THE BRAKE SWITCH ON THE ALTIMA HAS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED THREE TIMES SINCE NEW. THE FIRST PART WAS REPLACED IN JUNE OF 2015 DUE TO THE CAR NOT STARTING, AND THE VEHICLE NOT RECOGNIZING THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED (REQUIREMENT FOR KEY LESS START). UPON DEALER INSPECTION, I WAS CHARGED A VERY HEFTY FEE FOR A SMALL PART AND LABOR. PART: 25320-AX00C SHOWED TO BE AT FAULT. AT SECOND TIME, AUGUST 2016, THE SAME PROBLEMS PERSISTED. THIS TIME, THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL. I FOUND THE PART THAT WAS REPLACED, OPENED IT UP, AND FOUND THE INSIDE CONNECTORS FROZEN TO THE CONTACTS AND WHAT LOOK LIKED A SMALL FLASH OR BURN HAD OCCURRED. THE CONTACTS WERE SEPARATED AND THE CAR STARTED AGAIN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE BURNING SMELL REAPPEARED AND THE PART WAS NOTED TO HAVE POSSIBLY STARTED ON FIRE VERY BRIEFLY, OR BEEN SUBJECT TO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HEAT. PART HAS BEEN RETAINED. PART WAS REPLACED WITH AFTERMARKET PART, AND CAR NOW STARTS WITHOUT ANY SMELLS. DEALERSHIP DENY'S PROBLEM WITH BRAKE SWITCH, DESPITE WIDESPREAD INTERNET CHATTER ABOUT SAME ISSUE HAPPENING TO OTHER OWNERS OF KEY LESS START NISSAN VEHICLES.
2009 Nissan Altima complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2009 record →
STEERING LOCK COLUMN FAILURE. JUST OUTSIDE OF THE SUPPOSED EXTENDED WARRANTY. CALLED NISSAN TOOK A WEEK TO HEAR BACK SAID THEY WOULD NOT COVER REPAIRS. ABOUT A $1000 TO REPLACE!
I WAS OUT HANDLING BUSINESS ALL DAY FRIDAY AND LATER THAT EVENING I HAD TO MAKE MY LAST STOP. I WENT INTO THE STORE AND WHEN I CAME OUT MY CARE HAD NO POWER AND MY STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T MOVE. THE KEY INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON, BUT I STILL HAD NO IDEA OF HOW I WOULD GET MY CAR STARTED.. I CALLED MY HUSBAND BECAUSE IT WAS LATE AND GETTING DARK OUT (VERY DANGEROUS). I HAD TO GO THE WHOLE WEEKEND AND WEEK WITHOUT A CAR THAT I'VE HAD FOR THE PASS 6 YEARS. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE PART WOULD BE $1000.00, RIDICULOUS! I WAS UNAWARE OF ANY RECALL AND TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALER REGULARLY AND WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START. THE KEY FAILURE AND SECURITY WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.
FIRST PROBLEM IS STATIONARY WHILE PARKED. CAR WAS BUMPED BY ANOTHER WHILE PARKED AND STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. IT HAPPENED AGAIN WITHOUT BEING BUMPED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. HAD TO TOW TO GARAGE TO UNLOCK. HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW. EXPENSIVE TO FIX . SECOND PROBLEM IS WHILE IN MOTION ON HIGHWAYS. ON HOT DAY, DURING LONGER TRIPS WHERE UPHILL CLIMBING IS PRESENT, THE ENGINE STARTS TO LOSE POWER GOING UP HILL AND MANUAL STATES IT IS A BUILT IN SAFETY FEATURE TO PROTECT ENGINE HOWEVER THIS IS A BIG SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER AND LET THE CAR COOL DOWN FOR A WHILE BEFORE DRIVING AGAIN. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY 3 TIMES.
THE STEERING WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE THEREFORE THE CAR WILL NOT START.
I WAS PARKED AT THE HAIRDRESSERS I CAME OUT MY CAR WOULD NOT START. IT IS THE STEERING MODULE WHICH NISSAN KNOWS IS A FAULTY PART BUT DOESN'T WANT TO DO A RECAL FOR. THEY EXTENDED THE WARRENTY INSTEAD OF DOING A RECALL I AM 7 MONTHS PAST THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SO AM PAYING $1000.00 FOR A PART THAT NISSAN KNOWS IS THEIR ISSUE
DROVE MY CAR LIKE I NORMALLY DO. I PARK. RETURN TO MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE RED KEY WARNING LIGHT WAS FLASHING COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL. NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND PUSH THE START BUTTON. MY STEERING COLUMN LOCK MALFUNCTIONED. MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED A LOT WITH 2009 NISSAN ALTIMAS. THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS BUT MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND IT LAST YEAR AND I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
MY CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER I PARKED IT ON A CITY STREET, I WAS STRANDED AT NIGHT! AFTER THANKFULLY BEING ABLE TO SAFELY GET A RIDE AND LEAVING MY CAR, I HAD TO GO BACK TO MY CAR THE NEXT DAY. I HAD CHANGED THE KEY BATTERY THINKING THAT COULD BE REASON, BUT THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO CALL A TOW COMPANY TO BRING MY CAR TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. I LEARNED THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 2009 ALTIMAS, BECAUSE THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK HAD FAILED. I NEVER WAS NOTIFIED AND HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE IT FIXED. THIS WAS A BAFFLING AND FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE AND I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE!
CAR WAS PARKED SO MY SPOUSE COULD RUN AN ERRAND. WHEN HE WENT TO START UP THE CAR, THE ENGINE WOULDN'T TURN OVER AND THE STEERING DIDN'T WORK AT ALL. THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING LOCK MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT IT WAS A RECURRING PROBLEM IN SOME NISSANS THAT HAD BEEN ADDRESSED IN MORE RECENT YEAR MODELS. IT COST $961.33 TO FIX!!! THE STEERING MODULE ALONE COST $679.44. I AM OUTRAGED THAT THIS "RECURRING PROBLEM" ISN'T THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IGNITION KEY FAILED TO TURN TO THE ON POSITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START, AND AN UNKNOWN KEY SYMBOL ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
LEFT ME STRANDED IN 98 DEGREE HEAT. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED ONLY TO FIND OUT ONLY THE DEALERSHIP COULD DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. TOWED IT TO THE DEALER. FOUND OUT IT WAS A STEERING LOCK ISSUE THAT HAPPENS TO MOST 2009 AND 2010 ALTIMA'S. NISSAN HAD ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, KNOWING IT WAS AN ISSUE, BUT NOT A RECALL. UNFORTUNATELY, THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED BEFORE MY CAR HAD THE PROBLEM. I'VE CONTACTED NISSAN CORPORATE ONLY TO HAVE THEM TELL ME "SORRY, THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED". NO KIDDING. SO, ABOUT TO HAVE TO SPEND $1,000 FOR A REPAIR THAT SHOULD BE A RECALL.
I PARKED MY CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY AFTER COMING HOME FROM THE GYM. ABOUT 45 MIN I LEFT OUT TO GO TO WORK. I TRIED TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT COME ON. MY PUSH TO START BUTTON LOCKED LIGHT APPEARED AND A PICTURE OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKES WITH ARROWS POINTING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, THEY COULD NOT HELP...I HAD MY CAR TOWED OVER TO PEP BOYS THEY STATED IT WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AND THAT I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ME WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR BUT THEY WENT AND FIXED IT WITHOUT MY PERMISSION AND STATED THAT I OWED THEM 850 DOLLARS. I WAS VERY UPSET THAT THEY DID NOT UPDATE ME BEFORE FIXING IT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND NOTICE THAT IT WAS A RECALL ON 2009 NISSAN ALTIMAS STEERING LOCK BUT THEY SUSPENDED IT. I WAS VERY UPSET BECAUSE I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE BY PHONE,MAIL OR EMAIL THAT IT WAS A RECALL ON MY CAR. I REALLY HOPE THEY THEY ISSUE ANOTHER ONE AND SOME HOW I CAN GET MY MONEY BACK BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR AN ISSUES THAT WASN'T MY FAULT.
STEERING LOCK BECOMES STUCK (WILL NOT ALLOW CAR TO BE STARTED). THIS HAPPENS FOR SEEMINGLY NO REASON. MANY OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED AS WELL. ONLY OPTION IS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED AND HAVE THE STEERING LOCK REPLACED. NISSAN ISSUED A WARRANTY EXTENSION OF 3 YEARS WHICH EXPIRED IN JANUARY 2016. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO REASON THAT THIS SHOULD HAPPEN AND NO REASON THAT THE FIX SHOULD NOT BE COVERED INFINITELY. COULD HAVE BEEN STUCK ON THE HIGHWAY OR A BAD NEIGHBORHOOD OR ANYWHERE. ADDITIONALLY, THE FIX IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE (>1,000 --- SEE ATTACHMENT). THIS IS NO WEAR & TEAR ISSUE. THIS IS A FAULTY PART. NISSAN KNEW ABOUT IT. THEY SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK FAILS AND LOCKS THE STEERING-WHEEL. THE CAR FAILS TO START AGAIN. I AM WORRY THIS WILL LOCK WHILE DRIVING. IS UNRELIABLE. REPAIR COST GOES UP TO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
COMMON PROBLEM FROM ALL NISSAN 2009 OWNERS.... STEERING WHEEL LOCK HAS FAILED. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURE DEFECT AND THE SAFETY POINT IS THAT IT CAN GO OUT AT ANYTIME AND LEAVE MY WIFE STRANDED IN PLACES SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY
MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA SLOWS DOWN FROM 75 MPH TO 40-35 AFTER TRAVELING FOR 4 HOURS ON LONG DISTANCE (TRIPS) . I HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER SEVERAL TIMES IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO COOL OFF AND GAIN SPEED. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGERS TO WHEN BIG TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES ARE COMING BEHIND YOU AT A FAST SPEED AND YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER QUICKLY. I HAVE TO PUT A TRANSMISSION VALVE KIT AND COOLER ON MY CAR BECAUSE NISSAN NEGLECTED TO PUT THESE PARTS ON MY CAR. SHAME ON YOU NISSAN. HOW CAN YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING YOUR ERROR, GREED, OR LACK OF COMPASSION CAN CAUSE PEOPLE THEIR LIVES WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN COMPLAINED ABOUT ON VARIOUS BLOGS AND NO RECALL HAS TAKEN PLACE. I AM ANNOYED AND THEN MY CASE MANAGER FOR MY COMPLAINT TOLD ME I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN OUT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. NO, DON'T BLAME THIS ON ME. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE. IT IS UNFAIR TO PASS THE BLAME UNTO THE CONSUMERS. SAFETY IS FIRST OR HAS THE NEW GENERATION OF MANUFACTURES FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS
ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK ESCL. WHEN IT FAILS, YOU INSTANTANEOUSLY, WITH NO WARNING CANNOT START YOUR VEHICLE. THE ONLY REMEDY IS TO TOW CAR TO A DEALER, WHICH WILL CHARGE YOU A LARGE AMOUNT ($1000 OR MORE) TO REPLACE IT. THIS SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF AN IMMEDIATE RECALL AS THIS HAS LONG BEEN A PROBLEM. MINE FAILED SOON AFTER THE WARRANTY EXTENSION EXPIRED. WHY ALLOW UNLIMITED MILEAGE, YET NOT UNLIMITED TIME? THE CAR HAS BEEN UNMOVED FOR MONTHS NOW WHILE PAYMENTS ARE STILL BEING MADE ON IT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PRESSING THE PUSH TO START BUTTON, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. IN ADDITION, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT FLICKERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 09/06/16*LJ UPDATED 09/08/16.*JB
ON JULY 11TH I WENT TO THE STORE TO PICK UP SOME ITEMS. WHEN I LEFT THE STORE TO GET IN MY CAR, IT WOULD NOT START. I DRIVE A TWO DOOR NISSAN ALTIMA COUPE 2009. THE STEERING LOCK HAD MALFUNCTIONED LEAVING ME STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT WHILE IT WAS 95 DEGREES OUTSIDE. I HAD A LOCK SMITH COME AND USE HIS COMPUTER ON MY VEHICLE, UNFORTUNATELY MY CAR IS IN HIJACK MODE AND MY ENGINE WILL NOT ALLOW HIS COMPUTER TO TALK TO IT. ONLY NISSAN HAS A COMPUTER THAT CAN BYPASS THIS AND REPLACE MY STEERING LOCK. WITH THAT, NISSAN KNOWS THE 2009 MODEL HAS A DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK BUT HAS YET TO RECALL IT. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR WHO HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE. NISSAN ALSO WENT AS FAR AS REPLACING THE PART BUT WITH A DIFFERENT PART # AS THEY KNOW THE PART # IN THE 2009'S ARE DEFECTIVE. THE PART # THEY ARE NOW REPLACING IT WITH IS THE PART THEY PUT IN THE 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA'S. NISSAN SAYS IT'S GOING TO COST ME OVER $1200 TO GET THIS FIXED IN MY CAR. I REFUSE TO PAY FOR A PROBLEM THAT IS DEFECTIVE IN MY VEHICLE AND IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY ITSELF. I AM NOW CARLESS AS I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I AM APPALLED THAT NISSAN WOULD KNOWINGLY NOT RECALL THE PART IN THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA'S. IT POSES A RISK TO PEOPLE'S SAFETY AS IT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE!
STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT FAILED . CAR WOULD NOT START LEFT ME STRANDED AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO DEALER . $ 1000 OUT OF POCKET COST FOR DEFFECTED PART THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT COVER EXPENSIVES DUE TO END OF THEIR EXTENDED WARANTY CAMPAIGN ????LIKE OBVIOUSLY NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC., HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEFECTIVE EQUIPTMENT AND NEED TO RECALL THE PART.
THE PASSENGER SIDE LIGHT INDICATING THE AIRBAG IS TURNED OFF REMAINS ON EVEN WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THEN THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SEAT TO FIX.
ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK SENSOR FAIL UNABLE TO START CAR OR LOCK OR START. FORTUNATELY HAD JUST PARK VEHICLE.. ON CITY STREET
STEERING WHEEL LOCK CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL COMPLETELY.
ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK FAILURE. THANKFULLY I WAS AT WORK WHEN THIS HAPPENED, SO I WAS IN A LIT PARKING LOT. HOWEVER, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF I WAS STRANDED, AS THE CAR IS COMPLETELY INOPERABLE ONCE THIS OCCURS.
2009 NISSAN ALTIMA WILL NOT START THEY SAID IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT THAT NEEDS REPLACED. $1,100. NISSAN KNEW OF THE ISSUE AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ONLY UNTIL 2015. IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE WHY WAS I NEVER TOLD ABOUT IT. I WOULD HAVE HAD THEM REPLACE IT A LONG TIME AGO. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD AND THEY SHOULD COVER THE COST!
ELECTRONIC IGNITION WONT START THE CAR WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE KEY. MY FRIEND HAD SAME ISSUE COST HIM ALMOST 1000K TO REPAIR THE CAR. THEY TOLD HIM THAT A COMMON ISSUE ALL CARS HAVE BECAUSE ITS ONE MANUFACTURE WHO MAKES THIS KEY START
TAKATA RECALL MY STEERING IS LOCKING AND WON'T LET ME TURN ON THE CAR IT WAS STATIONARY. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AGAIN AND FIXED FOR EVERYONE.
DASH BOARD MELTING VERY STICKY CAN'T CLEAN BLINDING GLARE IN WINDSHIELD WHEN IN SUN HARD TO SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL BUT AS I HAVE READ THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN IN HOT HUMID CLIMATE ALONG WITH THE STEERING LOCK DEFECTS .SEEMS NISSAN DOESN'T CARE ABOUT SAFETY ONLY WANTS TO SELL THE VEHICLE AND TAKE THE PROFITS
CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM. A PART THAT NISSAN HAS KNOWINGLY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON MULTIPLE TIMES.
I WENT TO START MY2009 NISSAN ALTIMA CAR THAT WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY DOOR AND IT DID NOT START, THE DOORS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK BUT IT WOULD NOT START IT WAS IN THE LOCK POSITION . I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ELECTRICAL TECH FOUND THAT THE STEERING LOCK FAILED. IT IS VEY EXPENSIVE TO FIX. IT WILL COST ME AROUND A $1,000.OO TO HAVE IT FIX. I SPOKE WITH THE CUSTOME SERVICE REP WITH THE NISSAN DEPARTMENT AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND THAT I NEEDED TO TAKE MY MY CAR TO THE DEALESHIP AND LET THEM DIGNOSED THE PROBLEMS AND CALL BACK AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. CALLED BACK WITH THE DDIAGNOSTIC RESULT AND MY CLAIM WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2015 AND THEIR WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. I FEEL A RECALL SHOULD BE CALL ON THIS PART. IF THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO HAVE THIS FIX THEY SHOULD HAVE INFORMED BUYER OF THIS LIKE IT WAS A RECALL.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE PUSH BUTTON KEY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE NEXT DAY, THE PUSH BUTTON START FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN ENGAGED. THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM, WHICH PERTAINED TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK; HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
AFTER WORK TRIED TO START THE CAR IN THE PARKING LOT AFTER, BUT IT WONT START. WE TOWED IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS AN 'ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK COLUMN ' -ESCL FAILURE . JUST GOOGLE IT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMER COMPLAINS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IT COST US ABOUT $1000 TO FIX IT. NISSAN CORPORATE REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. I NEED TO BE REFUNDED BECAUSE THIS IS STRICTLY THE FAULT OF NISSAN.
I HAVE A DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK WHICH WON'T ALLOW THE CAR TO START. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND FOR MY GENERAL SAFETY AND USE OF MY CAR, THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BY NISSAN MOTOR INC.
NISSAN ALTIMA 2009 HAD A DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK THAT CAUSED ME TO BE STRUCK ALONE LATE AT NIGHT ON AT CVS STORE. MY CAR WAS NOT AT ALL STARTING. MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER THE NEXT DAY. I FOUND THIS ISSUE AS MANUFACTURE DEFECT. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS IF SOMEONE STRUCK IN ISOLATED PLACE IN COLD. I HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THIS IS EXPENSIVE. I PAID 1200 WHICH SHOULD BE BARE BY NISSAN BUT THEY HAVE IGNORED IT. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART IN THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA AND THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW IF IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY A RECALL FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR. BETTER TO SELL OF 2009 MODEL
CAR WON'T START. STEERING LOCK IS DEFECTIVE CAUSING IGNITION PROBLEM.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE STRUTS ON THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDES OF THE VEHICLE DETACHED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V358000 (SUSPENSION). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 95,000.
MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA HAD A DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK THAT CAUSED ME TO BE STRANDED ALONE LATE AT NIGHT ON JUNE 10, 2016 - NOT ABLE TO START MY CAR. MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER THE NEXT DAY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN BECAUSE I HAD NO WARNING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND THIS TIME IT WAS NOT TOO COLD. I WAS ABLE TO USE MY CELLPHONE TO CALL A FRIEND TO HELP. I HAD TO GET A RIDE BACK TO MY CAR THE NEXT DAY AND WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK. I WAS WITHOUT MY VEHICLE FOR 3 DAYS WAITING FOR IT TO BE SERVICED. THIS COST ME $900 TO FIX. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART IN THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA AND THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW IF IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY A RECALL FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR.
DROVE 40 MILES TO A SHOPPING CENTER ONE EVENING. RETURNING TO CAR A SIGNAL ON DASHBOARD RELAYED THAT MY CAR DID NOT RECOGNIZE MY CAR KEY. CAR WOULD NOT START. NO WAY TO BYPASS THE PUSH BUTTON START. DUE TO THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR AND THE FACT WE WERE FLYING OVERSEAS THE NEXT DAY, I HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO MY HOME. MANUAL SAID IF CAR STARTED I COULD DRIVE IT HOME BUT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO DEALER FOR A SAFETY CHECK. UPON GOOGLING THIS PROBLEM I FOUND MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSANS, THUS PEOPLE NEEDING HIS SERVICES. SEEMS THAT WE REALLY SHOULD BE CALLING TOW DRIVERS TO SEE WHICH VEHICLES ARE THE LEAST TOWED.
THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT FAILED, RESULTING IN MY CAR BEING UNABLE TO START. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE I WAS PARKED IN A REMOTE LOCATION, I COULD HAVE FROZEN OR STARVED TO DEATH. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AS I FOUND FROM DOING SOME SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, WITH HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THE 2009 ALTIMA OR ISSUE A RECALL TO PREEMPTIVELY REPLACE THIS PART.
STEERING LOCK MALFUNCTION!! GOT STRANDED IN THE ARIZONA HEAT BECAUSE ESCL MALFUNCTIONED!!! NISSAN ALTIMA 2009 WOULDN'T START, HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO AUTO SHOP TO BE TOLD IT'S A STEERING LOCK MALFUNCTION!! NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS BUT HASN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!!! I'M DISSATISFY WITH NISSAN
I WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AT A RELATIVES, HAD TO MOVE MY VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVEWAY TO THE STREETS. WHEN I CAME BACK OUT TO START MY VEHICLE TO GO HOME SIX HOURS LATER, IT WOULD NOT START. I CONTACTED TRIPLE A, THEY WASN'T SUCCESSFUL GETTING MY VEHICLE STARTED, SO I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO PEP BOYS WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, THEN I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP.
WENT TO START CAR TO RUN AN ERRAND WHILE AT WORK ON LUNCH BREAK TO GET IN THE CAR AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I'LL HAVE TO GET THE CAR TOWED NOT TO INCLUDE THE DAYCARE LATE FEES THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO PICK MY CHILD UP FROM DAYCARE BECAUSE THEY CLOSE, NEEDLESS TO SAY IT'S $1 PER MINUTE THAT I'M LATE AND IT IS DUE AT THE TIME OF PICK UP. THE COST FOR THE PART IS $708.66 NOT INCLUDING THE LABOR, STRESS, AND ANXIETY THAT THIS INCONVENIENCE HAS CAUSED. I AM INFURIATED. MY OTHER 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION REPLACED JUST 2 MONTHS AGO. THE NISSAN QUALITY IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN!
STEERING LOCK ON A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA BROKE JUNE 13,2016. 1100 DOLLARS TO FIX AT DEALER.
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
STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT DIED. NO SIGNS OF WEAR, CAR JUST DIDN'T START ON A RANDOM DAY. DEALERSHIP SPECIFICALLY SAID, "FOUND STEERING LOCK CONT- UNIT INTERNALLY OEPN...)" WHEN I ASKED THE SERVICE GUY AT THE DEALERSHIP HOW THIS CAN HAPPEN, HIS RESPONSE WAS "IT CAN JUST HAPPEN OVER TIME".
STEERING LOCK FAILURE...CAR BROKE DOWN AT GAS STATION, WON'T START, BRAKE WON'T WORK, CAR IS LOCKED UP. NOW I HAVE $1,000 BILL TO FIX A PROBLEM I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD IN THE FIRST PLACE.
TRY TO START THE CAR AND NOTHING HAPPENS. THE PUSH BUTTON START AND INSERTING THE KEY INTO THE DASH DO NOT WORK. TRIED JUMPING THE CAR AND NOTHING. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A CERTIFIED GOODYEAR REPAIR FACILITY. THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE REQUIRED A NEW STEERING COLUMN MODULE. COST OF APPROXIMATELY $850.00
DROVE TO WORK ON 6-4-2016. WENT OUT TO MOVE MY CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. LIGHTS WERE WORKING, ALARM WAS WORKING BUT CAR WOULD NOT START. I NOTICED A TINY KEY EMBLEM ON THE DASH THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE, COME TO FIND OUT IT IS THE STEERING LOCK WHICH THERE WAS A RECALL ON. CALLED NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO FIX IT AND WAS TOLD THE RECALL EXPIRED IN JULY 2015 AND IT WOULD COST ME APPROXIMATELY $900 TO FIX. I CANNOT AFFORD 900 DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD BE FIXING FOR FREE AS IT IS A NISSAN INDUCED ISSUE AND NOTHING PERSONAL. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR ALMOST A WEEK, HAVING TO BEG RIDES FROM PEOPLE JUST SO I CAN SUPPORT MY FAMILY WITH THE (2) JOBS THAT IM WORKING.
I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK ON 6/8/16. I CAME OUT TO MY CAR AFTER WORK AND MY CAR RECOGNIZED MY KEY TO LOCK/ UNLOCK IT. MY CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL. MY STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED AND MY BREAK WAS TIGHT. IT WAS 90 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND MY CAR WAS SCORCHING HOT. I HAD NO ONE TO COME PICK ME UP FOR OVER AN HOUR. I GOOGLED "09 NISSAN ALTIMA" AND DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO FINISH TYPING IT, AND THE SECOND THING THAT PULLED UP WAS "09 NISSAN ALTIMA WON'T START." APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING LOCK IN THIS MODEL CAR AND IS NOT VERY SAFE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CASES REPORTED ONLINE ABOUT THEM HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED THIS. I HAD A BEACH TRIP PLANNED TO LEAVE ON SATURDAY AND DRIVE MY CAR. IMAGINE HOW DANGEROUS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN HAD IT HAVE HAPPENED WHILE I WAS 500 MILES FROM HOME. STRANDED NO TELLING WHERE FOR HOW MANY HOURS WAITING ON A RIDE. IM ALREADY HAVING TO GET MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH IS 55 MILES FROM WHERE I LIVE, NOT TO MENTION HAVING TO PAY FOR THAT BILL TOO. THIS HAS BEEN SUCH AN INCONVENIENCE CONSIDERING IT IS THE ONLY VEHICLE I HAVE TO GET ME TO AND FROM WORK. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AT SOME POINT IN TIME, BUT CAME TO FIND OUT IT HAS SINCE EXPIRED. WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SINCE THIS EXPIRED? I THINK THIS SHOULD NEVER EXPIRED CONSIDERING IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND PRETTY MUCH UNAVOIDABLE AT SOME POINT IN TIME. I AM COMPLETELY DI
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