2009 Nissan Altima

2009 NISSAN ALTIMA COUPE, SE. WHILE MAKING TURNS (WITHOUT STOPPING), THE CAR STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN AND THE STEERING LOCKS UP. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS OCTOBER 14, 2013, AND WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN FROM A BUSY STREET AND ONTO A BUSY STREET, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT DUE TO ANOTHER CAR MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. NISSAN HAS A CURRENT RECALL ON SEVERAL MODELS REGARDING THIS HAPPENING DUE TO A FAULTY ACCELERATOR SENSOR, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE (MAKE, MODEL, YEAR) ARE NOT IN THE RECALL, AND I SUSPECT IT SHOULD BE. COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST 10 TIMES. *TR

MY DASH ON MY CAR HAS GOTTEN INCREASINGLY STICKY AND SHINY. I DO NOT USE ARMOR ALL, ALTHOUGH THE SERVICE GUY AT NISSAN SUGGEST I CLEAN IT WITH THAT. THAT WAS HIS FIX. THERE IS ACTUALLY NOTHING THAT I CAN CLEAN THE DASH WITH AS IT IS SO STICKY. I DO ATTEMPT MILD SOAP AND WATER WITH A SPONGE. IT'S BECOME SO SHINY THAT IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDOW. LIVING IN THE "SUNSHINE STATE" MAKES DRIVING DIFFICULT. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET, WITH NO RESOLUTION. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. *TR

WHEN I TRIED TO TURN ON MY 2009 ALTIMA WHICH IS 4 YEARS OLD AND PURCHASED BY ME NEW FROM THE DEALER, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE STARTS BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE WHILE PUSHING THE START SWITCH. AFTER TRYING SEVERAL TIMES TO START THE CAR, I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BRAKE SWITCH FAILURE. ACCORDING THE SERVICED REP AT NISSAN AND THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING MORE AND MORE. THE CHARGE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM WAS $526.81. PER THE INVOICE FROM THE DEALERSHIP, THE SUB-HARNESS, THE SWITCH ASSEMBLY, AND THE BAND HOSE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

FAULTY STEERING WHEEL LOCK SYSTEM CAUSES CAR TO NOT START UP AND LOCKS UP CAR'S ABS AND BRAKES. YOU CANNOT START THE CAR WITHOUT TAKING TO DEALERSHIP TO GET IT REPAIRED. I'VE HEARD MANY CASES ONLINE ABOUT THE NISSAN ALTIMA RANGING FROM 2009-2011 MODELS LOCKING UP HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. AND THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED THIS. AFFECTED PARTS IS SELECTED IN UNKNOWN FACTOR DUE TO ONLY KNOWING A FEW ISSUES THAT BRANCHES FROM THIS MALFUNCTIONING PART AND SYSTEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 32,318. UPDATED 11/13/13*LJ

THIS PART IS CRACKED/BROKEN JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER NISSAN ALTIMA EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. HAD IT HAPPENED SIX MONTHS EARLIER IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SIX MONTHS, 9000 MILES??? ITS A $18000 CAR. A VITAL EMISSIONS PART MADE OF STEEL CRACKED AND THEY WONT FIX IT? THERE IS A RECALL,NTB12-092 IN EFFECT FOR THIS CAR BUT ACCORDING TO NISSAN MY CAR DOESN'T FIT THE PARAMETERS BECAUSE OF THE VIN#.IT CLEARLY HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS THE OTHER CARS,A DEFECTIVE EMISSIONS PART AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS SAFETY RECALL. *JS

I ATTEMPTED TO START MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA ON SUNDAY NIGHT BUT IT WOULD NOT START. IT HAS A PUSH BUTTON START; I PUSHED THE BUTTON, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT START, SO I CHECKED THE DIRECTIONS IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL TO START THE CAR BUT STILL WAS NOT ABLE TO START THE CAR. FINALLY, I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER. THEY SAID THE STEERING LOCK UNIT HAD GONE BAD AND CHARGED $775.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND SEE THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER BUYERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I SEE THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT NISSAN SHOULD NOT HAVE USED. I THINK THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED AND WE THE CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR NISSANS BAD DESIGN. *TR

I LEFT MY HOUSE FOR WORK, MADE A STOP AT THE LOCAL PANERA WHEN I WENT TO START MY CAR I NOTICED THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED KEY ON THE DASHBOARD AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START, NOT EVEN MAKE ANY NOISE. I CALLED TRIPLE A THEY CAME OUT AND TOLD ME I HAD TO TOW IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I JUST FOUND OUT IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $789 PLUS A $32 TOWING FEE. MY WARRANTY ACTUALLY EXPIRED A WHILE AGO SO I CAN NOT PUT IN A CLAIM ON THAT END. THIS IS MY 4TH NISSAN SINCE 1990 AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES. EARLIER THIS YEAR THERE WAS THE RECALL ON THE MUFFLER SYSTEM, WHICH WAS COVERED. I FEEL THAT IF THERE ARE THIS MANY CARS HAVING THIS PROBLEM THAT IT SHOULD BE COVERED AND IF YOUR WARRANTY IS UP YOU SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST. *TR

WENT TO START MY CAR AFTER A DAY OF WORK ...IT HAS THE PUSH BUTTON START, PUSHED IT, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE CAR DID NOT START SO I PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE MANUAL TO START THE CAR WHEN THEIR ARE ISSUES,STILL COULD NOT GET THE CAR STARTED SO I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER.THIS HAPPENED ON A SATURDAY THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT TILL MONDAY TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT HAD GONE BAD $750.00 TO FIX IT.AFTER DOING SOME DIGGING ON THE INTERNET I SEE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS AFFECTED THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT NISSAN MODELS WITH DIFFERENT MODEL YEARS.WITH VARYING MILES.I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A FAULTY PART THAT NISSAN HAS USED,SHOULDN'T THIS PART BE A RECALL AND THE CONSUMER NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR NISSANS BAD DESIGN. *TR

WE PURCHASED THIS 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA 5 MONTHS AGO WITH 56000 MILES ON IT AND ONLY DROVE IT LOCALLY UNTIL 8/31/13 WHEN WE WENT ON A FIVE HOUR TRIP, 3 OF WHICH WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65 TO 70 MPH SPEEDS. AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS OF RUNNING THESE SPEEDS NON STOP WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE LANE WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC COMING UP ON A SMALL INCLINE THE CAR LOST POWER MY SPEED INSTANTLY DROPPED TO 40 MPH, THE TRACTOR TRAILER FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND HAD TO GO ON LOCKDOWN TO AVOID PLOWING US OVER. I WAS FLOOR BOARDING THE CAR TRYING TO MAINTAIN 40 MPH UNTIL I COULD CHANGE LANES TO PULL OVER. IT TOOK ABOUT 10 MILES BEFORE WE COULD CHANGE LANES AT THIS SPEED BUT IN THAT TIME I REALIZED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MANUALLY DOWNSHIFT FOR MORE POWER THE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN HIGH AND WOULDN'T LET ME DOWNSHIFT MANUALLY. AFTER SITTING ON THE ROAD WITH NO PHONE SIGNAL OR HELP I DECIDED TO STUMBLE TO THE NEAREST TOWN BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS AGAIN WORKING BY THIS TIME SO WE CAUTIOUSLY FINISHED THE LAST LEG OF OUR TRIP. WITH NO LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AT OUR DESTINATION I CALLED MY DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF ANY ISSUES LIKE THIS BUT BRING IT IN UPON RETURN. AT OUR DESTINATION WE AGAIN DROVE THE CAR FOR THREE DAYS SHORT TRIPS WITH NO PROBLEMS BUT ON OUR RETURN TRIP AGAIN TWO HOURS OR SO AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS IM LOSING POWER AND THE TRANSMISSION IS STUCK IN HIGH AGAIN SO WE PULL OVER AND LET IT SET AGAIN BEFORE CONTINUING OUR TRIP HOME. SOON AS WE ARRIVED HOME I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY KEPT IT FOR THREE DAYS AND SAID NO CODES OR PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO DRIVE IT AT THE SPEEDS OR DISTANCE THE PROBLEM OCCURRED TO RECREATE IT BUT SUGGESTED I PAY THEM 275.00 TO CHANGE THE FLUID. AFTER RESEARCHING THE WEB I DISCOVERED MANY OTHER OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE ITS EVEN VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE. THIS NISSAN IS AN INTERSTATE DEATH TRAP THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR