2009 Nissan Altima

MY CAR WOULD NOT START. THE CAR BATTERY IS FINE AND THE INTELLIGENT KEY FOB IS ALSO WORKING FINE AND WAS EVEN TRIED WITH A NEW BATTERY. PUSHING THE START BUTTON DOES NOTHING AND THE TWO KEY LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOTH LIGHT UP WHEN IN THE CAR. AFTER CHECKING THE MANUAL, CALLING THE DEALER, AND CHECKING THE INTERNET, IT IS CLEAR THAT MY STEERING LOCK MECHANISM HAS MALFUNCTIONED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AS NISSAN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON IT INDEFINITELY AND THEN WENT BACK AND SHORTENED IT TO RUN OUT IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR! THEY EVEN TELL YOU TO CALL THE DEALER IN THE MANUAL IF YOU ENCOUNTER IT AND IT IS THEN A $1000 REPAIR. I'M JUST GLAD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN OVER THE WEEKEND WHILE I WAS CAMPING AND POTENTIALLY STRANDED!

THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURING IN 2009-2011 NISSAN ALTIMA AND MAXIMA VEHICLES. WHEN TURNING OFF VEHICLE, THE STEERING LOCKS AND WHEN YOU GO TO TURN IT BACK ON, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT UNLOCK AFTER TURNING KEY ON. VEHICLE WILL NOT START DUE TO STEERING WHEEL BEING LOCKED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ON THE INTERNET AND THE DEALERS WANT 1200.00 TO FIX PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD REALLY BE A RECALL ITEM.

CAR WILL NOT START WITH KEY FOB . CALLED TOW ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. LAST TOW WAS TOLD TO KNOCK ON STEERING LOCK BOX TO START CAR. CAR WAS TOWED DUE TO INABILITY TO GET CAR RUNNING. UNABLE TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSIS AT DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF COST OF 100. UNABLE TO PAY FOR TOW BECAUSE OF 65 DOLLAR COST. STUCK OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE AND NOW MY CAR IS USELESS . WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER NISSAN OR RECOMMEND TO ANYONE. I AM AFRAID I AM GOING TO LOSE MY JOB BECAUSE OF NO TRANSPORTATION THANKS TO NISSAN.

STEERING LOCK FAILURE. THE CAR HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS PART BUT NISSAN REFUSES TO PAY TO HAVE IT REPLACED BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED LAST YEAR. MY CAR IS UNUSABLE DUE TO THE HIGH COST TO REPLACE THIS PART. (1000.00) NISSAN SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL THIS PART AND COVER THE COST SINCE IT IS A DEFECT ON THEIR PART. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT JUST WOULDN'T START BACK UP.

CAR WOULD NOT START STEERING LOCKED UP, TOLD IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK BOX WHICH WAS ON RECALL AND I NEVER RECIEVED A RECALL NOTICE, DEALER SAID VIN NUMBER DID NOT MATCH WITH RECALL BUT MY NISSAN IS CLEARLY A 2009, I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT IF THIS PART IS NOT REPLACED I CAN NOT START MY CAR AND THE PART IS VERY EXPENSIVE. I FEEL IF THIS PART WAS RECALLED IT SHOULD BE REPLACED IN GOOD STANDING BY THE DEALER, I SURELY WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN IF THE DEALER WILL NOT WORK WITH IT'S CAR BUYERS IN GOOD FAITH. CAR WAS STATIONARY AS IT WOULD NOT START BUT DO NOT WANT TO GET SOMEWHERE FROM HOME AND HAVE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN

I GOT GAS AT A STATION IN HAVANA, THEN TRIED TO START THE CAR AND NOTHING. THE KEY SYMBOL CAME UP ON THE DASH. MY HUSBAND BROUGHT THE EXTRA KEY FOB AND STILL NOTHING. BRAKES WERE LOCKED, NO POWER TO THE ENGINE. KEY FOB WORKED FOR LOCKING BUT NOT FOR POWER. AAA TOWED MY CAR TO KRAFFT NISSAN WHERE I WAS TOLD OF THE PROBLEM. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND SAW THAT IT WAS COMMON WITH THE 2009 ALTIMA. I WAS GLAD TO BE CLOSE TO HOME WITH NO GRANDCHILDREN IN THE CAR. I NEED A CAR I CAN DEPEND AS I APPROACH 70.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AFTER BEING OPERATED AND TURNED OFF. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,000.