2009 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA AND PARKED. WHEN LEAVING TO GO HOME, THE CAR WOULD NOT AND COULD NOT START. THE KEY LOCK SYMBOL (RED) AND LOCK SYMBOL (YELLOW) WERE LIT ON THE DASHBOARD. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THE IT WAS THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK WHICH MANY HAS BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND THE PART WOULD BE $600.00. ATTACHED IS THE PRINTOUT OF THE WARRANTY. THIS HAD ME AND MY WIFE STRANDED ON ONE OF THE COLDEST DAY OF THE YEAR. THEY WOULDN'T CONSIDER FIXING IT UNLESS IT WAS A STANDARD REPAIR. THIS IS CRAZY!!! IT'S THE HOLIDAYS AND NOW THIS IS HAPPENING. GOOD GRIEF!!! *TR

FOR THE 2ND TIME, THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK HAS MALFUNCTIONED IN MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THIS IS UTTERLY RIDICULOUS! THIS IS NOT NORMAL MAINTENANCE. SOMEONE NEEDS TO HOLD NISSAN OR THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS PART ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS. I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH NISSAN!!

THE STEERING LOCK CEASED UP AND MY CAR WOULD NO LONGER START. I WENT INTO A STORE CAME OUT AND THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER DO ANYTHING! THE KEY BUTTON WOULD COME ON BUT NOTHING ELSE. WAS LIKE I WASNT EVEN TRYING TO START THE CAR. I HAD MY TWO CHILDREN WITH ME AND IT WAS IN THE EVENING. WINTER TEMPS ARE GETTING INTO THE FREEZING TEMPS. I AM THANKFUL THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON MY WAY HOME, IF I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY FOR SOME REASON AND TURN OFF MY CAR TO GET SOMETHING FOR MY CHILDREN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN STUCK IN 30 F WEATHER. THIS HAPPENED WITH NO WARNING AT ALL!!! THIS CAN BE A VERY DANGEROUS LIABILITY!! THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND ALL REPLACED! RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND WE NOW HAVE TO PAY A MINIMUM OF $600 JUST FOR THE PART.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD NOT ENGAGED IN ORDER FOR THE KEY TO TURN INTO THE START POSITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK HAS FAILED LEAVING THE CAR UNABLE TO BE STARTED. I WAS STRANDED AT MY WORK AND THE CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THIS AS A COMMON PROBLEM YET ARE UNWILLING TO ISSUE A RECALL AND MY CAR IS OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THIS PROBLEM IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEING STRANDED ON THE ROAD. IF YOU'RE LUCKY, THEN YOU ARE PARKED SAFELY IN A PARKING LOT BUT YOU MIGHT NOT BE SO LUCKY AND IT COULD FAIL WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING. *TR

WAS DRIVING ALTIMA RUNNING GREAT GOT NE TIRES SERVICE DONE. WENT TO A FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN I CAME BACK TO START THE ALTIMA WOULDN'T START. I TRIED EVERYTHING CHANGING BATTERIES IN CAR, REMOTE BATTERIES CHANGED. I FINALLY CAME ACROSS THIS VIDEO AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING AND SAID NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT DOESN'T WANT TO PUT A RECALL ON IT. IT'S BELIEVE IT'S A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN THEIR VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY STOP AND LOCKED THE STRAIN WILL BASIN ONLY ONE DIRECTION I WOULD CAUSE A MAJOR CAR PILE UP WITH MYSELF AND POSSIBLY MANY OTHERS BECAUSE IT IS FAULTY PART NISSAN HAS PUT IN. I HAVE WORK IN THE CAR BUSINESS FOR 10 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MANUFACTURE DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE PUT ME AND MY FAMILY IN MAJOR JEOPARDY. *TR

ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK FAILED, LEAVING ME STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 09 NISSAN, CONTACTED NISSAN AND OPENED A CASE, THEY CALLED BACK AND REFUSED TO HELP, WITH ANYTHING. WHAT A JOKE NISSAN IS TURNING OUT TO BE. THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF POSTS ON THIS PROBLEM, AND NISSAN GIVES AN UNLIMITED MILEAGE REPLACEMENT THAT ENDED IN 2014, I OFFERED TO PAY FOR THE LABOR IF THEY WOULD REPLACE THE PART, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN MY FUTURE BUSINESS. *TR

STEERING COLUMN LOCK SYSTEM I WAS STRANDED IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH MY 3YEAR OLD WHEN THE STEERING LOCK SYSTEM FAILED AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START. I HAD STOPPED TO DROP OFF MY 6 YEAR OLD AT SCHOOL AND WHEN I RETURNED TO MY CAR IT WOULDN'T START. I HAD NO WARNING OR INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. NOT WAS I AWARE OF THE FREQUENCY OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER NISSAN VEHICLES.

ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) FAILED AND WAS STICKS AND STRANDED. I AM A FULL TIME STUDENT AS WELL AS WORKING FULL TIME. HAD TO GET MY 09 ALTIMA TOWED TO THE DEALSHIP AND LOST OUT ON WORK AND MADE MY DAILY LIFE A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. IT IS GOING TO COST ME $1100 JUST FOR THE PART AND LABOR. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2009 ALTIMA'S AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED UNTIL NISSAN FIXES THE ISSUE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN, IF I WAS CAMPING AND HAD NO CELL PHONE SERVICE MY LIFE COULD SERIOUSLY BE IN DANGER. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PART.

THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED WHILE STOPPED AND PARKED, RESULTING IN MY SIGNIFICANT OTHER BEING STRANDED TWICE IN A 3 DAY PERIOD. THE FIRST DAY A LIGHT TAPPING ON THE DEVICE ALLOWED THE CAR TO BE STARTED. BUT AFTER THE SECOND TIME, NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO GET THE CAR TO START. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TOTAL TIMES NOW OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 2 YEARS. WHAT IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN IN BELOW 0 CONDITIONS WHERE HELP IS NOT CLOSE BY?