2004 NISSAN ALTIMA Complaints

ON 9/19/2013, WHILE DRIVING ON ROUTE 21 HIGHWAY, I WAS ON MY WAY TO RUTGERS DRIVING IN THE FAST LANE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR ENGINE WAS FULL OF SMOKE, MY RADIATOR BLEW UP ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY AND EVEN WORSE MY CAR JUST SHUT OFF INSTANTLY. THE GUY BEHIND ME WAS VERY CLOSE TO HITTING MY CAR BUT LUCKILY HE HAD TO SLAM HIS BRAKES VERY HARD. I WAS SO CLOSE TO THE DIVIDER THANK GOD I DID NOT SLAM INTO IT OR ELSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. ANOTHER MAN CAME OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT DOWN MY CAR. A POLICE OFFICER AND OTHER MEN PUSHED MY CAR TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. ANOTHER INCIDENT, 9/21 AS I PICKED UP MY CAR FROM A MECHANIC THAT REPLACED MY RADIATOR, ON ROUTE 17 MY CAR WAS DRIVING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED AND STALLED. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED IT BACK ON AND ENTERED A LANDMARK PARKING LOT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT ON NHTSA.GOV THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE CRANK ANGLE SENSOR PARTS: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME MY CAR ENGINE WAS UNABLE TO COOL SO A TOW TRUCK TOOK MY CAR TO MEADOWLANDS NISSAN DEALER IN NJ AND THEY REFUSED TO PERFORM THE "ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING" RECALL CLAIMING THAT THEIR ECM RECALL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TEMPERATURE AND DRIVE-ABILITY. I MENTIONED THAT ON THE GOVERNMENT SITE IT CLEARLY STATES "ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING" BUT THEY STATED THAT NISSAN DEALERS ARE PRIVATE DEALERS AND DO NOT CARE WHAT ANYBODY ELSE SAYS. THE MAN TOLD ME THEY FOLLOW WHATEVER THEY HAVE IN THEIR NISSAN SYSTEM, NOT THE GOVERNMENT. I AM SO OFFENDED THAT MY LIFE WAS ON THE LINE TWICE OVER NISSAN'S HAZARDOUS RECALLS. YET, THEY ARE REFUSING TO MAKE MY CAR A SAFE VEHICLE. I DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE I'M ONLY 21 I"M WAY TOO YOUNG TO DIE OVER A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE ENGINE. MY CAR IS STILL AT THE DEALER AND I WANT THEM TO FOLLOW GOVERNMENT RECALLS AND MAKE THEIR VEHICLES SAFE ENOUGH TO DRIVE. *TR

THE IGNITION COILS KEEP BLISTERING AND BUBBLING/MELTING AFTER REPLACING NEW ONES. IT IS NEVER ENDING. *TR

ON 7/29/2013, MY 2004 ALTIMA WAS LOSING POWER, FEELING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY HEADING TOWARDS WORK. THE ISSUE WAS DOING THE SAME ON THE WAY HOME AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK CAR INTO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC RAN A TEST AND IT SAID I HAD A MISFIRE ON NUMBER 4 SPARK PLUG. HE PULLED OUT THE PLUG AND GAP WAS PUSHED TOGETHER. ALL FOUR SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED. THE CAR RAN FINE UNTIL LATER THAT NIGHT AND THE SAME ISSUE WAS HAPPENING AGAIN. TOOK BACK TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. HE GOT THE SAME READING, MISFIRE IN SPARK PLUG 4. HE PULLED OUT SPARK PLUG AND THE GAP WAS PUSHED TOGETHER. WE LOOKED UP TO SEE WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS. WE FOUND OTHER WERE HAVING A ISSUE OF A SCREW CAN COME LOOSE FROM THE POWER VALVE INTAKE. HE TOLD ME TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP WHICH I DID ON 8/4/2013. THEY DID THEIR OWN TEST AND EVEN SCOOP THE ENGINE AND DEALER FOUND THAT THERE WAS A SCREW MISSING. THEY FOUND THE SCREW MISSING HAD COME FROM THE POWER VALVE INTAKE IN THE POWER VALVE. EVEN FOUND PART OF THE PLATE HAS BROKEN AND ENTERED THE ENGINE. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL ON SUCH ISSUE. SINCE I PURCHASE THE CAR IN 2011, NOT SURE IF THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THE ISSUE TAKEN CARE OF. BUT SINCE IT HAPPEN I DON'T THINK THEY DID. THE RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER IS P5202. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE GOING 60-65 MPH, WITH MY GIRLFRIEND AND MY NEWBORN DAUGHTER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE CAR SHUT OFF AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITH A RIVER OF TRAFFIC SURROUNDING AROUND ME. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES THE CAR FINALLY STARTED BACK UP & RAN FINE. A FEW DAYS LATER THE CAR BECAME HARDER TO START AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF ON THE INTERSTATE ONCE AGAIN. I GOT THE ENGINE CODE, CHECKED OUT AND IT WAS P0340 (CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR). UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I NOTICED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON NATIONWIDE PROBLEM. NOT ONLY DOES THE ENGINE STALL WHILE DRIVING, IT COMPLETELY CAUSES THE MOTOR TO SHUT OFF! THE MOTOR IN A VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF WHILE GOING DOWN A JAMMED INTERSTATE OR GOING ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO NOT GET RECOGNIZED. AFTER EXPERIENCING THIS HORRIBLE SITUATION, AND VIEWING THE COUNTLESS PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED IT AS WELL. I AM FLABBERGASTED THE CAM/CRANKSHAFT SENSOR FOR THE 2002-2005 ALTIMA HAS YET TO BE RECALLED. THE CHANCE OF THE PART BEING DEFICIENT IS ABNORMALLY HIGH. THE PART IS INCAPABLE OF PERFORMING IT PURPOSE, BECAUSE ONCE REPAIRED IT CONTINUOUSLY HAS TO BE REPLACED. NISSAN DOES STATE THAT THIS IS A DEFICIENT PART AND THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON IT. BUT A SERVICE BULLETIN DOES NOT DO ANYONE ANY JUSTICE WHEN THE SENSORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED ONCE A YEAR!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START UNTIL AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT THEN ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS, WHO STATED THAT THE CRANK AND CAM SHAFT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED EIGHT DIFFERENT TIMES BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V242000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FLOOR BOARDS HAD BECOME CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. *TR

3 OUT OF 4 DOOR HANDLES ON MY 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA HAVE BROKEN OFF IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. I'VE SEEN MANY OTHER ALTIMA'S WITH A SIMILAR SITUATION. EACH OF MY HANDLES SNAPPED RIGHT OFF WITH THE NORMAL FORCE OF OPENING THE DOOR. THERE IS SOMETHING VERY DEFECTIVE WITH HOW THE HANDLES ARE MADE AND/OR ATTACHED TO THE CARS. I'D UNDERSTAND IF ONLY 1 HANDLE BROKE OFF AND I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IT HAPPENED TO BUT WHEN 3 OUT OF 4 BREAK AND I'VE SEEN OVER 20 OTHER CARS IN MY AREA WITH BROKEN HANDLES THEN THERE IS REASON TO BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT AND SHOULD WARRANT A RECALL BY NISSAN. I'VE CALLED NISSAN DEALERSHIPS, CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THE MAIN CORPORATE OFFICE BUT THEY REFUSE TO HELP ME. THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS PERSON HUNG UP OF ME WHILE I WAS STILL SPEAKING. THEY ARE UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN ANY MANNER OR EVEN LISTEN TO MY COMPLAINT. *TR

THE POWER STEERING LAST WEEK HAS STARTED TO TIGHTEN UP IN PLACES. WHILE TURNING THE WHEEL, THERE IS A HARD SPOT THAT THE WHEEL SEEMS TO GET "STUCK" OR "CATCH" AT. I TOOK IT INTO A MECHANIC AND HE INFORMED ME THAT THE STEERING RACK WOULD MOST LIKELY NEED TO BE REPLACED. I DID MORE RESEARCH ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE IN NISSAN ALTIMA VEHICLES. THE MECHANIC ALSO TOLD ME HIS 2003 ALTIMA HAD TO HAVE THE SAME REPAIR LAST YEAR ABOUT THIS TIME. *TR

THE VEHICLE MAKES A CLUNKING SOUND AND POWER STEERING ?STICKS? WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. THOUGH NO ACCIDENTS, THERE HAVE BEEN NEAR MISSES DUE TO ME NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN ON TIME. THIS PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE APARTMENT BUT IT WOULD ONLY GO ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR. THERE WAS NO SMELL OR NOISE AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD STARTED THE CAR TODAY. I RETURNED HOME, TURNED OFF THE CAR FOR A SHORT TIME, RESTARTED AND IT RAN FINE IN THE PARKING LOT. *TR