2009 Nissan Altima

12-2-16, FRIDAY 9:30 PM VERY COLD IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO. CAR IN PARKING LOT WOULD NOT START BECAUSE OF A STEERING LOCK FAILURE. CALLED NEIGHBOR 25 MILES AWAY FOR A RIDE HOME. 12-3-16,SAT.CAR TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER WHERE PURCHASED. REPAIR WOULD COST UPWARDS OF $1,000. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET INDICATES NISSAN HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY REPAIRS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THEN RECINDED IT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IF A PERSON IS STRANDED AND CANNOT GET A CELL TOWER CONNECTION, ONE COULD FREEZE TO DEATH. WHAT IF A FAMILY WITH SMALL CHILDREN EXPERIENCED THIS ON A SUB-ZERO NIGHT? THE CAR HAS ONLY 55,400 MILES ON IT BUT I DO NOT TRUST IT FOR ME OR MY WIFE TO DRIVE. THERE SHOULD BE A FEDERAL RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM.

NISSAN KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM OF THE DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK SYSTEM, BUT DID NOT DO A RECALL. THEY CHANGED AN INDEFINITE WARRANTY TO A 6 YEAR WARRANTY IN JANUARY 2016. I RAN TO THE STORE ON MY LUNCH HOUR TO PICK UP A FEW ITEMS, CAME OUT AND CAR WOULD NOT START. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO NISSAN. HAD TO SIT IN A PARKING LOT WAITING FOR TOW TRUCK FOR 2 HOURS, ONLY TO FIND THEY HAD TO COME BACK FOR THE CAR AFTER 11 PM WHEN PARKING LOT EMPTIED OUT, AS WITH THE STEERING LOCKED YOU COULD NOT MOVE THE CAR OUT TO GET ONTO THE FLATBED.UPON LOOKING UP THIS PROBLEM, FOUND THAT NISSAN KNOWS THIS HAPPENS TO THIS CAR, BUT REFUSED TO DO A RECALL, JUST EXTENDED THE WARRANTY. UNFORTUNATELY, MY WARRANTY EXPIRED LAST YEAR - I PURCHASE THIS CAR BRAND NEW IN APRIL OF 2009. NOW THEY WANT ALMOST 1100.00 TO REPLACE THIS PART THEY KNEW WAS DEFECTIVE TO BEGIN WITH! I AM WAITING TO SEE IF THE DEALERSHIP IS GOING TO BE OF ANY HELP IN GETTING THIS REPLACED FOR NO CHARGE.

2009 NISSAN ALTIMA STEERING LOCK FAILURE OCCURRED FOR NO REASON, FAULT, WEAR AND TEAR, LEAVING ME STRANDED WITHOUT THE KEY WORKING TO START THE STATIONARY CAR. NISSAN ADMITTED A DEFECT AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA STEERING LOCK PART KNOWING THIS, BUT PLACED AN EXPIRATION ON THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS EXPIRATION DID/DOES NOT COVER THE ACTUAL CARS IMPACTED AND WAS, I BELIEVE, SOLELY DESIGNED TO AVOID A FORMAL RECALL. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS INFORMING ME OF THIS DEFECT, INCLUDING DURING ALL OF MY DEALER SERVICING VISITS THAT WERE WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THE STEERING LOCK FAILED ON MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE DEALER, CLAY COOLEY IN IRVING TX SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THAT I WAS SIX MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IT WOULD COST $1,200.00 TO REPAIR IT. NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY KEY FOBS AND THE CAR WAS IN GREAT SHAPE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DEFECTIVE 2009 ALTIMA STEERING LOCK THAT PREVENTS MY CAR FROM READING MY KEY FOBS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL WITHOUT EXPIRATION. I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW FROM NISSAN AND REMAIN THE ORIGINAL OWNER. NISSAN SHOULD BEAR THE COST FOR THIS ENTIRE $1,200.00 REPAIR AS IT IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, PREVENTATIVE, OF ANY CONTROL OF MYSELF. IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR

3 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS MY WIFE HAS BEEN STRANDED IN SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURE DUE TO THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) NOT UNLOCKING. EACH TIME THE CAR HAS BEEN STOPPED AND DOES NOT RESTART. HAVING READ MULTIPLE REPORTS NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE PART AND EVEN REMOVED IT FROM 2010 MODELS HOWEVER I AM OUT OF LUCK SINCE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THIS DEFECTIVE PART SHOULD BE PART OF A NATIONAL RECALL AND CONSUMERS SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR FIXES AND TOWING COST. CURRENTLY NISSAN WILL NOT FIX THE ISSUE UNTIL IT IS OCCURRING WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO BE STRANDED SOME WHERE AND HAVE IT TOWED TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE. I AM LUCKY THAT ME AND MY WIFE ARE HANDY AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESTART THE CARD BY LITERALLY HAMMERING ON THE ESCL UNTIL IT UNLOCKED. IF WE HAD KIDS OR WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EMERGENCY THIS WOULD BE GATHERING NATIONAL NEWS ATTENTION ON HOW NISSAN KNEW ABOUT A DEFECTIVE PIECE AND (EVEN REPLACING IT IN THE NEXT YEARS MODEL). I WOULD APPRECIATE ANYONE'S HELP IF BRINGING AWARENESS OF NISSAN'S NEGLIGENCE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ALL DAY WITH NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. I DECIDE TO THE GROCERY STORE WITH MY SON AND AFTER DOING ALL MY SHOPPING I GET BACK INTO MY CAR AND THE KEY SECURITY LIGHT WAS ON AND I TRIED TO START THE CAR BY PRESSING THE PUSH START BUTTON AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE KEY ALLOWS ME TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THE DOOR EVEN RECOGNIZING IT WHEN I PUT IT IN THE IGNITION BUT WOULD NOT START. ME AND MY SON WAS STRANDED FOR HOURS IN COLD. I HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR IN THE PARKING LOT FOR 3 DAYS BEFORE I WAS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE TO GET IT TOWED. AND THEN I WAS INFORMED ITS GOING TO COST ABOUT $1000 TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE OF A STEERING LOCK. WHEN I RESEARCHED THIS IS A COMMON AND KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE CARS. I JUST GOT THIS CAR ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO TO THE CAR. WHY ARE THESE CARS STILL BEING STOLE TO THE PUBLIC AND PEOPLE NOT AWARE OF THESE ISSUES. THIS COULD OF HAPPEN ANYWHERE!! AND I DON'T STAY IN THE MOST SAFEST AREA THESE PROBLEMS ARE DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO JUST HAPPEN ANYWHERE. AND IT'S DECEMBER!!! IT'S COLD!!! WHY AM I COMING OUT OF POCKET FOR A NISSAN ISSUE!!! *TR