2006 Nissan Altima

I OWN A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA SER. I HAVE HAD THE MOTOR REPLACED AND THE ENTIRE CLUTCH KIT AND SLAVE CYLINDER REPLACED. AFTER HAVING THE CLUTCH PARTS REPLACED THE PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR A SMALL HANDFUL OF TIMES. NOW, IT IS NEARLY A DAILY OCCURRENCE AND IT IS CONSISTENTLY LASTING LONGER AND LONGER EACH TIME. IT STILL ALLOWS FOR SPORADIC SHIFTING IN NON SPECIFIC GEARS WHILE THE PEDAL IS ON THE FLOOR. I CAN PICK UP THE PEDAL WITH MY FOOT AND PUT IT BACK IN PLACE BUT WHEN IT APPLY ANY PRESSURE IT FALLS BACK TO THE FLOOR AND STAYS THERE UNTIL I PICK IT BACK UP WITH MY FOOT. THIS ISSUE HAS NEARLY CAUSED TO BE IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS, ALL OF WHICH I NARROWLY AVOIDED BY QUICKLY MANEUVERING MY VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. *TR

MY ALTIMA'S TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHILE TAKING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. IT STARTED SLIPPING BAD ENOUGH WHERE I FELT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED. AS I PULLED OFF A MAIN ROAD ONTO A SIDE STREET, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE TURNING AND A VEHICLE NEARLY STRUCK ME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. LUCKILY THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO GEAR AT THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND SO I COULD ESCAPE THE ACCIDENT. AFTER DOING RESEARCH THIS IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE V6 ALTIMA TRANSMISSION.

AFTER COMPLETING ACCELERATION AFTER A PERIOD OF SITTING IN TRAFFIC, THE CLUTCH PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT THE AID OF THE DRIVER. THE CLUTCH PEDAL LOST ALL RESISTANCE AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR AND INTO NEUTRAL OR ANOTHER GEAR. DRIVER HAD TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE FREEWAY AND ONTO THE SHOULDER AND COAST FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS WITH THE VEHICLE STUCK IN GEAR FOR THE CLUTCH PEDAL TO REGAIN PRESSURE SO THAT THE VEHICLE COULD BE PLACED INTO NEUTRAL. SINCE THE INITIAL INCIDENT, WHICH OCCURRED ONLY WEEKS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM A NISSAN DEALER, THE SUNKEN CLUTCH PEDAL HAS BECOME A REGULAR OCCURRENCE, NEARLY DAILY. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF THAT MY CLUTCH SYSTEM HAS WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHILE DRIVING. WHILE DRIVING I COULD NOT GET THE CLUTCH PEDAL TO ENGAGE THE CLUTCH. IT WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THE CLUTCH TO SHIFT INTO GEAR EVEN WITH THE PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THIS IS THE VERY SAME SITUATION THAT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME THE CLUTCH SYSTEM WENT OUT AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES. THE MECHANIC CONTACTED NISSAN AND THEY SAID THEY KNEW THAT THERE WAS AN KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE NISSAN ALTIMA SER 2006 AND ITS CLUTCH SYSTEM. THE STANDARD DOT 3 FLUID THAT IS USED WAS BECOMING TO HOT AND BREAKING DOWN ITS COMPRESSIBILITY NOT ALLOWING THE CLUTCH TO SHIFT. THIS TIME AROUND WHEN THE MECHANIC CALLED NISSAN YET AGAIN, NISSAN SAID THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE CLUTCH SYSTEMS USED IN THE ALTIMA SER 2006 AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACING A LOT AND SEEING THAT THEY ARE ONLY GETTING BETWEEN 35,000 - 40,000 MILES WHEN THE LIFE SPAN OF THE CLUTCHES SHOULD BE LONGER!!! THIS IS NOT A CHEAP FIX AND IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY ANNOYING. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CAR FOR ANYONE TO HAVE AND LUCKILY NEITHER INCIDENTS CAUSED ANY ACCIDENTS. NISSAN KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL OF CAR BUT YET NOTHING IS BEING RECALLED ON THESE CLUTCH SYSTEMS!!!! *TR

DRIVING ON I-4 TRANSMISSION HEARD A "POP" SOUND, CAR HAD A HARD TIME GOING FROM A STOPPED POSITION TO MOVING. ADDED TRANSMISSION FLUID, WORKED FINE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. CAR ONCE ACCELERATED SEEMED TO ACCELERATE FASTER WITHOUT ME PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR. PURCHASED CAR 2 YRS AGO AND NOTICED A RANDOM HARD SHIFT EITHER WHEN ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING, NO MAJOR PROBLEMS TO TAKE IT ANYWHERE. HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AND FLUSHED SEEMED TO HELP PROBLEM UNTIL NOW. I HAVE 3 KIDS AND WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE COULD HAVE A SERIOUS IMPACT ON US FINANCIALLY NOT TO MENTION IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. OUR SAFETY AS WELL AS OTHERS COULD BE AT JEOPARDY. *TR

CLUTCH FALLS TO THE FLOOR, LEAVING YOU WITH THE INABILITY TO DISENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE ENGINE, CAUSING YOU TO FLY TO THE SHOULDER AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, STEPPING ON THE BRAKES HARD ENOUGH TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF NISSAN FORUMS DESCRIBING THIS PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS 80,000 MILES ON IT NOW, AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN TONIGHT, CAUSING MY WIFE TO RUN THE CAR OFF OF THE ROAD WHEN SHE BEGAN TO PANIC BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T STOP THE CAR AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE CLUTCH WILL RESUME NORMAL FUNCTION IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, AND WONT HAVE A PROBLEM FOR MONTHS. VERY, VERY DANGEROUS! *TR

I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA, THAT IS CONSTANTLY 5-7 MPH OFF. I AM GETTING CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS IS A HAZARD AS I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE LOCAL CITY POLICE FOR ME TO PICK UP MY SPEED A LITTLE AS I AM RESTRAINING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC BY DRIVING AT OR BELOW WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE SPEED LIMIT. ALSO, I AM REALLY CONCERNED SINCE THE FACTORY TELLS YOU TO USE A CERTAIN SIZE OF TIRE, WITH ME USING THEIR RECOMMENDATION, THIS WILL CAUSE THE WHEELS TO SPIN FASTER THAN WHAT I AM ACTUALLY REALLY GOING, THUS SAYING I AM TRAVELING FARTHER (MILEAGE) THAN WHAT I TRULY AM. THIS, I BELIEVE IS EFFECTING MY GAS MILEAGE AS MY TIRES ARE HAVING TO SPIN FASTER THAN WHAT IS NEEDED AND THUS CAUSING ME TO USE MORE FUEL. PLEASE HELP ME CONSIDER MY OPTIONS OR DO YOU KNOW IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THE SPEED SENSOR, DRIVE/POWERTRAIN, WHEELS, ETC. SOMEONE WHO DRIVES 10 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE IS A HAZARD, I BELIEVE. I AM HAVING ALL KINDS OF VEHICLES AND SEMI-TRUCKS PASS ME ON THE INTERSTATE AND I FEEL THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY IS AT RISK IN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. (MY CURRENT MILEAGE (SUPPOSEDLY IS: 43500 MILES) I MAY HAVE TRAVELED LESS THAN THAT. CAN YOU HELP ME GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED? HERE IS A CBS STORY ON THE ISSUE: HTTP://WWW.CBSNEWS.COM/STORIES/2007/03/13/EARLYSHOW/MAIN2562144.SHTML PLEASE HELP, MY FAMILIES SAFETY COULD BE AT RISK AS WELL AS OTHER PASSENGERS WHO OWN OR ARE ON THE ROAD AROUND THESE CARS. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

SEVERAL 2005 AND 2006 NISSAN ALTIMAS SE-RS (INCLUDING MINE) HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL GETTING STUCK ON THE FLOOR UNABLE TO COME BACK UP AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CHANGE GEARS. DEALERSHIPS ACCROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE DENY THE ISSUE AND DENY REPAIRS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND AN ACCIDENT CAN HAPPEND DUE TO THIS. TO ME, IS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I PURCHASE THE CAR AT 37,000 MILES AND IT KEEPS HAPPENING NOW AT 86,000 MILES...THIS IS HAPPENING TO SEVERAL OTHERS AS WELL AND A WEBSITE HAS BEEN CREATED WITH EVERYONE'S CONCERNS. PLEASE RECALL!!! *TR