This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
"engine service soon light" came on and took car to the shop on 10/31/06. At the time it came on there were no running problems. Nissan dealer replaced rear 02 sensor and diagnoses and reprogrammed engine control module. On 11/20/06 (less than three weeks later) the "engine service soon light" came on again. Prior to taking the car there were no running problems. Nissan dealer checked vehicle and called me and said that they need to run another diagnostic test for another fee. When I went to the dealership the vehicle was idling up an down and would accelerate on its own without touching the accelerator. P2135 throttle position sensor found, replaced sensor and cleared codes. I was charged on both occasions for a total of $668.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
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- Memphis, TN, USA