NISSAN Complaints

THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THEM. THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. MY 2004 ARMADA WAS AT 66K MILES. THE NISSAN DEAL THAT I TOOK THE VEHICLE TOO TOLD ME THAT NISSAN HAS PROBLEMS WITH THEIR MANIFOLDS. THEY CORRECTED THE ISSUE, BUT ALMOST EXACTLY 66K MILES LATER THE MANIFOLDS HAVE AGAIN CRACKED. NOW I AM OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY AND REQUIRED TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT THAT IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE NISSAN PRODUCT. MANIFOLDS SHOULD NOT BE GOING BAD AFTER 66K MILES. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SL, IN APPROXIMATELY 2008 FEBRUARY, MY CAR STOPPED ON ME WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HAD THE WORK DONE AT BUENA PARK NISSAN THEN I REALIZED THAT THE CAR HAD ALSO STARTING BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN OIL PAN LEAK, HAD THAT WORK DONE AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS LATER, THE CAR STOPPED AGAIN, HAD THE CAR DIAGNOSED AT THE NISSAN DEALER SHIP IN ANTIOCH, CA, WAS ADVISED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AGAIN. AT THIS POINT, I WAS FRUSTRATED WITH THE CAR AND I CONTACTED NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICAN, AND THE DEALERSHIP IN BUENA PARK WHO BOTH DENIED ME ANY HELP. I WAS GIVEN A REFERENCE NUMBER OF 6594593 WHEN I CALLED FOR A SOLUTION IN 2009. NOW, 8/2010, I AM HAVING ACCELERATION ISSUES AGAIN, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, MY ANTIFREEZE IS EVAPORATION ALONG WITH THE ENGINE OIL EVERY 300 MILES. I CALLED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA AGAIN TODAY AND SPOKE WITH LISA BYRNE AT EXTENSION 41661 WHO TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING NISSAN WOULD DO AT THIS POINT BECAUSE MY PREVIOUS CLAIM HAD ALREADY BEEN DENIED. I AM REPLACING OIL ON A WEEKLY BASIS AS WELL AS THE ANTIFREEZE. I CALLED NISSAN AGAIN TODAY, REF # [XXX]. I ASKED HER WHO COULD I CONTACT OTHER THAN THE REGIONAL OFFICE AND SHE STATED NO ONE AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING NISSAN WAS GOING TO DO TO RIGHT MY SITUATION. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA IS STALLING AT RED LIGHTS AND WHILE I AM DRIVING. THIS COULD CAUSE AND ACCIDENT SINCE IT HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR REPAIR. THIS PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR WITH MY CAR UNTIL THE RECALL WORK FOR THE ECM REPROGRAMMING WAS DONE. BUT, IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THEN. SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK. I HAVE PAID TO HAVE THE PROBLEM CORRECT MORE THAN ONCE, AND NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE HAS STOPPED THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

NISSAN ROUGE 2010 - IT HAS ONLY BEEN 5 MONTHS SINCE I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW ROGUE 2010 FROM VICTORY NISSAN CHESAPEAKE. I RECEIVED A RECALL CARD FROM THEM REGARDING A THROTTLE NOISE. I TOOK MY CAR FOR CHANGE OIL AND THE NISSAN SERVICE DID A REPROGRAM TO ELIMINATE THE NOISE. THE NOISE HAD LESSENED. THINKING THAT IT IS A BRAND NEW CAR, I DID AN OBSERVATION AND WAITED FOR MY SECOND CHANGE OIL AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NOISE IN MY CAR AGAIN AND THE BRAKE THAT FELT LIKE IT'S LOSING A THREAD WHEN YOU STEP ON IT. AFTER MY CHANGE OIL, I WAS TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE DEALER HAS TO ORDER IT AND WILL CALL ME BACK IN 2-3 DAYS. A WEEK HAD PASSED AND I DID NOT RECEIVE A CALL. I CALLED NISSAN USA TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SERVICE AND I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR KNOWING THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE BREAK AND THE TRANSMISSION. I CALLED BACK AGAIN AND THE SERVICE AGENT JUST TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT YET IN. I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN WHEN THE ACCELERATOR JUST KEPT GOING EVEN IF I WAS NOT PRESSING ON IT. I WAS CONCERNED AND TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS GIVEN A RENTAL CAR. I BOUGHT A FULLY LOADED CAR BUT WAS GIVEN A LEMON CAR. I COULD'VE BEEN DEAD BY NOW IF I AM STILL DRIVING THAT CAR FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT IF THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE WILL NOT BE CONTROLLED. I KEPT CALLING NISSAN BUT I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSE. ONE OF THE SALES IN THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE 3RD ROGUE 2010 TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT WAS REPORTED IN THE SAME PLACE. A VERY UNSAT COSTUMER SERVICE AND DEALER SERVICES BY LETTING AN UNSAFE CAR TO BE ON THE ROAD! *TR

THROTTLE ON CAR GOES OUT UNEXPECTEDLY. ENGINE IS STILL POWERED ON, HOWEVER ACCELERATION IS NOT POSSIBLE. *TR

2006 NISSAN FRONTIER LE 4X4 - FUEL SENDING ISSUE. THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH REPLACEMENT IN 18 MONTHS. 2/28/09 ' APPROX. 38,000 MILES,1/4 FULL, TURNED VEHICLE OFF TO REFUEL, DROVE AWAY APPROX 5 MILE DOWN THE ROAD FUEL GAGE WENT TO EMPTY, FUEL LIGHT CAME ON, MILEAGE DRIVEN SCREEN BELOW ODOMETER BLINKS, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. PAID $380 TO FIX FUEL SENDING ISSUES. VEHICLE WORK FINE - NISSAN RECALL COMES OUT RETURN TO DEALER AND REPLACES FOR FREE. , 6/15/10 ' REPLACED AT APPROX 63,000 MILES, 3/4 FULL, START VEHICLE, FUEL SENDER REGISTERS EMPTY W/LIGHT ON AND MILEAGE DRIVEN SCREEN BLINKING, NISSAN REPLACES. 7/28/10 ' REPLACED AT APPROX 65,000 MILE, 1/4 FULL, FILL VEHICLE, START VEHICLE, VEHICLE IS SLOW TO REGISTER FULL, TAKES ABOUT 10 MILES TO LEVEL OUT. FILL VEHICLE A SECOND TIME SAME ISSUE SLOW TO REGISTER FULL. FULL, START VEHICLE, VEHICLE REGISTERS EMPTY, EMPTY LIGHT ON AND MILEAGE DRIVEN SCREEN BLINKING. 8/09/10 ' APPROX 65,500 MILES, VEHICLE FULL, TURN VEHICLE ON, SAME ISSUES AS ABOVE. CALLED NISSAN AGAIN THEY SAY BRING IT IN AND THEY'LL LOOK AGAIN. *TR

RECENTLY (07/10/10) MY CAR JUST MADE A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE BLEW A BIG SMOKE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH--THE FIRE MEN AND POLICE THAT SHOWED UP BELIEVE IT THREW A ROD BECAUSE IT LEAKED OIL EVERYWHERE,HAD THE OIL CHANGED EXACTLY 5 DAYS PRIOR. *TR

MY SUN VISOR KEEPS FALLING DOWN WHILE I'M DRIVING. IT INTERFERE MY DRIVING ABILITY. *TR

TRANSFER CASE SEALS HAVE FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME AFTER HAVING BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER IN THE FALL OF 2008. NISSAN NORTH AMERICA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN ISSUE WITH LEAKING TRANSFER CASES IN MURANOS. THEY HAVE PUT IN PLACE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR CVT TRANSMISSION FAILURES, HOWEVER, DID NOT INCLUDE TRANSFER CASE PROBLEMS. *TR

ON THIS 2010 ARMADA, SINCE THE FIRST USE AFTER PURCHASE, THE LOW FUEL WARNING COMES ON WITH ABOUT 8 GALLONS LEFT IN THE 28-GALLON TANK, WHILE THE FUEL GAUGE NEEDLE APPEARS TO INDICATE THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF REMAINING FUEL. (OUR 2005 ARMADA DEVELOPED THIS EXACT PROBLEM AFTER A FEW YEARS, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE OPPOSITE PROBLEM IN WHICH SOME SYSTEMS SHOW MORE FUEL THAN ACTUAL.) AT THIS POINT IT IS AN INCONVENIENCE AS OPPOSED A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT, SINCE THE PROBLEM ON OUR 2010 ARMADA IS OBVIOUSLY MERELY A DIFFERENT SYMPTOM OF PROBABLY THE SAME FAULTY COMPONENT, I FEEL THE NHTSA SHOULD CONSIDER ISSUING A RECALL FOR THE 2010 MODEL AS WELL (AND FOR OTHER YEAR MODELS NOT YET RECALLED) SINCE THE MALFUNCTION COULD JUST AS WELL SHIFT TO THE UNSAFE FAILURE MODE. IT ALSO SEEMS VERY LIKELY THAT MANY OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME MALFUNCTION AS WITH MY 2005 AND 2010 MODELS, BUT THAT THE NHTSA'S STATISTICS DO NOT TRACK SUCH COMPLAINTS PROBLEM BECAUSE THE FAULTY COMPONENT IS NOT YET 'UNSAFE' IN THIS PARTICULAR MODE OF MALFUNCTION. (SINCE THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP, I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE VIN OR TO OUR OFFICE RECORDS THIS WEEKEND, BUT CAN PROVIDE THE VIN LATER IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO REVISE A POSTING.) *TR