Nissan Altima Complaints (2009)

1,601 consumer complaints on file.

#10946288January 19, 2017
STEERING
ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY CAR WOULD NOT START THE IGNITION AFTER LOCKING IT. EVEN THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WON'T COME UP. FORTUNATELY I WAS IN THE CITY AND COULD GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) HAD GONE CORRUPT. WHEN I SEARCHED ON INTERNET, IT APPEARED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA MODELS. HOWEVER THERE IS RECALL ISSUED BY THE COMPANY. I HAD TO GET THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK REPLACED AT MY OWN COST, WHICH WAS OVER $700. I WAS LUCKY THAT IT HAPPENED WITHIN CITY LIMITS. HAD I BEEN AT A REMOTE PLACE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A LOT OF TROUBLE. THIS IS A CLEAR CASE OF NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE COMPANY. WHEN IT IS KNOWN THAT ESCL IS A PROBLEM FOR 2009 ALTIMA'S THEN THE COMPANY SHOULD AT LEAST GET THE PART REPLACED. UTTERLY DISAPPOINTED WITH NISSAN. IT'S CERTAIN THAT I'LL DEFINITELY NOT BE BUYING A NISSAN FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
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#10946336January 19, 2017
STEERING
MY CAR WAS PARKED IN A BUSINESS LOT WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANYTHING BEING WRONG WITH THE CAR. HOWEVER WHEN I WENT TO START THE CAR IT WOULD NOT START. IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE WITH THE KEY FOB. IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE STERLING LOCK SYSTEM IN THE CAR. AN ISSUE THAT NISSAN SAID WAS MADE FAULTY. SO AS A RESULT, I COULD NOT START MY CAR AND WAS STRANDED. SO I HAD TO CALL A CAB TO GET HOME AND HAVE MY CAR TOWED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS GO WRONG WITH CARS AND SOMETIMES IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE PUT OFF NECESSARY REPAIRS. HOWEVER THERE WAS NO SIGN THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND NISSAN KNOWS IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE PRODUCT THEY PUT OUT. I THANK GOD I WASN'T OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY UGLY SITUATION LIKE SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUT IN.
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#10946351January 19, 2017
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM ISSUE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN. NISSAN PUT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT ENDED JANUARY 1ST 2016. THIS IS A FAULTY PART AND MUST BE ADDED TO RECALL LIST. WENT TO WORK IN JANUARY OF 2017, UPON GOING TO LEAVE AFTER FACILITY WAS LOCKED UP FOR NIGHT MY CAR HAD A YELLOW KEY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. APPLIED MY BREAK PUSHED THE BUTTON AND NOTHING HAPPENED. HAD HAPPENED INTERMEDIATELY BEFORE HAND. I WAS UNABLE TO START MY PARKED CAR. IT WAS 0F AND HAD TO WALK HOME 5 MILES. NOT ONLY DOES IT LOCK OUT THE KEY BUT IT DOES NOT LOCK THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN DISENGAGING THE ENGINE. THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, IF THE PARK MECHANISM FAILS OR U DRIVE A MANUAL AND UR E-BRAKE FAILS THE CAR COULD POTENTIALLY ROLL AWAY UNCONTROLLABLY BECAUSE THE WHEEL CAN TURN FREELY WHEN CAR IS OFF. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY HARM OR WORSE KILL SOMEONE. PLEASE HELP DO THE RIGHT THING AND MAKE SURE NISSAN CAN PROPERLY TAKE CAR OF THIS FAULTY POSSIBLY DEADLY ISSUE. THANK YOU CONCERNED NISSAN OWNER. *TR
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#10945904January 18, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I WAS AT A GAS STATION IN A UNSAFE AREA (HIGH CRIME) AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START BACK UP. MY CAR WENT INTO "LOCK MODE", AFTER RESEARCH THE STEERING LOCK CAN MALFUNCTION ON THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. LOOKS LIKE THE WARRANTY USED TO BE 8 YEARS AND IT WAS CHANGED TO 6 YEARS. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE 8TH YEAR FOR ME. I WAS TERRIFIED BEING STUCK WITH NO RIDE. IT TOOK ME AN HOUR TO FIND SOMEONE TO PICK ME UP. I HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR OVERNIGHT. IF THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WHY WAS THE WARRANTY SHORTENED? OR WHY IS THERE NOT A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON THIS PART? BEING STRANDED FOR AN ISSUE THAT IS THE MANUFACTURERS FAULT IS UNACCEPTABLE. I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE SCARED IN MY LIFE THAN I WAS LAST NIGHT. I SAT IN MY CAR WAITING FOR A TOW. I AM A FEMALE AND I HAD MULTIPLE MEN APPROACH MY CAR. TERRIFIED. UNSAFE. THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MUCH WORSE BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND UNDER WARRANTY.
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#10946256January 18, 2017
STEERING
THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK MALFUNCTIONED, LEAVING THE CAR ENTIRELY INCAPABLE OF STARTING. THE CAR HAD BEEN SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS AT WORK, SNOW HAD STARTED TO FALL AND IT DIPPED INTO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. I WENT TO LEAVE WORK LATE AT NIGHT ONLY TO FIND I COULD NOT START THE CAR DESPITE MY BEST EFFORTS. THE KEY FOB ALLOWED ME TO UNLOCK AND LOCK MY DOORS, AND THERE WAS POWER TO THE CAR AS THE INTERIOR LIGHTS POWERED ON, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE THAT I HAD A KEY (AND A SPARE KEY) PRESENT. INSERTING IT IN THE KEY SLOT DID NOTHING. IT WOULDN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO START IF I PUSHED THE "START" BUTTON. NISSAN QUOTED AROUND $1100 TO REPAIR THE CAR ONCE I MANAGED TO GET AHOLD OF SOMEONE AT THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT. NOT HAVING $1100, I REPAIRED IT BY BANGING ON THE ESCL WITH A WRENCH UNTIL THE ESCL DISENGAGED, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO POWER THE CAR TO THE "ON" POSITION, STARTED THE CAR, AND PULLED THE FUSE FOR THE ESCL TO PREVENT IT FROM ENGAGING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. IT HAS STARTED UP EVERY TIME SINCE I'VE DISABLED THIS PART, BUT IT TOOK SOME MAJOR RESEARCH ON MY PART TO FIND A WORKAROUND. THIS PART NEEDS TO BE FULLY RECALLED, IN MY OPINION, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BEING A PROPRIETARY NISSAN PART AND SAFETY HAZARD. HAD I NOT HAD A COWORKER WAIT BEHIND WITH ME TO GIVE ME A SLOW AND SLIPPERY RIDE HOME (TOW TRUCKS HAD 3 HOUR WAITS THAT NIGHT DUE TO ICE), I'D HAVE FOUND MYSELF FROZEN, AND THEN WHO KNOWS WHAT BEING THAT ALL BUSINESS SHUT DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
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Deaths:
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#10945690January 17, 2017
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMALLY LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRINGS FAILED AT TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.
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#10945447January 16, 2017
STEERING
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). I AM WRITING ON BEHALF OF MY 80 YEAR OLD PARENTS. THIS 2009 ALTIMA IS THEIR ONLY VEHICLE AND SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION. AT WORK LAST WEEK, MY MOTHER WAS HEADED HOME TO CHECK ON MY FATHER WHO HAS RECENTLY HAD A STROKE. HER VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH DEALERS WHO ARE 75+ MILES AWAY, WE DETERMINED THAT HER STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM HAD FAILED. THIS RENDERED THE CAR UNDRIVEABLE AND IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THIS PART WAS REPLACED FOR $1055, (NOT INCLUDING TOWING FEE, $327). THIS IS THE SAME PART THAT NISSAN HAD ISSUED AN "EXTENDED WARRANTY" ON FOR 6 YEARS WITH FREE REPLACEMENT AND UNLIMITED MILEAGE RESTRICTION. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THEY HAVE YET BEEN UNCOMPROMISING THAT THIS IS NOW AN OUT OF WARRANTY REPAIR. STILL YET, THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PART FOR FAILURE AND NEVER CONTACTED MY PARENTS REGARDING THIS POSSIBLE ISSUE. THIS CAR HAD 43,989 MILES ON IT WHEN THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A WORN OUT CUSHION ON A SEAT THAT COULD EASILY BE OVERLOOKED IF FAILURE OCCURRED. INSTEAD, THIS RENDERS THE VEHICLE UN-OPERABLE AND COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT A TIME OF GREATER NEED. IF THE PART HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE AND WAS DISCONTINUED ON THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE ALTIMA, WHY WAS IT NOT RECALLED? THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS A BANDAID ON A LARGE WOUND. PERHAPS THE LOW NUMBER OF MILES NEVER LET THIS CAR BE CYCLED AS OFTEN IN ORDER FOR THE FAILURE TO OCCUR PRIOR TO THE 6 YEAR CUTOFF. STILL YET, A BILL OF NEARLY $1400 HAS BEEN GENERATED FOR TWO SENIOR ADULTS WHO LIVE ON A FIXED INCOME, BUT DO STILL RELY ON THEIR VEHICLE. AT THE VERY LEAST, THEY SHOULD COVER THEIR EXPENSES. IT HAS BEEN AN INCONVENIENCE, BUT COULD HAVE OCCURRED DURING A TIME OF MEDICAL NEED FOR THEM. PLEASE HELP, IF POSSIBLE. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, [XXX] C/O [XXX] *DL
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0
#10945462January 16, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AFTER MY 4.5 HR. SHIFT AT THE HOSPITAL, I WENT OUT TO START MY CAR & IT WOULDN'T START. IT SHOWED "NO KEY". I HAD BATTERY POWER BUT THE OWNER'S MANUAL SHOWED THAT THE FOB WAS NOT CONNECTING TO THE CAR. I WAS STRANDED AND IT WAS BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES. THE NEXT DAY AFTER CHANGING THE BATTERIES IN THE FOB, MY SON BROUGHT ME TO THE CAR. STILL NO STARTING IT. WE HAD TO TOW THE CAR TO A DEALER WHO PROCEEDED TO CHARGE ME $1301 DOLLARS TO FIX. IT WAS THE "DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK MODULE" (EXACT WORDS ON THE BILL) AND I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. THE DEALER DIDN'T KNOW WHY MY BATTERY WAS AFFECTED BUT IT WOULD NO LONGER HOLD A CHARGE. WHEN I LOOKED ON EBAY FOR THE STEERING PART, IT WAS $350. NISSAN CHARGED ME DOUBLE. I ASKED THE DEALER WHY THE DOUBLE CHARGE, THEY SAID "WHO KNOWS, CALL NISSAN." WHEN I ASKED WHY THIS "DEFECTIVE PART" WAS NOT RECALLED, THE REPLY WAS "NISSAN OFFERED AN EXTENSION ON THE WARRANTY. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED." THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THERE WAS NO WARNING OF IT'S GOING OUT AND NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT IT.
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#10945511January 16, 2017
STEERING
I WAS READY TO GO HOME AT THE LIGHTRAIL STATION AND I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO START. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND COLD, PLUS THE STATION IS IN A NOT-SO-SAFE PLACE. I HAD TO CALL MY WIFE TO COME WITH OUR 5 WEEK OLD INFANT IN HER CAR TO GET AAA. THE AAA GUY COULD NOT FIND WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEN WE TOWED THE CAR TO THE DEALER. AND WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT DAY TO FIND OUT THAT THE STEERING LOCK WAS BAD. AND IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE TO NISSAN AND THEY DID NOT ISSUE A RECALL. INSTEAD NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR ESCL. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS PAST THE WARRANTY EXTENSION. AND I HAD TO PAY OVER $1100 TO FIX SOME DEFETIVE PART. SHAME ON NISSAN. NOW THERE WILL BE LESS DIAPER FOR MY BABY AND DEFINITELY WON'T BE A NISSAN CUSTOMER AGAIN.
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#10945543January 16, 2017
STEERING
DROVE HOME FROM WORK ONE DAY WITH NO ISSUES. THEN A COUPLE HOURS LATER, I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND THERE WAS A STEERING LOCK MALFUNCTION MAKING THE CAR IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN ON. COST TO FIX WITH TOW NEARLY $1200.
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#10945120January 13, 2017
STEERING
THE CAR FAILED TO START DUE TO A STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM FAILURE AND THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME OF THIS FAILURE, HOWEVER THESE UNITS SHOULD BE FAIRLY RELIABLE AND SHOULD NOT BE FAILING. IT APPEARS THAT THE UNIT USED IN THESE CARS HAS A PARTICULAR DESIGN FLAW THAT CAUSES THESE UNITS TO FAIL AND NISSAN HAS MANY COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE FAILURE OF THESE UNITS. MY BIGGER QUESTION IS TO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THESE UNITS FAIL WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND IN DEATH TRAPS THAT MAY LOCK THEIR STEERING WHILE DRIVING? I HAD THE UNIT REPLACED AND CONTACTED NISSAN AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER ON IF THESE UNITS ARE SAFE, IF THE REPLACEMENT IS SAFE, IF THE REPLACEMENT CONTAINS THE SAME DEFECT AS THE ORIGINAL UNIT. NISSAN HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS UNIT, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT HAS NOT BEEN LONG ENOUGH, OR THE REPLACEMENT UNITS ARE FAILING AS WELL. SUCH A SIMPLE UNIT THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS A WEARING DESIGN FLAW THAT MAY POTENTIALLY LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF A VEHICLE IF IT DOES NOT FAIL SAFE. DOES IT FAIL SAFE?
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No
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Injuries:
0
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#10945102January 13, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
OWNER OF A 09 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S. MY WHOLE FAMILY GOT STUCK WITH THE CAR THAT DIDNT START AT ALL, THERE'S A KEY LOGO IN THE DASH PANEL SHOWING SO I WENT TO FIND SOME SOLUTIONS ONLINE AND FOUND THAT IM LOST BECAUSE IT WONT START AGAIN UNTIL FIX BY A DEALER. NO FUN AT ALL BECAUSE I FOUND THAT I MIGHT HAVE TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET AND THIS BEEN A OLD PROBLEM THAT I NEVER WAS MENTIONED BY MY SERVICE DEALER. NISSAN NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
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0
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0
#10944499January 12, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
STEERING LOCK DEFECTIVE, KNOWN PROBLEM BY NISSAN SINCE 2009, REFUSED TO RECALL THE CARS INVOLVED. I JUST SPENT $923.00 TO FIX MY '09 WITH 91K MILES ON IT. CAR LEFT ME STRANDED IN A SAFE SPOT, FORTUNATELY. AFTER I PARKED, WALKED AWAY FOR A FEW MINUTES, TRIED TO RESTART, NOTHIING BUT THE TWO KEY LIGHTS IN THE DASH, HORN, OVERHEAD LIGHTS AND ALARM. STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT LOCK. THIS NEEDS TO BE AN ACTIVE RECALL AND OWNERS REIMBURSED FOR THE WORK INVOLVED!!!
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No
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0
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0
#10944610January 12, 2017
STEERING
STEERING LOCK MECHANISM ABRUPTLY FAILED PREVENTING THE CAR FROM STARTING. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY BUT THE PROBLEM CAUSED ME AND MY YOUNG GRANDCHILDREN STRANDED IN SUBFREEZING CONDITIONS.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
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0
#10944647January 12, 2017
STEERING
FAULTY STEERING CONTROL LOCK DISABLED ENGINE; WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN PARKING LOT.
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#10944450January 11, 2017
STEERING
CAR WAS PARKED. CAR WONT START OR CRANK. THE FOB OPENS AND LOCKS DOORS, BUT ENGINE WONT START. DEALER REPLACE STEERING LOCK UNIT. NISSAN FORUMS ARE FULL OF COMPLAINTS FROM 2012 - 2013 WITH THE SAME ISSUE. NISSAN DID EXTEND WARRANTY ON THIS PART BUT ONLY OF FEW YEARS WITH OUT ISSUING A RE-CALL OR NOTICE. PART AND LABOR ARE OVER $1100.
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#10944132January 10, 2017
STEERING
I GO TO COLLEGE IN A REMOTE PART OF NEBRASKA AND IN THE WINTERS IT GETS REALLY COLD AND WHEN YOU HAVE A CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND IT DOES NOT WANT TO START. THANKS NISSAN FOR NOT CARING IF I DIE OF EXPOSURE. I LIVE IN REMOTE TOWN THAT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A GROCERY STORE. EVERYTHING IS CLOSED BY 6PM IN MY TOWN AND WE ARE THE LAST PLACE TO CLOSE IN MY WORK TOWN WHICH IS A 30 MIN DRIVE HOME. BOTH OF THESE TOWNS WOULD BE CONSIDERED SMALL TOWN MIDWEST FARM TOWNS, SO WHEN I CLOSE WORK AND I CAN'T START MY CAR AT MIDNIGHT, I'M STRANDED. I CAN'T GO BACK INTO WORK TO KEEP WARM AS THE LOCK AND ALARM ARE ACTIVATED WHEN I LEAVE. NO ONE IS UP AND THE ONLY PEOPLE ON THE STREETS ARE THE COPS & ARE NOT TAXIS TO DRIVE ME 30 MINS TO ANOTHER TOWN HOME. POINT IS, MY CAR DOESN'T TURN ON, I'M LEFT OUT IN ZERO DEGREE WEATHER OR BELOW ZERO WITH ONE HECK OF A WIND CHILL TO JUST WAIT FOR SOME ONE THAT IS OVER AN HOUR AWAY TO COME GET ME. IF I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND SOME ONE IN PERU, NE. OTHERWISE I AM CALL MY MOTHER IN LINCOLN, NE. THAT'S OVER AN HOUR AND HALF DRIVE. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED NOW 3 TIMES SINCE DECEMBER 10, 2016. 1ST TIME. I WAS TOLD IT IS MY BATTERY. REPLACED IT TO NO RESOLVE. 2ND TIME WAS TOLD IT IS MY ALTERNATOR. TESTED FINE AND SINCE IT STARTED FINE AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID MY CAR WAS FINE. 3RD TIME, I HOPED ON THE INTERNET AND TO MY COMPLETE SURPRISE AND SHOCK TO FIND THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUES. NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT STRANDING PEOPLE FOR YEARS AND HAS DONE NOTHING TO NOTIFY THERE CUSTOMERS OR HAVE IT AS A RECALL, BUT ONLY AS A WARRANTY ISSUE WHICH EXPIRED 1-2016. I HAVE ALREADY SPENT OVER $300 TRYING TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED. I AM A COLLEGE STUDENT PUTTING MYSELF THROUGH COLLEGE. THAT WAS MY BOOK MONEY THIS SEMESTER. I DON'T HAVE RICH PARENTS AND NEED A RELIABLE CAR. NISSAN GET IT TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS A RECALL TO FIX IT!!
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0
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0
#10944136January 10, 2017
STEERING
ON 1/6/17 MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA WOULD NOT START DUE TO A LOCKED STEERING COLUMN. I WAS STRANDED AT A SCHOOL IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES, AND HAD TO ASK SOMEONE FOR A RIDE. THIS PART HAS BEEN BREAKING DOWN FOR AWHILE. I WAS FORTUNATE TO FIND A RIDE. THE TEMPERATURE IN KC THAT DAY WAS BETWEEN 1-14 F WITH PACKED SNOW AND ICE ON THE GROUND. SOMEONE COULD BE STRANDED IN A PLACE OR SITUATION THAT IS NOT SAFE. I WAS TOLD THE CAR HAD A FAULTY STEERING LOCK. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AND REPAIRED AT A COST OF $1,192.34
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10944182January 10, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, STEERING
MY BRAKE SWITCH WENT OUT IN SEPTEMBER. AT ANY GIVEN TIME MY CAR WOULDN'T START. WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKE PEDDLE MY BRAKE LIGHT WOULDN'T COME ON. THIS HAPPENED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD RUN INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR AT ANY GIVEN TIME. I TRAVEL UP AND DOWN THE ROAD A GOOD BIT. HAVING THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME. NOW, A FEW MONTHS MY CAR WANT START AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP THINKS ITS THE STEERING COLUMN THIS TIME. MY CAR DON'T EVEN HAVE 70,000 MILES ON IT. THIS DOESN'T MAKE SINCE TO ME. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM EXIST IN MOST ALL 2009 ALTIMA'S. WHY WOULD NISSAN RISK THE WELL BEING OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. IT'S SAD THAT WHEN I GIVE THEM THE YEAR AND MAKE OF MY CAR THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITHOUT EVEN CHECKING THEM OUT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE PARTS. THESE PARTS. WHY IS NISSAN WILLING TO CHEAT THEIR CUSTOMERS AND WHY ARE THEY WILLING TO PUT OUR LIVES AS WELL AS THE LIVES OF OTHER DRIVERS AT RISK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10944216January 10, 2017
STEERING
STARTED CAR WITH NO ISSUES AND DROVE TO A PLACE OF BUSINESS. APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS LATER, CAR (STATIONARY IN A PARKING LOT) UNLOCKED, BUT WOULD NOT START. "KEY" INDICATOR LIGHT BLINKS, WHICH USUALLY MEANS REMOTE BATTERY IS LOW. AS I ATTEMPT TO PUSH BRAKE AND PUSH BUTTON TO START CAR, RED LIGHT BLINKS INDICATING MY CAR IS NOT RECOGNIZING THE KEY. IT'S 25 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND I HAVE MY 2 YEAR OLD CHILD AND NO HEAT IN MY CAR, SO I HAVE A FRIEND DRIVE ME HOME. I RETURN WITH NEW BATTERIES IN THE KEY. CAR STILL WILL NOT START. INSERTED THE KEY IN THE PORT, BUT THAT DIDN'T START THE CAR EITHER. AFTER READING AND RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, I'M SURE IT'S THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM. I THEREFORE HAVE TO CALL A TOW TRUCK AND HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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