2009 Nissan Altima

I STARTED MY CAR AS USUAL TO RUN SOME ERRANDS. IT STARTED FINE. I STOPPED AT THE GAS STATION AND SHUT OFF THE CAR. IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. IT WAS FREEZING COLD. MY CAR WAS BLOCKING THE GAS PUMP AND IT COULD NOT BE MOVED. I RULED OUT THE KEY FOB BECAUSE IT STILL UNLOCKED THE DOORS. I INSERTED THE KEY FOB IN THE EMERGENCY SOCKET THAT IS SUPPOSED TO START THE CAR IN CASE THE BATTERY IN THE KEY FOB DIES. STILL NOTHING. I HAD MY BROTHER BRING ME A NEW BATTERY FOR THE KEY FOB. STILL NOTHING. HE TOOK ME HOME. I HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR THERE. AFTER SOME INTERNET RESEARCH, MANY MANY OTHERS WITH NISSANS WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. THE CULPRIT IS THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK MODULE. IT LOCKS THE STEERING WHEEL AND YOU CANNOT START THE CAR WHEN IT IS LOCKED. I WENT BACK TO THE CAR TORE THE PANEL APART AND LOCATED THE STEERING LOCK. THE RESEARCH I DID SAID THAT SOMETIMES YOU COULD GET IT TO RELEASE THE LOCK PIN IF YOU TAP ON IT WITH HAMMER. SO I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE WHILE HOLDING IN THE START BUTTON AND TAPPING ON THE STEERING LOCK MODULE. AFTER 20 MINUTES OF BANGING ON THE MODULE IT DISENGAGED ENOUGH TO START THE CAR. I DROVE IT HOME AND SHUT IT OFF. IT WON'T START AGAIN. NISSAN SAYS THE WARRANTY RAN OUT JAN. 1ST, 2016. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. THE DEALERSHIP QUOTED ME A PRICE OF $679.51 JUST FOR THE PART NOT INCLUDING LABOR. THAT IS RIDICULOUS! WHAT IF I WERE SOMEWHERE REMOTE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START? I COULD HAVE FROZE TO DEATH. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AS IT SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPENED TO 1000S OF PEOPLE.

THIS IS BY FAR THE WORST VEHICLE I HAVE EVER PURCHASED. I HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION ONCE....IT STILL DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND SHIFTS SO HARD MY PASSENGERS THINK I'M SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES. AND NOW THE STEERING LOCK MODULE HAS FAILED. AFTER READING 100S OF COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE, I AM APPALLED TO FIND THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN NOR WILL ANYONE THAT KNOWS ME AS THEY'VE WITNESSED ALL ISSUES OCCUR WITH ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY ON NISSAN'S ACCOUNT.

OUT OF NOWHERE, I PARKED MY CAR AND WHEN I WENT TO START IT, THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND THE KEY LIGHT WAS ON. I THOUGHT MY KEY BATTERY DIED AND AFTER TRYING DIFFERENT KEYS, ETC, DETERMINED THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE. AFTER RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THAT IT IS A WELL-KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE STEERING LOCK. AFTER TAPPING THE UNIT BELOW THE STEERING WHEEL, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO LOCK AND START THE CAR. THEN, 2 DAYS LATER, IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO TAP IT TO GET IT TO WORK AGAIN BUT THIS COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME IN ANY PLACE LEAVING YOU STRANDED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,122....UPDATED 05/19/17 *BF *CN

AS I WAS LEAVING WORK ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT ABOUT 11:35PM WHEN I GOT TO MY CAR, I FOUND MYSELF STUCK IN A PARKING LOT TRYING TO TURN ON MY IGNITION. THE CAR DIDN'T GIVE ME NO WARNING AS THE DASHBOARD GAVE ME A SYMBOL OF THE WORD "KEY" DISPLAY WITH A KEY BELOW IT. I WOULD PUSH THE BRAKE AND THE START BUTTON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MAKE A SOUND. I HAD TO GET MY CAR TOWED TO MY HOUSE IN ORDER TO REMOVE IT FROM THE PARKING LOT. AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE MANUAL I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THE STEERING IGNITION LOCK THAT WAS CAUSING THIS ISSUE WITH THE IGNITION. I'M A 24 YEAR OLD PREGNANT WOMAN AND THIS IS REALLY UNSAFE. I WAS READING ONLINE AND IT SAID THAT NISSAN GAVE A 6 YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS ISSUE BUT I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM THE DEALER WHILE I WAS PAYING IT OFF AND NOW THAT THE ISSUE HAS POPPED OUT BEING 2017 THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THAT THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED IN 2015 AND IT WILL COST ME $1,200 TO FIX THE ISSUE. *TR

MY NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S COUPE WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY WITH NO ISSUES WHATSOEVER UNTIL 3 MORNINGS AGO WHEN I WAS AT HOME AND LEAVING FOR WORK. I OPENED MY CAR DOOR WITH THE PUSH-BUTTON KEY AND TURNED ON THE HEADLIGHTS WITHOUT ISSUES. WHEN I PUSHED THE START/IGNITION BUTTON NEXT TO THE STEERING WHEEL ON MY PARKED CAR, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE DID NOT TURNOVER OR MAKE ANY NOISE SUGGESTING IT WAS ATTEMPTING TO. I HAD DRIVEN THIS CAR 8 HOURS PRIOR AND SAW NO LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD OR ABNORMAL NOISES INDICATING THAT THERE WAS AN IMPENDING ISSUE. AFTER DOING MY OWN RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM AND HAVING THE CAR EVALUATED AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP, I DISCOVERED THAT I WAS NOT ALONE IN HAVING THIS OCCUR, AS THERE HAD BEEN OTHER NISSANS AND INFINITIS FROM THAT YEAR THAT HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE ESCL (ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK) UNIT. NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME SITUATION AS ME AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY/NIGHT AND LOCATIONS. THIS POSES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY RISK TO PEOPLE WHO OPERATE THIS CAR. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE STEERING COLUMN AND CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME, AND IN ANY WEATHER. LUCKILY I WAS IN A SAFE AREA AT THE TIME WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME, BUT I FEAR FOR ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS THIS OCCUR IN AN UNSAFE LOCATION OR IN UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS. I BELIEVE THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEMATIC CAR PART, REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED, THAT HAS OBVIOUSLY GIVEN SEVERAL PEOPLE ISSUES AND CAN LEAVE PEOPLE STRANDED SOMEWHERE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *TR