2009 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

THE ELECTRICAL STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) FAILURE WHICH WOULDN'T ALLOW THE CAR TO START IS THE MOST STUPID THING I'VE EVER HEARD. AND THAT NISSAN WOULDN'T RECALL IT IS A BIG SHAME ON THE MANUFACTURER. ON TOP OF THAT, THEY CHARGE RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED ($600+LABOR)??!! THIS IS SUPER UNSAFE FOR DRIVERS IN THE NORTHEAST AS WE MAY GET STUCK IN A COLD WINTER FREEZING TO DEATH FOR WHAT? THERE IS EVEN NO MECHANIC PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. JUST A LITTLE WEDGE-LIKE THING THAT WOULDN'T DROP TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE???? RIDICULOUS!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND THE SPEED WOULD REDUCE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING WHAT SO MANY NISSAN OWNERS HAVE NOTED ONLINE... THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM HAS MALFUNCTIONED. (THE KEY LIGHT IS ON, THE STEERING WHEEL WON'T LOCK, DOORS STILL LOCK/ UNLOCK). THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION ONLINE. IT IS ELECTRICAL, SO ALL OUR PROPER MAINTENANCE PERFORMED MEANS NOTHING. OUR SITUATION WAS THE 90 YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER STRANDED AT THE GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT FOR 2.5 HOURS. ONCE HE RETURNED TO THE CAR, IT WOULD NOT CRANK. THE CAR IS JUST NOW TO 90,000 MILES, AND NOW WE LEARN THAT NISSAN WAS AWARE AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR A TIME, AND NOW IT HAS EXPIRED. THERE WAS NO NOTICE SENT OUT NOR WAS THERE AN OFFICIAL RECALL. OUR $1000 REPAIR BILL FOR A COMMON PROBLEM SPANNING SEVERAL YEARS AND SEVERAL MODELS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. PLEASE FORCE THEM TO DO A RECALL!!! IT'S A WIDESPREAD, KNOWN ISSUE THAT THEY ARE ALREADY AWARE OF.

2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSED AS, ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A RECALL ISSUE. *SMD

ECSL WENT OUT AND MY HIGH SCHOOL DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT THE TIME AS WE WERE OUT OF TOWN, THIS COULD REALLY BE A HAZARD AND DEFINITELY WAS COSTLY AS FAR AS TOWING, THANK GOD WE HAVE AN EXTRA VEHICLE BUT SHE HAD TO FIND TRANSPORTATION, HAD THE STRESS BEING 17 AND NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO DO, THE CAR SAT UNTIL WE GOT HOME TO HAVE TO TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, MISSED SOME OF SCHOOL. THIS PART DEFINITELY SHOULD BE RECALLED AND PUT BACK OUT THERE INDEFINITELY TO BE WARRANTIED. I HAD HEARD NOTHING PRIOR BUT GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND THEN AFTER READING ABOUT THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL OF VEHICLE I AM PRAYING AFTER THE FIX THIS WILL BE THE ONLY TIME IT HAPPENS!

THE STEERING LOCK HAS NOW BECOME COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT, DID MY RESEARCH AND FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2009, 2010 MODELS. YET FOR SOME REASON I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THAT. ALSO, NOW FINDING OUT THAT THE RECALL EXTENSION WAS CUTOFF IN JANUARY OF 2016. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED A MILE AWAY FROM MY HOUSE, IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHEN THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND LOCKED IT WITH THE FOB, IT FAILED TO START UPON HER RETURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ESC NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000. UPDATED 12/23/16*LJ UPDATED 02/07/17.*JB

MELTING DASHBOARD. MAKES IT VERY HARD TO SEE. ALSO THE CRACKING AND PEELING MAY BE EFFECTING THE AIRBAG FUNCTIONS.

A FEW MONTHS AGO I WAS LEFT STRANDED AT WORK, HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. A YELLOW KEY APPEARED ON DASH BOARD AS IF THE CAR WAS NOT SENSING THE KEY FOB EVIDENT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TURNS OUT TO BE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK ISSUE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART HOWEVER I PURCHASED THE CAR USED, AND WAS NEVER SENT A RECALL NOTICE. I CALLED NISSAN CORPORATION BUT WAS NEVER GOT A RESPONSE. I NEED THE VEHICLE FIX AND THIS CAN BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF I AM EVER STRANDED IN A REMOTE AREA.

TAKATA RECAL: 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA HAS A FAULTY STEERING LOCK. THIS IS CAUSING ME TO BE STRANDED AND NOT ABLE TO HAVE A FUNCTIONAL CAR. I HAVE NO RECEIVE ANY NOTICED ABOUT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THIS IS UNSAFE BEING STRANDED. I AM LOOKING TO GET A RECALL ON THE PART OF HAVE A PART PROVIDED TO ME WHICH I SHOULD NOW HAVE TO PAY 500+ FOR THE PART AND THEN ALSO LABOR. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN 2012 AS WELL. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT NISSAN IS MAKING ME PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS A DEFECT WITH THERE CARS!