Nissan Altima Complaints (2009)

1,601 consumer complaints on file.

#10550925November 5, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK CONTROL FAILED AND PREVENTED THE STEERING WHEEL FROM BEING MANEUVERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN T THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS OR INSPECTION OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000.
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#10549910October 28, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN I GOT INTO THE CAR THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL EXCEPT FOR THE INTELLIGENT KEY AND SECURITY INDICATOR LIGHTS. I ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR BUT IT WOULD NOT EVEN START TO TURN OVER. I NOTICED ALL OF THE LOCKS AND HEADLIGHTS STILL WORKED SO I KNEW IT WAS NOT AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA WOULD NOT START DUE TO KEY ERROR MESSAGE. AFTER MY RESEARCH COME TO FIND OUT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO LOTS OF ALTIMA OWNERS. I GOT IN MY CAR AFTER A SHORT STOP AND THE KEY MESSAGE WAS ON AND NOTHING. IT WOULD NOT START. MY WINDOWS WERE DOWN AND THEY WOULD NOT GO UP. I TRIED EVERYTHING. DISCONNECTED MY BATTER, DID THE NEUTRAL THING. SHOOK STEERING WHEEL. ETC...OF COURSE IT HAPPENS ON A SUNDAY WHEN EVERYTHING IS CLOSED. *TR
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#10548285October 17, 2013
STEERING
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#10547987October 15, 2013
STEERING, ENGINE
2009 NISSAN ALTIMA COUPE, SE. WHILE MAKING TURNS (WITHOUT STOPPING), THE CAR STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN AND THE STEERING LOCKS UP. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS OCTOBER 14, 2013, AND WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN FROM A BUSY STREET AND ONTO A BUSY STREET, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT DUE TO ANOTHER CAR MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. NISSAN HAS A CURRENT RECALL ON SEVERAL MODELS REGARDING THIS HAPPENING DUE TO A FAULTY ACCELERATOR SENSOR, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE (MAKE, MODEL, YEAR) ARE NOT IN THE RECALL, AND I SUSPECT IT SHOULD BE. COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST 10 TIMES. *TR
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#10547222October 8, 2013
VISIBILITY/WIPER
MY DASH ON MY CAR HAS GOTTEN INCREASINGLY STICKY AND SHINY. I DO NOT USE ARMOR ALL, ALTHOUGH THE SERVICE GUY AT NISSAN SUGGEST I CLEAN IT WITH THAT. THAT WAS HIS FIX. THERE IS ACTUALLY NOTHING THAT I CAN CLEAN THE DASH WITH AS IT IS SO STICKY. I DO ATTEMPT MILD SOAP AND WATER WITH A SPONGE. IT'S BECOME SO SHINY THAT IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDOW. LIVING IN THE "SUNSHINE STATE" MAKES DRIVING DIFFICULT. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET, WITH NO RESOLUTION. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. *TR
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#10547106October 7, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN I TRIED TO TURN ON MY 2009 ALTIMA WHICH IS 4 YEARS OLD AND PURCHASED BY ME NEW FROM THE DEALER, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE STARTS BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE WHILE PUSHING THE START SWITCH. AFTER TRYING SEVERAL TIMES TO START THE CAR, I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BRAKE SWITCH FAILURE. ACCORDING THE SERVICED REP AT NISSAN AND THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING MORE AND MORE. THE CHARGE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM WAS $526.81. PER THE INVOICE FROM THE DEALERSHIP, THE SUB-HARNESS, THE SWITCH ASSEMBLY, AND THE BAND HOSE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR
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#10546109September 29, 2013
STEERING
FAULTY STEERING WHEEL LOCK SYSTEM CAUSES CAR TO NOT START UP AND LOCKS UP CAR'S ABS AND BRAKES. YOU CANNOT START THE CAR WITHOUT TAKING TO DEALERSHIP TO GET IT REPAIRED. I'VE HEARD MANY CASES ONLINE ABOUT THE NISSAN ALTIMA RANGING FROM 2009-2011 MODELS LOCKING UP HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. AND THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED THIS. AFFECTED PARTS IS SELECTED IN UNKNOWN FACTOR DUE TO ONLY KNOWING A FEW ISSUES THAT BRANCHES FROM THIS MALFUNCTIONING PART AND SYSTEM. *TR
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#10545700September 27, 2013
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 32,318. UPDATED 11/13/13*LJ
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#10545559September 26, 2013
ENGINE
THIS PART IS CRACKED/BROKEN JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER NISSAN ALTIMA EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. HAD IT HAPPENED SIX MONTHS EARLIER IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SIX MONTHS, 9000 MILES??? ITS A $18000 CAR. A VITAL EMISSIONS PART MADE OF STEEL CRACKED AND THEY WONT FIX IT? THERE IS A RECALL,NTB12-092 IN EFFECT FOR THIS CAR BUT ACCORDING TO NISSAN MY CAR DOESN'T FIT THE PARAMETERS BECAUSE OF THE VIN#.IT CLEARLY HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS THE OTHER CARS,A DEFECTIVE EMISSIONS PART AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS SAFETY RECALL. *JS
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#10544420September 19, 2013
STEERING
I LEFT MY HOUSE FOR WORK, MADE A STOP AT THE LOCAL PANERA WHEN I WENT TO START MY CAR I NOTICED THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED KEY ON THE DASHBOARD AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START, NOT EVEN MAKE ANY NOISE. I CALLED TRIPLE A THEY CAME OUT AND TOLD ME I HAD TO TOW IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I JUST FOUND OUT IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $789 PLUS A $32 TOWING FEE. MY WARRANTY ACTUALLY EXPIRED A WHILE AGO SO I CAN NOT PUT IN A CLAIM ON THAT END. THIS IS MY 4TH NISSAN SINCE 1990 AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES. EARLIER THIS YEAR THERE WAS THE RECALL ON THE MUFFLER SYSTEM, WHICH WAS COVERED. I FEEL THAT IF THERE ARE THIS MANY CARS HAVING THIS PROBLEM THAT IT SHOULD BE COVERED AND IF YOUR WARRANTY IS UP YOU SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST. *TR
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#10544507September 19, 2013
STEERING
I ATTEMPTED TO START MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA ON SUNDAY NIGHT BUT IT WOULD NOT START. IT HAS A PUSH BUTTON START; I PUSHED THE BUTTON, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT START, SO I CHECKED THE DIRECTIONS IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL TO START THE CAR BUT STILL WAS NOT ABLE TO START THE CAR. FINALLY, I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER. THEY SAID THE STEERING LOCK UNIT HAD GONE BAD AND CHARGED $775.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND SEE THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER BUYERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I SEE THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT NISSAN SHOULD NOT HAVE USED. I THINK THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED AND WE THE CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR NISSANS BAD DESIGN. *TR
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#10544048September 17, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WENT TO START MY CAR AFTER A DAY OF WORK ...IT HAS THE PUSH BUTTON START, PUSHED IT, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE CAR DID NOT START SO I PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE MANUAL TO START THE CAR WHEN THEIR ARE ISSUES,STILL COULD NOT GET THE CAR STARTED SO I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER.THIS HAPPENED ON A SATURDAY THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT TILL MONDAY TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT HAD GONE BAD $750.00 TO FIX IT.AFTER DOING SOME DIGGING ON THE INTERNET I SEE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS AFFECTED THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT NISSAN MODELS WITH DIFFERENT MODEL YEARS.WITH VARYING MILES.I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A FAULTY PART THAT NISSAN HAS USED,SHOULDN'T THIS PART BE A RECALL AND THE CONSUMER NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR NISSANS BAD DESIGN. *TR
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#10543380September 12, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WE PURCHASED THIS 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA 5 MONTHS AGO WITH 56000 MILES ON IT AND ONLY DROVE IT LOCALLY UNTIL 8/31/13 WHEN WE WENT ON A FIVE HOUR TRIP, 3 OF WHICH WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65 TO 70 MPH SPEEDS. AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS OF RUNNING THESE SPEEDS NON STOP WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE LANE WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC COMING UP ON A SMALL INCLINE THE CAR LOST POWER MY SPEED INSTANTLY DROPPED TO 40 MPH, THE TRACTOR TRAILER FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND HAD TO GO ON LOCKDOWN TO AVOID PLOWING US OVER. I WAS FLOOR BOARDING THE CAR TRYING TO MAINTAIN 40 MPH UNTIL I COULD CHANGE LANES TO PULL OVER. IT TOOK ABOUT 10 MILES BEFORE WE COULD CHANGE LANES AT THIS SPEED BUT IN THAT TIME I REALIZED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MANUALLY DOWNSHIFT FOR MORE POWER THE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN HIGH AND WOULDN'T LET ME DOWNSHIFT MANUALLY. AFTER SITTING ON THE ROAD WITH NO PHONE SIGNAL OR HELP I DECIDED TO STUMBLE TO THE NEAREST TOWN BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS AGAIN WORKING BY THIS TIME SO WE CAUTIOUSLY FINISHED THE LAST LEG OF OUR TRIP. WITH NO LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AT OUR DESTINATION I CALLED MY DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF ANY ISSUES LIKE THIS BUT BRING IT IN UPON RETURN. AT OUR DESTINATION WE AGAIN DROVE THE CAR FOR THREE DAYS SHORT TRIPS WITH NO PROBLEMS BUT ON OUR RETURN TRIP AGAIN TWO HOURS OR SO AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS IM LOSING POWER AND THE TRANSMISSION IS STUCK IN HIGH AGAIN SO WE PULL OVER AND LET IT SET AGAIN BEFORE CONTINUING OUR TRIP HOME. SOON AS WE ARRIVED HOME I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY KEPT IT FOR THREE DAYS AND SAID NO CODES OR PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO DRIVE IT AT THE SPEEDS OR DISTANCE THE PROBLEM OCCURRED TO RECREATE IT BUT SUGGESTED I PAY THEM 275.00 TO CHANGE THE FLUID. AFTER RESEARCHING THE WEB I DISCOVERED MANY OTHER OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE ITS EVEN VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE. THIS NISSAN IS AN INTERSTATE DEATH TRAP THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR
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#10542386September 7, 2013
STEERING
MY BOYFRIEND WAS LEAVING A FRIEND'S HOUSE TO COME HOME AND THE CAR WOULD NOT CRANK. WE HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO TOW THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE STEERING UNIT AND THAT IT WOULD COST ABOUT 1200.00 TO FIX. LOOKING ON THE INTERNET I SEE THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE 2009 ALTIMAS. THINK THAT NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. THIS IS NOT NEGLIGENCE OF THE OWNER OF THE CAR THIS IS NISSAN'S OVERSIGHT. I PRAY THAT THIS CAN BE FIXED. AND THAT SOMEONE GETS NISSAN'S ATTENTION.
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#10541991September 5, 2013
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE CAR FAILED TO START; I SEE LOTS OF COMPLAINS WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS IN PLACE AND SO DOES THE BRAKE AND THE CAR FAILS TO START. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM TWICE ALREADY AND THE DEALER TOLD ME TO REPLACE THE KEY LESS SWITCH HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM CONTINUES AND I SEE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE KEY. AS I CAN SEE OTHERS ARE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES OF THE CAR LOCKING IN PLACE AND THE PROBLEM IS MORE THAN JUST THE KEY PROBLEM.. THIS SHOULD BE DEFINITELY RECALLED. *JB
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#10525715July 19, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, STRUCTURE
MILDEW IN AIR CONDITION. TERRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM VENTS. BURNS YOUR EYES AND GIVES TERRIBLE MIGRAINES. CHANGED 3 CABIN AIR FILTERS AND USED MULTIPLE CANS OF MILDEW REMOVAL. PLEASE HELP. ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? *TR
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Injuries:
1
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0
#10525724July 19, 2013
ENGINE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROUTE 1 IN NORWOOD, MA. MY DASHBOARD PANEL WENT DARK AND MY ENGINE SHUT OFF. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP, PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE DID NOT SPUTTER, OR PRESENT ANY ISSUE PRIOR TO THE SHUT DOWN. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THIS LEAVES ME FEELING VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AS WITH NO ROOT CAUSE IDENTIFIED IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN IN A HEAVIER TRAFFIC SITUATION. BESIDES MY OWN SAFETY, I AM CONCERNED FOR OTHER ALTIMA OWNERS. *TR
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#10525787July 19, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CAR HAD BEEN MAKING LOUD GRITTY NOISE. TOOK CAR INTO FONTANA NISSAN FOR DIAGNOSIS. WAS TOLD IT WAS A CRACKED AND LEAKING EXHAUST MANIFOLD. IT WAS AT NO COST TO US DUE TO WARRANTY AND THEY REPLACED IT. THIS WAS IN AUGUST 2012. NOTICED THE SAME NOISE AGAIN IN NOVEMBER 2012 AND DECIDED TO TAKE IT IN TO FONTANA NISSAN. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE TO REPAIR THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD DUE TO CRACKING AND LEAKING. I ADVISED IT WAS RECENTLY REPLACED AND THEY JUST SAID IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. IN MAY 2012 THE CAR STARTED MAKING NOISE AGAIN. TOOK CAR TO FONTANA NISSAN AND THEY FOUND THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING! AFTER THE PART BEING REPLACED, NOT JUST REPAIRED, BUT REPLACED TWICE! THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED WE CONTACT NISSAN USA FIRST TO FILE A LEMON OR SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR BUY BACK. IT TOOK ROUGHLY 3-4 WEEKS FOR THEM TO REVIEW CASE. IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE FOUND OTHER EXHAUST MANIFOLD PROBLEMS IN EARLIER MODELS, FOUND OUT THAT CARBON MONOXIDE IS THE GAS THAT LEAKS FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND IS SEEPING ONTO THE CABIN OF MY CAR. SYMPTOMS OF LOW DOSE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS SLEEPINESS AMONG OTHER SYMPTOMS. I AM CONSTANTLY SLEEPY IN THAT CAR AND HAVE TO TALK TO SOMEONE ON THE PHONE MOST OF THE TIME JUST TO GET TO MY DESTINATION. I DO NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM IN OUR TRUCK! RECEIVED ALL ON WEDNESDAY FROM NISSAN AND THEY HAVE DENIED OUR CLAIM. WILL NOT TELL US WHY! I AM 7 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH A 3 YEAR OLD ASTHMATIC CHILD THAT IS CONSTANTLY IN THE CAR. I AM ATTEMPTING TO APPEAL DECISION BUT NEED HELP. SINCE THE REVIEW PROCESS CAR HAS STILL HAD CRACK AND LEAK. NISSAN IS NOT HELPING. REACHING OUT TO GATHER RESEARCH AS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE. WHAT WOULD CAUSE 3 EXHAUST MANIFOLDS TO DO THIS IN LESS THAN A YEAR? WHAT IF I FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND GOT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT? WHAT IF MY 3 YEAR OLD OR UNBORN CHILD IS AFFECTED? *TR
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#10523108July 3, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN
DRIVING VEHICLE AT SPEED OF 80 WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE BUT GAS PETAL WENT TO THE GROUND. CAR STARTED TO LOSS POWER. WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF HIGHWAY WHICH CAR STAYED AT 20 MPH WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. I HAD CAR EVALUATED AND MECHANIC SAID HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT SAID HE HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE IN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE. *TR
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#10522444June 29, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WE WERE DRIVING ON I 40 AT A STEADY 75 MPH AND WE HAD TRAVELED ABOUT 50 MILES AT THIS SPEED WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN EVEN PRESSING THE GAS TO THE FLOOR DID NOT WORK. WE SLOWED TO 40 TO 45 MPH, THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. EVEN AFTER EXITING THE FREEWAY THE CAR ACTED LIKE IT HAD A LOSE OF POWER AND ACCELERATED VERY SLOW. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED BOTH TIMES I WAS A PASSENGER AND THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. IT SEEMED TO SHIFT HARD AND THE ENGINE RAVED AS WELL. BOTH TIMES THIS HAPPENED ON I 40, THIS IS SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS AND NISSAN NEEDS TO RECALL THESE CARS I HAVE FOUND MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE ON THIS SAME MODEL YEAR. *TR
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