2009 Nissan Altima

ON 12/26/11 I WENT TO DO AN ERRAND. I PARKED THE CAR, CAME BACK, AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START. ALL THE ELECTRICAL WORKED. I HAD THE KEY WITH ME, YET THE CAR WOULD START. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE CAPITOL NISSAN IN ATLANTA. THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A FAULTY STEERING LOCK UNIT. THEY REPLACED THE PART AS WELL AS THE IGNITION SWITCH ASSEMBLY. THE MILEAGE AT THAT TIME WAS 33,572. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN OCT 2011. ON 12/21/16 I WENT OUT TO DO AN ERRAND, RETURNED TO MY CAR, AND IT WOULDN'T START. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO NALLEY NISSAN, WHO BOUGHT CAPITOL NISSAN. THE SAME SCENARIO. ALL ELECTRICAL WORKED. I HAD THE KEY YET THE CAR WOULDN'T START. THEY DIAGNOSED IT WITH A FAULTY STEERING LOCK UNIT AND REPLACED IT. AT THIS TIME THE MILEAGE WAS 59,125. THE FIRST REPLACEMENT OF THIS UNIT THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THIS RECENT INCIDENT IT WASN'T.

I HAVE A 2009 NISSAN ATIMA . I GOT IN MY CAR TODAY IT STARTED OK, WENT TO DROP MY DAUGHTER AT DAYCARE, AND AFTER GETTING BACK TO CAR, IT WOULD NOT START, SHOWED PICTURE OF STEERING WHEEL AND PUSH BUTTON WOULD NOT START THE CAR, I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE HERE AND FOUND OUT IT WAS THE STEERING SECURITY LOCK BOX, IT'S VERY COMMON ISSUE FOR 2009 NISSAN AND THERE WAS A EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT, WHICH ENDED IN JULY 2016 SINCE IT'S DEFECTIVE PART . IT'S A SECURITY PROBLEM WITH ALL 2009 NISSAN ALTIMAS PLUS WITH MY WORK SOMETIMES I GO INTO VERY BAD NEIGHBORHOODS AT NIGHT AND BEING STUCK THERE IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY WHAT THE DEALER WANTS TO FIX THIS OBVIOUS FAULTY PART THAT NISSAN NEW ABOUT AND NEVER RECEIVE A RECALL AT ALL AND I HAVE OWN THIS CAR SINCE 2011, SO NOW MY JOB IS IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE I NEED THIS CAR FOR MY JOB. THIS PROBLEM IS A DEFINITE SAFETY PROBLEM., I JUST HOPE NO ONE WITH CHILDREN OR A PREGNANT WOMAN IS STUCK WHILE IN LABOR OR IN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES, OR IN A PLACE WHERE CELL PHONES DO NOT WORK. SHAME ON YOU NISSAN FOR NOT FIXING THIS PROBLEM IN THESE CARS INDEFINITELY, IT IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND SHOULD BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE I PAID TODAY 1268.74 FOR REPLACEMENT AND FIXING.

WHILE HOME FROM COLLEGE FOR THE HOLIDAYS, MY DAUGHTER'S CAR WAS STRANDED AT A GYM AFTER HOURS. WE HAD TO HAVE HER CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALERSHIP, WHICH WAS 60 +/- MILES AWAY. WE HAVE SINCE FOUND THE STEERING MECHANISM IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA AND IN FACT THE WARRANTY FOR THIS CONCERN HAD BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 2015. SINCE IT'S 2016 THE $900+ REPAIR IS NOT COVERED. HAD THIS BEEN A RECALL WE WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND WOULD HAVE REPAIRED THE MECHANISM LONG BEFORE THIS BECAME AN ISSUE. I WOULD FIRST OF ALL LIKE TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT AS A SAFETY CONCERN AND SECONDLY REQUEST AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THIS HASN'T ELEVATED TO RECALL STATUS.

CAR WOOULD NOT START WITH PUSH BUTTON. DID START REMOTELY BUT AS SOON AS TRIED TO RESTART CAR AFTER GETTING IN, CAR WOULD NOT START. DEFECTIVE LOCKING MECHANISM IN STEERING WHEEL SO WOULD NOT START. IF LATE AT NIGHT IN NO CELL SERVICE AREA WHAT DO YOU DO? NO WAY TO CALL FOR HELP? CAR NO START? CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. REMOTELY STARTED THEN TRIED TO RESTART AFTER GETTING IN CAR. PUSH BUTTON START WILL NOT WORK BECAUSE THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM IS DEFECTIVE. MANY MANY OF THEM DO THIS. AFTER REPLACED OK. THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A SAFETY RECALL. NOTE COST IS $1045 TO FIX. VERY BAD SAFETY SITUATION. NEEDS RECONSIDERATION FOR RECALL.. IS PROBLEM WITH 2009 AND 2010 ALTIMA'S.

WENT OUT TO GO HOME FROM WORK AND IT WOULD NOT START...WAITED 3 HOURS FOR AAA AND FINALLY CANCELLED IT WHEN I REALIZED IT WAS NOT A BATTERY ISSUE...I HAD CALLED NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE PERSON TOLD ME THAT IT SHOULD WORK IF I PUT THE FOB IN THE LITTLE FOB INSERT ON THE CAR...DID NOT START...I HAD MY SISTER BRING ME THE OTHER FOB AND IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE...AFTER 3 HOURS, I CANCELLED AAA SERVICE AND JUST WENT HOME...IT WAS VERY COLD AND IT WAS DARK. I DROVE MY DAUGHTER'S ALTIMA TO WORK THE NEXT DAY AND CALLED AAA TO TOW IT TO THE DEALERSHIP(TOWED AT 8:30 AM). THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE THEY WERE SO BUSY. I HAD LEFT A NOTE IN THE DRIVERS SEAT ABOUT THE STEERING LOCK ISSUE WITH THE 2009 ALTIMA. THE NEXT DAY THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER THE "EXTENDED WARRANTY" AND THE PART MIGHT BE IN CHICAGO AND IF SO WOULD BE READY THE NEXT DAY (3 DAYS LATER). WHEN I WENT IN TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT WHY THIS WAS NOT A RECALL OR NISSAN SHOULD COVER THE CHARGES BECAUSE IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED...HE TOLD ME THAT THE PART WAS ON "BACK ORDER." HE WAS NOT HELPFUL AT ALL...WE CAN'T JUST PAY FOR EVERYONES REPAIRS. THINGS FAIL ON CARS. NISSAN NEEDS TO RECALL THIS AND RESTORE THE TRUST IN NISSAN CARS. I HAVE BEEN A CUSTOMER FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS AND THERE IS NO LOYALTY WITH CUSTOMERS WITH NISSAN AS I CAN SEE. IT WAS A $1092 REPAIR FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART THAT NISSAN USED. I AM THANKFUL THAT I WAS NOT ON VACATION OR IN ANOTHER AREA. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS VERY UNSAFE AND CAN HAPPEN WITH NO WARNING.

THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK MODULE FOR MY CAR IS STARTING TO GO BAD. ONCE THE MODULE DOES GO BAD I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO START MY CAR AND WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED WHERE THE CHARGE BEGINS AT $800 TO HAVE THE PART REPAIRED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE AMONG NISSAN CARS IN GENERAL. THEY HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTIES FOR THIS ISSUE BUT WON'T ISSUE A RECALL EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A KNOWN AND COMMON ISSUE.

MY VEHICLE WAS IN A PARKING SPACE AND WHEN I WENT TO START THE CAR IT DIDN'T MAKE A SOUND AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS NOT LOCKED. GOT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A STEERING WHEEL LOCK MALFUNCTION. READ ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR MY 2009 ALTIMA. I REPAIR COST WAS ALMOST $1000 WHICH IT TOTALLY RIDICULOUS BUT IT NEEDED TO BE FIXED. THIS COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD THAT CAN BE AVOIDED