2001 Nissan Altima

I HAVE A 2001 NISSAN ALTIMA GXE WITH 89,207 MILES ON IT. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I NOTICED A ROUGH IDLING AT STOPLIGHTS, SO BAD SOMETIMES I THOUGHT MY CAR WAS GOING TO DIE OUT ON ME. ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2008, I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE MCCARTHY BLUE SPRINGS NISSAN AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY INTAKE MANIFOLD. THEY HAD TO ORDER THE PARTS, AND WAS ADVISED TO NOT DRIVE MY CAR AGAIN UNTIL IT GETS FIXED. SO, I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP OVER THE WEEKEND AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PICK IT UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22, 2008. IN OTHER WORDS, I WAS WITHOUT A CAR FOR 4 DAYS. IN RESEARCHING MY PROBLEM ONLINE TO SEE IF IT'S A NOTABLE PROBLEM WITH NISSAN ALTIMA'S I CAME ACROSS SEVERAL WEBSITES COMPLAINING OF THE SAME THING. MOST OF WHICH HAD TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AT MUCH LOWER MILEAGE THAN MINE. THE REPLACEMENT COSTS SEEMS TO BE ABOUT THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD, TO BE BETWEEN $700 AND $800 PLUS. IN RESEARCHING MY PROBLEM I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HASN'T BEEN A RECALL FOR ALL NISSAN ALTIMA'S. THERE ARE MANY WEBSITES COMPLAINING OF THE VERY PROBLEM OF HAVING TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON NISSAN ALTIMA'S. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN PREVIOUSLY (JANUARY 5, 2008) FOR THE SAME PROBLEM I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A BROKEN MOTOR MOUNT. SO, I PAID TO HAVE THAT FIXED WHICH WAS OVER $450. MY CAR RAN FINE FOR ABOUT A MONTH, UNTIL I STARTED NOTICING THAT IT WAS IDLING HARD AT STOPLIGHTS, BUT I FIGURED IT WAS JUST DUE TO THE COLD. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN ABOUT IT, THEY ASKED ME IF MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, AND IT WASN'T SO THEY JUST SAID IT WAS DUE TO IT BEING COLD. BUT IT NEVER STOPPED AND CONTINUED TO GET WORSE AND WORSE. UNTIL I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT BACK INTO NISSAN TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND THAT'S WHEN THEY SAID IT WAS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED ON THIS VERY PROBLEM AND HOW MANY IT TAKES FOR YOU TO CONSIDER A RECALL. *TR

2001 NISSAN ALTIMA GETTING P0304 CODE AT 99,500 MILES. SEARCHED ON A DISCUSSION BOARD AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER USERS WITH THIS SAME CODE. THE CODE IS FOR INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. IT SEEMS THAT NISSAN IS ALSO AWARE OF THIS DEFECT BUT IS REFUSING TO RECALL AND PAY FOR REPAIRS. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A WARRANTY LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER, WHICH STATED THAT THEY WOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY FOR THE WINDOW REGULATORS FOR CONSUMERS IN THE "HOT" STATES. SHE CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE DEALER FURTHER STATED THAT PENNSYLVANIA WAS NOT A HOT WEATHER STATE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT HER WINDOW REGULATORS FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE WINDOWS TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWO OF THE REGULATORS. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

LIKE MANY OTHERS, MY 2001 NISSAN ALTIMA WITH ONLY 57,000 MILES ON IT DISPLAYED A CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT. THIS OCCURRED WHILE MY WIFE WAS IDLING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. IT IS NOT A FAILURE BUT IF NOT CORRECTED COULD CRACK THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE ERROR CODE CROSSED TO A MISFIRE IN CYLINDER #4. I HAVE FOUND AN INORDINATE NUMBER OF FOLKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2000 NISSAN ALTIMA. OUR WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND I WAS QUOTED $920 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF POOR ENGINEERING DESIGN OR MEDIOCRE MATERIALS USED FOR THE GASKET. I WOULD LIKE TO REFERENCE FOUR DIFFERENT COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE: 10167168 10145161 10100639 10163901 THIS INFORMATION WAS MINED FROM WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA USED TO DETERMINE A RECALL OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT? IS THERE ANY AGENCY THAT CAN COMPEL NISSAN TO MAKE SOMETHING SO OBVIOUS AND PREVALENT AMONG THEIR CUSTOMERS RIGHT AGAIN? *TR

THE CAR - 2001 ALTIMA - HAD A ROUGH IDLE AT ALL STOPS. IT FELT AS IF THE CAR WAS GOING TO STALL. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FELT A 60,000 MILE TUNE-UP AT A COST OF $600.00 WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HE EVEN CHECKED NISSAN RECALLS TO AID WITH THE DIAGNOSIS. NONE WERE FOUND THAT APPLIED. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AFTER THE TUNE-UP. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO NISSAN WHERE IT TOOK THE MECHANIC LESS THAN ONE MINUTE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. HE REPORTED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL AND YEAR OF THE CAR. THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AT A TOTAL COST OF $825.32. A SUBSEQUENT SEARCH OF THE INTERNET FOUND THAT THIS WAS INDEED A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSAN NOT TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. *TR

ENGINE VIBRATES A LOT DURING TRAFFIC LIGHT STOPS. FOUND FROM A MECHANIC THAT IT IS A CYLINDER 4 MISFIRE CAUSED DUE TO GASKET LEAK. WILL COST MORE THAN $600 TO GET IT FIXED. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH FOUND THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT IS AFFECTING MANY NISSAN VEHICLES AND COULD PROVE FATAL IF THE VEHICLE STOPS ON A HIGHWAY. I BELIEVE NISSAN HAS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND RECALL THESE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NISSAN RECALL NOTICE FOR THE SIDE/REAR WINDOW. SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT HONOR THE RECALL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RECALL WORK COULD BE PERFORMED; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST BECAUSE THE RECALL EXPIRED IN JUNE OF 2007. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT SHE SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE SHE JUST RECEIVED THE NOTICE IN JANUARY OF 2008. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000.