CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2005 Nissan Altima has two fairly significant problems with the floor pan rusting through & motor mounts breaking.
Altima owners report that up to a basketball-size hole develops under the floor mats where the floor pan metal rusts through. Average repair cost is over $1,000.
The broken motor mounts are less of a problem - they break at ~75,000 miles average & it's $400 to fix. Still, motor mounts should not break!
Ok the first complaint might be confusing but the current complaint is weirder.
About two weeks ago it was starting slow like not enough power to turn over and start, then start. This went on for two weeks never needing a jump. 6-21-2019 Fri would not start at all, the battery checked out great at the start of the two week starting problem. I popped the hood and there was a loud clicking sound coming from the fuse box with the key out. I put jumper cables to the battery and the clicking stopped immediately, charged for a bit then shut er down. The battery had some minor corrosion around the positive stud, so I cleaned all the terminal connections well, put back together and she started right up and ran her about 20 min and she started good sat, Sun and today 6-24-2019 Mon she would not start, nothing and no clicking sounds then I noticed the head lights were on with the light switch off and key out, several attempts and turning things on and off and lights still on, I tried to open trunk and would not open to get out tools and after working the trunk switch some more the lights turned off. Will not and did not turn over this morning. I could probably jump start her but have not tried it. The clicking noise and lights have me confused. I see this year and model have nummerous problems.
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Ok the first complaint might be confusing but the current complaint is weirder.
About two weeks ago it was starting slow like not enough power to turn over and start, then start. This went on for two weeks never needing a jump. 6-21-2019 Fri would not start at all, the battery checked out great at the start of the two week starting problem. I popped the hood and there was a loud clicking sound coming from the fuse box with the key out. I put jumper cables to the battery and the clicking stopped immediately, charged for a bit then shut er down. The battery had some minor corrosion around the positive stud, so I cleaned all the terminal connections well, put back together and she started right up and ran her about 20 min and she started good sat, Sun and today 6-24-2019 Mon she would not start, nothing and no clicking sounds then I noticed the head lights were on with the light switch off and key out, several attempts and turning things on and off and lights still on, I tried to open trunk and would not open to get out tools and after working the trunk switch some more the lights turned off. Will not and did not turn over this morning. I could probably jump start her but have not tried it. The clicking noise and lights have me confused. I see this year and model have nummerous problems.
- Robert C R., New Orleans, LA, US