2003 Nissan Altima

BUTTERFLY VALVE SCREWS IN THE INTAKE/GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM WORK LOOSE AND MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE ENGINE, CAUSING DAMAGE. THIS WAS RECALLED ON THE 2004 AND 2005 MODELS, BUT THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS ON THE 2002 AND 2003 MODEL QR25DE 4 CYLINDER ENGINES. THE FIX WAS TO REPLACE THE SCREWS, BUT ENGINE DAMAGE OCCURRED, WHICH COMPROMISED THE RELIABILITY OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS EXCESSIVELY BURNING OIL. SHE REPLENISHES TWO QUARTS OF OIL EVERY TWO WEEKS. WHEN SHE ADDS THE OIL, WHITE OIL LEAKS FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SHE DISCOVERED RECALL NUMBER 03V084000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING: EXHAUST SYSTEM: MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH IT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

MY VEHICLE STALLED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND THEN LOST POWER SEVERAL TIMES. WOULD NOT START/HARD TO START. I CALLED NISSAN DEALER IN FREMONT CALIFORNIA AND THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO FIX IT MYSELF OR PAY THEM TO DO IT. I FOUND NUMEROUS PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM/FAULTY CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AND CAM SENSOR. I SPENT NUMEROUS HOURS OF DRIVING TO GET PARTS AND SPENT OVER 3 HUNDRED DOLLARS ON PARTS, OBD COMPUTER, SERVICE BOOK AND NOT TO MENTION THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. MY WIFE IS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT AND COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED NOT TO MENTION THE STRESS. PLUS DOWN TIME OF NOT HAVING THE CAR FIXED. I AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH NISSANS SERVICE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLS. THE CONTACT MUST PLACE THE GEAR IN PARK AND THEN ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED HER THAT THEY WOULD ATTEMPT TO REPROGRAM THE ECM. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION AND WARNED HER THAT THE VEHICLE MAY STILL STALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNDER RECALL NUMBER 06V242000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE). SHE BELIEVES THAT THE FAILURE IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 117,897.

I HAVE AN 03 NISSAN ALTIMA WITH 77,000 MILES THAT I KEPT WELL MAINTAINED. SIX MONTHS AGO MY ENGINE CUT OFF WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT, AND THEN IT CUT OFF AGAIN A MONTH LATER WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH. THIS SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR THE ECM REPROGRAM RECALL. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME IT WAS PROBABLY THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, AND SO I PAID THE MONEY TO REPLACE IT, THOUGH NOW I WONDER IF THIS WAS A MIS-DIAGNOSIS. A MONTH AGO, MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON, AND SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY STARTING THE CAR AND THE ENGINE MAKES A WEIRD PUTTERING SOUND LIKE IT?S ABOUT TO CUT OUT WHILE IN IDLE. I CALLED THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE THE SAME RECALL ISSUE AND SAID THAT ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME, THE ECM PROGRAM IS SOMEHOW LOST AND HAS TO BE REPROGRAMMED A SECOND TIME. I TOLD HIM THAT DIDN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE, IT SHOULD BE FIXED THE FIRST TIME, AND HE SAID THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY IT KEEPS HAPPENING. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND THAT'S WHEN HE TOLD ME, NEVER MIND, THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ISSUE WITH THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR, WHICH WILL COST $330 TO REPLACE. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND A RECALL BACK IN 2003 ON SEVERAL 02 AND 03 ALTIMAS FOR REPLACING THIS EXACT PART, AND WHEN I MENTIONED THIS TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SIMPLY SAID MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL SO THE ISSUE WITH MY CAR WAS UNRELATED AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF. SEEMED LIKE TOO BIG OF A COINCIDENCE TO ME, SO I CALLED CORPORATE NISSAN TO FILE A COMPLAINT. AFTER SEVERAL PERSISTENT PHONE CALLS, I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD MAKE A NOTE OF MY COMPLAINT FOR REVIEW, BUT THEY COULD NOT COVER THE EXPENSE FOR ME. I AM NOW TAKING MY CAR TO MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO QUOTED ME HALF THE PRICE TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED ON MY OWN DIME. I CAN SEE I?M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ENGINE STARTUP/STALLING PROBLEM AND IT IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. PLEASE MAKE NISSAN OWN UP TO THE PROBLEM AND FIX THE UNDERLYING ISSUES, NOT JUST THE ECM. *JB

2003 NISSAN ALTIMA ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AT SLOW SPEEDS AND WHILE AT STOP LIGHTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIME WHILE DRIVING AND HAS NEARLY RESULTED IN 2 ACCIDENTS. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 12 OCCURRENCES THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON WITH A CODE INDICATING CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CIRCUIT IS FAULTY. THERE IS A SIMILAR RECALL FOR 2002 VEHICLES BUT NOT FOR 2003. WAS TOLD NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THIS YET TO WARRANT A RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSTANTLY STALLS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL # 06V242000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE DEALER ALSO FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER REASONS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE, BUT THE CONTACT CANNOT RECALL WHAT THEY WERE. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 67,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

I RECEIVED A NOTICE IN THE MAIL FROM NISSAN INFORMING ME OF A RECALL (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: RQ06001). I TOOK MY NISSAN IN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO BE SERVICED ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE RECALL NOTICE ON 08/28/2006. ON 10/05/2006, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER. THE COMPUTER CODE FOR THE ERROR WAS P0507 AND IT WAS $91 TO REPAIR. I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OTHER ALTIMA OWNERS WHO TOOK THEIR VEHICLES IN TO BE SERVICED FOR THE RECALL AND THEN HAD TO GO BACK WITHIN A MONTH BECAUSE OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND SUBSEQUENT P0507 FINDING. I THINK THEY ARE NOT ADEQUATELY SERVICING THIS RECALL BECAUSE ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS OF THE DEFECTIVE PART IS FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON.