Nissan Altima Complaints (2008)

1,047 consumer complaints on file.

#10693178March 10, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
NISSAN DEALER IS SAYING I MUST REPLACE PART # 48700-9N00B, THIS SAME PART IS UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE ALTIMA 2009-2012. CAN I GET A NEW VERSION OF THESE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692552March 6, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
DASHBOARD APPEARS TO BE MELTING. IT IS STICKY AND REFLECTS OFF WINDSHIELD. WHILE DRIVING THIS REFLECTION IS DISTRACTING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692641March 6, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY CVT BEGAN TO MAKE A WHINING SOUND AND DECREASED SPEED DOWN FORM 70+ MILES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 30-40 MILES ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS NOT SAFE AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR EVEN DEATH. BEING AFRAID TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY/FREEWAY SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692267March 5, 2015
STRUCTURE
DASHBOARD IS MELTING- PART OF IT HAS A SLICK LOOKING SURFACE AND PART IS JUST COLLECTING DUST AND DIRT. THE GLARE IT CREATES IS A DRIVING HAZARD AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEATH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOXINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DETERIORATING MATERIAL- *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692158March 4, 2015
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE
THE DASHBOARD IS MELTING AND DETERIORATING. EXTREMELY STICKY AND SHINY. VERY GLARY IN BOTH NIGHT AND DAYTIME DRIVING. IT'S A REAL VISIBILITY ISSUE. AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT MAY POSSIBLY BE AFFECTED ALSO. NISSAN AGREED TO REPLACE THE DASH BUT WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE LABOR COST WHICH WAS ALMOST $300. THIS DASHBOARD WAS CONSTRUCTED OF INFERIOR MATERIALS AND NISSAN KNOWS IT. THAT IS WHY THEY AGREED TO PAY FOR THE PART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10691704March 2, 2015
STRUCTURE
THE DASHBOARD ON MY SON'S 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA HAS MELTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10691177February 27, 2015
STRUCTURE
MY DASHBOARD IS PRODUCING A STICKY SUBSTANCE. DEALER TELLS ME THE SUBSTANCE IS GLUE BECAUSE THE DASH IS MELTING. NISSAN WILL NOT HELP IN ANYWAY EVEN THOUGH THE CAR HAS IMPECCABLE SERVICE RECORDS. I AM CONCERNED THE SUBSTANCE CREATES A GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD WHICH BECOMES A SAFETY CONCERN AND I AM ALSO VERY CONCERNED AS TO WHAT WE ARE INHALING WHILE IN THE VEHICLE. THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE RECALLED FOR FAULTY PARTS AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO TEST THESE DASHBOARDS AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. I AM FORCED TO PAY $2300 TO REPLACE OR RISK POSSIBLE HEALTH CONCERNS OR LORD FORBID A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT DUE TO GLARE.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10690826February 26, 2015
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WAS INFORMED BY OUR NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS INOPERABLE AIRBAGS DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE FRONT CRASH ZONE SENSOR. OF COURSE, THIS IS JUST AN ASSUMPTION ON THEIR PART. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OR EXPERIENCE ANY IMPACT OF ANY NATURE TO CAUSE THIS SENSOR TO MALFUNCTION. NISSAN DEALERSHIP RAN A DIAGNOSTICS TEST, BUT STILL NO CLEAR INDICATION AS TO THERE BEING INOPERABLE AIRBAGS. WAS GIVEN TWO OPTIONS, STARTING WITH ONE OPTION OF REPLACING THE SENSOR IN ITS ENTIRETY AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $525, AND IF THAT DIDN'T WORK, RUNNING ANOTHER DIAG. TEST AT AN ADDITIONAL ESTIMATED COST OF $592. IN AN ATTEMPT FOR SOME ASSISTANCE, A CONSUMER COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH NISSAN NORTH AMERICA ONLY TO BE DENIED ASSISTANCE ON THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. THEIR DECISION WAS BASED SOLELY ON THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE AND IT NOT BEING UNDER A WARRANTY. PAYING A $1,000 FOR A "GUESS" IS EXTREMELY STEEP AND UNREASONABLE AND A COST TO WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD. DUE TO THEIR FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS, AT 45,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED, TO WHICH NISSAN PICKED UP THE TAB FOR DUE TO FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS OF THEIR CVT TRANSMISSIONS. BEING PURCHASED AS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE ONLY TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION BEING COMPLETELY REPLACED AT 45,000 MILES SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON THE POOR QUALITY OF NISSAN VEHICLES. AT THIS TIME, NISSAN IS REFUSING TO ASSIST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10690834February 26, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR POSSIBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10690570February 25, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASHBOARD ON MY 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA COUPE HAS BEEN MELTING AND CAUSING VERY DANGEROUS GLARE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. IN 2013 NISSAN EVALUATED MY VEHICLE AND ADVISED ME THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. IT IS GETTING SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE AS TIME GOES ON AND THERE IS ABSOLUTLEY NO WAY TO CLEAN IT SO NOW DUST AND DEBRIS COLLECTS AND STICKS AND IT IS BECOMING A BREATHING HAZARD TO ME. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10690677February 25, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER, AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE
THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA HAS BEEN MELTING FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AND IS NOW CAUSING SUCH A LARGE AND INTENSE GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE DURING DAYTIME HOURS AND AT NIGHT WHEN DRIVING UNDER LIGHTS. THE DASHBOARD IS CONSTANTLY STICKY AND COMES OFF IN CHUNKS WHEN YOU TOUCH IT. I HAVE SEARCHED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND FOUND SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME HAVE EVEN REPORTED ISSUES/POSSIBLE ISSUES WITH THE AIRBAGS. IT WASN'T UNTIL TODAY WHEN I SEARCHED AGAIN, HOPING OTHERS MAY HAVE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, THAT I FOUND A THREAD ON FACEBOOK (HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NISSANUSA/POSTS/10152938385130375) DISCUSSING ACTIONS TO TAKE TO BETTER THIS SITUATION. ONE NISSAN OWNER SUGGESTED FILING A COMPLAINT HERE. SOME OWNERS HAVE REPORTED QUOTES FROM NISSAN DEALERSHIPS RANGING FROM $300 TO OVER $2500 WHEN NISSAN KNOWS OF THIS DEFECT AND IT IS NOT IN ANY WAY CAUSED BY THE CAR OWNERS. PLEASE HELP US FIX THIS SITUATION. *TR UPDATED 5/4/2016*JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10690170February 23, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE DASHBOARD OF MY ALTIMA IS MELTING AND HAS BEEN MELTING. IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO SEE WHEN DRIVING, IN FACT HAS ALMOST GOTTEN ME IN MULTIPLE WRECKS. IS IT STILL SAFE ENOUGH NOT TO BE RECALLED? WHEN THE SUN HITS THE WINDSHIELD I CAN HARDLY SEE. YOU'D RATHER RISK LIVES RATHER THAN HAVE THE MANUFACTURE REPLACE A FAULTY COSMETIC PART THEY PUT ON THE MARKET. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10689792February 22, 2015
STRUCTURE
THE CARS DASH BOARD IS MELTING SO BAD THE GLARES FROM THE SUN MAKES IT HARD TO DRIVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10689537February 20, 2015
STRUCTURE
DASH BOARD IS MELTING.... I SEE OTHER HAVE THIS ISSUE! ITS GETTING WORSE! CURRENTLY MOST OF MY THE MELTING SEAMS TO HAVE STARTED AT THE EDGES WHERE CUTS FOR SPEAKERS AND SUCH WERE MADE. BUT BASICALLY ANYTHING THE SITS ON THE DASHBOARD FOR MORE THEN A FEW MIN GETS STUCK AND STICKY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10689448February 19, 2015
STRUCTURE
MELTING DASHBOARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10683974February 18, 2015
STRUCTURE
THE FRONT OF THE DASH BOARD ON MY 2008 ALTIMA COUPE S IS MELTING AND CAUSING A HUGE GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD AND IS BECOMING A HAZARD TO DAYTIME DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10683934February 17, 2015
STRUCTURE
DASHBOARD MELTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10683511February 15, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER, STRUCTURE
I LIVE IN JACKSONVILLE, FL AND THE DASHBOARD IN MY CAR APPEARS TO BE MELTING. THE GLARE THIS CAUSES CAN BE VERY BAD AND DANGEROUS. I'VE HAD TO STRUGGLE WITH SEEING OUT OF THE CAR IN THE EVENINGS BECAUSE OF THE GLARE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10683194February 13, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DASHBOARD IS SHINY FROM PLASTICIZERS (?) LEACHING OUT OR BREAKING DOWN CAUSING GLARE THAT IS OBSTRUCTING VISION CAUSING AN UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION. THIS GLARE OBSTRUCTS THE DRIVERS VIEW ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING UNSAFE TO PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, OTHER MOTORISTS AND OCCUPANT OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682957February 12, 2015
POWER TRAIN, STRUCTURE:BODY
I OWN A 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA WITH 125000 MILES WHICH I PURCHASED NEW. I CALLED NISSAN USA TO REPORT THE DASHBOARD MELTING PROBLEM AND ALSO REPORT A WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. A CASE WAS OPENED AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. NISSAN WOULD HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION IF I HAD 120,000 MILES, BUT WHEN I CALLED TO REPORT THE NOISY TRANSMISSION MY ACTUAL MILES WERE 124400 MILES. THEY CLAIMED THAT I'M NO LONGER UNDER THE WARRANTY BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA 4000 MILES. I HAVE OWNED THREE PREVIOUS NISSAN CARS AND SO FAR I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE QUALITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE CARS. IT IS CLEARLY THAT THE ISSUES IS RELATED TO THE MATERIALS USED AND PARTS USED IN THIS MODEL AND YEAR. I WOULD LIKE NISSAN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PRODUCTS THEY MANUFACTURE AND SELL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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