2006 Nissan Altima

ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT AND CLUTCH PEDAL SANK TO FLOOR AND WOULD NOT RETURN, CLUTCH DID NOT DISENGAGE. MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GET CAR OUT OF GEAR, AND IMPOSSIBLE TO REENGAGE GEAR. LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP WITHOUT ACCIDENT. DEALER REPORTED FAILED CLUTCH LINE / MASTER CYLINDER LED TO LOSS OF FLUID & INABILITY TO DISENGAGE CLUTCH. *TR

NISSAN ALTIMA 2006 MANUAL TRANSMISSION: CLUTCH LOSSES PRESSURE. I HAVE TAKEN CAR IN TO NISSAN FOR ISSUE. VEHICLE BOUGHT IN AUG 2006. APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS LATER ISSUE BEGAN. CLUTCH DROPS DOWN WHILE CAR IN MOTION. MANUALLY MOVE CLUTCH BACK UP WITH FOOT. WHEN FIRST TAKEN INTO NISSAN (WINDWARD NISSAN, HONOLULU HI) WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. CLUTCH CONTINUED WITH ISSUE VERY INTERMITTENLY. UPON ARRIVAL TO SAN DIEGO CA, I DECIDED TO TAKE TO MOSSY NISSAN (NATIONAL CITY). I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW CLUTCH. I WAS REFFERED TO NISSAN 1 FOR ASSISTANCE. NISSAN COVERED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CLUTCH. IT HAS THEN BEEN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AND ISSUE PERSISTS. NOW CLUTCH DROPS AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER, WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND SEE IF CLUTCH COMES BACK UP. CANNOT PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR WHILE CLUTCH IS DOWN. I GOOGLED "CLUTCH ISSUES WITH NISSAN VEHICLES" AND THERE WAS A LINK TO YOUR WEBSITE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING SHE CONTINUED TO HEAR A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT EVERY TIME SHE HAD TO SHIFT GEARS THEY WOULD LOCK AND IN ORDER TO CONTINUE DRIVING SHE HAD TO ENGAGE THE SHIFT RELEASE BUTTON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA SE-R. THE CLUTCH REPEATEDLY LOOSES PRESSURE WHEN THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS HOT COMBINED WITH A HEAVY TRAFFIC SITUATION. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE REPLACED THE CYLINDER, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I DID A LITTLE ONLINE INVESTIGATING AND IT APPEARS AS THOUGH I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT OWNS AN ALTIMA THAT IS PLAGUED BY THE SAFETY ISSUE. IT ALMOST IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT. *TR

FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE CLUTCH PEDAL WILL LOSE ALL RESISTANCE AND LAY ON THE FLOOR LEAVING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE AND STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, AS EARLY AS 44K MILES AND AS RECENT AS LAST THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011 WITH 68K MILES. PUMPING THE CLUTCH PEDAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME DID RESTORE ENOUGH HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO OPERATE THE CLUTCH AND WITHIN 2 MILES OF "IN TOWN" DRIVING THE CLUTCH PROBLEM COMPLETELY RESOLVED AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE ON THE FORUMS. FORT PIERCE NISSAN OFFICIAL ANSWER WAS " NOTHING". THEY WOULDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT. I'M SURE WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS FROM ALTIMA SE-R OWNERS NISSAN IS FULLY AWARE OF THE ISSUE, YET THEY WON'T STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND MAKE IT RIGHT FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. I'VE BEEN A LOYAL NISSAN CUSTOMER SINCE 1988 BUT WITHOUT PROPER RESOLUTION, THIS WILL END THAT STREAK.

I HAVE HAD MY ENGINE REPLACED AS A RECALL BUT WINDSOR NISSAN HAS NO RECORD WHEN I ASKED FOR THE REPORT. I WENT IN TO THE DEALER ON 12/16/10 AT 5:30 PM BECAUSE I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS AS THE GEAR SHIFT WAS GETTING STUCK IN PARK AND COULDN'T MOVE AT ALL. I READ THE BOOK WHICH SAYS TO PUSH THE SHIFT LOCK RELEASE BUTTON WHICH WILL LET ME MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT TEMPORARILY. I THEN CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO IN TURN TOLD ME TO BRING THE CAR IN TO CHECK IT OUT. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME $110 JUST TO SEE IT UNTIL I DISPUTED THAT. AFTERWARDS, HE TOLD ME THAT THE SHIFT LOCK CONTROL UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, HE COULDN'T EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THE CAR JUST UP AND STARTED TO ACT UP OR WHAT LEADS TO THAT. I HAVE AN OLDER MODEL NISSAN ALTIMA AND IT RUNS BETTER THAN THE 2006. I HAVE HAD MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE NEW CAR THAN I HAD WITH THE OLD ONE. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BACK BRAKE LIGHTS 6 TIMES WITHIN THE YEAR BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO BLOW OUT AS WELL AS THE OVER HEAD LIGHT ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. THE ONLY THING THAT CONFUSES ME IS THE GEAR SHIFT, NOW I'M SUBJECT TO PAY $300 FOR THIS PART BEING REPLACED BECAUSE IT ISN'T COVERED IN THE WARRANTY AND NO ONE COULD TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT CAUSES THIS PROBLEM. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. I HAVE CONTACTED OTHER MECHANICS WHO SEEM TO FEEL THAT THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE CAR IS ONLY 4 1/2 YEARS OLD. *TR

I PURCHASED MY NISSAN ALTIMA SE-R IN JUNE OF 2007. DURING THAT SUMMER THE CLUTCH WOULD STICK ON FEW OCCASIONS AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CHANGE GEARS. ON ONE OCCASION I HAD TO PULL OFF THE FREEWAY AND PUMP THE CLUTCH PETAL MULTIPLE TIMES UNTIL IT BECAME FREE AND I WAS ABLE TO CHANGE GEARS SUCCESSFULLY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO WHICH THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS ACTUALLY OCCURRING, WHICH WAS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE SINCE IT WAS SPORADIC. I HAVE NOTICED THAT DURING WINTER ON OCCASION THE CLUTCH AND BRAKES WOULD NEED TO BE PUMPED BEFORE DRIVING OTHERWISE THE CLUTCH WOULD STICK AND THE BRAKES JUST WOULDN'T WORK. THIS MORNING I GOT IN MY NISSAN WHICH HAD BEEN PARKING IN THE GARAGE ALL NIGHT, AND THE CLUTCH PETAL WAS SUNK TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR ON, BUT COULDN'T SWITCH GEARS. I TRIED PULLING UP ON THE CLUTCH PETAL WITH MY FOOT AND NOTHING. IT TOOK MULTIPLE TIMES OF TRYING TO PICK IT UP WITH MY FOOT AND TRYING TO UN-STICK IT BY PRESSING DOWN HARD ON IT BEFORE IT FINALLY CAME UP AND I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT IN REVERSE TO DRIVE. *TR

2006 CERTIFIED USED NISSAN ALTIMA WILL NOT COME IN AND OUT OF "PARK", OR INTO "REVERSE" WHILE TRYING TO GO INTO "PARK". SHIFTER AND RELATED PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH NO SUCCESS IN SEPTEMBER 2010. PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE FEBRUARY 2009. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALERS MULTIPLE TIMES TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM WITH NO SUCCESS. SHIFTER AND ELECTRONIC MODULE REPLACED LATER SEPTEMBER 2010. PROBLEM CAME BACK WITHIN 48 HOURS OF GETTING CAR FROM DEALERSHIP. OWNED CAR FOR ONLY 8 MONTHS BEFORE PROBLEM AROSE. *TR

WE PURCHASED A USED 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA, WITH IN A MONTH OF PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE WE WERE UNABLE TO GET THE CAR OUT OF PARK OR INTO PARK. WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE WINTER WEATHER, BECAUSE IT WAS PERIODICALLY HAPPENING. IT IS NOW SUMMER AND IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE START THE CAR. IT EVEN HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE CAR AND PULL IN TO A PARKING SPOT , WE ARE UNABLE TO GET THE CAR INTO PARK. WE HAVE BEEN OVERRIDING THE LOCK MECHANISM BY INSERTING A METAL TOOL INTO IT, BUT IT IS QUITE INCONVENIENT EVERY TIME WE DRIVE THE CAR TO HAVE TO DO THIS! *TR