2003 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO MY CAR STARTED ACTING UP THEN SHUTTING DOWN. AT FIRST IT STALLS WHILE I SLOW DOWN ON STOP SIGNS, WHILE TURNING, BASICALLY AT LOW RPM. THAT'S WHEN MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME UP. THEN I GOT THAT CHECKED AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR WAS BAD. SO, I GOT IT REPLACED. AFTER THAT MY OXYGEN SENSOR BURNT OUT, GOT THAT REPLACED FOR $1K. EARLIER LAST WEEK MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALER, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR IS BURNT OUT AND I SAID, "AGAIN!!" THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME THING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE IF IT BURNT OUT TWICE, ALL THEY SAID WAS "WELL, THERE'S NO RE-CALL FOR IT". ALMOST COST ME MY LIFE PLENTY OF TIMES OVER FOR THIS PROBLEM. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE WITH THIS ESPECIALLY THERE'S A LOT OF 2003 ALTIMA OWNERS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THIS CAN'T BE COINCIDENTAL. *TR

SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, MY 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S HAS STALLED OUT DURING OPERATION. SPEEDS RANGED FROM 5-15 MPH DURING STALL. CAR ALSO STUTTERS PERIODICALLY WHILE IN OPERATION, BUT DOES NOT STALL. TWO WEEKS AGO MY VEHICLE STALLED WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. NOW VEHICLE TAKES 3-5 MINUTES TO START. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V242000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), WHICH STATED THAT A VARIATION IN TEMPERATURE OCCURS DUE TO THE UNIQUE LOCATION OF THE SENSOR IN THE ENGINE. UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS, THESE VARIATIONS IN TEMPERATURE CAN BE LARGE ENOUGH TO CAUSE A BRIEF INTERRUPTION IN THE SIGNAL OUTPUT FROM THE SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS AND THE ECM SENSOR WAS REPROGRAMMED; HOWEVER, THE SERVICE ENGINE INDICATOR CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO START AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ONCE AGAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,540.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OIL IN THE ENGINE WAS BURNING AND DAMAGED THE ENGINE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V084000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 85,000.

MY 2003 ALTIMA 2.5S STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS THE DAY I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR A RECALL TO REPROGRAM THE ECM. THAT NIGHT MY ENGINE BOGGED DOWN AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS MASHED TO THE FLOOR. THE NEXT DAY I CALLED THE NISSAN SERVICE DEPT. AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO WAY THEIR REPROGRAM COULD HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. I NOTICED THAT WHEN I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AFTER ABOUT 5 SECONDS THE ENGINE WOULD RUN FINE, THIS BY THE WAY IS GOING DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURNING OFF AND BACK ON. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR A WHILE AND MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND SAYS THERE IS A CAMSHAFT AND CRANKSHAFT SENSOR PROBLEM THAT IS RECALLED ON 2002 2.5S ALTIMAS. IT CAME TO A HEAD THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL AND IT BOGGED DOWN ON ME WHILE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND ABOUT GETTING ME AND MY KIDS KILLED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS SAME THING ON NISSAN FORUMS. *TR

I HAVE HAD THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COME ON AND TWICE I HAVE HAD THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR REPLACED IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. PERIODICALLY MY CAR WILL STALL, SOMETIMES WHEN I AM MOVING, AND OTHER TIMES IT IS REALLY HARD TO START. I HAVE ONLY 42000 MILES ON MY CAR. I WROTE A LETTER TO NISSAN AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND ASKED HER ABOUT THE 2006 RECALL I FOUND ON LINE AND SHE TOLD ME MY VIN NUMBER DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL AND THE PROBLEMS I WAS EXPERIENCING WERE COINCIDENTAL. THAT DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN TO MAKE SENSE TO ME. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HAVE THIS ONGOING PROBLEM RESOLVED? IT'S OBVIOUS IT IS HAPPENING TO NUMEROUS NISSAN ALTIMA OWNERS. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA - THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN ACCIDENT YET IN MY CAR. I AM WRITING TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING ..MY COMPLAINT IS THE CRANKSHAFT - THE CAR SHUTS OFF IN LOW SPEED DRIVING - WHICH THERE IS A RECALL ON THE ECM (ENGINE CONTROL MODULE)) - BUT NOT THE DEFECTIVE CRANKSHAFT IT IS ON THE 2002 MODEL BUT NOT THE 2003 BUT IT SHOULD THE SAME IS HAPPENING WITH BOTH MODELS . THE DEFECTIVE CRANKSHAFT WILL CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SHUT OFF AS WELL. WHEN THE TEMPERATURE CHANGES IT SENDS A SIGNALS TO THE SENSOR THAT GOES TO THE ENGINE - WITHOUT THE SIGNALS THE ECM WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY - THE POINT IS THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2002 CRANKSHAFT AND NOT THE 2003. WHICH THE CRANKSHAFT IS DEFECTIVE IN BOTH NOT JUST THE 2002. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V242000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN REPROGRAMMED THE ECM. SEVERAL YEARS LATER, SHE NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V527000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. A TECHNICIAN REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE IN ERROR. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY $479.34 FOR THEM TO RELEASE HER VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIR. THE DEALER STILL HAS POSSESSION OF HER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 84,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN ORDER FOR HIS VEHICLE TO PASS EMISSION TESTING, HE MUST GET THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR LIGHT REPAIRED. THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATES AS A RESULT OF THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR. THE CONTACT IS DISPLEASED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

I HAVE A 2003, NISSAN ALTIMA, 3.5L 6-CYLINDER. CAR HAS 99K MILES. CAR RECENTLY STALLED WITH NO WARNING AFTER WARMING UP. CAR STARTED UP RIGHT AWAY, SO I CONTINUED DRIVING. DEALER DID A DIAGNOSTICS AND FOUND NOTHING. SO I CONTINUED DRIVING AND CAR STALLED (AGAIN WITH NO WARNING) ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH. DEALER NOW DIAGNOSED ISSUE AS A FAILED CAMSHAFT SENSOR, WHICH IS A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT THE RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO MY 2003 6-CYLINDER ALTIMA. CLEARLY, THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THE RECALL MUST BE EXPANDED TO COVER ALL NISSAN ALTIMAS 2002-2003 (AT A MINIMUM). THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE SITUATION. *TR