2006 Nissan Altima

TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE . TECH BROUGHT ME BACK TO SHOW ME THE DRIVERS FLOORBOARD WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT SAFETY HAZARDS I CAN THINK OF WITH THIS ISSUE. 1.I DO NOT FEEL LIKE HAVING MY FOOT GO THROUGH THE FLOORBOARD AND LOOSING CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE DUE TO MY FOOT BEING STUCK I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BRAKE. 2. THE FUMES AND VAPORS CAN ENTER THE VEHICLE THEREFORE INDUCING AN ASTHMA ATTACK FROM MY TWO YEAR OLD SON WHO HAS SEVERE ASTHMA. 3. IF THE RUST CONTINUES IT MAY COME TO A POINT WHERE THE EXHAUST PIPE CAN MAKE CONTACT WITH THE CARPET INITIATING A FIRE. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR ARE MISALIGNED AND IT IS HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT AND IN THE FOG. EVEN AFTER CLEANING THE HEADLIGHTS, IT IS HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN BAD WEATHER THAT I HAVE HAD TO USE THE HIGH BEAMS IN ORDER TO SEE. THIS IS A PROBLEM LIVING IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THERE ARE ANIMALS CONSTANTLY CROSSING ROADS. OUR VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL AND IT SHOULD BE. *TR

THE CAR STALLED AND COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT. SINCE THIS TIME, THE CAR HAS DONE THIS MULTIPLE TIMES. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. I HAD TO PULL OVER THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND RESTART THE CAR. IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. WHEN WE TOOK THE CAR INTO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP, OUR 2006 ALTIMA WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. *TR

REPORTED TO NISSAN IN EARLY SEPT 2014. CASE NUMBER [XXX]. FOUND WHILE I WAS DOING A BRAKE JOB WHERE CAR WAS ELEVATED WITH CAR JACK AND I NOTICED THE UNDERCOATING OF THE CAR "BUBBLING" DOWNWARD AND STARTED KNOCKING THE LOOSE MATERIAL DRIVER SIDE FLOOR BOARD SECTION APPROXIMATELY 8" X 12" COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH WHERE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FLOOR MAT WAS VISIBLE. PASSENGER SIDE WAS OK. SEEMS WATER CAN WORK INTO SOME UNDER-CAR SEAMS, GET TRAPPED, LAY, AND BEGIN TO RUST OVER TIME. DESPITE ARGUMENT THAT A RUSTED THROUGH FLOORBOARD CONSTITUTES A SAFETY ISSUE, NISSAN DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN $480 REPAIR CITING RUST WARRANTY LIMITED TO 5 YEARS, 60,000 MILES. IT WAS NOTED THAT LOCAL NISSAN DEALER WAS WELL FAMILIAR WITH THE REPAIR (THEIR QUOTE $637.81). REPAIR DOWN AT AN INFINITI CAR DEALER BODY SHOP FOR $480.03. FOUND APPROXIMATELY HALF OF BODY SHOPS CONTACTED RESPECTFULLY DECLINED TO QUOTE A "RUST" ISSUE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, WHO STATED THAT THE CAM AND CRANK SENSORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,824.