARD CRACKING AND SEEPING STICKY FLUID ON TOP OF DASHBOARD MELTING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816184December 24, 2015
STEERING
THE STEERING LOCK HAS FAILED. I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS WRONG AT FIRST BUT THEN AFTER RESEARCHING, I FOUND THIS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM. I WAS STUCK IN A CAR THAT WOULD NOT START IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPS. AFTER WATCHING A COUPLE OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS, I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR STARTED AND ABLE TO GET IT HOME WHERE IT IS STILL SITTING. PLEASE ADVISE IF MY CAR IS UNDER THE WARRANTY ON THIS PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811990December 23, 2015
AIR BAGS
"TAKATA AIR BAG" - NISSAN'S VIN SERVER HAS BEEN "DOWN" FOR OVER 2 WEEKS, AND DO NOT ANSWER THEIR PHONE TO CHECK IF OUR VEHICLE IS EFFECTED BY THE TAKATA AIR BAG RECALL. ALSO, THIS SITES NHTSA VIN SEARCH ALSO CRASHES WHEN SEARCHING FOR NISSAN VIN NUMBERS. NISSAN SHOULD BE ANSWERING THEIR PHONE, AND FIX THEIR WEBSITE SO VIN CAN BE RESEARCHED ON THIS SERIOUS - LIFE THREATENING ISSUE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811991December 23, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
CAR LEFT ME SIT DUE TO STEERING WHEEL LOCK NEEDING REPLACED. IT AFFECTS THE PUSH START IGNITION AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TOO. UPON RESEARCHING, I FOUND THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT NISSAN FIXED SOME AT NO CHARGE BUT OTHERS HAD TO SPEND $1000 AND UP TO REPAIR IT. THERE ARE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE AND I SUSPECT THAT NISSAN ARE FIXING SOME TO APPEASE THOSE WHO ARE PUSHING FOR A RECALL. MY VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A REST AREA ON THE PA TURNPIKE TO USE THE RESTROOM AND WHEN I RETURNED THE CAR WOULD NOT START WHEN I PUSHED THE BUTTON. THE BRAKE WAS ALSO VERY HARD TO PUSH. THE KEY FOB BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND THE KEY FOB HOLDER IN THE DASH ALSO WAS FLASHING. I STARTED LOOKING FOR IDEAS TO HELP US ON THE INTERNET AND RIGHT AWAY THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK INFORMATION CAME UP WITH PAGES AND PAGES OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME REPAIR. WE HAD CAR TOWED TO CLOSEST DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM DIAGNOSE IT AS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK. I CANNOT BELIEVE WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS ONLINE THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. WHAT IF THAT WOULD START A FIRE?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811875December 23, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR BOARD HAD EXTENSIVE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FLOOR BOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811911December 23, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 94,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811933December 23, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DASHBOARD CLUSTER WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. LOST SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER AND ALL OTHER GAUGES ETC. CAR ONLY HAD 42,000 MILES ON IT. I TURNED MY CAR ON AND STARTED DRIVING OUT OF A PARKING LOT WHEN IT WENT OUT. I PULLED OVER, RESTARTED MY CAR AND STILL NOTHING. HAD TO EXIT CAR TO SEE IF LIGHTS/BLINKERS WERE WORKING AND THEY STILL WERE, BUT NO SIGN FROM INSIDE THAT THEY WERE. DROVE HOME AND SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT AT NISSAN DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING. NISSAN NOT EVEN WILLING TO ADMIT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. ABOUT A $1,000 REPAIR, WITH CAR JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811945December 23, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED RANDOMLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSUMED AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF OIL AS THE FAILURE PROGRESSED. THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT MECHANICS BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 06V242000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811711December 22, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE UNDERSIDE OF VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD AREA HAS RUSTED THROUGH COMPLETELY THROUGH TO THE INSIDE CARPETING. UPON RESEARCHING, IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON DEFECT THAT NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT AREA OF DETERIORATION ON BOTH SIDES OF UNDERBODY OF VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811822December 22, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WAS OUT OF TOWN. GOT INTO CAR. WOULD NOT START. CHANGE BATTERY IN KEY FOB. STILL WOULD NOT START. RESEARCHED ON INTERNET. VERY COMMON WELL KNOWN ISSUE ALL OVER THE INTERNET. EXACT SAME ISSUE. PEOPLE STRANDED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IS WAS 100%. SAID I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED IN SO I DID. ESTIMATE FOR ELECTRIC STEERING WHEEL LOCK WAS $1400. I GOT A SECOND OPINION FROM ANOTHER NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHICH AGAIN NEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND GAVE ME A ESTIMATE FOR $650. SO I HAD IT TOWED TO THIS DEALERSHIP. I FOUND OUT NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BUT MINE EXPIRED A FEW MONTHS AGO. MY COMPLAINT IS NISSAN IS NOT OWNING UP TO THEIR REPUTATION KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING STRANDED BECAUSE OF THIS FAULTY ELECTRICAL STEERING WHEEL LOCK AND NOT INFORMING THEIR CUSTOMERS OF THE DEFECT UNTIL ITS TOO LATE. YES THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BUT IF I HAD KNOWN THAT I WAS GOING TO ONE DAY GET IN MY CAR AND IT NOT START I WOULD HAVE PAID FOR IT MYSELF AND HAD IT FIXED OR TRADED THE CAR IN. BEING STRANDED ALONE OUT OF TOWN IS UNSAFE. I WAS OUT THE EXPENSE OF GETTING A CAR TO GET HOME WHICH WAS A HOUR AND HALF AWAY AND BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY, TWO TOWING EXPENSES AND $650 FOR REPAIR. I EXPECTED MORE FROM NISSAN. THIS WILL BE THE LAST NISSAN I PURCHASE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811831December 22, 2015
STEERING
MY DAUGHTER WENT TO START HER 2009 ALTIMA UPON EXITING A WALMART AND CAR WOULD NOT START OR RESPOND. CAR USES A SMART KEY TO START AND INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYED KEY PROBLEM. RAINING AND COLD SHE TRIED MANY OPTIONS WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS. I TOLD HER TO CALL AAA AND HAVE IT TOWED TO PREMIER NISSAN. THE NEXT DAY THEY DETERMINED IT WAS THE STEERING COLUMN CONTROL UNIT AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THEY SAID NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO FEB. 2015 AND THIS DATE HAS PASSED THEREFORE I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $1,093 FOR THE REPAIR. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GET STRANDED WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. A COMPANY LIKE AAA CAN NOT EVEN HELP YOU EXCEPT TO TOW YOU. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL! I WOULD THINK THIS COULD HAPPEN WHILE YOU WERE DRIVING AND CAUSE THE STEERING TO LOCK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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