2009 Nissan Altima

ON 11-4-2015 AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM WORK THAT EVENING I PARKED MY 2009 NISSIAN ALTIMA IN FRONT OF MY RESIDENTS,ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING 11-5-2015 I WENT TO GET IN MY VEHICLE TO GO TO WORK BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT START, IT APPEARED AS THOUGH THE CAR WAS SEARCHING FOR MY KEY FOB BECAUSE THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH WAS ALUMINATED WITH THE PICTURE OF THE KEY ENCIRCLED,AFTER TRYING FOR ABOUT 30-45 MINUTES I GAVE UP AND HAD TO CALL MY EMPLOYER TO INFORM THEM THAT I WOULD BE LATE NOT ONLY WAS I LATE FOR WORK BUT I ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC TO FIND OUT AFTER THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT THE STEERING LOCK FAILURE WAS THE PROBLEM, AFTER SPEAKING WITH A SERVICE ADVISER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND GETTING NO RESOLVE AND 750.00 LATER I'M OUT OF POCKET FOR A FAULTY MECHANICAL STEERING LOCK MECHANISM.AS I RESEARCHED ALL THE POSSIBILTIES AND REALIZED THAT THIS PART IS KNOWN TO BE A FAULTY PART IT'S VERY APPARENT THAT NISSIAN IS AWARE OF THE ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR PART THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.

I HAD A FAILURE IN THE STEERING COLUMN SENSOR FOR MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA RESULTING IN MY CAR BEING UNABLE TO START. MY CAR HAD BEEN PARKED WHILE I WAS AT WORK AND THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS THIS WOULD HAPPEN. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD ENOUGH FOR NISSAN TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY, WHICH ENDED OCT 2014. MY ISSUE OCCURRED 11/1/15. I PAID OUT OF POCKET TO TAKE A CAB, GET MY VEHICLE TOWED, AND THEN FIXED. I SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT (CASE # 20709999) AND WAS INFORMED NISSAN WOULD DO NOTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I HAD THE CAR SERVICED AT RICART NISSAN IN COLUMBUS, OH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH OTHER CONSUMERS WHO STOPPED TO HELP THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION BEGINS TO WHINE AND LOSES POWER WITHIN A HOUR OF HIGHWAY DRIVING ON A HOT DAY. VEHICLE CANNOT ACCELERATE AFTER, THUS CREATING A HAZARD TOWARDS OTHER VEHICLES. NISSAN WONT COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROBLEM IF IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. MOST ALTIMA MODELS FROM 2007 - 2009 ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM SURPRISED THEIR ISNT A RECALL FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

CAR WON'T START AT ALL. TRIED TWO DIFFERENT KEY FOBS WITH WORKING BATTERIES, AND ALSO TRIED PLUGGING THEM INTO THE KEY FOB PORT, BUT NO LUCK. AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE I REALIZED THE "IGNITION STEERING WHEEL LOCK FAILURE" IS EXTREMELY COMMON WITH 2009-2010 NISSAN VEHICLES. I'M WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK AT THE OFFICE BECAUSE I CAN DRIVE HOME FROM WORK!

STRANDED AT NIGHT IN PARKING LOT 10/30 DUE TO CAR NOT STARTING. HAD CAR TOWED TO NISSAN AND REPAIRED 10/31 (STEERING WHEEL LOCK COLUMN MALFUNCTION). COST 800+$. NOT COVERED IN WARRANTY, ALTHOUGH THE WARRANTY EXTENSION LETTER STATES: "NISSAN BELIEVES MAJORITY OF ITS OWNERS WILL NOT EXPERIENCE THIS UNIQUE CONDITION" CONTRADICTORY, IF YOU ASK ME. THE NEXT DAY (OCTOBER 31) THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. HAD IT TOWED BACK TO NISSAN DEALER, WHERE THEY SAID I WAS MISSING A TRANSMISSION FUSE? DID NOT CHARGE ME TO REPLACE SAID MISSING FUSE.

I HAVE A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA WHICH I BOUGHT BRAND NEW. MY CAR HAS ONLY 76K MILES. THE PROBLEM IS THERE IS RUST FORMING AT THE FLOORBEDS WHICH IS MAKING THE CAR UNSAFE AND IS CAUSING BRAKES ISSUES. I WAS TOLD NISSAN KNEW ABOUT THE RUST PROBLEM FROM A VERY LONGTIME. LAST WEEK, I SPEND $210 TO FIX AIR LEAKS DUE TO FAILED SENSORS. THE PROBLEM IS AFFECTING BRAKES AND SENSORS OF THE CAR WHICH IS MAKING THE CAR UNSAFE.