2006 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY CAR AS SUDDENLY CUTOFF, WHILE DRIVING!!!! LUCKILY, NOBODY WAS EVER PHYSICALLY HURT. MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY IT SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF. WHILE ON THE EXPRESSWAY I'VE STARTED TO NOTICE MY CAR AUTOMATICALLY SLOWING DOWN AFTER A CERTAIN SPEED, WITHOUT ME EVEN TOUCHING THE BRAKES. FOR AWHILE I STOPPED GETTING ON THE EXPRESSWAY, IN FEAR OF MY CAR COMPLETELY STOPPING WITH CARS DRIVING BEHIND ME AT A FASTER PACE. ALSO, AT 55 + MILES/HR MY TIRES START TO WOBBLE AND THERE'S A SCRUBBING NOISE WITH THE WOBBLE SOMETIMES. IT FEELS LIKE MY BACK TIRES ARE ABOUT TO FALL OFF. I'VE BOUGHT 3 SETS OF TIRES ALREADY, AND TOMORROW WILL BE MY 4TH SET. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND VERY UNSAFE!!!!! PLEASE HELP ME, THANKS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT AND OIL GAUGE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TWO DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THE SIMILAR FAILURES. THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED WHICH DETECTED A FAILURE CODE WITHIN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER THE REPAIR AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 123,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V527000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

BEGINNING 2009 AT ROUGHLY 40,000 MI THE CAR BEGAN TO RATTLE WHILE ACCELERATING, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD FAILED AND IT'S MOUNT TO THE ENGINE HAD BROKEN, IT WAS REPLACED. THEN AT 81,300 MI I WAS DRIVING 30MPH WHEN MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ONE, I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING. I WAS TOLD AGAIN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD GONE AND IN TURN TAKEN OUT THE EGO SENSOR AS WELL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TAIL PIPE WAS EMITTING EXCESSIVE SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT SLUDGE WAS PRESENT BECAUSE OF IMPROPER VEHICLE MAINTENANCE. THE MANUFACTURER AGREED WITH THE LOCAL DEALER AND OFFERED NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED DUE TO THE COST. THE URRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000. UPDATED 04/25/11 *BF UPDATED 1/18/2012 *LN THE CONSUMER STATED MECHANIC INFORMED HIM THE PISTON RINGS ARE DEFECTIVE. *TR

SINCE OCTOBER 2010, I HAVE HAD TO GET OIL CHANGES AT LEAST 1000 MILES SOONER (LATELY IT'S BEEN MORE) THAN THE 3000 MILE MARK. THE MECHANICS HAVE NOT FOUND AN EXTERNAL LEAK, AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY TWO MECHANICS THAT MY ENGINE HAS TO BE CONSUMING THE OIL SINCE IT IS NOT LEAKING. I CALLED NISSAN (AND A FEW DEALERS), AND THEY ALL SAID THAT MY VIN DID NOT QUALIFY FOR A RECALL. MY CAR HAS THE SAME ISSUE AS THE OTHERS THAT WERE RECALLED, SO IS NISSAN REQUIRED TO CHECK IT OR FIX IT?

FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE CLUTCH PEDAL WILL LOSE ALL RESISTANCE AND LAY ON THE FLOOR LEAVING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE AND STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, AS EARLY AS 44K MILES AND AS RECENT AS LAST THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011 WITH 68K MILES. PUMPING THE CLUTCH PEDAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME DID RESTORE ENOUGH HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO OPERATE THE CLUTCH AND WITHIN 2 MILES OF "IN TOWN" DRIVING THE CLUTCH PROBLEM COMPLETELY RESOLVED AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE ON THE FORUMS. FORT PIERCE NISSAN OFFICIAL ANSWER WAS " NOTHING". THEY WOULDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT. I'M SURE WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS FROM ALTIMA SE-R OWNERS NISSAN IS FULLY AWARE OF THE ISSUE, YET THEY WON'T STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND MAKE IT RIGHT FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. I'VE BEEN A LOYAL NISSAN CUSTOMER SINCE 1988 BUT WITHOUT PROPER RESOLUTION, THIS WILL END THAT STREAK.

2006 ALTIMA-SLUGGISH PERFORMANCE-HAD TO PUT 2 QUARTS OF OIL IN CAR TODAY-JUST HAD OIL CHANGE TWO WEEKS AGO. WHILE DRIVING UP A SLOPE CAR STARTS TO JERKS HARD-PULLED OFF ROAD-CUT THE CAR OFF-TOOK SEVERAL TRIES BEFORE CAR WOULD START. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS CONSUMING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND REQUIRED ONE QUART OF OIL DISPENSED EVERY WEEK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE ENGINE ROD FAILED DUE TO LOW OIL LEVELS. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V223000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BUT WAS ADVISED THAT HIS VEHICLE COULD NOT BE SERVICED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO THE EXTREMELY HIGH MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE PERSISTED UNTIL THE ENGINE BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

VEHICLE WOULD TURN OVER BUT WOULD NOT START. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. ONCE AT AROUND 60,000 MILES AND THE NEXT TIME AT 64,000 MILES. BOTH TIMES IT ENDED UP BEING THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR. BOTH CAMSHAFT SENSORS WERE REPLACED AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SHOP. *TR