2001 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IDLING. ON ONE OCCASION, HE NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT THE ESTIMATED COST OF $900. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

NISSAN ALTIMA GLE 2001 REQUIRED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACEMENT ON 10/11/03 UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THE CAR IDLED VERY HIGH WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT. THE SAME PROBLEM HAS RECURRED. WHEN CONSULTING CARCOMPLAINT.COM THERE ARE OVER 80 OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS. MY DAUGHTER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND DID NOT REPORT IT. SHE HAD IT REPAIRED WITHOUT WARRANTY COVERAGE. I SUGGEST THAT YOU GO TO WWW.CARCOMPLAINT.COM/NISSAN/ALTIMA/2001 AND READ THE COMPLAINTS. I AM SURE THIS DEFECT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE 2001 ALTIMA. *TR

MY 2001 NISSAN ALTIMA SHAKES WHEN IN THE IDLE OR STOP POSITION. HAVE HAD ALL THE REPAIRS DONE TO THAT I COULD AFFORD. WENT ON TO AUTOBEEF.COM AND READ 74 OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WE ALL HAVE THE SAME QUESTION WHY WASN'T THIS CAR RECALLED OR FIXED BY NISSAN. IT WAS A MISTAKE ON THEIR BEHALF. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR AND IT IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. I THINK THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE RESEARCHED AND TAKING CARE OF AND NOT BY THE CONSUMER OF THESE DANGEROUS CARS. ALSO SOMEONE SHOULD READ THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS MAKE, YEAR AND MODEL OF THIS CAR. IT IS A 2001 NISSAN ALTIMA AND THE MAJOR COMPLAINT IS A FAULTY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. LIKE I SAID IT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO AND SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT BEFORE THERE ARE ANY DEATHS. OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE PROBLEM IS TAKEN CARE OF??????? *TR

RPMS JUMPING UP AND DOWN AT IDLE. MECHANIC TOLD ME IT WAS A MISFIRE ON CYLINDER 4 AND I NEEDED A INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. (HE KNEW THIS BECAUSE HE SPRAYED CARB CLEANER BY CYLINDER 4)A $500 JOB. CAR MAYBE 8 YEARS OLD BUT IT ONLY HAS 38,000 MILES ON IT. NO REASON GASKET SHOULD BURN OUT ON ONE SIDE LIKE THAT. *TR

IN AN INSPECTION OF MY TIRES, I FOUND A CRACK COMPLETELY THROUGH MY ORIGINAL FACTORY 16 INCH ALUMINUM WHEEL ON ONE OF THE SIX SPOKES. NO SIGNS OF IMPACT FOUND. I REPLACED WHEEL WITH A USED PART. *TR

I OWN A 2001 NISSAN ALTIMA SE. IT IS A 5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. MY CAR STARTED HAVING LOW IDLE PROBLEMS ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. I HAD A TUNE UP DONE WHICH INCLUDED NEW SPARK PLUGS, WIRES, DISTRIBUTOR ROTOR AND CAP. THE CAR STILL HAD LOW IDLE PROBLEMS. I THEN RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2000-2001 NISSAN ALTIMA. I OWN A 2001 NISSAN ALTIMA SE. THE PROBLEM TURNS OUT TO BE A FAULTY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET THAT LEAKS AND IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX. ($600-$1000). I SEE WHERE NISSAN REFUSES TO ADMIT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND WILL NOT CONSIDER A RECALL. YOU CAN ALSO REFERENCE CASE #10167168, 10145161,10100639, AND 10163901. MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN FIXED YET AND THE IDLE IS GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE MY CAR IS ALMOST STALLING WHEN I COME TO A STOP. *TR

AT 89,000 MILES MY 2001 NISSAN ALTIMA GXE BEGAN EXPERIENCING EXTREMELY ROUGH IDLING. ENGINE WILL STALL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO HUNDREDS OF OTHER ALTIMA OWNERS I AM ASKING FOR A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 NISSAN ALTIMA. SIMILAR TO WHAT I HAVE READ ON DOZENS OF WEBSITE, IT STARTED IDLING HIGH (AT ONLY 55,000 MILES) AND ULTIMATELY HAD TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AT A COST OF $852.05. I WAS TOLD NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR AFTER THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED. SADLY FOR ME, IT WAS THREE WEEKS AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND NISSAN REFUSED TO OFFER ANY PRICE BREAK ON THE SERVICE. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE EXCEEDINGLY COMMON - AND OFTEN ON VERY LOW MILEAGE VEHICLES SUCH AS MINE. NISSAN SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE NISSAN ALTIMA GXE MODEL 2001. AFTER A THOROUGH RESEARCH ON THE WEB, I FIND THAT "INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK" IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN NISSAN ALTIMA. IT COST BETWEEN $700 - $1200 (THOUGH PART IS FOR $15-$30 ONLY). WITH THIS PROBLEM, CAR START SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHEN YOU STOP AT LIGHT. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT FEQUENTLY LIGHTS UP. CAR STALLS ABRUPTLY IN THE LIGHT. ON A HIGH WAY DRIVE, CAR CAN STALL ANYTIME WHICH IS A GREAT HAZARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TRAVEL WITH A KID OR AN OLD AGE PEOPLE. NISSAN SHOULD HELP OWNERS FIX THIS AND SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RECALL THIS CARS WITH THIS KIND OF FAULTY PARTS. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 NISSAN ALTIMA GXE WITH 89,207 MILES ON IT. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I NOTICED A ROUGH IDLING AT STOPLIGHTS, SO BAD SOMETIMES I THOUGHT MY CAR WAS GOING TO DIE OUT ON ME. ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2008, I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE MCCARTHY BLUE SPRINGS NISSAN AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY INTAKE MANIFOLD. THEY HAD TO ORDER THE PARTS, AND WAS ADVISED TO NOT DRIVE MY CAR AGAIN UNTIL IT GETS FIXED. SO, I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP OVER THE WEEKEND AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PICK IT UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22, 2008. IN OTHER WORDS, I WAS WITHOUT A CAR FOR 4 DAYS. IN RESEARCHING MY PROBLEM ONLINE TO SEE IF IT'S A NOTABLE PROBLEM WITH NISSAN ALTIMA'S I CAME ACROSS SEVERAL WEBSITES COMPLAINING OF THE SAME THING. MOST OF WHICH HAD TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AT MUCH LOWER MILEAGE THAN MINE. THE REPLACEMENT COSTS SEEMS TO BE ABOUT THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD, TO BE BETWEEN $700 AND $800 PLUS. IN RESEARCHING MY PROBLEM I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HASN'T BEEN A RECALL FOR ALL NISSAN ALTIMA'S. THERE ARE MANY WEBSITES COMPLAINING OF THE VERY PROBLEM OF HAVING TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON NISSAN ALTIMA'S. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN PREVIOUSLY (JANUARY 5, 2008) FOR THE SAME PROBLEM I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A BROKEN MOTOR MOUNT. SO, I PAID TO HAVE THAT FIXED WHICH WAS OVER $450. MY CAR RAN FINE FOR ABOUT A MONTH, UNTIL I STARTED NOTICING THAT IT WAS IDLING HARD AT STOPLIGHTS, BUT I FIGURED IT WAS JUST DUE TO THE COLD. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN ABOUT IT, THEY ASKED ME IF MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, AND IT WASN'T SO THEY JUST SAID IT WAS DUE TO IT BEING COLD. BUT IT NEVER STOPPED AND CONTINUED TO GET WORSE AND WORSE. UNTIL I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT BACK INTO NISSAN TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND THAT'S WHEN THEY SAID IT WAS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED ON THIS VERY PROBLEM AND HOW MANY IT TAKES FOR YOU TO CONSIDER A RECALL. *TR