2009 Nissan Altima

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I NOTICED THAT MY DASHBOARD WAS MELTING CAUSING GLARE WHILST DRIVING. MY WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED AND I DIDN'T TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER AS I WAS SURE IT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE TO FIX. THE GLARE GOT TO BE SO HORRIBLE THAT I ENDED UP PURCHASING A DASHBOARD COVER. THE VEHICLE DOES SPEND AT LEAST 8 HOURS PARKED IN THE SUN MONDAY THRU FRIDAY.

THE ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK FAILED AFTER 62,000 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $1,100 TO REPLACE IT. THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM THAT NISSAN ADDRESSED WITH A SECRET WARRANTY EXTENSION THAT WAS NOT COMMUNICATED TO OWNERS. AT ONE POINT I BELIEVE NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 72 MONTHS/UNLIMITED MILES, BUT THEN CHANGED ITS MIND AND ENDED THE EXTENSION. I PARKED THE CAR ON 1/1/16 AND IT WOULD NOT START AFTER THAT.

ON JANUARY 19TH AT 6:00PM I ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE WORK AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND JUMP WOULD NOT HELP. I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO TOW MY CAR HOME. THE NEXT DAY ON JANUARY 20TH, I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP, NISSAN OF UNION CITY. I HAD THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST RUN AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING LOCK NO LONGER WORKED. MY NISSAN REP ADVISED THAT THIS ISSUE WITH THE STEERING LOCK APPEARS TO HAPPEN IN THESE MODEL CARS. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH MANY PEOPLE ONLINE SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH NISSAN. NISSAN NORTH AMERICA IS AWARE THAT THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS PART. THEY DID NOT MAIL ME ANY INFORMATION ON THE WARRANTY EXTENSION WHICH EXPIRED ON 8-15-15. THE WARRANTY EXTENSION WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE STEERING LOCK SINCE NISSAN KNEW THIS WAS A HUGE ISSUE. THE TOTAL COST TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AND FIX MY CAR IS $1000.00. I HAD TO TAKE OUT AN ICARE PLAN WHERE THE TOTAL COST WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO PAYMENTS FOR 6 MONTHS. I CALLED NISSAN CORPORATE TO FIND OUT IF THEY WOULD HELP WITH THE COST OF THIS MAJOR ISSUE AND THEY ADVISED ME THEY WOULD NOT. THEY STATED THEY LOOKED INTO THIS ISSUE AND THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED. SINCE I DID NOT BRING BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXTENSION EXPIRED, IN THERE WORDS, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. I CONTACT CLARK HOWARD, AND THEY ADVISED I FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS ARE HAVING THIS MAJOR ISSUE AND NISSAN IS PUTTING ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE CONSUMER VS. THEMSELVES. THIS IS AN OBSTRUCTION AND NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.

I'VE HAD TO REPAIR MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA DUE TO ESCL THAT DISABLED MY CAR ON MY WAY TO WORK!! I HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED IN, AFTER DOING RESEARCH ONLINE I NOTICED I WASN'T THE ONLY HAVING THE ISSUE. I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMERS AFFAIR WHICH TOLD ME I MISSED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY BY A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THIS IS A DEFECT ON NISSAN AND THEY SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE 1,000 REPAIR I HAD TO PAY. THIS IS MY SECOND NISSAN BUT WILL ALSO BE MY LAST!! I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND I GUESS IT WILL TAKE A FATALITY FOR THEM TO DO A RECALL ON THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK

THE STEERING LOCK MALFUNCTIONS ON THIS CAR, AND OTHER YEARS AND MODELS. THIS CAUSES THE DRIVER TO BE STRANDED WHEN THE CAR WILL NOT TURN ON DUE TO THE CAR BEING IN AN ANTI THEFT MODE. NISSAN IS WELL AWARE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE AND IS PROFITING FROM IT. THE CUSTOMER WILL HAVE TO TOW THE CAR TO NISSAN (SINCE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN FIX IT), AND IT WILL COST $1000 TO FIX. NISSAN STATES THAT DUE TO IT NOT BEING A SAFETY CONCERN, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO RECALL THIS. THIS HAS AFFECTED COUNTLESS CUSTOMERS HOWEVER AND IT IS UNETHICAL. THIS IS NOT EVEN SOMETHING THE PERSON THEMSELVES OR ANOTHER MECHANIC CAN FIX SINCE IT IS ELECTRICAL. I DO NOT FEEL THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE PROFITING FROM A PART THAT THEY KNOW IS DEFECTIVE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PUSH TO START FAILED TO OPERATE AND START THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

I STARTED THE VEHICLE AT HOME AND DROVE TO THE MY MOTHERS HOUSE(, APPROXIMATELY 6 MINUTES AWAY.) WHEN I WENT TO START THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START. THE LITTLE KEY LIGHT WENT ON SO,I CHANGED THE BATTERY FOR THE REMOTE AS SOME PEOPLE REPORTED THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE STILL WOULD NOT START. CALLED THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER, THEY SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK .AFTER MAKING SOME RESEARCH I JUST FOUND OUT THAT IS A COMMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR.T. . I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND REQUEST IT IS ISSUED AS A RECALL. MANY PEOPLE ONLINE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LOCK STEERING ISSUE..I BELIENE NISSAN SHOULD AT LEAST BE RESPONSIBLE OF REPLACING THE PARTS.THIS IS OUR THIRD CAR THAT WE HAVE BOUGHT AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES BEFORE.

MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA WOULD NOT START AND STRANDED MY WIFE IN A PARKING LOT. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH AND A TOW TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED. THE STEERING LOCK FAILED. NISSAN IS AWARE THAT THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE SO THEY INCREASED THE WARRANTY. NOW THAT THE WARRANTY IS UP, I AM STUCK WITH A $1000 REPAIR OF A PART THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED!

STARTED THE VEHICLE AT HOME AND DROVE TO THE STORE, APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES AWAY. AFTER SHOPPING LESS THAN 30 MINUTES, WENT TO START THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE LITTLE KEY LIGHT WENT ON SO WENT BACK INTO THE STORE TO BUY A BATTERY FOR THE REMOTE AS SOME PEOPLE REPORTED THAT AS THE PROBLEM. REPLACED THE BATTERY AND THE VEHICLE STILL WOULD NOT START. CALLED THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER, THEY SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK WHICH WAS UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT DUE TO THE AGE OF OUR VEHICLE (6 YEARS OLD) IT WAS NO LONGER COVERED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALER, THEY REPLACED THE LOCK STEERING AT A COST OF $1000. CALLED NISSAN TO REQUEST A REIMBURSEMENT BUT THEY SAID IT WAS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN, SO IT IS NOT A RECALL ONLY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS ISSUED AND SINCE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY THERE IS NO REIMBURSEMENT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND REQUEST IT IS ISSUED AS A RECALL. MANY PEOPLE ONLINE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LOCK STEERING ISSUE.