2013 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

WARNING LIGHT SHOWS FAULTY AIRBAG ON DRIVER'S SIDE, VERIFIED BY DEALER. PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. DRIVER'S SIDE CODE APPEARED RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST REPAIR WAS MADE BUT WAS ADVISED THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER FIRST RECALL. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE 2 YEARS AGO, AND I'M NOT PAYING UPWARDS OF $5,000 FOR YOUR ELECTRICAL FAILURE. *TR

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT INDICATES FAULTY ELECTRONICS. BEGAN ABOUT 50,000 MILES. THIS IS NOT DUE TO MISUSE. IT'S COMPANION TO EARLIER RECALL FOR A FAULTY AIRBAG, WHICH WAS CORRECTED. REPORTED TO DEALER. COST ESTIMATE TO REPAIR FROM $800 TO $5,000 DEPENDING THE LEVEL OF DEFECT. OWNER BELIEVES THIS SHOULD BE NISSAN'S RESPONSIBILITY, AS IT'S NOT DUE TO NEGLIGENCE. *TR

THE DRIVERS' SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE AND WILL NO LONGER OPEN THE DOOR FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. *TR

YOU CAN NOT USE REGULAR LIGHTS TO SEE WITH THIS CAR AT NIGHT. YOU MAY GET A GOOD FOOT OF LIGHTING IN FRONT OF THE CAR. VERY DANGEROUS. YOU COULD BE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND BE SURPRISED BY A CURB OR GOING DOWN A STREET AT NIGHT WITH NO LIGHTING AROUND YOU AND HIT SOMETHING BC YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING. THE BRIGHTS WORK WONDERS BUT I CAN'T JUST GO AROUND BLINDING PEOPLE... *TR

HAD ONE RECALL FOR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG ALWAYS BEING LIT. HAD IT 'FIXED' NOW THE DRIVERS AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT (RED) AND THE PASSENGERS (YELLOW IN DASH) LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS ON*DT*JB *TR

I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AND I HEARD A POP AND PULLED OVER AND AS I PUT IT IN PARK MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON SO I WENT OUT TO INSPECT WHAT HAPPENED, CHECKED THE FRONT NORMAL, WHEN TO THE REAR NOTICED MY DRIVER SIDE WHEEL IS TURNED IN, WENT UNDER THE CAR TO LOOK AND NOTICED MY REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM RUSTED AND SNAPPED OFF THE BOLT THAT CONNECTS IT TO THE BODY. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA ARE VERY DIM. HAD THE BULBS REPLACED BUT HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.

REAR STEERING LINE RUSTED SEPARATED FROM THE CAR FRAME. CAR WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN IT BROKE FREE FROM THE FRAME. THIS WAS ON RECALL IN THE SALT STATES AND I LIVE IN MICHIGAN BUT THEY STATED MY VIN WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD IN CALIFORNIA BUT I HAVE OWNED IT SINCE 2014 IN MICHIGAN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON A WINDY DAY, THE HOOD ERRONEOUSLY OPENED CRASHING INTO THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND SEVERELY DAMAGING THE HOOD AND THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE. DURING THE INCIDENT, THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A BRUISED RIGHT LEG AND CONTACT FROM GLASS PIECES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND LATER TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER COLLINS NISSAN (4142 BARDSTOWN RD, LOUISVILLE, KY) WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN SEARCH INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V029000 (STRUCTURE). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A CASE WAS OPENED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR AND MERGING ONTO A BUSY INTERSTATE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL, AND BLIND SPOT MONITORING ERROR LIGHTS ALL CAME ON THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE RPM GAUGE WOULD GO UP AND THE CAR WOULD TRY TO GO, BUT IT JUST WOULDN'T. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY A SEMI TRUCK BECAUSE MY CAR WASN'T ABLE TO GO OR MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. I LEFT IT IN A SHOP FOR OVER A WEEK AND APPARENTLY IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND SPEED SENSORS. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND ALL THEY WOULD TELL ME WAS THAT THEY DID AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THOSE TRANSMISSIONS UP TO 130,000 MILES, HOWEVER MY CAR WAS ROUGHLY 2,000 MILES OVER THIS AND WAS NOT COVERED BY THAT WARRANTY. THEY TOLD ME ALL I COULD DO WAS REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT WAS GOING TO COST ME ROUGHLY $4,000. I'M ALMOST SCARED TO DRIVE IT ANYWHERE THERE'S LOTS OF TRAFFIC OR FAST MOVING TRAFFIC FOR FEAR OF SOMEONE RUNNING INTO ME. ALSO WHEN ALL OF THOSE DASH LIGHTS COME ON, THE TRACTION CONTROL ISN'T WORKING AND I'VE HAD TO DRIVE IN THE RAIN SEVERAL TIMES. I JUST BELIEVE IT'S OVERALL DANGEROUS AND NISSAN ISN'T DOING ANYTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM FOR CARS THAT HAVE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO MAKE IT OVER 130,000 MILES. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD SIMILAR THINGS HAPPEN WITH THEIR NISSAN CAR THAT HAS THIS TRANSMISSION. I DO BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT MALFUNCTIONS AT ANY GIVEN TIME JUST RANDOMLY. I CAN BE DRIVING AND IT'S FINE ONE MINUTE, THE NEXT THING I KNOW ALL OF THESE DASH LIGHTS ARE LIT UP AND THE CAR WON'T ACCELERATE.