Nissan Altima Complaints

15,602 consumer complaints on file.

#769516November 9, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN DRIVING AT 45MPH TO 50 MPH IN NORMAL EVENING TRAFFIC, SUDDENLY THE TACHOMETER, ENGINE TEMP GAGE AND SPEEDOMETER WENT TO ZERO/NO READING. DIGITAL ODOMETER ALSO WENT TO ZERO. FUEL GAGE SHOWED MORE THAN FULL WHEN THE ACTUAL READING SHOULD BE ABOUT 3/4 FULL. A WEB SEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST TO TWO OTHER OWNERS WHO MAY HAVE NOT REPORTED THIS TO NHTSA. PLEASE SEE HTTP://WWW.MICRO-TECH-AUTO.COM//BBS/NISSAN/INDEX.CGI?READ=1642, HTTP://WWW.MICRO-TECH-AUTO.COM/BBS/NISSAN/INDEX.CGI?READ=3993. THANK YOU. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022394November 7, 2002
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT BEEN INVOLVED ON A COLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CALL HIM BACK NEVER DID. TS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022283November 6, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
THE VEHICLES DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT GUIDE RAILS LOCKED UP INTERMITTENTLY WHICH CAUSES THE SEAT BELT WARNING SYSTEM TO ACTIVATE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED GUIDE RAIL ONCE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND ONCE ON THE DRIVER SIDE. *MR *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022186November 5, 2002
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. AND DISTRACTED HER WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021944October 30, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
WHILE STARTING THE ENGINE THERE WAS A VERY LOUD BOOM, CONSUMER STATED SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER HOOD, BATTERY HAD EXPLODED, DENTED THE HOOD OF VEHICLE AND BATTERY ACID WAS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED BATTERY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768906October 25, 2002
SUSPENSION:REAR
METALLIC RATTLEING SOUND FROM SUSPENSION WHEN CROSSING OVER BUMPS OR LANE DIVIDER DOTS. SIMILIAR TO ODI #746528 & #759328. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021515October 24, 2002
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND THE AIR BAG COULD BE INOPERATIVE IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768788October 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR SHIFTED IN PARK AND KEYS REMOVED. CAR FAILED TO START UNTIL REINSERTED TRANSMISSION INTO PARK. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567918October 22, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE IN MOTION, THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED QUITE FREQUENTLY. THE SERVICE MEN COULD NOT DUPLICATE. THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AGAIN AND BOTH STEERING AND BRAKING CONTROL WERE LOST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SERVICE TEAM. THEY TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND THIS TIME CONFIRMED THAT THE ENGINE DOES SHUT DOWN. THEY ARE STILL UNABLE TO GET TO THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768735October 22, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY
IN RELATION TO THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID# 81V136000 THE RUST WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON 09/28/02. ALL COMPONENTS ON THE UNDERBODY HAS RUSTED. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768679October 21, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR ENGINE BLEW UP CAUSING FIRE AND OTHER DAMAGE TO CARS WAS IN NEUTRAL AND BEING FLAT TOWED BEHIND A MOTORHOME PER SPECS GIVEN BY MANUFACTURE NO DAMAGE TO TIRES THOUGH TRANSMISSION IS SUPPOSEDLY BAD CAN YOU GIVE ADVICE CONCERNING CAUSE AND OR PREVENTION OF FUTURE PROBLEMS. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021218October 21, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
CONSUMER STATES GAS PEDAL BRACKET FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF ACCELERATION. CONSUMER ADVISED BRACKET IS A WELDED COMPONENT. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768623October 19, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
FROM THE MOMENT I'VE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THAT ONCE THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT ANY SPEED, THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FLICKER AND DO NOT LIGHT PROPERLY. ONE SIDE DOESN'T LIGHT WHILE THE OTHER SIDE DOES. THIS EVENT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. THERE IS NO PROBLEM WHEN OPERATING THE VEHICLE WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS OR RUNNING LIGHTS ON. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AS I DRIVE FOR A LIVING AND NOTICE REPEATEDLY THAT THIS INCIDENT OCCURS WITH VIRTUALLY EVERY NISSAN ALTIMA THAT I OBSERVE ON THE ROADS. I AM CONCERNED THAT BECAUSE OF THE BRAKE LIGHT ISSUE THIS MIGHT CAUSE A FOLLOWING VEHICLE TO NOT SEE THE BRAKE LIGHTS PROPERLY AND STRIKE ME OR I MIGHT RECIEVE A SUMMONS OR POSSIBLY FAIL VEHICLE INSPECTION. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768467October 15, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
STOPPED AT RED LIGHT, CAR RACED TO 4500 RPMS, FOOT ON BRAKE. PUT IN NETURAL, KICKED GAS PEDAL, RACED EVEN HIGHER, KICKED IT AGAIN, IT SLOWED DOWN. WENT 500 FEET, RACED TO 7000 RPMS. TOOK TO DEALER, NOTHING FOUND WRONG. HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE 12 OF OCTOBER, THEN AGAIN ON THE 14 OF OCTOBER. AT DEALERSHIP NOW THEY ARE GOING TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT HAPPENS TO THEM. SCARY SITUATION. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED....THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020383October 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767995October 2, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING. NISSAN SAID IT WAS THE ECM AND REPLACED THE PART. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CAR CONTINUES TO SHUTDOWN AND HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020004October 2, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT WILL JUMP FORWARD A FEW INCHES, THE PROBLEM IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. NLMJLG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767884September 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE SHUTDOWN WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION RESULTS IN LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING CONTROL. CAR DROVE ONTO CURVE. DEALER DIAGNOSTIC CAN DETECT NO ERROR CODES. THE DEALER INSISTS THAT IT IS THE ECM WITH NO APPARENT PROOF. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019691September 27, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE WILL LOSE ENGINE POWER VERY BREIFLY. DEALER AND MAUFACTURER CONTACTED. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767775September 26, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
ON 06-09-02 AND 09-23-02 ENGINE WOULD TURN OVER BUT WOULD NOT START. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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