2004 Nissan Altima

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. IT BEGAN TO LEAK AND SMOKE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 39,400 MILES. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS THAT CAME ON PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THIS OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2005. THIS WAS THE NINTH TIME THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR VARIOUS PROBLEMS, TRANSMISSION, FUEL PUMP, AND AXLE. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION IN THE VEHICLE THIS NEW TRANSMISSION HAS ONLY ABOUT 5000 MILES. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE TRANSMISSION FIVE TIMES. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE HAS TO TURN THE IGNITION ON AND OFF TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL START. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ON ONE OCCASION THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING . THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATIONS THAT THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO STALL OR INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER.*AK

A FEW PROBLEMS HERE. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW. FROM THE SECOND I TOOK IT OFF THE LOT THE HEAT DID NOT WORK. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER, DO YOU THINK I WAS HAPPY? SO THEY FIXED THIS PROBLEM ON A BRAND NEW CAR. THEN LAST YEAR IN 2004 MY CAR DECIDED IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. TURNS OUT IT WAS THE STARTER THAT WENT AND THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED ON A VEHICLE THAT WAS ONLY A YEAR OLD. SO BECAUSE OF THIS I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED FROM MY DRIVEWAY TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEN THE LATCH BROKE OFF ON THE CENTER CONSOLE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I AM NOT ROUGH USING IT AT ALL. ITS NORMAL USE FOR THIS LATCH YET IT BROKE OFF AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR A YEAR. THE PROBLEM THAT I FACE NOW IS THAT I CANNOT GET OUT OF MY CAR!!!!!! I ARRIVED HOME ONE DAY AND FOUND THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. I AM 7 MONTHS PREGNANT AND WAS VERY SCARED WHEN I FOUND THIS PROBLEM. WHAT IF THERE IS EVER A CAR FIRE OR AN ACCIDENT AND I CANNOT GET OUT? YOU CAN OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE BUT NOT THE INSIDE. HYANNIS NISSAN CLAIMS ITS A DOOR LATCH PROBLEM AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. SO SINCE MY WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT I HAVE TO PAY $192.00 TO GET THIS REPAIRED. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? ON A 2004 VEHICLE? TALK ABOUT UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS!!!! THE LAST PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS A BAD SMELL COMING FROM THE VENTS IN THE VEHICLE UPON TURNING THE CAR ON. NOT SURE WHAT THAT PROBLEM IS. COULD THAT BE HAZARDOUS TO MY HEALTH? NOT SURE BUT IT WORRIES ME WITH THE BABY I AM CARRYING. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF PAYING FOR REPAIRS WHEN THE PROBLEM IS NOT ME ITS NISSAN YET I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. AND TO THINK I HAVE TO PAY $433.00 PER MONTH FOR THIS VEHICLE PLUS PAY FOR REPAIRS THAT I CAN NOT AFFORD. IT'S NOT FAIR AND NISSAN SHOULD HAVE TO PAY.*JB

MY '04 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SE HAS JUST OVER 15,000 MILES. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS (3 MONTHS APART), THE CAR WOULD NOT START--IT ONLY HAD ENOUGH BATTERY POWER TO MAKE CLICKING SOUNDS. ON EACH OCCURRENCE, NOTHING WAS LEFT ON OR OPEN WHICH COULD CAUSE THE BATTERY TO DEPLETE. ALSO ON EACH OCCURRENCE, THE CAR WAS PERFECTLY FINE THE DAY BEFORE WITH NO PRECEDING SIGNS OF A DYING BATTERY. ON EACH OCCASION, THE CAR WOULD SUCCESSFULLY START BY JUMP STARTING FROM MY OTHER VEHICLE. ON EACH OCCASION, THE CAR WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO A DEALER (TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS) FOR INSPECTION--EACH TIME NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND. ONCE STARTED, THE BATTERY WILL RECHARGE NORMALLY AND HOLD THIS CHARGE AND OPERATE NORMALLY FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR A NEW CAR. *NM

DT: 2004 NISSIAN ALTIMA CONSUMER'S VEHCILE ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT. CAME ON AND THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE LIGHT AND TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE COMPUTER CHIP, THE NEXT DAY THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, AND THE MOTOR STARTED SHAKING. DEALER FOUND THAT THERE WAS A SCREW LOOSE. THEY FOUND THE SCREW MISSING IN THE POWER VALVE. THEY HAD TO THE REMOVE THE EXHAUT MANAFOLD TO GET THE SCREW OUT, THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE MANAFOLD INTAKE/GASKET THROTTL/ A SPARK PLUG/BEARING SEAL/THE GASKET EXHAUT/GASKET ADAPTER, AND THE GASKET MANAFOLD. TWO DAYS LATER CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE VEHCILE STILL SHAKING WHEN DRIVING OVER 40 MPH . CONSUMER FOUND THAT WHEN TEST DRIVING VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 80 MPH. PROBLEM STARTED ON JUNE 1, 2005. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES FROM 55-60 MPH IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHIMMY AND/OR VIBRATE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. ON THE FIRST INCIDENT DEALER TURNED OR RESURFACED BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AT 9,761 MILES; SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 13,930, IN WHICH THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND BOTH FRONT BRAKE PADS, AND CURRENTLY AT 23,000 MILES DEALER NEEDS TO RESURFACE BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND REPLACED BOTH FRONT PADS AGAIN. CONSUMER ANTICIPATES THIS PROBLEM WOULD KEEP RECURRING.*AK

MY CAR SHUTS OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHILE I AM DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING, EVERYTHING GOES COMPLETELY DEAD. IT STARTED AT ABOUT 8000 MILES. SINCE THEN, IT HAS CUT OFF AT LEAST 5 MORE TIMES. MY CAR ONLY HAS 11,000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY RAN NUMEROUS DIAGNOSTICS ON MY CAR AND THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME AN EXPLANATION ON WHY MY CAR KEEPS SHUTTING OFF. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. VERY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING IN A BUSY ROAD, ACCIDENT WILL HAPPEN IS BOUND TO HAPPEN. THE LAST TIME I CALLED THE DEALER THEY STATED I PROBABLY PUT BAD GAS IN THE CAR???? WHAT?S UP WITH THAT? I DON?T FEEL I SHOULD BE MAKING A CAR PAYMENT ON A BRAND NEW CAR AND HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS. I WAS BETTER OFF WITH THE JUNK THAT I HAD. AT LEAST I WAS SAFE WHILE DRIVING. *AK