2005 Nissan Altima

MY CAR FAILS TO START ON OCCASION. THE FREQUENCY IS MONTHLY. THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO START BUT JUST DOESN'T. IF I WAIT SEVERAL SECONDS AND TRY AGAIN, THEN THE ENGINE STARTS. FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN READING EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE COMPLAINING THAT IT'S THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR. I THOUGHT THE RECALL FIXED THIS ISSUE BUT APPARENTLY NOT. SO MANY OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING YET NISSAN IS DOING NOTHING. THIS IS MY FIRST NISSAN AND MY LAST. I'LL STICK TO HONDA NEXT TIME. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5L ENGINE. I HAD A RECALL ON MY CAR WHERE THEY WOULD RESET ECM TO KEEP THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FROM OVERHEATING AND THE CAR SHUTTING OFF. AFTER I TAKE MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS DONE 9MONTHS LATER MY CAR HAS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES AND I AM HAVING TO REPLACE MY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. TALKED WITH NISSAN NUMEROUS TIMES THEY REFUSE TO PAY FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MISTAKES THEY MADE NOT ME. OH AND THEN THEY CHARGED ME TO DISPOSE OF THE OLD PART WHICH THEY LEFT IN MY CAR. I CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CHARGE WAS FOR AND HE SAID THAT OSHA MADE THEM CHARGE IT FOR DISPOSAL OF THE PART AND WHEN I TOLD HIM THE PART WAS STILL IN MY CAR HE SAID WELL IT IS FOR PAPERWORK FEE AS WELL. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5SL. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE THAT ADVISED ME THE VEHICLE CAN STOP RUNNING WITHOUT NOTICE WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. THE RECALL NOTICE ADVISED THAT THE FIX TO THIS PROBLEM WAS THE REPROGRAMMING OF THE ECM. TO KEEP MY DAUGHTER AND I SAFE ON THE ROAD, I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE RECALL AS INSTRUCTED. BEFORE THE RECALL, MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON AND MY VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE. NOT TO LONG AFTER THE RECALL WAS DONE, MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. LAST WEEK I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE, WITH MY 10 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR AND THE CAR STALLED AND SHUT DOWN ON US WITHOUT WARNING. THANKFULLY ANOTHER VEHICLE DID NOT HIT US. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO ADVISED ME IT WAS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. AFTER DOING SOME READING I FIND THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM NISSAN HAS BEEN AVOIDING SINCE 2002 AND I WAS NOT THE ONLY OWNER WHOSE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN ON THEM WITHOUT WARNING. THE EVENTS, PATTERNS AND FAILURES I HAVE EXPERIENCED ARE THE SAME SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT SO MANY NISSAN ALTIMA OWNERS HAVE REPORTED AND COMPLAINED ABOUT. I CONTACTED NISSAN DIRECTLY AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. I PAID $285 TO HAVE THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR REPLACED. I THOUGHT RESPONDING TO THE RECALL WOULD TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING AND WE WOULD BE SAFE; HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT STOP MY CAR FROM SHUTTING DOWN ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I BELIEVE NISSAN IS RECALLING THE WRONG THING AND DODGING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REPLACING THE DEFAULT CRANKSHAFT SENSORS THAT ARE CAUSING THESE VEHICLES TO SHUT DOWN. A VEHICLE THAT IS SUBJECT TO SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD. I SAVED THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR THAT WAS REMOVED FROM MY VEHICLE JUST IN CASE SOMEONE DECIDES TO FINALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. AN INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED ON THE ROAD OR HIGHWAY. *TR

I HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT A ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA SER MODEL FOR SOME REASON IT KEEPS BREAKING DOWN I A READY SPOKE WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND MADE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VEHICLE BUT THEY KEEP TELLING ME THEY WILL FIND PROBLEM BUT NO EXPLANATIONS WAS GIVING TO ME ABOUT THIS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA HAD A RECALL FOR AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WHICH I HAD REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE ON REICHERT NISSAN IN WENENCHEE WA. ON 10-22-2008. AFTER DRIVING 106 MILES MY ENGINE FAILED. I CALLED REICHERT MOTORS AND THEY RESPONDED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO THERE DEALERSHIP BY A CERTAIN TOWING COMPANY; WHICH I DID. (BY THE WAY BEFORE THIS INCIDENT ,THIS CAR HAD NEVER HAD A PROBLEM ; THIS ALL HAPPENED AFTER THE RECALL) AFTER THE CAR WAS CHECKED BY REICHERT THEY STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOW A CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WHICH WAS NOT RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM SO I WOULD NOW HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TOWING CHARGE AS WELL AS THE PROBLEM WITH THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR. THIS SEEMS A LITTLE STRANGE TO ME THAT A CAR WITH NO PROBLEMS PRIOR WOULD ALL OF A SUDDEN DEVELOP THIS PROBLEM AFTER 106 MILES WHICH WAS THE DISTANCE TO MY HOME IN OMAK WA FROM WENECHEE . WITHIN 3 HOURS AFTER THE CAR WAS PICKED UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP. IT WAS A DANGER FOR THE CAR TO LOOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I CALLED NISSAN ABOUT THE PROBLEM( FILE # 6327690) AND THEY STATED THEY ARE NOT AT FAULT. IF I WOULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE I THINK THEY WOULD OF BEEN AT FAULT. THIS COMPANY NEED TO BE REPRIMANDED FOR AN UNSAFE VEHICLE THAT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS ON OUR NATIONS HIGHWAYS. *TR

I TOOK MY 2005 ALTIMA IN FOR THE SENSOR RECALL ON 2/18/2008. IT'S BEEN A MONTH NOW AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX MY CAR. THE RECALL WAS FIXED BUT THE COMPUTER WILL NOT TAKE BACK IN THE CAR AND THE PART IS ON BACKORDER. IF NISSAN ISN'T MAKING THE PART I'M CURIOUS IF THEY ARE COVERING UP A HUGE COMPUTER PROBLEM WITH THE CARS. THE SERVICE DEPT HAS GAVE ME A COMPLETE RUN AROUND AND CAN'T TELL ME NOTHING. THEY GAVE ME A RENTAL CAR WITH NO POWER OPTIONS AT ALL NOTHING COMPARABLE TO WHAT I HAD ON MY CAR. FINALLY DECIDED TO SWITCH ME INTO SOMETHING ELSE WHICH THEY GAVE ME A CHEVEROLET TO DRIVE. THAT SHOULD TELL ME SOMETHING. THE MAIN HEADQUARTERS WAS UNABLE TO REPSOND TO MY EMAIL THEY MUST RESPOND BY PHONE AND SINCE MY PHONE NUMBER WAS NOT UPDATED IN THEIR SYSTEM THEY JUST OVERLOOKED MY EMAIL. I CAN'T CALL IN AND TALK TO THE SPECIALIST ASSIGNED TO MY CAR BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALLOW THAT. THE SPECIALIST MUST CALL YOU. I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT BUYING A NISSAN IT'S MORE OF A HASSLE AND THEY ARE HAVING TO MANY RECALLS. *TR

CAR WILL JERK AND CUT OFF SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING, WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION AND WHEN SITTING STILL IDLING. MAKES DRIVING VERY HAZARDOUS. FOUND OUT A RECALL ON THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR SO CALLED LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND TOOK IN FOR THE REPAIR. FOUND OUT NISSAN ONLY ALLOWS DEALER TO REPROGRAM THE SENSOR UNDER THE RECALL. THIS, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, PROBABLY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, AFTER 3 DAYS OF DRIVING WITH NO EVENT, IT STARTED AGAIN. I FOUND OUT THIS IS A MAJOR RECALL INVOLVING THOUSANDS OF ALTIMA'S. ALSO, SINCE THE 2005 MODEL, THE NISSAN CORP. HAS REDESIGNED THIS SENSOR BECAUSE OF ALL THE PAST PROBLEMS . THE LOCAL DEALER THAT REPROGRAMMED THE SENSOR SAID WE WILL HAVE TO PAY $194.00 TO REPLACE IT. WHEN NISSAN REDESIGNED THIS SENSOR DUE TO PROBLEMS IN THE PAST, THEY SHOULD STAND BY THE OWNERS OF THE STILL DEFECTIVE PARTS THAT REPROGRAMMING DOES NOT FIX, AND REPLACE THE SENSOR AS PART OF THE RECALL. THIS IS ABSURD TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT PART INVOLVED IN A RECALL. THE REPROGRAMMING DID NOT FIX THE SENSOR, THE DEALER SAID NUMEROUS TIMES IT HAS NOT. (WITH OTHER OWNERS) THIS PROBLEM WITH THE CAR SUDDENLY FAILING ALMOST CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY TO ME .IT HAS CUT OFF SUDDENLY NUMEROUS TIMES ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND I HAD TO NAVIGATE/COAST TO RIGHT SIDE,, PULL OF THE ROAD AND RESTART . ALSO, WHEN SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, STOP SIGN, IT CUT OFF SUDDENLY,WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF BRAKE AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE, CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOWLY ROLL OUT IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC, NOT REALIZING ENGINE HAD FAILED. THIS PUTS ANYONE IN YOUR CAR IN SERIOUS DANGER. I FEAR IT IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, I NEVER KNOW WHEN THE ENGINE IS TO FAIL.. IF GOING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED IT WILL SOMETIMES JERK,, THEN CUT OFF, OR FAIL WITH NO WARNING. WHEN IDLING IT CONSISTENTLY FAILS. NO JERKING. BECAUSE THE SENSOR IS LINKED TO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME . *TR