Nissan Altima electrical problems

I WAS AT A RED LIGHT AND THE CAR JUST SHUT DOWN. I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT! THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I THOUGHT I HAD DONE SOMETHING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN THE FIRST THE FIRST TIME. NOW I KNOW IT IS THE CAR. THIS IS SERIOUS AND SCARY! FROM READING THE COMPLAINTS I SEE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS AND WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING! *TR

THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK FAILED, PREVENTING THE ENGINE FROM STARTING AND RESULTING IN ME GETTING STRANDED. WELL-KNOWN ISSUE WITH VEHICLE - WAS NOT RECALLED, BUT AN "EXTENDED WARRANTY" FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART WAS OFFERED (NOW EXPIRED, REQUIRING A $900 FIX BY NISSAN). DEFECTIVE PART 48700-JF00 (VERSIONS A-C). ENTIRE PART REMOVED FROM FUTURE MODELS. DUE TO LACK OF A RECALL, SEVERAL OWNERS (MYSELF INCLUDED) WERE NOT INFORMED OF THE "EXTENDED WARRANTY". THOSE THAT DID RECEIVE A LETTER WERE TOLD "IF YOU ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THIS CONDITION, YOU SHOULD DO NOTHING." ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THE LETTER THAT SOME OWNERS RECEIVED IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.NISSANASSIST.COM. *TR

CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER A SCHOOL MEETING ON EVENING OF 12/1/14. LOCKS WORKED FINE AND REMOTE START WOULD STILL START VEHICLE, BUT WOULD KILL AGAIN AFTER HITTING START BUTTON. TRIED JUMPING CAR BATTERY AND CHANGING BATTERIES IN KEY FOBS WITH NO SUCCESS. HAD CAR TOWED TO LOCAL SHOP NEXT MORNING ON 12/2 FOR REVIEW. AFTER LOOKING AT CAR ON 12/3, LOCAL SHOP ADVISED THE ISSUE TO BE THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK. AFTER REVIEWING THIS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE, SO COMMON NISSAN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS MODEL FOR THIS PART TO 6 YRS UNLIMITED MILES (MY CAR HAS JUST UNDER 75,000 MILES). CALLED MY DEALER (WHO I PURCHASED CAR BRAND NEW AND HAVE ALL REGULAR OIL/SERVICE MAINTENANCE DONE THERE) AND ASKED ABOUT IT. MY 6 YRS EXPIRED ON 11/22 (9 DAYS PRIOR TO ISSUE) SO WOULD HAVE TO CALL NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS FOR ANY CHANCE OF COVERING UNDER WARRANTY. NISSAN STATED THEY WOULD NO'T LISTEN TO ME UNTIL I HAD A DEALER REVIEW THE ISSUE. HAD TO PAY LOCAL SHOP FOR THEIR DIAGNOSIS AND INCURRED ANOTHER TOWING EXPENSE TO GET TO MY DEALER (WHICH IS THE CLOSEST) 30 MILES AWAY. DEALER CONFIRMED ISSUE AND IN ORDER TO GET MY CAR BACK AS I NEEDED TO USE, I AUTHORIZED REPAIRS (OVER $1200 FOR JUST THE REPAIR). SUBMITTED MY CLAIM THEN TO NISSAN FOR ALL MY INCURRED EXPENSES (WHICH WAS $1500) BUT WAS FULLY DENIED. WAS TOLD 9 DAYS IS THE SAME AS 3 YEARS OVER THE WARRANTY IN THEIR EYES AND THEY CAN NO'T DO ANYTHING, INCLUDING EVEN COVERING THE ADDITIONAL TOWING AND DIAGNOSIS FEES INCURRED TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENT OF THE DEALER TO REVIEW. SEEING THE LARGE VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS HERE AND NISSAN'S OWN ADMISSION OF KNOWN ISSUE BY EXTENDING WARRANTY FOR THIS MODEL YEAR AND PART, SOMETHING MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN NISSAN. *TR

THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND A DASH LIGHT INDICATED A SMALL KEY. WHEN I PUSHED THE START BUTTON NOTHING HAPPENED. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL). AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR MAKE/MODEL/YEAR OF NISSAN SPECIFICALLY (2009 NISSAN ALTIMA). AS A RESULT OF THIS KNOWLEDGE, NISSAN PLACED THAT PART UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. THAT HOWEVER DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ENOUGH, SINCE MANY OF THE ISSUES DON'T BEGIN UNTIL AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS UP, AS IN OUR CASE. THE COST OF THE REPAIR IS APPROXIMATELY $1,100.00. I CONTACTED BOTH THE DEALER AND NISSAN DIRECTLY FOR ASSISTANCE, ASKING THAT THEY COVER THE PART, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED IN AUGUST. OF COURSE, THEY CHOSE NOT TO HELP IN ANYWAY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN THIS PART FAILS IT DOES NOT GIVE MUCH IF ANY WARNING. YOU SIMPLY COME OUT TO START YOUR CAR ONE DAY AND IT DOES NOT START OR ATTEMPT TO TURN OVER. NISSAN CHOOSING TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON A PART WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT HAVING ISSUES, DOES US NO GOOD. A RECALL HOWEVER WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE, I FEEL, IN THIS SITUATION. MANY DRIVERS ARE HAVING THE ISSUES AFTER ALL WARRANTIES HAVE EXPIRED AND THE COST IS THEIRS TO COVER. WHEN IT'S A KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART, THAT DOES NOT SEEM FAIR. *TR

I DROVE MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S TO WORK ON 11/27 AND IT STARTED UP JUST FINE AS USUAL. HOWEVER, WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE WORK FOR THE DAY THE CAR DID NOT START. THE KEYLESS REMOTE WILL ALLOW ME TO LOCK AND UNLOCK MY CAR, BUT WHEN I GO TO START THE CAR, IT WILL NOT REGISTER MY KEYLESS REMOTE. 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. THE IGNITION IS INDICATING THAT THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED ALTHOUGH I CAN TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE ARE OR WERE NO PRIOR WARNING THAT THE PART WAS ABOUT TO FAIL INCLUDING ANYLIGHTS ON THE DASH PANEL. I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR IN THE GARAGE AND WAS STRANDED FOR SOMETIME TRYING TO FIND A WAY HOME. MY CAR IS STILL SITTING IN THE GARAGE AS I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THE REPAIRS AT THIS TIME. AFTER DOING FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THE ISSUE I HAVE COME TO SEE THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM. A VERY DISTURBING FACTOR SINCE NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND FOR SOME CUSTOMERS HAS ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH EITHER ISSUING A RECALL OR REMOVING THE PART FROM THE LATER MANUFACTURED MODELS TO AVOID THIS FROM OCCURRING AGAIN. HOPEFULLY, MY VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL OUTSIDE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WINDOW AS NISSAN IS NOT ASSISTING WITH THE REPAIRS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG DEACTIVATED WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE THE SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO FIND A FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000. UPDATED 01/20/15*LJ ALSO, THE KEY FOB FAILED. IT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE KEY ID. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE DOOR. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. UPDATED 02/231/5.*JB UPDATED 10/7/2015*JS

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP AND THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO. I COASTED AND PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE. I THEN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE OFF, ONLY TO EXPERIENCE THIS SAME PROBLEM SEVERAL MORE TIMES. IT IS CURRENTLY AT OUR MECHANIC'S, BUT THEY ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM INITIALLY HAPPENED WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. SHE EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM, I TOOK THE VEHICLE OUT FOR A DRIVE AND IT DID THE SAME THING. *TR