Nissan Altima electrical problems

PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATES FREQUENTLY WHEN AN ADULT PASSENGER IS SEATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. AS A RESULT, IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, PASSENGER WOULD NOT BE PROTECTED BY AIRBAGS. DEALER HAS ANALYZED AND INFORMED THAT VEHICLE IS OPERATING EXACTLY AS DESIGNED. VEHICLES HAS ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED PURSUANT TO RECALL CAMPAIGN 14V138000, BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND I HEARD A CLUNK THAT DID NOT SEEM TO AFFECT MY DRIVING ABILITY OR STABILITY OF THE CAR. HOWEVER, LATER THAT DAY WHEN I TURNED ON THE CARS HEAT; IT WOULD BLOW BUT ONLY COLD AIR WAS COMING OUT OF THE VENTS REGARDLESS OF THE TEMPERATURE SETTING OR MODE SETTING. MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE 2 THERMOSTATS BUT THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM WAS A SUDDEN ONSET AND WAS NOT GRADUAL IN NATURE. MY MECHANIC SPECULATED THAT THE HEATING COIL BECAME CLOGGED BUT TO REPLACE IT THE COST WOULD BE IN EXCESS OF $900. I'D ALSO THINK THE CLOGGED SYSTEM WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MORE GRADUAL DECLINE IN HEATING FUNCTION. *TR

NOT SO MUCH ONE SPECIFIC INCIDENT BUT A FEW OVER A COUPLE OF MONTHS. FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE SEAT MOVES SIDE TO SIDE AND SEEMS TO BE OFF TRACK. THE INTERNET MENTIONS MANY INSTANCES OF SEAT PROBLEMS AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A CAR SEAT CAN BE A PROBLEM, I'VE OWNED MANY CARS AND KNOW MANY FOLKS WHO OWNED MANY CARS AND NEVER EVER HEARD OF A SEAT BEING A PROBLEM EVER. BUT I'M GOING TO BE CHARGED $89.95 TO "DIAGNOSE" A SEAT PROBLEM THAT APPARENTLY IF ISN'T AFFECTED BY THE TECH BULLETIN COULD PAY UPWARDS OF $1500 FOR A CAR SEAT. 2ND ISSUE IS MY REAR DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING. FIRST IT WAS THE DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR AND THE LOCK STOPPED RESPONDING TO THE KEY FOB AND INTERNAL LOCK BUTTON. WEEK AND A HALF LATER THE PASSENGER BACK DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING. LOOKING UP THIS ON THE INTERNET IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM FOR NISSAN'S. THE DEALER CONVENIENTLY IS GOING TO CHARGE ME TWO (2) DIAGNOSTIC CHARGES OF $89.95 TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE DOOR LOCKS (AGAIN NOT 1 CHARGE FOR BOTH BUT TWO SEPARATE CHARGES). THE INTERNET SAYS ACTUATORS WHICH I'LL UPDATE LATER AFTER THIS WEEK IF THAT'S THE ISSUE. I'D THINK THE NHTSA SHOULD INVESTIGATE THESE TWO CLAIMS FOR A POTENTIAL RECALL TO SAVE CONSUMERS FROM BE FLEECED FOR WHAT APPEAR TO BE CONSISTENT ISSUES THAT AREN'T WEAR AND TEAR ISSUES AND APPEAR TO BE DEFECTS. *TR

PURCHASED USED CAR FROM INFINITI DEALER IN FORT MYERS FLORIDA. THREE DAYS LATER I WAS UNABLE TO GET A GAS GAUGE READING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I WAITED A MINUTE AND THE CAR STARTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED 6 TIMES OUT OF THE 10 DAYS I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. I AM READING OTHER COMPLAINTS AND FOUND THAT OTHER OWNERS OF THE 2010 ALTIMA ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CAR NOT STARTING281. I THINK A CAR WITH 26,000 MILES SHOULD START WITHOUT A PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE - 2014 ALTIMA SL. SEVERAL TIMES AFTER STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE TRANSMISSION STOPS SWITCHING GEARS (SPEEDS). IT GETS STUCK ON A FIRST GEAR EQUIVALENT IN CVT TRANSMISSION. THE FIX IS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, OBVIOUSLY THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS ON THE ROAD WHERE THERE ARE NO PLACES TO STOP. ANOTHER MAJOR PROBLEM IS A HEAD UNIT (NAVIGATION, RADIO, ETC). IT RESTARTS BY ITSELF NOW AND THAN, SOMETIMES RIGHT IN A MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WHEN I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXIT TO TAKE AND I NEED THE GPS GUIDANCE. ITS ABSOLUTELY UNRELIABLE. I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE SOFTWARE HERE THAT IS TERRIBLE, BY THE WAY, BUT IN ANY SITUATION IT SHOULD NOT RESTART BY ITSELF! ANOTHER PROBLEM, AS MENTIONED BY OTHERS, IS MILEAGE. I GET MUCH LESS MILES AS ADVERTISED! THIS IS MY FIRST AND LAST NISSAN! *TR

MY ORIGINAL INCIDENT DATE WAS NOT CORRECT AND I DID NOT INCLUDE THE VIN# OF THE VEHICLE SO I AM SUBMITTING AN UPDATED COMPLAINT DATE COMPLAINT FILED: 12/08/2014 COMPONENT(S): ELECTRICAL SYSTEM , ENGINE , STEERING DATE OF INCIDENT: 11/27/2014 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10662919 AS PREVIOUSLY STATED I DROVE MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S TO WORK ON 12/04, I DROVE MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SE TO WORK AND IT STARTED UP JUST FINE. HOWEVER, WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE WORK FOR THE DAY THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER. THE KEYLESS REMOTE ALLOWED ME TO LOCK AND UNLOCK MY CAR, BUT THE CAR DID NOT START. INSTEAD AN ERROR CODE SHOWS THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) MECHANISM WAS MALFUNCTIONING. ALSO, THERE IS A YELLOW KEY ICON ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH THAT INTERMITTENTLY FLASHES NO KEY. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNING THAT THE PART WAS ABOUT TO FAIL INCLUDING ANY LIGHTS ON THE DASH PANEL. I WAS LEFT STRANDED TRYING TO FIND A WAY HOME. DUE TO BEING IN A PARKING GARAGE I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK WITH CLEARANCE TO ENTER THE GARAGE. SINCE I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THE REPAIRS AT THIS TIME I HAVE BEEN A MONTH WITH NO CAR. NISSAN IS STILL REFUSING TO REPAIR MY CAR INDICATING THAT IT FALLS OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY EXTENSION PERIOD. WHICH IS INTERESTING CONSIDERING THERE IS A DETAILED LETTER EXPLAINING THE WARRANTY WHICH CLEARLY STATES, "NISSAN HAS DECIDED TO EXTEND THE NISSAN NEW VEHICLE LIMITED WARRANTY, AS IT APPLIES TO THE ESCL UNIT, FROM 3 YEARS / 36,000 MILES TO 6 YEARS / UNLIMITED MILES, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST." - HTTP://WWW.NISSANASSIST.COM/WEB/ESCL_WARRANTY_EXTENSION/PROGRAMDETAILS.PHP?MENU=61 BASIC MATH SHOWS THAT 6 YEARS FROM 2009 WOULD BE 2015 NOT 2014. SO I AM STILL NOT CERTAIN AS TO HOW I AM OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. SEEING AS HOW MY CLAIM WAS ORIGINALLY FILED IN 2014 THIS SHOULD MAKE ME ELIGIBLE FOR REPAIRS UNDER THE COVERED WARRANTY.

UPON ARRIVING BACK TO CAR AFTER ATTENDING CHURCH IT WOULD NOT START. STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT LOCKED, IGNITION LIGHT WOULD NOT COME OFF OF LOCK, BATTERY WAS GOOD. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED. LEFT US STRANDED. TALKED TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN AUSTIN AND SAID IT WAS PROBABLY STEERING LOCK MECHANISM AS HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH 2009 NISSAN. SAID IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULD COST AROUND $1,000. UPON RESEARCHING FOUND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM! WHY NOT A RECALL? *TR

TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR LIGHT COMES ON WHEN IT IS COLD AND STAYS ON. CHECK PRESSURE AND TIRES ARE OK. SAFETY ISSUES ARS YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. CALLED NISSAN AND THEY SAID NOT TO WORRY WHEN IT GET WARMER THE SENSOR LIGHT WILL GO OFF, BUT WHEN DO YOU KNOW IF YOU REALLY HAVE A TIRE PROBLEM AND A POTENTIAL CRASH? I WANT THE SENSOR REPLACED. *TR