2009 Nissan Altima
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Steering is the leading concern among 1,547 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 2nd highest complaint count among 26 Altima model years with reports.
Of the 2009 reports, 36 involved a crash and 8 involved a fire. 21 people were injured and 2 people died.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
Equipment, electrical, navigational system(global positioning system)Sep 10, 2010
NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN VEHICLES THAT WERE EQUIPPED WITH A GARMIN NUVI MODEL 750 NAVIGATION SYSTEM. THE BATTERIES CONTAINED IN THE AFFECTED GPS UNITS CAN OVERHEAT.
OVERHEATED BATTERIES COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND THE REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY GARMIN TECHNICIANS BY REPLACING THE BATTERY AND INSERTING A SPACER ON TOP OF THE BATTERY FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT GARMIN DIRECTLY AT 1-866-957-1981 OR NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
Campaign 10V401000 on NHTSA.gov
SuspensionSep 16, 2009
NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 ALTIMA AND MAXIMA PASSENGER CARS. THE UPPER FRONT STRUT INSULATORS MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED OUT OF SPECIFICATION RESULTING IN A POTENTIAL FOR THE STRUT INSULATOR TO CRACK.
IF THE STRUT INSULATOR IS CRACKED, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THE STRUT ROD TO COME OUT OF ITS MOUNTING POSITION, WHICH COULD AFFECT VEHICLE STABILITY AND INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE FRONT STRUT INSULATORS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN OCTOBER 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-NISSAN1 (1-800-647-7261).
Campaign 09V358000 on NHTSA.gov
Structure, body, doorJan 9, 2009
NISSAN IS RECALLING 225 MY 2009 ALTIMA VEHICLES FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 214, "SIDE IMPACT PROTECTION." THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH AN OUT-OF-SPECIFICATION WELD ON THE DOOR ASSEMBLY.
THIS DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD REQUIREMENTS.
ALL THE AFFECTED VEHICLES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIPS AND REMEDIED AT THE FACTORY. NO VEHICLES HAD BEEN RETAILED.
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WheelsSep 15, 2008
NISSAN IS RECALLING 3,403 MY 2009 ALTIMA VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 16-INCH ALLOY WHEELS. SOME THESE WHEELS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED TO SPECIFICATION. THIS COULD CAUSE ONE OR MORE OF THE FIVE LUG NUTS ATTACHING THE WHEEL TO THE VEHICLE TO BECOME LOOSE.
IF THE LUG NUTS BECOME LOOSE, IT COULD EVENTUALLY RESULT IN A LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE IF IT IS EQUIPPED WITH ONE OF THE AFFECTED WHEELS. IF IT IS, THE WHEELS WILL BE REPLACED WITH NEW ONES THAT HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED TO THE CORRECT SPECIFICATION. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING SEPTEMBER 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261.
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Representative owner complaints: steering
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Steering, Dec 30, 2016
POWER STEERING LOCK, HAS BROKE AGAIN AFTER BEING FIXED JUST 50,000 MILES BEFORE. IT IS TIME FOR A RECALL. THIS HAPPENED IN SITUATION WHERE I COULD DO NOTHING TO FIX IT. GETTING A TOW AND A BILL OF OVER 1000 IS NOT MY VERSION OF A GOOD DAY. RECALL!!
Steering, Dec 29, 2016
THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM IS DEFECTIVE THE CAR SHUT OFF CAUSING IT TO STEER HARD. THEN CAR WON'T START. IT COSTS $800+ TO FIX THE CAR. IT ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT.AND AT ONE TIME THIS PART HAD A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON IT THEN NISSAN CHANGED IT TO 6 YEARS WHEN THEY STARTED TO GET COMPLAINTS. OUR CAR RAN OUT OF THE WARRANTY IN JULY BUT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION ABOUT IT . LUCKILY WE WAS ABLE TO BYPASS THE STEERING LOCK. SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK NISSAN ALTIMA'S CAR ACCIDENT DEATHS BECAUSE THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS CAR WRECK AND I PREDICT THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. NISSAN NEEDS TO RECALL THIS DEFECTIVE PART.
Steering, Dec 29, 2016
NISSAN ALTIMA 2009 PARKED ON SIDE OF ROAD IN ORDER TO CHANGE DRIVERS. THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK ACTIVATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND EMOTIONALLY DAMAGING EXPERIENCE. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY ROUTINE CHANGE TO AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER IN AN UNKNOWN NEIGHBORHOOD RESULTED IN PASSENGERS BEING STRANDED AND REQUIRING ASSISTANCE TO CONTACT AND WAIT FOR A TOW-TRUCK FOR AN OTHERWISE FUNCTIONING VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS ULTIMATELY BROUGHT TO NISSAN FOR REPAIRS (AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS) WITH ESTIMATED COST OF $1290. COMPARED TO THE LISTED KBB PRICE OF THE VEHICLE AT $6442, THE COSTS FOR REPAIR IS ABOUT 20% OF THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS LATER INFORMED US THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY (WHICH WAS EXTENDED FOR A PERIOD OF 6 YEARS UP TO 2015 AS NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THE ESCL DEFECT FOR OUR VIN) AND WILL NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIRS. *TR
Steering, Dec 29, 2016
RECENTLY MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA EXPERIENCE A STEERING COLUMN LOCK FAILURE THAT LEFT MY CAR INCOMPACITATED (UNABLE TO START) AND LEFT ME IN FREEZING COLD TEMPERATURES.
Steering, Electrical system, Engine, Dec 28, 2016
TAKATA RECALL, DEFECT STEERING LOCK UNIT, UNABLE TO START ENGINE! AFTER PARKED NISSAN 2009 ALTIMA AT A SHOPPING MALL, "NOKEY" LIGHT IS ON, CAR CAN BE LOCK AND UNLOCK THROUGH REMOTE CONTROL KEY, BUT NO DISPLAY INFORMATION VISIBLE AT THE DASH BOARD, WHEEL IS LOCKED AND UNABLE TO SWITCH GEAR. NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO THE CAR!
Steering, Dec 28, 2016
ON 12/26/11 I WENT TO DO AN ERRAND. I PARKED THE CAR, CAME BACK, AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START. ALL THE ELECTRICAL WORKED. I HAD THE KEY WITH ME, YET THE CAR WOULD START. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE CAPITOL NISSAN IN ATLANTA. THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A FAULTY STEERING LOCK UNIT. THEY REPLACED THE PART AS WELL AS THE IGNITION SWITCH ASSEMBLY. THE MILEAGE AT THAT TIME WAS 33,572. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN OCT 2011. ON 12/21/16 I WENT OUT TO DO AN ERRAND, RETURNED TO MY CAR, AND IT WOULDN'T START. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO NALLEY NISSAN, WHO BOUGHT CAPITOL NISSAN. THE SAME SCENARIO. ALL ELECTRICAL WORKED. I HAD THE KEY YET THE CAR WOULDN'T START. THEY DIAGNOSED IT WITH A FAULTY STEERING LOCK UNIT AND REPLACED IT. AT THIS TIME THE MILEAGE WAS 59,125. THE FIRST REPLACEMENT OF THIS UNIT THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THIS RECENT INCIDENT IT WASN'T.
Steering, Dec 27, 2016
I HAVE A 2009 NISSAN ATIMA . I GOT IN MY CAR TODAY IT STARTED OK, WENT TO DROP MY DAUGHTER AT DAYCARE, AND AFTER GETTING BACK TO CAR, IT WOULD NOT START, SHOWED PICTURE OF STEERING WHEEL AND PUSH BUTTON WOULD NOT START THE CAR, I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE HERE AND FOUND OUT IT WAS THE STEERING SECURITY LOCK BOX, IT'S VERY COMMON ISSUE FOR 2009 NISSAN AND THERE WAS A EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT, WHICH ENDED IN JULY 2016 SINCE IT'S DEFECTIVE PART . IT'S A SECURITY PROBLEM WITH ALL 2009 NISSAN ALTIMAS PLUS WITH MY WORK SOMETIMES I GO INTO VERY BAD NEIGHBORHOODS AT NIGHT AND BEING STUCK THERE IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY WHAT THE DEALER WANTS TO FIX THIS OBVIOUS FAULTY PART THAT NISSAN NEW ABOUT AND NEVER RECEIVE A RECALL AT ALL AND I HAVE OWN THIS CAR SINCE 2011, SO NOW MY JOB IS IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE I NEED THIS CAR FOR MY JOB. THIS PROBLEM IS A DEFINITE SAFETY PROBLEM., I JUST HOPE NO ONE WITH CHILDREN OR A PREGNANT WOMAN IS STUCK WHILE IN LABOR OR IN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES, OR IN A PLACE WHERE CELL PHONES DO NOT WORK. SHAME ON YOU NISSAN FOR NOT FIXING THIS PROBLEM IN THESE CARS INDEFINITELY, IT IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND SHOULD BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE I PAID TODAY 1268.74 FOR REPLACEMENT AND FIXING.
Steering, Dec 27, 2016
WHILE HOME FROM COLLEGE FOR THE HOLIDAYS, MY DAUGHTER'S CAR WAS STRANDED AT A GYM AFTER HOURS. WE HAD TO HAVE HER CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALERSHIP, WHICH WAS 60 +/- MILES AWAY. WE HAVE SINCE FOUND THE STEERING MECHANISM IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA AND IN FACT THE WARRANTY FOR THIS CONCERN HAD BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 2015. SINCE IT'S 2016 THE $900+ REPAIR IS NOT COVERED. HAD THIS BEEN A RECALL WE WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND WOULD HAVE REPAIRED THE MECHANISM LONG BEFORE THIS BECAME AN ISSUE. I WOULD FIRST OF ALL LIKE TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT AS A SAFETY CONCERN AND SECONDLY REQUEST AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THIS HASN'T ELEVATED TO RECALL STATUS.
Steering, Other or unspecified, Dec 27, 2016
CAR WOOULD NOT START WITH PUSH BUTTON. DID START REMOTELY BUT AS SOON AS TRIED TO RESTART CAR AFTER GETTING IN, CAR WOULD NOT START. DEFECTIVE LOCKING MECHANISM IN STEERING WHEEL SO WOULD NOT START. IF LATE AT NIGHT IN NO CELL SERVICE AREA WHAT DO YOU DO? NO WAY TO CALL FOR HELP? CAR NO START? CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. REMOTELY STARTED THEN TRIED TO RESTART AFTER GETTING IN CAR. PUSH BUTTON START WILL NOT WORK BECAUSE THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM IS DEFECTIVE. MANY MANY OF THEM DO THIS. AFTER REPLACED OK. THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A SAFETY RECALL. NOTE COST IS $1045 TO FIX. VERY BAD SAFETY SITUATION. NEEDS RECONSIDERATION FOR RECALL.. IS PROBLEM WITH 2009 AND 2010 ALTIMA'S.
Steering, Dec 26, 2016
WENT OUT TO GO HOME FROM WORK AND IT WOULD NOT START...WAITED 3 HOURS FOR AAA AND FINALLY CANCELLED IT WHEN I REALIZED IT WAS NOT A BATTERY ISSUE...I HAD CALLED NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE PERSON TOLD ME THAT IT SHOULD WORK IF I PUT THE FOB IN THE LITTLE FOB INSERT ON THE CAR...DID NOT START...I HAD MY SISTER BRING ME THE OTHER FOB AND IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE...AFTER 3 HOURS, I CANCELLED AAA SERVICE AND JUST WENT HOME...IT WAS VERY COLD AND IT WAS DARK. I DROVE MY DAUGHTER'S ALTIMA TO WORK THE NEXT DAY AND CALLED AAA TO TOW IT TO THE DEALERSHIP(TOWED AT 8:30 AM). THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE THEY WERE SO BUSY. I HAD LEFT A NOTE IN THE DRIVERS SEAT ABOUT THE STEERING LOCK ISSUE WITH THE 2009 ALTIMA. THE NEXT DAY THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER THE "EXTENDED WARRANTY" AND THE PART MIGHT BE IN CHICAGO AND IF SO WOULD BE READY THE NEXT DAY (3 DAYS LATER). WHEN I WENT IN TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT WHY THIS WAS NOT A RECALL OR NISSAN SHOULD COVER THE CHARGES BECAUSE IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED...HE TOLD ME THAT THE PART WAS ON "BACK ORDER." HE WAS NOT HELPFUL AT ALL...WE CAN'T JUST PAY FOR EVERYONES REPAIRS. THINGS FAIL ON CARS. NISSAN NEEDS TO RECALL THIS AND RESTORE THE TRUST IN NISSAN CARS. I HAVE BEEN A CUSTOMER FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS AND THERE IS NO LOYALTY WITH CUSTOMERS WITH NISSAN AS I CAN SEE. IT WAS A $1092 REPAIR FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART THAT NISSAN USED. I AM THANKFUL THAT I WAS NOT ON VACATION OR IN ANOTHER AREA. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS VERY UNSAFE AND CAN HAPPEN WITH NO WARNING.
Steering, Dec 24, 2016
THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK MODULE FOR MY CAR IS STARTING TO GO BAD. ONCE THE MODULE DOES GO BAD I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO START MY CAR AND WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED WHERE THE CHARGE BEGINS AT $800 TO HAVE THE PART REPAIRED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE AMONG NISSAN CARS IN GENERAL. THEY HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTIES FOR THIS ISSUE BUT WON'T ISSUE A RECALL EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A KNOWN AND COMMON ISSUE.
Steering, Dec 22, 2016
UNABLE TO START CAR DUE TO STEERING LOCK FAILURE. CAR WAS PARKED OUTSIDE ON COLD WINTER NIGHT. LEFT BUSINEES EARLY AM, CAR RECOGNIZED SMART KEY BUT WOULD NOT PASS OUT OF LOCK POSITION. HAD BATTERY AND REMOTE CHECKED ISSUE DUE TO FAILURE IN THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE
Steering, Dec 22, 2016
MY VEHICLE WAS IN A PARKING SPACE AND WHEN I WENT TO START THE CAR IT DIDN'T MAKE A SOUND AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS NOT LOCKED. GOT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A STEERING WHEEL LOCK MALFUNCTION. READ ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR MY 2009 ALTIMA. I REPAIR COST WAS ALMOST $1000 WHICH IT TOTALLY RIDICULOUS BUT IT NEEDED TO BE FIXED. THIS COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD THAT CAN BE AVOIDED
Steering, Dec 22, 2016
THE CAR WOULD NOT START WITH FOB. WAS NOT THE BATTERY, HAD POWER THROUGHOUT THE CAR. THE KEY INDICATOR LIGHT WAS FLASHING IN THE DASH. BRAKE LIGHTS WORKED. DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A KNOW PROBLEM WITH THE ESCL UNIT. NEVER RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF NOTIFICATION. LUCKILY, I WAS AT WORK WHEN I GOT STRANDED.
Steering, Dec 21, 2016
TAKATA INFLATOR MY NISSAN WAS STOPPED TO PICK MY GRANDKIDS UP FROM SCHOOL AND WHEN I WENT TO START THE VEHICLE IT WOULDN'T START AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED AND WE WAS STRANDED FOR TWO HOURS TELL I GOT TOWED TO MY DAUGHTERS HOUSE
Steering, Dec 20, 2016
12-2-16, FRIDAY 9:30 PM VERY COLD IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO. CAR IN PARKING LOT WOULD NOT START BECAUSE OF A STEERING LOCK FAILURE. CALLED NEIGHBOR 25 MILES AWAY FOR A RIDE HOME. 12-3-16,SAT.CAR TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER WHERE PURCHASED. REPAIR WOULD COST UPWARDS OF $1,000. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET INDICATES NISSAN HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY REPAIRS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THEN RECINDED IT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IF A PERSON IS STRANDED AND CANNOT GET A CELL TOWER CONNECTION, ONE COULD FREEZE TO DEATH. WHAT IF A FAMILY WITH SMALL CHILDREN EXPERIENCED THIS ON A SUB-ZERO NIGHT? THE CAR HAS ONLY 55,400 MILES ON IT BUT I DO NOT TRUST IT FOR ME OR MY WIFE TO DRIVE. THERE SHOULD BE A FEDERAL RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM.
Steering, Dec 20, 2016
NISSAN KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM OF THE DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK SYSTEM, BUT DID NOT DO A RECALL. THEY CHANGED AN INDEFINITE WARRANTY TO A 6 YEAR WARRANTY IN JANUARY 2016. I RAN TO THE STORE ON MY LUNCH HOUR TO PICK UP A FEW ITEMS, CAME OUT AND CAR WOULD NOT START. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO NISSAN. HAD TO SIT IN A PARKING LOT WAITING FOR TOW TRUCK FOR 2 HOURS, ONLY TO FIND THEY HAD TO COME BACK FOR THE CAR AFTER 11 PM WHEN PARKING LOT EMPTIED OUT, AS WITH THE STEERING LOCKED YOU COULD NOT MOVE THE CAR OUT TO GET ONTO THE FLATBED.UPON LOOKING UP THIS PROBLEM, FOUND THAT NISSAN KNOWS THIS HAPPENS TO THIS CAR, BUT REFUSED TO DO A RECALL, JUST EXTENDED THE WARRANTY. UNFORTUNATELY, MY WARRANTY EXPIRED LAST YEAR - I PURCHASE THIS CAR BRAND NEW IN APRIL OF 2009. NOW THEY WANT ALMOST 1100.00 TO REPLACE THIS PART THEY KNEW WAS DEFECTIVE TO BEGIN WITH! I AM WAITING TO SEE IF THE DEALERSHIP IS GOING TO BE OF ANY HELP IN GETTING THIS REPLACED FOR NO CHARGE.
Steering, Dec 19, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START BECAUSE THE STEERING WAS LOCKED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.
Steering, Dec 19, 2016
THE STEERING LOCK FAILED. THE CAR WOULDN'T START AND WAS STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND IT IS NOW GOING TO COST ME $957 TO FIX FOR PARTS AND LABOR.
Steering, Dec 19, 2016
2009 NISSAN ALTIMA STEERING LOCK FAILURE OCCURRED FOR NO REASON, FAULT, WEAR AND TEAR, LEAVING ME STRANDED WITHOUT THE KEY WORKING TO START THE STATIONARY CAR. NISSAN ADMITTED A DEFECT AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA STEERING LOCK PART KNOWING THIS, BUT PLACED AN EXPIRATION ON THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS EXPIRATION DID/DOES NOT COVER THE ACTUAL CARS IMPACTED AND WAS, I BELIEVE, SOLELY DESIGNED TO AVOID A FORMAL RECALL. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS INFORMING ME OF THIS DEFECT, INCLUDING DURING ALL OF MY DEALER SERVICING VISITS THAT WERE WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THE STEERING LOCK FAILED ON MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE DEALER, CLAY COOLEY IN IRVING TX SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THAT I WAS SIX MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IT WOULD COST $1,200.00 TO REPAIR IT. NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY KEY FOBS AND THE CAR WAS IN GREAT SHAPE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DEFECTIVE 2009 ALTIMA STEERING LOCK THAT PREVENTS MY CAR FROM READING MY KEY FOBS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL WITHOUT EXPIRATION. I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW FROM NISSAN AND REMAIN THE ORIGINAL OWNER. NISSAN SHOULD BEAR THE COST FOR THIS ENTIRE $1,200.00 REPAIR AS IT IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, PREVENTATIVE, OF ANY CONTROL OF MYSELF. IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR
Steering, Electrical system, Dec 19, 2016
STEERING WHEEL LOCK /IGNITION , CAR NOT ABLE TO START USING KEY FOB , TOTAL STEERING AND BRAKE LOCK . GOT OFF WORK AND COULD NOT START CAR , WAS RUNNING FINE PRIOR TO WORK 7AM
Steering, Electrical system, Other or unspecified, Dec 18, 2016
THE POWER LOCK STEERING KEEPS ON LOCKING THE START SYSTEM AND CAR CAN`T START .
Steering, Dec 16, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCK WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.
Steering, Electrical system, Dec 16, 2016
3 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS MY WIFE HAS BEEN STRANDED IN SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURE DUE TO THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) NOT UNLOCKING. EACH TIME THE CAR HAS BEEN STOPPED AND DOES NOT RESTART. HAVING READ MULTIPLE REPORTS NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE PART AND EVEN REMOVED IT FROM 2010 MODELS HOWEVER I AM OUT OF LUCK SINCE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THIS DEFECTIVE PART SHOULD BE PART OF A NATIONAL RECALL AND CONSUMERS SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR FIXES AND TOWING COST. CURRENTLY NISSAN WILL NOT FIX THE ISSUE UNTIL IT IS OCCURRING WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO BE STRANDED SOME WHERE AND HAVE IT TOWED TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE. I AM LUCKY THAT ME AND MY WIFE ARE HANDY AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESTART THE CARD BY LITERALLY HAMMERING ON THE ESCL UNTIL IT UNLOCKED. IF WE HAD KIDS OR WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EMERGENCY THIS WOULD BE GATHERING NATIONAL NEWS ATTENTION ON HOW NISSAN KNEW ABOUT A DEFECTIVE PIECE AND (EVEN REPLACING IT IN THE NEXT YEARS MODEL). I WOULD APPRECIATE ANYONE'S HELP IF BRINGING AWARENESS OF NISSAN'S NEGLIGENCE. *TR
Steering, Dec 15, 2016
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ALL DAY WITH NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. I DECIDE TO THE GROCERY STORE WITH MY SON AND AFTER DOING ALL MY SHOPPING I GET BACK INTO MY CAR AND THE KEY SECURITY LIGHT WAS ON AND I TRIED TO START THE CAR BY PRESSING THE PUSH START BUTTON AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE KEY ALLOWS ME TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THE DOOR EVEN RECOGNIZING IT WHEN I PUT IT IN THE IGNITION BUT WOULD NOT START. ME AND MY SON WAS STRANDED FOR HOURS IN COLD. I HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR IN THE PARKING LOT FOR 3 DAYS BEFORE I WAS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE TO GET IT TOWED. AND THEN I WAS INFORMED ITS GOING TO COST ABOUT $1000 TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE OF A STEERING LOCK. WHEN I RESEARCHED THIS IS A COMMON AND KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE CARS. I JUST GOT THIS CAR ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO TO THE CAR. WHY ARE THESE CARS STILL BEING STOLE TO THE PUBLIC AND PEOPLE NOT AWARE OF THESE ISSUES. THIS COULD OF HAPPEN ANYWHERE!! AND I DON'T STAY IN THE MOST SAFEST AREA THESE PROBLEMS ARE DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO JUST HAPPEN ANYWHERE. AND IT'S DECEMBER!!! IT'S COLD!!! WHY AM I COMING OUT OF POCKET FOR A NISSAN ISSUE!!! *TR