Nissan Altima Complaints (2006)

824 consumer complaints on file.

#10629119August 28, 2014
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BASED ON WHAT MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME, ON SUNDAY 8/24 SHE WAS TRAVELING ON I-96 IN MARYLAND. SHE WAS ON THE MILLARD E. TIDINGS BRIDGE WHEN SHE HAD TO SLOW FOR AN ACCIDENT. WHILE SLOWING, HER CAR JUST SHUT DOWN AND WOULD NOT START. SHE WAS STUCK IN THE LEFT LANE OF I-95 ON THE BRIDGE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON WHEN SHE TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. AAA WAS CALLED BUT THE POLICE HAD TO SHUT DOWN I-95 TO PUSH HER FROM THE LEFT LANE TO THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER PAST THE BRIDGE. SHE WAS TOWED TO BALTIMORE AND THE VEHICLE WAS DROPPED AT A REPAIR FACILITY. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND REPAIRED. I RESEARCHED AND THERE IS A RECALL BY NISSAN FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM FOR OUR YEAR AND ENGINE ALTIMA. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN, THEY INDICATED OUR VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. HUH? IT APPEARS THAT NISSAN SHOULD WIDEN THE RECALL AS THIS PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY STILL EXISTS AND IT PUTS DRIVERS IN AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS POSITION OF HAVING THEIR CAR AND ALL ITS FUNCTIONS SHUT DOWN AND NOT RESTART. CAN IT GET ANY MORE DANGEROUS THAN AN INTERSTATE ON A SUMMER WEEKEND? I'M LUCKY MY DAUGHTER HANDLED THE ENTIRE ORDEAL CALM AND COLLECTEDLY OR THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. CAN YOU GET NISSAN TO ACKNOWLEDGE A LARGER POOL OF DEFECTIVE VEHICLE AND TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE RECALL? OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T GET THEM ALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10628644August 27, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS PARKED AT A BUS STOP I WAS TOLD TO MOVE I TURNED CAR ON AND IT SHUT OFF I TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WORKED NEXT DAY I WAS DRIVING CAME TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10628232August 25, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD IS ROTTED THROUGH, NOTICED IT TODAY WHEN MY PASSENGER WAS IN THE CAR AND HIS FOOT DIPPED DOWN THE HOLE THAT WAS CREATED. LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND THE ONLY THING KEEPING THE PASSENGERS FOOT FROM HITTING THE PAVEMENT IS THE CARPET, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE ON A CAR, IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD PHYSICALLY AND IT COULD LEAD TO FATALITIES DUE TO EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING THE VEHICLE. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A FAIRY COMMON ISSUE WITH 2002-2006 NISSAN ALTIMAS. TOOK MY CAR TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE FIXED SOON AS THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE CARPET CAN CATCH ON FIRE BURNING THE ENITRE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626560August 20, 2014
STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
WHILE MY MECHANIC WAS CHECKING MY BRAKES AND OTHER THINGS HE NOTICED THAT THE FLOOR UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE ARE FULLY RUSTED. WHEN I GOT THE CALL THIS MORNING I IMMEDIATELY WENT ONLINE TO SEARCH FOR THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS (WHICH IM NOT SURPRISE). I HAVE SPOKEN TO A BODY SHOP SINCE I WORK FOR AN INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY SAID THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. I ALSO SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR NISSAN AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY MAJOR ISSUES WITH MY CAR UNTIL THIS. IT WONT PASS INSPECTION WHICH I HAVE TO DO IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD THE SAME CAR DIFFERENT YEAR WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND HE JUST ENDED UP GETTING RID OF IT. IM HOPING TO GET THIS FIX AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NISSAN SEEMS TO CHARGE ROUGHLY $700 A SIDE TO GET THIS PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF. THIS IS NOT FAIR TO THE CONSUMER SINCE ITS A FLAW IN THEIR DESIGN. WE SHOULD NOT BE PAYING A DIME TO GET THIS FIX!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10625971August 18, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
WHILE GETTING THE BRAKES REPAIRED, WE NOTICED A HUGE AREA OF RUST/ROT UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. THE ROT AREA IS APPROX 22 INCHES IN LENGTH AND ABOUT 10 INCHES ACROSS. OTHER THEN THE HIGH MILEAGE, THE CAR IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. THIS ISSUE MAKES ME CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY PASSENGER. IN RESEARCHING ONLINE, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NISSAN ALTIMAS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622193August 14, 2014
ENGINE
MY CAR ENGINE STOPPED WORKING AND JUST FINDING OUT SO DID MY COUSINS ON HER NISSAN ALTIMA...ARE THERE ANY RECALLS...[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10621615August 12, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARDS WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618655August 4, 2014
ENGINE
I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MILES FROM MY HIGHWAY EXIT AND LESS THAN 4 MILES FROM MY APARTMENT. A MINUTE OR TWO LATER I HEARD A LOUD THUD FROM MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A VEHICLE CAME ALONGSIDE OF MY VEHICLE AND WAVED FOR ME TO PULL OVER, INDICATING THAT MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE OR SMOKING. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHICH HAPPENED TO ALSO WITHIN YARDS OF MY EXIT. I EXITED MY VEHICLE AND POPPED MY HOOD AS MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS SMOKING. MY ENGINE WAS ON FIRE AND PROCEEDED TO BURN AS I CALLED 911 AND A WRECKER SERVICE. IT APPEARS THAT A CONNECTING ROD WAS LIBERATED AND EXITED THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THIS CAUSED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AND OIL VENTING FROM THE ENGINE THAT LANDED ON THE HOT SURFACES IGNITED AND BURNT THE ENGINE HARNESSES, DRIVE SHAFT BOOTS AND OTHER PLASTIC AND RUBBER COMPONENTS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. IT WAS DETERMINED BY A MECHANIC THAT THE PRE-CAT HEADER LOST CATYST MATERIAL AND WAS INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE DURING THE OVERLAP CYCLE OF THE CAM TIMING. THIS DESTROYED THE INTERNAL SURFACES OF THE PISTON CHAMBER, THUS LEADING TO OIL CONSUMPTION AND ENGINE RECIPROCATING COMPONENT FAILURE. GMC/NISSAN DEMAAGD (BATTLE CREEK, MI) WHO HAD SOLD ME THE VEHICLE USED WITH APPROXIMATELY 95,000 MILES ON IT IN AUGUST 2013 (ONLY 10 MONTHS EARLIER) WOULD NOT COVER ANY OF THE REPAIRS AND ESTIMATED $7,000 FOR A NEW ENGINE AND $3,850 FOR A USED ENGINE. I AM EXCEPTIONALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT NISSAN WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR OF THIS VEHICLE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE RESULT OF A DESIGN FLAW AS THE INTERNET IS FULL OF SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL, MAKE AND YEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617011July 28, 2014
STRUCTURE
PUT CAR ON HOIST AND SAW THE DRIVER'S FLOOR PAN WAS RUSTED TOTALLY THROUGH. HOLE IS ABOUT 16" X 16". IT WASN'T THERE IN JANUARY OF 2014. BODY SHOP SAYS THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR NISSAN ALTIMAS. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10615975July 24, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
DURING A ROUTINE BRAKE INSPECTION, MY MECHANIC FOUND THAT SECTIONS OF MY VEHICLE'S FLOOR APPROXIMATELY UNDER THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S FEET ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. IT IS BAD ENOUGH THAT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CARPET/INSULATION IS EXPOSED IN SPOTS. I WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THIS ISSUE AS THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 100K MILES AND HAS NO OTHER RUST OR CORROSION PROBLEMS. AFTER SOME SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT INITIATED A RECALL. AT THIS POINT I AM FACED WITH AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR ON WHAT IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO A POORLY ENGINEERED AND MANUFACTURED DESIGN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10615175July 21, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
AS I WAS FINDING A SPOT, TO PLACE MY FLOOR JACK, TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKES, I NOTICED A RUST SPOT. SO I WENT UNDER THE CAR AND NOTICED THE FLOOR PANS UNDER THE FRONT SEATS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT. THE CAR ISN'T 10 YEARS OLD YET AND BARELY HAS OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO IT MORE THAN LIKELY WONT PASS INSPECTION. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10614759July 19, 2014
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE
ENGINE STALLS AT SOME TIMES, CAR SHUT OFF WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT. IT JUST DIES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I GET TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND START IT AGAIN,HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS CRANKING. CHECKED FOR DIAGNOSIS CODES BUT DID NOT GET ANY FAULTY CODES. I TRY TO SPEAK WITH NISSAN ABOUT IT, ITS ALWAYS THE SAME THING...ECM RELAY CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN REPROGRAMMED AND THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO ALSO ENGINE WAS BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL AND FELT HARD DRIVE ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10611311July 17, 2014
ENGINE
MY VEHICLE KEPT SHUTTING DOWN ON ME WHILE DRIVING OR SITTING IN TRAFFIC/OR AT A LIGHT IT WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN. WENT ONLINE NISSAN RECALL READ SOME OF THE CASES ABOUT THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AND REALIZED THIS WAS THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO ME. TOOK IT TO SHERIDAN NISSAN DUPONT HIGHWAY IN NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE. THEY STATED MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH I WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR, I WAS TOLD MY VIN# WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, THEREFORE I HAD TO PAY THE COST OF REPAIRS TO REPLACE THE SENSOR TOTAL OUT OF POCKET FOR ME WAS $375.00.I STILL HAVE MY RECEIPT. IF NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND I UNDERSTAND THEY WERE, WHY WOULD THEY NOT INCLUDE ALL VIN#, A FEW TIMES I WAS ALMOST HIT BY OTHER CARS BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD SHUT DOWN, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT RESOLUTION OR RELIEF I CAN RECEIVE FROM THIS MATTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10611123July 16, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
VEHICLE IN FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION - IT DID NOT PASS SECONDARY TO EXTENSIVE RUST ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARDS. CAR IS GARAGE KEPT YEAR ROUND AND NOT DRIVEN IN WINTER (END OF OCT - BEGINNING OF APRIL). CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAS BEEN EXCELLENTLY MAINTAINED. NO OTHER ISSUES WHATSOEVER WITH VEHICLE. QUICK SEARCH ON INTERNET AND IMMEDIATELY SAW MANY IDENTICAL REPORTS INCLUDING VIDEO DOCUMENTATION. THIS IS VERY UPSETTING AND INEXCUSABLE FOR A CAR OF THIS AGE DRIVEN IN FAIR WEATHER CONDITIONS. NISSAN REALLY NEEDS TO COVER THIS DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10609509July 10, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA - GREAT CONDITION, GARAGE KEPT CAR - FLOOR BOARDS ARE ROTTED OUT ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WHERE A "PLUG" IS SUPPOSE TO BE. NISSAN DEALERSHIP SAID THAT SOME OF THE CARS GOT SEALED AND HAVE NO ISSUES WHERE OTHER CARS WERE NOT SEALED AND THOSE ONES ARE RUSTING AWAY LIKE MINE. I HAVE NO OTHER RUST ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10608429July 6, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT IS GARAGED KEPT. AND IN PERFECT CONDITION. LOW MILES TOO. BUT HAS COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT FLOOR BOARDS! AND I SEE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE KIDS AND PAID A LOT FOR THIS CAR. I WANT TO TAKE THIS MATTER TO NISSAN AND HAVE IT FIXED.. I SEE WERE SOME PPLE HAVE HAD SUCCESS IN HAVING IT FIXED AND HEARD THERE WAS A TSB FROM ONE MEMBER ABOUT THIS ISSUE.. I WILL SAY I AM A PA STATE INSPECTION MECHANIC AND THIS IS NOT FROM NEGLECT, I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN MY CARS. AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE.. AND SHOULD BE RECALLED!!! GENERAL MOTORS IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THERE ISSUE! SO SHOULD NISSAN. LETS NOT LET THIS GET TO WHERE PPL ARE GETTING SICK FROM CARBON MONOXIDE AND FALLING ASLEEP AT THE WHEELS. OR DYING IN A ACCIDENT DUE TO POOR STRUCTURE OF BODY.. THERE ARE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS ON LINE WERE THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED! THANKS AND I CAN BE REACHED AT [XXX] NAME IS [XXX].. THANKS. HOPE TO GET THIS MATTER RESOLVED ASAP.. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10608134July 3, 2014
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,400.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10607592July 1, 2014
ENGINE
THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR IS MALFUNCTIONAL. UPON RESEARCH, IT WAS DISCOVERED OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THE ISSUE COULD BE FATAL AND LEAD TO SERIOUS CRASHES AS THE FAILED PART MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STOP ABRUPTLY AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THERE HAS BEEN A NISSAN RECALL RELATED TO THE PROBLEMATIC PART. HOWEVER, THE RECALL ONLY FIXED THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE BY REPROGRAMMING IT. THE RECALL DID NOT RESOLVE THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM THAT IS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10606724June 28, 2014
STRUCTURE
AFTER A SERIES OF HARD RAINS AND WET DRIVING CONDITIONS, I NOTICED A WET, MUSTY SMELL IN THE CABIN INTERIOR. AFTER INSPECTING ALL DOOR AND WINDOW SEALS WITHOUT FINDING ANY LEAKS, I INSPECTED UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND NOTICED THAT THE FLOORPAN AREA BENEATH BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS WERE RUSTING THROUGH WITH OPEN HOLES IN BOTH AREAS. THIS IMMEDIATELY STRUCK ME AS A DEFECT AS THE VEHICLE IS OTHERWISE RUST-FREE. UPON RESEARCHING, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH 01-06 NISSAN ALTIMAS. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, THEY NOTED THAT NISSAN HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION TO ADDRESS THIS DEFECT. THEY PROVIDED A ROUGH ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS AS THEY HAVE REFERRED OTHER CUSTOMERS TO BODY SHOPS FOR REPAIR (~$500-600 PER SIDE). NOT ONLY IS THIS LIKELY TO DAMAGE THE INTERIOR, BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO BE A LIKELY SAFETY HAZARD WITH THE WEAKENED FLOORPAN. I HAVE HAD MY CAR AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE INSPECTIONS, AND THIS ISSUE WAS NEVER NOTED ON THE INSPECTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10605541June 24, 2014
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED VIOLENTLY WITH EXTREME HESITATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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