Nissan Altima Complaints

15,602 consumer complaints on file.

#10722408May 30, 2015
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF LIGHT INDICATES INOPERATIVE PASSENGER AIR BAG WHEN ADULT PASSENGER IS SEATED. APPARENT SPORADIC OPERATION OF AIR BAG. SERIOUS SAFTEY HAZARD! WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED? AIR BAG SENSOR INDICATES SOMETIMES IT IS OPERATING PROPERLY, AND OTHER TIMES DANGEROUSLY INOPERATIVE. AND IT IS NOT A WEIGHT ISSUE. I ONCE HAD THE LIGHT TURN OFF (MEANING THE AIR BAG WAS ENGAGED TO OPERATE IN A CRASH) BASED ONLY ON THE WEIGHT OF MY BRIEFCASE (HOLDING A LAPTOP) ON THE SEAT! SO IT IS CLEARLY A SENSOR ISSUE. LIGHT ALSO GOES ON OR OFF SEEMINGLY AT WILL. WHILE DRIVING, IT SOMETIMES CHANGES SEVERAL TIMES (ON VS. OFF) DURING A TRIP. STARTED AROUND 22,000 MILES IN ABOUT 2013, AND STILL ERRATIC AT 32,000 MILES IN 2015 (LOW MILEAGE CAR) BASED ON A REVIEW OF PAST COMPLAINTS, THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN, UNADDRESSED PROBLEM OF THIS MODEL SINCE 2010, AND COMPRISES WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WHOPPING PERCENTAGE OF ALL COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE! REFERENCE NHTSA NUMBERS 10705119, 10693858, 10621721, 10551401, 10538101, 10508652, 10462938, 10398851, 10386702 TO DATE. DEALER SAID SENSOR IS IN SEAT, AND ENTIRE SEAT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED TO FIX. REALLY? COST ABOUT $1,000, SO I NOW KNOW WHAT A LIFE IS WORTH TO NISSAN - LESS THAN $1,000, RIGHT? MAYBE A LAWSUIT WOULD HELP, BUT THEY KNOW PROVING THE AIR BAG SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE IS DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE FOR THE AVERAGE CONSUMER. KISS YOUR LOVED ONES BEFORE DRIVING WITH THE "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF" WARNING LIGHT LIT! WHY THE NHTSA AND NISSAN REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS WELL ESTABLISHED, AND HIGHLY RISKY DEFECT IS TRULY BEYOND ME. CONSIDER A DIFFERENT VEHICLE UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS FINALLY ADDRESSED, IF EVER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10722409May 30, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT, BRAKES WERE DIFFICULT TO "GRAB" AND TOO EXTRA PRESSURE. STOP WAS RATHER SLOW, AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKES APPEARED TO KICK IN (BY ROUGH, STACCATO SHAKING TYPICAL OF THEM APPLYING). ONLY BY PRESSING DOWN AS HARD AS I COULD DID I PREVENT SMASHING INTO THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. DRY, SUNNY FLORIDA CONDITIONS, NO SAND OR SLIPPING AT ALL, JUST SLOW, ODD BRAKING. THEN THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE REVVING A BIT - FASTER IDLING THAN NORMAL WHILE AT THE STOP LIGHT. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT SPEEDING HERE, OR SUDDEN BRAKING, JUST A NORMAL APPROACH TO A KNOWN STOP SIGN OR LIGHT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES, THEN DID NOT REPEAT FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. THEN, WHEN IT DID REPEAT, I ASKED THE DEALER ABOUT IT. ALWAYS AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, ALWAYS IN DANGER OF SMASHING INTO THE CAR AHEAD OF ME OR ENTERING TOO FAR INTO THE INTERSECTION IF I COULD NOT CONTROL THE STOP. THEY WERE COMPLETELY PUZZLED, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT BECAUSE, AS I SAID, IT IS VERY SPORADIC. AN ISPECTION DID NOT REVEAL ANYTHING. THEY LAUGHED AT ME, SAYING IT WAS TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES TO KICK IN IF THERE IS NO SKIDDING. OK, SO WHAT WAS IT THEN? IT SURE AS HECK SEEMED LIKE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES! (I COME FROM UP NORTH AND HAVE EXPERIENCED ANTI-LOCK BRAKES KICKING IN ON SNOW COVERED ROADS...) SINCE THE INITIAL REOCCURRENCE, IT WENT SEVERAL MONTHS, ABOUT SIX, WITH NO ISSUES OR REPEATS, THEN JUST THE OTHER DAY, IT DID IT AGAIN TWICE MORE. I SUSPECT IT COULD BE SOMETHING TO DO WITH COMPUTER CONTROLS, RATHER THAN THE BRAKES THEMSELVES, BUT I AM NO MECHANIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10722214May 29, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE FLOOR BOARD (PAN) UNDER DRIVER LEFT FOOT IS RUSTED. THERE IS A HOLE ABOUT 4 BY 8 INCHES BIG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721664May 27, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR OVERHEATED AND THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V257000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. UPDATED 09/18/15*LJ UPDATED 3/23/2016*JS UPDATED 10/17/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721656May 27, 2015
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE UNLATCHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V116000 (LATCHES,LOCKS,LINKAGE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,555. UPDATED 8/10/15*CN UPDATED 02/09/16 *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721676May 27, 2015
POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CAR FOR ABOUT 15 MONTHS AND I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. SO ABOUT A MONTH AGO I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A JERK WHEN I WOULD PUSH ON THE GAS WHEN COMING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. ONE TIME MY CAR EVEN SLIGHTLY SLID AND THE TIRE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ONCE THAT HAPPENED BUT THEY SAID THAT THE ONLY ISSUE THEY SAW WAS THAT MY WHEELS WERE UNBALANCED. I STILL EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE FROM TIME TO TIME AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY. I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW CAR FOR A REASON AND THAT WAS TO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH CAR ISSUES FOR A WHILE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721705May 27, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER OCCUPANCY SEAT SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721764May 27, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM DRIVE INTO THE NEUTRAL POSITION INDEPENDENTLY AND AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR LOCATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE UNRELATED FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE THAT INCLUDED THE EXTERIOR DOOR FAILING TO UNLOCK OR LOCK WITH THE KEY FOB UNTIL AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. A BURNING ODOR EMITTED FROM THE AIR VENTS WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER OR HEATER WAS ACTIVATED. THERE WERE NO FLAMES PRESENT. ALSO, THE BRAKES SQUEAKED INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS CONCERN REGARDING A POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARD WITH THE PUSH BUTTON STARTER CAUSING CANCER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,600.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721789May 27, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED TO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,008.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724004May 26, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ENGINE WITH PUSH BUTTON START WOULD NOT TURN OVER AFTER 3HR STOP AND A LONG DRIVE PREVIOUS TO STOP. BATTERY WAS TOTALLY DEAD, BUT AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO JUMP START IT DID TURN OVER. THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL DRAW ON BATTERY DURING STOP EITHER. STOPPED AT NISSAN DEALER TO CHECK THE STARTING SYSTEM AND EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT NORMAL. SERVICE TECH RECALLED THIS PROBLEM WITH MY PARTICULAR YEAR AND MODEL, AND SAID A BRAKE SWITCH AND SUB HARNESS ASSEMBLY SHOULD BE REPLACED, BUT AT $800+ COST I DECLINED OFFER. PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY LATER AND AS OF THIS DATE I HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM, BUT EVERY TIME I START IT I CROSS MY FINGERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721359May 26, 2015
STEERING
MY SON WENT TO WORK AND WHEN HE GOT OFF OF WORK THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. I CALLED THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THEY TOWED THE VEHICLE AND SAID IT WAS THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK. THE MANAGER STATED "I SEE AT LEAST TWO OF THESE A WEEK EVERY WEEK FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM." IT WILL COST US $999.00 TO REPAIR OUR VEHICLE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. WHY THERE IS NO RECALL IS LAUGHABLE IF IT WEREN'T SO SAD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721363May 26, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
BOTH FLOOR BOARDS ARE RUSTED ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE. FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WE WERE CHANGING THE TIRES AND NOTICED THE SERIOUS RUSTING OUT OF BOTH FLOOR BOARDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721389May 26, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
STRUCTURE: BOTH FRONT FLOOR PANELS HAVE RUSTED OUT. THERE ARE LARGE HOLES AND SAGGING OF THE FLOOR THAT HAVE WEAKENED THE OVERALL FLOOR STRUCTURE AND CREATED AN UNSAFE CONDITION. IT APPEARS THAT A DRAIN HOLE IN EACH FLOOR PANEL NEVER HAD A RUBBER PLUG INSERTED. OVER THE YEARS, WATER SPLASHED UP THROUGH THE HOLES AND WAS ABSORBED AND TRAPPED BY THE INSULATION MATERIAL BETWEEN THE CARPET AND FLOOR.THIS IS NOT THE RESULT OF NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. IF THE DRAIN HOLES HAD BEEN PLUGGED, THIS NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721579May 26, 2015
STEERING
2009 NISSAN ALTIMA BOUGHT BRAND NEW. UNDER 36,000 THE MOTOR WAS CHANGED OUT, AROUND 70,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. GOOD TIMES. FRIDAY 5/22/15 WENT TO FRIENDS HOUSE AND WENT TO LEAVE AND CAR WOULD NOT START. CHECKED BATTERY AND FUSES AND THEN NOTICED A YELLOW KEY FLASHING IN GAUGE CLUSTER. I CALLED THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM WHAT I SAW. DEALER TOLD ME THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS GOING TO GET THE CAR TO START AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. CALLED TOW TRUCK AND WAS TOWED FROM HELMET CA, TO ONTARIO CA 60+ MILES IN THE RAIN WITH MY WINDOWS DOWN. I COULD NOT ROLL THE WINDOWS UP OR DO ANYTHING ELSE BESIDES UNLOCK AND LOCK THE DOORS. NISSAN HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT STILL DENIES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. I WAS 3 MONTHS LATE FOR THIS WARRANTY AND I HAVE BEEN DENIED COVERAGE FOR REPAIRS THAT WILL COST MORE THAN A $1000 DOLLARS. NISSAN KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM AND WILL NOT RECALL THIS PROBLEM WITCH IS WIDE SPREAD. JUST GOOGLE IT AND THEY WILL SEE. WANT TO GET THE NEWS INVOLVED. TIRED OF BEING STRANDED BY NISSAN. NISSAN STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721197May 24, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA WITH A MELTING DASHBOARD!! IT IS STICKY TO TOUCH AND CREATES AN UNSAFE GLARE WHEN DRIVING WHICH HAS BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE DASHBOARD MELTING THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT AGREE TO FIX IT NOR WOULD THEY ISSUE A RECALL TO PREVENT WHAT COULD EVENTUALLY BE A FATAL ACCIDENT DUE TO WHAT SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURE DEFECT ON THE RUBBERIZED MATERIAL USED ON THE DASHBOARDS. I AM LOOKING FOR HELP FROM OTHER OWNERS WITH THIS ISSUE AND THE NHTSA FOR HELP TO ENFORCE A RECALL TO PREVENT INJURY AND POSSIBLE FATALITIES DUE TO THIS MELTING DASHBOARD ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721142May 23, 2015
AIR BAGS, VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE DASH BOARD MELTS, IT CREATES A GLARE IN THE WINDSHIELD WHEN DRIVING WHICH MAKES IT HARD TO SEE ON COMING TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10720971May 22, 2015
POWER TRAIN, AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE SINCE THE AIR BAG LIGHT FOR THE PASSENGER HAS NEVER WORKED. MORE THAN 6 TIMES THE DEALER HAS TRIED TO FIX TO NO AVAIL. I WONT LET PASSENGERS SIT IN THE FRONT FOR THEIR SAFETY. I ALWAYS HAVE THEM SIT IN THE BACK. IT LOOKS LIKE I AM THEIR EMPLOYEE/DRIVER. ALSO A HUGE PROBLEM IS THE CVT TRANSMISSION. IT SHUDDERS, GRUMBLES AND THE WHOLE CAR VIBRATES INTERMITTENTLY. FIRST THE DEALER SAID IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR AND REPLACED IT, THAT DIDNT FIX IT SO THEY SAID IT WAS A BOLT, THAT WASNT IT, FINALLY THEY JUST GAVE UP AND SAID THEY DONT KNOW AND "THEY CANT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM" ITS ALL A SCAM. THIS CAR IS DEFECTIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10720995May 22, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE GARAGE INFORMED ME THAT THE FLOOR BOARD ON THE DRIVER SIDE WAS RUSTED OUT SO BAD THAT YOU COULD TOUCH THE CARPET FROM THE BOTTOM. ALSO THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS RUSTED WITH A HOLE BUT NOT AS BIG AS THE DRIVER SIDE. I AM NOT SURE WHY NISSAN HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS BEING THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS. THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE CONSIDERING IT WILL NOT PASS A SAFETY INSPECTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717902May 21, 2015
STEERING
DROVE CAR TO WORK WITH NO PROBLEM. REENTERED CAR 3 HRS LATER AND IT WOULDN'T START. A YELLOW KEY LIGHT DISPLAYED ON THE DASH AND THE BRAKE AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. REPLACED KEY BATTERIES BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM WHICH WOULD COST $986.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717615May 21, 2015
AIR BAGS
SOME DRIVER HAD AN ACCIDENT, DUE TO A DUI, AND HIS CAR WAS STRADDLED ACROSS THE LEFT LANE AND I HIT IT AS I CAME AROUND THE BEND AT APPR. 11:30 P.M. IN A DARK SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY. MY CAR SUFFERED SEVERE FRONT END DAMAGE AND I AND MY SON WAS JERKED, BUT WE WERE BOTH WEARING OUR SEATBELTS. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP. WE WERE NEARLY WIPED OUT ON THE FREEWAY. THOUGH MY LOCKED UP BRAKES CAUSED ME NOT TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THE NEXT LANE, THUS HITTING THE CAR, IF I HAD MADE IT TO THE LANE TO THE RIGHT OF ME, I WOULD NOT BE HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT, TRUST ME. THOUGH THIS HAPPENED NEARLY 9 YEARS AGO, IT STILL HAPPENED AND I STILL HAVE MY NISSAN. MY SON AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED DUE TO THE BRAKES LOCKING AND THE AIRBAG NOT DEPLOYING. ALSO, MY EXTERIOR LIGHTS ALWAYS GO OUT, WAY MORE THAN THEY SHOULD AND THEY WERE POORLY DESIGNED. THE WINDOWS DON'T ALWAYS GO UP OR DOWN EITHER.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0

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