2009 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

I WAS READY TO LEFT ANOTHER LABOR DAY AFTER 10HRS WORK,REALLY BAD DAY I MEAN RAINING ALL DAY. BY THE TIME I WAS READY TO LEAVE AND START MY ALTIMA09 I GET THIS TERRIFIC NOTICE THAT MY CAR WON'T START,IMMEDIATELY IN MEDIA CONTACT DEALER ON LAS VEGAS NEVADA WERE I LIVE AND THEY TOLD ME MY VEHICLE NEED TO GET REPAIR IMMEDIATELY.

INTELLIGENT KEY WARNING LIGHT CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP AND NEED TOW TO NISSAN DEALER FOR REPAIR. THERE IS NO WARNING FOR THIS MALFUNCTION.

MY NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S COUPE WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY WITH NO ISSUES WHATSOEVER UNTIL 3 MORNINGS AGO WHEN I WAS AT HOME AND LEAVING FOR WORK. I OPENED MY CAR DOOR WITH THE PUSH-BUTTON KEY AND TURNED ON THE HEADLIGHTS WITHOUT ISSUES. WHEN I PUSHED THE START/IGNITION BUTTON NEXT TO THE STEERING WHEEL ON MY PARKED CAR, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE DID NOT TURNOVER OR MAKE ANY NOISE SUGGESTING IT WAS ATTEMPTING TO. I HAD DRIVEN THIS CAR 8 HOURS PRIOR AND SAW NO LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD OR ABNORMAL NOISES INDICATING THAT THERE WAS AN IMPENDING ISSUE. AFTER DOING MY OWN RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM AND HAVING THE CAR EVALUATED AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP, I DISCOVERED THAT I WAS NOT ALONE IN HAVING THIS OCCUR, AS THERE HAD BEEN OTHER NISSANS AND INFINITIS FROM THAT YEAR THAT HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE ESCL (ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK) UNIT. NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME SITUATION AS ME AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY/NIGHT AND LOCATIONS. THIS POSES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY RISK TO PEOPLE WHO OPERATE THIS CAR. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE STEERING COLUMN AND CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME, AND IN ANY WEATHER. LUCKILY I WAS IN A SAFE AREA AT THE TIME WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME, BUT I FEAR FOR ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS THIS OCCUR IN AN UNSAFE LOCATION OR IN UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS. I BELIEVE THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEMATIC CAR PART, REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED, THAT HAS OBVIOUSLY GIVEN SEVERAL PEOPLE ISSUES AND CAN LEAVE PEOPLE STRANDED SOMEWHERE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *TR

CAR WOULD NOT START WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE KEY FOB. ELECTRICAL STEERING CONTROL LOCK FAILED. LEFT DAUGHTER STRANDED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

I HAD STEERING WHEEL LOCK FAILURE IN AN AREA THAT WAS UNSAFE AND I COULD NOT START MY CAR AGAIN TO DRIVE AWAY. I HAD TO CALL EMERGENCY ROAD SIDE SERVICE TO TOW MY CAR TO THE DEALER WHO REPAIRED MY CAR FOR A $900 FEE. AFTER DOING FURTHER RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THIS CAR HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE. NISSAN IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND YET HAVE FAILED TO DUE RECALLS ON THE CAR TO REPAIR THE ISSUE ONCE AND FOR ALL. I HAVE HAD 2 RECALLS ALREADY ON THIS CAR AND THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A NECESSARY RECALL AS WELL. PEOPLE COULD BE IN AREA THAT ARE NOT SAFE AND ARE UNABLE TO MOVE THEIR VEHICLE OR COULD BE IN FREEZING OR HOT WEATHER AND ARE UNABLE TO MOVE THEIR VEHICLE. THIS IS DANGEROUS. YOUR CAR BECOMES COMPLETELY DISABLED AND THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THEIR CUSTOMERS. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THIS DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL I REACHED OVER 100,000 MILES, BUT OTHER PEOPLE HAD THIS OCCUR AT A SCHOOL LOW AS 33,000. THIS REPAIR RANGES ANYWHERE FROM $900 TO $1200 TO REPAIR. NISSAN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING THIS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS AS THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE FOR THE 2009 AND 2010 MODELS.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. KEYLIGHT FLASHED. CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED IN HEAVY RAIN FROM MY WORK IN AN UNSAFE AREA AND TOWED TO MY HOUSE AND DEALERSHIP. CAR HAS FAULTY ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK. NISSAN WILL NOT HONOR EXTENDED WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE TO NISSAN. I WAS TOLD BY NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS NEVER ADVERTISED TO CONSUMERS AND WAS NOT A RECALL BUT THE EXTENDED REPAIR WARRANTY WAS AVAILABLE UNTIL APRIL 25 2016. I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE AND I'M UNSAFE ALSO PUTTING MY FAMILY AT RISK. NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS HAVE ASSIGNED A CASE NUMBER TO ME. CASE NUMBER IS [XXX]. PLEASE HELP ME. THANK YOU. * INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TAKATA RECALL THE STEERING LOCK COLUMN ON THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA, AS IT IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT CAN EFFECT ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN YOUR BRAND ENOUGH TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE.

CAME OUT OF THE STORE COULDN'T START VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHEEL WOULDN'T TURN, BRAKES WERE HARD TO STEP ON, "KEY" LIGHT ON! DOORS ABLE TO UNLOCK AND LOCK AND TRUNK. TOWED 3X NOBODY COULD FIX IT SAID NEEDS TO GO BACK TO NISSAN NOBODY COULD EVEN GET A DIAGNOSTIC OUTPUT ON IT..SITTING AT NISSAN NOW WAITING FOR THEM TO TELL ME COST WHICH I CAN'T AFFORD A DIME, MISSED WORK SINGLE M W DISABLED VERY SICK SON..LUCKILY HE WASN'T WITH ME! I EVEN CHANGED BATTERY IN KEY FOB MADE NO DIFFERENCE.I GOOGLED MY CAR AND SEEN ALL THE SAME EXACT COMPLAINTS AS MINE!,VERY SAD AND UPSET

STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM ISSUE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN. NISSAN PUT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT ENDED JANUARY 1ST 2016. THIS IS A FAULTY PART AND MUST BE ADDED TO RECALL LIST. WENT TO WORK IN JANUARY OF 2017, UPON GOING TO LEAVE AFTER FACILITY WAS LOCKED UP FOR NIGHT MY CAR HAD A YELLOW KEY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. APPLIED MY BREAK PUSHED THE BUTTON AND NOTHING HAPPENED. HAD HAPPENED INTERMEDIATELY BEFORE HAND. I WAS UNABLE TO START MY PARKED CAR. IT WAS 0F AND HAD TO WALK HOME 5 MILES. NOT ONLY DOES IT LOCK OUT THE KEY BUT IT DOES NOT LOCK THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN DISENGAGING THE ENGINE. THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, IF THE PARK MECHANISM FAILS OR U DRIVE A MANUAL AND UR E-BRAKE FAILS THE CAR COULD POTENTIALLY ROLL AWAY UNCONTROLLABLY BECAUSE THE WHEEL CAN TURN FREELY WHEN CAR IS OFF. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY HARM OR WORSE KILL SOMEONE. PLEASE HELP DO THE RIGHT THING AND MAKE SURE NISSAN CAN PROPERLY TAKE CAR OF THIS FAULTY POSSIBLY DEADLY ISSUE. THANK YOU CONCERNED NISSAN OWNER. *TR

MY CAR WAS PARKED IN A BUSINESS LOT WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANYTHING BEING WRONG WITH THE CAR. HOWEVER WHEN I WENT TO START THE CAR IT WOULD NOT START. IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE WITH THE KEY FOB. IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE STERLING LOCK SYSTEM IN THE CAR. AN ISSUE THAT NISSAN SAID WAS MADE FAULTY. SO AS A RESULT, I COULD NOT START MY CAR AND WAS STRANDED. SO I HAD TO CALL A CAB TO GET HOME AND HAVE MY CAR TOWED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS GO WRONG WITH CARS AND SOMETIMES IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE PUT OFF NECESSARY REPAIRS. HOWEVER THERE WAS NO SIGN THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND NISSAN KNOWS IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE PRODUCT THEY PUT OUT. I THANK GOD I WASN'T OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY UGLY SITUATION LIKE SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUT IN.