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Shuddering And Hesitation While Accelerating
2009 Nissan Altima
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Nissan dealer.
CarComplaints.com Notes: You don't want to get 2009 and 2010 Altima owners started about their cars. That is, unless, you know how to start their cars.
These vehicles can suddenly become impossible to start thanks to a faulty electronic steering column lock (ESCL). Nissan dealers will gladly replace it, but that will run you $1000.
More info & videos about the Nissan ESCL defect are available over at NissanProblems.com.
It's one of the many reasons this car was named CarTalk's Turd of the Week and given our Beware of this Clunker badge. Two dubious honors.
7.7
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $2,500
- Average Mileage:
- 79,650 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 19 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (14 reports)
- new transmission (3 reports)
- rebuilt transmission (2 reports)
transmission problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Just trying to figure out how to fix the problem. I ran fuel injector cleaner directly thru the lines, as well as in the gas tank as directed. It helped get better fuel mileage for the first 3-4 days but now it's slowly decreasing and when I begin to accelerate, reverse, take off and drive it shudders so bad it feels like it's gonna die. Once you reach around 45 mpg it's fine. Prior to this I felt like when going down highways or freeways at 55mph+ the rpms were revving up higher than they should.
- savannahdavis, Houston, US