Nissan Altima electrical problems

VEHICLE STARTED TO IDLE ROUGH. AT LOW SPEEDS CAR WILL SHUT OFF. IT STARTS BACK UP BUT HAS TO BE IN NEUTRAL WHEN IDLE. NISSAN DEALER HAD THE CAR FOR OVER A MONTH AND TOLD ME TO REPLACE MY ECM AND HAVE IT REPROGRAMMED. THIS STILL HAS NOT FIXED MY PROBLEM AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT DRIVING THE CAR AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHEN IT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF. NISSAN USA HAS A CLAIM ON MY ISSUE AND WILL NOT TELL ME WHAT TO DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE TWO ALARMS WERE GOING OF ON MY DASH BOARD. I HAD NO CLUE WHAT EITHER ONE MEANT BUT BOTH INCLUDE A KEY TYPE ALARM. I WAS AFRAID THAT MY CAR WOULD SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THINKING I WAS A BURGLAR. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WITH THE VEHICLE STILL RUNNING, AND CALLED A FRIEND TO DRIVE BEHIND ME WHILE WE BOTH HAD OUR HAZARDS ON. SINCE THEN I COULD ONLY START MY VEHICLE ONCE AND AT THAT TIME I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP, WITH MY FRIEND SO I HAD A RIDE BACK, AND I TOLD THEM I WAS HAVING TROUBLE STARTING MY CAR. THEY KNEW EXACTLY THE PROBLEM AND WHAT TYPE OF NISSAN I WAS DRIVING, THEY HAD TWO OTHERS COME IN WITHIN THE LAST MONTH, BEFORE I COULD EXPLAIN ANYTHING AND PROCEEDED TO EXPLAIN TO ME THAT THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND SAID THEY WOULD GIVE ME A CALL IF THEY COULD DO ANYTHING. DRIVING BACK HOME WITHOUT EVER TURNING OFF MY CAR WAS VERY STRESSFUL AND WHEN I DID RETURN I TURNED IT OFF AND IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO TURN BACK ON AND IT WOULD NOT START. *TR

THIS PAST SATURDAY 2/8/14 AT APPROXIMATELY 9PM I RAN TO THE STORE. AFTER SHOPPING WHEN GETTING BACK INTO MY CAR IT WOULD NOT CRANK; IT'S LIKE THE CAR DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE KEY. STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED, BRAKE WAS STIFF AND RED KEY LIGHT APPEARED ON DASHBOARD. I TRIED EVERYTHING, NOTHING. I HAD TO CALL MY HUSBAND, TO COME GET ME. LUCKILY I DIDN'T GO FAR!! WE HAD THE CAR TOWED MONDAY MORNING TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND WERE INFORMED IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE SENSOR IN THE IGNITION RECOGNIZING THE KEY FOB AND THAT IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE PART TO FIX THIS PROBLEM IS HOWEVER ON BACK ORDER AND THEY CANNOT GIVE ME A DEFINITE ANSWER AS TO WHEN IT WILL BE RECEIVED? ON WEDNESDAY 2/13 I WAS PROVIDED WITH A RENTAL UNTIL OUR CAR IS REPAIRED SO AT LEAST I HAVE TRANSPORTATION FOR WORK. OUR CAR HAS LESS THAN 20,000K MILES (I KNOW I DON'T TRAVEL TOO FAR) AND IS PAID FOR, SO THIS IS VERY DISTURBING. I SUPPOSE AS LONG AS IT'S FIXED AND IS WARRANTIED FOR ANY FUTURE ISSUES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM, I WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT - BUT THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS AND INCONVENIENT SITUATION TO PLACE PEOPLE IN. IF THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL TO ALERT CUSTOMERS TO THE SITUATION. OUR DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN VERY PLEASANT TO DEAL WITH, HAVE BEEN ACCOMMODATING, JUST CAN'T ANSWER THE "WHEN THE PART WILL BE HERE QUESTION"; WHICH ISN'T THEIR FAULT; I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS WITH THEM THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT. I WOULD JUST LIKE THE PROBLEM TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED SO THAT OTHERS DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER THE SAME INCONVENIENCE AND POSSIBLE DANGER OF HAVING THIS HAPPEN TO THEM. FROM PREVIOUS POSTS THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME! *TR

I WAS TRYING TO GET TO THE ER AND WHEN I WENT TO START MY CAR THE WORD "KEY" FLASHED ON AND THE CAR WILL NOT START!!! I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 98K MILES..NOW I AM STRANDED AND MATHEWS NISSAN IN CLARKSVILLE, TN SAYS THEY WILL BE GLAD TO HELP FOR A PRICE. I EXPLAINED TO THEM IT WAS AN EMERGENCY AND THEY SUGGESTED " I CALL A FRIEND".. SAID THEY DIDN'T BUILD IT AND I WASN'T PAYING THEM FOR THE CAR, I WAS PAYING THE BANK AND TO CALL NISSAN IF I HAD A PROBLEM WITH HOW THEY WERE BUILT!!! TERRIBLE SERVICE AND UNRELIABLE CAR!!! STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN MEDICAL ATTENTION!!!! THANKS ALOT NISSAN!!!!!!! *TR

THIS IS PROBABLY THE COLDEST DAY WE HAVE HAD IN EAST TEXAS THIS WINTER ESPECIALLY WHEN INCLUDING THE WINDCHILL FACTOR. I CAME HOME AT 5:45, PARKED MY CAR IN THE GARAGE, AND WENT INSIDE. WHEN MY SON WHEN TO START THE CAR AT 9:30, IT WOULD NOT START. IT WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE HIS KEY, HE WOKE ME UP AND WE TRIED MINE, IT STILL WILL NOT START. WE SPENT THE NEXT FOUR HOURS DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY, MANUALLY MOVING THE CAR IN AND OUT OF THE GARAGE, AND EVEN TRIED TO JUMP START IT AS SUGGESTED ON THIS SITE. NOTHING WORKED. THE CAR WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE KEY AND HAS THE KEY LIGHT FLASHING IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND I AM GRATEFUL AFTER READING ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ON HERE THAT IT WENT OUT IN MY GARAGE. WE HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE STEERING LOCK MODULE FAILURE. THE BATTERY IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AND ALL THE LIGHTS WORK, THE CAR JUST WON'T START BECAUSE IT WON'T RECOGNIZE THE KEY FOB. I'M GOING TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THIS CAR THIS MORNING BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF THIS PART AND HOW I AM GOING TO GET ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION UNTIL THIS IS FIXED. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS PART AND WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY WHICH WAS EXTENDED FOR UNLIMITED MILES FOR THIS PART ONLY. CURRENTLY, THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO HIGH LEVEL OF FAILURES ACROSS THE US. PART IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGHER FAILURE IN EXTREME COLD WEATHER. NISSAN YOU NEED TO MAKE GOOD ON THIS OR IT WILL BE THE LAST CAR MANY OF US WILL BUY FROM YOU. *TR

I WENT TO RUN AN ERRAND AND WHEN I CAME BACK OUT TO MY CAR FROM THE STORE, IT WOULDN'T START. I FOUND THAT THE "NO KEY" WARNING LIGHT WAS LIT ON THE DASH AND THE VEHICLE SECURITY WARNING LIGHT WOULD TURN ON WHEN I TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE. WHEN I PUSHED THE START BUTTON, NOTHING HAPPENED, IT STAYED IN THE "LOCK" SETTING. AFTER TRYING EVERYTHING I COULD THINK OF (WITH NO TOOLS AVAILABLE), INCLUDING USING BOTH KEYS, TO GET THE CAR TO START AND READING THE OWNER'S MANUAL I REALIZED THAT MY CAR WAS NOT GOING TO START. I WAS ABLE TO GET A RIDE HOME AND RESEARCHED THE ISSUE WHERE I FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE, ALONG WITH THREADS ON FORUMS DESCRIBING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. I HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE NISSAN KNOWS THAT THIS IS A FAILED PART AND HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS AS THIS FAILURE RENDERS THE CAR INCAPABLE OF STARTING AND SINCE THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THIS FAILURE. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN ABOUT PAYING FOR MY TOWING BILL SINCE, IF THERE WAS A RECALL, I COULD HAVE DRIVEN MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE IT WAS STILL WORKING TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED PROACTIVELY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BE STRANDED AND CHARGED FOR A TOWING BILL. *TR

HI, I AM THE OWNER OF A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE 2008. I REVIEWED SERVICE RECORDS FROM 2005 PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE. THERE HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY LARGE AMOUNT OF ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE MOST RECENT OF WHICH IS THE "GREY" AREA OF THE ECM ISSUE IN COORDINATION WITH FAMOUS THE CAMSHAFT CRANKSHAFT FAULT P0355 & P0131. I'M AN ENGINEER AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE MECHANICS OF A VEHICLE. THIS SENSOR WAS A FAULTY DESIGN FROM THE BEGINNING IN WHICH OIL COULD ENTER INSIDE THE SENSOR, THEREFORE CAUSING A SHORT AND DISABLING THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION. THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME AND WAS A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE. TO FIX THE ISSUE CHEAPLY, NISSAN ISSUED A RECALL TO REPROGRAM THE ECM IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE THE ?FAULTY? CRANKSHAFT SENSOR PART. BUT IN ORDER TO SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, NISSAN WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE WARRANTIED REPLACEMENT OF THE FAULTY CRANKSHAFT SENSOR DESIGN (MAGNET SENSOR). INSTEAD, THE CONSUMER (MYSELF) WOULD HAVE TO PAY BETWEEN $300 & $450 TO HAVE THE SENSOR REPLACED WITH THE ?NEW & IMPROVED VERSION?. NEW AND IMPROVED MEANS THE PROPERLY DESIGNED VERSION. THE INITIAL DESIGN SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED BUT IT WASN'T. IT DOESN'T TAKE AN ENGINEER TO FIGURE THIS OUT BUT I AM ONE AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE ?BIG PICTURE? OF THE RECALL AND LACK OF INCLUSION OF THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR REPAIRS. I AM REQUESTING NISSAN TO COVER THE FULL COST OF THE CAMSHAFT & CRANKSHAFT SENSOR & THE ASSOCIATED LABOR. I WAS PUT IN HARM?S WAY DURING THE INITIAL RECALL ISSUE IN WHICH MY CAR SHUT OFF WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. THAT IS A BAD ENOUGH EXPERIENCE. I AM NOT WILLING TO ALSO PAY NISSAN $400 TO REPAIR THE FAULTY SENSOR WHICH WAS A LARGE PART OF WHY THIS OCCURRED IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR

TRYING TO START MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA, IT WOULD NOT START!!! THE BRAKES WERE ALMOST STUCK AND THE CAR SIMPLY WOULD NOT START! THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR TURNED ON WITH OUT A PROBLEM SO I KNOW IT WASN'T THE BATTERY, PLUS I CHANGED IT 2 YEARS AGO. AFTER READING MANY MANY REVIEWS, 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE START BUTTON, NOW I HAVE TO PAY TOW COMPANY TO TAKE TO DEALER AND PAY SO MUCH MONEY. PLEASE PLEASE NISSAN HELP REPLACE THIS!! *TR