Nissan Altima Complaints (2002)

1,047 consumer complaints on file.

#10006119January 31, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60MPH ON HIGHWAY ENGINE STALLED, ALMOST CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE A COLLISION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005034January 31, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
EXACT DATE OF INITIAL INCIDENT NOT KNOWN. MY CENTER CONSOLE WAS IN USE WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING BEHIND A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE IN THE FAR RIGHT HAND LANE. DEBRIS FELL ONTO THE ROAD AND IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID IT, I SWERVED TO THE LEFT. THIS ACTION PLACED MORE OF MY WEIGHT ON THE CONSULE AND IT COLLAPSED. WHEN IT DID SO, I FELL TO THE RIGHT AWAY FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND PLACED ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDEL NEARLY SENDING MYSELF INTO THE MEDIAN AND POSSIBLY FLIPPING OVER. I DID MANAGE TO COMPENSATE AND AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT BUT WAS VERY SHACKENED AND HAD TO PULLOVER TO COMPOSE MYSELF. SINCE THEN THE CONSULE HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. THE PARTS DEPARTMENT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT BY NISSAN AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED ME I USE THE CENTER CONSOLE INCORRECTLY AND NO PRESURE OR WEIGHT WAS MENT TO BE PLACED ON THIS COMPONENT. IN MY 30 YEARS DRIVING I HAVE DRIVEN MANY CARS WITH CONSOLS AND HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM. I AM OF AVERAGE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT AND DO NOT BELIEVE THAT I HAVE CAUSED THIS PROBLEM AND THAT A CONSOLE SHOULD STAND UP TO AVERAGE USE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003448January 27, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR
MY 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S HAS HAD THREE SETS OF TIRES REPLACED (FOUR TOTAL SETS INCLUDING ORIGINAL TIRES) AND THREE 4-WHEEL ALIGNMENTS IN LESS THAN 6000 MILES. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT DETERMINED ROOT CAUSE OF PROBLEM. SYMPTOMS ARE EXCESSIVE TIRE VIBRATION AND INTERIOIR NOISE FROM REAR AXLE AND VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL AND GAS PEDAL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT IMPLEMENTED ANY TSBS TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE. TIRE ROTATION AND RE-BALANCING EXACERBATES THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004603January 24, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS...*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003291January 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV)
AT TWO DIFFERENT NISSAN DEALERSHIPS, EL PASO AND LAS CRUCES, THE OIL LEVEL ON THE DIPSTICK OF MY 2002 ALTIMA REGISTERED APPROXIMATELY ONE QUART LOW. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE INFORMATION IN THE MANUALS AS TO THE AMOUNT OF OIL NEEDED MAY BE INCORRECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003164January 22, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS ON DECEMBER 3, 2002 WHEN MY CAR ENGINE CEASED TO FUNCTION ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70MPH. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND THE ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED. ON JANUARY 15, 2003, AGAIN ON THE INTERSTATE, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. IT CEASED FUNCTION AND THE ENGINE LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON. THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN TOWED AND THIS TIME THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A MALFUNCTION WITH FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP AND GAS TANK ARE SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED AND PIECES OF METAL WERE FOUND IN THE GAS TANK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000566January 6, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WENT OUT IN THE MORNING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. TRIED ALL DAY TO GET IT TO START AND FINALLY HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE NEXT DAY THE CAR STARTED WITHOUT PROBLEM AND THE DEALER SAYS THEY COULD DO NOTHING AS LONG AS THE CAR STARTED. WE WERE TOLD IT COULD BE THE AIR TEMP., WHICH WAS ABOUT 40 DEGREES THE MORNING THAT THE CAR WOULDN'T START. IF WE WOULD HAVE DREAMED OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR WE WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT IT!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000568January 6, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THIS EVENING I WENT OUT TO START THE CAR. THE TEMP. WAS ABOUT 32 DEGREES. THE CAR WOULD NOT START. SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, I DID WHAT THE SERVICE DEPT. AT THE DEALER SUGGESTED AND PUSHED THE GAS TO THE FLOOR AND TRIED AGAIN WITH NO LUCK. I WAS TOLD BEFORE THAT THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BEING COLD. WHY WOULD THEY SELL A CAR WHERE IT SNOWS IF IT WON'T START. MY WIFE IS EXPECTING A BABY IN 8 WEEKS AND WE NEED A RELIABLE CAR. THE DEALER DOES NOT SEEM ANXIOUS TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM. TODAY IS JAN. 6, 2003 AND I CANNOT REGISTER BELOW AS 2003 BECAUSE IT IS NOT OFFERED ON THE DROP DOWN BOX. THEREFORE I AM REGISTERING AS 2002.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000521January 4, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SPEEDOMETER READS APPROX 10% HIGHER THAN ACTUAL SPEED. VERY DISTRACTING IN THAT ONE IS CONSTANTLY DOING MENTAL CALCULATION. DEALER INITIALLY SAID THEY COULD NOT TEST AND I SHOULD TIME IT AGAINST MILEAGE MARKERS - DID SO. LATER DEALER ID SOME SORT OF ELECTRONIC TEST AND SAID IT WAS OFF SOMEWHAT BUT NOT 10%. SAID REGULATIONS ALLOWED 10% ERROR SO IT WAS WITHIN SPECS. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023264November 25, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
CONSUMER STATES THAT INTERMITTENLY WHEN FILLING THE FUEL TANK THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE. CHECKED BY THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT CAR IS READING A "VAPOR LEAK" CODE. DEALER HAS REPLACED GAS CAP TWICE, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURING. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768788October 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR SHIFTED IN PARK AND KEYS REMOVED. CAR FAILED TO START UNTIL REINSERTED TRANSMISSION INTO PARK. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019691September 27, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE WILL LOSE ENGINE POWER VERY BREIFLY. DEALER AND MAUFACTURER CONTACTED. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767775September 26, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
ON 06-09-02 AND 09-23-02 ENGINE WOULD TURN OVER BUT WOULD NOT START. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018641September 13, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD, VEHICLE WAS PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018471September 12, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING AT 68MPH AND WITH NO WARNING ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER. THEN,VEHICLE WENT UP IN FLAMES. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017813September 3, 2002
STRUCTURE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE TRAVELING 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON DASHBOARD, INDICATING THAT VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER, THERE WAS ALSO A CLICKING SOUND AS IF IT WERE COMING FROM THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, THE OIL LIGHT, AND THE LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. *CC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#766610September 3, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO COLLISION-NO WARNING LIGHTS UNTIL ENGINE EXPLODED AND BURST INTO FLAMES-AUTO UNDFRWENT 7500 MILE SERVICE AT TOURELLE'S 12 DAYS PRIOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#766288August 27, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WE WENT TO START UP THE VEHICLE, AND IT DID START UP, BUT WHEN WE TRIED TO ACCELERATE WE WENT NOWHERE, AND COULD NOT GET ANY RPM'S. WE COASTED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, WITH A VEHICLE THAT WOULD NOT GET UP OVER 5 MPH, FOR ABOUT 3 MILES. WE WE GOT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED US THAT THE THROTTLE SWITCH HAD GONE, AND THE PART THAT WAS NEEDED WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER, AND WE COULD BE WAITING 3 DAYS, 3 WEEKS, OR 3 MONTHS UNTIL OUR VEHICLE IS REPAIRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765934August 20, 2002
TIRES
DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEWOUT AT 70MPH ON I-85 IN ATLANTA , GA ON JULY 26, 2002, AT APPROX 4:30PM. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY, AS I WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE CAR. A CONTINENTAL TIRE DEALER EXAMINED THE TIRE AND SAID THERE WAS NO SIGN OF A PUNCTURE OR DAMAGE FROM ROAD HAZARD. THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THE TIRE FAILED. THE FAILUR WAS A SEPERATION OF THE TREAD FROM THE SIDE WALLS. THE DEALER CONTACTED CONTINENTAL AND THEY AGREED TO REPLACE THE TIRE AT NO CHARGE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015824August 8, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITH OUT ANY NOTICE. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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