Nissan Altima Complaints

15,602 consumer complaints on file.

#10807425November 30, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER
MY DASHBOARD IS MELTING CAUSING A BAD GLARE. I CAN'T BARLEY SEE 10 FEET IN FRONT OF ME WHEN DRIVING DURING THE DAY. TRIED CONTACTING NISSAN TO FIX THE ISSUE THEY REFUSE. I EVEN OFFERED TO PAY LABOR & PARTS, BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE MONEY OFF MY FIXING MY SAFETY ISSUE. HUNDREDS OF OTHER DRIVERS ARE FACING THIS PROBLEM. IT MUST COST $300 TO FIX THIS ISSUE PER VEHICLE AND IF WE DON'T SOMEONE IS GOING TO END UP HURT OR DEAD. IT WOULD BE SAD TO THINK THAT A LIFE IS LESS IMPORTANT THEN FIXING THIS ISSUE OF VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807461November 30, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
UNDERCARRIAGE RUST I AM SEEING EVERYONE WITH 2002-2005 NISSAN ALTIMA ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. THIS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807477November 30, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE WAS PARKED, STATIONARY WHEN I WENT TO START IT. NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN START BUTTON WAS PRESSED. THE CAR WAS RECOGNIZING THE KEY FOB, DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE IT, IT WAS SAYING NO KEY. HOWEVER WOULD NOT START EVEN WHEN FOB WAS PRESENT. CONTACTED NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THEY SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, AFTER GOOGLING THE ISSUE I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW MANY SHEER NUMBERS OF THE SAME EXACT THING WAS HAPPENING. $1200 LATER, MY CAR IS FIXED JUST BECAUSE OF A FAULTY STEERING COLUMN LOCK, WHICH EVEN THE PRIVATE MECHANIC STATED WAS A BIG PROBLEM, ADDING THAT NISSAN RESPONDED BY CHANGING THE LOCK ON THE 2010 AND UP MODELS, HOWEVER NOT COMPENSATING ANY CURRENT OWNERS. MECHANIC ALSO ADVISED THAT THE PART IS SO FAULTY THAT IT WILL GO OUT AGAIN IN TIME. IM TAKING CAR BACK TO DEALER THE CAR HAD 50K ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANT I CANT AFFORD 1200 BUCKS IF NOT FIXED IM NOT PAYING FOR A LEMON CAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807485November 30, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
THE STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY SEIZED UP WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED, SO THE ENGINE STARTER WAS PREVENTED FROM TURNING ON AND THE STEERING AND TRANSMISSION REMAINED LOCKED. THIS HAPPENED IN THE DEAD OF WINTER AND AT NEAR-ZERO TEMPERATURES, REQUIRING A TOW TO A DEALER AND A $1200 REPAIR, WHICH NISSAN LATER REDUCED TO $450. I ACCEPTED THIS ON CONDITION IT WOULD NOT CONSTITUTE A SETTLEMENT. THIS IS A DEFECT THAT TURNS UP IN ALL ALTIMAS BUILT DURING SEVERAL MONTHS IN 2008, WHICH THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED. THEY OFFERED A 72-MONTH WARRANTY AFTER MANUFACTURE (NOT A RECALL, THOUGH CUSTOMERS CLAMORED FOR IT) JUST FOR THIS ITEM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE DEFECT TENDS TO SURFACE AFTER THIS PERIOD. MY CAR MISSED THE WINDOW BY 22 DAYS. MANY SIMILAR CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE, AND NONE HAVE BEEN COVERED. HAD THE UNIT FAILED WHILE THE CAR WAS RUNNING, IT IS LIKELY THAT THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE FAILED TO LOCK UPON TURNING OFF THE IGNITION, LEADING TO A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. BEING IN THE COLD FOR HOURS WAS HAZARDOUS ON ITS OWN, ANYWAY, BUT I SURVIVED IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807498November 30, 2015
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE SAFETY LATCH ON THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE HOOD TO FLY UP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000. ...UPDATED 02/19/16 *BF THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE LATCH BROKE, THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 02/24/16.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807473November 30, 2015
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. A WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DISPLAYED A MESSAGE. THE CONTACT WAS STRANDED FOR OVER AN HOUR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807531November 30, 2015
STEERING
I WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN. I REALLY LIKED MY CAR UNTIL THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING SYSTEM WENT BAD. MY SON AND I WERE STUCK IN A PARKING LOT WITH NO HELP, IN A NOT SO GOOD AREA. I THEN HAD TO GET A TOW TRUCK AND GET TO A SHOP. WHERE THEN AT THE SHOP I WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IS HAD TO BE DONE BY NISSAN. WE THEN HAD TO FIND A WAY TO GET THE CAR TO A NISSAN DEALER. THEN WHEN I STARTED LOOKING THIS ISSUE UP ON MY 2009 ALTIMA I SEE THAT IS HAS HAPPENED TO LOTS OF OTHERS AND NISSAN WON'T HELP OR MAKE A RECALL FOR IT. THEN COME TO FIND OUT, SURPRISE, SURPRISE, THE WARRANTY RAN OUT ON JUNE OF THIS YEAR. NISSAN NEVER EVEN GAVE A SECOND GLANCE AT HELPING COVER IT WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE. $1000.00 LATER I HAVE A LIST OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF THINGS THAT THEY SAID NEED TO BE DONE. FUNNY, HAD THEM CHECKED, NOT AT ALL ISSUES LIKE THEY SAID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807635November 30, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE ENTIRELY INADEQUATE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIGHTING INTENSITY AND FAILED TO SAFELY ILLUMINATE THE STREET AHEAD OF YOU. THIS CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT, WHILE RAINING, OR UNDER ANY LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS SINCE YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE OBJECTS, EVEN WORST, PEDESTRIANS IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR (BRAND NEW), BUT BECAME A REAL SERIOUS AND SAFETY HAZARD BETWEEN 15K-20K MILES. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY DRIVE WITH THE HIGH BEAMS AT NIGHT LEAVING OTHER DRIVERS WITH A PARTIAL BLINDNESS; WHICH I CONSIDER IT UNFAIR AND UNSAFE, TOO. SOMETIMES, WHEN I SWITCH TO LOW FOR AN ONCOMING VEHICLE, I SUDDENLY FIND MYSELF DRIVING COMPLETELY WITHOUT SUFFICIENT LIGHT. MY EYES BECOME PARTIALLY BLIND DUE TO THE CHANGE IN LIGHT INTENSITY. AS A SAFETY PROFESSIONAL IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY, I HOPE THAT NISSAN AND NHTSA DO SOMETHING SOONER, BECAUSE TOMORROW MIGHT BE TOO LATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807302November 28, 2015
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY WITH AN ADULT PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 140 LBS. THE YELLOW AIRBAG OFF LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. IT USUALLY GOES OUT AFTER ABOUT FIVE SECONDS. SOMETIMES IT STAYS ON. I SOMETIMES PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART AND IT USUALLY GOES OUT LIKE IT IS SUPPOSED TO. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP WHERE WE BOUGHT IT. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY RESET THE COMPUTER. PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I HAVE MADE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WITH THE DEALER. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS A WEIGHT ISSUE WITH THE PERSON SITTING IN THE SEAT. 140 LBS AND UNDER THE LIGHT MIGHT COME ON. LOOKING ONLINE, IT LOOKS LIKE MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD. WHEN LIGHT IS ON, AIR BAGS WON'T DEPLOY IF IN AN ACCIDENT OCCURS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807145November 27, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCK SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/19/16*LJ UPDATED 02/25/16.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807158November 27, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE PUSH TO START BUTTON FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807233November 27, 2015
STEERING
VEHICLE WAS PARKED, STATIONARY WHEN I WENT TO START IT. NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN START BUTTON WAS PRESSED. THE CAR WAS RECOGNIZING THE KEY FOB, DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE IT, IT WAS SAYING NO KEY. HOWEVER WOULD NOT START EVEN WHEN FOB WAS PRESENT. CONTACTED NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THEY SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, AFTER GOOGLING THE ISSUE I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW MANY SHEER NUMBERS OF THE SAME EXACT THING WAS HAPPENING. $1200 LATER, MY CAR IS FIXED JUST BECAUSE OF A FAULTY STEERING COLUMN LOCK, WHICH EVEN THE PRIVATE MECHANIC STATED WAS A BIG PROBLEM, ADDING THAT NISSAN RESPONDED BY CHANGING THE LOCK ON THE 2010 AND UP MODELS, HOWEVER NOT COMPENSATING ANY CURRENT OWNERS. MECHANIC ALSO ADVISED THAT THE PART IS SO FAULTY THAT IT WILL GO OUT AGAIN IN TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807102November 26, 2015
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, STEERING, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
TAKATA RECALL- MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN A SEVERE CAR WRECK WITH SIDE IMPACT AND ROLLOVER X 3. SHE HAD AN INJURY TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE WHERE THE SIDE IMPACT AIRBAGS NOR THE CURTAIN AIRBAGS CAME OUT . I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH NISSAN CONSUMERS AFFAIRS SINCE AUG 9, 2015 WITH A [XXX] BUT SO FAR THE ISSUE IS STILL IN PROCESS . MY DAUGHTER HAD A CT SCAN BECAUSE OF THE SWELLING OF HER LEFT FACE AND THE PHYSICIAN ASKED DID THE AIRBAGS COME OUT TO PROTECT THE SIDE OF HER FACE AND I SAID NO AND HE STATED TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN AND TO GET A LAWYER . I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW FROM ACTION NISSAN IN NASHVILLE TN . SHE WAS RAN OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A SIDE POLE AND FLIPPED OVER 2 OR MORE TIMES ACCORDING TO A WITNESS . PICTURE WILL BE ATTACHED . ALL 4 KIDS SURVIVED . THANK YOU JESUS!!! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR..UPDATED 12/22/15....UPDATED 12/30/15 *BF; 4/27/18*JB THE DEALER STATED STEERING WHEEL WILL TURN BUT WHEELS WONT MOVE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10807112November 26, 2015
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
"TAKATA RECALL"-THANKSGIVING EVE STRANDED WITH A KEY/KEYFOB UNABLE TO START CAR ON LOCK. NOVEMBER 2015-CINCINNATI, OH (HIGHLAND/RIDGE) PARKING LOT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE KEY FOB NOT WORKING. HAD A KIND WOMEN TAKE ME TO A STORE TO PURCHASE AND / REPLACE MY 2032 BATTERY WITHIN KEY FOB. STILL DID NOT WORK. READ THE MANUAL SEVERAL TIMES INCLUDING CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP TO ASSIST IN WORKING THROUGH ANY UNKNOWN ISSUES THAT I MIGHT HAVE NOT DISCOVERED OR TRIED. CAME BACK OUT AND TRIED TO START THE CAR, A KEY LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON THE DASH, BRAKE WAS HARD TO PRESS. THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. I WAS FORCED TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL HOURS LATER. WHILE WAITING, I GOOGLED THE RESULT, I WAS SHOCKED AT ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME MALFUNCTION."
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807116November 26, 2015
AIR BAGS
THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING AND WHILE THERE IS AN ADULT IN THE SEAT. THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED THE SYSTEM AND STATED THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS DETECTED. THE SYSTEM HAS CONTINUED TO MALFUNCTION. THE CONCERN IS THE BAGS WON'T DEPLOY WHEN NEEDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806647November 25, 2015
AIR BAGS, SEATS
FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG REMAINS DISABLED WHEN FULL SIZED ADULT IS SITTING IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALER OVER ONE YEAR AGO FOR RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. STILL HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. NEW RECALL ISSUED OCT 2015, TOOK VEHICLE TO NISSAN FOR FIX ON 11/24/15. NISSAN WILL NOT FIX, SAY THEY HAVE NO WAY TO FIX THE ISSUE. NISSAN STATES I WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE WITH INOPERABLE PASSENGER AIR BAGS. SHOWED NISSAN SERVICE DEPT VIDEO OF FULL SIZED ADULT SITTING IN PASSENGER SEAT, VEHICLE RUNNING, AND "AIRBAG OFF" LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN CENTER OF DASH. NISSAN STATES THERE IS NO FAULT IN THE SYSTEM, AND PASSENGER SHOULD JUST "MOVE THEIR LEGS" TO ARM THE SYSTEM. PASSENGER SEATING POSITION DOES NOT ARM AIRBAG OR ALTER THE FUNCTION OF THE FAULTY SYSTEM. PROBLEM OCCURS RANDOMLY, WITH VEHICLE MOVING/STATIONARY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806735November 25, 2015
STEERING
ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED WHEN CAR PARKED. THIS CAUSED STEERING LOCK TO BE STUCK IN LOCK MODE. FAILURE OF THIS MECHANISM DOES NOT ALLOW CAR TO START AND CAR MUST BE TOWED. MECHANISM DID NOT FAIL DUE TO SECURITY REASONS OR ELECTRICAL ISSUE. PART REPLACED ($500 PART) AND VEHICLE RUNNING FINE NOW. THERE ARE MANY DOCUMENTED REPORTS OF THIS MECHANISM FAILING IN 2009 NISSAN ALTIMAS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO PRODUCT SAFETY RECALLS TO MY KNOWLEDGE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806754November 25, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN PARK, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS MELTING. AS A RESULT, THERE WAS A GLARE WHICH OBSTRUCTED THE CONTACT'S VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CHEMICAL ODOR EMITTING FROM THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED . THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806420November 24, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER
NISSAN ALTIMA 2013, 50,000 MILES. HAS A CRACKED WINDSHIELD. I HAVE SEEN MANY REPORTS OF OTHER OWNERS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ACQUIRED SINCE IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN. IF THERE'S A CAR ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY WITH A CRACK WINDSHIELD THE AIR BACK MAY NOT DEPLOY CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN STATIONARY FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. CRACK APPEARED ALL OF A SUDDEN. I DO NOT RECALL A HARD IMPACT BY A ROCK OR OTHER SIMILAR DEBRIS. THE CAR HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN THE FREEWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806452November 24, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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