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.
Campaign 09V006000 on NHTSA.gov
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.
Campaign 08V464000 on NHTSA.gov
Representative owner complaints
1,547 reports, newest first.
Steering, Feb 5, 2013
I WAS LEFT STRANDED IN THE FREEZING RAIN/SLEET THIS PAST SATURDAY. AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS OF TRYING EVERYTHING, MY CAR WAS PLACED ON A ROLL BACK AND TOOK TO A LOCAL GARAGE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT AND WOULD BE BETWEEN $600-$800 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED. I WAS ALSO TOLD THE PART WAS NOT IN STOCK,SO MY MECHANIC WILL HAVE TO CALL DAILY TO CHECK ON IT. I'M FURIOUS AT NISSAN. THIS IS ACTUALLY MY 5TH NISSAN TO OWN. I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE. *TR
Steering, Electrical system, Feb 4, 2013
CAR WAS FOUND TO NOT START. BATTERY HAD POWER, NO OTHER OBVIOUS ISSUES. CAR WAS INOPERABLE FOR THE WEEKEND. TOWED VEHICLE TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP. BATTERY TESTED LOW AND WAS LATER REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE STEERING LOCK WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BATTERY REPLACEMENT IS UNDERSTANDABLE BEING THAT THE CAR IS MORE THAN 3 YEARS OLD. LOCK STEERING MECHANISM HOWEVER RESULTED IN THE CAR BEING INOPERABLE. PARTS FOR THE LOCK STEERING MECHANISM TOTALED $534.19 PLUS LABOR WHICH TOTALED $282.88. TOTAL BILL WITH NEW BATTERY WAS $1,037.64. CONSIDERING ALL FAILURES LISTED ON THIS PAGE OF THIS SAME PART, A RECALL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. NISSAN APPARENTLY HAS RECALLED OTHER STEERING LOCKS SIMILAR TO THIS ON GTR MODELS. *TR
Steering, Feb 4, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT. THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,996 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000.
Steering, Feb 2, 2013
LAST SUNDAY MY VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO START WITH THE FOB KEY. HAD CAR TOWED TO NISSAN AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK SYSTEM. WAS TOLD THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER AND WILL RECEIVED IN APPROX 3 WKS. ALSO, THE COST WOULD BE $930 BEFORE TAX. MY CAR IS 38,000 MILES AND NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. BECAUSE MY WINDOWS WERE ACCIDENTALLY LOWERED DUE TO SOMEONE HOLDING DOWN UNLOCK BUTTON ON FOB AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO CLOSE MY WINDOWS SINCE MY CAR FAILED TO START, THEY ARE ALSO SAYING I HAVE TO PAY A DAILY STORAGE FEE SINCE THEY ARE UNABLE TO LEAVE MY CAR OUTSIDE DUE TO ALL THE WINDOWS BEING DOWN. *TR
Steering, Feb 2, 2013
DROVE TO WORK IN THE MORNING WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. TRIED TO START MY CAR AT THE END OF THE DAY. CAR WOULD NOT START. THE INTELLIGENT KEY WARNING LIGHT WAS ON. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SUGGESTED TRYING MY OTHER KEY FOB. I HAD SOMEONE BRING THAT TO ME, BUT THE CAR STILL WOULDN'T START. WITH NO OTHER OPTIONS, I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP (FOR $165, WHICH INCLUDED AN EXTRA $75 FEE TO HAVE THE CAR REMOVED FROM A PARKING GARAGE). THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY AND REPLACED IT FOR $624.91. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN AND WAS OFFERED A $250 SERVICE CREDIT FOR A FUTURE REPAIR, WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE USED IN ONLY 6 MONTHS. WHEN I INDICATED THAT THIS WAS UNACCEPTABLE, THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT OFFER ANY OTHER COMPENSATION, NOR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OTHERS WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. GIVEN THAT THERE IS NO WARNING FOR THIS PROBLEM WHICH RENDERS A LESS THAN 4 YEAR CAR COMPLETELY INOPERABLE, NOR IS THERE ANY WAY TO PREVENT THIS PROBLEM FROM HAPPENING, THIS PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED! KEYLESS ENTRY IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I BOUGHT THIS CAR..... NOW IT'S MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT. *TR
Steering, Feb 2, 2013
I WOKE UP FOR WORK AND WENT TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START, I NOTICED THERE WAS A RED KEY LIGHT ON SO I WENT TO CHANGE THE BATTERY FOR THE KEY AND THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. I LOOKED THROUGH MY OWNERS MANUAL TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING I WAS MISSING AND NO LUCK! I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THEY WOULD RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO SEE WHAT IT WAS. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT MY STEERING LOCK MODULE HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO WORK. I WAS TOLD THAT WITH TAX THE BILL WOULD BE $834. I WAS IN UTTER SHOCK AND WAS GIVEN NO EXPLANATION EXCEPT FOR I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN WITH OTHER NISSANS AND ITS TO BE EXPECTED! I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MY CARS WORKS 1 DAY THEN NOT THE NEXT. IT SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN WITH THIS CAR AND I AM ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM! A RECALL IS NEEDED! *TR
Steering, Feb 1, 2013
CAR WAS DRIVING FINE EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND CAME HOME TO PARK THE CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY. GOT BACK IN THE CAR TO HEAD TO MY NIGHT JOB, AND CAR WOULD NOT START. IT WOULD NOT EVEN SWITCH TO ACCESSORIES POSITION. CALLED THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY GAVE ME SOME TIPS ON HOW TO START THE CAR, BUT NONE WORKED. HAD TO GET HE CAR TOWED TO NISSAN. IT TOOK 2 DAYS BEFORE THEY COULD LOOK AT IT ON A SATURDAY. I WAS TOLD MY STEERING LOCK UNIT HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND WOULD COST ME $747 BEFORE TAXES TO GET IT FIXED. ALSO, THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER (1100 OTHER PEOPLE NEED THE SAME PART) AND THERE IS NO ETA ON THE PART. I STILL DO NOT HAVE MY CAR BACK AND HAVE BEEN HAVING TO FIND WAYS TO AND FROM WORK. *TR
Steering, Jan 31, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK MECHANISM CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE KEY FOB WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PERSONALLY REMEDY THE FAILURE BY REPLACING THE BATTERY IN THE KEYLESS ENTRY REMOTE BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT THE PART WAS NOT READILY AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,000.
Steering, Jan 31, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START USING THE KEYLESS ENTRY. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTELLIGENT KEY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,000.
Electrical system, Jan 30, 2013
THE NISSAN INTELLIGENT KEY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND WE WERE UNABLE TO START THE CAR. A NEW BATTERY WAS PLACED IN THE CAR LAST FALL AND THE KEY FOB BATTERIES WERE REPLACED JULY 2012. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR POSSIBLE PROBLEMS AND FOUND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THE SAME SITUATION. THE PROBLEM REPORTED WAS A FAILED STEERING LOCK UNIT. I CONTACTED THE NISSAN DEALER AND THEY INDICATED WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THEIR SHOP. THEY FOUND THAT THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL MODULE DID IN FACT NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY MENTIONED THEY HAVE HAD AT LEAST 15 INSTANCES OF THIS SAME PROBLEM AT THEIR SHOP ALONE SINCE THE WEATHER TURNED COLD THIS WINTER. WE SPECIFICALLY PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW IN 2009 SO THAT OUR TEENS WOULD HAVE A DEPENDABLE CAR TO DRIVE. WE DID NOT WANT THEM STUCK SOMEWHERE UNABLE TO GET HOME, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER. I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY INDICATED THAT THERE IS NOT A RECALL FOR THIS STEERING LOCK. THE DEALERSHIP INSTRUCTED ME TO HOLD ONTO OUR REPAIR RECENT SHOULD IT BECOME A RECALL. *TR
Steering, Electrical system, Jan 30, 2013
I STOPPED FOR LUNCH AT A FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENT AND AT THIS POINT EVERYTHING WITH THE CAR WAS FINE. AFTER I ORDERED AND GOT BACK INTO MY CAR, I TRIED TO START IT. THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE KEY LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH. AFTER CALLING THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, THEY SUGGESTED REPLACING THE BATTERY IN THE KEYFOB. I DID REPLACE BATTERY AND PLACED THE KEYFOB IN THE ALTERNATIVE START PORT. THE CAR WOULD STILL NOT START. AFTER TRYING TO JUMP THE CAR BATTERY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT I NEEDED TO TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK MECHANISM. THIS MALFUNCTIONING PART LEFT ME STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT DURING A SNOW STORM. UPON SEARCHING THE INTERNET, IT APPEARS THAT NISSAN HAS ISSUED RECALLS ON THIS PART IN OTHER VEHICLES AND HAVE STOPPED USING THIS PART IN NEW VEHICLES. THERE ARE ALSO HUNDREDS OF REPORTS OF THIS PART FAILING IN MY MODEL AND YEAR. THIS PROBLEM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF IMMOBILIZING A CAR DURING SEVERE WEATHER, LEAVING THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS STRANDED. *TR
Steering, Service brakes, Hydraulic, Engine and engine cooling, Jan 30, 2013
WENT TO START VEHICLE AND IT DID NOT START. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR $90. WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRENTY AND MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 2 MONTHS. ADVISED TO CALL CONSUMER AFFAIRS. WAITED 13 DAYS WITH REPEATED PHONE CALLS JUST TO BE TOLD THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY THE REPAIR WITH NO WRITTEN EXPLANATION. REPAIR COST $757 AND IS ONLY WARRANTEED FOR 12,000 MILES. WAS TOLD REPAIR WOULD TAKE 3 DAYS BUT THEY HAD MY CAR FOR 21 DAYS BECAUSE THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. BY THE WAY, MY CAR WAS ALSO IN FOR 2 RECALL ISSUES: HEAD GASKET AND MASTER BRAKE CYLINDAR. PRETTY BIG ISSUES! I WAS ALSO TOLD BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT IF I HAD ALL MY SERVICE DONE THRU THEM INSTEAD OF OUTSIDE SOURCE THEY WOULD HAVE COVERED THE STEERING LOCK ISSUE. SOUNDS A LITTLE FISHY TO ME. THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM!!! OR AT LEAST HAVE A MANUAL OVER RIDE. *TR
Steering, Jan 30, 2013
THE CAR WOULD NOT START WITH MY SMART KEY. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR THREE YEARS AND THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE CAR. BUT AFTER TURNING IT OFF TO GO INSIDE, I CAME BACK OUT AND IT WOULD NOT START. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER AND THE SERVICE TECH ALREADY NEW THE PROBLEM, TOLD ME THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER, AND THAT IT WOULD TAKE THREE WEEKS TO FIX, ON TOP OF THE 800+ BILL TO FIX IT. THIS PROBLEM IS FREQUENT AND I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OR AT LEAST A REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICE DONE ON THE VEHICLES. *TR
Steering, Jan 29, 2013
THE LIGHTS,LOCKS, TRUNK AND BATTERY WORKED FINE BUT THE VEHICLE REFUSED TO START. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE CAR WOULD HAVE TO BE TOWED IN TO ACCESS THE PROBLEM. AMAZINGLY THEY CALLED ME 10 MINUTES AFTER IT ARRIVED AND TOLD ME THE ISSUE WAS MY STEERING LOCK WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND COULD NO LONGER COMMUNICATE WITH THE "INTELLIGENT KEY". I WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF $841.00 AND ADVISED IT WAS ON BACK ORDER AND COULD NOT GIVE ME AN ESTIMATED TIME OF WHEN IT WOULD BE REPLACED. I WENT BY THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE 1500 OF THE PARTS I NEEDED ON BACK ORDER. THEY STILL COULDN'T GIVE ME AN ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE. SAID IT COULD BE DAYS, WEEKS OR MONTHS. SOUNDS LIKE A RECALL TO ME. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND NISSAN NEEDS TO REPLACE THESE PARTS FREE OF CHARGE. THIS CAR HAD ME STRANDED IN COLD WINTER WEATHER AND I AM JUST LUCKY THAT SOMEONE WAS ABLE TO GIVE ME A RIDE HOME. THIS CAR IS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. IF NISSAN DOES NOT CORRECT THE ISSUE I CAN HONESTLY SAY I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE AGAIN. *TR
Steering, Jan 29, 2013
STEERING LOCK MECHANISM $1200 BUCKS NISSAN BETTER DO SOMETHING. *TR
Steering, Electrical system, Engine, Jan 29, 2013
CAR WOULD NOT START / COMPUTER LOCK / CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. *TR
Steering, Electrical system, Jan 28, 2013
MY DAUGHTER AND 2 YEAR OLD WERE TRYING TO GET HOME UNDER AN ICE STORM WARNING. THE PUSH BUTTON START DID NOT OPERATE. THEY WERE STRANDED IN THE COLD UNDER A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING. NISSAN SAYS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK CONTROLLER CAUSED THE FAILURE AND WOULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH THE INTELLIGENT KEY FOB AND START BUTTON. THERE IS NOT A METHOD TO OVERRIDE THE PUSH BUTTON WITH A MECHANICAL KEY. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THE 2009 ALTIMA. MY ALTIMA HAS ONLY 37,500 MILES BUT IS PAST THE 3-YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD. THE REPAIR WAS $803. THE SERVICE WRITER AT THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT HE EXPECTS A RECALL IN THE NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE OF THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH THEY SEE THIS FAULTY MODULE. THE PART WAS CHANGED IN 2010 BUT NISSAN REFUSES TO REPLACE THE BAD ONES IN THE 2008-2009 MODELS. *TR
Steering, Jan 28, 2013
I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE AND CAME OUT AND ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR. THE INTELLIGENT KEY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON SO THE CAR WOULD NOT START. IT WAS STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION. SENT IT TO THE DEALER AND $1100. THIS IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM SO WHY HASN'T IT BEEN RECALLED? I WAS SITTING OUTSIDE IN 13 DEGREE WEATHER WITH MY INFANT SON AND THEY SAY IT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS ABOUT TO TRADE IT IN FOR A NEWER MODEL BUT I WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN. *TR
Steering, Jan 28, 2013
STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED LEAVING CAR STRANDED. *TR
Steering, Electrical system, Jan 28, 2013
CAR WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE KEY IN IT, BUT COULD UNLOCK DOORS AND TRUNK, AND WOULD NOT START. CAR WAS TOWED TO NISSAN AND THEY FOUND THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL MODULE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH IKEY READER. TECH INSTALLED NEW IKEY READER AND CLEARED THEFT CODES. *TR
Electrical system, Engine, Jan 27, 2013
ATTEMPTED TO START CAR WITH "PUSH TO START" IGNITION. CAR SENSED KEY, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO START IGNITION ALTHOUGH I STEPPED ON BRAKE WHILE PRESSING BUTTON. LIGHTS WORK IN CAR. STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED. CAR STARTS WITH AUTOSTART USING FOB KEY, BUT WHEN TRIES TO PUT CAR IN DRIVE IT SHUTS OFF. ATTEMPTED TO PUT KEY IN SLOT AND PUSH "START" BUTTON, BUT THAT ATTEMPT WAS ALSO UNSUCCESSFUL. PREVIOUSLY CAR WAS WORKING FINE. *TR
Steering, Electrical system, Jan 25, 2013
DROPPED MY SON OFF AT SCHOOL, WHEN I RETURNED TO THE CAR, IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. THE CAR RECOGNIZED MY KEY WAS PRESENT BUT PUSH BUTTON DID NOTHING. MANUALLY USING THE KEY SLOT WOULD NOT START THE CAR EITHER. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AND AM BEING TOLD THAT WILL COST $800-1100 TO FIX STEERING LOCK AND THAT PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. DOING AN INTERNET SEARCH I HAVE FOUND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME DEFECT OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS. THIS DID OCCUR ON A VERY COLD DAY, ABOUT 10 DEGREES AT THE TIME. *TR
Steering, Electrical system, Jan 25, 2013
AMBER 'INTELLIGENT KEY' LIGHT STARTED APPEARING ON AND OFF. FINALLY VEHICLE REFUSED TO ENGAGE STARTER AND WHIRRING NOISE INDICATING STEERING LOCK IS FUNCTIONAL NO LONGER HAPPENS. VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE TOWED AND RESEARCH INDICATES THE PROBLEM IS COMMON IN 2009 ALTIMAS AND OTHER NISSAN VEHICLES. REPAIR QUOTES ONLINE APPEAR TO BE IN THE $900 RANGE. NISSAN NEEDS TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM AND ISSUE A RECALL. *TR
Steering, Jan 25, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START USING THE KEYLESS ENTRY. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE STEERING LOCK ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WAS A REPEAT OCCURRENCE. THE COMPUTER WAS PREVIOUSLY RESET TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 86,000.
Steering, Jan 25, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,400. *TR