2009 Nissan Altima

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCK SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/19/16*LJ UPDATED 02/25/16.*JB

"TAKATA RECALL"-THANKSGIVING EVE STRANDED WITH A KEY/KEYFOB UNABLE TO START CAR ON LOCK. NOVEMBER 2015-CINCINNATI, OH (HIGHLAND/RIDGE) PARKING LOT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE KEY FOB NOT WORKING. HAD A KIND WOMEN TAKE ME TO A STORE TO PURCHASE AND / REPLACE MY 2032 BATTERY WITHIN KEY FOB. STILL DID NOT WORK. READ THE MANUAL SEVERAL TIMES INCLUDING CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP TO ASSIST IN WORKING THROUGH ANY UNKNOWN ISSUES THAT I MIGHT HAVE NOT DISCOVERED OR TRIED. CAME BACK OUT AND TRIED TO START THE CAR, A KEY LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON THE DASH, BRAKE WAS HARD TO PRESS. THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. I WAS FORCED TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL HOURS LATER. WHILE WAITING, I GOOGLED THE RESULT, I WAS SHOCKED AT ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME MALFUNCTION."

ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED WHEN CAR PARKED. THIS CAUSED STEERING LOCK TO BE STUCK IN LOCK MODE. FAILURE OF THIS MECHANISM DOES NOT ALLOW CAR TO START AND CAR MUST BE TOWED. MECHANISM DID NOT FAIL DUE TO SECURITY REASONS OR ELECTRICAL ISSUE. PART REPLACED ($500 PART) AND VEHICLE RUNNING FINE NOW. THERE ARE MANY DOCUMENTED REPORTS OF THIS MECHANISM FAILING IN 2009 NISSAN ALTIMAS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO PRODUCT SAFETY RECALLS TO MY KNOWLEDGE

THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING, SPECIALLY FINDING OUT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING THRU THIS TOO AND NISSAN KNOWING IT IS A PROBLEM AND JUST OFFERING A TEMPORARY WARRANTY EXTENSION NOT JUST RECALLING THE PART. THE STEERING LOCK WARRANTY JUST EXPIRED 4 MONTHS AGO AND I FIND IT VERY WEIRD THAT I HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER JUST 2 WEEKS AGO FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND REPLACED THE BATTERIES FOR THE KEY, THE LIGHT WITH THE KEY SYMBOL WAS TURNING ON AND THOUGHT IT WAS JUST HE NEW BATTERIES IN THE KEY, THEN IT HAPPENED MY CAR WENT DEAD AND WONT START, TOWED IT TO THE DEALER AND THE BILL $1,100M COME ON THE CAR IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD AND STILL MAKING PAYMENTS. NOW MY CAR IS SITTING IDLE AS I CAN'T AFFORD THIS. NISSAN NEEDS TO PAY FOR THIS.

CAR WAS TURNED OFF (STATIONARY) WHILE I WAS IN DRIVE THRU ATM LANE. STEERING LOCK MECHANISM LOCKED AND CAR WOULD NOT START. WHILE I WAITED OVER AN HOUR TO BE TOWED TO DEALER, MANY BANK CUSTOMERS WERE UNABLE TO USE ATM - VERY EMBARRASSING! DEALER SAID WARRANTY EXPIRED 3.5 MONTHS AGO AND COST WILL BE $850! RESEARCH SHOWS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS MECHANISM/MODEL REPORTED TO NISSAN BUT NO RECALL!

CAR WAS PARKED IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT WOULDN'T START, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED, AND YOU COULDN'T CHANGED IT TO NEUTRAL TO POSITION IT FOR JUMPER CABLES. FOUND IT IT WAS A STEERING LOCK FAILURE. HAD CAR TOWED TO MY HOUSE, WHERE WE TOOK THE CAR APART TO TRY AND FIX IT OURSELVES. ENDED UP TAKING OUT A FUSE TO GET IT WORKING. WHILE THIS ISN'T A DIRECT HAZARD (ACCIDENT, INJURY, OR DEATH), THIS HAS HAPPENED TO TOO MANY PEOPLE FOR IT TO NOT BE LOOKED INTO. NISSAN IS UNWILLING TO HELP. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WILL BECOME DESPERATE AND JERRY-RIG THEIR CARS TO AVOID PAYING $800-$1000 FOR REPAIRS. THAT IS THE BIGGER HAZARD. YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE UNLICENSED PEOPLE LOOKING AT YOUTUBE FOR WAYS TO "FIX" THEIR OWN CARS, PROBABLY CREATING MORE ISSUES. THEN YOU WILL GET THE ACCIDENTS, INJURIES, AND DEATHS YOU NEED TO INVESTIGATE NISSAN. PLEASE DON'T LET IT GET TO THAT POINT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,000.

THE STEERING LOCK COLUMM ACTUAUATOR GOES ABD CAUSING THE CAR TO NOT START AND LEAVING DRIVER AND PASSENGERS STRANDED. NISSAN REFUSES TO REPLACE OR RECALL THE PART. IT IS A DEALER ONLY PART THAT COSTS $1,000+ TO FIX. NISSAN CARES MORE ABOUT QUANTITY THAN QUALITY AT THEIR PLANTS AND FAIL TO QUALITY CONTROL CHECK THEIR VEHICLES. REFERENCE THIS FORUM: HTTP://WWW.ALTIMAFORUMS.NET/STEERING-COLUMN-LOCK-ESCL-T21569P2.HTML

I WAS IN A PARKING LOT, ABOUT TO LEAVE FROM PLASMA CENTER. ENTERED VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO START UP. WOULD NOT START. LOOKED UP WARNINGS OF KEY SYMBOL AND CAR SYMBOL. REFERENCED TO STEERING LOCK FAILURE. WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET VEHICLE CRANKED. NUMBED VAR BATTERY AND CHANGED BATTERY IN FOB. STILL NOTHING. HAD VEHICLE TOWED HOME. CONTACT END NISSAN WHO STATED WARRANTY IS OUT. PLEASE HELP.