2012 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

OUR 2012 NISSAN ALTIMA'S PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT WILL SHOWS THE AIRBAG BEING INACTIVE WHILE A PERSON IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAT IN THIS SEAT THIS ISSUE OCCURRED ARE OVER 120 POUNDS. TWICE WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE PLANET NISSAN IN LAS VEGAS WHERE WE PURCHASED THE CAR. THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID SINCE THE ISSUE CAN BE REPLICATED THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING TO FIX THE ISSUE. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST A 100 HUNDREDS TIMES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. EVERY TIME WE CALL A DEALERSHIP WE HEAR THE SAME ANSWER UNLESS WE CAN SEE THE PROBLEM AND DUPLICATE IT WE CANNOT HELP YOU. THE ISSUE IS THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAN BE LIT (SHOWING AIRBAG TO ACTIVE) AND ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP THE LIGHT GOES OUT AND WE ARE BACK TO SQUARE ONE. AFTER TWO YEARS OF GETTING NOWHERE WITH THIS WE TOOK VIDEO OF THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED. WE BROUGHT THIS TO AUTONATION NISSAN IN LAS VEGAS AND THEY CHECK THE WIRING HARNESS SAID IT IS NOT LOOSE THERE IS NOTHING ELSE WE CAN DO UNLESS WE CAN DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. WE LOGGED A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN USA HQ AND RECEIVED THE SAME RESPONSE, SORRY WE CANNOT HELP YOU NAY FURTHER. WITH ALL THE RECENT AND PAST NISSAN AIRBAG RECALLS I AM SHOCKED AT THEIR LACK OF WANTING TO DO SOMETHING EXTRA TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE RESEARCHED MANY CAR FORUMS AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSAN, THEY PUSH THE CONSUMER AWAY WITH THE TYPICAL CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM THEREFORE IT ISN'T ONE. AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE ANYONE SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT IS SAFE IN A HEAD ON CRASH. IS IT GOING TO TAKE A PERSON'S DEATH FOR NISSAN TO STEP UP AND MAKE THIS RIGHT? THIS EERILY REMINISCENT OF GM NOT ACTING ON THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES IN A TIMELY MANNER. *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 3 TIMES NOW. JUST DRIVING ALONG AND IT JUST STARTS SLOWING DOWN ON ITS OWN. RUNNING 70MPH AND IT JUST LOSES POWER AND IT SLOWS TO AROUND 25MPH. YOU MASH THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND IT HAS NO EFFECT, IT WILL NOT INCREASE SPEED. YOU PULL OVER, SHOUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART AND IT RUNS FINE AGAIN. YOU GET NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO CODES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. I SEE SOMEONE ELSE HAS FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE SAME PROBLEM NOW MAYBE YOU WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO 4 SEIZED BRAKE CALIPERS. MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO STOP COMPLETELY AT A BUSY INTERSECTION ENTERING ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES. NO CARS WERE PRESENT OR SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT, BUT VERY SCARY FOR MY WIFE. ALL FOUR ROTORS SHOWED ONLY A THIN STRIPE OF PAD CONTACT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROTOR. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL AND NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY DUE TO CORROSION OF THERE CALIPERS. CAR HAD BEEN IN THERE REPAIR SHOP 7 MONTHS EARLIER. ROTOR DEGLAZING WAS RECOMMENDED BUT NOTHING WAS SAID ABOUT THE BRAKES CALIPERS SEIZING AND BRAKE FAILURE. DEGLAZING OF ROTORS WOULD HAVE BEEN AT MY EXPENSE AND I FELT THIS WAS THE DEALERSHIPS RESPONSIBILITY IF THERE WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. BEING UNAWARE OF THE SEVERITY OF THIS "COMMON" PROBLEM I ELECTED TO PASS. NEVER DID ANYBODY STATE THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE AND WAS ANYTHING BUT DEGLAZING OF THE ROTORS, A DEALER ADD ON EXPENSE. SPOKE TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS UNNECESSARY. I HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOR ROTORS AND PADS, THEY CLEANED UP THE CALIPERS AND SAID THEY SHOULD BE FINE. HOW WILL I KNOW IF THEY ARE FINE OR NOT? MUST I HAVE BRAKE FAILURE AGAIN TO FIND OUT THEY WERE WRONG? I DO NOT TRUST THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE, THEY SHOULD NOT SEIZE UP ON A 2 1/2 YR OLD CAR THAT'S KEPT IN A HEATED GARAGE DAILY. THEY STATED IT WAS BECAUSE OF MY LOCATION, UPSTATE NEW YORK, AND THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THE BRAKES SYSTEM IN SUCH A HARSH ENVIRONMENT. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF BRAKES RUSTING AND SEIZING BEFORE ON ANY VEHICLE THIS NEW WITH SUCH FEW MILES. THE MANUFACTURER USES INFERIOR MATERIALS TO BUILD ITS PARTS AND ITS THE CONSUMERS RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AWARE OF THIS? I HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE BRAKE CALIPERS SEIZING DUE TO DRIVING IN THE WINTER WAS A "COMMON" SAFETY ISSUE. HOW CAN THIS BE MY RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THERE BRAKING SYSTEM? *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING, LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF OF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE, WENT THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL BACKYARD FENCE AND CAME TO REST 3FT. BEFORE AN 8FT. EMBANKMENT INTO A CREEK. THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND HE HAD TO BE EXTRICATED FROM THE VEHICLE. HE SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: - 2 BROKEN VERTEBRA IN HIS NECK - BROKEN CLAVICLE - 4 BROKEN RIBS - COLLAPSED LUNGS - LACERATION ON HIS UPPER LEFT ARM. *TR

THE PAINT ON THE HOOD CAME OFF IN A CHUNK, DURING A CAR WASH. IT AS REPORTED TO THE DEALER AND NISSAN DIRECTLY. AFTER THEY GAVE ME THE RUNAROUND FOR 6+ MONTHS, NISSAN SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM, THAT IT WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE. I HAVE SINCE HAD THE CAR REPAIRED. THE HOOD NEEDED TO BE TAKEN DOWN TO BARE METAL, AND REPAINTED. THE COST WAS OVER $500.00. NOW THE ROOF IS DOING THE SAME AS THE HOOD.I AM NOT A HAPPY NISSAN OWNER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 17 GOING UPHILL WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR WENT INTO WHAT IS KNOWN AS "LIMP MODE"(LOSS OF POWER). MY SPEED DROPPED TO 25 MPH. I HAD NUMEROUS TRUCKS ALMOST REAR END ME, UNTIL I COULD LIMP ONTO THE SHOULDER. I TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO A NISSAN DEALER IN FLAGSTAFF AZ. WHEN I GOT THERE HE POINTED TO FOUR OTHER VEHICLES AND SAID TO ME "WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO YOU, HAPPENED TO THOSE OTHER 4 NISSANS RIGHT THERE". I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER " YOU NEED A TRANSMISSION COOLER INSTALLED BECAUSE OF THE HOT CLIMATE WE LIVE IN THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, THE TRANSMISSION GETS OVERHEATED, IT'S A DEFECT NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR AWHILE NOW". I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED WHEN THEIR CAR LOOSES POWER ON AN INTERSTATE. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS ONLY TO BE TOLD "SINCE NO CODE POPPED UP NOTHING CAN BE DONE". THE POWER TRAIN IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE TRIED GOING THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS WITH NISSAN, BUT IT'S BEEN IN VAIN. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM YET THEY WILL NOT RECALL THESE VEHICLES. AGAIN SOONER OR LATER THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND I'M AFRAID IT COULD BE FATAL. *TR

THE HOOD RELEASE ON THESE CARS IS DOWN UNDER THE DASH, WHERE IT CAN EASILY BE PULLED WITH THE TOE OF YOUR SHOE. IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT MY WIFE WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CAR AND HEARD IT POP. THIS DAY, WE WERE ON OUR WAY HOME FROM CHURCH. MADE IT ALL THE WAY ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND REACHED 70 MPH, SPEED LIMIT ON THAT HIGHWAY IS 75 MPH. THE HOOD FLEW UP, DAMAGING THE WINDSHIELD, ROOF, HOOD, FENDERS AND HOOD HINGES. THIS IS VERY DISTURBING THAT THE 2013'S ARE BEING RECALLED WHEN THE DESIGN IS THE SAME FROM 2012 TO 2014 THAT I AM AWARE OF. WE HAVE BEEN WARNING OTHER DRIVERS OF THIS DANGER. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 30 YEARS AND HAVE EMERGENCY VEHICLE TO 18 WHEELER TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. NOT EVERYONE WILL BE SO LUCKY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE NO KEY MESSAGE SUDDENLY DISPLAYED AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WITH TWO DIFFERENT KEYS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY, ALTHOUGH THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE MALFUNCTIONED AND THE SEAT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V138000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,500.

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 70 MPH, TRYING TO MANEUVER AROUND SEMI TRUCKS AND CAR DECIDES TO SLOW DOWN TO 60 MPH CAUSING SEVERAL SEMIS TO SLAM ON BRAKES, NEAR ACCIDENT. IT WAS SCARY SCARY SCARY!!!!!! GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR IT WOULD NOT RESPOND FOR SEVERAL MILES UNTIL IT WAS SAFE TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE. ONCE WE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND GOT BACK ON THE ROAD IT WAS OK, BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN 2 HOURS LATER. *TR