2006 Nissan Altima

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE STALLED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE PREVIOUS VEHICLE OWNER HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V527000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) IN 2007. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING UNRELATED REPAIRS PERFORMED, THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FLOOR BOARDS WERE SEVERELY CORRODED CAUSING IT TO FRACTURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT I TOOK IN FOR ANY INSPECTION AND THE FLOOR BOARD ON BOTH THE DRIVE AND PASSENGER SIDES ARE RUSTING THROUGH TO THE POINT YOU CAN SEE CARPET UNDERNEATH. LOOKING AROUND ON THE INTERNET IT BECAME VERY OBVIOUS THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND A VERY BIG SAFETY CONCERN IF THE FLOOR IS JUST RUSTING OUT. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME TOO BAD THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THEY DON'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE FLOOR OF THE CAR IS EXPOSED TO THE GROUND. THE CAR HAS SPENT THE MAJORITY OF ITS LIFE IN A GARAGE SO IT MUST BE FROM DRIVING THAT THEY PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ENTERING HIGHWAY I WENT TO SHIFT MY 06 ALTIMA 5 SPEED INTO 5TH GEAR WHEN I PRESSED THE CLUTCH PEDAL THERE WAS NO PRESSURE AND TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO 5TH GEAR. I LET UP ON THE PEDAL AND IN A FEW SECONDS THE PEDAL HAD PRESSURE AGAIN. ENTER HIGHWAY AND DROVE FOR ABOUT 25 MILES AND EXITED HIGHWAY. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN NO PRESSURE IN THE PEDAL THEN PRESSURE. I WAS ABLE TO RETURN HOME BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL HAPPENING. I HAVE READ SOME FORUMS ON THIS ISSUE AND IT SEAMS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND SLAVE CYLINDER AND THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. OTHER PEOPLE RECOMMEND USING A DOT 5 BRAKE FLUID WITH A HIGHER BOILING POINT.NOT SURE WHAT DIRECTION TO HEAD IN. AS A LIFE LONG MECHANIC FOR DEALERSHIPS IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE FLUID IS BOILING OUT AND CAUSING AIR POCKETS IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, THEN BLEEDING IT SELF OUT. IT WAS ONLY 77 DEGREES THIS DAY SO EXTREME TEMPS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE PROBLEM.... *TR

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