Nissan Altima Complaints (2009)

1,601 consumer complaints on file.

#10904809September 8, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
OUR 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA HAS A DASHBOARD THAT IS MELTING AND GOOEY. IT MAKES A GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD AND MAKES DRIVING DANGEROUS. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE HOLDING NISSAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS NEEDED REPAIR. THIS IS THE SECOND VEHICLE WE OWN THAT IS HAVING DASHBOARD ISSSUES. OUR OTHER IS A CRACKED DASHBOARD FROM ON OUR GMC YUKON DENALI XL. PLEASE MAKE THESE COMPANIES STEP UP AND MAKE REPAIRS SINCE THEY CHOSE TO USE SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS. I MEAN "REALLY".
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10904831September 8, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THEY WOULD GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH THE CONTACT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,300.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10904561September 7, 2016
STEERING
AFTER SITTING I CANNOT START MY CAR,STEERING SEEMS TO BE STUCK AND BRAKE IS VERY HARD TO PRESS DOWN.CAR HAS ONLY 50.000 MI.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903632September 5, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
DASHBOARD IS MELTING CAUSING GLARE ON WINDSHIELD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903429September 3, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT I PURCHASED AS A PRE OWNED IN 2012. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR OIL CHANGES AND REPAIRS ON MANY OCCASIONS. AT NO TIMES WHILE THE CAR WAS GETTING SERVICED WAS I INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK SENSOR AND THE CAR WOULD OT START AND BECAUSE OF THAT NISSAN HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO COVER THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE PART, EARLIER THIS WEEK MY CAR WOULD NOT START AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 35 MILES TO MY MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A STEERING LOCK SENSOR FAILURE. THE COST TO REPAIR THE CAR WAS 725.00. I CONDUCTED SOME RESEARCH THE PROBLEM AND FOUND SEVERAL ARTICLES ON LINE CONCERNING THE PROBLEM AND THAT NISSAN HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY. AGAIN, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED IN PERSON WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING SERVICED OR BY MAIL BY THE DEALER OR NISSAN. BASED ON MY RESEARCH I BELIEVE THAT THE DEALER OR NISSAN HAD THE OBLIGATION TO NOTIFY ME OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM. AT THE TIME THAT THE SENSOR FAILED I WAS APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES FROM HOME AND HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. AT TIMES I HAVE MY GRANDCHILDREN WITH ME AND THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MORE SERIOUS SITUATION IF THEY WERE WITH ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903196September 2, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR NO REASON THE ENGINE SLOWS DOWN AND WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE BY PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE DOES NOT RESPOND. AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO THE ENGINE RESPONDS AND SPEEDS UP. THERE IS ALSO A WHIRRING SOUND WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION MAINLY ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAS THE ABILITY TO CAUSE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM OR AN ACCIDENT. I THINK THE PROBLEM MAY BE IN THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903198September 2, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
NOTICE A KEY INDICATOR LIGHT ON DASH... VEHICLE WOULDN'T START! I WAS IN A VERY DARK AREA BY MYSELF AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! I WAS SCARED FOR MY LIFE BECAUSE I WAS ALONE AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903285September 2, 2016
STEERING
MY STEERING WHEEL LOCK IS DEFECTIVE, MY SISTER GOT STUCK AFTER A PIT STOP TRAVELING FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I CAME ACROSS INFORMATIONS SHOWING IT WAS A FACTORY DEFAULT. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2013 AND WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT THIS AT THE DEALERSHIP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903331September 2, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
CAR WILL NOT START. STEERING LOCK MECHANISM MALFUNCTION. CAR PARKED ON STREET IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE. AT LEAST I'M NOT ON A TRIP. NISSAN WON'T FIX UNDER A RECALL. THEY HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO COVER THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT EXPIRED. OWNERS OF PRE-OWNED CARS WERE NEVER NOTIFIED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903058September 1, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PARKED MY CAR IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT, RAN IN TO TAKE CARE OF SOME ERRANDS. WHEN RETURNING TO MY CAR TO LEAVE IT WOULD NOT START. IT KEPT SAYING TO PRESS THE BRAKE WHEN I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE AND TRYING TO START. IT NEVER STARTED. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. IT WILL NOT EVEN COME ON AUXILIARY TO GET MILEAGE OR ANYTHING ELSE. I THEN TALKED WITH SOMEONE AT AUTOZONE TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS - HE ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK THAT HAS GONE BAD AND THAT NISSAN WOULD NOT FIX IT DUE TO THE WARRANTY RUNNING OUT. I FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND NISSAN KNEW ABOUT IT AND DID NOT FILE A RECALL. I NOW HAVE TO PAY $1200 TO HAVE THIS FIXED ON MY CAR AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS FAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10899762August 31, 2016
STEERING
MY CAR WOULD NOT START. THE CAR BATTERY IS FINE AND THE INTELLIGENT KEY FOB IS ALSO WORKING FINE AND WAS EVEN TRIED WITH A NEW BATTERY. PUSHING THE START BUTTON DOES NOTHING AND THE TWO KEY LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOTH LIGHT UP WHEN IN THE CAR. AFTER CHECKING THE MANUAL, CALLING THE DEALER, AND CHECKING THE INTERNET, IT IS CLEAR THAT MY STEERING LOCK MECHANISM HAS MALFUNCTIONED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AS NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON IT INDEFINITELY AND THEN WENT BACK AND SHORTENED IT TO RUN OUT IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR! THEY EVEN TELL YOU TO CALL THE DEALER IN THE MANUAL IF YOU ENCOUNTER IT AND IT IS THEN A $1000 REPAIR. I'M JUST GLAD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN OVER THE WEEKEND WHILE I WAS CAMPING AND POTENTIALLY STRANDED!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10898394August 24, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
STEERING LOCK FAILURE CAUSED CAR TO BE UNABLE TO BE STARTED. OWNER STRANDED AT WORK WITH VEHICLE IN PARKING GARAGE. NEEDED A TOW AND NOT EASY TO FIND TOW COMPANY THAT WAS WILLING TO PICK UP ON 5TH LEVEL OF PARKING GARAGE. DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH 2009 NISSAN ALTIMAS...OWNER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF EARLIER RECALL. THIS RECALL SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ENDED...MANY MORE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE PUT AT RISK!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10898038August 23, 2016
STEERING
THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURING IN 2009-2011 NISSAN ALTIMA AND MAXIMA VEHICLES. WHEN TURNING OFF VEHICLE, THE STEERING LOCKS AND WHEN YOU GO TO TURN IT BACK ON, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT UNLOCK AFTER TURNING KEY ON. VEHICLE WILL NOT START DUE TO STEERING WHEEL BEING LOCKED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ON THE INTERNET AND THE DEALERS WANT 1200.00 TO FIX PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD REALLY BE A RECALL ITEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10897654August 22, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
CAR WILL NOT START DUE TO STEERING LOCK ON VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED X 4. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTIC ONLY TO BE TOLD REPAIR IS 900.00. CONTACTED NISSAN WHO IS GOING BACK ON THEIR WORD TO PAY FOR REPAIR. CAR ALSO HAS AIRBAG LIGHTS THAT COME ON WHILE DRIVING. CAR IS ALWAYS IN PARKED POSITIONED WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10897665August 22, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ISSUE: STEERING LOCK FAULT PREVENTING CAR FROM STARTING. DEAR SIR: I AM VERY ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS ONGOING ISSUE WITH MY '09 ALTIMA. I AM SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW DISCONCERTING IT IS TO NOT KNOW WHEN OR IF YOUR CAR WILL START. I HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY STRANDED BY THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE HAD TO BE JUMP STARTED ON MANY OCCASIONS AND FINALLY TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HOPEFULLY FIX ONCE AND FOR ALL. THIS IS THE 2ND REPAIR I'VE HAD TO HAVE DONE ON THE SAME OR RELATED ISSUE: STEERING LOCK. THE FIRST REPAIR WAS RESOLVED BY REPLACING THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FOR A TOTAL OF $177.18. THE SECOND REPAIR WAS FIXED BY REPLACING THE STEERING LOCK FOR A TOTAL OF $908.04 PLUS RENTAL OF $45.00. THE TOWING WAS INCLUDED IN MY AUTO INSURANCE POLICY. I REALIZE THIS IS NOT A NEW VEHICLE, HOWEVER IN MY MIND, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT SHOULD NOT FAIL AS THERE IS NO MANUAL/ALTERNATIVE STARTING MECHANISM. NOT TO MENTION, I'D BE FINE WITH THE 'OLD FASHIONED' KEY START. I'M NOT SURE WHY NISSAN HASN'T STEPPED UP IN A MAJOR WAY TO FIX THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH WILL TELL YOU THIS IS NO SMALL/ISOLATED ISSUE. AS A MULTIPLE NISSAN VEHICLE OWNER AND HOPEFULLY A LONG TIME, REPEAT CUSTOMER I AM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING A FULL REIMBURSEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF - $1,130.22.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10897318August 20, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
CAR WILL NOT START WITH KEY FOB . CALLED TOW ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. LAST TOW WAS TOLD TO KNOCK ON STEERING LOCK BOX TO START CAR. CAR WAS TOWED DUE TO INABILITY TO GET CAR RUNNING. UNABLE TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSIS AT DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF COST OF 100. UNABLE TO PAY FOR TOW BECAUSE OF 65 DOLLAR COST. STUCK OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE AND NOW MY CAR IS USELESS . WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER NISSAN OR RECOMMEND TO ANYONE. I AM AFRAID I AM GOING TO LOSE MY JOB BECAUSE OF NO TRANSPORTATION THANKS TO NISSAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10897052August 19, 2016
STEERING
I HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM COMMON TO 2009 ALTIMAS. THE STEERING LOCK IS DEFECTIVE AND LEFT ME STRANDED. I WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND DEPENDING ON THE AREA AND TIME OF DAY, THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I NEED A CAR THAT WORKS PROPERLY AND I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10897181August 19, 2016
STEERING
STEERING LOCK FAILURE. THE CAR HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS PART BUT NISSAN REFUSES TO PAY TO HAVE IT REPLACED BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED LAST YEAR. MY CAR IS UNUSABLE DUE TO THE HIGH COST TO REPLACE THIS PART. (1000.00) NISSAN SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL THIS PART AND COVER THE COST SINCE IT IS A DEFECT ON THEIR PART. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT JUST WOULDN'T START BACK UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10897264August 19, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
STEERING LOCK. THE STEERING LOCK WILL FAULT AND PREVENT THE CAR TO BE STARTED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE A PERSON CAN BE STRANDED. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE OF THIS YEAR AND MODEL (DEALER HAD MENTIONED THIS FACT).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10896607August 17, 2016
STEERING
STEERING LOCK IS STUCK ON MY CAR AND IT WILL NOT START. THE KEY LIGHT CAME ON RANDOMLY AND THE CAR IS LOCKED DOWN AND WOULDN'T START. I WAS STRANDED IN A VERY SCARY PART OF TOWN THAT I HAD TO WAIT AT FOREVER FOR SOMEONE TO COME GET ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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