2009 Nissan Altima

FAULTY STEERING WHEEL LOCK SYSTEM CAUSES CAR TO NOT START UP AND LOCKS UP CAR'S ABS AND BRAKES. YOU CANNOT START THE CAR WITHOUT TAKING TO DEALERSHIP TO GET IT REPAIRED. I'VE HEARD MANY CASES ONLINE ABOUT THE NISSAN ALTIMA RANGING FROM 2009-2011 MODELS LOCKING UP HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. AND THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED THIS. AFFECTED PARTS IS SELECTED IN UNKNOWN FACTOR DUE TO ONLY KNOWING A FEW ISSUES THAT BRANCHES FROM THIS MALFUNCTIONING PART AND SYSTEM. *TR

I ATTEMPTED TO START MY 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA ON SUNDAY NIGHT BUT IT WOULD NOT START. IT HAS A PUSH BUTTON START; I PUSHED THE BUTTON, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT START, SO I CHECKED THE DIRECTIONS IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL TO START THE CAR BUT STILL WAS NOT ABLE TO START THE CAR. FINALLY, I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER. THEY SAID THE STEERING LOCK UNIT HAD GONE BAD AND CHARGED $775.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND SEE THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER BUYERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I SEE THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT NISSAN SHOULD NOT HAVE USED. I THINK THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED AND WE THE CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR NISSANS BAD DESIGN. *TR

I LEFT MY HOUSE FOR WORK, MADE A STOP AT THE LOCAL PANERA WHEN I WENT TO START MY CAR I NOTICED THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED KEY ON THE DASHBOARD AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START, NOT EVEN MAKE ANY NOISE. I CALLED TRIPLE A THEY CAME OUT AND TOLD ME I HAD TO TOW IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I JUST FOUND OUT IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $789 PLUS A $32 TOWING FEE. MY WARRANTY ACTUALLY EXPIRED A WHILE AGO SO I CAN NOT PUT IN A CLAIM ON THAT END. THIS IS MY 4TH NISSAN SINCE 1990 AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES. EARLIER THIS YEAR THERE WAS THE RECALL ON THE MUFFLER SYSTEM, WHICH WAS COVERED. I FEEL THAT IF THERE ARE THIS MANY CARS HAVING THIS PROBLEM THAT IT SHOULD BE COVERED AND IF YOUR WARRANTY IS UP YOU SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST. *TR

MY BOYFRIEND WAS LEAVING A FRIEND'S HOUSE TO COME HOME AND THE CAR WOULD NOT CRANK. WE HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO TOW THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE STEERING UNIT AND THAT IT WOULD COST ABOUT 1200.00 TO FIX. LOOKING ON THE INTERNET I SEE THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE 2009 ALTIMAS. THINK THAT NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. THIS IS NOT NEGLIGENCE OF THE OWNER OF THE CAR THIS IS NISSAN'S OVERSIGHT. I PRAY THAT THIS CAN BE FIXED. AND THAT SOMEONE GETS NISSAN'S ATTENTION.

THE CAR FAILED TO START; I SEE LOTS OF COMPLAINS WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS IN PLACE AND SO DOES THE BRAKE AND THE CAR FAILS TO START. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM TWICE ALREADY AND THE DEALER TOLD ME TO REPLACE THE KEY LESS SWITCH HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM CONTINUES AND I SEE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE KEY. AS I CAN SEE OTHERS ARE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES OF THE CAR LOCKING IN PLACE AND THE PROBLEM IS MORE THAN JUST THE KEY PROBLEM.. THIS SHOULD BE DEFINITELY RECALLED. *JB

OVER THE WEEKEND I STOPPED AT A SHELL GAS STATION WHEN I RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT START AND JUST HAD A KEY IN THE DASHBOARD. I CHECK TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T THE BATTERY, ETC... AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCALE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT MY ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THAT I NEEDED TO REPROGRAM THE KEY WHICH WAS A TOTAL OF $995.00. THIS VEHICLE WAS JUST IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PRIOR TO THE FACTORY WARRANTY EXPIRING 2 1/2 MONTHS AGO. I WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON THEME WITH 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL OR ANY SOLUTION ON HOW TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. I'M NOT SURE HOW THE GOVERNMENT CAN ALLOW THIS COMPANY TO PUT OUT CARS THAT HAVE ISSUES AND NOT FIX THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE HARD WORKING PEOPLE PAY FOR IT. *TR

1. I DROVE TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY MORNING AND PARKED THE CAR. WHEN LEAVING CHURCH, THE CAR SHOWED A YELLOW KEY LIGHT AND WOULD NOT START. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO LOVE NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN ST. ALBANS, WV THE FOLLOWING DAY. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE REPAIR PERSON THAT THEY FOUND AN INTERNAL FAILURE/MALFUNCTION OF THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT. THE INVOICE SAYS ....... B26E9 LOCK MALFUNCTION, FOUND INTERNAL FAILURE OF STEERING LOCK CONTROL. THIS REPAIR, I WAS TOLD, WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY I HAD AND COST ME $767.72. WHY WAS THIS REPAIR/BREAKDOWN NOT COVERED IN FULL OR PART BY A WARRANTY OR BY NISSAN? 2. IN MACH 2013 IN A SECOND MISHAP, I HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. THIS SAME VEHICLE LOCKED (WITHOUT ME DOING IT) WITH THE REMOTE KEY LAYING IN THE CENTER CUP HOLDER. NOTHING WAS IN THE CUP HOLDER OTHER THAN THE REMOTE KEY AND A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER. THE CAR HAD TO BE UNLOCKED BY THE TOWING COMPANY AS I WAS OUTSIDE A STORE IN CHARLESTON, WV. COULD THERE BE A FAULTY WIRING/ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR? *TR

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA HAS SENT ME A LETTER INFORMING ME THAT OUR VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) UNIT THAT LOCKS THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED AND THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF TO HELP PREVENT THEFT. ON SOME VEHICLES, DUE TO A (MANUFACTURING IRREGULARITY) THAT HAS SINCE BEEN CORRECTED, THE ESCL MAY MALFUNCTION AFTER THE VEHICLE IS LOCKED AND COULD PREVENT THE ENGINE FROM STARTING. THE ONLY THING THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO DO IS THEY ARE EXTENDING THE WARRANTY FROM 3 YEARS/ 36,000 TO 6 YEARS UNLIMITED MILES. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHICH VEHICLES HAS THIS DEFECTIVE ESCL. MY ARGUMENT IS THAT WHAT IF MYSELF OR BOTH OF US ARE ON A TRIP AND WHETHER WE ARE ONE MILE OR 500 FROM OUT HOME WE ARE STRANDED THIS COULD BECOME A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR US OR IF WE HAVE SOLD THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER PARTY OUT IN NO WHERE. WE DO NOT OWN A SELL PHONE. SINCE THEY CANNOT TELL US IF OUR VEHICLE IS ONE THAT MIGHT HAVE THE DEFECTIVE ESCL THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THE CURRENT ESCL IN OUR NISSAN. *TR

I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT NISSAN IS FINALLY EXCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE STEERING LOCK MALFUNCTION AND IS SENDING OUT LETTERS EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON THAT PART AND REIMBURSING CONSUMERS FOR THE REPAIR OF THE PART. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET GOTTEN A LETTER YOU CAN GO TO WWW.NISSANASSIST.COM TO FILL OUT A REIMBURSEMENT FORM OR FIND OUT HOW TO HAVE YOUR WARRANTY FOR THAT PART EXTENDED. *TR

ONE DAY AT THE GAS STATION CAR WOULDN'T START. I REPLACED REMOTE BATTERY THINKING THAT MAY BE THE PROBLEM. IT DIDN'T START RIGHT AWAY, BUT EVENTUALLY IT DID. THE NEXT DAY IT DID THE SAME THING, SO I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALER. THIS IS A DISASTER FOR ME BECAUSE I PURCHASED THE CAR IN APRIL OF 2012. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT AND THE PRICE FOR ONLY THE PART WOULD BE OVER $700 NOT INCLUDING THE LABOR. THE DEVIL IS A LIE........ *TR