2004 Nissan Altima

ON 10/9/2007 I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO SHEEHY NISSAN TO HAVE IT REPAIRED FOR THE KNOWN RECALLS. ON 10/11/2007 I RETRIEVED MY VEHICLE FOR SHEEHY NISSAN AND WAS TOLD BY ALAN SHURKIN THE ISSUE WITH THE ECM REPROGRAMMING HAD BEEN CORRECTED. ABOUT 20 MINS AFTER LEAVING SHEEHY NISSAN LOT MY CAR AGAIN STALLED AND STOPPED RUNNING. ON 10/14/2007 I CALLED ALAN SHURKIN @ SHEEHY NISSAN AND TOLD HIM THAT MY VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE RECALL I WAS TOLD BY ALAN THAT IT WOULD BE A SERVICE CHARGE TO REPAIR IT AGAIN. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS NOW WITH THE CONSIST STOP AND GO ROUTINE. I WAS ADVISED BY A FRIEND TO CALL NISSAN NORTH AMERICA BACK LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT MY PROBLEM WAS. ON 11/6/2007 I PLACED A CALL TO NISSAN NORTH AMERICA. I EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS WITH THE REP WHO TOOK MY CALL SHE DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND STATED TO ME THAT IT SEEMED THE ISSUE I WAS STILL HAVING WAS PERTAINING TO THE RECALL FOR THE ECM AND THAT SHE NEED TO FORWARD ME TO A REGIONAL RESEARCH REP. I WAS FORWARDING TO THE REGIONAL RESEARCH REP WHO STATED TO ME THAT THEY HAD TO LOOK IN TO THE PROBLEM FURTHER AND THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE IN CONTACT WITH ME WITHIN 24 HOURS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT WAITED FIVE MINUTES TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. HE TRIED AGAIN FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER AND THE ENGINE TURNED ON AND EVERYTHING WORKED NORMALLY. TWO WEEKS LATER, HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR AND ECU MODULE. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE ECU MODULE AND REPLACED THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR. THE CONTACT WAS CHARGED FOR THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR REPLACEMENT. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE TIRES MADE A LOUD ROARING NOISE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ALIGNMENT WAS FINE AND THEN PROCEEDED TO ROTATE THE TIRES. A FEW DAYS LATER, WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, SHE FELT AND HEARD A LOUD VIBRATION COMING FROM THE TIRES. SHE PURCHASED A NEW SET OF TIRES, BUT A FEW WEEKS LATER SHE NOTICED A ROARING NOISE COMING FROM THE NEW TIRES. SHE RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT HER ALIGNMENT WAS OFF AND THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER CORRECTLY REPAIRED. SHE NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,903 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CRUNCHING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASED. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE VDC AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD BE DUE TO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. APPROXIMATELY FIVE DAYS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. AS OF OCTOBER 4, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 59,800.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE ECM, WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED HER THAT THE NOTICE WAS SENT OUT MISTAKENLY. SHE NOTIFIED NISSAN, BUT HAS NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,000. UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED NISSAN REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THROUGH CARMAX USING THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATED THAT THE FAILURE MAY BE DUE TO LOW BATTERY POWER. HE PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY, BUT THE LIGHTS STILL WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND A BLOWN FUSE THAT WAS CAUSING THE BATTERY TO DRAIN AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS NOT TO WORK. THE FUSE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 72,000. UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

MY VEHICLE STARTED TO HAVE A HARD SHIFT WHILE I WAS RIDING DOWN THE BELTWAY. THE CAR WOULD SHIFT SO HARD THAT IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE HAD HIT MY CAR FROM BEHIND. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS LATER THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO SHEEHY NISSAN OF WALDORF AND HAD THE CAR REPAIRED. THAT COST ME AROUND $170.00. ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER THE HARD SHIFTS WERE BACK. ONE AND A HALF MONTHS LATER MY "SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT" COMES BACK ON AND THIS TIME MY CAR WILL NOT START. I WAS LITERALLY STUCK UNTIL I WAS INFORMED THAT EVENTUALLY THE COMPUTER WILL CLICK AND LET THE CAR START. I EVENTUALLY GOT THE CAR TO START AND TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS BAD. I HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER $230.00. TO GET MY CAR BACK. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY HAVE RECALLED THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2002 AND THE 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA BUT NOT ON THE 2004. *JB

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO JERK AND RUN VERY ROUGH. NOT LONG AFTER THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT JUST SHUT OFF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. AAA TOWED THE CAR TO CERRITOS NISSAN. THE NEXT DAY THEY LOOKED IT OVER AND SAID IT WAS A CHAMBER AND A MASS AIR FILTER AND INJECTOR A. THEY GAVE US THE TOTAL OF $1384. WE HAD NO CHOICE I NEEDED MY CAR, SO WE TOLD THEM TO FIX IT. WHEN WE WENT TO PICK THE CAR UP,WE PAID OUR BILL, I DROVE OFF AND IT STARTED DOING THE SAME EXACT THING. WE TOOK THE CAR BACK AND THE HEAD OF SERVICE WAS THERE. MY HUSBAND TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HIM BUT HE WAS NOT UNDERSTANDING. MY HUSBAND ASK IF HE WOULD GO ON A TEST DRIVE WITH HIM. MY HUSBAND ASKED HIM TO DRIVE. WHEN THEY CAME BACK, MY HUSBAND SAID NOT ONLY WAS IT DOING THE SAME THING BUT IT CUT OFF ON THEM AS WELL. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID HE WOULD WRITE A NOTE ABOUT WHAT IT WAS STILL DOING. WE HAD JUST BEGRUDGINGLY FORKED OUT NEARLY $1400 AND THE CAR WAS DOING THE SAME EXACT THING. WE WERE UPSET AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT DID THEY FIX? HE ASSURED US THAT THEY WOULD FIX IT. HE ASKED US WHAT WE WANTED HIM TO DO. MY HUSBAND SAID THAT WE JUST NEEDED A RENTAL. HE AGREED AND SET US UP WITH ONE. FINALLY WE WERE ABLE TO PICK THE CAR UP AND WHILE IT STILL RAN A BIT ROUGH IT DIDN'T JERK AND IT DIDN'T CUT OFF. WE ASK WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT AND THEY SAID IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE ENGINE 9500 INT AND ENTERPRISE INV D907447 PO 151165. SO WE ASKED WHY WE WERE CHARGED FOR ALL THAT OTHER STUFF. HE SAID CAUSE IT STILL NEEDED IT. AND AT THIS TIME WE ALSO HAD ASKED ABOUT RECALLS. THEY SAID THERE WERE NONE. IRONICALLY IN GOING THROUGH OUR OLD A FEW MONTHS LATER MAIL WE FOUND A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE THAT TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT MY CAR DID. WE NOTIFIED OUR LAWYER AND ASK IF WE SHOULD PROCEED AND HE TOLD US TO FIRST REPORT IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. ALTHOUGH I REALLY LIKE MY ALTIMA I HAVE HAD TO MANY PROBLEMS. A YEAR AFTER I GOT IT I HAD TO GET THE ENTIRE ENGINE REPLACED. *JB

2004 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 HAD SEVERE MISSING ISSUE AND DEALER ADVISED THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE SCREWS OF THE POWER RING ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE SCREW HAD CAME LOOSE AND DAMAGED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. NISSAN HAS VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN QR25DE POWER VALVE ( P5202) FOR THIS ISSUE. MY CAR HAS THE EXACT ISSUE AND THE YEAR AND ENGINE SIZE IS THE SAME. THE VIN NUMBER OF MY CAR IS WITHIN THE POSTED VIN'S OF THIS CAMPAIGN - HOWEVER THEY NOW SAY THE "CAMPAIGN" IS VIN SPECIFIC, AND YOU GUESSED IT - MY VIN ISN'T ON THEIR LIST. $700.00 LATER THE DEALER WON'T PAY, NISSAN AMERICA REFUSES TO HONOR THE FIX LISTED IN THEIR OWN CAMPAIGN THIS IS A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW ISSUE, SAME CAR, SAME ENGINE SIZE, WITHIN THE VIN NUMBERS LISTED. NO RELIEF. THEY ALSO REPLACED ALL THE SCREWS WITH "UPGRADED SCREWS" AND LOCK EACH SCREW. THE INTERNET IS FILLED WITH THIS ISSUE AND OTHERS WITH NO ASSISTANCE. PLEASE MAKE THIS A RECALL !*JB