2009 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

I HAVE NISSAN ALTIMA 2009. MY CAR WAS PARKED AT HOME AND JUST WOULD NOT START. ABLE TO OPEN DOORS WITH KEY FOB BUT NOT START WITH THE PUSH BUTTON. FOUND THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK WAS THE PROBLEM AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. COST ME $1100 TO FIX IT. NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS PART TO 6 YEARS, WITHOUT INFORMING THE CUSTOMERS. I REALIZED THIS WHEN THE PART HAD A PROBLEM IN THE 7TH YEAR AND NISSAN DENIED TO COVER THE COSTS. THANK FULLY THIS HAPPENED AT MY HOME. WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF I WAS TRAVELLING WITH MY FAMILY HAD THE PROBLEM AT AN ISOLATED PLACE.

THE CAR WILL NOT START WHEN I PUSH ON THE BRAKE AND PUSH THE BUTTON FOR IT TO START. THE DEALER SAYS IT IS THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK MODULE. IT WAS IN A STATIONARY POSITION BUT WE WERE STRANDED AND HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT RECEIVED AN EMAIL THAT INFORMED HER OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE PUSH TO START BUTTON FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

MY STATIONARY CAR WOULD NOT START WHEN I INSERTED THE KEY. I WAS STRANDED. NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PAY 1000 FOR MY ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK TO BE REPLACED. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT THE COMPANY IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START, BOTH WITH THE PUSH TO START BUTTON AND THE EMERGENCY KEY SLOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN.

PARKED IN GARAGE, WOULDN'T START, STEERING LOCK SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING SO THE ENGINE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE PUSH BUTTON START, HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO AUTO MECHANIC TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED FOR $1,000 PLUS TOWING! NISSAN STOPPED USING THIS PART IN 2010 SO THEY MUST KNOW IT WAS A BAD PART. I COULD HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND BEEN STRANDED.

STICKY AND MELTING DASHBOARD IN MY NISSAN ALTIMA . I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE DURING SUNNY DAYS AND ABOUT TO GET INTO ACCIDENT COUPLE OF TIMES THIS SUMMER.

CAR WILL NOT START BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRONIS STEERING COLUMN LOCK UNIT (ESCL) THIS IS VERY UNSAFE I COULD HAVE BEEN WITH MY CHILDREN AT A UNSAFE AREA FOR NISSAN TO TELL ME WARRANTY IS NOT AVAIABLE ANYMORE. THE PRICE TO GET THIS FIX IS 1200 THIS IS SO UNFAIR IF ITS A NISSAN ISSUE

MY ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK HAS MALFUNCTIONED FOR THE SECOND TIME. THIS MALFUNCTION DOES NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO RECOGNIZE THE KEY FOB, PREVENTING IGNITION. I WAS STRANDED IN A REMOTE PART OF A FOREST PRESERVE AND BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD NOT START I HAD TO HIKE OUT 6 MILES UNTIL I GOT CELL PHONE COVERAGE AND COULD CALL FOR HELP. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED TO ME PREVIOUSLY IN 2011. AT THAT POINT NISSAN HAD COVERED THIS REPAIR AS PART OF A LIFETIME EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK, BUT THEY DECIDED IN JANUARY 2016 TO CANCEL THIS WARRANTY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE IN PARK, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND "KEY FOB" WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL); HOWEVER, THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.