2007 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BREAK PEDAL SHE WOULD HEAR AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE. SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE HER FRONT BREAK CALIPERS AT AN EXPENSE OF $1000.00. SHE HAS NOT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. SHE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 49,000.

NO PARTICULAR EVENTS; LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. NOT SURE OF OCCURRENCE INTERVAL BUT HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. THE CONSEQUENCES ARE THAT THE LIGHT STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY AND OCCASIONALLY STARTS TO BLINK RESULTING IN DRIVER CONCERN OVER NOTHING. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY "NO PROBLEM WITH SENSORS BUT RECOMMEND SETTING AIR PRESSURE TO 38 PSI TO GET LIGHT TO STAY OFF" WHICH IS 6PSI ABOVE AIR PRESSURE DECAL ON DOOR FRAME THAT RECOMMENDS 32 PSI. THEY SAY THIS PRESSURE (38 PSI) WILL NOT IMPACT TIRE WEAR WHICH I DISAGREE WITH COMPLETELY AS WELL AS IF YOU HAVE A 10% PRESSURE BUILD UP FROM NORMAL DRIVING IT WOULD EXCEED THE TIRE MANUFACTURER MAXIMUM TIRE PRESSURE OF 41PSI. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING APPROX 50MPH APPROACHING A CURVE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND CAR WOULD NOT STOP. DRIVER NOTICED TRAFFIC SLOWING AND REACTED BY SHIFTING CAR TO NEUTRAL AND SLOWLY APPLYING PARKING BRAKE. DOING SUCH CAUSED CAR TO FISHTAIL AND SLIDE (AS ROADS WERE WET) AND CAUSED A COLLISION. DRIVER HAS COMPLAINED SINCE 2007 TO DEALERSHIP REGARDING BRAKES AND TOLD EACH TIME (4 COMPLAINTS) THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH BRAKES. BRAKES WERE "REPLACED" 6 MONTHS AGO BY DEALERSHIP (CUSTOMER PAID) HOWEVER BRAKE ISSUES STILL REMAINED. SUCH NEGLIGENCE HAS RESULTED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND THOUSANDS IN PROPERTY DAMAGE. *TR

THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR IN THE SEAT OFTEN DOES NOT DETECT SOMEONE IN THE SEAT AND WILL DISCONNECT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM FROM DEPLOYING IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. SPOKE WITH A NISSAN TECH WHO SAID THE SENSOR IN OPERATING NORMAL; HOWEVER, I KNOW MANY PEOPLE TO INCLUDE THE TECH'S AT THE DEALERSHIP WHO KNOW THIS IS AN ISSUE! *TR

OUR VEHICLE HAS HAD PROBLEMS FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS WITH THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT STAYING ON DURING TRAVEL. WE HAVE MADE NUMEROUS VISITS TO THE DEALER, AND UNLESS THEY CAN REPLICATE IT, THEY CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE EVEN MADE A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW IF THE AIRBAG IS DEFECTIVE OR IF THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. WE ARE TIRED OF TRYING TO GET THIS RESOLVED THROUGH NISSAN AND THE DEALER. WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT TO SEE IF THE AIRBAG WORKS PROPERLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE ENGINE WOULD ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN UP TO 4,000+ RPMS. THE CONTACT MUST DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE TO PREVENT RAPID ACCELERATION. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND ADVISED HIM TO BRING IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURES COULD NOT BE PREDICTED. THE DEALER DID NOT KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND NO RECALLS WERE ISSUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS LESS THAN 10,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,435.

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF LIGHT RANDOMLY GOES ON WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE CAR IS DRIVING. IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES - ONCE WHILE IT WAS HAPPENING BUT SERVICE WAS CLOSED ON THAT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THREE OTHER TIMES THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD IT WOULDN'T EFFECT SAFETY OF PASSENGER. JUST GOT RECALL IN MAIL (1-9-2009) AND READ ONLINE THAT THE RECALL WAS BACK IN NOVEMBER, HAD I KNOWN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER LEMON LAW. *TR

ON 6/2/2008, I REPORTED TO THE NISSAN DEALER THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG ALERT LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON SEVERAL INTERMITTENT OCCASIONS WHEN AN ADULT WAS FULLY SEATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE DEALER CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND REPORTED: "INSPECTED EVERYTHING WORKING AS DESIGNED". ON 10/2/2008, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V521000 REPORTED A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON 12/4/2008 AND THE DEALER PERFORMED NISSAN'S TEST FOR THE PROBLEM UNDER THE RECALL. THE DEALER REPORTED THAT NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. ON THE NEXT DAY AND TWICE MORE IN THE FOLLOWING SEVERAL DAYS, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG ALERT LIGHT WAS AGAIN ILLUMINATED WHEN AN ADULT WAS FULLY SEATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON 1/7/2009 AND THE DEALER AGAIN CHECKED THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO NISSAN'S PROCEDURES AND STATED THAT NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT NISSAN'S PROCEDURE EMPLOYED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RECALL IS NOT FULLY RELIABLE IN DIAGNOSING THE CONDITION THAT CAUSES THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THIS LEAVES FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS IN POTENTIAL DANGER. *TR

THE DRIVER SEAT IN MY 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA HAS MOVED WHILE I AM DRIVING SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS IN TO BE SERVICED FOR THIS PROBLEM OVER 6 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR AND THEY HAVE FAILED TO FIX IT. THEY PERFORMED NISSAN TSB NTB08-089 TWICE ALREADY AND THE SEAT STILL MOVES AROUND WHEN I AM DRIVING. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, IT IS VERY COMMON FOR MY MODEL CAR. *TR

ON 12/13/2008 AT 9:00 A.M. MY 24 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ENTERED HER 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA AND WAS GOING X-MAS SHOPPING. THE ENTRANCE TO THE EXPRESSWAY IS LESS THEN ONE QUARTER MILE. SHE ENTERED THE EXPRESSWAY AND CHANGED LANES TO THE FAR LEFT. APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE OF DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY HER STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO NAVIGATE THE STEERING. SHE STARTED TO BRAKE AND AS SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE AND SLOW HER VEHICLE ON THE EXPRESSWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SPIN CAUSING HER TO CRASH INTO THE MEDIAN WALL. NO INJURIES, NO OTHER VEHICLES DAMAGED BUT HER VEHICLE HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT GRILL ,FENDERS AND BUMPER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. *TR