Nissan Altima Complaints

15,602 consumer complaints on file.

#10495262January 30, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, STEERING
WENT TO START VEHICLE AND IT DID NOT START. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR $90. WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRENTY AND MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 2 MONTHS. ADVISED TO CALL CONSUMER AFFAIRS. WAITED 13 DAYS WITH REPEATED PHONE CALLS JUST TO BE TOLD THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY THE REPAIR WITH NO WRITTEN EXPLANATION. REPAIR COST $757 AND IS ONLY WARRANTEED FOR 12,000 MILES. WAS TOLD REPAIR WOULD TAKE 3 DAYS BUT THEY HAD MY CAR FOR 21 DAYS BECAUSE THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. BY THE WAY, MY CAR WAS ALSO IN FOR 2 RECALL ISSUES: HEAD GASKET AND MASTER BRAKE CYLINDAR. PRETTY BIG ISSUES! I WAS ALSO TOLD BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT IF I HAD ALL MY SERVICE DONE THRU THEM INSTEAD OF OUTSIDE SOURCE THEY WOULD HAVE COVERED THE STEERING LOCK ISSUE. SOUNDS A LITTLE FISHY TO ME. THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM!!! OR AT LEAST HAVE A MANUAL OVER RIDE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495292January 30, 2013
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I STOPPED FOR LUNCH AT A FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENT AND AT THIS POINT EVERYTHING WITH THE CAR WAS FINE. AFTER I ORDERED AND GOT BACK INTO MY CAR, I TRIED TO START IT. THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE KEY LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH. AFTER CALLING THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, THEY SUGGESTED REPLACING THE BATTERY IN THE KEYFOB. I DID REPLACE BATTERY AND PLACED THE KEYFOB IN THE ALTERNATIVE START PORT. THE CAR WOULD STILL NOT START. AFTER TRYING TO JUMP THE CAR BATTERY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT I NEEDED TO TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK MECHANISM. THIS MALFUNCTIONING PART LEFT ME STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT DURING A SNOW STORM. UPON SEARCHING THE INTERNET, IT APPEARS THAT NISSAN HAS ISSUED RECALLS ON THIS PART IN OTHER VEHICLES AND HAVE STOPPED USING THIS PART IN NEW VEHICLES. THERE ARE ALSO HUNDREDS OF REPORTS OF THIS PART FAILING IN MY MODEL AND YEAR. THIS PROBLEM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF IMMOBILIZING A CAR DURING SEVERE WEATHER, LEAVING THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS STRANDED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495298January 30, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE NISSAN INTELLIGENT KEY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND WE WERE UNABLE TO START THE CAR. A NEW BATTERY WAS PLACED IN THE CAR LAST FALL AND THE KEY FOB BATTERIES WERE REPLACED JULY 2012. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR POSSIBLE PROBLEMS AND FOUND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THE SAME SITUATION. THE PROBLEM REPORTED WAS A FAILED STEERING LOCK UNIT. I CONTACTED THE NISSAN DEALER AND THEY INDICATED WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THEIR SHOP. THEY FOUND THAT THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL MODULE DID IN FACT NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY MENTIONED THEY HAVE HAD AT LEAST 15 INSTANCES OF THIS SAME PROBLEM AT THEIR SHOP ALONE SINCE THE WEATHER TURNED COLD THIS WINTER. WE SPECIFICALLY PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW IN 2009 SO THAT OUR TEENS WOULD HAVE A DEPENDABLE CAR TO DRIVE. WE DID NOT WANT THEM STUCK SOMEWHERE UNABLE TO GET HOME, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER. I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY INDICATED THAT THERE IS NOT A RECALL FOR THIS STEERING LOCK. THE DEALERSHIP INSTRUCTED ME TO HOLD ONTO OUR REPAIR RECENT SHOULD IT BECOME A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495029January 29, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, ENGINE
CAR WOULD NOT START / COMPUTER LOCK / CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495062January 29, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN IT STOPPED RUNNING. DIAGNOSIS: THE CAM POSITION SENSORS WERE BAD AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT (REPLACED 2 SENSORS). THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED AFTER REPLACING THE SENSOR WITH PARTS OBTAINED FROM THE DEALER. THERE IS A RECALL ON VEHICLE WHICH WAS NEVER FULFILLED, HOWEVER, NISSAN CLAIMS IT DOES NOT AFFECT MY VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495070January 29, 2013
AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR ALL OF A WEEK. THERE ARE AT LEAST 2 MAJOR SAFETY CONCERNS. THE FIRST IS THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. THE LIGHT ON THE DASH INDICATES THAT THE AIR BAG IS "OFF" WHEN MY WIFE SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEATS. SHE IS AN ADULT, HEIGHT ABOUT 5' 2" AND WEIGHS APPROX. 120 LBS. APPARENTLY I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE. CALLS TO NISSAN ARE A WASTE OF TIME AT THIS POINT AS I'M TOLD NOTHING ABOUT HOW THIS WILL BE RESOLVED. THE OTHER ISSUE IS WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION. UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION, AT ABOUT 1200-1500 RPM THERE IS A VIBRATION AND ITS VERY NOISY. IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE THE CAR IS GOING TO DIE OUT. THE OTHER ISSUES I AM HAVING WITH THE CAR OF WHICH THERE ARE A FEW ARE NOT NECESSARILY SAFETY RELATED SO I WONT POST THEM HERE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THERE ARE BETTER AND SAFER CHOICES OUT THERE. CHOOSE WISELY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495145January 29, 2013
STEERING
STEERING LOCK MECHANISM $1200 BUCKS NISSAN BETTER DO SOMETHING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495150January 29, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
DRIVER SIDE FLOOR BOARD ROTTED AWAY DUE TO RUST. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS DISCUSSED ON VARIOUS WEBSITES THAT CONTAIN SIMILAR PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WITH THE 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED THIS VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495151January 29, 2013
STEERING
THE LIGHTS,LOCKS, TRUNK AND BATTERY WORKED FINE BUT THE VEHICLE REFUSED TO START. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE CAR WOULD HAVE TO BE TOWED IN TO ACCESS THE PROBLEM. AMAZINGLY THEY CALLED ME 10 MINUTES AFTER IT ARRIVED AND TOLD ME THE ISSUE WAS MY STEERING LOCK WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND COULD NO LONGER COMMUNICATE WITH THE "INTELLIGENT KEY". I WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF $841.00 AND ADVISED IT WAS ON BACK ORDER AND COULD NOT GIVE ME AN ESTIMATED TIME OF WHEN IT WOULD BE REPLACED. I WENT BY THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE 1500 OF THE PARTS I NEEDED ON BACK ORDER. THEY STILL COULDN'T GIVE ME AN ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE. SAID IT COULD BE DAYS, WEEKS OR MONTHS. SOUNDS LIKE A RECALL TO ME. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND NISSAN NEEDS TO REPLACE THESE PARTS FREE OF CHARGE. THIS CAR HAD ME STRANDED IN COLD WINTER WEATHER AND I AM JUST LUCKY THAT SOMEONE WAS ABLE TO GIVE ME A RIDE HOME. THIS CAR IS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. IF NISSAN DOES NOT CORRECT THE ISSUE I CAN HONESTLY SAY I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE AGAIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495167January 29, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
PURCHASED BRAND NEW WITH 2 MILES. AT 4500 MILES, HEAT GAUGE INDICATED AN INCREASE IN ENGINE TEMPERATURE. DROVE 2 MILES TO A SERVICE STATION, AND UPON OPENING THE HOOD, ANTI-FREEZE WAS SPRAYED EVERYWHERE. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER INSPECTED, AND SAID THE RADIATOR HAD LEAKED, SO THE DEALER REPLACED THE RADIATOR. AFTER REPLACEMENT, THE DEALER PERFORMED A TEST DRIVE, WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER PERFORMED PRESSURE TESTS, AND SAID THE ENGINE WOULD NEED REPLACEMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494891January 28, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
CAR WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE KEY IN IT, BUT COULD UNLOCK DOORS AND TRUNK, AND WOULD NOT START. CAR WAS TOWED TO NISSAN AND THEY FOUND THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL MODULE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH IKEY READER. TECH INSTALLED NEW IKEY READER AND CLEARED THEFT CODES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494919January 28, 2013
STEERING
STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED LEAVING CAR STRANDED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494934January 28, 2013
STEERING
I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE AND CAME OUT AND ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR. THE INTELLIGENT KEY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON SO THE CAR WOULD NOT START. IT WAS STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION. SENT IT TO THE DEALER AND $1100. THIS IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM SO WHY HASN'T IT BEEN RECALLED? I WAS SITTING OUTSIDE IN 13 DEGREE WEATHER WITH MY INFANT SON AND THEY SAY IT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS ABOUT TO TRADE IT IN FOR A NEWER MODEL BUT I WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494962January 28, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
MY DAUGHTER AND 2 YEAR OLD WERE TRYING TO GET HOME UNDER AN ICE STORM WARNING. THE PUSH BUTTON START DID NOT OPERATE. THEY WERE STRANDED IN THE COLD UNDER A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING. NISSAN SAYS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK CONTROLLER CAUSED THE FAILURE AND WOULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH THE INTELLIGENT KEY FOB AND START BUTTON. THERE IS NOT A METHOD TO OVERRIDE THE PUSH BUTTON WITH A MECHANICAL KEY. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THE 2009 ALTIMA. MY ALTIMA HAS ONLY 37,500 MILES BUT IS PAST THE 3-YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD. THE REPAIR WAS $803. THE SERVICE WRITER AT THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT HE EXPECTS A RECALL IN THE NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE OF THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH THEY SEE THIS FAULTY MODULE. THE PART WAS CHANGED IN 2010 BUT NISSAN REFUSES TO REPLACE THE BAD ONES IN THE 2008-2009 MODELS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495002January 28, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DURING RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. BROUGHT VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. INFORMED BY SERVICE PERSON THAT PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, HOWEVER AN UPDATE IS BEING MADE FOR ALL VEHICLES AND I WILL RECEIVE A NOTICE IN THE MAIL TO BRING IN. AS OF TODAY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUE TO OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY RENDERING THE VEHICLE USELESS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494857January 27, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
PURCHASED A NISSAN 2013 IN JULY OF 2012 IN 8/2012 THE CAR HAD TO HAVE A TOTAL BRAKE JOB ON THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES AT 1300 MILES. NISSAN HAS YET TO TELL ME WHY THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED WITH BAD BRAKES AND ROTORS AND IF THERE IS AN UNDERLYING ISSUE THAT CREATED THE ISSUE AT 1300MILES. FAULTY POWERSTEERING PUMP CAUSES THE CAR TO GROWL AND MAKE A WINDING NOISE. YOU CAN HEAR THE FUEL IN THE TANK SLOSHING AROUND IN THE TANK OF THE CAR. THIS CAR IS HORRIBLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494865January 27, 2013
SUSPENSION
WENT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THE SWAY BAR WAS BROKEN AND THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM ON 2007 ALTIMA'S BUT IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494878January 27, 2013
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ATTEMPTED TO START CAR WITH "PUSH TO START" IGNITION. CAR SENSED KEY, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO START IGNITION ALTHOUGH I STEPPED ON BRAKE WHILE PRESSING BUTTON. LIGHTS WORK IN CAR. STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED. CAR STARTS WITH AUTOSTART USING FOB KEY, BUT WHEN TRIES TO PUT CAR IN DRIVE IT SHUTS OFF. ATTEMPTED TO PUT KEY IN SLOT AND PUSH "START" BUTTON, BUT THAT ATTEMPT WAS ALSO UNSUCCESSFUL. PREVIOUSLY CAR WAS WORKING FINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494659January 25, 2013
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494676January 25, 2013
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AT 45MPH WHEN A EXPEDITION MADE AN ILLEGAL LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF HER CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE FRONT OF HER NISSAN ALTIMA WAS CRUSHED IN WITH MODERATE DAMAGE ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT. HER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY NOR DID THE SEATBELTS LOCK. MY WIFE SUSTAINED WHIP LASH, AND BRUISING ON HER CHEST FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. SHE ALSO HAD BOTH KNEES HIT THE FRONT DASH BOARD AND SUSTAINED INJURIES. MY DAUGHTER SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER HAD SPRAINED WRISTS FROM PUTTING HER HANDS OUT ONTO THE DASH TRYING TO STOP FROM HITTING THE DASH/WINDSHIELD. MY SON SITTING IN THE LEFT REAR PASSENGER SEAT HAD SPRAINED WRISTS AND A SPRAINED SHOULDER FROM HITTING THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT. SPOKE TO NISSAN AND HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY THEIR ENGINEERS, WITH INFORMATION DOWNLOADED FROM THE COMPUTER AND PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN. NISSAN HAD RESPONDED, THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED UNDER THEIR STANDARDS AND NO FURTHER ISSUES. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT A VEHICLE DOING 45 MPH WITH MODERATE FRONT END DAMAGE HIT AN EXPEDITION AND THE AIRBAGS/SEATBELTS FAILED TO WORK. HOWEVER NISSAN FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE PERFORMED UP TO THEIR STANDARDS. THIS MATTER NEEDS TO BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED............ *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0

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