Nissan Altima electrical problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE IN PARK, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND "INTELLIGENT KEY ISSUE, WILL NOT START" WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY LOCK MECHANISM FAILED AND PREVENTED HIM FROM STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TURNED THE KEY NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED MORE THAN ONCE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT REMOVED THE PLASTIC CASING UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL TO TRY TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE COVERAGE FOR A MANUFACTURER EXTENDED WARRANTY TO ADDRESS THE REPAIR EXPIRED FOR THE VIN TWO WEEKS AGO AND THEY REFUSED TO PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

I DROVE MY NISSAN ALTIMA TO WORK AS I NORMALLY DO, PARKED IN THE SAME SPOT I ALWAYS PARK IN. NO PROBLEM AT THAT POINT. AT THE END OF MY WORK DAY I GOT INTO MY VEHICLE TO DRIVE HOME AND IT WOULD NOT START. I NOTICED AN ICON SHOWING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, IT STATED ONE WORD: KEY. I CALLED MY HUSBAND WHO BROUGHT OUR SPARE KEY TO SEE IF THAT WOULD START THE VEHICLE: NO. I LEFT THE VEHICLE PARKED AT MY PLACE OF WORK. THE NEXT MORNING I CALLED THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP ONLY TO BE INFORMED THAT I COULD NOT HAVE AN APPT FOR AT LEAST 2 WEEKS AND THAT THE ISSUE IS KNOWN BUT NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL OR WARRANTY. I WAS VERY THANKFUL THAT I WAS AT WORK AND NOT STRANDED IN AN UNFAMILIAR AREA. I BELIEVE THAT NISSAN NEEDS TO CORRECT THE FAULTY PART. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING WITH MORE THAN JUST THE VEHICLE I OWN. A QUICK LOOK ON THE INTERNET BROUGHT UP MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE IN DIFFERENT MODELS. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL NOT RESULT IN A DEATH BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE FORCING NISSAN ON THE CORRECTION. I REMEMBER THE GM IGNITION RECALL THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL PEOPLE DIED!

I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND WAS PREPARED TO LEAVE TOWN TO VISIT MY SISTER. I PACK MY CAR AND GET READY TO LEAVE (MY CAR WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION IN MY GARAGE ALL NIGHT) I WENT TO START MY CAR AND NOTHING! I ASSUMED THE BATTERY AT FIRST BUT THE LIGHTS WOULD TURN ON. I CALLED NISSAN AND I WAS TOLD MY STEERING WHEEL LOCK DEVICE NEEDS REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TOW MY CAR IN, PAY FOR PARTS AND LABOR. I ASK NISSAN, IF THIS IS SO COMMON THEN HOW WAS I NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS? I LEARN THIS DEVICE WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST CAR THEFT AND DESIGNED FOR THE KEY FAB TO UNDO THE LOCK UP. MY CAR WAS NOT IN THREAT OF BEING STOLEN, AND MY KEY FAB WOULD NOT ALLOW THE ENGINE TO START. I WAS LEFT STRANDED FOR NO REASON AND WITHOUT WARNING. I START RESEARCHING THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS EFFECTED BY THIS FAULTY DEVICE. I CAN'T BELIEVE NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED OR SET OUT NOTICE TO WARN PEOPLE, OR OFFER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WATCH A VIDEO ON HOW TO TRICK START THE ENGINE. YOU PULL DOWN THE BOTTOM OF STEERING WHEEL AND TAP THE METAL LOCK DEVICE WITH A HAMMER. THIS ALLOWS MY CAR TO START SOME TIMES. I'VE BEEN STRANDED OUT OF TOWN, AT A GROCERY STORE, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE ALL DUE TO THIS DEFECTIVE DEVICE. WHAT IF IT GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSES AN ACCIDENT AND/OR DEATH? I'M SCARED AND UPSET UNTIL NISSAN DOES THE RIGHT THING TO FIX THIS

DASHBOARD CLUSTER WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. LOST SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER AND ALL OTHER GAUGES ETC. CAR ONLY HAD 55,000 MILES ON IT. I TURNED MY CAR ON AND STARTED DRIVING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, ON MY WAY TO THE NISSAN DEALER TO FIX OTHER RECALLS, WHEN IT WENT OUT. I PULLED OVER, RESTARTED MY CAR AND STILL NOTHING. HAD TO EXIT CAR TO SEE IF LIGHTS/BLINKERS WERE WORKING AND THEY STILL WERE, BUT NO SIGN FROM INSIDE THAT THEY WERE. DROVE TO DEALER WITHOUT SPEEDOMETER ETC FOR AN APPOINTMENT AT NISSAN DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING. NISSAN NOT EVEN WILLING TO ADMIT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. ABOUT A $878 REPAIR, WITH CAR JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY OR MAKE ANY REIMBURSEMENT OF ANY TYPE. I TALKED WITH LAUREN AT 615.725.7907. SHE STATED THAT IF THERE IS A RECALL I CAN SUBMIT RECEIPTS AND THEY MAY REIMBURSE.

TAKATA RECALL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY CAR STARTED MAKING A SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF MY CAR I TURNED DOWN THE MUSIC TO LISTEN TO THE SOUND. AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR MADE ONE LAST SOUND THEN THE CAR SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING SO I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I GOT OUT TO CHECK THE CAR AND NOTICED IT WAS SMOKING I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND NOTICED IT WAS ON FIRE. I GRABBED MY KIDS OUT THE CAR AND MY BELONGINGS AND WALKED DOWN THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY JUST IN CASE THE CAR BLEW UP. I CALLED THE AMBULANCE AND NOTIFIED THEM ABOUT THE CAR. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER MY WHOLE ENTIRE CAR WAS IN FLAMES. AS I WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY SOMEONE STOPPED AND LET ME AND MY KIDS SIT IN THE CAR UNTIL MY RIDE CAME. THE FIRE FIGHTERS CAME AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THEY TOWED THE CAR AND WE LEFT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE INVALID KEY WARNING MESSAGE DISPLAYED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE KEY FOB WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.