2004 Nissan Altima complaints

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. IT BEGAN TO LEAK AND SMOKE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 39,400 MILES. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS THAT CAME ON PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THIS OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2005. THIS WAS THE NINTH TIME THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR VARIOUS PROBLEMS, TRANSMISSION, FUEL PUMP, AND AXLE. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION IN THE VEHICLE THIS NEW TRANSMISSION HAS ONLY ABOUT 5000 MILES. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE TRANSMISSION FIVE TIMES. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE HAS TO TURN THE IGNITION ON AND OFF TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL START. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ON ONE OCCASION THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING . THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATIONS THAT THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO STALL OR INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER.*AK

A FEW PROBLEMS HERE. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW. FROM THE SECOND I TOOK IT OFF THE LOT THE HEAT DID NOT WORK. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER, DO YOU THINK I WAS HAPPY? SO THEY FIXED THIS PROBLEM ON A BRAND NEW CAR. THEN LAST YEAR IN 2004 MY CAR DECIDED IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. TURNS OUT IT WAS THE STARTER THAT WENT AND THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED ON A VEHICLE THAT WAS ONLY A YEAR OLD. SO BECAUSE OF THIS I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED FROM MY DRIVEWAY TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEN THE LATCH BROKE OFF ON THE CENTER CONSOLE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I AM NOT ROUGH USING IT AT ALL. ITS NORMAL USE FOR THIS LATCH YET IT BROKE OFF AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR A YEAR. THE PROBLEM THAT I FACE NOW IS THAT I CANNOT GET OUT OF MY CAR!!!!!! I ARRIVED HOME ONE DAY AND FOUND THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. I AM 7 MONTHS PREGNANT AND WAS VERY SCARED WHEN I FOUND THIS PROBLEM. WHAT IF THERE IS EVER A CAR FIRE OR AN ACCIDENT AND I CANNOT GET OUT? YOU CAN OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE BUT NOT THE INSIDE. HYANNIS NISSAN CLAIMS ITS A DOOR LATCH PROBLEM AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. SO SINCE MY WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT I HAVE TO PAY $192.00 TO GET THIS REPAIRED. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? ON A 2004 VEHICLE? TALK ABOUT UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS!!!! THE LAST PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS A BAD SMELL COMING FROM THE VENTS IN THE VEHICLE UPON TURNING THE CAR ON. NOT SURE WHAT THAT PROBLEM IS. COULD THAT BE HAZARDOUS TO MY HEALTH? NOT SURE BUT IT WORRIES ME WITH THE BABY I AM CARRYING. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF PA

MY '04 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SE HAS JUST OVER 15,000 MILES. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS (3 MONTHS APART), THE CAR WOULD NOT START--IT ONLY HAD ENOUGH BATTERY POWER TO MAKE CLICKING SOUNDS. ON EACH OCCURRENCE, NOTHING WAS LEFT ON OR OPEN WHICH COULD CAUSE THE BATTERY TO DEPLETE. ALSO ON EACH OCCURRENCE, THE CAR WAS PERFECTLY FINE THE DAY BEFORE WITH NO PRECEDING SIGNS OF A DYING BATTERY. ON EACH OCCASION, THE CAR WOULD SUCCESSFULLY START BY JUMP STARTING FROM MY OTHER VEHICLE. ON EACH OCCASION, THE CAR WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO A DEALER (TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS) FOR INSPECTION--EACH TIME NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND. ONCE STARTED, THE BATTERY WILL RECHARGE NORMALLY AND HOLD THIS CHARGE AND OPERATE NORMALLY FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR A NEW CAR. *NM

DT: 2004 NISSIAN ALTIMA CONSUMER'S VEHCILE ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT. CAME ON AND THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE LIGHT AND TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE COMPUTER CHIP, THE NEXT DAY THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, AND THE MOTOR STARTED SHAKING. DEALER FOUND THAT THERE WAS A SCREW LOOSE. THEY FOUND THE SCREW MISSING IN THE POWER VALVE. THEY HAD TO THE REMOVE THE EXHAUT MANAFOLD TO GET THE SCREW OUT, THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE MANAFOLD INTAKE/GASKET THROTTL/ A SPARK PLUG/BEARING SEAL/THE GASKET EXHAUT/GASKET ADAPTER, AND THE GASKET MANAFOLD. TWO DAYS LATER CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE VEHCILE STILL SHAKING WHEN DRIVING OVER 40 MPH . CONSUMER FOUND THAT WHEN TEST DRIVING VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 80 MPH. PROBLEM STARTED ON JUNE 1, 2005. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES FROM 55-60 MPH IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHIMMY AND/OR VIBRATE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. ON THE FIRST INCIDENT DEALER TURNED OR RESURFACED BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AT 9,761 MILES; SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 13,930, IN WHICH THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND BOTH FRONT BRAKE PADS, AND CURRENTLY AT 23,000 MILES DEALER NEEDS TO RESURFACE BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND REPLACED BOTH FRONT PADS AGAIN. CONSUMER ANTICIPATES THIS PROBLEM WOULD KEEP RECURRING.*AK

MY CAR SHUTS OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHILE I AM DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING, EVERYTHING GOES COMPLETELY DEAD. IT STARTED AT ABOUT 8000 MILES. SINCE THEN, IT HAS CUT OFF AT LEAST 5 MORE TIMES. MY CAR ONLY HAS 11,000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY RAN NUMEROUS DIAGNOSTICS ON MY CAR AND THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME AN EXPLANATION ON WHY MY CAR KEEPS SHUTTING OFF. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. VERY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING IN A BUSY ROAD, ACCIDENT WILL HAPPEN IS BOUND TO HAPPEN. THE LAST TIME I CALLED THE DEALER THEY STATED I PROBABLY PUT BAD GAS IN THE CAR???? WHAT?S UP WITH THAT? I DON?T FEEL I SHOULD BE MAKING A CAR PAYMENT ON A BRAND NEW CAR AND HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS. I WAS BETTER OFF WITH THE JUNK THAT I HAD. AT LEAST I WAS SAFE WHILE DRIVING. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE VIBRATED SEVERELY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AT 3,000 MILES. DEALER REPLACED A BOLT, AND RESURFACED THE FRONT ROTORS. AT 11,000 MILES THE VEHICLE COMMENCED TO VIBRATE AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED BACK TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED BRAKE ROTORS, PADS, AND BRAKES ASSEMBLY.*AK

MODEL: 2004 ALTIMA-4 CYLINDER-AUTO PROBLEM: PROBLEM: ALL OF A SUDDEN, CAR WON'T DRIVE FORWARD, PRESSING GAS PEDAL DO NOTHING. THE CAR IGNITION HAD TO BE TURNED OFF AND THEN TURNED ON TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. VERY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING IN A BUSY ROAD, ACCIDENT WILL HAPPEN.*AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING PASSENGER'S FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER HAD THE TIRE REPLACED, AND WILL MAKE CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER.*AK

ON A 2 MONTH OLD ARMADA WITCH HAS LESS THAN 5000 MILES ON IT,THE ROTORS BECAME VERRY WARPED . MY GUESS IS THAT THE BRAKE COMPONENTS WERE FROM THE SMALLER,LIGHTER NISSAN'S. DEALER SAID THAT THE PARTS WOULD TAKE FOUR WEEKS TO GET HERE. SOUNDS LIKE A LONG ROUGH RIDE. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR DOES NOT DISENGAGE WHEN THE MANUAL SELECTOR SWITCH IS MOVED FROM THE DEFROST POSITION. THE ONLY WAY TO DISENGAGE THE COMPRESSOR AFTER USING THE DEFROSTER IS TO STOP THE CAR, TURNED OFF THE FAN , MOVE THE SELECTOR SWITCH TO ANY FUNCTION THAT IS NOT DEFROSTER RELATED, TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTART THE CAR. THIS WAS DISCOVERED BY MY WIFE AND I ON OUR WAY BACK FROM FLORIDA LAST MARCH. I COULD NOT GET FRESH AIR ONLY. UPON MY RETURN TO MAINE THE DEALER CHECKED OUT MY COMPLAINT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE OWNERS MANUAL COVERED THIS SOMEWHAT. A PREVIOUS SAME COMPLAINT STATED THAT THIS IS COVERED BY A SERVICE BULLETIN NTB03-048 DATED 5-6-03 FROM NISSAN CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS NOTED AS A CHANGE IN OPERATION FROM EARLIER MODELS. THIS A/C ON OFF IS DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOULY YEARS OF NISSAN"S OF WHICH I HAVE OWNED MANY. I BELIEVE NISSAN SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM.*AK

LOST OF POWER WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM STOP.. "ENGINE SERVICE SOON LIGHT" CAME ON!! P2135 TP SENSOR CODE FOUND. REPLACED PART BY NISSAN STILL DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.. NOT IT SURGES WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE.. P0507 ISC CODE FOUND.. NISSAN REFUSED TO CHANGE THE COMPUTER AT THIS TIME.*AK NEW CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE THESE KIND OF PROBLEM.. NISSAN HAD FAILED TO MAKE RECALL FOR THIS PART.. ALL 2004 NISSAN ATLMIA HAS THIS PROBLEM.. FORCE NISSAN TO FIX ALL CARS OR TAKE BACK ALL 2004 MODELS.

WE BOUGHT THIS 2004 NISSAN BACK IN NOVEMBER AND SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN IN THE NISSAN SHOP FOR MANY TIMES AND THE WORST THING ABOUT IT IS THAT WE LOSE OUR TIME AND THEY DON'T EVEN PROVIDE YOU WITH A RENTAL CAR. MY PROBLEM IS THE INTERIAL TRIM ABOVE THE RADIO. IT CAME UP AND WHEN I AM DRIVING, I CAN SEE IN, BETWEEN THE TWO PLASTIC PARTS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SHIP FOR THE FOURTH TIME NOW AND THEIR ANSWER WAS THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX IT AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT NISSAN 1. I CALLED NISSAN 1 AND THEIR ONLY RESPONSE TO MY CONCERN WAS THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.EVEN THE DEALER SHIP ADVISORS TOLD ME, THAT WAS AN ON GOING PROBLEM IN THEIR SHOP AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. WHY IS IT EASY TO BUY AN EXPENSIVE CAR BUT THEN WHEN WE NEED TO FIX SOMETHING, EVERYTHING TURNS AROUND AND NO ONE WANTS TO HELP? SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP UP FOR US. *LA

DURING A RECENT ACCIDENT WHERE MY 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA HIT THE BACK OF A 2002 CHEVY BLAZER, MY PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT MY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NOT A PASSENGER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THERE WAS MORE DAMAGE ON THE DRIVER SIDE THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE. *NM

CAR VIBRATES AT SPEEDS OF 65 AND GREATER. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS. TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BALANCED AND CHECKED FOR RUN OUT. PROBLEM STILL EXSISTS. NISSAN1 HAS NOT RETURNED MY CALLS. AFTER 1 WEEK OF NO RETURNED CALLS, I WAS FORCED TO GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM AS A NEW CALL BEFORE I COULD GET A LIVE PERSON ON THE PHONE, AT WHICH TIME I WAS TOLD TO TAKE MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND BASICALLY START TROUBLE SHOOTING THE PROBLEM AGAIN.*AK

WHEN DRIVING 35 MPH, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND TWICE BEFORE STOPPING. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *AK THE CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES FROM THE INCIDENT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DIDN'T SHIFT PROPERLY FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, A TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID. *AK

I PURCHASED MY 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA IN DECEMBER OF 2001 WITH 4 MILES ON IT IN MID OCTOBER. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE TAKEN IT OVER AND OVER TO THE NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT CUTS OFF ON ME OUT OF THE BLUE. IT CUT OFF FIRST GOING DOWN A HILL, THE WHEEL JUST LOCKED AND IT SHUT DOWN. I IMMEDIATELY I CONTACTED PASSPORT NISSAN AND SHEEY NISSAN IN MARYLAND AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN ON THE NEXT DAY. NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG AT THIS TIME. A FEW WEEKS LATER IT CUT OFF AGAIN I HAD TO PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD. I CALLED NISSAN1 USA THE FOLLOWING DAY TO REPORT THIS THEY SAID TO TAKE IT BACK TO A NISSAN DEALER. NISSAN 1 USA DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY KIND OF SUPPORT, GUIDANCE OR SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED THEM ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES AND MADE MENTION TO A CASE NUMBER THAT THEY GAVE ME BUT FOR SOME STRANGE REASON THEY COULD NEVER FIND MY CASE NUMBER AND I HAVE TO RESTART THIS WHOLE BORING PROCEDURE OVER AGAIN. I HAVE HAD MY CAR TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER MAINTAINS THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR AT 20,000 MILES AND STILL REMAINS ON UNTIL THIS DAY WHICH CURRENTLY HAS ACCUMULATED 100,000 MILES (UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO MY LINE OF BUSINESS I NEED DAILY TRANSPORTATION TO TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH THROUGH CITIES AND THROUGH STATES) MY CAR RIGHT NOW (CORRECTION NISSAN PIECE OF CAR) RIGHT NOW WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH. IT CONTINUES TO CUT OFF

AFTER CLOSING THE PASSENGER DOOR WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE REAR WINDSHIELD GLASS SHATTERED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED AND PULLED TO THE RIGHT. DEALER REPLACED FOUR TIRES AND PERFORMED FRONT END ALIGNMENT. HOWEVER, THE SAME PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE VEHICLE STILL VIBRATES BETWEEN SPEED OF 40-60 MPH. *SC

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT STEERING VIBRATED AT THE SPEED OF 45 MPH AND ABOVE. IT SHOOK BADLY WHEN REACHING 55-60 MPH. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER/MECHANIC 6 TIMES, AND THEY INSISTED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *AK

2004 NISSAN ALTIMA FAILED TO CRANK ON COLD MORNINGS 5 TIMES. IN AND OUT OF SERVICE DEPARTMENT. FINALLY REPLACED FUEL CONTROL MODULATOR. NEXT MORNING CAR CRANKED IN 29 DEGREE WEATHER AND NOW IS SMOKING (BLACK SMOKE). RETURNED CAR TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON 1-31-04 ALONG WITH A CLOTH CONTAINING THE RESIDUE FROM THE TAIL PIPES. *JB

ONCE BACK SEAT PASSENGER IS BUCKLED IN TO SEATBELT, BELT STICKS AND WILL NOT GIVE. IF PASSENGER LEANS AGAINST THE HEAD REST, THEY WILL HAVE TO UNDO THE SEATBELT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AT ALL.*AK

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING, HAS SEVERE DIFFICULTY STARTING AND JERKS IN SECOND GEAR. CAR IDLES AT ABOUT 100-200 RPM. *AK

ONE OF THE REAR SEATBELTS IS DEFECTIVE - IT WILL NOT CLICK WITH ANY OF THE BELTS.ASSENGER SEATBELT 'RATCHETS' WHEN PULLED OUT ALL THE WAY AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE PASSENGER TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT FIRST UNBUCKLING THE SEATBELT, LETTING IT FULLY RETRACT AND THEN FASTENING IT AGAIN. QUITE OFTEN THIS HAS TO BE DONE WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION.*AK