2005 Nissan Altima

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V527000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER TO HAVE THE RECALL REMEDIED. THE DEALER STATED THAT DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, THE ENTIRE COMPONENT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL AND THE CONTACT PAID OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE HIS VEHICLE SERVICED. THE VIN AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,999.

I TOOK MY 2005 ALTIMA IN FOR THE SENSOR RECALL ON 2/18/2008. IT'S BEEN A MONTH NOW AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX MY CAR. THE RECALL WAS FIXED BUT THE COMPUTER WILL NOT TAKE BACK IN THE CAR AND THE PART IS ON BACKORDER. IF NISSAN ISN'T MAKING THE PART I'M CURIOUS IF THEY ARE COVERING UP A HUGE COMPUTER PROBLEM WITH THE CARS. THE SERVICE DEPT HAS GAVE ME A COMPLETE RUN AROUND AND CAN'T TELL ME NOTHING. THEY GAVE ME A RENTAL CAR WITH NO POWER OPTIONS AT ALL NOTHING COMPARABLE TO WHAT I HAD ON MY CAR. FINALLY DECIDED TO SWITCH ME INTO SOMETHING ELSE WHICH THEY GAVE ME A CHEVEROLET TO DRIVE. THAT SHOULD TELL ME SOMETHING. THE MAIN HEADQUARTERS WAS UNABLE TO REPSOND TO MY EMAIL THEY MUST RESPOND BY PHONE AND SINCE MY PHONE NUMBER WAS NOT UPDATED IN THEIR SYSTEM THEY JUST OVERLOOKED MY EMAIL. I CAN'T CALL IN AND TALK TO THE SPECIALIST ASSIGNED TO MY CAR BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALLOW THAT. THE SPECIALIST MUST CALL YOU. I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT BUYING A NISSAN IT'S MORE OF A HASSLE AND THEY ARE HAVING TO MANY RECALLS. *TR

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN OCTOBER, 2007 MY 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA WOULD STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING. THIS OCCURRED MAINLY ON THE INTERSTATE CAUSING A INSTANTANEOUS SLOWING DOWN OF THE VEHICLE, WHERE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WOULD COME VERY CLOSE TO HITTING THE REAR OF MY CAR. OTHER TIMES THE CAR WOULD STALL COMPLETELY AT LOW SPEEDS, LOOSING POWER TO THE STEERING AND BRAKES PUTTING MYSELF IN A SITUATION HARMFUL TO THOSE STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME. THE STALL OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING TO MYSELF OR OTHERS AROUND ME, CREATING A SERIOUS SAFETY-RELATED PROBLEM. I RESEARCHED & FOUND SAFETY-RELATED RECALLS FOR THE '02, '03, '04 MODELS BUT NOT 2005. MY VEHICLE HAD 41,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THERE WAS NO RECALL YET FOR THE 2005 MODEL ALTHOUGH I EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS THE OTHER RECALLS IDENTIFIED. THE SERVICE PERSONNEL CALLED ME AFTER MY CAR WAS LOOKED AT AND ADVISED THAT THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR HAD FAILED DUE TO EXPERIENCING HOT CONDITIONS & THE SOLDER HOLDING THEM IN PLACE MELTED (AGAIN CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TSBS AND RECALLS). I PLEADED, THIS SHOULD BE UNDER A RECALL, BOTH WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND WITH VICTORY NISSAN FROM WHOM I PURCHASED THE ALTIMA. I WAS LEFT PAYING THE FEE MYSELF. THE RECALL FOR THE 2005 MODEL WAS ISSUED IN DECEMBER 2007 AND I AM TRYING TO GET A REFUND FOR HAVING TO PAY FOR REPAIRS THAT NISSAN IDENTIFIED AS SAFETY-RELATED. THE RECALL LISTS REPROGRAMMING OF THE ECM, WHICH NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED, SINCE THE ECM WOULD LOOSE COMMUNICATION WITH THE TCM. HOWEVER THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE IN COMMUNICATION STEMMED FROM THE FAILURE OF THE POSITION SENSORS. I FEEL LET DOWN AND UPSET THAT NISSAN CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THESE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 2.5 LITER ENGINES IN YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO ISSUED RECALLS AND FAILED TO NOTIFY CURRENT OWNERS OF THE SAFETY-RELATED PROBLEMS. I AM ALSO UPSET THAT NISSAN DOES NOT ADMIT THE CRANK POSITION AND CAM POSITION SENSORS PLAYED PART IN THE STALLING. *TR

CAR WILL JERK AND CUT OFF SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING, WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION AND WHEN SITTING STILL IDLING. MAKES DRIVING VERY HAZARDOUS. FOUND OUT A RECALL ON THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR SO CALLED LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND TOOK IN FOR THE REPAIR. FOUND OUT NISSAN ONLY ALLOWS DEALER TO REPROGRAM THE SENSOR UNDER THE RECALL. THIS, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, PROBABLY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, AFTER 3 DAYS OF DRIVING WITH NO EVENT, IT STARTED AGAIN. I FOUND OUT THIS IS A MAJOR RECALL INVOLVING THOUSANDS OF ALTIMA'S. ALSO, SINCE THE 2005 MODEL, THE NISSAN CORP. HAS REDESIGNED THIS SENSOR BECAUSE OF ALL THE PAST PROBLEMS . THE LOCAL DEALER THAT REPROGRAMMED THE SENSOR SAID WE WILL HAVE TO PAY $194.00 TO REPLACE IT. WHEN NISSAN REDESIGNED THIS SENSOR DUE TO PROBLEMS IN THE PAST, THEY SHOULD STAND BY THE OWNERS OF THE STILL DEFECTIVE PARTS THAT REPROGRAMMING DOES NOT FIX, AND REPLACE THE SENSOR AS PART OF THE RECALL. THIS IS ABSURD TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT PART INVOLVED IN A RECALL. THE REPROGRAMMING DID NOT FIX THE SENSOR, THE DEALER SAID NUMEROUS TIMES IT HAS NOT. (WITH OTHER OWNERS) THIS PROBLEM WITH THE CAR SUDDENLY FAILING ALMOST CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY TO ME .IT HAS CUT OFF SUDDENLY NUMEROUS TIMES ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND I HAD TO NAVIGATE/COAST TO RIGHT SIDE,, PULL OF THE ROAD AND RESTART . ALSO, WHEN SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, STOP SIGN, IT CUT OFF SUDDENLY,WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF BRAKE AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE, CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOWLY ROLL OUT IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC, NOT REALIZING ENGINE HAD FAILED. THIS PUTS ANYONE IN YOUR CAR IN SERIOUS DANGER. I FEAR IT IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, I NEVER KNOW WHEN THE ENGINE IS TO FAIL.. IF GOING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED IT WILL SOMETIMES JERK,, THEN CUT OFF, OR FAIL WITH NO WARNING. WHEN IDLING IT CONSISTENTLY FAILS. NO JERKING. BECAUSE THE SENSOR IS LINKED TO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME . *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AUTOMATICALLY AFTER 20 MINUTES AND THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V527000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURE WAS IDENTICAL. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

CAR WOULD STALL AT LOW SPEEDS OR WHEN STOPPED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT MY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS FAILING AND THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE IT FOR APPROXIMATELY $600. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE SENSOR FOR $222.91. CAR PURCHASED IN 2004. ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIRED: ENGINE REPLACEMENT, WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACEMENT, TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT, AND INTERIOR PANELS REPLACEMENT. I FOUND INFORMATION OF THIS CAMPAIGN (07V527000) THROUGH WWW.NHTSA.GOV AND I'VE CONTACTED NISSAN. NISSAN CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS NO SUCH CAMPAIGN AND THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. THE CAMPAIGN THAT THEY SHOW FOR THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR IS FOR THE 2002-3 ALTIMA MODELS. *TR

AROUND SEPT 7, 2007 I WAS DRIVING MY CARE AND IT STALLED THEN STOPPED ON ME WHILE DRIVING. I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT AND HAD A TOE TRUCK COME AND PICK THE CAR UP AND TAKE IT TO W.O. BANKSTON NISSAN DALLAS. THEY PERFORMED THE CONSULT DIAG AND FOUND DTC FOR CRANK SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. I HAD THE CRANKSHAFT REPAIR DONE. I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR 2005 ALTIMA STATING THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE ENGINE MIGHT STOP RUNNING WHILE BEING DRIVEN DUE TO THE PROGRAM IN THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ENGINE COMPUTER). AND THIS COULD RESULT IN A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPEN TO MY CAR AND I AM TRYING TO SEE HOW I CAN GET A REFUND ON THE PREVIOUS SERVICE. I DID TAKE MY CAR IN FOR THE RECALL AND WAS TOLD BY MY SERVICE ADVISOR THAT NISSAN WOULD HAVE TO GIVE ME MY REFUND. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS CORRECT OR NOT. *TR