2009 Nissan Altima complaints

CAR WOULD NOT START, TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, DIAGNOSED AS FAILED STEERING LOCK MECHANISM, A KNOWN ISSUE ON THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT NISSAN DID NOT RECALL. THE CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION AT THE TIME, HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING IT TOWED SINCE EVEN IN NEUTRAL THE STEERING WAS LOCKED DOWN.

MY 2009 NISSAN ULTIMA WAS PARKED IN MY WORK PARKING LOT AND WOULD NOT START KEYLESS ENTRY PAD MOUNT FUNCTION AND HAD THE LOCK STEERING GAVE ME PROBLEMS AND IT WOULD NOT START I FELT ENDANGERED BECAUSE EVERYONE AT WORK LEFT AND I WAS ALL ALONE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK.

NOT TOO LONG AGO MY CAR WOULD NOT START IN SEVERAL OCASSIONS I HAD MY CHILDREN WITH ME AGES 4 & 7 IN THE HEAT STRANDED BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE MY KEY... I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMERS AFFAIRS AT ONE POINT THEIR WAS A RECALL BUT HAS EXPIRE IN 2015 ..NOW ITS JUNE 2016 AND MY CAR JUST STARTED DOING THIS I MADE 1YR WITH MY PRE OWNED CAR STILL MAKIN PAYMENTS NOT ONCE WAS I NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS RECALL..I JUST FELT SCARED AND THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN.IT COULD LEAVE US STRANDED ANY TIME AND ITS JUNE I CANNOT RISK IT IN THIS HEAT.... THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE... NISSAN DID STATE TO ME THAT THEIR WAS A RECALL AND THEIR SORRY BUT IT HAS EXPIRED AND IM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PART... THIS IS A MANUFACTURE ISSUE THEY KNEW THEIR VECHICLES HAD A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN THEY MADE THEM I BELIEVE THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS COSTLY MATTER... I AM A SINGLE MOM OF 2 STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON A CAR THAT WONT UNLOCK AND READ MY KEY I NEED HELP PLEASE SOMEONE..... THIS PART IS $680+ LABOR=$1150!!!! I BELIEVE NISSAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ISSUE ...

I PARKED MY CAR WHEN ARRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT, I NOTICED THE INTELLIGENT KEY LIGHT WAS LIT, BUT DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT. I CAME OUT TO MY CAR THE NEXT DAY TO TAKE IT TO WORK, I NOTICED THAT THE LIGHT WAS STILL LIT AND TRIED TO START MY CAR, BUT IT WOULDN'T START. SO I REPLACED THE BATTERIES IN MY INTELLIGENT KEY BECAUSE THE LIGHT WAS ON. I TRIED TO START MY CAR, BUT IT STILL DIDN'T START. I GOT THE CAR TOWED TO NISSAN AND LEARNED THAT IT WAS THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR OVER $800. MY CAR ONLY HAD 50,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME, SO I DID SOME RESEARCH AND LEARNED THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PART AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. I LEARNED THAT THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRENTY THROUGH NOVEMBER 2014, BUT I DIDN'T DRIVE THE VEHICLE ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM SOONER FOR IT TO BE COVERED BY THE WARRENTY.

MY CAR LEFT ME STRANDED BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK FAILURE. I WENT TO START THE CAR AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START AT ALL. NISSAN DOESN'T SEE THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS CLEARLY UNSAFE BECAUSE IT STRANDS THE DRIVER. THE CAR BECOMES IMMOBILE AND DEAD. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS IS TO PAY AT LEAVE $600 FOR THE PART PLUS ANOTHER $200-$300 FOR INSTALLATION. THE WORST PART IS THAT NISSAN WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY MANUFACTURED THE CAR BECAUSE IT IS IN THE OWNERS MANUAL WARNING THE DRIVER THAT THE CAR WILL LEAVE YOU STRANDED. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALL?!

PASSENGER OCCUPANT SENSOR HAS FAILED. THE AMBER PASSENGER OCCUPANT DASHBOARD LIGHT ALWAYS REMAINS ON. THIS MEANS THAT EVEN WITH THE SEAT OCCUPIED BY AN APPROPRIATE SIZED ADULT, THE LIGHT SAYS THE OCCUPANT IS NOT BEING 'SENSED'. ALSO, THE CONTROL PANEL ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL HAS A RED FLASHING AIRBAG LIGHT. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP SAYS THE ERROR CODE INDICATES A FAILURE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT AIRBAG SENSOR. MY COST IS AT LEAST $2400 TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SEAT. I AM UNABLE TO PAY THAT KIND OF MONEY. I AM HOPING FOR A NISSAN RECALL OR TECHNICAL BULLETIN ON THAT MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. I SEE MANY OTHER YEARS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL HAD THE ISSUE AND THE MANUFACTURER FIXED THEM AT NO COST. THAT IS WHAT I AM HOPING FOR. THIS CAR HAS NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT. THIS JUST HAPPENED OUT OF THE BLUE.

DASHBOARD IS MELTING AND CRACKING. THIS CAR HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT SINCE BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN 08, IT ONLY HAS 6055 MILES ON IT, & WHEN EVER IT WAS OUT, IT ALWAYS HAD A SUNSHIELD. BEEN READING THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS, & A LAWSUIT SHOULD BE FILED AS WAS DONE FOR TOYOTA. IT DOES CREATE A VISION HAZARD AND IT CANT BE CLEANED.

MELTING DASHBOARD CANNOT SEE OUT THE WINDSHIELD WHEN SUN IS SHINING ON THE DASH. GLARE IS SO BRIGHT. DASH COLLECTS DIRT. IF YOU TOUCH IT YOU FINGER WILL SINK INTO THE MELTING DASH.

ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK IS DEFECTIVE AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO START LEAVING ME STRANDED WITH MY FAMILY WITHOUT ANY OTHER WAY OR FORM OF STARTING MY CAR. NISSAN WILL NOT RESPOND OR FIX THE ISSUE DUE TO EXPIRED WARRANTY WITH ONLY 80K ON THE CAR.

STEERING LOCK 48700-9N00B WENT OUT NO WARRANTY NISSAN DEALERSHIP SAID. WE DID NOT GET ANY INFORMATION ON THIS ISSUE. ALL THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IS GIVING US THE RUNAROUND SAID WE COULD BRING IT IN AND IT WOULD COST US $1K DOLLARS AFTER PARTS AND LABOR. THIS IS THERE ISSUE DON'T SEE HOW THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE TO FIX THE ISSUE. THEY SAID THERE WAS A WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION AND THE NOISE WHILE WE DRIVE DON'T KNOW IF I WILL EVER BUY AN NISSAN AGAIN AFTER NOT RECEIVING ANY INFORMATION ON RECALLS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AS THE KEY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,918.

THE CAR SUDDENLY DIDNOT START AND WHEN CHECKED WITH THE DEALER, THEY SAID IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE OF ELECTRONIC STERRING COLUMN LOCK FAILURE OF 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA.

MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA WOULD NOT START FOR ME TODAY WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY TO ATLANTA. I STOPPED FOR GAS AND ONCE I HOPPED ON MY CAR, IN AN UNKNOWN LOCATION, MY CAR WOULD NOT START. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY SIGNS OR ISSUE WITH MY CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT 3 YEARS AGO. AFTER WAITING FOR HOURS IN A TOWN IN WHICH WAS VERY CREEPY I'VE FINALLY FOUND OUT IT WAS MY ESCL (ELECTRIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK). NOT ONLY DID I HAVE TO GET MY CAR TOWED WAY BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA, I ALSO ENDED UP PAYING AN ARM AND A LEG AT NISSAN!!! COME TO FIND OUT EVERYONE WITH A 2009 ALTIMA HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM IT SEEMS LIKE! THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THAT ENDED A YEAR AGO! I GOT NOTHING IN THE MALL FROM NISSAN REGARDING THIS SO I WAS TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THE DEFECT! THIS HAS BEEN A LIABILITY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY BEING THAT I'VE SPENT OVER $1000 GETTING THIS DONE AS WELL AS TOWING FEES! NISSAN HAS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DEFECT OR ELSE THEIR WILL BE THOUSANDS MORE THAN END UP STRANDED WHO KNOWS WHERE BECAUSE OF NISSANS DEFECTS! AND THEIR IRRESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR PRODUCT!!

STEERING LOCK MALFUNCTION AND NOW I'M UNABLE TO START MY CAR. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS AND HASN'T RECALLED AND NOW MY WARRANTY IS OVER AND I HAVE TO PAY $900 TO GET IT FIXED

ON APRIL 10, 2016, THE STEERING WHEEL ON MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA SUDDENLY, WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR PRIOR PROBLEMS, COMPLETELY FROZE WHILE I WAS PARKED IN A DIFFERENT CITY FROM MY HOME. I WAS UNABLE TO START THE CAR OR DO ANYTHING. I TRIED JUMPING THE ENGINE AND IT DID NOT HELP. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALER, WHICH WAS CLOSED THAT DAY, AND HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY TO HAVE IT CHECKED. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A FAULTY STEERING WHEEL LOCK. THEY CHARGED ME $699 FOR NEW PARTS AND $250 FOR LABOR, JUST TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE PART, WHICH I LATER DISCOVERED WAS A WIDELY KNOWN DEFECT. FORTUNATELY I WAS PARKED IN A RELATIVELY SAFE AREA WHILE IT WAS STILL DAYLIGHT. HAD THIS OCCURRED AT NIGHT IN AN UNSAFE AREA, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN QUITE A DANGEROUS AND FRIGHTENING SITUATION NOT BEING ABLE TO START OR DRIVE THE CAR.

THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK FAILED AFTER MY SON HAD PARKED HIS CAR AT A CONVENIENCE STORE. THIS LEFT MY SON IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH NO ACCESS TO A FUNCTIONING CAR IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I DO NOT CONSIDER TO BE SAFE. THE RESOLUTION WAS TO CALL AND WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE THE VEHICLE BROUGHT TO THE DEALER WHERE THE ISSUES WAS REPAIRED. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS ESCL ISSUE IS A KNOW PROBLEM FOR WHICH NISSAN INITIALLY ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN AND EXTENDED WARRANTEE FOR THAT THEY HAVE SINCE WITHDRAWN. I FEEL THIS ISSUE SHOULD RESULT N A RECALL FOR SAFETY REASONS AS IT CAN PLACE A PERSON IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO START THE CAR.

STEERING LOCK RELEASE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR ON; CAN'T START CAR. IT'S SITTING LIKE A BUMP IN MY DRIVEWAY. THANKS GOODNESS IT DIDN'T LEAVE ME STRANDED!! BUT NOW I'M CARLESS!!

THE CAR WAS STATIONARY AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND SO THE CAR COULD NOT BE STARTED. I NEEDED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED FOR $900 BEFORE TAXES. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE ON THE PART AND HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BUT THE EXTENSION ENDED IN 2015. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN DO THIS -- THE DEFECTIVE PART NEEDS TO FAIL WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MAKE IT RIGHT?

MY STEERING LOCK FAILED . I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AT THE AIRPORT PARKING LOT WITH MY 7 YEAR OLD AND MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS. I HAD TO PAY A TOWNING TRUCK TO TOW ME. WITCH COST ME $560! LATER TO CONTACT NISSAN ABOUT THE WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD IT HAD EXPIRED IN JANUARY! I CALLED IN MARCH! I STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIX MY CAR THE REPAIR IS OVER $1,000! THERE ARE SO MANY CASES WITH THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM BUT NISSAN REFUSES TO HELP!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE MANUFACTURER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SENSOR LOCK MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

I LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND PURCHASED A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA IN 2013. THE DASHBOARD HAS MELTED TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS BECOMING A PROBLEM. IT REFLECTS OFF THE WINDSHIELD AND CAUSES A TERRIBLE GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD. IT IS A STICKY MESS. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER WITHIN A YEAR OF PURCHASE AND THEY STATED IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY SO THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND I WOULD LIKE NISSAN TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS MESS. I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE AND THEY REALLY NEED TO TAKE NOTICE. THIS IS POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND NOT GOOD FOR THEIR BRAND!

FIRST TIME 2013 OCCURED ON FREEWAY ABOUT 3 HRS INTO DRIVE. WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AT 75 MPH THE CAR BEGAN LOOSING POWER N SPEED QUICKLY. THOUGHT CARS WERE GOING TO SLAM INTO CAR. PULLED OVER TURNED OFF N PLACED KEY IN CHARGING COMPARTMENT. 15 MINS OR SO TURNED ON N RAN FINE AFTER THAT. 2015 ON BUSY FREEWAY BEGAN LOOSING POWER N SPEED. PULLED OVER PLACED KEY AGAIN THEN WORKED FINE. 2016 ITS HAPPENED TWICE AGAIN ON FREEWAY GOING UPHILL SPEED DROPPED QUICKLY. I THOUGHT SEMI-TRUCK WAS GOING TO SLAM. SCARRED TO DEATH MANAGE TO PULL OUT AT 35 MPH FROM 75MPH. DISCONNECTED BATTERY LET SIT 15 MINS WORKED OKAY LOOSING POWER TO 60MPH. FOLLOWING DAY SAME THING BUT NOTHING HELPED TO RESET AND SPEED DROPPED AS LOW AS 20-25MPH AND HAD TO USE MANUAL FEATURE TO KEEP GOING. AUTO TRAN STOPPED FUNCTIONING. NOW TRAN WAS NOT SHIFTING. I'D HAVE TO EASE UP ON THROTTLE PUSH IT DOWN TO TRY N GET SOME POWER. VERY SCARRY WHEN ON FREWAY.

TAKATA RECALL. MY COMPLAINT IS REGARDING THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA STEERING LOCK FAILURE. MY LOCK FAILURE OCCURRED ON 05-22-16. I RETURNED HOME AFTER A DAY OF SPENDING TIME WITH SOME FRIENDS. I PARKED MY CAR AND LATER THAT EVENING, I DECIDED TO GO TO THE STORE. ONCE I GOT IN THE CAR, I COULDN'T START IT. THE BRAKE WAS REALLY HARD TO PUSH AND YELLOW KEY LIGHT ILLUMINATED FROM MY DASHBOARD. THE FOB WOULD ALLOW ME TO UNLOCK AND CLOSE DOORS. THE LIGHTS WORKED, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS SITUATION OCCUR IN THE PARKING LOT OF MY APARTMENT COMPLEX OTHERWISE THE CAR COULD HAVE BROKEN DOWN SOMEWHERE REALLY UNSAFE. MY VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS FIXED FOR $939.38

I OWN A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA ON MAY 16, 2016 I ARRIVED HOME AT 10:30 I PARKED THE CAR IN MY DRIVE WAY TURNED THE CAR OFF AN WENT INSIDE MY HOUSE. I PREPARED MY DAD'S LUNCH AND WENT BACK INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR IT WOULD NO LONGER START THE A RED CAR LIGHT WITH KEY WAS BLINKING AND A ORANGE KEY AS WELL MY WINDOWS ARE ROLLED DOWN AND WON'T ROLL UP AND ITS BEEN RAINING PLEASE HELP I CALLED NISSAN THEY ASKED IF WITHOUT HURTING MYSELF COULD I JERK THE BRAKE AND START THE CAR THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AT NISSAN THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SO MANY PEOPLE

STEERING LOCK FAILED STRANDING ME WITH A NON STARTING CAR 190 MILES FROM HOME WITH A TODDLER WITH NO HEAT OR AC.... IT IS A COMMON NISSAN FAILURE AND NISSAN WILL NOT ASSIST

MY 2009 ALTIMA WOULD NOT START, CHECKED BATTERY IN CAR, PUT NEW BATTERY IN KEY FOB AND STILL NOTHING. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT IT WAS POSSIBLY THE STEERING LOCK. HIT ON THE BOX AND FINALLY CAR STARTED. IT HAS DONE THIS TOO ME 2 TIME IN THE LAST WEEK. I WAS NOT AT HOME EITHER TIME. VERY FRUSTRATING AND DANGEROUS FOR A SINGLE WOMAN. I DO NOT HAVE THE $800 TO $1000 DOLLARS FOR THE PART AND LABOR. ISN'T THERE SOMETHING NISSAN CAN DO TO CORRECT THIS WITH THOSE OF US THAT STILL HAVE A 2009?. I WENT IN WAL MART TODAY AND CAME OUT AND WOULD NOT START. IT TOOK ALMOST 1:50 HOURS TAPPING THE BOX BEFORE IT WOULD START. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP OR A SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS AND IT LOOKS AS THO NISSAN QUIT USING THIS PART IN 2010 DUE TO ISSUES. SEEMS THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL.

CAR WILL NOT START BECAUSE STEERING LOCK WILL NOT DISENGAGE.

THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING FILED IN REFERENCE TO THE DEFECTIVE STEERING COLUMN LOCK (PART # 48700-9N00A) ON THIS CAR. WHEN THIS COMPONENT FAILS, IT LEAVES YOU STRANDED BY BEING UNABLE TO START THE CAR. I HAD JUST ENDED MY LATE SHIFT ONLY TO FIND THAT MY CAR WOULD NOT START. FORTUNATELY NOTHING HAPPENED TO ME, BUT THIS PUT ME IN A SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE ENDED VERY BADLY, AS I HAD TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO COME PICK ME UP. NISSAN OBVIOUSLY KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY AND ALSO IMPROVED THE PART, (NOW PART #48700-9N00B); BUT I BELIEVE THAT A DEFECTIVE PART, WHICH THEY ACKNOWLEDGED AS SUCH BY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY, SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED THROUGH A RECALL. FROM THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON-LINE WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED, I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD DO THIS RECALL JUST TO KEEP THE CUSTOMER SATISFIED. I KNOW I WILL BE LOOKING AT OTHER BRANDS FOR MY NEXT CAR.

THE LOCKS HAVE STOPPED WORKING WHEN THE KEY FOB OR DOOR BUTTON ARE USED. I HAVE REPLACED 3 OUT OF THE FOUR DOOR LOCKS MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE PROBLEM RECURRING. THIS PRESENTS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR PEOPLE NEEDING TO EXIT THE CAR OR ENTER THE CAR QUICKLY. FURTHERMORE, ALL OF THE LOCKS HAVE LOCKED WHEN THE KEY FOB WAS LEFT IN THE CAR (LOCKING ME OUT). THE CAR IS NOT SUPPOSED TO LOCK WHEN THE FOB IS IN THE CAR. IN ADDITION, PRESSING THE LOCK AND UNLOCK BUTTON WILL ONLY UNLOCK 2 DOORS AT THIS TIME. THIS APPEARS TO HAVE HAPPENED TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. I THINK A RECALL IS IN ORDER SO THE LOCKS WORK AS DESIGNED TO PREVENT SAFETY ISSUES.

TAKATA RECALL - I BELIEVE MY CAR HAS THAT ESCL PROBLEM BECAUSE I CANT TURN ON MY CAR AT ALL. ON MONDAY EVENING I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK FROM HOME AND MY CAR WAS DRIVING FINE UNTIL INNOTICE THAT MY STEERING WHEEL WAS WOBBLING. I ARRAVIED AT WORK PARKED MY CAR AND WENT IN MY WORKPLACE FOR A MEETING THEN WHEN I CAME BACK OUT TO MY CAR TO TAKE IT TO THE GARAGE IT WOULDNT START UP. I PRESSED MY FEET ON THE PEDAL LIKE USUAL BUT NOTHING HAPPEN IT KEPT SHOWING ON THE DASHBOARD ONLY A KEY ERROR. AFTER I GOT OFF I TRIED TO START IT UP AGAIN AND NOTHING HAPPEND I EVEN HAD GOT A HOTSHOT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY BATTERY BUT IT WASNT. SO THEN INHAD TO LEAVE MY CAR ON THE SIDE STREETBFOR 24 HOURS BECAUSE I COULDNT AFFORD TO GET A TOW AT 5AM UNTIL I WENT HOME AND GOT MORE MONEY. SO THEN WHEN I CAME BACK TO WORK THE NEXT DAY I GOT MY CAR TOWED TO MY HOUSE WHICH WAS ON TUESDAY MAY 5TH 2016 UNTIL I HAVE MONEY TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I CANT AFFORD IT. I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I ALWAYS TOKE CAR OF MY CAR SINCE I HAD AND THIS IS THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT I HAD WITH MY CARBSO FAR. I DONT KNOW WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. IMMEDIATELY AFTER PARKING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK UNIT WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR REPAIRS UNDER A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE BRAKE WAS EXTREMELY STIFF, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED AND PUSHING THE START BUTTON DID NOTHING. AAA CAME AND SAID IT WASN'T THE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR OR STARTER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER ' THEY SAID IT WAS A DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK MODULE WHICH HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT IT WAS EXPIRED. THIS COST ME APPROXIMATELY $700 FOR THE TOW, PART AND LABOR. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THAT THEY THOUGHT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALLED ITEM BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE, NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND IT COULD LEAVE PEOPLE STRANDED IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA WITH A STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM DEFECT. UPON RESEARCHING THIS DEFECT I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT SEVERAL CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE . THIS DEFECT HAS BEEN SO COMMON THAT A WARRANTY WAS PLACED ON THIS PART UNTIL 2014.BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE I BELIEVE THAT A TOTAL RECALL SHOULD'VE BEEN MADE. PLEASE REVIEW ALL OF THE PETITIONS POSTED ONLINE IN AN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THE MANUFACTURE TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THE REPAIR FOR THIS DEFECT IS COSTING IT'S CUSTOMERS A MINIMUM OF $1200 AND I AM OUTRAGED THAT THEY PUT A EXPIRATION DATE ON THE TIME THIS PART HAS TO MALFUNCTION.

STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED CAUSING MY WIFE TO BE STRANDED. THIS PROBLEM IS EFFECTING THOUSANDS OF OTHER OWNERS OF 2009 NISSAN ALTIMAS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS PART.

HAVING ISSUES WITH CAR NOT STARTING FREQUENTLY IT SEEMS A RECALL SHOULD BE COMPLETED. ALSO SEARING AT TIMES IS AN ISSUE.

THE CAR WILL NOT START. THERE IS A YELLOW KEY LIGHT ON THE DASH AND A RED CAR LIGHT THAT BLINKS. THE BATTERY IN THE KEY IS FINE AND OPENS THE CAR DOORS AND LOCKS THEM OK. I GOT INTO THE CAR THIS MORNING AND IT WILL NOT START.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT WAS UNABLE TO START. THE "PUSH TO START" DID NOT START THE ENGINE AND THE STEERING FAILED. THE FAILURE WAS INCLUDED IN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS NOT SURE IF THE VEHICLE WOULD STILL BE COVERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,000.

I PULLED IN TO THE GAS STATION LATE NIGHT DECEMBER 9,2015, AND AFTER FILLING UP, THE CAR REFUSED TO START. WHEN TESTED IT SHOWED THAT THE BATTERY WAS FINE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (EVEN THE TOW COMPANY WORKER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL CAR). TRUE TO THE WORKER'S EXPERIENCE, THE DEALER TOLD ME THE CAR HAD A STEERING PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE UNDERTAKING, AND EXTREMELY INCONVENIENCING. NEEDS TO BE RECALLED FROM THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS I READ.

ELECTRIC STEERING LOCK (ESCL) FAILURE: CAR WILL NOT START DUE TO THIS FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS PARKED.

APRIL 20 GOT OFF OF WORK WENT TO MY CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY AND HAD BATTERY REPLACED. VEHICLE STILL WILL NOT START. LOOKED ON LINE AND SEEMS IT IS THE STEERING LOCK SYSTEM FAILURE THAT IS DISABLING MY CAR. CALLED DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PART BUT YET EVERY TIME I LOOK SOMETHING UP ONLINE I SEE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING HOME AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SHUT DOWN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK FRACTURED. THE COMPONENT WAS RECALLED AND REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY; THEREFORE, THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE DEALER ALSO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT DID NOT OFFER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,479.

THE ESCL WHEEL LOCK WILL NOT RELEASE TO LET THE VEHICLE START

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHEN THE KEY WAS INSERTED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE STEERING ABILITY SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

TAKADA I GOT STRANDED ON MY WORK MY CAR WOULDN'T TURN ON AT ALL HAD TO GET IT TOWED HOME. AFTER I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AUTO SERVICE CAME TO FIND OUT ITS THE STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY I'M BEING CHARGED 975.00 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIX CAME TO FIND OUT ALOT OF PEOPLE WARE COMPLAINING OF THIS PROBLEM THERESOLUTION NEED TO BE A RECALL FOR THIS PARTS.

CAR WILL NOT START OR TURN ON ACCESSORIES. STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED. I WAS UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE CAR UNTIL AAA CAN TO TOW IT TO THE DEAL.

CAR WON'T START. IT'S STUCK IN LOCK POSITION.

STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILED LEAVING THE CAR COMPLETELY DISABLED AND UNABLE TO MOVE AT ALL. NISSAN HAS KNOW ABOUT THIS BEING A VERY CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS BUT DID NOT RECALL THE PART. THE EXTENDED WARRANTEE ENDED MARCH 31 2015 AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INDEFINITELY BECAUSE NISSAN KNOWS THESE ARE FAULTY AND HASN'T COMMUNICATED TO OWNERS ABOUT IT AS FAR AS I KNOW.

I WAS ABOUT TO START MY CAR AT A GAS STATION THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START LEAVING ME STRANDED IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT FAILURE WHICH PREVENTS THE VEHICLE FROM SENSING YOUR KEY FOB WHICH PREVENTS YOU FROM STARTING THE VEHICLE AND YOU ARE STUCK. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT LEAVING DRIVERS STRANDED AND THE CAR USELESS. I COULD HAVE BEEN ROBBED OR OTHER. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND HAS DONE NOTHING TO NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE STEARING CONTROL UNIT.

STEERING LOCK WENT WITH NO WARNING. NISSAN AWARE OF PROBLEM AND HASN'T RECALLED. COST $959.21 TO FIX. WAS SHOPPING CAR SHUT OFF. WHEN I RETURNED WITH GROCERIES WOULDN'T START. HAD TO TOW TO DEALER

I CAN NOT START MY CAR. WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKES IT WILL NOT TRIGGER MY AUTOMATIC KEY TO TURN MY CAR ON. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES I AM NOT ABLE TO START MY CAR. NOW I HAVE TO FIX THE BRAKE LIGHT AND HARNESS FOR 600$ AT MY LOCAL TRUSTWORTHY REPAIR SHOP. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF A HARNESS ISSUE. BUT I GOOGLES AND FOUND A BULLETIN AND MANY 1000 OF PEOPLE WITH SAME COMPLAINT. MY REPAIR SHOP DID THE SAME TOO. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO HAVE A CAR THAT WILL NOT START AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS THAT DO NOT WORK!!!!!