2007 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

I OWNED A 2007 ALTIMA AT THE TIME. THE PROBLEM OCCURS AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH. IF EMERGENCY BRAKES ARE SLAMMED AND LOCKUP UNTIL VEHICLE COMES TO COMPLETE STOP THE THROTTLE BECOMES TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE FOR UP TO 1 MINUTE. THIS HAPPENED TO ME AT AN INTERSECTION AND SCARED THE'!@#$% OUT OF ME. SIMILAR THING OCCURRED A FEW DAYS LATER. I DECIDED TO TEST IF THIS ISSUE CAN BE DUPLICATED. IT CAN WITH ALMOST 100% ACCURACY. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP. DUPLICATED THE ISSUE FOR THEIR CONFIRMATION AND LEFT CAR FOR EXAMINATION. ACCORDING TO SERVICE REP "IT IS TO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE CAR IN THIS CONDITION\". A FEW HOURS LATER GOT A CALL FROM DEALER WITH THE FOLLOWING EXPLANATION. THEY TESTED THIS ISSUE AND WERE ABLE TO REPEAT IT ON 3 IDENTICAL CARS. APPARENTLY MANUFACTURER TOLD THEM THAT THIS IS AN EXPECTED BEHAVIOR TO PROTECT CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF A CAR TRANSMISSION. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH NISSAN USA AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT A DEFECT BUT A DESIGN TO PROTECT TRANSMISSION. I HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL OTHER ALTIMAS FOR TEST DRIVE AND SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. APPARENTLY THIS ISSUE AFFECTS ALL ALTIMAS EQUIPPED WITH CVT BUT NOT WITH ABS. I BELIEVE THAT ABS ALLOWS TRANSMISSION TO ROTATE THUS CORRECTING THE ISSUE. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED NOT BEEN ABLE TO MOVE A CAR FOR UP TO A MINUTE AFTER AN EMERGENCY BRAKING COULD BE MORE DANGEROUS THEN THE EMERGENCY ITSELF. CAN YOU VISUALIZE YOUR SELF BEING STUCK AT AN INTERSECTION (HAPPENED TO ME) OR ON A HIGHWAY? THIS ISSUE CAN BE EASILY DUPLICATED . I HAVE TRADED MY CAR IN AS I WAS TOO SCARED TO DRIVE IT. *TR

PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT IS NOT ACTIVE WHILE PASSENGER IS IN SEAT. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. MY WIFE AND I ARE BOTH ABOUT 160LBS AND WHEN WE SIT IN PASSENGER SEAT THE "NOT ACTIVE" AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED NISSAN ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO ISSUE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE. I SUBMITTED AN ISSUE ON NISSAN WEBSITE AND HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. IF I GET IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAG DOES NOT DEPLOY THERE COULD BE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO THE PASSENGER. NOW THERE IS A RECALL ON THE PRODUCT BUT DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME MY CAR IS NOT LISTED AND I HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT LOOKED AT WHEN I'M STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT DATE SINCE IT OCCURS SO RANDOMLY. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA SEDAN THAT HAD THE REAR SWAY BAR SNAPPED IN TWO. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP HAD MENTIONED THAT IT IS NOT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, BUT UPON AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTION BY A 3RD PARTY MECHANIC, THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE AREA SURROUND THE AREA WHERE THE SWAY BAR SNAPPED. ALSO, THE MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT THE SWAY BAR WAS MANUFACTURED AS A HOLLOW TUBE AND THEREFORE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE TENSION. THE SWAY BAR SNAPPED IN THE CONNECTION POINT WHERE IT WAS MOUNTED ON THE CHASSIS OF THE VEHICLE. I ALSO HAVE READ ABOUT OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE WHICH HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE SEE HERE.... HTTP://WIKI.ANSWERS.COM/Q/WHY_DID_THE_2007_NISSAN_ALTIMA_REAR_SWAY_BAR_BREAK. *TR

FOLLOW UP TO COMPLAINT NUMBER 10198578. THE ENTIRE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS EVENTUALLY REPLACED WHILE THE CAR HAD ONLY 4500 MILES ON IT. AT AROUND 60,000 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON (8/31/09) SO I TOOK IT TO DO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY RECEIVED TRANSMISSION CODES. NISSAN HEADQUARTERS GOT INVOLVED AND DETERMINED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. THIS WILL BE MY THIRD TRANSMISSION ON A CAR THAT IS A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS OLD AND HAS ONLY 60,000 MILES ON IT. NISSAN HAS SAID THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS HAVE HAD FEW PROBLEMS, AND INSTEAD OF REPAIRING THEM, THEY ARE JUST GETTING REPLACED. NO FURTHER EXPLANATION WAS GIVEN. I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA THE ENGINE STALLED. UPON EXITING THE CAR WE SAW SMOKE COMING OUT FROM THE HOOD. AFTER OPENING IT, WE SAW THE AIR FILTER HOUSING GLOWING AND THE SMOKE COMING FROM IT. THE POLICE PULLED THE AIR FILTER OUT WHICH STOPPED THE SMOKING. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A NISSAN DEALER WHO WOUND UP REPLACING THE AIR FILTER ASSEMBLY, COVER, AIR FLOW SENSOR, ETC FOR $888.19. THE ONLY EXPLANATION THEY COULD GIVE ME FOR THE CAUSE WAS A CIGARETTE BUTT OR SOMETHING SIMILAR GOT SUCKED UNTO THE AIR INTAKE. THERE WERE NO OTHER COMPONENTS INVOLVED THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS. I HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM - PE07026. I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THIS RECALL AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO HELP US. THE DEALER BROUGHT IN A NISSAN REPRESENTATIVE WHO WOULD NOT HONOR OUR REQUEST. I ALSO HAD PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGH NISSAN BUT WAS TOLD THIS WASN'T COVERED. SINCE THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE IS AN EXACT MATCH TO THE REASON FOR THIS RECALL I BELIEVE THE RECALL WAS NOT AS COMPREHENSIVE AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. IF THIS CAN HAPPEN TO US WHILE JUST DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH NISSAN TO TRY TO GET THIS COVERED BUT HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. *TR

MY NEW NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SL HAD A DEAD BATTERY 4 TIMES WITHIN 20 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO NISSAN FACTORY SERVICE THREE TIMES (ONE TIME THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS CLOSED) - BUT THE PROBLEM NEVER RESOLVED. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED ON THE INTERNET AND IS NOT THE BATTERY ITSELF, BUT RELATED TO FAILURES IN THE VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND "SMART KEY" ELECTRONICS. NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *TR

AFTER 14,000 MILES OF USE THE CLUTCH FAILED TO ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING UP HILL AND SHIFTING LOST ALL DRIVE GEARS AND FORWARD POWER. STRANDED IN TRAFFIC UNABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. PROBLEM WAS THAT THE CLUTCH HAD BURNED OUT WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE CLUTCH DISC. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THERE WAS AN OCCUPANT SEATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AT THE TIME. WHENEVER THE AIR BAG SYSTEM DETECTED THAT AN OCCUPANT WAS SEATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V521000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,300. UPDATED 08/21/09. *LJ UPDATED 08/26/09. *JB

CRUISE CONTROL SET LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING INTERMITTENTLY, WON'T SHUT OFF JUST FLASHES CRUISE CONTROL SET. *TR

NO WRECK, NO EVENTS, MY CAR WILL NOT CRANK AND IT IS A 2007 ALTIMA. IT LEAVES ME STRANDED AND I HAVE HAD IT IN AND OUT OF THE SERVICE DEPT. SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR.THEY KEEP TELLING ME EVERYTIME IT HAPPENS IT WONT HAPPEN AGAIN AND THAT IT IS FIXED AND YET AGAIN IM STRANDED . I LIVE 60 MILES FROM THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND 30 MILES OUTSIDE OF TOWN SO WHEN IM STRANDED IM STRANDED. THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE A DEPENDABLE CAR AND IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE. I HAVE 2 CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO BE PLACES AND I HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION WHICH REQUIRES ME TO SEE A DOCTOR ALOT. I NEED A CAR AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANYINFO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PASS ALONG TO THE CONSUMER DEPT.ON MONDAY MORNING . I AM TO THE POINT NOW TO WHERE I WANT ANOTHER VEHICLE AT EQUAL VALUE AND MY INTEREST AND NOTE BE THE SAME OR A GOOD '!@#$% DEAL ON A TRADE IN. PLEASE NOTE AGAIN THIS MAKES THE 6TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAN OR CAM MODULES OR SO THEY SAY. *TR