2006 Nissan Altima

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. DURING BRAKE APPLICATION HE INTERMITTENTLY HEARD METAL GRINDING. THE DEALER HAS MADE FIVE ATTEMPTS TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE , BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BRAKES FOUR TIMES. HOWEVER THE REPAIR DID NOT REMEDY THE FAILURE. A REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT HIM REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

ON MY 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA WITH 2.5 LITER ENGINE, IT WOULD STOP RUNNING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FROM 70MPH DOWN TO 5MPH (IN RUSH HOUR STOP/GO TRAFFIC). IT ALSO WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO START PROPERLY BY CRANKING FOR UP TO 45 SECONDS BEFORE START. THIS OCCURRED OVER A PERIOD OF 3 MONTHS AND BECAME WORSE QUICKLY, WITH "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" ON, SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP (GRUBBS NISSAN, BEDFORD, TX) WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A FAULTY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR (CPS) SO THEY REPLACED IT FOR $204.34 TOTAL. THIS CPS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT NISSAN SAYS MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL # 07V527000; THERE ARE OVER 650K VEHICLES THAT ARE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED AND I KNOW MY ISSUE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. NEW SENSOR IS IN; OLD PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

VEHICLE STALLING WHILE IN MOTION USUALLY WHILE SLOWING TO STOP OR WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER BEING STOPPED. SES LIGHT CAME ON TODAY WHEN IT STALLED AND I TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO DEALERSHIP. THEY STATED IT WAS CRANK AND CAM SENSORS. THEY REPLACED THEM AND CHARGED ME $260. HAD TO HAVE ENGINE REPLACED AT 19,XXX MILES UNDER A RECALL. CAR HAS 58,7XX MILES NOW AND THIS TIME I HAD TO PAY. GO ONLINE AND FIND IN EXCESS OF 160 CONSUMER REPORTS OF THIS VERY CAM AND CRANK PROBLEM AND EVERYONE HAVING TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR IT WHEN IT IS CLEARLY A DEFECT ESPECIALLY BEING THAT MY ENGINE WAS REPLACED SO THE DEFECT IS NOT JUST IN THE ORIGINAL ENGINES. SERVICE DEPT. MADE NO MENTION OF THERE BEING A RECALL TO ME BUT BEING THAT I NEVER GOT THE RECALL NOTICE WHEN I HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED AT 19,XXX (AND I BOUGHT MY CAR NEW AND REMAINED AT SAME RESIDENCE) I DECIDED TO JUST CHECK ONLINE TO SEE IF OTHERS WERE HAVING CAM AND CRANK PROBLEMS. COMES A NO SURPRISE TO SEE THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I AM MUTE THEREFORE CAN'T CALL YOU GUYS SO I AM FILING MY COMPLAINT ONLINE. PLEASE NOTE THAT I ENTERED PHONE NUMBERS ONLY BECAUSE I COULD NOT ADVANCE WITHOUT DOING SO. PLEASE SEND ANY AND ALL REPLIES VIA E-MAIL IF SPEAKING TO SOMEONE WHO CAN REPRESENT ME IS AN ISSUE. *TR

JUST HAD TO REPLACE A FAULTY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ON MY 2006 NISSAN. I SEE THAT THERE WERE TWO PRIOR NHTSA CAMPAIGNS ABOUT THIS PART, BUT APPARENTLY MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THEM. APPEAR TO BE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PART FROM VEHICLES NOT UNDER ORIGINAL CAMPAIGNS. HAD SAME ISSUES AS OTHERS - VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND ALMOST STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING. *TR

2006 NISSAN ALTIMA; ENGINE STYLE IS THE 2.5L APPARENTLY THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS CAR; ALL DEALING WITH THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR; I WAS UNAWARE OF THIS; AND NOW AM STUCK WITH FOOTING THE BILL OF A DIAGNOSTIC AND THEN THE LABOR AND PARTS FEE. NISSAN THE DEALERSHIP IS NOT HELPING ME AT ALL AND MAKING ME PAY FOR THIS; NOT ONLY THAT; BUT THEY ARE COMPLETELY IGNORING THE ISSUE AT HAND AND NOT TAKING CARE OF ME; ALTHOUGH I HAVE PURCHASED 2 VEHICLES FROM THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT FIRST I WASN'T NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL THAT HAPPENED IN 2006 AND SECOND THAT I NOW HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MISTAKE THAT THEY CLEARLY MADE WHILE OTHERS DID NOT. *TR

TODAY WHILE DRIVING, MY DAUGHTER STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, AND WHEN SHE PROCEEDED TO TURN RIGHT, HER STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND SHE ALSO LOST THE USE OF THE BRAKES AT THE SAME TIME. WHAT IS HAPPENING???? LUCKILY SHE WAS NOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR, BUT HAD SHE BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE RAIN (OR EVEN FAIR WEATHER), SHE MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED OR MAIMED FOR LIFE. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, TO ME OR ANYONE I KNOW. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HER SAFETY. THE VEHICLE IS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. PLEASE TELL ME HOW I SHOULD PROCEED, THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A SHOP AND NOTHING IS SHOWING UP ON COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS. SHE WILL BEGIN HER FIRST SEMESTER OF COLLEGE IN A MONTH, AND WILL BE COMMUTING OVER 30 MILES EACH WAY, 3 TIMES PER WEEK, OVER BODIES OF WATER (NAMELY, LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN). PLEASE I AM VERY WORRIED WHAT MAY HAPPEN IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN WHEN SHE IS ON THE INTERSTATE!!! I CHECKED NISSAN'S RECALL DATABASE, AND IT MENTIONS THE ENGINE GOING DEAD FOR NO REASON, BUT MY DAUGHTER SAID THE ENGINE DID NOT GO OFF, THE STEERING LOCKED AS IF THE CAR WERE IN PARK. *TR

OUR 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5L'S ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON JULY 6. 2009. AFTER THE INCIDENT, I RESEARCHED RECALL INFORMATION REGARDING THE 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA, AND DISCOVERED A RECALL REQUIRING THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE TO BE REPROGRAMMED. HOWEVER, WHEN I TOOK IT INTO TIM DAHLE'S NISSAN IN SANDY, UTAH WHERE WE PURCHASED THE CAR, THEY TOLD US THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEREFORE, NISSAN'S RECALL IS NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM BY SIMPLY REPROGRAMMING THE ECM. INSTEAD, THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM IS THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, AND THE CONSUMER IS REQUIRED TO SPEND $200 TO GET THIS REPAIR DONE. THE RECALL SPECIFIES THE PROBLEM, BUT DOES NOT TAKE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECTIVE PART. *TR

I HAVE A SAFETY ISSUE WITH MY 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SE. MY VEHICLE STALLS WHILE I AM DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THAT THE ISSUE IS THE CAM AND CRANKSHAFT SENSORS AND THE REPROGRAMMING OF MY ECS. I NOTICED THAT THIS WAS A RECALL ON OTHER 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA'S WITH 2.5L ENGINES. HOWEVER, I AM TOLD THAT MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. PLEASE RESPOND WITH YOUR FINDINGS PLEASE. *TR

2006 2.5 L ALTIMA STALLING. DIAGNOSIS IS CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND ECM REPROGRAMMED. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, MY VIN IS NOT ON THE LIST OF RECALLS. DIAGNOSIS WAS PERFORMED BY TISCHER NISSAN IN LAUREL MD. I AM TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED BY STANDARD VEHICLE WARRANTY, DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY, OR BY RECALL. SINCE THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUE THAT OTHER 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA'S ARE EXPERIENCING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IF I HAD BEEN IN TRAFFIC WHEN MY VEHICLE STALLED. *TR