Nissan Altima Complaints

15,602 consumer complaints on file.

#10507051April 4, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE FLOORBOARD WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10507131April 4, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER FRONT FLOORBOARD WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FLOORBOARD WAS PERFORATED DUE TO RUST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10507167April 4, 2013
VISIBILITY/WIPER, STRUCTURE:BODY
THE DASHBOARD IN MY 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA IS MELTING. I HAVE NEVER APPLIED ANY CHEMICAL CLEANING SOLUTIONS TO THE DASHBOARD AND I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW. THE INTENSE GLARE FROM THE MELTING DASH BOARD IS SO INTENSE THAT I HAVE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS ALMOST BEEN INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT THIS DEFECT COULD CAUSE A FIRE IN THE VEHICLE. THE NISSAN CLAIMS DEPARTMENT STATES THAT THE MELTING DASHBOARD IS NOT COVERED BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS TO OF NEVER SEEN A DASHBOARD MELT. AN INTERNET INFORMATION SEARCH FOR "2008 NISSAN ALTIMA DASHBOARD MELTING" REVEALS NUMEROUS OTHER 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA OWNERS DEALING WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505538April 3, 2013
STEERING
IN THE EARLY MORNING OF MARCH 6, 2013, I ATTEMPTED TO START MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA (MILEAGE 46027), BUT THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY DEAD (NO CRANK OR OTHER SOUND). I NOTED AN ILLUMINATED KEY SYMBOL IN THE DASH. I PROCEEDED TO CHECK (1) THE CAR BATTERY - IT WAS FULLY CHARGED, (2) INSERT THE KEY IN MANUAL SLOT - IT WOULD NOT CRANK/START, (3) RELEASE GEAR SHIFT AND MANUALLY SHIFT TO NEUTRAL - IT WOULD NOT CRANK/START, (4) USE THE SECOND REMOTE KEY - IT WOULD NOT CRANK/START, (5) PURCHASE A NEW ENERGIZER BATTERY FOR THE REMOTE KEY - ALL TO NO AVAIL. EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP; I WAS ADVISED THAT STEERING LOCK (REPLACEMENT NISSAN PART NUMBER 48700-9N00B) HAD FAILED AND GIVEN AN INITIAL ESTIMATE OF $915 TO REPLACE THE UNIT. LUCKILY. THE FINAL COST OF THIS JOB WAS REDUCED TO $769. AFTER FURTHER ONLINE RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THAT NISSAN HAS A VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN BULLETIN (DATED MARCH 2010) TO REPLACE THE SAME STEERING LOCK WITH THE IDENTICAL PART NUMBER ON THE 2009 NISSAN GT-R (THIS CAR'S ORIGINAL BASE PRICE WAS $76,840). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505558April 3, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD WOULD BECOME WET WHENEVER IT WOULD RAIN. THE CONTACT RAN WATER DOWN THE WINDSHIELD AND OPENED THE HOOD TO SEE IF WATER WAS ENTERING THROUGH THE DASHBOARD AREA, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 134,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505371April 2, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
DRIVER AND PASSENGER FLOORBOARDS ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND WILL NEED TO GET REPAIRED. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE SOMEONE CAN EASILY BREAK THRU IT AND INJURE THEMSELVES. I BELIEVE IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT AND NISSAN SHOULD DO A RECALL ON THIS CAR BEFORE SOMEONE GET HURT. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW AND IT SHOULDN'T GET THIS RUSTED OUT IN ONLY 9 YEARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505380April 2, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
I HAVE NISSAN ALTIMA 2005. I TOOK MY CAR TO GET INSPECTED AND IT FAILED DUE TO RUST AND ROTTING UNDER THE CAR. NISSAN, DOES NOT REPAIR THIS. IN DOING RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS OF INDIVIDUALS ONLINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MODELS FROM 02 - 06. ALL OF JAPANESE CARS WILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAD MY CAR FROM 05 BRAND NEW, I'M THE ONLY OWNER WITH NO ACCIDENTS. I THINK NISSAN SHOULD DO A RECALL ON ALL CARS WITH THIS PROBLEM AND FIX IT. THEY CHARGE YOU ALL THIS MONEY FOR CARS, THEY KNOW SOON WILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM, BECAUSE THEY DON'T PROTECT THE CAR WITH THE UNDER COATING. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME ON NISSAN!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505450April 2, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE FLOOR PAN ON MY 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SL IS RUSTING AND CORRODED UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER SEAT AND COULD PRESENT A SAFETY ISSUE. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO ASSIST ME BECAUSE THE CAR IS OUT OF FACTORY WARRANTY. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A CAR 6+ YEARS OLD WOULD BE RUSTING THAT BAD ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE CAR HAS BEEN KEPT IN MY GARAGE AND WELL MAINTAINED. I HAVE SEARCHED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS 2002-2006 NISSAN ALTIMA OWNERS THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT AND NISSAN SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND REPAIR THESE VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505179April 1, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS STARTING MY CAR ON 03/23/2013 AND IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER AT ALL SO I TRIED THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I CALLED NISSAN REGARDING THE RECALL FOR THE CRANKSHAFT ISSUE ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT MY CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY OR A RECALL AND I HAVE READ SEVERAL POST OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND NISSAN IS NOT OWNING UP TO AND TAKING CARE OF THE ISSUE FURTHERMORE WHEN I AM DRIVING THE ENGINE STARTS TO WANT TO STALL BUT THANKFULLY I WAS GOING AT A DECENT SPEED FOR IT NOT TO DO THAT I DID GO TO HAVE A TEST RAN ON THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AND IT CAME BACK TO BE A SPEED CONTROL SENSOR AND CRANKSHAFT I WENT TO O'REILLY'S AUTO PARTS AND WHEN I TOLD THE NISSAN REP HE SAYS THAT THE MACHINE AT O'REILLY'S WAS ONLY TAKING A GUESS BUT I DONT BELIEVE THAT ONE BIT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505267April 1, 2013
POWER TRAIN
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF THAT MY CLUTCH SYSTEM HAS WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHILE DRIVING. WHILE DRIVING I COULD NOT GET THE CLUTCH PEDAL TO ENGAGE THE CLUTCH. IT WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THE CLUTCH TO SHIFT INTO GEAR EVEN WITH THE PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THIS IS THE VERY SAME SITUATION THAT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME THE CLUTCH SYSTEM WENT OUT AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES. THE MECHANIC CONTACTED NISSAN AND THEY SAID THEY KNEW THAT THERE WAS AN KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE NISSAN ALTIMA SER 2006 AND ITS CLUTCH SYSTEM. THE STANDARD DOT 3 FLUID THAT IS USED WAS BECOMING TO HOT AND BREAKING DOWN ITS COMPRESSIBILITY NOT ALLOWING THE CLUTCH TO SHIFT. THIS TIME AROUND WHEN THE MECHANIC CALLED NISSAN YET AGAIN, NISSAN SAID THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE CLUTCH SYSTEMS USED IN THE ALTIMA SER 2006 AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACING A LOT AND SEEING THAT THEY ARE ONLY GETTING BETWEEN 35,000 - 40,000 MILES WHEN THE LIFE SPAN OF THE CLUTCHES SHOULD BE LONGER!!! THIS IS NOT A CHEAP FIX AND IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY ANNOYING. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CAR FOR ANYONE TO HAVE AND LUCKILY NEITHER INCIDENTS CAUSED ANY ACCIDENTS. NISSAN KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL OF CAR BUT YET NOTHING IS BEING RECALLED ON THESE CLUTCH SYSTEMS!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505296April 1, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
'SERVICE ENGINE SOON' LITE CAME ON. DEALER SCANNED FOR TROUBLE CODES P0725,P0335. WAS TOLD THE "CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR" NEEDS REPLACING, AND WAS CHARGED $130. THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME $425 TO REPLACE 'CPS'. WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS SITUATION. FOUND OUT LATER THRU THE INTERNET THAT THERE WERE 600 INCIDENTS CONCERNING 'CPS'. THE DEALER SHOULD FIX THIS WITH NO CHARGE. NHTSA #07V527000 RECALL EXPLAINS THE PROBLEM. ALSO SEE RECALL ID #67654 FROM NISSAN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505115March 31, 2013
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER AIR BAG PERIODICALLY TURNS ITSELF OFF DURING A TRIP AND WILL NOT RESET UNTIL THE CAR IS TURNED OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED PERIODICALLY, APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES. I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT CHANGE THE DEFECTIVE SENSOR UNTIL NISSAN OFFICIALLY RECALLED THE PART. THEY SIMPLY LOOSENED AND THEN RETORQUES THE SENSOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505119March 31, 2013
AIR BAGS
WE HAD ANEW 2013 ALTIMA WITH 2000MILES ON IT WAS TRAVELING 25 OR SO MPH GOT HOT IN REAR END BY A F 350 GOING 60 OR70MPH HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BOTH SIDES DAMAGED ME AND THE WIFE HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF THE CAR NO AIR BAGS WENT OFF N HAS A PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10505120March 31, 2013
AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN
AFTER THE FIRST CAR WITH 2000MILES AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF IN THE ACCIDENT SO WENT BOUGHT ANOTHER NEW ONE THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON IN 70 MILES SO PUT A NEW SEAT FROM ANOTHER CAR NISSAN DID NOT HAVE A NEW SEAT NO THE AIR BAG LIGHT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND THE CAR HAS A VIBERATION THAT NISSAN CANT FIX NEED TO STOP SELLING LEMONS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505161March 31, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND UPON HAVING THE CODE READ WHICH STATED THERE WAS AN ERROR WITH THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. UPON DRIVING THE CAR THAT DAY, I WENT TO ACCELERATE AFTER STOPPING AT A YIELD SIGN AND THE CAR SHUT OFF AND ALL THE START UP LIGHTS APPEARED. I COASTED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO START IT BACK UP WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE NEXT DAY, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT IN THE SHOP, AND MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE SENSOR WHICH CORRECTED THE ERROR. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM ON MANY OTHER NISSAN VEHICLES, BUT MINE WAS ONE OF THE FEW NOT INCLUDED ON THE RECALLS FOR THIS SAME SENSOR MALFUNCTION, WHICH I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504786March 28, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND MY MECHANIC NOTICED THE FLOOR BOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS ROTTED. THE ROTTING IS APPROXIMATELY 12' X 6' THE FRONT SEAT WILL EVENTUALLY FALL OUT OF THE CAR IF IT'S NOT REPAIRED SOON AND/OR MOLD WILL START DEVELOPING SOON POSING A SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUE. UPON RESEARCH OF THIS ISSUE, I FOUND THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT ON ALTIMA'S FROM 2002-2006. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504802March 28, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE START BUTTON FOR THE IGNITION FAILED AND THE INTELLIGENCE KEY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCK UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504730March 27, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I HAVE A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA SV WITH 10800 MILES ON IT. ABOUT 5000 MILES AGO BEGAN TO HEAR AND FEEL VIBRATION WITH ACCELERATION. NOISE CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND THEY SAID THE ISSUE WAS COMING FROM THE CVT TRANSMISSION. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE SERPENTINE BELT AND THE TENSIONER. VIBRATION IS CURRENTLY BETTER BUT CONCERNED THIS IS JUST A SHORT TERM SOLUTION. I THINK NISSAN NEEDS TO PUT A RECALL OUT AND FIND A LONG TERM SOLUTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504553March 26, 2013
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER AIRBAG SEEMS TO DISABLE ITSELF RANDOMLY. AIRBAG OFF LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN GOES AWAY AFTER A WHILE AND THEN COMES BACK AGAIN AFTER A FEW MINUTES. VERY SCARY TO DRIVE KNOWING THAT THE AIRBAG WON'T DEPLOY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504577March 26, 2013
STEERING
DROVE VEHICLE THIS MORNING, GOT OUT THE CAR FOR 5 MINUTES, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, KEY LIGHT WERE ON, TOWED TO DEALER, STEERING LOCK UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE VIEWED ONLINE THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS TO THIS SAME VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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