2009 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

STEERING LOCK ACTUATOR: STEERING LOCK MECHANISM WENT OUT AND LEFT MY DAUGHTER STRANDED AND WE HAD TO HAVE VEH TOWED. THERE WAS NO ALTERNATE WAY TO START CAR OR PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO ROLL IT OUT OF THE WAY. ALL DUE TO A PUSH START BUTTON ON CAR AND NO OTHER WAY TO OPERATE IT SAFELY. HAVING TO HAVE IT REPAIRED MYSELF WHICH WILL COST BETWEEN $1500 AND $700. THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED DUE TO THE DANGER IT IMPOSES. ALSO NOT BEING ABLE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL IMPOSES OTHER DAMAGE TO CAR IN HAVING TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO MOVE VEH. *TR

TAKATA RECALL. LAST EVENING I WENT TO THE CLOSEST STORE, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE 12 MILES FROM HOME. I DID AS MANY DO WHEN GETTING TO A STORE. TURNED OFF MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA AND LOCKED IT AS I WAS WALKING AWAY FROM THE STORE. I HAD LEFT MY CAR OFF ROUGHLY 15 MINUTES. WHEN I GOT IN THE CAR THERE WERE NO FLASHING LIGHTS OR INDICATION SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I APPLIED MY FOOT TO PEDAL AND PUSHED THE IGNITION, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. I THOUGHT THE FOB POSSIBLY NEEDED A NEW BATTERY, BUT THIS WASN'T THE CASE. AFTER REPLACING THE FOB BATTERY AND TRYING TO INSERT THE FOB IN DASH NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CAR LEFT ME STRANDED IN COLD TEMPERATURES AFTER HOURS OF COURSE. WITH THIS PROBLEM THE CAR WOULD NOT EVEN SLIP INTO NEUTRAL TO BE TOWED WITHOUT EXTENSIVE FEES. UPON HAVING THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA DIAGNOSED THE "STEERING LOCK MODULE" IS NOT WORKING AND CAUSING THIS TO PUT THE CAR OUT OF COMMISSION. THE FEES OF TOWING, PARTS, AND LABOR ARE A LITTLE OVER $1,100. *TR

THE INTELLIGENT KEY SYSTEM FAILED RENDERING THE CAR COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. I DROVE THE CAR WHICH OPERATED PERFECTLY WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS, TURNED IT OFF AND NEXT TIME I GOT INTO THE CAR TO START IT AND DRIVE AWAY. THE INTELLIGENT KEY (PUSHBUTTON START) DID NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THE KEY WAS IN THE CAR SO THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED SO COULD NOT BE STEERED, COULD NOT BE PUSHED DUE TO THE CAR BEING LOCKED IN PARK. NO ACCESSORIES FUNCTIONED INSIDE THE CAR. THE REMOTE FUNCTIONS ON THE KEY FOB ALL WORKED, DOOR LOCKS, TRUNK RELEASE, PANIC BUTTON, BUT THE IGNITION SYSTEM WAS A COMPLETE FAIL. THERE IS NO BYPASS FOR THE AVERAGE CONSUMER. WHILE IT IS CERTAINLY INCONVENIENT, IT COULD ALSO BE DANGEROUS IF THE CAR WAS TO HAVE BEEN SHUT OFF IN A REMOTE AREA, IN SEVER COLD OR BESIDE A BUSY HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY POINT OF FAILURE, PARKED ON A SIDE STREET. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WAS AT A RELATIVES HOME AS THE TEMPERATURE WAS -3 WITH A WIND CHILL OF -15. NISSAN REALIZED THAT THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM WAS FAULTY AND ORIGINALLY OFFERED A FREE REPLACEMENT FOR THIS PART WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO COST BETWEEN $500-$900, BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THEY HAVE RESCINDED THAT OFFER AS OF JANUARY OF 2016.

THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED SUDDENLY. I DROVE TO THE GROCERY STORE AND PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT. WHEN I GOT BACK IN MY CAR TO LEAVE, THE CAR DIDN'T START. IT DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE KEY FOB AND DID NOT ALLOW ME TO USE THE OVERRIDE SYSTEM. THE STEERING LOCK WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP SERVICE TEAM INFORMED ME THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM HAD FAILED. AFTER DOING RESEARCH, I FOUND THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS PART BUT IT HAD EXPIRED. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL AND NISSAN SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL THIS PART AND REIMBURSE PEOPLE WHO HAD TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED.

2009 NISSAN ALTIMA HYBRID'S ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK ('ESCL') FAILED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THIS FAILURE ACTIVATES VEHICLE'S ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM AND COMPLETELY DISABLES THE IGNITION, RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. IT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME WITHOUT A WARNING.

WE HAVE A DEFECTS IN THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) WHICH HAS DISABLE THE PUSH-BUTTON IGNITION ON NISSAN ALTIMA 2009 SL. IT CAN HAPPENED ANYTIME WHICH PUT A PERSONS LIFE IN DANGER IF YOU GET STUCK ON OR TO F THE ROAD. BASED ON MY RESEARCH I HAVE READ NUMEROUS CASES WHERE VERY SAME SITUATION HAD CAUSED BY FAULTY ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL). THE ONLY OPTION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO GET YOUR CAR TOWED TO DEAL SHIP AND PAY WELL OVER $1100. EVEN THOUGH THIS NISSAN FAULT FOR CHOOSING TO USE THE FAULTY PART. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNFAIR ON THEIR PART. PLEASE ADVICE US AS WHAT CAN WE DO TO HAVE NISSAN TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPLACE THIS FAULTY PART REPLACED.

ELECTONIC STEERING WHEEL COLUMN LOCK FAILED. IT FAILED IN A PARKING LOT IN THE EVENING AND LEFT ME STRANDED.

I AM UNABLE TO START MY CAR DUE TO THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK. MY KEY FOB WORKS PERFECTLY FINE AND I DID NOT DO ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY WHEN I WENT TO START MY CAR YET I CANNOT DRIVE IT AND I AM STUCK IN THE FRIGID COLD IN FRONT OF MY JOB.

ARRIVED AT A GAS STATION TO FUEL UP, AFTER I WAS DONE THE CAR WOULDN'T START. COME TO FIND OUT THAT THE STEERING LOCK PUMP (WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE PUSH TO START MECHANISM) IS WORN OUT WHICH STOPS THE CAR TO TURN ON

MY CAR WAS PARKED ON THE STREET WHEN I TRIED TO START IT AND NOTHING, THE ENGINE DOES NOT TURN OVER. THE FOB IS RECOGNIZED AND THE LIGHTS WORK. TRIED JUMPING BUT NOTHING. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT LOCKED INTIALLY BUT SINCE BEING TOWED, THE WHEEL IS NOW LOCKED. BRAKE IS HARD TO PUSH WHEN ATTEMPTING PUSH START---IGNITION SWITCH DOES NOTHING.