2006 Nissan Altima

I OWN A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA SER. I HAVE HAD THE MOTOR REPLACED AND THE ENTIRE CLUTCH KIT AND SLAVE CYLINDER REPLACED. AFTER HAVING THE CLUTCH PARTS REPLACED THE PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR A SMALL HANDFUL OF TIMES. NOW, IT IS NEARLY A DAILY OCCURRENCE AND IT IS CONSISTENTLY LASTING LONGER AND LONGER EACH TIME. IT STILL ALLOWS FOR SPORADIC SHIFTING IN NON SPECIFIC GEARS WHILE THE PEDAL IS ON THE FLOOR. I CAN PICK UP THE PEDAL WITH MY FOOT AND PUT IT BACK IN PLACE BUT WHEN IT APPLY ANY PRESSURE IT FALLS BACK TO THE FLOOR AND STAYS THERE UNTIL I PICK IT BACK UP WITH MY FOOT. THIS ISSUE HAS NEARLY CAUSED TO BE IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS, ALL OF WHICH I NARROWLY AVOIDED BY QUICKLY MANEUVERING MY VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. *TR

I BOUGHT THE CAR IN MAY 2009. UP UNTIL JUNE 2013, NO PROBLEMS OTHER THAN REGULAR MAINTENANCE. CAR OVERHEATS AND HAS BEEN SINCE JUNE 2013 ON AND OFF. HAVE HAD BATTERY REPLACED 2 TIMES, TUNE UP, CRANK SHAFT SENSOR REPLACED, BROKEN SEAL REPLACED (THAT KEEPS OIL/COOLANT) IN CAR. HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH CAR NOT STARTING, ENGINE TURNS OVER BUT WON'T START. I HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING ANTI-FREEZE IN CAR BEFORE I DRIVE IT EVERY FEW DAYS IF I DON'T THE HEATER BLOWS OUT HOT AIR, THEN COLD WHICH IS WHEN OVERHEATING OCCURS. WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF EXHAUST PIPE. BEEN TO LOCAL MECHANIC 3 TIMES, AND THEY KEEP CHARGING TO FIX IT ($500 SO FAR). THEY DID TUNE UP, REPLACE BATTERY AND FIXE THE BROKEN SEAL. I'M A NERVOUS WRECK DRIVING IT BECAUSE I'M AFRAID I'LL GET STUCK SOMEWHERE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE CONSUMED OIL AT AN ALARMING RATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 06V223000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000. UPDATED 09/30/13*LJ THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE HAD AN OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. UPDATED 10/22/13

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHILE ON MY WAY HOME. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, VEHICLE STARTED AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. SEL CAME ON AND ERROR CODE SAID "CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR". TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL GARAGE AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON NISSAN ALTIMA. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH THIS CAR OR SENSOR BUT THEY COULD REPROGRAM THE ECM TO FIX IT. WENT ONLINE AND I SEE NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THIS SENSOR. NISSAN MECHANIC ADMITTED THE SENSOR WAS FAULTY AND THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART WAS REDESIGNED TO CORRECT THE ERROR AND INCLUDES A CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR AS WELL SINCE THEY GO OUT FREQUENTLY AS WELL. IF NISSAN IS AWARE OF ISSUE AND HAS REDESIGNED THE REPLACEMENT PART, WHY NO RECALL. I AM OUT $150 WHICH IS NO BIG DEAL, BUT A VEHICLE STALLING ON A HIGHWAY WHEN NISSAN KNOWS THE PART IS FAULTY IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING TO ME. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WE STOPPED AT A REST AREA. WHEN TRYING TO LEAVE THE REST AREA THE CAR WOULD NOT START. AFTER A FEW TRIES IT FINALLY STARTED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS STARTING THE CAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND HE RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON IT. HE CALLED AND SAID IT WAS A SENSOR. AFTER LOOKING UP THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE HE TOLD ME MY CAR HAD A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM AND TO CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME MY CAR DID NOT HAVE A RECALL ON IT. MY HUSBAND WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD HIM THE SAME THING AND THAT ONLY SOME OF THE 2006 ALTIMA'S WERE IN THE RECALL AND MINE WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON, IT IS STILL HARD TO START AND I HAVE HAD IT STALL OUT ON ME ONCE WHEN I WAS SLOWING DOWN IN TRAFFIC. ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT I AM HAVING WERE LISTED IN THE RECALL BUT THE DEALERSHIP STILL INSISTS IT IS NOT ON A RECALL LIST. *TR

6/08 - CAR LURCHED AND TRIED TO STALL ON INTERSTATE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO MECHANIC'S SHOP. ISSUE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR BY MECHANIC, AND PART WAS REPLACED WITH AN OEM PART BUT THIS DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM SO THE SENSOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH THE SENSOR THAT WAS PULLED OUT. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP FROM MECHANIC'S SHOP ON 6/15 (YES, HE HAD THE CAR FOR A WEEK). ISSUE WAS DETERMINED TO BE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, WHICH WAS REPLACED. ONE DAY AND 20 MILES LATER THE PROBLEM HAS MANIFESTED ITSELF...CHECK ENGINE CAME ON AND CAR DOES NOT WANT TO START. THIS SENSOR WAS PART OF A PREVIOUS RECALL FOR 2006 ALTIMAS BUT I WAS TOLD MY CAR (WHEN CHECKING VIN) WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I HAVE TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V223000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000. *TR

'SERVICE ENGINE SOON' LITE CAME ON. DEALER SCANNED FOR TROUBLE CODES P0725,P0335. WAS TOLD THE "CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR" NEEDS REPLACING, AND WAS CHARGED $130. THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME $425 TO REPLACE 'CPS'. WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS SITUATION. FOUND OUT LATER THRU THE INTERNET THAT THERE WERE 600 INCIDENTS CONCERNING 'CPS'. THE DEALER SHOULD FIX THIS WITH NO CHARGE. NHTSA #07V527000 RECALL EXPLAINS THE PROBLEM. ALSO SEE RECALL ID #67654 FROM NISSAN. *TR

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND UPON HAVING THE CODE READ WHICH STATED THERE WAS AN ERROR WITH THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. UPON DRIVING THE CAR THAT DAY, I WENT TO ACCELERATE AFTER STOPPING AT A YIELD SIGN AND THE CAR SHUT OFF AND ALL THE START UP LIGHTS APPEARED. I COASTED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO START IT BACK UP WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE NEXT DAY, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT IN THE SHOP, AND MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE SENSOR WHICH CORRECTED THE ERROR. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM ON MANY OTHER NISSAN VEHICLES, BUT MINE WAS ONE OF THE FEW NOT INCLUDED ON THE RECALLS FOR THIS SAME SENSOR MALFUNCTION, WHICH I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE IGNITION WAS STARTED, A LOUD RATTLING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE AREA. THE FAILURE OCCURRED DURING THE INITIAL START UP AND WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE PISTON RING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V223000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000. UPDATED 4/1/13 *CN UPDATED 04/03/13