2009 Nissan Altima

WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AFTER BEING DRIVEN AN HOUR PRIOR TO THE MALFUNCTION. THE KEY FOB INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON BUT THE CAR WILL NOT START OR RESPOND TO THE START BUTTON. THE KEY FOB UNLOCKS/LOCKS THE CAR. UPON RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ONLINE, I DISCOVERED THAT THE ISSUE IS WITH THE ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK THAT KEEPS THE CAR FROM BEING STOLEN OR STARTED WITHOUT THE KEY FOB. THIS IS, FROM WHAT I DISCOVERED, A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSANS AND IN MY VIEW A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. NISSAN HAS MADE THIS A WARRANTY EXTENSION INSTEAD OF A SAFETY RECALL FOR REASONS UNKNOWN. WITH NO WAY TO TELL WHEN AND IF A STEERING LOCK WILL FAIL IT IS A GAME OF CHANCE THAT MANY NISSAN OWNERS ARE LOSING. IF YOU ARE LIKE ME, AND PURCHASED YOUR CAR USED, IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT YOU WILL NOT KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE UNTIL ITS ALREADY TOO LATE. ON TOP OF THAT, SINCE IT IS A WARRANTY IT HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE. WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO NO KNOW ABOUT THIS AND IT FAILS THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT NISSAN WILL NOT FIX IT FOR FREE.

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AT 60,000 MILES FROM A NISSAN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE PUSH BUTTON DOES NOT START THE CAR. SOMETIMES IT DOES START AND WILL GO OFF BY ITSELF. THE SHIFT TICK IS LOCKED AND WON'T CHANGE GEARS. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND NISSAN AND THEY BOTH SAID NOTHING CAN BE DONE. SO I AM PAYING FOR A CAR THAT DOES NOT WORK. WHEN IT DOES TURN ON I HAVE TO PRESS THE LOCK RELEASE ON THE SHIFTER FOR IT TO ENGAGE INTO DRIVE. DANGEROUS REALLY. NO ACCOUNTABILITY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE FROM DIAMOND VALLEY HONDA. I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CAR FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS WITH A 90 DAY WARRANTY. MY CAR WAS WORKING ABSOLUTELY FINE ON 9/7/2015 (LABOR DAY) UNTIL THE EVENING MY IGNITION LOCKED. I READ THE MANUAL AND IT STATED THAT MY KEY MAY NEED TO BE REPROGRAMMED, BUT I DID HAVE A SPARE AND WHEN NEITHER WORKED I TOWED MY CAR TO MY DEALERSHIP. A DAY AND A HALF WENT BY AND THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON MY CAR STATING THAT THE STARTER LOCKED, BUT THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER SYSTEM IN FIXING MY CAR IN WHICH THEY HAD TO TOW IT TO NISSAN TO BE FIXED. MY DEALERSHIP WAVED THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST, BUT WANTED TO CHARGE ME FOR TOWING TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. I REFUSED, BECAUSE I TOWED MY CAR TO THE PLACE IT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO AND I WAS NOT GOING TO BE CHARGED TO SIMPLY HAVE MY CAR TAKEN ACROSS THE STREET. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP WANTED TO CHARGE ME 120.00 TO RUN ANOTHER DIAGNOSTIC ON MY CAR, BUT I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT MY DEALERSHIP DID ONE AND TOLD ME WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, BUT THEY CONTINUED TO COME UP WITH EXCUSES AS TO WHY THEY NEEDED TO RUN IT THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM. I WAS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED THAT NOT ONLY I WAS UNABLE TO GET TO WORK, BUT THAT MY DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I PLEADED WITH NISSAN TO DO PAYMENTS, BECAUSE THIS WAS MY ONLY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION, BUT THEY REFUSED AND STATED THAT I NEEDED THE ENTIRE PAYMENT OF 850.00 TO WALK OFF THE LOT WITH MY CAR. UPSET AND EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL THAT I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR AND NOW HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET TO PAY THIS OBSCENE AMOUNT OF MONEY, I HAVE TO PUSH BACK MY CAR PAYMENT ALONG WITH MY REGISTRATION AND INSURANCE PAYMENTS. I FEEL THAT MY DEALERSHIP CHEATED ME, FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO FIX A CAR THAT WAS PURCHASED FROM THEM. I HAVE READ MANY REVIEWS AND FEEL THAT NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THIS, BECAUSE NO CAR WITH THE PROPER KEYS SHOULD LOCK ON PERSONS THINKING IT'S IN THEFT MODE.

I WENT TO START THE CAR AND NOTHING WAS WORKING AND A RED KEY SIGN SHOWED UP IN THE DASH. I TRIED CHANGING THE BATTERIES IN THE KEYFOB (WHICH HAD ALREADY UNLOCKED THE CAR BEFORE REPLACING THE BATTERY) AND IT STILL WOULDN'T WORK. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM. I GOOGLED THIS AND IT IS APPARENTLY A WELL KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2009 NISSAN ALTIMAS AND YET NISSAN HAD STOPPED THE WARRANTY. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT THEY NO LONGER FIX A KNOWN ISSUE OR HAVE FOUND A WAY SO THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN O TO CUSTOMERS WHO STILL HAVE 2009 ALTIMAS.

I HAVEN'T BEEN HAPPY SINCE I HAD MY CAR, WHICH I PURCHASED IN 2012 WITH 45, 0000 MILES AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. I COMPLAINED ABOUT SO MANY THINGS EVERY OTHER MONTH I WAS GOING TO GET IT CHECKED. WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP YOU CAN HERE SOMETHING LOOSE UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END OF COURSE I SEEMED LIKE THE ONLY CRAZY ONE HEARING THE NOISE. THEN WHEN I TOOK IT BACK AGAIN I WAS TOLD THE SWAY BAR ARMS NEED TO BE REPLACED WHEN THIS WAS A PROBLEM WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE CAR THEY JUST IGNORED NOW MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED . THE STEERING LOCK WAS ONE ISSUE AND I WAS TOLD THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ON MY CAR. UNTIL I CONTACTED YOU GUYS I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL. NOW WHEN I DRIVE THE CAR AT A CERTAIN SPEED IT STARTS WINING AND SLOWS DOWN TO 60 MPH WITH THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR I AM FURIOUS BECAUSE I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE 4 DIFFERENT TIMES GOING OUT OF TOWN AND THIS HAPPENED. SOMEONE COULD HAVE RAN INTO THE BACK OF ME. I CHANGED OUT THE AIR FILTER THINKING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM BUT NO IT CONTINUED. ALSO SOMETIMES THE CAR WOULDN'T START I WAS TOLD BY NISSAN I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY AND I HAD IT CHECKED BY SOMEONE ELSE THEY SAID THE BATTERY WAS FINE. THE PASSENGER SENSOR LIGHT STAYS ON WHEN AN ADULT IS SITTING THERE. NOW MY SISTER 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA TRANSMISSION IS GONE AND SHE ONLY HAD THE CAR ALMOST TWO YEARS AND WE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH THE CAR GOING A CERTAIN SPEED AND MAKING NOISE. I WENT TO NISSAN AND THEY TOLD ME MY CAR CAN BE PUT ON THE MACHINE, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT CHECKED. TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THESE CARS.