2009 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

CAR WONT START BECAUSE OF BAD STEERING LOCK. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH 2009 ALTIMA AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND COVERED BY NISSAN. DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. NEVER RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FROM NISSAN OF FAULTY PART.

WHILE OUT SHOPPING, I RETURNED TO THE CAR AND THE INTELLIGENT KEY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I TRIED TO START IT. THE CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL. IT WAS DARK OUT, AND I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE STORE PARKING LOT, IN ADDITION TO IT NOT STARTING. WHEN TOWED TO DEALER, THEY SAID THE STEERING LOCK UNIT WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE, I NOTICED THAT NISSAN KNEW THE STEERING LOCK UNIT WAS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE THEY ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, WHICH EXPIRED IN NOVEMBER 2014. MY PROBLEM IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THEY FIXED FOR HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF OTHER ALTIMA OWNERS FOR FREE, BUT SINCE MINE HAPPENED LATER THAT 11/2014, THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT. NOW, I AM OUT ALMOST $1300 DOLLARS FOR THE REPAIR. DEFECTIVE IS DEFECTIVE, REGARDLESS OF WHEN IT HAPPENED. THEY KNEW IT WAS DEFECTIVE, OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE EXTENDED THAT WARRANTY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WITHIN THE LAST MONTH I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK 3 TIMES AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRASTING. WHEN I BOUGHT AT THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A VERY RELIABLE CAR. THIS PAST SATURDAY I HAD TO GET IT TOWED BECAUSE IT FAILED TO TURN ON WHILE I WAS GROCERY SHOPPING. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN I WANT TO START THE CAR.

THE ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK DISABLED THE STARTER SO THAT I COULD NOT MOVE MY CAR. I WAS IN A WAL MART PHARMACY PARKING LOT WHEN THIS OCCURRED. MY WIFE IS UNDERGOING CHEMO-THERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER AND WE HAD TO WAIT ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE WE COULD GET A RIDE HOME. THE WAIT MADE MY WIFE FEEL WORSE CONSIDERING HER CONDITION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. SHORTLY AFTER, THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A POTHOLE, WHICH FLATTENED THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER A SPARE WAS INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE, THE NOISE GREW LOUDER. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE ALLOY WHEEL, REAR DRIVER SIDE ALLOY WHEEL, LK2 ENGINE CRADLE 2.5, BOTH TOP CONTROL ARMS AND KNUCKLES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARED THE VEHICLE DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND NOW IT WILL NOT START...... I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE 2009 ALTIMA AND I WAS TOLD THIS IS NOT COEVER UNDER WARRANTY

STEERING LOCK SWITCH FAILED, WHICH PREVENTED THE STEERING WHEEL FROM LOCKING WHEN PARKED, AND THE CAR FROM STARTING. BATTERY IS IN GOOD CONDITION. REQUIRED TOWING FOR REPAIR. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE STEERING LOCK ISSUE, BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL ALTHOUGH THIS SEEMS TO BE A FREQUENT PART FAILURE.

"THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA HAS A DEFECTIVE "STEERING LOCK" WHICH CAUSES OWNERS TO BE UNABLE TO START THEIR VEHICLES. THIS DEFECT CAN AFFECT OWNERS OF THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA WITHOUT WARNING AND WITHOUT CAUSE. WHEN THIS ISSUE OCCURS THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE IS TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE FAULTY STEERING LOCK REPLACED. THE CAR CANNOT BE STARTED AT ALL. THUS, OWNERS OF THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA CONTINUOUSLY FIND THEMSELVES STUCK IN VERY INCONVENIANT CIRCUMSTANCES WITH NO ABILITY TO DRIVE THEIR CAR. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR DRIVERS WHO ARE IN REMOTE OR DANGEROUS AREAS." THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA ON OCT 10, 2016. I WAS FURTHER DISAPPOINTED TO RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM NISSAN TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY KNEW THIS BUT THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED LAST YEAR AND THEY WILL NOT EVEN COVER THE COST FOR THIS DEFECTIVE PRODUCT THAT IMPOSES GREAT DANGER.

TODAY THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROL LOCK WENT OUT. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THERE IS NOT A RECALL TO COVER THIS DEFECTIVE PART. CLEARLY NISSAN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS A PROBLEM AS THEY HAVE HAD RECALLS THAT EXPIRED. THIS IS NOT A MAINTENANCE ISSUE THAT AN OWNER SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR. THIS IS STRICTLY A DEFECT IN ELECTRONICS SYSTEM. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF MY WIFE AND 4 YEAR OLD WERE STRANDED ON DAYS WHERE THE HEAT IN MEMPHIS CAN REACH INDEXES OF 115 AND IT CAN GET AS COLD AS 10 DEGREES?

CAR WILL NOT START DUE TO ESCL ISSUES HEADLIGHT TURN ON DOOR LOCKS AND UNLOCK , RED AND YELLOW KEY ICON FLASHES