2009 Nissan Altima

MY CAR LEFT ME STRANDED BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK FAILURE. I WENT TO START THE CAR AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START AT ALL. NISSAN DOESN'T SEE THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS CLEARLY UNSAFE BECAUSE IT STRANDS THE DRIVER. THE CAR BECOMES IMMOBILE AND DEAD. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS IS TO PAY AT LEAVE $600 FOR THE PART PLUS ANOTHER $200-$300 FOR INSTALLATION. THE WORST PART IS THAT NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY MANUFACTURED THE CAR BECAUSE IT IS IN THE OWNERS MANUAL WARNING THE DRIVER THAT THE CAR WILL LEAVE YOU STRANDED. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALL?!

I PARKED MY CAR WHEN ARRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT, I NOTICED THE INTELLIGENT KEY LIGHT WAS LIT, BUT DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT. I CAME OUT TO MY CAR THE NEXT DAY TO TAKE IT TO WORK, I NOTICED THAT THE LIGHT WAS STILL LIT AND TRIED TO START MY CAR, BUT IT WOULDN'T START. SO I REPLACED THE BATTERIES IN MY INTELLIGENT KEY BECAUSE THE LIGHT WAS ON. I TRIED TO START MY CAR, BUT IT STILL DIDN'T START. I GOT THE CAR TOWED TO NISSAN AND LEARNED THAT IT WAS THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR OVER $800. MY CAR ONLY HAD 50,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME, SO I DID SOME RESEARCH AND LEARNED THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PART AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. I LEARNED THAT THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRENTY THROUGH NOVEMBER 2014, BUT I DIDN'T DRIVE THE VEHICLE ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM SOONER FOR IT TO BE COVERED BY THE WARRENTY.

MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA WOULD NOT START FOR ME TODAY WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY TO ATLANTA. I STOPPED FOR GAS AND ONCE I HOPPED ON MY CAR, IN AN UNKNOWN LOCATION, MY CAR WOULD NOT START. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY SIGNS OR ISSUE WITH MY CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT 3 YEARS AGO. AFTER WAITING FOR HOURS IN A TOWN IN WHICH WAS VERY CREEPY I'VE FINALLY FOUND OUT IT WAS MY ESCL (ELECTRIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK). NOT ONLY DID I HAVE TO GET MY CAR TOWED WAY BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA, I ALSO ENDED UP PAYING AN ARM AND A LEG AT NISSAN!!! COME TO FIND OUT EVERYONE WITH A 2009 ALTIMA HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM IT SEEMS LIKE! THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THAT ENDED A YEAR AGO! I GOT NOTHING IN THE MALL FROM NISSAN REGARDING THIS SO I WAS TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THE DEFECT! THIS HAS BEEN A LIABILITY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY BEING THAT I'VE SPENT OVER $1000 GETTING THIS DONE AS WELL AS TOWING FEES! NISSAN HAS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DEFECT OR ELSE THEIR WILL BE THOUSANDS MORE THAN END UP STRANDED WHO KNOWS WHERE BECAUSE OF NISSANS DEFECTS! AND THEIR IRRESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR PRODUCT!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AS THE KEY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,918.

STEERING LOCK 48700-9N00B WENT OUT NO WARRANTY NISSAN DEALERSHIP SAID. WE DID NOT GET ANY INFORMATION ON THIS ISSUE. ALL THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IS GIVING US THE RUNAROUND SAID WE COULD BRING IT IN AND IT WOULD COST US $1K DOLLARS AFTER PARTS AND LABOR. THIS IS THERE ISSUE DON'T SEE HOW THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE TO FIX THE ISSUE. THEY SAID THERE WAS A WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION AND THE NOISE WHILE WE DRIVE DON'T KNOW IF I WILL EVER BUY AN NISSAN AGAIN AFTER NOT RECEIVING ANY INFORMATION ON RECALLS.

THE CAR WAS STATIONARY AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND SO THE CAR COULD NOT BE STARTED. I NEEDED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED FOR $900 BEFORE TAXES. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE ON THE PART AND HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BUT THE EXTENSION ENDED IN 2015. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN DO THIS -- THE DEFECTIVE PART NEEDS TO FAIL WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MAKE IT RIGHT?