2006 Nissan Altima

REPORTED TO NISSAN IN EARLY SEPT 2014. CASE NUMBER [XXX]. FOUND WHILE I WAS DOING A BRAKE JOB WHERE CAR WAS ELEVATED WITH CAR JACK AND I NOTICED THE UNDERCOATING OF THE CAR "BUBBLING" DOWNWARD AND STARTED KNOCKING THE LOOSE MATERIAL DRIVER SIDE FLOOR BOARD SECTION APPROXIMATELY 8" X 12" COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH WHERE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FLOOR MAT WAS VISIBLE. PASSENGER SIDE WAS OK. SEEMS WATER CAN WORK INTO SOME UNDER-CAR SEAMS, GET TRAPPED, LAY, AND BEGIN TO RUST OVER TIME. DESPITE ARGUMENT THAT A RUSTED THROUGH FLOORBOARD CONSTITUTES A SAFETY ISSUE, NISSAN DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN $480 REPAIR CITING RUST WARRANTY LIMITED TO 5 YEARS, 60,000 MILES. IT WAS NOTED THAT LOCAL NISSAN DEALER WAS WELL FAMILIAR WITH THE REPAIR (THEIR QUOTE $637.81). REPAIR DOWN AT AN INFINITI CAR DEALER BODY SHOP FOR $480.03. FOUND APPROXIMATELY HALF OF BODY SHOPS CONTACTED RESPECTFULLY DECLINED TO QUOTE A "RUST" ISSUE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING UNRELATED REPAIRS PERFORMED, THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FLOOR BOARDS WERE SEVERELY CORRODED CAUSING IT TO FRACTURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT I TOOK IN FOR ANY INSPECTION AND THE FLOOR BOARD ON BOTH THE DRIVE AND PASSENGER SIDES ARE RUSTING THROUGH TO THE POINT YOU CAN SEE CARPET UNDERNEATH. LOOKING AROUND ON THE INTERNET IT BECAME VERY OBVIOUS THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND A VERY BIG SAFETY CONCERN IF THE FLOOR IS JUST RUSTING OUT. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME TOO BAD THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THEY DON'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE FLOOR OF THE CAR IS EXPOSED TO THE GROUND. THE CAR HAS SPENT THE MAJORITY OF ITS LIFE IN A GARAGE SO IT MUST BE FROM DRIVING THAT THEY PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. *TR

PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD IS ROTTED THROUGH, NOTICED IT TODAY WHEN MY PASSENGER WAS IN THE CAR AND HIS FOOT DIPPED DOWN THE HOLE THAT WAS CREATED. LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND THE ONLY THING KEEPING THE PASSENGERS FOOT FROM HITTING THE PAVEMENT IS THE CARPET, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE ON A CAR, IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD PHYSICALLY AND IT COULD LEAD TO FATALITIES DUE TO EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING THE VEHICLE. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A FAIRY COMMON ISSUE WITH 2002-2006 NISSAN ALTIMAS. TOOK MY CAR TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE FIXED SOON AS THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE CARPET CAN CATCH ON FIRE BURNING THE ENITRE CAR. *TR

WHILE MY MECHANIC WAS CHECKING MY BRAKES AND OTHER THINGS HE NOTICED THAT THE FLOOR UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE ARE FULLY RUSTED. WHEN I GOT THE CALL THIS MORNING I IMMEDIATELY WENT ONLINE TO SEARCH FOR THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS (WHICH IM NOT SURPRISE). I HAVE SPOKEN TO A BODY SHOP SINCE I WORK FOR AN INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY SAID THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. I ALSO SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR NISSAN AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY MAJOR ISSUES WITH MY CAR UNTIL THIS. IT WONT PASS INSPECTION WHICH I HAVE TO DO IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD THE SAME CAR DIFFERENT YEAR WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND HE JUST ENDED UP GETTING RID OF IT. IM HOPING TO GET THIS FIX AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NISSAN SEEMS TO CHARGE ROUGHLY $700 A SIDE TO GET THIS PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF. THIS IS NOT FAIR TO THE CONSUMER SINCE ITS A FLAW IN THEIR DESIGN. WE SHOULD NOT BE PAYING A DIME TO GET THIS FIX!!! *TR