2009 Nissan Altima

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

I WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN. I REALLY LIKED MY CAR UNTIL THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING SYSTEM WENT BAD. MY SON AND I WERE STUCK IN A PARKING LOT WITH NO HELP, IN A NOT SO GOOD AREA. I THEN HAD TO GET A TOW TRUCK AND GET TO A SHOP. WHERE THEN AT THE SHOP I WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IS HAD TO BE DONE BY NISSAN. WE THEN HAD TO FIND A WAY TO GET THE CAR TO A NISSAN DEALER. THEN WHEN I STARTED LOOKING THIS ISSUE UP ON MY 2009 ALTIMA I SEE THAT IS HAS HAPPENED TO LOTS OF OTHERS AND NISSAN WON'T HELP OR MAKE A RECALL FOR IT. THEN COME TO FIND OUT, SURPRISE, SURPRISE, THE WARRANTY RAN OUT ON JUNE OF THIS YEAR. NISSAN NEVER EVEN GAVE A SECOND GLANCE AT HELPING COVER IT WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE. $1000.00 LATER I HAVE A LIST OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF THINGS THAT THEY SAID NEED TO BE DONE. FUNNY, HAD THEM CHECKED, NOT AT ALL ISSUES LIKE THEY SAID.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. A WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DISPLAYED A MESSAGE. THE CONTACT WAS STRANDED FOR OVER AN HOUR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, STATIONARY WHEN I WENT TO START IT. NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN START BUTTON WAS PRESSED. THE CAR WAS RECOGNIZING THE KEY FOB, DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE IT, IT WAS SAYING NO KEY. HOWEVER WOULD NOT START EVEN WHEN FOB WAS PRESENT. CONTACTED NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THEY SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, AFTER GOOGLING THE ISSUE I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW MANY SHEER NUMBERS OF THE SAME EXACT THING WAS HAPPENING. $1200 LATER, MY CAR IS FIXED JUST BECAUSE OF A FAULTY STEERING COLUMN LOCK, WHICH EVEN THE PRIVATE MECHANIC STATED WAS A BIG PROBLEM, ADDING THAT NISSAN RESPONDED BY CHANGING THE LOCK ON THE 2010 AND UP MODELS, HOWEVER NOT COMPENSATING ANY CURRENT OWNERS. MECHANIC ALSO ADVISED THAT THE PART IS SO FAULTY THAT IT WILL GO OUT AGAIN IN TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCK SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/19/16*LJ UPDATED 02/25/16.*JB

"TAKATA RECALL"-THANKSGIVING EVE STRANDED WITH A KEY/KEYFOB UNABLE TO START CAR ON LOCK. NOVEMBER 2015-CINCINNATI, OH (HIGHLAND/RIDGE) PARKING LOT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE KEY FOB NOT WORKING. HAD A KIND WOMEN TAKE ME TO A STORE TO PURCHASE AND / REPLACE MY 2032 BATTERY WITHIN KEY FOB. STILL DID NOT WORK. READ THE MANUAL SEVERAL TIMES INCLUDING CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP TO ASSIST IN WORKING THROUGH ANY UNKNOWN ISSUES THAT I MIGHT HAVE NOT DISCOVERED OR TRIED. CAME BACK OUT AND TRIED TO START THE CAR, A KEY LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON THE DASH, BRAKE WAS HARD TO PRESS. THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. I WAS FORCED TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL HOURS LATER. WHILE WAITING, I GOOGLED THE RESULT, I WAS SHOCKED AT ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME MALFUNCTION."

ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED WHEN CAR PARKED. THIS CAUSED STEERING LOCK TO BE STUCK IN LOCK MODE. FAILURE OF THIS MECHANISM DOES NOT ALLOW CAR TO START AND CAR MUST BE TOWED. MECHANISM DID NOT FAIL DUE TO SECURITY REASONS OR ELECTRICAL ISSUE. PART REPLACED ($500 PART) AND VEHICLE RUNNING FINE NOW. THERE ARE MANY DOCUMENTED REPORTS OF THIS MECHANISM FAILING IN 2009 NISSAN ALTIMAS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO PRODUCT SAFETY RECALLS TO MY KNOWLEDGE

THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING, SPECIALLY FINDING OUT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING THRU THIS TOO AND NISSAN KNOWING IT IS A PROBLEM AND JUST OFFERING A TEMPORARY WARRANTY EXTENSION NOT JUST RECALLING THE PART. THE STEERING LOCK WARRANTY JUST EXPIRED 4 MONTHS AGO AND I FIND IT VERY WEIRD THAT I HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER JUST 2 WEEKS AGO FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND REPLACED THE BATTERIES FOR THE KEY, THE LIGHT WITH THE KEY SYMBOL WAS TURNING ON AND THOUGHT IT WAS JUST HE NEW BATTERIES IN THE KEY, THEN IT HAPPENED MY CAR WENT DEAD AND WONT START, TOWED IT TO THE DEALER AND THE BILL $1,100M COME ON THE CAR IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD AND STILL MAKING PAYMENTS. NOW MY CAR IS SITTING IDLE AS I CAN'T AFFORD THIS. NISSAN NEEDS TO PAY FOR THIS.