Nissan Altima Complaints

15,602 consumer complaints on file.

#10396349April 12, 2011
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SMELL OF WET CARPET/MOLD AFTER HAVING DRIVEN IN RAINY CONDITIONS. FOUND THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE MAT WAS SOAKED AND MOLDY SMELLING. TOOK CAR TO DEALER TO DETERMINE SOURCE OF LEAK. PASSENGER SIDE UNDER CARRIAGE TOWARD DOOR HAD A RUSTED AREA ABOUT 11 X 5 INCHES; NOTHING ON DRIVER'S SIDE. EXPLANATION FROM DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS THAT WATER WAS MIGRATING TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE FROM THIS LEAK EVEN THOUGH PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOT WET. DEALER SERVICE REP SAID THIS RUSTED AREA SEEN ON OTHER ALTIMAS. ESTIMATED $900.00 TO REPAIR. CALLED NISSAN FOR EXPLANATION AND ASSISTANCE. NISSAN DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM AND WOULD NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THIS WAS THEIR POSITION EVEN WHEN TOLD OF THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS I HAD FOUND FROM OTHER OWNERS. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW AND ONLY SERVICED BY DEALER.
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#10395481April 11, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
JUST RECENTLY I NOTICED MY REAR SWAY BAR HAD SNAPPED INTO TWO PIECES. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CAUSE THIS; NO ACCIDENTS AND NOTHING HAS HIT THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF MY CAR. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM - THEIR SWAY BAR JUST SNAPPED IN HALF TOO. I NOW HAVE TO PURCHASE THE EXPENSE CAR PART BECAUSE NISSAN WONT RECALL OR ADMIT TO HAVING THIS DEFAULT ON THE 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. I ONLY HAVE 75,000 MILES ON MY CAR. *TR
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#10395508April 11, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
BEGINNING 2009 AT ROUGHLY 40,000 MI THE CAR BEGAN TO RATTLE WHILE ACCELERATING, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD FAILED AND IT'S MOUNT TO THE ENGINE HAD BROKEN, IT WAS REPLACED. THEN AT 81,300 MI I WAS DRIVING 30MPH WHEN MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ONE, I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING. I WAS TOLD AGAIN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD GONE AND IN TURN TAKEN OUT THE EGO SENSOR AS WELL. *TR
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#10396322April 11, 2011
POWER TRAIN
WHEN DRIVING MY VEHICLE THE CLUTCH DROPS DOWN TO THE FLOOR MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT IF POSSIBLE TO PUT IT IN A GEAR. IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE YOU CAN NOT PUT THE CAR IN 1ST GEAR AT ALL. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. I HAVE TRIED TO GET WITH NISSAN TO REPAIR THE DEFECTIVE VEHICLE AND ALL THEY SAY IS THAT THEY CAN NOT GET THE PROBLEM TO REPEAT FOR THEM. IT USUALLY CORRECTS ITSELF FROM AROUND ONE HOUR TURNED OFF TO A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE CLUTCH WOULD GET BACK TO THE NORMAL POSITION. THIS HAS PUT ME AND MY FAMILY IN A VULNERABLE SITUATION WHERE I HAD ALMOST VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND STRAIGHT INTO A GAS STATION. THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURE AND TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THERE DEFECTIVE ENGINEERING. ITS ALL OVER THE INTERNET WHERE NISSAN ALTIMA OWNERS HAVE THE SAME SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THE INFAMOUS CLUTCH DROPPING DOWN TO THE FLOOR WHERE YOU CAN NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT ALL!
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#10395391April 10, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY
PASSENGER FLOORBOARDS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH OPENING A 16IN LONG BY 8 IN WIDE HOLE IN PASSENGER FLOOR. NO OTHER RUST ANYWHERE ELSE FOUND ON VEHICLE. APPEARS RUST ORIGINATED AROUND FLOOR PLUG. *TR
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#10395251April 8, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TAIL PIPE WAS EMITTING EXCESSIVE SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT SLUDGE WAS PRESENT BECAUSE OF IMPROPER VEHICLE MAINTENANCE. THE MANUFACTURER AGREED WITH THE LOCAL DEALER AND OFFERED NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED DUE TO THE COST. THE URRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000. UPDATED 04/25/11 *BF UPDATED 1/18/2012 *LN THE CONSUMER STATED MECHANIC INFORMED HIM THE PISTON RINGS ARE DEFECTIVE. *TR
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#10395296April 8, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
I HAVE A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA WITH 90,000 MILES ON IT. ALL OF A SUDDEN I NOTICED WHEN CHECKING MY AIR PRESSURE THAT A PIECE OF METAL WAS HANGING DOWN UNDER THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE NEAR THE SUSPENSION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THE REAR SWAY BAR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD SNAPPED IN HALF. HE ASKED ME IF I HAD HIT ANYTHING AND I REPLIED NO... HE ALSO FOUND NO DAMAGE AROUND THE AREA TO SUGGEST THAT I HAD HIT SOMETHING. SO WHEN I ARRIVED BACK AT MY HOUSE I DID SOME SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND TO MY SURPRISE THIS SEEMS TO BE A SOMEWHAT WIDE SPREAD ISSUE WITH ALOT OF OTHERS OWNING MY SAME VEHICLE. I SPOKE TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERS IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA WHO INFORMED ME THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING, AND HAD NEVER RECEIVED A VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE WITH THIS ISSUE. SO THEN I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS DIRECTLY, WHO ALSO STATED THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE, WHICH I FIND VERY HARD TO BELIEVE CONSIDERING A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH WILL REVEAL NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE HAD AND REPORTED THIS PROBLEM! I BELIEVE THIS IS DEFINITELY A PRODUCT DEFECT, AND NISSAN SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL IMMEDIATELY! *TR
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#10396148April 7, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
SINCE OCTOBER 2010, I HAVE HAD TO GET OIL CHANGES AT LEAST 1000 MILES SOONER (LATELY IT'S BEEN MORE) THAN THE 3000 MILE MARK. THE MECHANICS HAVE NOT FOUND AN EXTERNAL LEAK, AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY TWO MECHANICS THAT MY ENGINE HAS TO BE CONSUMING THE OIL SINCE IT IS NOT LEAKING. I CALLED NISSAN (AND A FEW DEALERS), AND THEY ALL SAID THAT MY VIN DID NOT QUALIFY FOR A RECALL. MY CAR HAS THE SAME ISSUE AS THE OTHERS THAT WERE RECALLED, SO IS NISSAN REQUIRED TO CHECK IT OR FIX IT?
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#10395167April 7, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
MY CAR IS 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA WITH 77,000 MILES ON IT. MY CAR HAS FAILED EMISSIONS AND THE REASON IS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE PERFORMED ALL THE RECALLS RELATED TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. NISSAN DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION. *TR
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#10395214April 7, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY
I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT I TAKE GOOD CARE OF. I DON'T DRIVE IT IN THE WINTER SO IT DOESN'T SEE MUCH SALT.I RECENTLY NOTICED RUST HOLES IN BOTH MY DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGERS SIDE FLOORBOARDS WHICH IS RIDICULOUS AND UNACCEPTABLE CONSIDERING THE CAR IS BARELY SEVEN YEARS OLD AND SO WELL TAKEN CARE OF.MY OPINION IS THAT THE METAL USED IS FAR TOO THIN AND THAT IT IS A FLAWED DESIGN.NISSAN SHOULD RECALL ALL OF THESE ALTIMAS WITH THIS PROBLEM AND MAKE IT RIGHT.I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN... *TR
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#10395221April 7, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA FROM A FRIEND, AFTER A MONTH OF DRIVING THE CAR WITH NO PROBLEM THE REAR SWAY BAR JUST SNAPPED IN HALF. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING TO CAUSE THIS ACCIDENT. I HAVE READ ONLINE ABOUT MANY OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, &FIXED!!! *TR
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#10394491April 6, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
2007 NISSAN ALTIMA REAR SWAY BAR BROKE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. PASSENGER SIDE REAR. AT 65,000 MILES. *TR
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#10394312April 5, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SOME HESITATION AT SPEEDS OF OVER 40MP BUT WAS INTERMITTENT. EVENTUALLY IT WOULD STALL FREQUENTLY AT LOW SPEEDS. REGULAR MECHANIC COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM - NO ENGINE LIGHT. I LOOKED UP RECALLS AND FOUND TWO RECALLS FOR MY MAKE , YEAR AND MODEL. ONE RELATED TO ECM SENSOR - WHICH CAUSED THE STALLING. RECALL INDICATES THAT SENSOR WOULD BE REPROGRAMMED. I TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALER - THEY REPROGRAMMED IT AND SENT ME OFF ON MY WAY. SAME DAY THE CAR WAS RUNNING WORSE THAN BEFORE - RPM RACING AND COULD NOT GET THE CAR OVER 40 - THEN IT WOULD RUN OK AND THEN START UP AGAIN. THE STALLING CONTINUED. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE REPROGRAMMING WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND WOULD ACTUALLY CAUSE THE CAR TO RUN WORSE. I WAS NEVER TOLD THIS WHEN I WALKED OUT THE FIRST TIME. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND THE DEALER IS TELLING ME TO LOOK AT IT THEY NEED TO CHARGE ME $120 PLUS WHAT EVER IT COST TO FIX. *TR
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#10394028April 2, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I SET THE CLIMATE CONTROL TIMER FOR MY NISSAN LEAF TO TURN ON VIA THE COMPUTER THROUGH NISSAN'S CARWINGS APPLICATION. THIS IS TO PRE-COOL THE CAR BEFORE DRIVING. WHEN I WENT TO THE CAR, THE CAR WAS NOT COOL BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE CAR WAS DISABLED AND UNABLE TO BE STARTED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION OF WHEN AND WHERE THIS CAN OCCUR, IT CAN RESULT IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. MORE INFO CAN ALSO BE FOUND HERE: HTTP://WWW.MYNISSANLEAF.COM/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?F=30&T=3139. *TR
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#10394040April 2, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH SYSTEM IS FAILING ON THE NISSAN ALTIMA. HYBRIDS AND 2.5S THE RESULT IS THAT YOU DRIVE THE CAR WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM BECAUSE ISSUED NTB10-139 REQUIRING REPLACMENT OF SWTICH AND HARNESS SUB ASSEMBLY. *TR
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0
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#10394055April 2, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN WARM WEATHER FOR OVER 15 MINUTES, THE ENGINE WILL STALL IN TRAFFIC OR REFUSE TO START AFTER ENGINE IS TURNED OFF BRIEFLY (EX: AT THE GAS PUMP.) THE DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE RECALL FOR THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, AND WE HAD ANOTHER PUT IN BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SINCE THEN. DIAGNOSTICS GAVE CONSULT CODE PO420 CATALYST SYS-B1. GAVE US AN ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE CATALYST. HEARD ABOUT A RECALL OF SOME NISSANS FOR A SIMILAR PROBLEM IN FALL OF 2010, BUT I GUESS THIS CAR DID NOT FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY. WE ARE ALSO TOLD THAT THE HEATER CORE NEEDS REPLACING, BUT DO NOT WANT TO PUT ANY MORE MONEY INTO A VEHICLE THAT HAS A STALLING PROBLEM THAT CANNOT BE FIXED. *TR
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#10393914April 1, 2011
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THE SAFETY AND DURABILITY OF LIQUID FILLED ENGINE MOUNTS NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED. THEY ARE A TOTAL AND UTTER FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURERS KNOW THIS, BUT ARE MAKING THE CONSUMER PAY FOR REPLACEMENT FOR PREMATURE FAILURES AND RELATED DAMAGES. THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE ENGINE RUN ALWAYS. THE ELECTRONICS AREN'T MEANT FOR THIS MUCH VIBRATIONS. WITH A SOLID, OR EVEN SEMI-SOLID MOUNT, THE FRAME ABSORBS SOME OF THIS ENERGY. BEST REPLACEMENT MOUNTS SHOULD BE A SEMI-SOLID, HONEY COMB NEOPRENE CORE, WITH CABLE REINFORCEMENT. *TR
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#10393915April 1, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AT 85,000 MILES, THE CAR BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND HAD DIFFICULTY ACCELERATING; THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. AT AROUND 130,000 MILES THE CAR STARTED FEELING ROUGH AND MAKING RATTLING SOUNDS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE RIGHT AND BACK ENGINE MOUNTS, LEAKING VALVE COVER GASKETS, FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS, AND LEFT FRONT HUB AND BEARING BUT THE SOUND STILL EXISTS. AT 141000 MILES THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" CAME ON AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. AT 144,000 MILES, THE CAR SUDDENLY WOULD NOT GO MORE THAN 10 MPH. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF, THE ENGINE INITIALLY WOULD NOT TURN OVER; AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE CAR STARTED AGAIN BUT STILL COULD NOT GO MORE THAN 10 MPH. THE SECOND STOP SEEMED TO TEMPORARILY REVIVE THE CAR BECAUSE IT COULD BE DRIVEN AT NORMAL SPEEDS (AT LEAST LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE THE 1 MILE DRIVE HOME) BUT IT EMITTED A STRONG BURNING SMELL. AT THIS POINT THE DIAGNOSIS IS IRRELEVANT - IT'S TIME FOR A NEW, MORE RELIABLE CAR. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10393997April 1, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
REAR SWAY BAR ON 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA WITH 50,000 MILES SNAPPED. YOU CAN SEE THE CORROSION INSIDE THE BAR. ALSO THERE IS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE CAR INDICATING SOMETHING WAS HIT CAUSING THE SWAY BAR TO BREAK. *TR
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0
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0
#10394004April 1, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW WHEN IT WAS RELEASED IN LATE DECEMBER 2006, ALMOST 2 YEARS LATER, I HAD INFORMED MY TECH WHEN I WOULD BRING MY CAR IN FOR SCHEDULED OIL CHANGES THAT I HEAR A SLIGHT NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR AND SOMETIMES A VIBRATION, OVER THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND YEAS I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WAS EITHER A BEND IN MY RIM, NEEDING NEW TIRES, TO HAVING EXHAUST LEAKS OR ALIGNMENT NEEDED. SO I WOULD TAKE IT TO ANOTHER SHOP AND THEY WOULD TELL ME DIFFERENT OR IF THEY CONFIRMED I WOULD GET THE SERVICE DONE AT A LICENSED MECHANIC. OVER TIME THE NOISE GREW LOUDER AND LOUDER AND DISMISSED EACH TIME I BOUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE. UNTIL RECENTLY I FIGURED OUT THAT THE NOISE WOULD ONLY BE HEARD AND PRESENT AFTER HIGHWAY DRIVING FOR 45MIN OR MORE. SO I REPRODUCED THE CONDITIONS BEFORE I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS THEN THE ADVISED ME THAT THERE WAS SEVER RUST TAKING PLACE INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. THE TECH PRECEDED TO TELL ME THAT MAY HAVE STARTED WHEN MY CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT 3 YEARS AGO IN 2008. I CONTACTED THE BODYSHOP THAT DID THE REPAIRS THE PROVIDED PAPERWORK PROVING THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS NEVER EFFECTED OR TOUCHED AS PART OF THE ACCIDENT. THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AND I EVEN HAVE PAPERWORK FROM THE SAME NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT SHOWS THAT NISSAN DID A MULTIPOINT INSPECTION WHERE THEY INSPECTED THE TRANSMISSION AND ITS FLUID JUST 8 MONTHS PRIOR AND FOUND IT TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION N NO PRESENCE OF RUST OR FLUID ISSUES. NISSAN IS REFUSING TO OWN UP TO THE MALFUNCTIONING OF THERE CVT TRANSMISSION AND COST FOR REPLACEMENT. *TR
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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