2008 Nissan Altima

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT DISPLAYING OFF ...STAYED OFF WHEN ANYONE HEAVIER THAN 50LBS SAT IN IT..I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL INVOLVING THIS SITUATION FOR MY MODEL..2008 NISSAN ALTIMA..I TOOK IT TO WOODBURY NISSAN AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED AND FOR APPROXIMATELY 1000 DOLLARS THEY WOULD FIX IT?!!! THIS WAS TOTALLY AN UNSATISFACTORY ANSWER AND I CONTACTED THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEM TO TELL ME THE SAME THING?!!! I RECENTLY WENT ON THIS SIGHT TO FIND THAT THE RECALL IS EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUE IS? PLEASE HELP ME TO GET THIS SITUATION RECTIFIED AS IT SEEMS THAT NISSAN DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PRODUCT THAT THEY MAKE OR PRODUCTS INSTALLED IN THEYRE VEHICLES...THANK YOU VERY MUCH [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DROVE CAR TO WORK. AFTER 3 HOURS OF WORK WENT TO START CAR, WAS ABLE TO OPEN DOOR BUT COULD NOT START CAR. CHANGED BATTERIES IN SMART KEY, STILL WOULD NOT START. HAD CAR TOWED TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY INFORMED US THAT IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM, A $1400 DOLLAR REPAIR. I CALLED 1-800-NISSAN1 AND ARGUED WITH THEM FOR DAY'S. THEY FINALLY AGREED TO PAY FOR THE PARTS BUT I'M STUCK WITH $311 IN LABOR COSTS, AND WE LOST OUR CAR FOR NINE DAY'S..NISSAN REFUSED TO PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE REIMBURSED. NISSAN WILL NOT GUARANTEE ME THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN AS IT IS THE SAME PARTS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!!!! *TR

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG NOT ON" LIGHT HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY FLASHING. IT NOW REMAINS LIT (PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF) WHEN THE SEAT IS UNOCCUPIED AND WHEN A FULL GROWN ADULT OR CHILD SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I CALLED NISSAN AND GAVE THEM ALL MY INFORMATION AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL OF CAMPAIGN 08V521000, EVEN THOUGH THE CONDITIONS FOR REPAIR FIT THE DESCRIPTION. I WANT NISSAN TO REPAIR THIS MALFUNCTION SO THAT NO ONE HIS HURT IN MY CAR. *TR

I HAD NOTICED MONTHS AGO THAT THE BRAKE PERFORMANCE WAS NOT UP TO PAR, BUT AS CONDITIONS WERE GENERALLY DRY, IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM. I DID HAVE NEW ROTORS AND PADS INSTALLED AT 50,000 MILES, BUT HAD NO BETTER BRAKE PERFORMANCE. AS SOON AS WE EXPERIENCED SNOWY/ICY CONDITIONS IT BECAME A PROBLEM AS THE VEHICLE WOULD THEN SLIDE WITH THE BRAKES LOCKED, EVEN THOUGH SNOW TIRES WERE INSTALLED. I THEN DETERMINED THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING AT ALL, AND THE HASH MARKS FROM MANUFACTURES GRINDING ON THE NEW REAR DISCS WAS VIRTUALLY UNTOUCHED. THE REAR BRAKES WERE BLED, AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF AIR IN THE LINE WHICH POINTED TO A PROBLEM UPSTREAM. WITH THE REAR OF THE CAR RAISED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FULLY DEPRESSED, THE REAR WHEELS COULD STILL BE TURNED BY HAND. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER IS WEEPING AT THE BOOSTER. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR A REGULAR OIL CHANGE AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SWAY BAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS BROKEN. HE SAID THAT IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN FOR AWHILE BECAUSE THE ENDS WERE RUSTED AND THEY NORMALLY DO NOT CORRODE THAT QUICKLY. HE SAID THAT IT WAS A CLEAN BREAK. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS NOT COVERED BY MY EXTENDED WARRANTY SO I WILL HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE 2007 MODEL. WELL, MINE WAS MANUFACTURED IN 2007. I AM A RESPONSIBLE DRIVER AND I HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT SO IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME WHY THE PART WOULD BREAK UNLESS IT WAS DEFECTIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT SENSOR IN THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT CARBON MONOXIDE WAS LEAKING INTO THE VENTS FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO STATED THAT THE MANIFOLD WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 87,000. UPDATED 02/13/13*LJ UPDATED 02/14/13

THE "PASSENGER AIRBAG NOT ON" LIGHT HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY FLASHING. IT NOW REMAINS LIT (PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF) WHEN THE SEAT IS UNOCCUPIED AND WHEN A FULL GROWN ADULT SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. IN NOVEMBER OF 2012, THE AIRBAG LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH ON THE DASHBOARD PANEL. I TOOK MY CAR INTO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AFTER READING ABOUT CAMPAIGN 08V521000. AFTER DIAGNOSTICS WERE RAN BY THE TECHNICIAN, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SRS SYSTEM WAS OFF, THE OCCUPANT SENSORY UNIT FAILED (DTC CODE B1018), AND A NEW SEAT CUSHION ASSEMBLY IS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE MALFUNCTION. NISSAN WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE MALFUNCTION AND DENIED COVERING THE REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL SINCE MY VIN DIDN'T FALL UNDER THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THE CONDITIONS FOR REPAIR FIT THE DESCRIPTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. I WANT NISSAN TO REPAIR THIS MALFUNCTION SO THAT I, AND MY PASSENGERS, CAN FEEL SAFE IN MY CAR. *TR

AFFECTED AREA OF VEHICLE :DASHBOARD THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD! THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON 7/14/2012. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, IT HAD APPROXIMATELY 36889 MILES. PURCHASED AS A PREVIOUSLY OWNED VEHICLE. ABOUT ONE MONTH AFTER, WE NOTICED THAT THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD BY THE WINDSHIELD MATERIAL STARTED TO MELT. THE MATERIAL, IS LIKE A FOAM THAT GETS HOT, STICKY AND STARTS TO MELT. IT CAN START A FIRE ANY MINUTE. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP, LOCATED AT SEMORAN BLVD IN ORLANDO, FL, THE SAME PLACE WE BOUGHT THE CAR TWO MONTHS BEFORE. THE STAFF AT THE DEALERSHIP PROCEEDED TO INFORM ME THAT, AFTER SEVERAL VISITS, THAT THEY NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A NISSAN AUTHORIZED SHOP. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED US THAT FOR THE NISSAN MODEL FOR THAT YEAR 2008 THE MATERIAL USED WAS NOT THE STANDARD ONE. WE ARE REACHING OUT TO NISSAN TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS NOT ONLY AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE COVER BY THE MANUFACTURER AND PRESENT A SAFETY HAZARD TO MY FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM NISSAN IN 10 DAYS WE ARE GOING TO GO TO BBB AND THE GOVERNMENT. *TR UPDATED 02/06/13

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE AIR BAG MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,900.