Nissan Altima Complaints (2013)

2,314 consumer complaints on file.

#11231384July 12, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I OWN A 2013 ALTIMA. I AM HAVING ISSUES WITH THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS BEING VERY DIM. AT NIGHT I HAVE TO USE MY HIGH BEAM TO SEE. WHEN I DRIVE ON A ROAD THAT'S NOT VERY LIT IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE MY LIGHTS ARE NOT ON. DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BECAME VERY UNSAFE WHEN IT WAS STORMING AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING AS I COULDN'T USE MY HIGH BEAMS. THIS REALLY SCARED ME AND FELT UNSAFE TO DRIVE MY CAR AT NIGHT DURING SUCH CONDITIONS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO NISSAN AND THEY DID COME ACROSS A SAME ISSUE WHICH RESULTED IN HAVING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE HEADLIGHT. CHANGING THE BULB DID NOT HELP. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THIS UNSAFE ISSUE, GIVEN THAT AFTER READING UP ON IT, I AM ONLY ONE OF SO MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR MANY DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11231480July 12, 2019
POWER TRAIN
THE 2ND TIME IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS THAT THE CVT VALVE WENT OUT MAKING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERK FORWARD AND BACKWARDS EVEN WITH THE BRAKES ON AND THEN SUDDENLY LOSE POWER. WETHIS IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION AS MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED YESTERDAY AFTER SUDDENLY STOPPING AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. LAST TIME IT HAPPENED ON A BUSY BRIDGE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 2013 ALTIMAS BUT UNFORTUNATELY I'VE JUST BECOME AWARE OF THIS. PEOPLE COULD DIE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11230730July 10, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAKATA RECALL: WHILE DRIVING ON A PAVED ROAD AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 45 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR SUBFRAME FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY DUE TO APPARENT CORROSION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT THE LOCATION OF THE BUSHING TO THE FRAME. THE RESULT WAS THAT THE REAR WHEEL OFFSET AND CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS COMPROMISED. THIS IS A HISTORIC PROBLEM WITH NISSAN AND THEY HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM WITH THE NEW MODEL IN 2013. IT IS UNSAFE AND UNFAIR THAT OWNERS PAY FOR NISSAN'S REFUSAL TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. MORE PHOTOS WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN THE SUBFRAME IS REMOVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11230773July 10, 2019
SUSPENSION
I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ABOUT 5MPH AND HEARD A LOUD THUD, AS IF I RAN SOMETHING OVER, LOOKED UNDER MY CAR AND THE REAR WHEEL CONTROL ARM HAD COME DETACHED AND WAS BROKEN. I CALLED THE NISSAN DEALER WHO SAID BOTH CONTROL ARMS NEED REPLACED BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE IS CRACKED. I STARTED RESEARCHING AS I FOUND THIS ODD TO HAPPEN IN A 2013 VEHICLE & FOUND MORE THAN 347,000 CARS MAY HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND ALL VEHICLES NEED RECALLED AS THIS COULD LEAD TO THE DRIVER LOSING COMPLETE CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE AND POSSIBLE DEATH. I AM GRATEFUL MY 18 YR OLD SON WHO IS A NEW DRIVER WAS NOT ON THE TURNPIKE WHEN THESE DECIDED TO GIVE OUT AND THAT I WAS JUST BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. NOT ONLY IS IT A SAFETY HAZARD BUT WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT COULD ALSO LEAD TO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IF YOU ARE ACTUALLY IN MOTION WITH THE VEHICLE. AS I AM IN NEED OF A VEHICLE I HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE TO BE FIXED WHICH I WAS JUST QUOTED A WHOPPING $2,100. SHAME ON NISSAN!! SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE IF THE CONTROL ARMS OF THE 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA DO NOT GET RECALLED AND THESE VEHICLES ARE LEFT ON THE ROAD WITHOUT THE REPAIRS NEEDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11230807July 10, 2019
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE LOWER CONTROL ARM FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH ANY TURN AND THE FRAME STAYED TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS NEEDED AND SCHEDULED TO BE INSTALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BY THE MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY MAY ISSUE A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE IN THE FUTURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11230914July 10, 2019
POWER TRAIN
MY CAR WAS DRIVING PERFECTLY FINE IN THE MORNING. CAR STARTED FINE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. IT STARTED JERKING AND NOT ACCELERATING SMOOTHLY AS I PULLED OUT TO THE STREET. THEN IT STALLED AT THE STREET. RESTARTED THE CAR AND EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL UNTIL I PUT IT IN GEAR. AFTER ONLY A FEW FEET IT STALLED AGAIN. IT NOW STALLS IN ANY GEAR BESIDES PARK AND NEUTRAL. HAD TO PUSH THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AND HAVE IT TOWED. ANOTHER BAD CVT TRANSMISSION. NISSAN SHOULD BE ASHAMED. SELLING THESE CARS WITH MAJOR MECHANICAL FAILURE AND POOR WARRANTY. HAD TO EXTENDED WARRANTY ON PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS BECAUSE OF FAILURES. SHOULD BE A RECALL. THIS IS HAPPENING TO TO MANY PEOPLE. LAST NISSAN I WILL OWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11230323July 9, 2019
SUSPENSION
WHEN ENTERING THE HIGHWAY ON THE CORONADO BRIDGE AT LOW SPEED THE REAR LEFT CONTROL ARM BROKE AND LEFT THE CAR IMMOVABLE. A TOW WAS REQUIRED AND POLICE FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE RIGHT SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS CRACKED AND READY TO FAIL ALSO. THERE WAS NOT ANY PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE FROM NISSAN WARNING OF THE POSSIBLE FAILURE AND NO REASON TO EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN WITH A 2013 CAR WITH 85000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11230567July 9, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I HAVE A 2013 NISSAN. I START TO NOTICE THE LIGHTS GETTING DIM 2016-2018. MY HEADLIGHTS ARE SO DIM I CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR AT NIGHT. I HAVE PUT MYSELF AND OTHERS IN DANGER BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACT NISSAN ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY ACT AS IF PUTTING PEOPLE IN DANGER IS NOT A ISSUE TO THEM. I HAVE REPLACED BULBS AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WORSE THAN BEFORE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11230184July 8, 2019
SUSPENSION
I WAS DRIVING IN A ROUNDABOUT, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A LOUD SNAP COMING FROM REAR, DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL. I STARTED LOSING CONTROL OF THE THE VEHICLE BUT WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A SIDE STREET WHERE I PULLED OVER. I NOTICED THE REAR WHEEL WAS TILTED A BIT SIDEWAYS, AND HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC NEAR BY. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A BROKEN CONTROL ARM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229601July 5, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MY 2013 ALTIMA HEAD LIGHTS ARE VERY DIM AT NIGHT. I CANNOT SEE 50' IN FRONT. I HAVE HAD THE BULBS REPLACED THINKING THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. BUT THAT DID NOT CHANGED ANYTHING THEY ARE STILL DIM. I HAVE HAD TO STOP DRIVING AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN GOING FOR A WHILE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229364July 3, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NISSAN OF SACRAMENTO (2820 AUBURN BLVD, SACRAMENTO, CA 95821, (916) 604-4095) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,953.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229100July 2, 2019
STEERING
ON HIGHWAY AND CITY STREET IN MOTION THE VEHICLE WANDER CONSTANTLY ON RIGHT OR LEFT OF THE LANE MAKING IT VERY HARD AND VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DRIVING DURING WIND CONDITION MAKE THE PROBLEM EVEN WORST. I BELIEVE THAT A COMPONENT OF THE STEERING MIGHT BE AT FAULT NISSAN DEALER SAYS IT'S NORMAL...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229003July 2, 2019
SUSPENSION
DURING SAFETY INSPECTION, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR CONTROL ARM WAS DISCOVERED TO BE CRACKED. THE WHEEL WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF THE CAR. PICTURES (ATTACHED) SHOW SEVERE CORROSION AROUND THE WELD SEAMS AND KNUCKLE CREVICES. I KEPT THE PARTS FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. NOTED THAT THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION WITH NHTSA IN REGARDS TO THIS FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229023July 2, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY, STEERING, WHEELS
I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA ON A BUSY CITY STREET AND LOST CONTROL OF STEERING ABILITY DUE TO THE RIGHT REAR CONTROL ARM THAT WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED AND BROKE APART. MY VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED AND THIS PART HAD TO BE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229049July 2, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE LOW BEAMS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE EXTRAORDINARILY LOW. DANGEROUSLY LOW. OFTEN TIMES, EVEN WHEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, I HAVE TO PUT ON MY HIGHBEAMS TO SEE THE ROAD MORE CLEARLY. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO LOOK TO THE RIGHT AND DOWN TO FIND THE LINE INDICATING THE SHOULDER, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE SHOULD BE A RECORD FOR THIS VEHICLE. IT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM BY NISSAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229086July 2, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
LIGHTS LOW BEAM ARE DEAM ,CHANGE OUT THE BULBS AND STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11228625July 1, 2019
SUSPENSION
THE LOWER, RIGHT REAR CONTROL ARM HAS CRACKED, BUT NOT FAILED FORTUNATELY. IT IS IN THE NISSAN SHOP RIGHT NOW. THE DIAGNOSIS IS THAT THAT THE LEFT SIDE IS PROBABLY GOING TO FAIL IN TIME. I LOOKED A THE MECHANIC'S OBSERVATIONS AND I AGREED WITH THE DIAGNOSIS, SO I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TELL THE SERVICE GUY TO MAKE THE REPAIR ON BOTH SIDES. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 80,000 MILES ON IT, NOW, BUT THE NOISE STARTED ABOUT 10,000 MILES AGO. I NOTICED A THUMPING NOISE AT LOW SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS, AND ESPECIALLY SPEED BUMPS.THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A RECALL, BUT MOST ALTIMA OWNERS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND ARE LIKELY GOING TO FIND OUT AFTER A FAILURE. HOPEFULLY, THE WILL FAILURE WILL NOT BE CATASTROPHIC. I QUESTION THE METALLURGY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE WELDING METHODS USE ON THE ORIGINAL CONTROL ARMS. HOPEFULLY NISSAN REALIZES THAT THEY HAVE A POTENTIALLY HUGE LIABILITY ISSUE HERE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11228631July 1, 2019
SUSPENSION:REAR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE CAME FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS BENT INWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS A PROFESSIONAL MECHANIC AND STATED THAT THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM FRACTURED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11228651July 1, 2019
SUSPENSION:REAR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED, A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR WHEEL WAS PUSHED INWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE CONTROL ARM WAS FRACTURED DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000. *AS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11228730July 1, 2019
SUSPENSION, WHEELS
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND ON A HIGHWAY,READY TO GET ONTO A MAJOR INTERSTSTE RT295N IN NJ. I WAS GOING APROX. 45 MPH WHEN THE CAR STARTED PULLING DRASTICALLY TO MY RIGHT,I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE. PULLED THE CAR OVER TO INSPECT, AND MY REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS NOT FLAT BUT BENT AS IF IT WAS COMING OFF. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE HE CONFIRMED THE YES IN FACT THE TIRE WAS COMING OFF! HE SAID IF I DROVE MUCH FURTHER I WOULD HAVE LOST MY TIRE IT WAS HANGING BY A RUSTY THREAD!! UPON FURTHER INSPECTION HE NOTE THE WHOLE REAR SUBFRAME IS RUSTED OUT AND I NEEDED NOT ONE BUT BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS REPLACE BECAUSE THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS ABOUT TO SEPARATE ALSO. THIS IS GOING TO COST ME BIG BUCK ALONG WITH A RENTAL CAR,AS THIS IS NOT SOMETHING INSURANCE WILL COVER. APPARENTLY THERRE HAVE BEEN MANY ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL/YEAR CAR EXACTLY THE SAME AS MY INCIDENT.THERE WAS NO WARNING NOR PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS TO THIS HAPPENING. I COULD HAVE BENN HURT OR KILED NOT TO MENTION SOMEONE ELSE NEAR ME ON THE ROAD! I HAVE INCLUDED PICTURES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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