2009 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

INTELLIGENT KEY LIGHT WOULD COME ON BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T START OR DO ANYTHING, BUT THE LOCK/UNLOCK FEATURE WOULD STILL WORK. APPARENTLY THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM IS DEFECTIVE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE KEY FOBS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THEY WOULD GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH THE CONTACT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,300.

OUR 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA HAS A DASHBOARD THAT IS MELTING AND GOOEY. IT MAKES A GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD AND MAKES DRIVING DANGEROUS. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE HOLDING NISSAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS NEEDED REPAIR. THIS IS THE SECOND VEHICLE WE OWN THAT IS HAVING DASHBOARD ISSSUES. OUR OTHER IS A CRACKED DASHBOARD FROM ON OUR GMC YUKON DENALI XL. PLEASE MAKE THESE COMPANIES STEP UP AND MAKE REPAIRS SINCE THEY CHOSE TO USE SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS. I MEAN "REALLY".

MALFUNCTION WITH THE STEERING LOCK THAT WON'T ALLOW THE CAR TO START. WHEN I PUSH THE BRAKES TO START THE CAR THE CAR IT IS STATING THAT THERE IS A MALFUNCTION WITH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK.

THE CAR WAS SLUGGISH DRIVING IN TO THE DRIVEWAY AND WENT DEAD. IT WOULD NOT START AND COULD NOT DEPRESS THE BRAKES THEY WERE LOCKED. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE ON THE DRIVING ON THE STREET OR FREEWAY MY SON COULD HAVE BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND SINCE IT JUST WENT DEAD WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER 3 DAYS THE DEALER DETERMINED IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK. FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A 6 YEAR WARRANTY ADDED TO THIS PART ON THE CAR BUT I WAS NEVER INFORMED BY NISSAN. UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE 7TH YEAR, 1 YEAR BEYOND THE WARRANTY. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF THIS PART FAILING AND ADDED THE 6 YEAR WARRANTY BUT IF OUTSIDE OF THAT TIME PERIOD YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE. THIS IS A DEFECT NOT SOMETHING CAUSE BY AN OWNER FOR LACK OF MAINTENANCE AND SHOULD BE A PART OF A RECALL NOT A LIMITED WARRANTY.

AFTER SITTING I CANNOT START MY CAR,STEERING SEEMS TO BE STUCK AND BRAKE IS VERY HARD TO PRESS DOWN.CAR HAS ONLY 50.000 MI.

I HAVE A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT I PURCHASED AS A PRE OWNED IN 2012. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR OIL CHANGES AND REPAIRS ON MANY OCCASIONS. AT NO TIMES WHILE THE CAR WAS GETTING SERVICED WAS I INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK SENSOR AND THE CAR WOULD OT START AND BECAUSE OF THAT NISSAN HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO COVER THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE PART, EARLIER THIS WEEK MY CAR WOULD NOT START AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 35 MILES TO MY MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A STEERING LOCK SENSOR FAILURE. THE COST TO REPAIR THE CAR WAS 725.00. I CONDUCTED SOME RESEARCH THE PROBLEM AND FOUND SEVERAL ARTICLES ON LINE CONCERNING THE PROBLEM AND THAT NISSAN HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY. AGAIN, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED IN PERSON WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING SERVICED OR BY MAIL BY THE DEALER OR NISSAN. BASED ON MY RESEARCH I BELIEVE THAT THE DEALER OR NISSAN HAD THE OBLIGATION TO NOTIFY ME OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM. AT THE TIME THAT THE SENSOR FAILED I WAS APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES FROM HOME AND HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. AT TIMES I HAVE MY GRANDCHILDREN WITH ME AND THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MORE SERIOUS SITUATION IF THEY WERE WITH ME.

CAR WILL NOT START. STEERING LOCK MECHANISM MALFUNCTION. CAR PARKED ON STREET IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE. AT LEAST I'M NOT ON A TRIP. NISSAN WON'T FIX UNDER A RECALL. THEY HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO COVER THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT EXPIRED. OWNERS OF PRE-OWNED CARS WERE NEVER NOTIFIED.

MY STEERING WHEEL LOCK IS DEFECTIVE, MY SISTER GOT STUCK AFTER A PIT STOP TRAVELING FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I CAME ACROSS INFORMATIONS SHOWING IT WAS A FACTORY DEFAULT. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2013 AND WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT THIS AT THE DEALERSHIP