2009 Nissan Altima

MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA HAS BEEN FAILING TO START DAILY SINCE 07/13/2015. IT TAKES ME 20-30 MINUTES TO GET CAR STARTED. KEY FOBS APPEAR OPERATIONAL. WHILE PRESSING THE BREAK & PUSH BUTTON TO START THE CAR, THE RADIO COMES ON BUT THE CAR DOESN'T START. IT MAKES A CLICKING SOUND & WON'T DO ANYTHING. I HAVE TO WAIT A FEW MINUTES & RETRY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE STARTING.

CAR WOULD NOT START, BATTERY WAS CHARGING. IT IS THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM. THIS ISSUE WILL COST $1000.00 TO REPAIR. AFTER RESEARCH IT IS CLEAR THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. WHY HAS THAT NOT BEEN A RECALL? THIS IS UNSATISFACTORY. I HAVE BEEN A NISSAN OWNER FOR 15 YEARS, BUT IF THIS IS NOT RESOLVED, THIS WILL BE MY LAST NISSAN. I THOUGHT NISSAN WAS A GOOD COMPANY, BUT THIS IS NO WAY TO TREAT YOUR CUSTOMERS.

THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK FAILED - THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED AND WIDESPREAD, MAJOR DEFECT ISSUE WITH 2009 ALTIMA MODELS.THIS APPARENT DEFECT IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON INTERNET FORUMS. THE CAR NEEDS TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER, AND A NEW STEERING COLUMN LOCK INSTALLED. APPROXIMATE COST $1,000. THE PROBLEM IS VERY WIDESPREAD. NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS PART ONLY TO 6-YEARS. MY FAILURE OCCURRED AT 6-YEARS, 2-MONTHS. MOST FAILURES APPEAR TO OCCUR JUST AFTER 6-YEARS. RATHER THAN ISSUE A 6-YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH RECOGNIZES A PROBLEM EXISTS, NISSAN SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM IS SO WIDESPREAD. LUCKILY FOR ME, THIS HAPPENED CLOSE TO HOME AND IN WARM WEATHER.

I WAS AT THE GROCERY STORE AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE I PARKED WENT INTO THE STORE TO PURCHASE A FEW THINGS. I GOT BACK TO THE CAR NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES LATER UNLOCKED THE CAR WITH THE FOB AND GOT IN. TRY TO START THE CAR AND IT DID NOT START. I TRIED PLUGGING IT IN TO THE FOB HOLDER AND THE CAR STILL DID NOT START. I SAW THE KEY LIGHT ON THE DASH TURN ON. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP UPON HAVING THE VEHICLE EXAMINED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THEY TOLD ME IT WILL $ 1020.00 TO FIX. I RESEARCHED TO SEE IF THIS WAS AN ISSUED WITH THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA AND WHAT DO I DISCOVER THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVE THE THIS ISSUED SINCE 2011 WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EVEN 3 YEARS OLD YET. THIS IS REDICULOUS AND OUTRIGHT NEGLIGENT ON NISSAN'S PART FOR NOT RECALLING THIS PART. I HAVE SEEN WELL OVER A 1,000 COMPLAINT REGARDING THIS ISSUE. SOME HAVE LEFT PEOPLE STRANDED IN BAD CONDITIONS. NISSAN NEEDS TO REIMBURSE EACH AND EVERY CUSTOMER FOR THIS ISSUE AS THEY CHOOSE TO USE A VERY FAULTY PART.

DROVE CAR TO WORK EVERYTHING RAN FINE. WENT ON BREAK AND GOT IN CAR IT WOULD NOT CRANK. THE INDICATOR LIGHT APPEARED( YELLOW KEYLESS LIGHT) ON THE LEFT SIDE. LOOKED IT UP IN MY CAR MANUAL AND IT SAYS STEERING ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CALL NISSAN. SO NOW IM STUCK WITHOUT A CAR AND I AM STILL MAKING CAR PAYMENTS. THIS SUCKS. I'VE BEEN READING OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT ISSUE. IT SEEMS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED A LOT. SUPPOSEDLY THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT ONLY LASTED UP UNTIL FEB. BUT ITS NOW JULY, SO I GUESS IM ASSED OUT. SMDH!! THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ASAP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TRULY CANT BELIEVE NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS, ON 6/30/2015, MY ELECTRIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK WENT OUT. I CALLED CONSUMER AFFAIRS ON 6/30/2015, TO SEE IF ITS PART OF THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY, ( WHICH I FOUND OUT THOUGH GOOGLE), REP EXPLAIN MINE EXPIRED ON 6/3/2015, AND I NEEDED TO TOW IT TO DEALERSHIP. WHICH I DID, AND FOUND OUT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM, SO I CALLED BACK ON 6/30/2015, AND ASK SINCE IT WAS LESS THAN A MONTH WILL THEY HELP WITH THE COST. ON 7/1/2015, I HAD TO CALL 4 TIMES AND MESSAGE NISSAN THOUGH FACEBOOK TO EVEN GET A CALL BACK FROM THE REGIONAL CONSUMER AFFAIR AGENT, WHEN SHE FINALLY CALLED BACK AN HOUR BEFORE THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. CLOSES, SHE EXPLAIN THEY WOULDN'T HELP WITH ANY COST. THE COST TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, THAT NISSAN KNEW ABOUT SINCE 2009, WOULD BE 1,000 DOLLARS. PERSONALLY I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT, AT THIS POINT OF TIME IT IS SITTING AT THE DEALERSHIP, I'M MISSING WORK EVERYDAY BECAUSE OF AN ISSUE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF NISSAN TOOK RESPONSIBILITY OF THERE FAILURE.

CAR COULD NOT BE STARTED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A NISSAN DEAL WHERE THEY CHARGED ME $900.00 TO FIX. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART, ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK, THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT. THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS PART AND HAVE IT LISTED ON THE NISSANASSIST.COM WEBSITE. IT IS SPECIFIC TO THE 2009 ALTIMA AND MAXIMA. THEY REFUSED TO HELP WITH COST IN ANYWAY BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED 2 MONTHS PRIOR...EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW IT IS A BIG ENOUGH ISSUE TO HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT. IF THE PART IS DEFECTIVE...WHY PUT ANY TIME FRAME ON IT. DO A RECALL, OR FIX THEM AS IT HAPPENS.

I FINISHED WORK LATE AT NIGHT DURING A SNOWSTORM, ONLY TO FIND THAT MY CAR WOULD NOT START AND I HAD TO GET A TOW. NISSAN LATER EXPLAINED THAT THE CAUSE WAS A DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) UNIT. BECAUSE THIS MALFUNCTION OCCURRED A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE 6 YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY, IN ADDITION TO WAITING HOURS FOR A TOW TRUCK IN A SNOWSTORM, I WAS THEN FORCED TO PAY $1000 TO FIX NISSAN'S DEFECTIVE PART.