2007 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

THE REAR SWAY BAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. IT PROMPTED ME TO GET ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS ISSUE. IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS AN ENGINEERING DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT AS THOUSANDS OF ALTIMA OWNERS HAVE ATTESTED TO THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SWAY BAR. AND, THEY ALL SEEM TO BREAK IN THE SAME PLACE. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL ISSUE? IT'S CERTAINLY DANGEROUS ENOUGH DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH A PIECE OF PIPE HANGING DOWN DRAGGING ON THE ROAD. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY NISSAN IS NOT HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD OR EXPECTATION, AND WHY SO MANY OWNERS ARE HAVING TO PAY TO GET A DEFECTIVE ENGINEERED PRODUCT FIXED. COME ON GUYS...DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TO START THIS CAR YOU PRESS THE BRAKE AND PRESS THE START BUTTON. I PRESS THE BRAKE PRESS START AND IT GOES TO ACC INSTEAD OF ON, THEN I PRESS IT TO ON AND IT WONT START. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES BEFORE BUT I TRY IT AGAIN AND IT STARTS WITHIN A FEW TRIES. NOW I AM TRYING TO START MY CAR AND IT WON'T START AT ALL. ALL THE LIGHTS ARE ON RADIO WORKS, ETC BUT THE CAR JUST DOESN'T TURN OVER OR TRY TO TURN OVER AT ALL IT JUST SITS IN THE ON POSITION. I READ ONLINE MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE A SPARE KEY AND I TRIED THE OTHER KEY (KEYLESS START KEY) AND IT DOES THE SAME THING SO IT IS NOT JUST THE KEY BATTERY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR 2 YEARS AGO AND HAVE ONLY PUT 40000 MILES ON IT. I HAD TO TAKE A TAXI TO SCHOOL AND BACK AND WILL HAVE TO TO WORK UNTIL IT GETS FIXED! *TR

WE WERE DRIVING TO TAMPA AND CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED AND HAD TO GO ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WILL NOT START. HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE CLOSER TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP. THEY CHECKED THE ENGINE AND HAD A HOLE IN IT AND COULD NOT FIGURE WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE HOLE, IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO GET THE DIAGNOSIS AND TOLD US WE NEED TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION, WE PAID $5000 FOR IT AND HAD NO CHOICE AS THAT WAS THE ONLY CAR BETWEEN ME AND MY HUSBAND TO GO TO WORK. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND COULD NOT HELP ME EVEN IF I TOLD THEM THERE WERE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CAR. EVEN THE REPAIR GUY TOLD US THAT NISSAN HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS. AFTER 2 MONTHS THERE WERE MORE PROBLEMS, SEEMS EVERY FEW MONTHS SOMETHING IS WRONG AND NOW MY CAR IS SITTING AGAIN IN THE REPAIR SHOP JUST AFTER 2 YRS AND THEY SAID I NEED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION!!!!! THIS IS CRAZY, I WISH I HAD TRADE IN THE CAR BEFORE THIS HAPPENED AS THIS IS A PIECE OF JUNK. I WILL NEVER BUY NISSAN BEFORE AND HOPEFULLY I CAN GET THE WORD OUT NOT TO BUY NISSAN. *TR

I TOOK MY NIECE TO THIS CRAPPY DEALERSHIP TODAY TO GET HER CAR SERVICED BECAUSE SHE HAS A RECALL TO REPLACE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. I SPOKE WITH [XXX] ON FEB 18 AT 0245P TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. WELL WE ARRIVED TODAY AT 0730HRS THIS MORNING. FIRST OFF SERVICE PERSON [XXX] SPOKE WITH HER(NIECE) AND CONVINCED HER SHE NEEDED TO HAVE DIAGNOSTICS RAN ON HER VEHICLE. I CANCELLED THAT IDEA BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD ESTABLISHED ON THE 18TH THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD(SULEV EMISSIONS ALT 07-08). THAT WAS $110.00 HE WASN'T MAKING.. AFTER WE SAT FOR 2.5 HRS., THIS JOKER RETURNS TO TELL ME THAT IT TOOK HIS MECHANIC 2 HOURS TO FIND A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. MIND YOU WE KNEW ABOUT IT AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE THERE TO BEGIN WITH AND TWO IT WAS A BS LINE HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH. I SPOKE WITH [XXX] (SHE TOO BRUSHED ME OFF) WHO INFORMED ME TO SPEAK WITH A STAND IN STUPIDVISOR NAMED [XXX]. WELL IT DIDN'T GET ANY BETTER BECAUSE AFTER BEING TOLD BY VICTOR IT WOULD TAKE 4-5 HOURS TO DO BUT ONLY AFTER THEY TOOK CARE OF THE OTHER AFTERNOON CUSTOMERS THAT HAD LATER TIME SLOTS, [XXX] SAID THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO IT. NOW IM HEATED AFTER BEING JERKED AROUND ALL [XXX] DAY, YOU'RE TELLING ME ITS NOT GOING TO GET DONE??? I TOLD THE TO BRING MY CAR OUT AND I WANTED PAPERWORK. VICTOR [XXX] ATTEMPTED TRIED COVER HIS [XXX] BY SAYING ON THE PAPERWORK THAT WE DECLINED SERVICED AFTER WE WERE TOLD BY HIM AND THE SUPERVISOR [XXX] THAT IT WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN. TACKY TACKY TACKY... IVE PURCHASED 4 CARS FROM THESE CLOWNS AT THIS DEALERSHIP SINCE 2001. WELL THEY JUST LOST MY BUSINESS AND MY LOYALTY TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WONT SEND ANYONE THERE AGAIN.. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL AND THEY ARE LIARS. MY MONEY WILL BE WELL SPENT ELSEWHERE. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER NISSAN DEALER, SHE IS FORCED TO OPERATE AND UNSAFE VEHICLE WITH A SIX YEAR OLD SON. SHAME ON RT 22 NISSAN.. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE DASHBOARD OF MY NISSAN ALTIMA 2007 IS MELTING (LITERALLY). I NOTICED A SMALL POND OF GOO LIKE MATERIAL ON MY DASHBOARD. IN LESS THAN A WEEK IT SPREAD OUT LIKE CANCER AND CONTINUES TO SPREAD. THIS POND OF GOO REFLECTS THE SUNLIGHT ON THE WINDSHIELD, CREATING A GLARE THAT BLOCKS MY VIEW AND ENDANGERS MY ABILITY TO DRIVE. NOT TO MENTION THE LOSS OF MY INVESTMENT NOT CAUSED BY IMPROPER USE OF THE VEHICLE (SEE PICTURE) I'VE UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO GET NISSAN TO ASSUME THE REPAIR OF THEIR DEFECTIVE DASHBOARD. I'M NOT CLAIMING NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR OR MECHANICAL ITEMS BUT RATHER A REAL LIFE THREATENING ISSUE. I'VE TALKED TO ADRIAN (457295), JOHN (457263), JESSICA (57758). I WENT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THAT IT'LL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MELTING AND ONLY REPLACING COULD FIX THE ISSUE. TODAY NICK (7583) CALLED ME TO SYMPATHIZE WITH ME BUT HOW UNFORTUNATELY NISSAN CANNOT REPLACE MY MELTING DASHBOARD AND THAT THE ISSUE CANNOT BE ESCALATED ANY FURTHER. IT IS SHAMEFUL TO SEE HOW NHTSA HAS MORE THAN 200 REPORTS OF MELTING DASHBOARD, NISSAN CAN SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN A SUPER BOWL AD #WITH DAD APPEALING TO CUSTOMER LOYALTY BUT NISSAN CANNOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY OF A DEFECTIVE MATERIAL THAT COULDN'T PERFORM IN FLORIDA. ..UPDATED 03-04-15*BF UPDATED 6/17/2015*JS UPDATED 12/09/15.*JB

SWAY BAR BROKE WITHOUT ANY COLLISION AND WITH NORMAL USE. THIS DOES NOT NORMALLY HAPPEN WITH OTHER CARS. THE SWAY BAR IS HOLLOW UNLIKE OTHERS AND MAY BE THE REASON FOR THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS ON MANY NISSAN FORUMS ONLINE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND I HEARD A CLUNK THAT DID NOT SEEM TO AFFECT MY DRIVING ABILITY OR STABILITY OF THE CAR. HOWEVER, LATER THAT DAY WHEN I TURNED ON THE CARS HEAT; IT WOULD BLOW BUT ONLY COLD AIR WAS COMING OUT OF THE VENTS REGARDLESS OF THE TEMPERATURE SETTING OR MODE SETTING. MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE 2 THERMOSTATS BUT THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM WAS A SUDDEN ONSET AND WAS NOT GRADUAL IN NATURE. MY MECHANIC SPECULATED THAT THE HEATING COIL BECAME CLOGGED BUT TO REPLACE IT THE COST WOULD BE IN EXCESS OF $900. I'D ALSO THINK THE CLOGGED SYSTEM WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MORE GRADUAL DECLINE IN HEATING FUNCTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE DRIVER SEAT SHIFTS AND WILL NOT STAY IN PLACE DURING OPERATION. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT WILL MOVE MORE COMPARED TO THE LEFT SIDE AND CAUSES THE SEAT TO SHIFT/SHIMMY AROUND CURVES, ELEVATE AND DEPRESS WHEN HITTING BUMPS. *TR

WAS AT THE REPAIR SHOP PICKING UP MY OTHER CAR WHEN THE MECHANIC NOTICED SOMETHING HANGING FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY CAR. HE THREW THE CAR UP ON A LIFT AND DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS A BROKEN SWAY BAR. HE WAS SHOCKED AND SAID HE'D NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I HAVE NO IDEA OF THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS, BUT AFTER A QUICK SEARCH ONLINE IT SEEMS AS IF THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHEN WILL NISSAN GET ITS ACT TOGETHER AND RECALL THIS? *TR