2005 Nissan Altima

THE TIRES THAT CAME WITH MY 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH BARELY 26,000 MILES ON THEM IN ONLY 2 YEARS! THE TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE CAR WERE CONTINENTAL TOURING TIRES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO LAST "TIL 88,000 MILES. PIECES OF TREAD PITTED OFF THE TIRES, ALL FOUR! THE COMPANY CLAIMED IT WAS JUST ROAD HAZARD! WE'VE NEVER HAD TIRES ON 40 CARS WE'VE OWNED DO THIS! IT MADE MY RIDE VERY LOUD AND FELT ROUGH WHEN DRIVING. THE CAR WAS DIFFICULT TO HANDLE AT SPEEDS 55+! CONTINENTAL WOULD ONLY TALK TO US AFTER WE COMPLAINED TO NISSAN, BUT THEIR OFFER WASN'T ACCEPTIBLE. THEY SAID WE WOULD GET A DISCOUNT OF 30 DOLLARS/TIRE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE REST, ABOUT $350 DOLLARS. THE CLENCHER WAS THAT I HAD TO BUY CONTINENTAL! WHO WANTS TO PUT DEFECTIVE TIRES BACK ON THEIR CAR? NOT ME! I GOT A DEAL, ELSE WHERE FOR BETTER TIRES. COMPANIES SHOULD TREAT CUSTOMERS BETTER, TO KEEP CUSTOMERS. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER NISSAN, OR OTHER VEHICLE AGAIN IF THEY HAVE THE SAME TIRES! A PERSON SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE A SEVERE ACCIDENT, OR DIE TO GET A COMPANY TO ADMIT THEIR PRODUCT IS DEFECTIVE.

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S AND I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY ENGINE GOING DEAD WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. THERE IS NO SET SPEED THIS HAPPENS, THE CAR JUST DROPS POWER AND CUTS OFF. I TRAVEL 110 MILES A DAY ROUND TRIP AND IT HAPPENS AT LEAST THREE TIMES A DAY. NISSAN HAS INFORMED ME SINCE THERE IS NO ERROR CODE IN THE ECM THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BASICALLY ITS MY PROBLEM. IN RESEARCHING THE INTERNET THERE APPEARS TO BE MANY OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA AND WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE IN 2005 THE WEATHERSTIPPING OR MOLDING ON THE ROOF ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAR HAD COME OFF. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY I HEARD A SOUND SIMILAR TO A BANGING ON THE ROOF. THE MOLDING WAS HITTING THE TOP OF THE CAR CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PAINT ON THE ROOF. I TOOK IT BACK TO BE FIXED ,AND I ASSUMED IT WAS GLUED BACK ON. AFTER WAITING A DAY TO PICK UP THE CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP I WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE WEATHERSTRIPPING CAME OFF AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY FIXED IT AGAIN. I RECENTLY TOOK THE CAR TO A CAR WASH AND WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK I NOTICED THE MOLDING HAD COME OFF AGAIN, AND THIS TIME ,THE MOLDING WAS TOTALLY BENT OUT OF SHAPE ,AND IT LOOKSEDTERRIBLE. I PLAN TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN THIS WEEK. *AK

WE OWN A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA WITH 24,000 MILES. WHILE ON VACATION LAST FEBRUARY 2007 AND WE HEARD THIS NOISE COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR. HAD NO WARNING BEFORE THIS. IF WE HAD WE WOULD HAVE LEFT THIS CAR HOME. WE LIVE IN ROCHESTER, NY. THE NOISE STARTED IN WINCHESTER,VA. SINCE TO US IT WAS STILL A NEW CAR WE DID NOT THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WE DROVE TO SAVANNAH, GA. SINCE THE NOISE WAS GETTING WORSE WE TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD US THAT ROAD SALT HAD RUSTED THE LEFT SIDE REAR CALIPER. WE HAD A VERY MILD WINTER IN 2005-2006 AND 2007 WINTER STARTED OFF VERY MILD/ HE STATED THAT THE LEFT SIDE REAR BRAKE PADS , NO PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE. PADS AND ROTOR)AND LEFT ROTOR WORE OUT. THEY CLEANED BOTH REAR CALIPERS,RESURFACED RIGHT ROTOR, REPLACED REAR PADS AND LEFT REAR ROTOR. IT COST US $309. WE FEEL THAT THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE PART NOT WEAR AND TEAR. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED SINCE I AM THE ONE THAT DRIVES IT MOST. NISSAN STATES THAT SINCE WE DID NOT DO THE 15,000 WARRANTY CHECK THEY CAN NOT HELP US. WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT REAR BRAKES SHOULD GET AT LEAST 60,000 MILES. ALSO WHEN WE ASKED A CLOSE RELATIVE WHO WAS A SERVICE MANAGER FOR NISSAN HE CONSULTED ANOTHER PERSON WHO SAID THAT SINCE THE REPAIR WAS DONE IN A DIFFERENT" WARRANTY ZONE "THAN WERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW UP. TO ME THAT MAKES NO SENSE SINCE CAR MISHAPS CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE. WE FEEL WE HAVE A LEGITIMATE GRIPE AND SHOULD GET REIMBURSED FROM NISSAN. ONE OF THE REASONS WE PURCHASED THIS CAR WAS THAT CONSUMER REPORTS GAVE THE BRAKING SYSTEM A VERY GOOD RATING. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN SE-R. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS I HAVE OWNED THE CAR, THE CLUTCH FAILED. AS MANY OTHERS HAVE STATED,THIS WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLICATE , BUT A VERY SERIOUS AND UNSAFE ISSUE. WE WERE GETTING NO RELIEF FROM OUR DEALERSHIPS AND THE MANUFACTURERS. THE CLUTCH WILL SINK TO THE FLOOR AND I WAS UNABLE TO ENGAGE INTO ANY GEAR EXCEPT NEUTRAL. TRIED TO BRING THE CAR IN, BUT THE CLOSEST I GOT WAS A STREET AWAY WHEN THE CLUTCH ENGAGED AGAIN. I KNEW IF THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE IT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. AT LEAST WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTLY. THAT WAS WHAT I WAS TOLD FOR THE 3 YEARS I HAD THE CAR. I LIVE IN ATLANTA AND TRAVEL ON THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS, TRYING TO GET OVER 5 LANES OF TRAFFIC IN NEUTRAL WAS VERY UNSAFE. I GUESS IT WAS A GOOD THING I HAVE ABOUT 6 AIRBAGS IN THE CAR SO WHEN SOMEONE PLOWED INTO ME, I WON'T DIE AND MAYBE NO ONE ELSE WILL EITHER. THIS WAS A REAL ISSUE THAT MANY PEOPLE STATED ON NISSAN FORUMS AS WELL. ATTENTION NEEDED TO BE DRAWN TO THIS ISSUE. *AK

I EXPERIENCED AN INCIDENT BEFORE THAT MY CAR STALLED BUT IT RESTARTED QUICKLY. THEN FEW WEEKS LATER MY CAR STALLED AGAIN BUT THIS TIME DID NOT WANT TO START UP AS QUICKLY AS BEFORE AND MY CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON THIS TIME. AS SOON AS IT STARTED UP AGAIN I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR. ON MY WAY OVER THERE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND I FELT MY CAR LOOSING POWER AND IT JERKED BACK. I WAS VERY AFRAID THAT MY CAR WOULD STALL OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAIN MY SITUATION BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY WERE BOOKED UP. I LEFT AND WENT TO AUTO ZONE AND THEY PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON MY CAR. THE REASON MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WAS DUE TO MALFUNCTION OF THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ON MY 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. NEXT MORNING I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST TOO AND CONCLUDED THE SAME THING. THEY REPLACED IT WITH A NEW CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS OFF AND THE CAR RUNS SMOOTHER AND HAS NOT YET STALLED OUT. *TR

CAR STALLING AT IN TRAFFIC, STOP LIGHTS, AND WHILE DRIVING. I WAS TOLD TO REPLACE AIR FILTER AND HAVE FUEL INJECTOR SERVICE. I DID. CAR BEGAN STALLING AGAIN. I WAS TOLD TO HAVE THROTTLE BODY CLEANED. I DID. ENGINE LIGHT ON . HOSE PUT BACK ON. ENGINE LIGHT ON AGAIN. WAS TOLD THERE WAS CODE FOR IDLE VALVE BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS IT. THEY RESET COMPUTER. CAR STALLING AGAIN. BARELY MADE IT ACROSS INTERSECTION TO GET TO DEALERSHIP. NISSAN REPLACED AIR FILTER, CLEANED FUEL INJECTORS (AGAIN) AND REPLACED CRACK SHAFT SENSORS. I JUST GOT CAR TODAY. THE CAR STALLING WHILE DRIVING SEEMS A BIT DANGEROUS. *TR