1994 Nissan Altima complaints

BAD DISTRIBUTOR, PART NOT AVAILABLE IN AN AREA POPULATION OF OVER 5 MILLION, VEHICLE OUT OF SERVICE 14 DAYS AWAITING PARTS. *AK

TIMING COVER GASKET LEAKING AS WELL AS MANIFOLD LEAKING. CAR SERVICED AT MERCHANT'S TIRE AND REPAIR CENTER 1/31/01 AND 2/6/01 FOR DIAGNOSIS. SHOP FOREMAN SAID IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM THEY'VE SEEN WITH THIS CAR. SAID IT'S A POOR DESIGN, DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. HE TRIED TO FIX ONE BEFORE AND SAID HE WOULD NEVER TRY AGAIN. SAID IT'S A DEALER JOB, MEANING NO ONE ELSE WOULD BE ADVISED TO TRY AND MAKE THIS TYPE OF REPAIR. *AK

CONSUMER WAS STOPPED AT GAS STATION TO REFUEL HER VEHICLE, THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AS THE CONSUMER PROCEDED TO REMOVE THE GAS CAP A FLAME SHOT OUT ONTO FACE, HAIR AND CHEST. NLM

THROTTLE CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF THE GUIDE CAUSING RAPID DECELERATION. FORTUNATELY MY SON WAS DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF A PAVED RURAL ROAD WITH LIGHT TRAFFIC. HAD THIS OCCURED AS HE WAS PULLING ON TO THE MAIN HIGHWAY OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT HIGHER SPEEDS IT COULD HAVE LED TO AN ACCIDENT. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM ON ALTIMAS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JUNE 1992 AND FEBRUARY 1994. MY CAR WAS BUILT IN SEPTEMBER OF 1993. THE RECALL CAMPAIGN IS #94V035000. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL AND THAT ANY REPAIRS WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE AT MY EXPENSE.*AK

ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN STOP LIGHT, HIT MY WIFE HEAD ON. MY WIFE SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER FACE AND MOUTH WHEN SHE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. POLICE ESTIMATE THAT OTHER VEHICLE WAS GOING OVER 50 MPH, MY WIFE WAS STOPPED. NEITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. AIRBAGS IN THE OTHER VEHICLE DEPLOYED (ALSO A NISSAN). I WISH TO FORMALLY REPORT THE FAILURE OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM IN MY VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35-40 MPH HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A TELEPHONE POLE IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT IS BLINKING.*ET

I CRASHED INTO 3 CARS AND A TRUCK BECAUSE MY CAR ENGINE REVVEDAND EVEN WITH MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE JUST WENT. THREE TIMES BEFORE MY CAR "JUST WENT" BUT I WAS LUCKY AND DID NOT CAUSE ANY KIND OF ACCIDENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STALLED OUT AND DIED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

OIL LEAKING FROM FRONT ENGINE VALVE COVER.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET TRAVELLING ABOUT 20MPH, PULLED INTO THE LEFT HAND TURNING LANE AS PROCEEDING TO MAKE THE TURN, A VEHICLE IN THE FAST LANE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND TOTALLED IT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. AIRBAG DEPLOYED LATER AFTER THE CRASH AS DRIVER UNBUCKLED SEATBELT, RESULTED IN INJURY. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK *ML

FRONT OIL LEAK IN ENGINE

FUEL LEAKS FROM FUEL PRESSURE HOSES, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGES ON GARAGE FLOOR. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

VEHICLE HIT A ROCK ON SIDE OF A HILL AT ABOUT 40MPH WHILE SPINNING, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. TINTERIOR LIGHTS IN THE DASHBROAD WENT OUT/ALTERNATOR BLEW OUT, AND POWER WINDOWS WENT UP VERY SLOWY. ELECTRIC SHOP OR AUTO SHOP COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN USING AIR CONDITIONER PRESSURE BUILTS UP AND AIR RELEASES. ALSO, BACK RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRINGS ARE MAKING LOUD NOISE WHENEVER CONSUMER GOES OVER A SPEED BUMP.*AK

OIL LEAK. TBS#95058A

DRIVER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. PASSENGER IN RIGHT FRONT SEAT WAS HIT IN THE FACE BY THE DEPLOYING AIR BAG AND WAS PERMANENTLY BLINDED IN BOTH EYES. *AK

AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, CAUSING AIR BAG LIGHT TO FLASH.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER STATES AT TIMES THE HORN IS INOPERATIVE. ALSO THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO WARN MOTORIST WITH THE HORN INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE CORRECTED. *AK

AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY PROPERLY IN A FRONT END CRASH, INJURY TO THE DRIVER AND HIS PASSENGER WAS MORE SEVERE THAN IF THE AIR BAG HAD DEPLOYED PROPERLY, THE DRIVER HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED WHIPLASH. *AK *SLC

THE CAR BATTERY EXPLODED.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND BOTH AIR BAG DEPLOYED , BUT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG POPPED OUT AND CAUSED CONSUMER'S WIFE TO BE SEVERLY BURNED. THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH SENSORS, BUT THE WIFE IS STILL SUFFERING FROM BURNS. *AK

WHILE IN CRASH FRONTAL AIRBAGS DIDNT DEPLOY. *AK

COMING TO RED LIGHT, STEPPED ON BRAKES, VEHICLE TOOK OFF SUDDENLY, TRIED SHIFTING, NOTHING HAPPENED TO STOP VEHICLE; REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. VEHICLE NOT AT DEALERSHIP. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL (94V-035). *AK

DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT A SPEED OF 20MPH, VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, RMPS UNKNOWN, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE DRIVER HIT TREE ON DRIVER'S SIDE, PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD, PASSENGER'S HEAD HIT DASHBOARD & AIR BAG DEPLOYED, HITTING PASSENGER IN FACE & BROKE SUNGLASSES & DISLODGED ONE CONTACT. DR. REMOVED OTHER. *AK

DRIVER MADE A SHARP TURN HITTING CURB, RESULTING IN FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER'S AIRBAG, CAUSING LOST OF VISION IN THE LEFT EYE.

THE FRONT AND REAR ROTORS WERE REPLACED . *AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN 35 MPH FRONTAL CRASH IN WHICH THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

CONSUMER HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. * AK

PASSENGERS SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING AIR BAG TO BURST/INJURY TO PASSENGERS EYE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)

HIT A TREE HEAD-ON AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY *AK CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES.*JB

DRIVER SEATBELT RETRACTOR FAILED TO LOCKUP DURING REAREND COLLISION. TT

THE VEHICLE HAS A TERRIBLE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING AND IS CAUSING LOSS CONTROL OF VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING, AND THEN IT STOPS. CONTINUOUS PROBLEM. CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. TT

WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF ABS, UNDER NORMAL STOPPING AT 10MPH PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULT HIT A TRUCK, DEALER CAN'T REPRODUCE BRAKE FAIL

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD REST HAD A VERTICAL BURN . TT

WHEN DRINK SPILL OUT OF CONSOLE CUP HOLDER, CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO LOCK UP, DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE TRASFER CASE. TT

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE REAR DOOR ON DRIVER SIDE WINDOW EXPLODED. TT

VEHICLE AUTOMATIC GEAR FROZE IN PARK AFTER WATER CONDENSATION FROM CUP HOLDER CONTACTED A SOLENOID.SOLENOID SHORTED OUT AND HAD TO BE TOWED. TT

VEHICLE GOES OUT OF ALIGNMENT, CAUSING DIFFICULTY STEERING THE VEHICLE. TT

PURCHASED CAR 27 DAY USED, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAR CUT OFF. TT

FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, AT SPEED 55 MPH, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

WARPED BRAKE ROTORS, CAUSING VIBRATION WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. *AW

WHEN TRYING TO STOP THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SLOW IT WILL NOT STOP. TT

THROTTLE STUCK IN OPEN POSITION UPON RELEASING CRUISE CONTROL, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *AK