2009 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

TAKATA RECALL THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM FAILED ON ME WITH MY EIGHT MONTH YEAR OLD BABY IN THE CAR ON A COLD FALL DAY I WAS STUCK FOR 2 HOURS WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK COMPANY NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IT WOULD COST 1000. DOLLARS OUT OF POCKET IF IT FAILS AGAIN ANOTHER 1000 DOLLARS I MAKE 35000 A YEAR I CAN AFFORD THIS EVERY TIME

MY CAR WOULD NOT START AND I WAS FORCED TO SIT IN MY CAR FOR HOURS AS THE STORES HAD CLOSED AND IT TOOK OVER A HOUR TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED. THIS LEFT ME IN A SITUATION IN WHICH I COULD HAVE BEEN HARMED AS A YOUNG WOMAN IN VULNERABLE SITUATION. NISSAN STATES THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER IRREGULARITY WHICH MEANS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING AND IS A MANUFACTURE ISSUE. AFTER GETTING IT DIAGNOSED BY A CERTIFIED NISSAN DEALER, I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY ESCL. NISSAN SHOULD HONOR THEIR WORD AND FIX THE ISSUE AT NO COST SINCE IT'S A MANUFACTURE MALFUNCTIONING ISSUE IN WHICH THE CUSTOMER HAS NO CONTROL OVER.

LUCKILY THE CAR WAS PARKED AND WOULDN'T START FOR THIS INCIDENT. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM. WE'RE GLAD IT WASN'T BEING DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME IT FAILED AND POSSIBLY LOCKED UP THE STEERING COLUMN. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. THE REPLACEMENT COST OF THIS PART IS OUTRAGEOUS AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED OR REPLACED BY NISSAN. THEY'VE HAD A HISTORY OF ISSUES WITH THIS AND SHOULD REFUND US THE $1000 IT COST JUST FOR THE REPAIR BILL. IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT PEOPLE KEEP GETTING TAKEN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION. *TR

THE VEHICLE STEERING LOCKED UP IN GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT, LEAVING ME STRANDED, IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING LEAVING ME WITH NO TRANSPORTATION. THE SHUTTLE VAN HAD SHUT DOWN FOR THE DAY, BEING OUT OF WORK AND NOT HAVING THE FUNDS FOR A RENTAL CAR, I DID GET A LOANER CAR. THEY CALLED ON FRIDAY AND STATED THEY DID HAVE THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR AND HOPEFULLY WOULD HAVE CAR READY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON TO THE TUNE OF $1021.00. I REVIEWED INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM SEEING THE MILEAGE OF VEHICLES STARTING AT 88,000 TO 156,000 MILES, MY VEHICLE HAS 57,000 MILES. NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM VERY UNHAPPY THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN MADE A RECALL BY NISSAN AS IT CERTAINLY SHOULD. THE CAR WAS PARKED. *TR

IN THE EVENING OF NOV 26, 2016. IT WAS A FREEZING COLD NIGHT. MY CAR COULD NOT START WITH "KEY AND KEY SIGN" LIGHT ON. IT WAS ON BRIEFLY BEFORE. BUT IT WENT AWAY AFTER CHANGING BATTERY ON THE FOB. THIS TIME I TRIED ALL TRICKS FROM INTERNET AND IT DOES NOT WORK. FINALLY I TOOK THE ELECTRIC STEERING LOCK FROM THE STEERING ROD. DEPRESS THE PISTON. THE CAR CAN BE TURNED ON. FROM INTERNET, THERE ARE SO MANY 2009 ALTIMA OWNER HAS THE SAME ISSUE AND NISSAN ALSO KNEW IT BECAUSE IT EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO MARCH 2016. IT COULD FAIL ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE. IT IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE. I SUGGEST NISSAN TO MAKE THE WARRANTY LIFETIME AND REPLACE ALL DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START AND THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE LOCK STEERING AND SCREW STEERING LOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,640.

CAR WON'T START DO TO A DEFECTIVE ESCL ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK. THE CAR LEFT ME STRANDED AFTER WORK AT MIDNIGHT. THE CAR IS USELESS IT DOES NOT START. I WAS NEVER INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ESCL.

FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON MY CAR WOULD NOT START ON THANKSGIVING. IT ONLY SHOWED A KEY. I WENT TO NISSAN THE NEXT DAY TO GET A NEW BATTERY FOR MY KEY FOB. AND HAD TO GET IT TOWED. THEY SAID IT WAS A STEERING COLUMN LOCK AND IT WAS OVER $900. NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING AND AT SUCH A RIDICULOUS EXPENSE. APPARENTLY THIS IS COMMON FOR THIS MODEL AND I'M HOPING FOR REIMBURSEMENT AS I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT BEFORE 1/1/16. I'M GLAD WE WEREN'T ON AN OUT OF TOWN TRIP THAT DAY.

MY CAR WILL NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A GARAGE. I REPLACED THE BATTERY IN THE CAR AND REPLACED THE BATTERY ON THE KEY FOB. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE STEERING CONTROL UNIT IN WHICH IS PRETTY PRICEY....I JUST REPLACED THE CVT TRANSMISSION IN WHICH COST ME $2200.00 THIS WAS ALSO RECALL BUT I WAS OVER MY MILES TO HAVE THIS HONORED BY NISSAN.

MY NISSAN ALTIMA. 2009. BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK COIL THE CAR DID NOT WANT TO START SO A PERSON WALKING BY TOLD ME THAT HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK COIL. SO I LOOKED IT UP AND IT WAS RECALLED WHEN I CALLED NISSAN THEY TOLD ME YESTERDAY WAS THE LAST DAY. AND THE PART IS $800 I THINK THAT IS TO MUCH FOR A LITTLE PART THAT LOCKS AND STARTS THE CAR.