2009 Nissan Altima

CAR LEFT ME SIT DUE TO STEERING WHEEL LOCK NEEDING REPLACED. IT AFFECTS THE PUSH START IGNITION AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TOO. UPON RESEARCHING, I FOUND THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT NISSAN FIXED SOME AT NO CHARGE BUT OTHERS HAD TO SPEND $1000 AND UP TO REPAIR IT. THERE ARE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE AND I SUSPECT THAT NISSAN ARE FIXING SOME TO APPEASE THOSE WHO ARE PUSHING FOR A RECALL. MY VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A REST AREA ON THE PA TURNPIKE TO USE THE RESTROOM AND WHEN I RETURNED THE CAR WOULD NOT START WHEN I PUSHED THE BUTTON. THE BRAKE WAS ALSO VERY HARD TO PUSH. THE KEY FOB BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND THE KEY FOB HOLDER IN THE DASH ALSO WAS FLASHING. I STARTED LOOKING FOR IDEAS TO HELP US ON THE INTERNET AND RIGHT AWAY THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK INFORMATION CAME UP WITH PAGES AND PAGES OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME REPAIR. WE HAD CAR TOWED TO CLOSEST DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM DIAGNOSE IT AS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK. I CANNOT BELIEVE WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS ONLINE THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. WHAT IF THAT WOULD START A FIRE?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 94,000.

MY DAUGHTER WENT TO START HER 2009 ALTIMA UPON EXITING A WALMART AND CAR WOULD NOT START OR RESPOND. CAR USES A SMART KEY TO START AND INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYED KEY PROBLEM. RAINING AND COLD SHE TRIED MANY OPTIONS WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS. I TOLD HER TO CALL AAA AND HAVE IT TOWED TO PREMIER NISSAN. THE NEXT DAY THEY DETERMINED IT WAS THE STEERING COLUMN CONTROL UNIT AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THEY SAID NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO FEB. 2015 AND THIS DATE HAS PASSED THEREFORE I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $1,093 FOR THE REPAIR. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GET STRANDED WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. A COMPANY LIKE AAA CAN NOT EVEN HELP YOU EXCEPT TO TOW YOU. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL! I WOULD THINK THIS COULD HAPPEN WHILE YOU WERE DRIVING AND CAUSE THE STEERING TO LOCK.

WAS OUT OF TOWN. GOT INTO CAR. WOULD NOT START. CHANGE BATTERY IN KEY FOB. STILL WOULD NOT START. RESEARCHED ON INTERNET. VERY COMMON WELL KNOWN ISSUE ALL OVER THE INTERNET. EXACT SAME ISSUE. PEOPLE STRANDED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IS WAS 100%. SAID I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED IN SO I DID. ESTIMATE FOR ELECTRIC STEERING WHEEL LOCK WAS $1400. I GOT A SECOND OPINION FROM ANOTHER NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHICH AGAIN NEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND GAVE ME A ESTIMATE FOR $650. SO I HAD IT TOWED TO THIS DEALERSHIP. I FOUND OUT NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BUT MINE EXPIRED A FEW MONTHS AGO. MY COMPLAINT IS NISSAN IS NOT OWNING UP TO THEIR REPUTATION KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING STRANDED BECAUSE OF THIS FAULTY ELECTRICAL STEERING WHEEL LOCK AND NOT INFORMING THEIR CUSTOMERS OF THE DEFECT UNTIL ITS TOO LATE. YES THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BUT IF I HAD KNOWN THAT I WAS GOING TO ONE DAY GET IN MY CAR AND IT NOT START I WOULD HAVE PAID FOR IT MYSELF AND HAD IT FIXED OR TRADED THE CAR IN. BEING STRANDED ALONE OUT OF TOWN IS UNSAFE. I WAS OUT THE EXPENSE OF GETTING A CAR TO GET HOME WHICH WAS A HOUR AND HALF AWAY AND BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY, TWO TOWING EXPENSES AND $650 FOR REPAIR. I EXPECTED MORE FROM NISSAN. THIS WILL BE THE LAST NISSAN I PURCHASE.

IGNITION FAILED. CAR FAILED TO START. DISCOVERED IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT. WAS TOLD BY NISSAN THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED JUNE 1, 2015, BUT TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP AND THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD BE EXTENDED BECAUSE OF CUSTOMER LOYALTY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SUNTRUP NISSAN AND THE REPAIR TOOK PLACE. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD GET REIMBURSED FOLLOWING A FAIR REVIEW OF MY CASE. THE CLAIM WAS IMMEDIATELY DENIED AND FOLLOWING A DISCUSSION WITH THE REGIONAL CONSUMER AFFAIRS SPECIALIST, MEGAN, IT WAS DENIED IN PART BECAUSE THE CAR HAD NOT BEEN TO A DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE SINCE 2011. I FEEL THAT I WAS MISLEAD AND MISTREATED AND GIVEN AN UNFAIR REVIEW BECAUSE I FAILED TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE REASON FOR NOT TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP IS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS NOT EVER REQUIRED ANY MAJOR REPAIR WORK IN THE PAST. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER NISSAN OWNERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH 2009 ALTIMA'S AND THERE WAS A PETITION TO GET THIS PART RECALLED.

I LEFT CHURCH TODAY TO GET IN MY CAR ONLY TO FIND THAT MY CAR WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO INCUR TOWING EXPENSES FOR A DEFECT THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF THAT STOPS WORKING WITH NO WARNING, LEAVING NISSAN CUSTOMERS STRANDED. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING LOCK COLUMN IS THE PROBLEM. THE STEERING LOCK COLUMN HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE A DEFECTIVE PART WHICH IS CAUSING THOUSANDS OF NISSAN CUSTOMERS TO BE STRANDED AND EXPENSIVE OUT OF POCKET COST. THE PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BUT INSTEAD WAS EXTENDED TO SIX YEARS ONLY, WHICH DID NOT ALLOW FOR THE PART TO BE REPLACED UNLESS IT WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF BEING BROKEN. THIS PART COSTS $650.00 AND LABOR RUNS ABOUT $350.00. NISSAN NEEDS TO RECALL THIS PART FOR 09 NISSAN ALTIMAS. THIS CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE FOR 2009 AND 2010 NISSAN OWNERS.

TAKATA RECALL. MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA HAS SUSPENSION PROBLEM MIGHT BE THE STRUTS NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT IT COULD BE. READING THE PRESS RELEASE BY NTHSA EXPLAINED THAT 2009-2010 NISSAN ALTIMA AND MAXIMA HAS SUSPENSION OR STRUTS RECALL THAT WAS BUILT OUT OF SPEC AND EXPLAINED THE FEEL OF DRIVE AND I EXPERIENCE THE SAME EXACT FEELING THAT WAS DESCRIBED IN THE PRESS RELEASE. THE CAR SEEMS LIKE IT SLIDES AND SEEMS SHAKY WHEN EXCEEDING A CERTAIN SPEED. I FEEL THE SHAKE AND SLIDING WHEN I DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY AND AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. NOT SURE HOW IT HAPPENED JUST DROVE DOWN THE FREEWAY ONE DAY AND FELT A LOT OF SHAKING. BROUGHT IT TO A NISSAN SERVICE CENTER AND A FIRESTONE AS WELL BUT THEY COULDN'T PIN POINT THE PROBLEM. IT WAS ALOT OF " IT COULD BE'S " AND " I THINK". SO PLEASE HELP ME OUT NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MY DAILY DRIVER.

I WENT OUT TO START MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. IT HAS A PUSH TO START BUTTON. IT WOULDN'T START. TO MUCH AVAIL WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY CONFIRMED OUR THOUGHTS, IT WAS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK THAT WENT BAD. NISSAN APPARENTLY HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS PART TO 6 YEARS UNLIMITED MILES. MINE WENT OUT 6 MONTHS AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS ISSUE IF YOU WERE STRANDED SOMEWHERE WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO GET YOUR CAR STARTED. THIS PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.