2006 Nissan Altima

BASED ON WHAT MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME, ON SUNDAY 8/24 SHE WAS TRAVELING ON I-96 IN MARYLAND. SHE WAS ON THE MILLARD E. TIDINGS BRIDGE WHEN SHE HAD TO SLOW FOR AN ACCIDENT. WHILE SLOWING, HER CAR JUST SHUT DOWN AND WOULD NOT START. SHE WAS STUCK IN THE LEFT LANE OF I-95 ON THE BRIDGE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON WHEN SHE TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. AAA WAS CALLED BUT THE POLICE HAD TO SHUT DOWN I-95 TO PUSH HER FROM THE LEFT LANE TO THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER PAST THE BRIDGE. SHE WAS TOWED TO BALTIMORE AND THE VEHICLE WAS DROPPED AT A REPAIR FACILITY. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND REPAIRED. I RESEARCHED AND THERE IS A RECALL BY NISSAN FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM FOR OUR YEAR AND ENGINE ALTIMA. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN, THEY INDICATED OUR VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. HUH? IT APPEARS THAT NISSAN SHOULD WIDEN THE RECALL AS THIS PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY STILL EXISTS AND IT PUTS DRIVERS IN AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS POSITION OF HAVING THEIR CAR AND ALL ITS FUNCTIONS SHUT DOWN AND NOT RESTART. CAN IT GET ANY MORE DANGEROUS THAN AN INTERSTATE ON A SUMMER WEEKEND? I'M LUCKY MY DAUGHTER HANDLED THE ENTIRE ORDEAL CALM AND COLLECTEDLY OR THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. CAN YOU GET NISSAN TO ACKNOWLEDGE A LARGER POOL OF DEFECTIVE VEHICLE AND TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE RECALL? OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T GET THEM ALL. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MILES FROM MY HIGHWAY EXIT AND LESS THAN 4 MILES FROM MY APARTMENT. A MINUTE OR TWO LATER I HEARD A LOUD THUD FROM MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A VEHICLE CAME ALONGSIDE OF MY VEHICLE AND WAVED FOR ME TO PULL OVER, INDICATING THAT MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE OR SMOKING. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHICH HAPPENED TO ALSO WITHIN YARDS OF MY EXIT. I EXITED MY VEHICLE AND POPPED MY HOOD AS MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS SMOKING. MY ENGINE WAS ON FIRE AND PROCEEDED TO BURN AS I CALLED 911 AND A WRECKER SERVICE. IT APPEARS THAT A CONNECTING ROD WAS LIBERATED AND EXITED THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THIS CAUSED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AND OIL VENTING FROM THE ENGINE THAT LANDED ON THE HOT SURFACES IGNITED AND BURNT THE ENGINE HARNESSES, DRIVE SHAFT BOOTS AND OTHER PLASTIC AND RUBBER COMPONENTS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. IT WAS DETERMINED BY A MECHANIC THAT THE PRE-CAT HEADER LOST CATYST MATERIAL AND WAS INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE DURING THE OVERLAP CYCLE OF THE CAM TIMING. THIS DESTROYED THE INTERNAL SURFACES OF THE PISTON CHAMBER, THUS LEADING TO OIL CONSUMPTION AND ENGINE RECIPROCATING COMPONENT FAILURE. GMC/NISSAN DEMAAGD (BATTLE CREEK, MI) WHO HAD SOLD ME THE VEHICLE USED WITH APPROXIMATELY 95,000 MILES ON IT IN AUGUST 2013 (ONLY 10 MONTHS EARLIER) WOULD NOT COVER ANY OF THE REPAIRS AND ESTIMATED $7,000 FOR A NEW ENGINE AND $3,850 FOR A USED ENGINE. I AM EXCEPTIONALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT NISSAN WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR OF THIS VEHICLE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE RESULT OF A DESIGN FLAW AS THE INTERNET IS FULL OF SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL, MAKE AND YEAR. *TR

ENGINE STALLS AT SOME TIMES, CAR SHUT OFF WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT. IT JUST DIES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I GET TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND START IT AGAIN,HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS CRANKING. CHECKED FOR DIAGNOSIS CODES BUT DID NOT GET ANY FAULTY CODES. I TRY TO SPEAK WITH NISSAN ABOUT IT, ITS ALWAYS THE SAME THING...ECM RELAY CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN REPROGRAMMED AND THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO ALSO ENGINE WAS BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL AND FELT HARD DRIVE ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

MY VEHICLE KEPT SHUTTING DOWN ON ME WHILE DRIVING OR SITTING IN TRAFFIC/OR AT A LIGHT IT WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN. WENT ONLINE NISSAN RECALL READ SOME OF THE CASES ABOUT THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AND REALIZED THIS WAS THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO ME. TOOK IT TO SHERIDAN NISSAN DUPONT HIGHWAY IN NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE. THEY STATED MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH I WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR, I WAS TOLD MY VIN# WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, THEREFORE I HAD TO PAY THE COST OF REPAIRS TO REPLACE THE SENSOR TOTAL OUT OF POCKET FOR ME WAS $375.00.I STILL HAVE MY RECEIPT. IF NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND I UNDERSTAND THEY WERE, WHY WOULD THEY NOT INCLUDE ALL VIN#, A FEW TIMES I WAS ALMOST HIT BY OTHER CARS BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD SHUT DOWN, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT RESOLUTION OR RELIEF I CAN RECEIVE FROM THIS MATTER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,400.

THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR IS MALFUNCTIONAL. UPON RESEARCH, IT WAS DISCOVERED OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THE ISSUE COULD BE FATAL AND LEAD TO SERIOUS CRASHES AS THE FAILED PART MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STOP ABRUPTLY AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THERE HAS BEEN A NISSAN RECALL RELATED TO THE PROBLEMATIC PART. HOWEVER, THE RECALL ONLY FIXED THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE BY REPROGRAMMING IT. THE RECALL DID NOT RESOLVE THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM THAT IS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR

THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF AT VARIOUS TIMES WITHOUT WARNING AT LOW SPEEDS AND AT IDLE - NO POWER STEERING, BRAKES, OR ACCELERATION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SET WITH OBIDSII CODE OF PO725, FAILED CRANK ANGLE SENSOR. BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER RECALL CAMPAIGN 07V-527, AS IT IS A 2.5L 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA MANUFACTURED IN FEBRUARY OF 2006. MANUFACTURER STATES NO RECALL IN EFFECT FOR THIS VEHICLE UNDER THAT CAMPAIGN, ALTHOUGH SYMPTOMS ARE IDENTICAL TO CAMPAIGN RECALL ISSUE.CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, WHO STATED MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED BY THIS RECALL, AS IT IS A RECALL FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS OF PRODUCTION, NOT JUST PRODUCTION DATES, WHICH WAS NOT REFERENCED IN THEIR DEFECT INFORMATION REPORT TO THE NHTSA. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER 07V527000(ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL FAILURE THAT WAS LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,138.